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We may never know if it was spying, but the Chinese balloon served its purpose, feeding our political establishment's tireless efforts to keep the…

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ATW Episode 24: "All The President's Mice" Listen now (72 min) | Walter and Matt discuss Jeff Gerth's article in the Columbia Journalism Review and come up with with a title for The New York…

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Feb 4

January 2023

Listen to This Article - Move Over, Jayson Blair: Meet Hamilton 68, the New King of Media Fraud Listen now (16 min) | Narrated Version

Jan 31

Comparing their response Friday to the site's original mission statement

Jan 29

After refusing to answer questions pre-publication, Hamilton 68 and Clint Watts printed a response to the Twitter files that's both laughable and…

Jan 28

Episode 23: "America This Week," with Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn Listen now (79 min) | Audio and video! After Hamilton68, Walter doesn’t want to hear about the fifties ever again - not until we’ve cleaned up our own…

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Jan 27

The Twitter Files reveal that one of the most common news sources of the Trump era was a scam, making ordinary American political conversations look…

Jan 27

The placeholder name did its job, but a long-awaited title change is finally here

Jan 24

Walter and Matt make plans for a Davos vacation, lament the lost art of good conversation, and look ahead to future Twitter Files.

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Jan 21

Episode 22: "America This Week," with Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn Listen now | Audio and video! Walter and Matt make plans for a Davos vacation next year, lament the lost art of good conversation, and look ahead to…

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Jan 20

VIDEO -- On Walter’s apparent home in the heart of Christian Nationalism, the bizarre Biden papers episode, and the latest Twitter files kerfuffles

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Jan 18

The latest tour de force by Matt Orfalea reminds us of the insane media scaremongering about children and COVID

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Jan 17

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