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Interview: On Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg
Speaking with Brian Kilmeade this week on Mark Zuckerberg's sudden pivot
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Matt Taibbi
Head of Infamous "Information Disorder" Commission Promoted at NPR
A Twitter Files all-star and former head of an Aspen Institute panel on content suppression is moved up the ranks at National Public Radio
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Hollywood's Dumb Scare
In Hollywood, self-pity abounds, but there's no remorse for unfairly ruined careers, as Oscar writer Sasha Stone found out
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ATW Livestream Tonight at 8 PM ET/7 PM CT
As we enter the final week of the Biden administration, Walter and I thought we’d take a look back at the last four years and its many, many lows.
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"On Guard"
Short story excerpt from America This Week, episode 118
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Matt Taibbi
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Walter Kirn
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Transcript - America This Week, Jan 10, 2025: "California Fires and America's Competency Crisis"
Los Angeles is in flames, and California's leaders seem helpless, unmasking a generation of public investment in non-essential services. Also, "On…
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Matt Taibbi
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Walter Kirn
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State Department Defies Congress, Revives Infamous Censorship Office in Absurd Prank
In a hearty double middle-finger to Congress, the "first scalp" of Donald Trump's efficiency campaign is alive and well, back to work with the same…
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Activism, Uncensored: On January 6th, Protests for and Against Donald Trump
Some demonstrators wanted Congress to reject certification of Trump's election, while others gathered to ask for pardons for the original January 6th…
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Ford Fischer
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America This Week, Jan 10, 2025: "California Fires and America's Competency Crisis"
Listen now | Los Angeles is in flames, and California's leaders seem helpless, unmasking a generation of public investment in non-essential services…
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Matt Taibbi
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Walter Kirn
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Listen to This Article - Why is Russiagate's Origin Story Redacted?
Narrated Version | In a parting gesture of defiance, the FBI releases a long-awaited document, blotting most of it out. Journalist Aaron Maté explains…
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Matt Taibbi
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Racket Staff
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Listen to This Article - Woke Elvis Resigns
Narrated Version | Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was an overgrown pick-up artist whose humiliating downfall will stand forever as a cautionary…
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Matt Taibbi
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Racket Staff
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The New York Times Comments Section is Hilarious and Depraved
All the Americans against free speech, gathered in one humorously pretentious place
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