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A Comparative Analysis of Bands Rocking the Democratic and Republican National Conventions

3 Doors Down and Taylor Hicks for the Republicans. Foo Fighters and James Taylor for the Democrats.

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| Thu Sep. 6, 2012 2:15 PM PDT

Will Obama Take Advantage of Romney's Big Convention Mistake?

The president's advisers say Mitt Romney's substance-free speech in Tampa gave Obama an opportunity to exploit in Charlotte.

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| Wed Sep. 5, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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US Sanctions Anger Iranian 'World of Warcraft' Gamers, US Treasury Department Weighs In

"Clearly the focus of our sanctions is not on video games." —US Department of the Treasury.

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| Tue Sep. 4, 2012 3:33 PM PDT
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The Holographic Zombie Reagan Lives!

He did not end up appearing at the 2012 Republican National Convention, but you can't keep undead hologram Reagan down.

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| Fri Aug. 31, 2012 2:29 PM PDT

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"Movie & An Argument" Podcast: Clint Eastwood, the GOP, and Shia LaBeouf Nakedness

In which ThinkProgress' Alyssa Rosenberg and I talk far too much about Shia LaBeouf doin' it. (Also, "Totally Biased," "The Newsroom," and "Lawless."

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| Fri Aug. 31, 2012 11:32 AM PDT

News Outlets Around the World Totally Confused by Clint Eastwood

Here's how foreign media attempted to parse the actor's bizarre empty-chair speech at the Republican convention.

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| Fri Aug. 31, 2012 9:22 AM PDT

Corn on "Hardball": Was Clint Eastwood's Speech Political Comedy?
Thu Aug. 30, 2012 11:58 PM PDT
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The Only Clint Eastwood Video You Have to Watch Before His #GOP2012 Speech

Eastwood with the president!

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| Thu Aug. 30, 2012 4:16 PM PDT
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"Lawless": Prohibition-Era Gangsters Go Full-On Western

John Hillcoat's violent, Western-tinged drama is one of the year's truly knock-out films.

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| Thu Aug. 30, 2012 11:50 AM PDT

Ann Romney and the Subversive Conservatism of ABC's 'Modern Family'

This is how culture wars are won.

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| Wed Aug. 29, 2012 1:48 PM PDT
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GOP House Hopeful Pushes Extreme Horse Testicle Metaphor

In which Florida's Ted Yoho goes the full Ted Yoho.

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| Tue Aug. 28, 2012 9:41 AM PDT

BREAKING: Todd Akin To Say Something Today

The embattled GOP representative has words prepared. Will he stay or will he go?

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| Fri Aug. 24, 2012 1:11 PM PDT
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Podcast: "A Movie & An Argument"—Tony Scott Memorial Edition

In this episode, critics Alyssa Rosenberg and Asawin Suebsaeng discuss the late director Tony Scott and comedienne Phyllis Diller, and also some late-summer movies.

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| Fri Aug. 24, 2012 6:05 AM PDT
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23 Numbers to Know About the 2012 Republican and Democratic Conventions

Surveillance cameras, delegates, big fundraising bucks, strippers, and other stats for the coming convention chaos.

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| Fri Aug. 24, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Fox News Outs Navy Seal, Confirms Double Standard on Secrecy

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| Thu Aug. 23, 2012 9:18 AM PDT

The Problem With Men Explaining Things

Countless women are being told that they are not reliable witnesses to their own lives, that the truth is not their property, now or ever.

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| Mon Aug. 20, 2012 3:38 PM PDT

The 2012 Campaign Is More Petty Than Vicious

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| Mon Aug. 20, 2012 11:50 AM PDT

Stellar Crime Reporting Doesn't Come for Free

Homicide Watch DC takes to Kickstarter to continue reporting every murder in the nation's capital.

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| Mon Aug. 20, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Introducing "A Movie & an Argument," With Alyssa Rosenberg and Asawin Suebsaeng

In this episode, we discuss season 2 of "Boss," the new comedy "2 Days in New York," "The Expendables 2," the BBC America series "Copper," and the latest "Newsroom" episodes.

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| Sat Aug. 18, 2012 7:50 AM PDT
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My One-Sentence Review of "The Expendables 2"

Bad people die in this movie. Dolph Lundgren is in it.

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| Fri Aug. 17, 2012 9:11 AM PDT