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Why the Romney VP App Wasn't a #Fail

The point of the campaign's iPhone app wasn't to scoop the media; it was to get your email address.

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| Mon Aug. 13, 2012 9:25 AM PDT
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This Will Ferrell Movie Pisses Off the Koch Brothers

Lowbrow comedy "The Campaign" is, at its core, an earnest promo for campaign finance reform.

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| Fri Aug. 10, 2012 3:09 PM PDT
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Karl Rove's Dark Money Group Crossroads GPS Busted for Bogus Ad

Crossroads says it proactively pulled the inaccurate ad. Well, not quite.

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| Fri Aug. 10, 2012 7:50 AM PDT

"Shit Rep. Allen West Says": The Epic Video Anthology

"Take your pro-Hamas butt and get the hell out of my country!" and more greatest hits.

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| Mon Aug. 6, 2012 3:02 AM PDT

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Mother of God, Just Rent the Old "Total Recall"

With futuristic Obama currency but no Mars or humor, this remake of the Schwarzenegger classic has no pulse.

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| Fri Aug. 3, 2012 11:39 AM PDT
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"Killer Joe": William Friedkin's Bloody, Sleazy, Brilliant Trailer-Trash Opera

This Texploitation flick is unstoppably depraved—and perhaps the best film of 2012 yet.

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

Political Ad Data Comes Online—But It’s Not Searchable

A new government website shows who is buying political ads, how much they are paying, and when the ads are running.

—By Justin Elliott, ProPublica

| Thu Aug. 2, 2012 3:49 PM PDT

Kim Jong Un's Mysterious Roller Coaster Pal, Revealed

EXCLUSIVE: It was a British diplomat frolicking with North Korea's dictator in a photo that went viral last week, MoJo has confirmed.

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| Wed Aug. 1, 2012 12:24 PM PDT
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"Step Up Revolution": Batman Turned Upside Down

This movie can be accurately classified as "proletariat dance."

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| Fri Jul. 27, 2012 1:27 PM PDT
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PHOTOS: 111 Dogs That Can't Vote in Virginia

Despite what the Romney campaign tells you, Democrats are not registering small animals to vote in the commonwealth.

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| Fri Jul. 27, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Conservative Bloggers' Campaign Against "the Jerry Sandusky of Climate Science"

The Chronicle of Higher Ed published a blog post equating the university's child sex scandal cover-up to Climategate.

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| Wed Jul. 25, 2012 10:45 AM PDT
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The State Department's Latest Exercise in Oxymoron

Court: State secrets that are no longer secret still need to be kept secret-ish by secretive State Department.

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| Tue Jul. 24, 2012 1:26 PM PDT
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Remembering Alex Cockburn

Sharing a column, plenty of arguments, and even more laughs with one of America's sharpest poison pens.

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| Mon Jul. 23, 2012 10:17 AM PDT
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LCD Soundsystem's "Best Funeral Ever"

A new documentary "Shut Up and Play the Hits" is as close as you'll get to ever seeing the indie dance band play again.

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| Mon Jul. 23, 2012 3:06 AM PDT
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Drudge, Breitbart.com, and ABC on the Dark Knight Rises Theater Shooting: #Fail

How to politicize a mass killing in very boring ways.

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| Fri Jul. 20, 2012 9:17 AM PDT

How News Spread of the “Dark Knight Rises” Shooting at Colorado Movie Theater

Tweets and other social media posts about the deadly shooting in Aurora.

— By Julie Moos, Poynter.org

 | Fri Jul. 20, 2012 7:46 AM PDT
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What You Need To Know About the Batman Theater Shooting [UPDATES]

At least 12 people were killed in a shooting at a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, Colorado. Here's the latest news.

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| Fri Jul. 20, 2012 7:30 AM PDT
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"The Dark Knight Rises": Not The Best Movie Ever Made, Sadly

Even so, it is a rapturously exciting epic, packed with tense action and powerful acting.

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| Fri Jul. 20, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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George W. Bush: "8 Years Was Awesome and I Was Famous and I Was Powerful"

And he has one heckuva track record to show for it.

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| Tue Jul. 17, 2012 3:08 PM PDT
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Limbaugh: New Batman Film Is an Anti-Romney Conspiracy

Just when you thought Rush Limbaugh couldn't get any dumber.

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| Tue Jul. 17, 2012 2:00 PM PDT