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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
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No, Chicago Is Not More Dangerous Than Afghanistan

Just stop.

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| Wed Aug. 15, 2012 7:48 AM PDT
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Gen. Wesley Clark, Todd Palin, and Nick Lachey Blow Things Up For America

In the NBC reality show "Stars Earn Stripes," C-list celebrities make things go 'boom' in the name of charity and patriotism.

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| Mon Aug. 13, 2012 4:15 PM PDT
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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