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Frederick Wiseman--America's Irreplaceable Documentarian: Frederick Wiseman, a director whose rigorously objective explorations of social and cultural institutions constitute one of the more revered bodies of work in American documentary filmmaking,…

Trump Proclaims Tariffs Will Not Go Gently Into That Good Night.  You expected anything different from Der Furor?: Donald Trump on Friday railed against the supreme court justices who blocked…

Why Not Colbert For President?: Stephen Colbert addressed the fervor around Monday’s “Late Show” on Tuesday, remarking that he’d said his piece after CBS wouldn’t air his interview with James…

RIP: Jesse Jackson: “I may be poor ...” began the call-and-response Rev. Jesse Jackson led in various forms before rapt audiences for more than half a century. “But I am…

Everyone But Trump Takes Fall Over Epstein Ties. Casey Wasserman: Prominent US agent Casey Wasserman is selling his talent company after documents linking him to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell…

The 'Looksmaxxing Mainstream'.  Is this what Michael Jackson was going for?: Clavicular is 6-foot-2, weighs 180 pounds and has a 31-inch waist. His biacromial width — basically the span of…

This Is Not Fascism.  Right?: The Department of Homeland Security is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement by sending tech companies legal requests for…

The Conspiracy Theorists Were Right: Journalists and researchers will spend the next months ferreting through the Epstein files in search of further criminal conduct or a new conspiratorial wrinkle. But…

You Helped Kill The Daedalus Proposal.  Along with some great reporters who wouldn't let go of the story. Sarah Mueller: The idea of Daedalus doing business with either state sparked…

'Flooding The Zone' In The Age Of Trump: FBI Takes Marching Orders From Discredited Conspiracy Theorist: The FBI’s rationale behind raiding the Fulton county election office in Georgia last month…