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‘Primetime’ Revisits a Tawdry Turning Point in TV History

Robert Pattinson in Primetime (Courtesy of A24)It’s 2006, and a grown man arrives at a nondescript home in…

Evening Roundup, October 1: Primetime & Blue Waves

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The Tea ft. Laura Murphy and Senator Angela Alsobrooks

Today, April was joined by Laura Murphy, former director of the ACLU Legislative Office, and Senator Angela Alsobrooks…

Accidentally Hooked on a Gas Station Drug

It started with a tiny blue bottle next to the cash register at a 7-Eleven.The year was 2023.…

Hegseth’s Dangerous Gibberish

A dangerous buffoon. In a laughable display of sophomoric puffery, childish chest-thumping and just plain weirdness, Secretary of…

Tough Love: Is Three Kids Too Many?

Dear Abigail,My husband and I are struggling deeply with the question of whether or not we want more…

Coffee with Contrarians ft. Amb. Rufus Gifford

Thank you for tuning in to another episode of Coffee with Contrarians with special guest former Ambassador to…

The Strait of Hormuz Is Open

Time is not on Iran’s side. While much could still happen to disrupt America’s progress in the war,…

You Can Help Improve Legacy Media

We have dutifully tracked and criticized the shortcomings of legacy media outlets — the capitulation to Donald Trump’s…

Falsely Accused of Being in the ‘Cornell 7.’ Plus. . .

It’s Thursday, October 1. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free…

Trump’s Illegal Campaign Ad and Senate Races to Watch

On Coffee with Contrarians, Jen Rubin and Norm Eisen chatted with Adrienne Elrod, a Democratic political strategist.The trio…

Mamdani Says He’ll Fight Antisemitism. His Plan Says Otherwise.

On Tuesday, New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani released his administration’s $7.4 million “Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.” It…

My Husband Did Nothing Wrong. The Internet Punished Him Anyway.

Have you ever scrolled through Instagram, stopped on a post for a second and thought “What an AWFUL…

EXCLUSIVE: The Cornell 7 Lawsuit Served the Wrong Person. Now He’s the Target of an Internet Mob.

At 8 p.m. on Saturday night, Victoria Ingalls heard a banging sound at her front door.There was a…

John Fetterman and Dave McCormick: How to Regulate AI

Recently, a 27-year-old Anthropic employee posted on X that AI could end humanity.All hell broke loose. The post…