A new indictmenthanded down Friday by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein against a dozen Russian GRU military intelligence officersexposes new details of the hacking of high-level Clinton campaign officials as well as the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the Democratic National Committee (DNC). A result of the special counsel …
Read More »Sepinwall on Emmys 2018: Comedy Nods Outshine Dramas
Last year represented something of a changing of the guard when it came to Emmy-nominated dramas. With Game of Thrones taking the year off, and other former nominees either being gone (Downton Abbey) or suffering through down years (Mr. Robot, Homeland), a whopping four new shows got Outstanding Drama Series …
Read More »Jason Kander: Trump's Support for the Troops Is a Lie
Last week, the Associated Press reported that the U.S. Army is discharging reservists and recruits who joined the military as part of a promised path to citizenship. I’ve spent time since then trying to remember if I served in the Army with anyone who wasn’t a U.S. citizen. And the …
Read More »Pot Sales Are Now Legal In Massachusetts – So Why Can't Anyone Buy It?
On Sunday, Massachusetts became the seventh state in the nation – and the first east of the Rocky Mountains – where adults can legally purchase recreational marijuana. But for those hoping to toke up in the Bay State, there’s just one catch: There’s nowhere to buy it. Massachusetts voters legalized …
Read More »The Band's 'Music From Big Pink': 10 Things You Didn't Know
Given thatMusic From Big Pinkcame out in the turbulent summer of 1968, it’s tempting to frame the album as a set of soothing sounds for troubled times. Don’t believe it. TheBand‘s debut LP was quietly radical. In a period when the musical landscape was overrun with psychedelic whimsy, their synthesis …
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