Jon Schwarz
Before joining First Look Media, Jon Schwarz worked for Michael Moore’s Dog Eat Dog Films and was a research producer for Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story.” He’s contributed to many publications, including the New Yorker, the New York Times, The Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, and Slate, as well as NPR and "Saturday Night Live." In 2003, he collected on a $1,000 bet that Iraq would have no weapons of mass destruction.
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Russian Oligarch Wanted to Turn My Joke Into Reality
One of my core political beliefs is that there would still be a Soviet Union if they’d been smart enough to have two communist parties that agreed on everything except abortion.
Tea Party Oddsmaker Has Best Campaign Finance Reform Idea Yet (Really)
CIA Director John Brennan Admits U.S. Foreign Policy Could Spur Terrorism
Forty Years of Democrats Talking About How Much They Want to Get Money Out of Politics
Hillary Clinton's not the first, and she probably won't be the last.
"It Would Have Been Un-American Not to Do It": Anthony Russo, the Forgotten Whistleblower
Anthony Russo encouraged Daniel Ellsberg to leak the Pentagon Papers, and also tried to blow the whistle on U.S. torture in Vietnam and the key lies that led to the carpet bombing of Indochina.
Corizon, Subject of Intercept Exposé, Loses Huge Healthcare Contract for New York Jails
Eichelberger details cases of medical neglect at Rikers, including a 61-year-old woman who died of liver failure and an inmate whose concussion went undiagnosed for days.
Legendary Journalist in Private: "It Is All Fraudulent, All of It, Everywhere"
Chris Christie Uses Rhetorical Strategy Right Out of the Zealot Handbook
Cheney Thought al Qaeda was Bluffing
It's not just that Cheney is cartoonishly evil, it's that he's monstrously incompetent; in fact, his monstrous incompetence is a large part of why he's so cartoonishly evil.