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Alec Baldwin Is No Gwyneth in the Courtroom. Plus. . .
Alec Baldwin Is No Gwyneth in the Courtroom. Plus. . .
The fall of Oakland. J.D. Vance’s beard. Russiagate 2.0. And much more.
By Oliver Wiseman
07.11.24 — The Front Page
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Alec Baldwin Is No Gwyneth in the Courtroom. Plus. . .

Is Alec Baldwin on trial more Amber Heard than Gwyneth Paltrow? Should we take a top spy’s word on Iran’s influence operation? Does Trump have a problem with J.D. Vance’s beard? All this and more in today’s Front Page from The Free Press. 

But first, for our lead story: Leighton Woodhouse reports on how Oakland became a failed city. Here’s Leighton:

I’ve …

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Oliver Wiseman

Oliver Wiseman is the deputy editor of The Free Press. Previously, he was the executive editor of The Spectator World and a regular contributor to UnHerd, City Journal, the Evening Standard, and a range of other publications.

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