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Jon Cryer had an extensive career before starring in CBS sitcom hit Two And A Half Men with Charlie Sheen, and he’s had a pretty good career since then. (Notably having a lot of hammy fun as the Lex Luthor of the now-defunct Arrowverse.) But he’s now once again picking up attention, not for his own life, but for the ways it’s been pulled into …

President Donald Trump waves while meeting with members of law enforcement, including National Guard soldiers, in Washington on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. | Jacquelyn Martin / AP Not since the days of Hitler’s S.A.—the “Brownshirt” stormtroopers—has a leader in an advanced capitalist country wielded a private political army outside the regular military and police forces that is answerable only to …