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Ken Pisani

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Screenwriter and Emmy nominee. Author of LA Times bestseller & Thurber Prize for American Humor finalist “AMP'D." Smartest of pants. Repped @ WME kenpisani.com

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Ken Pisani @kpsmartypants.bsky.social · 37m

Why put them on in the first place? It’s an amplification of their lies and disinformation followed only infrequently by performative “I’m hanging up now.”

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1h

Not sure why it has taken until late 2025 to see this, but this is how you do it. Every time. For every one of these guests.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

Ken Pisani @kpsmartypants.bsky.social · 41m

Every moment of this scene aches, capped by the turn, they see each other, and that hug.

Fritzie Hall @fritzandtheoscars.bsky.social · 20h

I always go back to this scene. Not because Diane Keaton portrays her fear so vividly but because her understated reaction to seeing Warren Beatty is able to say more about love and closeness, about feeling relaxed and secure in somone's presence, than probably any other in movie history

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1h

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

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Ken Pisani @kpsmartypants.bsky.social · 48m

Cops ruin everything.

the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 3h

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

Members of the force's sports squad, responsible
- among other tasks - for policing the 170 miles of tunnels, caves, galleries and catacombs that underlie large parts of Paris, stumbled on the complex while on a training exercise beneath the Palais de Chaillot, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.
After entering the network through a drain next to the Trocadero, the officers came across a tarpaulin marked: Building site, No access.
Behind that, a tunnel held a desk and a closed-circuit TV camera set to automatically record images of anyone passing. The mechanism also triggered a tape of dogs barking, "clearly designed to frighten people off," the spokesman said.
Further along, the tunnel opened into a vast 400 sq metre cave some 18m underground, "like an underground amphitheatre, with terraces cut into the rock and chairs".

There the police found a full-sized cinema screen, projection equipment, and tapes of a wide variety of films, including 1950s film noir classics and more recent thrillers. None of the films were banned or even offensive, the spokesman said.
A smaller cave next door had been turned into an informal restaurant and bar. "There were bottles of whisky and other spirits behind a bar, tables and chairs, a pressure-cooker for making couscous," the spokesman said.
"The whole thing ran off a professionally installed electricity system and there were at least three phone lines down there."
Three days later, when the police returned accompanied by experts from the French electricity board to see where the power was coming from, the phone and electricity lines had been cut and a note was lying in the middle of the floor: "Do not," it said, "try to find us."

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Nate Federman @natefederman.bsky.social · 1d

PS - If you have more questions, drop me a reply. If you enjoyed this, give me a repost or a follow or put me on a list. Not like one of the scary Stephen Miller lists, but like “tv writers” or “comedy people.”
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#Scriptsky #Screenwriting #WritingCommunity #Filmsky

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Ken Pisani @kpsmartypants.bsky.social · 1h

Asking JD Vance to look into the camera and lie is like asking Brett Favre to throw touchdowns, show his dick and steal money from poor people, it’s too easy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

WELKER: Can you guarantee that no US troops will ever be sent directly into Gaza?

JD VANCE: We're not planning to put boots on the ground

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𝕋𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕠𝕄𝕒𝕟 😱🇺🇸🤬 @tomatoman.net · 2h

OK, this is alarming and something to be alarmed about for sure. But there is a huge difference between doing something yourself and knowing someone who does it, and combining that into a single statistic is really misleading. It’ll be off by two or three orders of magnitude for most people.

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Ken Pisani @kpsmartypants.bsky.social · 1h

Wait till you see the trailer for “Anemone.”

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 3h

The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 15h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 2h

Amazing

Tweet: @vexwerewolf
Right-wingers literally straight-up admitting "it's harder to discredit the left because the left is almost always telling the truth"
Scott Jennings @Lum 21h um, yes, that's really a problem
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The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality rightwing content.
That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well.
In essence people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly arent usually on our side.

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 2h

I’m shocked SHOCKED that a dude has a confident interpretation of watchmen that aligns with his politics and even more shocked that he relates to the billionaire character

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 18h

It's incredible the extent to which Congress just utterly refuses to defend itself. You'd think for entirely self-interested reasons you would stridently oppose having the power of the purse arbitrarily ripped from you, ya know?

Why would you allow yourself to become the Roman Senate circa 27 BC.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 19h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Ken Pisani @kpsmartypants.bsky.social · 22h

We appear to be well past page one. I can tell by the rising action.

Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 1d

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

Ken Pisani @kpsmartypants.bsky.social · 22h

Maybe Chicago police should pull them the fuck over? Ask for IDs, search for weapons? Local mayors should insist their police enforce law and order. Utter failure at the municipal level of policing. (One that makes lawlessness possible for anyone to drive armed and masked without plates.)

Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 22h

Just today, here's a story from the @chicago.suntimes.com -- not only are ICE/feds masking themselves constantly (and some local cops too, I've seen it), now they're driving around without license plates. More "laws for thee, whatever I wanna do for me" in action chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Mr. Tyler Crook @mrtylercrook.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like God was pretty clear about what he thought of Caviezel's previous performance.

A headline from entertainment weekly dated October 24, 2003. The headline reads. "mel Gibson's Jesus is struck by lightning." it goes on to say that star Jim Cavio was hit once during production of the controversial film and an assistant director was struck twice..

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Ken Pisani @kpsmartypants.bsky.social · 1d

The second part of this is true; the first part is not a sure thing.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

They know they won't be in power forever. So, they're breaking as much as they can right now, in the hope that whoever follows them won't be able to put it all back together.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

Ken Pisani @kpsmartypants.bsky.social · 1d

Local police need to step up. They’re breaking laws left and right. At the very least demand they show identification and warrants. Every mayor should insist their police preserve law and order.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“This is not sustainable”

Ken Pisani @kpsmartypants.bsky.social · 1d

My surprised face 😶

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 1d

a kleptocracy of shellacked, fake-tan teenagers with receding hairlines, hrt muscles, viagra boners, and entitlement inversely proportional to merit. as bertrand russell put it: “the trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent full of doubt.”

Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social · 1d

Savage.

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Ken Pisani @kpsmartypants.bsky.social · 1d

IT’S GOING GREAT

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity

In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.

www.levernews.com

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine that

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 1d

Hi, I’d like to order a custom hoodie in a camo pattern of Christmas colors and then I’d like a big Punisher skull with Trump hair sticking out from under a Santa hat. And this is VERY IMPORTANT, on the arm I want a patch that says K$H and “FIGHT WITH KASH” underneath. My name is Kash. Yes I’ll hold

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 5d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d

The Nobel *Peace* Prize winner is cool with murdering civilians on boats

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