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Phillip Iscove @pmiscove.bsky.social · 10h

How dare you say this about my precious Blue Jays!!

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Phillip Iscove @pmiscove.bsky.social · 13h

The Decemberists with the San Francisco Symphony!

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 16h

That sound you hear is plaintiff lawyers popping champagne corks and DOJ lawyers groaning.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Phillip Iscove @pmiscove.bsky.social · 19h

Please do this!

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Vulture @vulture.com · 19h

The final act of ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ is a frenzy of anger. ‘I always thought the movie doesn’t have a happy ending. It has a hopeful ending,’ director Mary Bronstein explains.

‘It’s Not a Happy Ending. It’s a Hopeful One.’

The final act of ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ is a frenzy of anger. ‘I always thought the movie doesn’t have a happy ending. It has a hopeful ending,’ director Mary Bronstein explains.

www.vulture.com

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Phillip Iscove @pmiscove.bsky.social · 19h

The stuff dreams are made of.

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Emily "Babe" St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 20h

My take is that this movie of more of a D than an F-, but this proved to be hugely controversial.

Phillip Iscove @pmiscove.bsky.social · 22h

This week on @podcastlikeits The 2000s @emilystjams.bsky.social and I begin a brand new miniseries on Mike Nichols’ 2000s Films and TV by talking What Planet Are You From? w/ @emmastefansky.bsky.social! We discuss its fraught production, bizarre concept and honestly how and why this movie was made.

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Phillip Iscove @pmiscove.bsky.social · 22h

This week on @podcastlikeits The 2000s @emilystjams.bsky.social and I begin a brand new miniseries on Mike Nichols’ 2000s Films and TV by talking What Planet Are You From? w/ @emmastefansky.bsky.social! We discuss its fraught production, bizarre concept and honestly how and why this movie was made.

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 1d

The theme of the rally is No Kings, and it's hard to think of a more pro-American sentiment than that.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 1d

For the fourth time in eight days, Pope Leo has taken direct aim at Donald Trump's abuse of migrants in the United States.

In a new letter sent to Catholic Charities USA, he calls immigrants to the United States “witnesses of hope” and encourages Catholics to do all we can to welcome them.

Fourth Rebuke in Eight Days: Pope Leo Intensifies Clash with Trump Over Migrants

In his latest rebuke of Trumpism, Pope Leo praises immigrants as “agents of hope” and tells Catholics their faith is tested by how they welcome the stranger.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: President Dina Boluarte of Peru was impeached and removed from office amid growing frustration over her failure to curb crime.

Peru Ousts President Amid Crime Surge

Growing outrage over crime and political scandals eroded support for the country’s most unpopular leader in recent history.

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Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 2d

This headline 🤣🤣🤣

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

FROGS TOGETHER STRONG is fucking incredible

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Mallory Glass @mglaz.bsky.social · 1d

slate.com/news-and-pol...

How We Used Laughter to Topple a Dictator

Excerpted from Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow...

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 1d

goddamn

Chappelle quipped onstage in Saudi Arabia that “it’s easier to talk here than it is in America.”

As Human Rights Watch pointed out in a press release on Wednesday, “Chappelle has not publicly commented on Saudi Arabia’s human rights abuses.”

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 1d

The prize wasn't awarded to Obama for 'nothing.' The prize was awarded in the hope that Obama had staved off the specter of an America governed by folks like the man below.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Obama got a prize for doing nothing. Obama got a prize, he didn't even know what he got it -- he got elected and they gave it to Obama for doing absolutely nothing but destroying our country. He was not a good president."

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 1d

I know pulling this quote is borderline hackwork at this point but Jesus fucking CHRIST

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell, 1984

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

Thune plays the reasonable moderate, getting the lantern-jawed, steely-eyed-athletic-heartlander benefit of the doubt. But Thune (grandson of immigrants btw), who has been in the Senate for 20 yrs, is really the problem. Because he knows better but covers for the crazies. @profgalloway.com

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

We’re doing studies to prove it (* not how studies work)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 2d

Kristi Noem should never have been confirmed after this. It ended up being a perfect representation of what she would do.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 20

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 2d

oh my god they are panicking so hard right now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "It's about keeping Congress operating so we can get to healthcare. We always were going to. They're lying to you. Okay? The healthcare issues were always gonna be something discussed, deliberated, contemplated, and debated in October and November."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

The most common response I hear from Dems is, ‘what happened to her?’ What happened is she wanted to run for Senate, wanted Trump’s endorsement first, and Trump told her not to run because she couldn’t win. Since then, different Marge. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Greene on the Epstein files: "I can't conclusively say that's why the House isn't in session, but the House should be in session...there is a new Democrat that's been elected that deserves to be sworn in...if it's to avoid the discharge petition, why drag this out? It's going to have 218 signatures"

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d

No one signs up for the National Guard thinking, “One day, I’ll invade Oregon.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

"There's truth underneath all this fake outrage. Conservatives really are at a disadvantage in pop culture because most creative people are liberals, which has always been true & probably always will be. While MAGA has had some success building a culture machine, what it produces is mostly banal."

Whiny MAGA freaks out over Super Bowl halftime show

Songs in Spanish? In America?

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