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Ron H.

@ronthinkmedia.bsky.social

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Former SF & LA TV biz exec (marketing and branded events) currently working on a pilot pitch project. ❤️ Film, TV, theater, physical media, DC comics, Hot Toys, Sideshow and most things geek. RonOnFilm on Letterboxd. There will be reprisals! #CatDad 🖕🏼🧊

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Ron H. @ronthinkmedia.bsky.social · 9d

If you want to see more great movies made for adults show up at a theater near you, see them at a theater near you when they're released. My ★★★★½ review of #OneBattleAfterAnother on Letterboxd boxd.it/bcoFPD

A ★★★★½ review of One Battle After Another (2025)

"Why is your shirt so tight?" Paul Thomas Anderson directed two of my favorite films from the late 90s: Boogie Nights (1997) and Magnolia (1999). In the years since, his swings for the fences have lan...

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Ron H. @ronthinkmedia.bsky.social · 5h

When NEWSMAX does the right thing, you know we're in the Upsidedown.
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Media Outlets, Ranging From The Atlantic To Newsmax, Refuse To Sign New Pentagon Press Policy

The Atlantic, CNN and Newsmax are among the organizations refusing to sign the policy with its new restrictions.

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Ron H. @ronthinkmedia.bsky.social · 5h

Citing Hatch Act concerns, this is one of a number of airports across the country that refused to show Secretary Maybelline's propaganda video. Keep in mind, if an airport is running the video it's likely because the local airport authority does not own or control the on-site TSA video system.

Traci @traciesocial.bsky.social · 13h

"Las Vegas airport declines to play TSA video featuring Kristi Noem at security checkpoints"
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Las Vegas airport declines to play TSA video featuring Kristi Noem at security checkpoints

Harry Reid International Airport declines to play a TSA video that features Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the government shutdown.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 1d

“The Republicans who cut Medicaid & are refusing to lower health care costs for working families are the same politicians who gave $40 million of taxpayer dollars to President Trump to build a ‘garden of heroes.’”

Seriously.

Thank you @neguse.house.gov

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Ron H. @ronthinkmedia.bsky.social · 15h

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Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.

Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.

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Ron H. @ronthinkmedia.bsky.social · 23h

#JimmyKimmel
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Media companies thought late night TV was irrelevant. Kimmel proved them wrong

Jimmy Kimmel's return to airwaves might just point the way forward for late night TV to prove its relevance to American audiences — and to itself.

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Ron H. @ronthinkmedia.bsky.social · 23h

"Though Kimmel’s return didn’t come until the fourth week of the month, the ABC show’s record performance on September 23 and sustained higher-than-usual numbers through the end of September" helped the show take the top spot among total viewers at 11:35 PM.
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Jimmy Kimmel Live! Posts First Monthly Ratings Win in Series History - LateNighter

Jimmy Kimmel’s return from suspension continues to be the ratings gift that keeps on giving, with Jimmy Kimmel Live! turning in its first-ever monthly ratings win in the 11:35 PM time slot in Septembe...

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Ron H. @ronthinkmedia.bsky.social · 23h

But not a peep from Trump about sending troops to South Carolina (437 offenses/100,000 people, 10th highest in the US) or Mississippi (the US state with the highest homicide rate) to "prevent crime." 🤔 Wonder why??
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U.S. approaching 340 mass shootings this year after deadly weekend

At least eight were killed in Mississippi and four in South Carolina.

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Ron H. @ronthinkmedia.bsky.social · 23h

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‘Last Week Tonight’: John Oliver Explains Why Bari Weiss Taking Over CBS News Is “Especially Alarming,” Says Potential Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is “Not Ideal”

As CBS News undergoes a regime change under Paramount's new ownership, John Oliver is alarmed by the new hire.

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Ron H. @ronthinkmedia.bsky.social · 1d

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Trump’s peace plan comes with some major sticking points

With a hostage-and-prisoner exchange in motion, there’s still significant hurdles to lasting peace in the Middle East.

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Ron H. @ronthinkmedia.bsky.social · 1d

The 20 surviving hostages have finally been released by Hamas and returned to Israel. That's the good news. Then it's back to the reality of a "peace" plan brokered by the most dubious (self) interests on all sides and "The Board of Peace" that Trump will be in charge of.
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Something big just happened.

YouTube video by Adam Mockler

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Ron H. @ronthinkmedia.bsky.social · 1d

Cushion Pusher gets the hook
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Stephanopoulos Cuts Off Vance Mid-Sentence, Ends Interview

Tense exchange follows questions about FBI sting and alleged $50K bribe

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Ron H. @ronthinkmedia.bsky.social · 2d

Wait! Are you telling me that greasy skeezeball Jared Leto can't open a big-budget Disney re-boot that no one asked for? GASP! Color me (not) shocked. And I'm a #Tron fan...but even I know the real world limits of the fan base and bad casting choices.
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Box Office: ‘Tron’ in Big Trouble With $35M-$37M Opening, ‘Roofman’ Eyes Bland $8M Bow

The faith-based 'Soul of Fire' is looking at a nationwide debut of $3 million, while Luca Guadagnino’s 'After the Hunt' is opting to roll out slowly at the specialty box office

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Ron H. @ronthinkmedia.bsky.social · 2d

Fast...like yesterday fast.

onion person @junlper.beer · 2d

we need to abolish this shit

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Ron H. @ronthinkmedia.bsky.social · 2d

"Conservative leaders feel they now have the political will to remove key pieces of the (MMPA), enacted in 1972 to protect whales, seals, polar bears and other sea animals. The law also places restrictions on commercial fishermen, shippers and other marine industries." 🤬
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Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears

One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who n...

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Ron H. @ronthinkmedia.bsky.social · 2d

"The firings ran across more than a dozen CDC divisions and centers, wiping out entire offices and teams that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses, collect data, publish scientific reports and communicate with global partners and Congress."
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"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 2d

I understand its disorientating for some to look around with their own eyes and accept the reality of the situation, ('that's not supposed to happen here, that's supposed to happen over there') but unless reporters start aggressively covering this regime like they would any foreign authoritarian?

Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 2d

If you wanted to get rid the DC office to weaken CDC's presence inside the beltway, to weaken support for CDC in Congress, this is what you would do — fire a shit ton of highly trained professionals who stop infectious diseases due to "coding errors" and then re-hire them, but not the DC office

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

TRUMP CDC REVERSAL: Trump administration racing to reverse some CDC layoffs. Disease detectives, measles responders, MMWR staff RIF’s are revoked. DC office still shuttered. w/ @apoorvanyt.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

Portland 🔥

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Ron H. @ronthinkmedia.bsky.social · 2d

Let me look (everywhere but) right in the camera...
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Straight-talking Mike Johnson struggles to look at the camera when claiming to care about healthcare

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Ron H. @ronthinkmedia.bsky.social · 3d

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ICE EXPOSED After ARRESTING an AMERICAN HERO?!

YouTube video by Chris Mowrey

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Ron H. @ronthinkmedia.bsky.social · 4d

Despite all of the asinine MSM speculation, Orange Turd was never in the running. Meanwhile, Venezuelan opposition leader #MariaCorinaMachado was awarded the 2025 #Nobel Peace Prize "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela."
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Nobel Peace Prize 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transi...

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Ron H. @ronthinkmedia.bsky.social · 4d

"As a Republican..." How dare the Trump policies she voted for come back to haunt her family instead of all the trans illegal homo Haitian welfare DEI Mexirican Bad Bunny angry Cat Lady Muslins who are taking over the country!
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