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My new film YEAR OF THE FOX comes out 8/1 in LA and 8/19 on digital platforms everywhere! Check out the new trailer & our illustrated poster! #yearofthefox🦊

Exclusive Trailer for Megan Griffiths’ Year of the Fox Finds a Teenager Navigating Privilege and Predation

Following her acclaimed features I'll Show You Mine, Lucky Them, Eden, and Sadie, filmmaker Megan Griffiths returned this year with the Eliza Flug-scripted Year of the Fox. Led by Sarah Jeffery, Jane ...

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Jul 13

Now seems the time to repost this big story we did a few years ago... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book.

What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.

www.motherjones.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Jul 9

“.. traffic has dropped by only a single percentage point as a result of leaving Twitter ..”

@niemanreports.org #Hellsite
niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-...

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Charlotte “Pure True Love” @charluv.bsky.social · Jul 5

#Baltimore Mayor #BrandonScott invested in 42 summer youth camps, 29 literacy programs, extended the rec center hours to 11 p.m, planned block parties, opened the pools for safe fun, & opened several schools up for summer classes. Crime is down 62%. 🔥🔥 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Baltimore is seeing the city’s fewest homicides in 50 years. Here’s why.

Multiple people have taken credit for the historic drop that mirrors a national decrease in violent crimes. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott says it’s due to a community-based approach to gun violence.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · Jul 3

Once a country starts committing heinous human rights violations, it just gets easier & easier to commit more & more. People get desensitized to it & become comfortable dehumanizing others. I’m so worried about the United States & the depths to which we have fallen.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · Jun 21

My brain is breaking a little. The Cato Institute us saying ICE is going too far

65 Percent of People Taken by ICE Had No Convictions, 93 Percent No Violent Convictions

ICE’s deportation agenda is not what is being advertised to the American public. ICE is not interested in prioritizing public safety, yet it constantly pretends that anyone who objects to its tactics ...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Jun 20

This is horrifying.

Waldo Jaquith, but Spooky @waldo.net · Jun 20

A Virginia guy hunted a Latino man, cornered him, questioned him, and then shot him and his friend, because he assumed the guy was an undocumented immigrant. He was radicalized by Fox News etc. and, of course, Trump. www.wric.com/news/local-n...

“[Cornett] then described his anger at illegal immigration, telling the detective that he was ‘pissed’ about undocumented migrants receiving welfare funds, phones and health insurance, and that he had ‘driven around before with the same thought,'” court documents state. “[He] later asked the detective whether he could be ‘charged for [his] thoughts,’ and went on to explain that he fantasized about flying an Apache helicopter gunship to the border and firing on undocumented migrants traveling into the United States in order ‘to deter’ other undocumented migrants from attempting to cross the border.”

Cornett’s housemates also told detectives that he was “kind of obsessed” with cable news stories about undocumented immigrants entering the United States.

Notably, neither victim was identified as an undocumented immigrant within court documents.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · Jun 19

Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.

ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · Jun 17

Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jun 17

Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE

Brad Lander is shown being detained by federal agents in a courthouse. Lander wears a dark blue suit, blue shirt and blue striped tie. The agents wear sweatshirts and blue jeans. A headline reads: "Brad Lander Is Detained By ICE Agents at Immigration Courthouse." Photo by Olga Fedorova/Associated Press.

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Megan Griffiths @thecinechick.bsky.social · Jun 14

Proud to stand up and be counted today among the hordes of Americans who are SO OVER this incessant assault on our country. #nokings ❌👑

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Heather M. Collins🗽 @heathersdesk.bsky.social · Jun 14

Do you know how badly you have to screw up as a Republican to get this kind of turnout in IDAHO?

#NOKINGS

View of the No Kings protest from the 4th floor of the Boise Capitol Building

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Megan Griffiths @thecinechick.bsky.social · Jun 13

holy shit, this story!

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · Jun 12

When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.

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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · Jun 12

Here is Senator Alex Padilla's entire full statement after being detained by Donald Trump and Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security.

Like he said, if they're doing this to a sitting Senator, imagine what they're doing to other people.

Unconscionable.

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Megan Griffiths @thecinechick.bsky.social · May 20

Check out this interview @laceyleavittgray.bsky.social & I did with @knkx.org about #teslaregretsyndrome, which aired last night during All Things Considered. 📻 @troublemakers.bsky.social @alexwinter.com

Local filmmakers produce PSA protest video against Tesla

The Tesla Regret Syndrome video is for Tesla drivers who may be experiencing buyer's remorse and are unhappy with the electric car company's CEO, Elon Musk.

www.knkx.org

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Megan Griffiths @thecinechick.bsky.social · May 1

youtu.be/tQOvkgZL9eU?...

Tesla Regret Syndrome PSA

YouTube video by Troublemakers

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Megan Griffiths @thecinechick.bsky.social · Apr 22

Tesla Regret Syndrome PSA

YouTube video by Troublemakers

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Megan Griffiths @thecinechick.bsky.social · Apr 22

Not a great Earth Day for Elon... #teslaregretsyndrome

Faiz Siddiqui @faizsays.bsky.social · Apr 22

🚨 Tesla posts a $400M profit, down 71% year-over-year. Revenue is down nearly $2B compared to the same time last year. Wow.

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Megan Griffiths @thecinechick.bsky.social · Apr 19

Nauseating.

Megan Griffiths @thecinechick.bsky.social · Apr 18

"This is America for you."

Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · Apr 18

This moment is powerful.

The initial reaction from the Stephanie Horowitz.

She survived Parkland school shooting in 2018

She survived Florida State U shooting yesterday

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