Howard Gertler
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Producer of audiovisual things you’ve loved. Now playing on HBO/Max: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Last Call.
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“If you’ve ever gotten a free mammogram or a free colonoscopy or a free H.I.V. screening, it’s because of the U.S.P.S.T.F.,” Kennedy Weakens U.S. Preventive Services Task Force www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
Kennedy Weakens U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
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January 9, 2026 at 10:58 PM
“If you’ve ever gotten a free mammogram or a free colonoscopy or a free H.I.V. screening, it’s because of the U.S.P.S.T.F.,” Kennedy Weakens U.S. Preventive Services Task Force www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
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In his first sit-down interview as mayor, Zohran Mamdani spoke with the FAQ NYC podcast on the incident that occurred in Minneapolis where an ICE agent fatally shot a woman.
“If you violate the law, then you have to be held to account.”
Full episode: www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/08/m...
“If you violate the law, then you have to be held to account.”
Full episode: www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/08/m...
January 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
In his first sit-down interview as mayor, Zohran Mamdani spoke with the FAQ NYC podcast on the incident that occurred in Minneapolis where an ICE agent fatally shot a woman.
“If you violate the law, then you have to be held to account.”
Full episode: www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/08/m...
“If you violate the law, then you have to be held to account.”
Full episode: www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/08/m...
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just out-of-control barbaric stuff www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
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January 8, 2026 at 1:10 PM
just out-of-control barbaric stuff www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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NYT: “.. the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.”
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January 8, 2026 at 12:45 PM
NYT: “.. the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.”
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www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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our newsroom took stock of the biggest story lines in New York coming up this year. here's your quick read on the top themes:
The Stories THE CITY Will Be Watching in 2026
The new mayor and his agenda loom large in the new year, from child care to climate policy to the housing crisis.
www.thecity.nyc
January 5, 2026 at 1:17 PM
our newsroom took stock of the biggest story lines in New York coming up this year. here's your quick read on the top themes:
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WATCH: Here's the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" last night
December 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
WATCH: Here's the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" last night
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12/5/95 Other Music opens its doors for the first time, selling $362.98 worth of merchandise on its first day in business 30 years ago today 🧡💙 thanks to Josh Madell and Chris Vanderloo for creating one of the most significant communities in my and so many New Yorkers’ lives
December 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
12/5/95 Other Music opens its doors for the first time, selling $362.98 worth of merchandise on its first day in business 30 years ago today 🧡💙 thanks to Josh Madell and Chris Vanderloo for creating one of the most significant communities in my and so many New Yorkers’ lives
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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NYPD agents arrested more than a dozen people and unleashed clouds of pepper spray on a spontaneous protest formed around a SoHo parking garage where masked agents had gathered inside.
NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation
Dozens of masked federal agents were staging inside a parking lot when a spontaneous group of protesters got word of their presence. The NYPD helped clear a path for the federal agents to leave the…
www.thecity.nyc
November 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
NYPD agents arrested more than a dozen people and unleashed clouds of pepper spray on a spontaneous protest formed around a SoHo parking garage where masked agents had gathered inside.
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World AIDS Day was cofounded by an American journalist--James Bunn, a San Francisco reporter who was the first person at a local TV station to make the AIDS crisis his beat, in 1983. An administration that did not loathe the press, history, and knowledge itself might have considered honoring that.
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
World AIDS Day was cofounded by an American journalist--James Bunn, a San Francisco reporter who was the first person at a local TV station to make the AIDS crisis his beat, in 1983. An administration that did not loathe the press, history, and knowledge itself might have considered honoring that.
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Wow.
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Wow.
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Read this. These atrocities are happening right here in this country. Right now.
Unconscionable. Full stop. No excuses to be associated with or endorse or remain silent: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | ‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally
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November 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Read this. These atrocities are happening right here in this country. Right now.
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Friday morning recommendation? Eva Aridjis Fuentes's GOODBYE HORSES: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2025) — exclusively streaming on the Criterion Channel!
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Friday morning recommendation? Eva Aridjis Fuentes's GOODBYE HORSES: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2025) — exclusively streaming on the Criterion Channel!
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This story has it all. Drugs, cops, cuckoo clocks, a protagonist with hustle, a bitter family feud and the allure of THIS oil painting.
It also makes a great point about inconsistencies in our drug laws.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...
It also makes a great point about inconsistencies in our drug laws.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This story has it all. Drugs, cops, cuckoo clocks, a protagonist with hustle, a bitter family feud and the allure of THIS oil painting.
It also makes a great point about inconsistencies in our drug laws.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...
It also makes a great point about inconsistencies in our drug laws.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...
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Huge fucking recommendation for GOODBYE HORSES: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS, which is now available on Criterion Channel (which remains the only streaming service worth a dime):
Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus - The Criterion Channel
Directed by Eva Aridjis Fuentes • 2025 • United States, Mexico
In the early 1990s, Diane Luckey—known by her stage name Q Lazzarus—seemed poised for stardom when her darkly ravishing synth-pop anthem...
www.criterionchannel.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Huge fucking recommendation for GOODBYE HORSES: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS, which is now available on Criterion Channel (which remains the only streaming service worth a dime):
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just wrote our newsroom's rundown for the next 16-ish hours and ... I'm so proud of everyone, no matter what the results are tonight
we're gonna have amazing results graphics, team coverage in multiple boroughs, great photos, great analysis .......... I'm verklempt ... thecity.nyc y'aaalllll
we're gonna have amazing results graphics, team coverage in multiple boroughs, great photos, great analysis .......... I'm verklempt ... thecity.nyc y'aaalllll
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November 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
just wrote our newsroom's rundown for the next 16-ish hours and ... I'm so proud of everyone, no matter what the results are tonight
we're gonna have amazing results graphics, team coverage in multiple boroughs, great photos, great analysis .......... I'm verklempt ... thecity.nyc y'aaalllll
we're gonna have amazing results graphics, team coverage in multiple boroughs, great photos, great analysis .......... I'm verklempt ... thecity.nyc y'aaalllll
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“Cornered and outnumbered, the masked agents pushed and shoved demonstrators out of the way so vehicles could clear the area, while one whipped out a Taser and pointed it at protesters.”
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/21/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/21/i...
Military-Style Immigration Sweep Hits NYC as Masked Federal Agents Arrest Canal Street Vendors
Spontaneous protests were met with an armored military vehicle and assault rifles in a crackdown that escalated the Trump administration’s focus on NYC.
www.thecity.nyc
October 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
“Cornered and outnumbered, the masked agents pushed and shoved demonstrators out of the way so vehicles could clear the area, while one whipped out a Taser and pointed it at protesters.”
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/21/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/21/i...
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Federal agents many in masks at Broadway and Canal moments ago questioning a man, a bunch more agents just walked away. "Can i call my mom," the man asks, he's now being loaded into a car and being driven away. More TK @thecity.nyc
October 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Federal agents many in masks at Broadway and Canal moments ago questioning a man, a bunch more agents just walked away. "Can i call my mom," the man asks, he's now being loaded into a car and being driven away. More TK @thecity.nyc
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NEW: More Than 100,000 New Yorkers Rally at Citywide ‘No Kings’ Protest Against Trump
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/18/n...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/18/n...
More Than 100,000 New Yorkers Rally at Citywide ‘No Kings’ Protest Against Trump
Demonstrators denounced Trump’s immigration crackdown in NYC and his pursuit of an indictment against NY Attorney General Letitia James.
www.thecity.nyc
October 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
NEW: More Than 100,000 New Yorkers Rally at Citywide ‘No Kings’ Protest Against Trump
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/18/n...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/18/n...
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Some thoughts on the sublime Diane Keaton. Truly one of a kind. ANNIE HALL was a formative movie for me and the searing marital-breakdown drama SHOOT THE MOON remains one of the most under-appreciated films of the '80s. A tremendous loss.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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Critic’s Appreciation: The Irreplaceable Diane Keaton Modernized the Screwball Heroine With Sophistication, Intellect and Singular Style
The Oscar-winning star of ‘Annie Hall,’ ‘Manhattan,’ all three ‘Godfather’ movies, ‘Reds’ and ‘The First Wives Club' was a one-of-a-kind screen presence.
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October 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Some thoughts on the sublime Diane Keaton. Truly one of a kind. ANNIE HALL was a formative movie for me and the searing marital-breakdown drama SHOOT THE MOON remains one of the most under-appreciated films of the '80s. A tremendous loss.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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News you can use: NYC ballot questions, explained www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/06/b... via @thecity.nyc
Your Guide to NYC’s Ballot Questions for 2025
Voters will weigh in on housing reforms, a change to election years and an Olympic Sports Complex in upstate New York.
www.thecity.nyc
October 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
News you can use: NYC ballot questions, explained www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/06/b... via @thecity.nyc
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I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies
U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.
www.reuters.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.