Nell Scovell
@nellscovell.bsky.social
Creator/showrunner Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Director. Writer: NCIS, The Muppets, The Simpsons. Charmed, Coach. Journalist for The Daily Beast. Memoir: "Just the Funny Parts."
At what pt are we all complicit in these grotesque actions? Even those who didn't vote GOP are supporting Trump & Hegseth & Kennedy & Witkoff & Noem w/tax dollars. Aren't the deaths of unvaxxed babies, deported immigrants, murdered fisherman & Ukraine soldiers on all our heads? Asking for a friend.
December 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
At what pt are we all complicit in these grotesque actions? Even those who didn't vote GOP are supporting Trump & Hegseth & Kennedy & Witkoff & Noem w/tax dollars. Aren't the deaths of unvaxxed babies, deported immigrants, murdered fisherman & Ukraine soldiers on all our heads? Asking for a friend.
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1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
Kushner’s Moscow mission wasn’t just corrupt. It was unconstitutional.
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, has been traveling the world to participate in high-stakes foreign policy negotiations on behalf of the president.
popular.info
December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
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What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
Over and over, the NYT amplifies Trump's damaging and cruel propaganda. This was egregious, set in large type and plastered at the top of the website. I fixed it for them, but they should NOT be printing this, ahem, garbage.
December 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Over and over, the NYT amplifies Trump's damaging and cruel propaganda. This was egregious, set in large type and plastered at the top of the website. I fixed it for them, but they should NOT be printing this, ahem, garbage.
We need to talk about Donald
How Sleepy Trump, 79, Became the D.C. Sequel Nobody Wanted to See
It’s the comparison nobody would make to his face—but we’ve been here before.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
We need to talk about Donald
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December 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The only way to stop a bad lawyer is with a good lawyer. This is an excellent organization that matches lawyers with non-profits so it covers a lot of bases: environmental, election, social justice... I'm supporting them on this #GivingTuesday.
Great essay by @sorayachemaly.bsky.social. Reminds me of when I was a Co-EP on a popular TV show and was asked to rewrite another writer's script over the weekend. I turned it in to the EP on Sunday night and the next morning the EP stopped me. "Great work," he said. "But I'm gonna tell Dave... 1/
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Great essay by @sorayachemaly.bsky.social. Reminds me of when I was a Co-EP on a popular TV show and was asked to rewrite another writer's script over the weekend. I turned it in to the EP on Sunday night and the next morning the EP stopped me. "Great work," he said. "But I'm gonna tell Dave... 1/
Has someone made the gingerbread version of the East Wing torn down yet?
December 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Has someone made the gingerbread version of the East Wing torn down yet?
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Daniel Woodrell died of pancreatic cancer at 72--the same cause and age of my own mother's death. This cancer is detected late & works swiftly. My mom got 100 days from diagnosis to death. Recently, researchers have made advancements in treatment, but the GOP is putting a stop to that. 1/
Daniel Woodrell, ‘Country Noir’ Novelist of ‘Winter’s Bone,’ Dies at 72
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Daniel Woodrell died of pancreatic cancer at 72--the same cause and age of my own mother's death. This cancer is detected late & works swiftly. My mom got 100 days from diagnosis to death. Recently, researchers have made advancements in treatment, but the GOP is putting a stop to that. 1/
Daniel Woodrell died of pancreatic cancer at 72--the same cause and age of my own mother's death. This cancer is detected late & works swiftly. My mom got 100 days from diagnosis to death. Recently, researchers have made advancements in treatment, but the GOP is putting a stop to that. 1/
Daniel Woodrell, ‘Country Noir’ Novelist of ‘Winter’s Bone,’ Dies at 72
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Daniel Woodrell died of pancreatic cancer at 72--the same cause and age of my own mother's death. This cancer is detected late & works swiftly. My mom got 100 days from diagnosis to death. Recently, researchers have made advancements in treatment, but the GOP is putting a stop to that. 1/
Watch this until the very end. Repulsive. As I've said before:
Yesterday was terrible. Today was worse. And tomorrow will be worse still.
Yesterday was terrible. Today was worse. And tomorrow will be worse still.
Reporter: Governor Walz called for the release of your MRI results
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
December 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Watch this until the very end. Repulsive. As I've said before:
Yesterday was terrible. Today was worse. And tomorrow will be worse still.
Yesterday was terrible. Today was worse. And tomorrow will be worse still.
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The fentanyl problem he promised to fix was that he wasn’t profiting off of it.
November 30, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The fentanyl problem he promised to fix was that he wasn’t profiting off of it.
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This quote from Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko really resonates. He said the Ukrainian people know why they have to keep going because "When Ukrainians are fighting against Russia, thousands die.When Ukraine is occupied by Russia, millions die.”
June 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This quote from Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko really resonates. He said the Ukrainian people know why they have to keep going because "When Ukrainians are fighting against Russia, thousands die.When Ukraine is occupied by Russia, millions die.”
This is my favorite Christmas ornament. The person who makes them did an incredible job.
www.etsy.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This is my favorite Christmas ornament. The person who makes them did an incredible job.
PA's Dave McCormick pissed away a great opportunity. Coming into the Senate from a purple state, he could've acted like a sane person & carved out a path to run for Prez in '28 as MAGA implodes. Instead he voted w/Trump 100%, including being a West Pt grad who soiled himself by voting for Hegseth
Dave McCormick helps give Republicans 51 votes to confirm Pete Hegseth
Dave McCormick's vote helped Hegseth overcome three GOP defections for be confirmed as secretary of defense. Democrat John Fetterman voted no.
www.inquirer.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
PA's Dave McCormick pissed away a great opportunity. Coming into the Senate from a purple state, he could've acted like a sane person & carved out a path to run for Prez in '28 as MAGA implodes. Instead he voted w/Trump 100%, including being a West Pt grad who soiled himself by voting for Hegseth
I think we may be nearing the Streisand Effect with Hegseth going after Mark Kelly and the other senators who made the video telling troops to refuse ILLEGAL orders. Please share again because the message is even more important now.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community...
YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I think we may be nearing the Streisand Effect with Hegseth going after Mark Kelly and the other senators who made the video telling troops to refuse ILLEGAL orders. Please share again because the message is even more important now.
Sonia Sotomayor saw exactly where John Roberts was leading Trump. We've already seen 2 out of these 3 happen.
November 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Sonia Sotomayor saw exactly where John Roberts was leading Trump. We've already seen 2 out of these 3 happen.
The South will rise again... and that is terrible news for anyone who isn't a white, Christian, male landowner.
Markwayne Mullin: "The president and the secretary of war have been very clear. They're gonna use lethality against our enemies -- home and abroad."
November 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The South will rise again... and that is terrible news for anyone who isn't a white, Christian, male landowner.
Under Trump, yesterday was terrible and today is worse. And tomorrow, there will be more lawlessness, more grift, more innocent people disappeared, more crypto bros rewarded, more violence against women, more hate toward the LGBTQ community, more Russian aggression.
The past decade has seen grave threats and unmistakable decline. But the past few days and weeks reveal that we have entered in a new and more perilous chapter here in the U.S. It must be a call to a new kind of action. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
We Have Descended into Utter Madness
A new sense of urgency is needed. Our national crisis has grown much more acute.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Under Trump, yesterday was terrible and today is worse. And tomorrow, there will be more lawlessness, more grift, more innocent people disappeared, more crypto bros rewarded, more violence against women, more hate toward the LGBTQ community, more Russian aggression.
“--it's not gasps and blood and falling about---that isn't what makes it death. It's just a man failing to reappear, that's all ---now you see him, now you don't, that the only thing that's real: here one minute and gone the next and never coming back...”
--Tom Stoppard
--Tom Stoppard
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“--it's not gasps and blood and falling about---that isn't what makes it death. It's just a man failing to reappear, that's all ---now you see him, now you don't, that the only thing that's real: here one minute and gone the next and never coming back...”
--Tom Stoppard
--Tom Stoppard
💣 New Nickname Alert 💣
From now on, Pentagon Pete will be known as Pete "War Crimes" Hegseth
From now on, Pentagon Pete will be known as Pete "War Crimes" Hegseth
November 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
💣 New Nickname Alert 💣
From now on, Pentagon Pete will be known as Pete "War Crimes" Hegseth
From now on, Pentagon Pete will be known as Pete "War Crimes" Hegseth
Went to "Wicked" last night and saw a preview for the Michael Jackson movie. What a great time to be a pedophile.
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Went to "Wicked" last night and saw a preview for the Michael Jackson movie. What a great time to be a pedophile.
Ethics aside, Ryan Lizza's murder-suicide note is a fun read.
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Ethics aside, Ryan Lizza's murder-suicide note is a fun read.
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
There is no true protest without sacrifice. If you are horrified by the Trump admin bombing boats, arresting citizens, and lining their pockets, reduce your holiday spending. Tell loved ones that you're giving to @democracydocket.com or the @aclu.org instead.
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
There is no true protest without sacrifice. If you are horrified by the Trump admin bombing boats, arresting citizens, and lining their pockets, reduce your holiday spending. Tell loved ones that you're giving to @democracydocket.com or the @aclu.org instead.