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."
Where's my Soma? Huxley promised there'd be Soma.
December 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Where's my Soma? Huxley promised there'd be Soma.
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The Catholics on the Supreme Court need to eliminate Birthright citizenship this year so they can rule on personhood next year. Right now, if a fetus were legally declared a person then any visitors to the US could claim their baby was conceived in the States and deserves citizenship. 2/
December 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The Catholics on the Supreme Court need to eliminate Birthright citizenship this year so they can rule on personhood next year. Right now, if a fetus were legally declared a person then any visitors to the US could claim their baby was conceived in the States and deserves citizenship. 2/
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat: Many of the world's most notorious dictators have carried their countries toward ruin, such as by slashing public assistance (Chile's Augusto Pinochet), appropriating funds for themselves and their cronies (Congo's Mobutu Sese Seko, Libya's Muammar el-Qaddafi, and Putin),
Trump’s Authoritarian Innovations
Ruth Ben-Ghiat examines three additions to the autocrat's playbook that set the US president apart from his contemporaries.
prosyn.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Ruth Ben-Ghiat: Many of the world's most notorious dictators have carried their countries toward ruin, such as by slashing public assistance (Chile's Augusto Pinochet), appropriating funds for themselves and their cronies (Congo's Mobutu Sese Seko, Libya's Muammar el-Qaddafi, and Putin),
The Catholics on the Supreme Court need to eliminate Birthright citizenship this year so they can rule on personhood next year. Right now, if a fetus were legally declared a person then any visitors to the US could claim their baby was conceived in the States and deserves citizenship. 2/
December 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The Catholics on the Supreme Court need to eliminate Birthright citizenship this year so they can rule on personhood next year. Right now, if a fetus were legally declared a person then any visitors to the US could claim their baby was conceived in the States and deserves citizenship. 2/
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Siccing dogs on people is a slave tracker thing, a Bull Connor thing, a police brutality thing, a jackboot thug thing, an evil abuse of both dog and man which only a fully corrupted spirit could enact.
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Siccing dogs on people is a slave tracker thing, a Bull Connor thing, a police brutality thing, a jackboot thug thing, an evil abuse of both dog and man which only a fully corrupted spirit could enact.
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Here's a memorable illustration of the bind Trump lackeys find themselves in, trying to justify their legitimization of the Bozo Fascist's lawless regime. Sen. Tom Cotton has no answer for a straightforward question about the absence of Congressional authority for the lethal boat strikes.
December 6, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Here's a memorable illustration of the bind Trump lackeys find themselves in, trying to justify their legitimization of the Bozo Fascist's lawless regime. Sen. Tom Cotton has no answer for a straightforward question about the absence of Congressional authority for the lethal boat strikes.
Looking forward to the day when the great-great-grandchild of John Roberts apologizes for all the terrible decisions of her forebear: Citizens United, Shelby, Dobbs, Presidential immunity, gerrymandering and so many other democracy-destroying opinions including the awful ones yet to come.
From a descendant of Roger Taney to a descendant of Dred Scott: I’m sorry
Families of the proslavery chief justice and the man whose freedom he denied join in an effort to present a more complete history at Maryland’s capitol.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Looking forward to the day when the great-great-grandchild of John Roberts apologizes for all the terrible decisions of her forebear: Citizens United, Shelby, Dobbs, Presidential immunity, gerrymandering and so many other democracy-destroying opinions including the awful ones yet to come.
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📽️ WATCH: As her health declined during a high-risk pregnancy, Tierra Walker asked doctors for an abortion. They assured her she didn’t need to worry. Then she died of preeclampsia.
Listen to her aunt Latanya Walker recount Tierra's story. More: https://propub.li/3MkJs6L
Listen to her aunt Latanya Walker recount Tierra's story. More: https://propub.li/3MkJs6L
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
📽️ WATCH: As her health declined during a high-risk pregnancy, Tierra Walker asked doctors for an abortion. They assured her she didn’t need to worry. Then she died of preeclampsia.
Listen to her aunt Latanya Walker recount Tierra's story. More: https://propub.li/3MkJs6L
Listen to her aunt Latanya Walker recount Tierra's story. More: https://propub.li/3MkJs6L
Nuzzi lasted 8 Scaramuccis at Vanity Fair
December 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Nuzzi lasted 8 Scaramuccis at Vanity Fair
I took these photos at Fondation Louis Vuitton last month. Frank Gehry changed more than just architecture. He changed how we look at the sky.
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I took these photos at Fondation Louis Vuitton last month. Frank Gehry changed more than just architecture. He changed how we look at the sky.
Back when Bobby Kennedy Jr. was running for President, I pulled together this chart comparing him to his namesake. The son should be working at a zoo performing ten shows a day with majestic raptors not running health care for the country.
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Back when Bobby Kennedy Jr. was running for President, I pulled together this chart comparing him to his namesake. The son should be working at a zoo performing ten shows a day with majestic raptors not running health care for the country.
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Yes, this is worth listening to.
In my very long memory of public affairs, have never heard a public statement by a "president" (a) more alarming in mental health terms, and also (b) more overtly racist and hate-filled.
Watch carefully the sycophants around Trump as he rants. They *all* know...
In my very long memory of public affairs, have never heard a public statement by a "president" (a) more alarming in mental health terms, and also (b) more overtly racist and hate-filled.
Watch carefully the sycophants around Trump as he rants. They *all* know...
I hope people take two minutes to listen to this shocking display of bigotry. It brings clarity to what we are fighting against. We should all be sick to hear such un-American drivel from the President of the United States.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Yes, this is worth listening to.
In my very long memory of public affairs, have never heard a public statement by a "president" (a) more alarming in mental health terms, and also (b) more overtly racist and hate-filled.
Watch carefully the sycophants around Trump as he rants. They *all* know...
In my very long memory of public affairs, have never heard a public statement by a "president" (a) more alarming in mental health terms, and also (b) more overtly racist and hate-filled.
Watch carefully the sycophants around Trump as he rants. They *all* know...
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.
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.”
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
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.
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
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.