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Alec Baldwin is the best Jack Ryan because he really sells “I’m in over my head,” which is an essential part of the character. I said what I said!
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Is it just me, or is the most ridiculous thing about this video the idea that the guy could even attempt to fly a fighter jet?
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hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
Not for nothing, but it would probably be harder for an autocrat to pressure the news and entertainment industry if we didn’t keep letting them consolidate into fewer, larger companies over the last 40 years.

Strong anti-trust regulations are good for democracy!
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Wayne Connell, Chief HR officer for @washingtonpost.com, voluntarily put his name on a letter informing a Black woman that men who believe she is genetically inferior are a protected class and that she engaged in misconduct by criticizing men who have historically advocated for lynching Black people
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it's a pathetic liberal emotion, but the strongest thing i'm feeling right now is total indignity at how much they hate us despite us not doing fucking _anything_ to them
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40% of Republicans think the COVID vaccine killed more people than the COVID virus. One in four believe that QAnon is real.

No matter how far they radicalize, we are told over and over again that the people being rude to them are the problem.
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They are telling people what they plan to do. Will Democratic politicians believe them? Unlikely.
New:

At a Gateway Pundit conference, former Trump attorney Peter Ticktin said he “wouldn’t be very surprised” if there’s “an emergency called” before the next election, as "it's necessary."

"And with that emergency, we're going to be able to turn the tide.” www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...
Will someone PLEASE start saying loudly, publicly, and repeatedly that Republicans don’t like democracy because their ideas are unpopular. It’s a very simple premise that has the advantages of being very straightforward, totally true, and basically impossible to refute.
Any chance you’ll get these back in stock again? I missed it.
He blocked comments, which makes sense because a lot of people were probably also gonna say dude, I bet I agree with you about almost everything, but there’s like, concentration camps now?
People like this should be cast out of society. Seriously, go live in a fucking cave, you capitulating, spineless worm
Prepare yourself for a Dem nominee (him or somebody else) with whom you don’t agree on everything (Gaza, trans issues, death penalty). You have three years to get the fuck over it because anyone the Dems offer up is better than this or something like this.
100% - That guy sucks but Red Dawn is so great…

Powers Boothe: “All that hate’s gonna burn you up kid”

C Thomas Howell: “Keeps me warm”
Stallone for sure.

James Woods is a fucking awful person whose movies I often like, but I’m not sure he counts because he’s usually playing an undeniable asshole? Until a few years ago I just assumed there was more “acting” involved.
Reminder that this is still the way…
ok one more "how we do it on bluesky" re: "block, don't engage." it's not that anybody wants to tell you what to do -- it's that we collectively realized that this is what works. it works really great! zero, zero response needed. just block! don't argue at all with dickheads! try it! you'll see.
I just can’t anymore. My heart goes out to all the people who do great work on many parts of this historic institution. But, I can no longer let my fix for cool puzzles and great recipes subsidize the deliberate manipulation of the public discourse in this way. This is a very sad day for me.
Anyone feel like yes, but I want to wait until the hype dies down? Maybe give it a year when it will be easier to get tickets.
I don’t even need to explain why in any detail, because so many already have, and you already know.

If there is any part of your organization left that can do better, I sincerely hope you find it, because it’s needed now more than ever.
versus blatant lies and actual attacks on Democracy by Republicans.

But, none of these ever motivated me enough to write a letter to you until now. You should all be ashamed of yourselves and you know it. (3/4)
This story about the Democratic nominee for mayor of NYC was plainly a hit job and nothing more.

Your organization has committed many flagrant and terrible offenses against crucial tenets of journalism in the past several years, notably in your framing of the foibles and follies of Democrats (2/?)
So, I wrote my first letter to the editors of the NYT:

Subject: You All Know What You Did

To the Editors:

We all need to stop pretending, out of some obsolete sense of propriety or decorum, that anything in the public discourse is fair or objective anymore. (1)
Came here to make sure someone had this covered
I am a tv programming guy and 1000%
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I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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Give ‘em hell. Thank you for trying something different.