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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 2h

"Some House Democrats have a new worry as concerns about lawmakers’ safety continue: That they won’t be able to rely on local law enforcement for help if they need it." -- welcome to the world everyone else lives in

Matt Henry 🥄 @matthenry.fyi · 18d

When the nazis were coming into power, there was a lag before local law enforcement was fully on board. People were able to get police protection from nazi-aligned paramilitaries. Here, today, police look at rising fascism and say “Finally. We’ve been waiting for this.” www.notus.org/democrats/me...

Democrats' New Fear: They Can’t Rely on Local Law Enforcement for Protection

“They called the local sheriff; they showed up and were going to arrest me,” said Rep. Steven Horsford.

www.notus.org

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 37m

These thirty seconds show a scandal of unbelievable proportion and it might as well never have happened. Just sucked into the vacuum of history immediately. I can't dwell on it or I'll go crazy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 2h

The literal reading of this statement is Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 2h

This is why I love Chicago so much. Their “we will fuck with you” reserves are BOTTOMLESS.

NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 4h

This is amazing.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 3h

why lean into the christofascism halfway.

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 9h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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Hudsonette @hudsonette.bsky.social · 3h

Pedro in a Paris bookstore.
All really attractive men are readers. 📚📚

Pedro Pascal in leather jacket looks at piles of books in a bookstore.

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 3h

Got a recent Pulitzer for warning on the spread of autocracy around the globe, after decades of service to the paper? You can bet your butt you're getting laid off by form email, on Yom Kippur

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 9h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 4h

None of these immigration enforcement goons should ever know a moment's peace but Black folks roasting a Black HSI agent's haircut right in front of his white coworkers is a special little slice of heaven

TresTiffany @trestiffany.bsky.social · 5h

“What’s your barber name?” is crazy 😂

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 5h

One of the (many) legal gaps that needs to be filled after this nightmare is over is to prohibit federal law enforcement agencies from using federal funds to create propaganda videos with anyone in custody. This is all about spectacle and content creation, remove the incentive and the means

Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 7h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 12h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 4h

She’s the third UCLA film alum to get the Genius Grant. The other two being Charles Burnett and Allison Anders. Has any other film school done that?

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 4h

UCLA Film School alumna Garrett Bradley in now a MacArthur Fellow. www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...

Garrett Bradley

Harnessing the full potential of moving images to evoke feeling and render the textures of her subjects’ lives.

www.macfound.org

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 6h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 5h

Update: Panahi cancelled. My ticket is still available.

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 5h

MAHOGANY, directed by Berry Gordy after he sacked Tony Richardson, starring Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, and Anthony Perkins, turns 50 today.

a woman in a fur coat is sitting in a car with a man .

ALT: a woman in a fur coat is sitting in a car with a man .

media.tenor.com

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6h

I’m looking forward to some of the brownshirts accidentally force-femming themselves in an attempt to go undercover.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6h

1. AG Ken Paxton of Texas has announced undercover operations into left leaning groups, citing "transgenderism" and "antifa."

It is the latest in a series of moves that indicates LGBTQ+ people and left-leaning orgs may be targets for domestic surveillance.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton Announces Undercover Operations Into "Antifa," Citing "Transgenderism"

The announcement comes after a flurry of reports that Trump would weaponize the FBI against groups supporting LGBTQ+ people.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 7h

This sounds rad

FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 7h

Dan Trachtenberg's 2022 sci-fi horror hit PREY will hit theaters for the very first time this November as part of a double bill with PREDATOR: BADLANDS.

Dan Trachtenberg’s PREY Coming To Theaters With PREDATOR: BADLANDS Double Bill

Dan Trachtenberg's 2022 sci-fi horror hit PREY will hit theaters for the very first time this November as part of a double bill with PREDATOR: BADLANDS.

dlvr.it

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 8h

Dolly’s rep says she has kidney stones and an infection. I was in the hospital for something similar in August. It was the worst pain of my life plus I was projectile vomiting and lost all dignity writhing in pain while they probed every orifice 😬.

Bad, but if they’re telling the truth she’ll be ok

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 8h

After freaking everyone the fuck out about Dolly Parton’s health yesterday, her sister issued an “oopsie!” apology today. Woof.

I’m begging everyone not to add unnecessary anxiety to our lives right now. My tummy was in knots over Dolly yesterday 😞

www.tmz.com/2025/10/08/d...

Dolly Parton's Sister Freida Apologizes for False Alarm

Whoopsie! Dolly Parton's sister Freida says she didn't mean to start a panic Tuesday over Dolly's health ... because the music legend is expected to be just fine.

www.tmz.com

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 7h

Since tonight is my first date with someone I’ve been talking to for months (friends have dubbed her my Mr. Big), I have a ticket to see Jafar Panahi introduce The White Balloon tonight at the Los Feliz 3 that I cannot use. DM me with an email addy if you want it.

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 1d

Every major city in Texas has a higher murder rate than Chicago

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 1d

Incredibly slimy and dishonest, but also... yes?

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Ed Wang @edataoldotcom.bsky.social · 18h

The last thing I expected to see tonight: legendary Iranian director Jafar Panahi shooting the Beyond Fest @beyondfest.bsky.social tee-shirt cannon into the Aero Theatre audience. @amcinematheque.bsky.social

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 18h

This guy looks like one of those youth pastors who drives an unmarked white van

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 2d

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's neo-fascist guru—plans to Flee USA.

“I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.”

www.thenerdreich.com/panicked-cur...

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's guru—plans to flee USA

‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’

www.thenerdreich.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 1d

Blast from the past: a piece I did in 2006 about a trio of notoriously ultra-violent, politically reactionary movies from 1971: The French Connection, Dirty Harry, and Straw Dogs

MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 1d

10/7/71: The French Connection (D Friedkin/DP Roizman)
w/Hackman, Scheider, Rey
More:
@pulpcurry.bsky.social: crimereads.com/50-years-rea...
@kphipps3000.bsky.social: www.avclub.com/the-french-c...
We favor, but @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social w/must-read dissent: www.slantmagazine.com/film/caveman...

Caveman Valentines: The French Connection, Dirty Harry, & Straw Dogs - Slant Magazine

Straw Dogs is about man’s quest to identify himself as masculine through the self-actualizing power of violence.

www.slantmagazine.com

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Brianna Ashby @briannaduggan.bsky.social · 23h

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