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I came here from the bad place. Californian, avid reader. Trying to survive the next 4 years.
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Awful, awful news. Her essay was magnificent: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
December 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Awful, awful news. Her essay was magnificent: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Just in case any journalist or editor reading this is tempted to minimize Trump's Reiner post because it's a "showbiz thing" and "real" stories are happening: No. It's a President thing and a decency thing, and if you don't understand that those things are newsworthy, you are failing in your duties.
December 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Just in case any journalist or editor reading this is tempted to minimize Trump's Reiner post because it's a "showbiz thing" and "real" stories are happening: No. It's a President thing and a decency thing, and if you don't understand that those things are newsworthy, you are failing in your duties.
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This is one of those times when all of the bad news just sucks the air out of your lungs.
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This is one of those times when all of the bad news just sucks the air out of your lungs.
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The depressing part is that Netflix winning would be objectively terrible for viewers and society and yet somehow a successful Paramount bid would be far more terrible
this pretty much guarantees months and months of performative bullshit by Trump and Ellison and right wing media about how Netflix ownership would be a woke antitrust nightmare, but letting Larry and his nepobaby son dominate U.S. media would be a delightful, populist spritzer
It’s a Bidding War: Paramount Attempts Hostile Offer for Warner Bros.
David Ellison calls Netflix's $82.7 billion deal value an "inferior proposal" and tells Warners shareholders that his coalition promises $18 billion more in cash.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The depressing part is that Netflix winning would be objectively terrible for viewers and society and yet somehow a successful Paramount bid would be far more terrible
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To sum up:
1. This will not "save" WB as a theatrical entity.
2. This would amount to handing over two studios to a right-wing tech billionaire.
3. The argument that this won't monopolize market share is true only bc Paramount does so badly it has no market share! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
1. This will not "save" WB as a theatrical entity.
2. This would amount to handing over two studios to a right-wing tech billionaire.
3. The argument that this won't monopolize market share is true only bc Paramount does so badly it has no market share! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
Paramount Makes Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
To sum up:
1. This will not "save" WB as a theatrical entity.
2. This would amount to handing over two studios to a right-wing tech billionaire.
3. The argument that this won't monopolize market share is true only bc Paramount does so badly it has no market share! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
1. This will not "save" WB as a theatrical entity.
2. This would amount to handing over two studios to a right-wing tech billionaire.
3. The argument that this won't monopolize market share is true only bc Paramount does so badly it has no market share! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
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i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
November 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
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Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
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no one has ever been better than chuck schumer at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
November 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
no one has ever been better than chuck schumer at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
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Savor this moment, friends.
They couldn’t buy their way to a win. They couldn’t racist their way to a win. There are more of us than them, and we fucking beat them. And we can keep beating them.
They couldn’t buy their way to a win. They couldn’t racist their way to a win. There are more of us than them, and we fucking beat them. And we can keep beating them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Savor this moment, friends.
They couldn’t buy their way to a win. They couldn’t racist their way to a win. There are more of us than them, and we fucking beat them. And we can keep beating them.
They couldn’t buy their way to a win. They couldn’t racist their way to a win. There are more of us than them, and we fucking beat them. And we can keep beating them.
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
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If you are a Democratic senator watching these results and the lesson you take is "I should cave and help Republicans reopen the government for nothing more than a promise written on toilet paper" then you shouldn't be in the Senate anymore
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
If you are a Democratic senator watching these results and the lesson you take is "I should cave and help Republicans reopen the government for nothing more than a promise written on toilet paper" then you shouldn't be in the Senate anymore
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Never has a group developed so complete a hearing problem as Republicans confronted with actual words that Trump has said over the last decade.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'?
JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.
S: Those are quotes
JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.
S: Those are quotes
October 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Never has a group developed so complete a hearing problem as Republicans confronted with actual words that Trump has said over the last decade.
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This is much, much more significant than the Comey indictment but has gotten like 0.1% of the media coverage
🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”
New order targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions
www.kenklippenstein.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is much, much more significant than the Comey indictment but has gotten like 0.1% of the media coverage
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Kimmel won. Winning matters, wins are how we’re going to prevent this autocratic slide.
September 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Kimmel won. Winning matters, wins are how we’re going to prevent this autocratic slide.
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This is the lead story in the New York Times. If you're in the business of communicating, whether through journalism, commentary, or art, this is the five-alarm fire. People are going to remember who spoke up and who stayed conveniently silent or postured about "neutrality."
September 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is the lead story in the New York Times. If you're in the business of communicating, whether through journalism, commentary, or art, this is the five-alarm fire. People are going to remember who spoke up and who stayed conveniently silent or postured about "neutrality."
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They are literally canceling culture
September 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
They are literally canceling culture
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We are as long as you sit on your fucking hands, Chuck.
Chuck Schumer just told CNN, in the wake of Kimmel’s suspension, that “we are not that country.”
Alas we are, now. Maybe not forever. But now.
Alas we are, now. Maybe not forever. But now.
September 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
We are as long as you sit on your fucking hands, Chuck.
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Can't hurt to call or write:
support.abc.com
Call ABC Audience Relations at (818) 460-7477.
Contact ABC's customer service number at 1 (800) 230-0229.
Contact Nexstar at (972) 373-8800.
Contact Nextstar President Perry A. Sook at (817) 946-1773.
support.abc.com
Call ABC Audience Relations at (818) 460-7477.
Contact ABC's customer service number at 1 (800) 230-0229.
Contact Nexstar at (972) 373-8800.
Contact Nextstar President Perry A. Sook at (817) 946-1773.
ABC
support.abc.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Can't hurt to call or write:
support.abc.com
Call ABC Audience Relations at (818) 460-7477.
Contact ABC's customer service number at 1 (800) 230-0229.
Contact Nexstar at (972) 373-8800.
Contact Nextstar President Perry A. Sook at (817) 946-1773.
support.abc.com
Call ABC Audience Relations at (818) 460-7477.
Contact ABC's customer service number at 1 (800) 230-0229.
Contact Nexstar at (972) 373-8800.
Contact Nextstar President Perry A. Sook at (817) 946-1773.
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emmy winners, you have 45 seconds to give your victory speech
emmy presenters, you have 10 to 15 minutes to introduce the nominees
emmy presenters, you have 10 to 15 minutes to introduce the nominees
September 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
emmy winners, you have 45 seconds to give your victory speech
emmy presenters, you have 10 to 15 minutes to introduce the nominees
emmy presenters, you have 10 to 15 minutes to introduce the nominees
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If you're represented by a Republican in the House, call their offices to demand they join this.
Be sure to tell them you know it just needs one more signature and it should be theirs.
Be sure to tell them you know it just needs one more signature and it should be theirs.
September 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
If you're represented by a Republican in the House, call their offices to demand they join this.
Be sure to tell them you know it just needs one more signature and it should be theirs.
Be sure to tell them you know it just needs one more signature and it should be theirs.
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Ok it is our first ever “Woof Wednesday”
Reply with pics of your pups for all to enjoy !!!!
Reply with pics of your pups for all to enjoy !!!!
August 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Ok it is our first ever “Woof Wednesday”
Reply with pics of your pups for all to enjoy !!!!
Reply with pics of your pups for all to enjoy !!!!
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The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.
Breaking News: President Trump said he was taking control of the police in Washington, D.C., and deploying 800 National Guard troops there in response to “out of control” crime — even though violent crime in the city has fallen. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3H9yVcu
August 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.