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Robert Meyer Burnett

@rmburnett.bsky.social

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Imagination Connoisseur. Viceroy of Verisimilitude. Writer, Producer, Editor, Director, Pundit, Bon Vivant. The Burnettwork on YouTube. Living childhood dreams, making some happen. Forever listening to the stories of others, and learning from them.

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Robert Meyer Burnett @rmburnett.bsky.social · Dec 20

Many thanks to The Digital Bits’ @billhuntbits.bsky.social for his through and thoughtful review of TRUE NOIR. thedigitalbits.com/item/true-no...

True Noir: The Assassination of Anton Cermak (Audio Drama Review)

Directed by our old friend Robert Meyer Burnett (Free Enterprise, Femme Fatales) and written by Max Allan Collins—adapted from his own 1982 novel True Detective (the first entry in his popular Nathan ...

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Robert Meyer Burnett @rmburnett.bsky.social · 1d

The great 80s horror doc, IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS, is going 90s! Support it right here!

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

"A rave of a movie that acts as its own hallucinogen, best experienced on a huge screen with a state-of-the art sound system. If they’d played it again right after I saw it for the first time, I would have gladly stayed in my seat." My **** review of TRON: Ares. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tron...

TRON: Ares movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

“TRON: Ares” is spectacularly designed, swiftly paced, thoughtfully written, and directed within an inch of its neon-hued life.

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Elizabeth Joh @elizabethjoh.bsky.social · 1d

Congress, you up? Oh wait

George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Don Dechert @dondechert.bsky.social · 1d

Trump to exercise monarchic whim and illegally re-direct appropriations is how the headline should read.

Just again, spending and appropriations is a core power of Congress, not subject to the Executive's whims.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. there is the question of how the bond market will react to tariff revenue being redirected away from lowering the deficit.”

@barrons.com
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

US military action is done with the American people’s money in the American people’s name, as is DOJ. The people’s elected representatives in Congress have oversight authority. They are 100% entitled to this info.

You know who doesn’t have to disclose legal advice? Personal attorneys and advisors.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

COONS: How did you conclude that these strikes on boats in the open ocean are legal?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any legal advice that my department may or may not have issued

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 1d

Since the election, Republicans refused to negotiate at all with Democrats - on anything. But now we are told that the Democrats should give in negotiate in good faith.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

Jon Stewart makes the case for Democrats holding the line in their shutdown battle with Trump and the GOP

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Robert Meyer Burnett @rmburnett.bsky.social · 1d

Because…of course.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
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Robert Meyer Burnett @rmburnett.bsky.social · 1d

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Walmart-affiliate applies for state grant to demolish Monroeville Mall

A development project that proposes tearing down Monroeville Mall and creating "a modern, mixed-use destination" is seeking funding from the state.

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Robert Meyer Burnett @rmburnett.bsky.social · 5d

The WORLD PREMIERE of our new film WHITE DEVILS will take place on TUESDAY NIGHT, October 28th at 8:00 PM at the family owned Gardena Cinema near LAX. Tickets will be on sale SOON. There will be a Q&A after the show! Keep the spirit of indie film alive!

WARNING: MATURE CONTENT.

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Robert Meyer Burnett @rmburnett.bsky.social · 5d

Just a fun thing to do in the month of October…

Robert Meyer Burnett @rmburnett.bsky.social · 8d

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Full speeches: Trump, Hegseth address military leaders at rare meeting in Quantico

YouTube video by Face the Nation

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Robert Meyer Burnett @rmburnett.bsky.social · 8d

I’d love to hear Captain Williard’s narration of Pete Hegseth’s full on Kubrickian General Ripper Warfighting meltdown in Virginia today. Princeton must be so proud one of their own went full STRANGELOVE. Our military top brass must be filled with such resolve. “Quantico. Shhhhhhit…”

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Robert Meyer Burnett @rmburnett.bsky.social · 13d

Episode 2 of ICONS OF FRIGHT is now LIVE! "Who Needs Permission...?" ICONS OF FRIGHT Podcast - Episode Two
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"Who Needs Permission...?" ICONS OF FRIGHT Podcast - Episode Two

YouTube video by THE BURNETTWORK

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Robert Meyer Burnett @rmburnett.bsky.social · 14d

Awe HELL YEAH! If you haven't heard, Regal will be showcasing Friday the 13th Part III on October 3rd. Yes, it will apparently be in (RealD) 3D. One day only. It's part of their Screams on Screen monthly marathon.

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Robert Meyer Burnett @rmburnett.bsky.social · 15d

@peterapeel.bsky.social brings NEW Peel!

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A Sense Of The Real World

1990 was a pretty good year, at least if we’re just talking about the releases of GOODFELLAS, GREMLINS 2 and TOTAL RECALL. But that’s what...

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Robert Meyer Burnett @rmburnett.bsky.social · 19d

Part of my interview with Uber Producer Roy Lee where he discusses THE LONG WALK.

Prolifically successful UBER-PRODUCER Roy Lee on THE LONG WALK and the works of STEPHEN KING!
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