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Film critic. Pronouns: he/him. UDL Russian assets are running our government. It's the Gulf of Mexico. Make America Democratic Again. Love is love. 🏳️‍🌈 BLM. Slava Ukraini! https://linktr.ee/chrisreedfilm

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Chris Reed @chrisreedfilm.bsky.social · Jul 25

The video version of CINEMANIAX 105—on summer movies—with guest @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social and an interview with THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS director Fawzia Mirza, is now out. Give it a watch! chrisreedfilm.com/2025/07/25/c... #filmsky

Cinemaniax Episode 105 Now Available in Video, As Well!

I posted last week that the audio version of Episode #105 of the Cinemaniax podcast—the final one of the year—was out. Now comes the video version. Again, Vulture and New York magazine TV critic Ro…

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Chris Reed @chrisreedfilm.bsky.social · 6h

The "+" was always kind of dumb

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 1d

This. And this again.

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Chris Reed @chrisreedfilm.bsky.social · 10h

Todays's GOP provides a welcome home for the worst among us. Tell me something I don't know. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 13h

Pretending to the world that you are the president of peace while waging war at home is diabolical.

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Mat Johnson @matjohnson.bsky.social · 14h

The president is clearly insane, is on a white supremacist government purging spree, has masked men in the streets abducting people based on their race, is trying to start a war with Venezuela, and is tanking the economy, and none of that would be apparent just going by most corporate news outlets
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.

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Chris Reed @chrisreedfilm.bsky.social · 20h

Oooooooh - big surprise. Capitalism and health care make a terrible mix. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study

Study found seven more deaths per 10,000 patients in private equity hospitals’ versus non-private equity hospitals

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

👇👇

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"I can't remember the quotation exactly, but it's like 'when fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and wearing the cross.' Mike Johnson's the real embodiment of that." - @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t understand why we need a “Columbus Day” when this country celebrates incompetent white men failing up and taking what isn’t theirs all year round.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants.

Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America.

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Andy Churnwell @churnwell.bsky.social · 3d

It's amazing to think that there was a time before social media when, if you were a gobshite, everybody ignored you. There was no way to make money saying stupid, provocative things because nobody wanted anything to do with you.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2d

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 2d

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𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝙵 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍 @jayfarrellarnold.bsky.social · 3d

Little man Johnson does not need ONE democratic vote to pass a standalone bill to pay our military.

These are disgusting, despicable, human beings.

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Chris Reed @chrisreedfilm.bsky.social · 3d

RIP Diane Keaton 😭

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d

The great actress Diane Keaton has left us at the age of 79. Too soon to say good-bye to the woman who made us smile at the quirky Annie Hall, and who broke our hearts in Reds. Your charm and talent will be sorely missed.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

Cartoon by John Deering.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

If a pharmaceutical company could mass produce whatever compassion pills Marjorie Taylor Greene seems to have been taking lately, we could save the world

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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