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i was reading this at the bus stop and having complicated feelings about it, and the bus came and i got on and sat down and i noticed the guy next to me was watching tiktok (you know, like everyone on the bus), and i glanced over, and it was a jamelle bouie video
so ok universe you win this time
so ok universe you win this time
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 16, 2025 at 1:22 AM
i was reading this at the bus stop and having complicated feelings about it, and the bus came and i got on and sat down and i noticed the guy next to me was watching tiktok (you know, like everyone on the bus), and i glanced over, and it was a jamelle bouie video
so ok universe you win this time
so ok universe you win this time
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his job is box
December 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
his job is box
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Ephron is undoubtedly one of the best wordsmiths we ever had, but to be able to set those words to music, so to speak, isn’t always easy. You never feel the camera, not for a minute. Whether it’s down on the floor when they roll out the rug, or capturing the post-sex awkward dinner out. Seamless.
December 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Ephron is undoubtedly one of the best wordsmiths we ever had, but to be able to set those words to music, so to speak, isn’t always easy. You never feel the camera, not for a minute. Whether it’s down on the floor when they roll out the rug, or capturing the post-sex awkward dinner out. Seamless.
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When Harry Met Sally has an impeccable script, of course, but SO much of the comedy in that movie is in the directing. Where would Harry’s confession about his wife leaving him be without the wave interrupting it at a baseball game? Also, the most gorgeous fall shot in history?
December 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
When Harry Met Sally has an impeccable script, of course, but SO much of the comedy in that movie is in the directing. Where would Harry’s confession about his wife leaving him be without the wave interrupting it at a baseball game? Also, the most gorgeous fall shot in history?
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Primary them all and block anybody who comes with the “at this crucial juncture the most important thing is that we win.” if they believed that they wouldn’t do this and with friends like them nobody needs enemies
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Primary them all and block anybody who comes with the “at this crucial juncture the most important thing is that we win.” if they believed that they wouldn’t do this and with friends like them nobody needs enemies
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Jon Ossoff (GA), Gary Peters (MI), Jack Reed (RI), Jacky Rosen (NV), Chuck Schumer (NY), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Elissa Slotkin (MI), Mark Warner (VA), Raphael Warnock (GA), & Sheldon Whitehouse (RI).
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session
www.senate.gov
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Jon Ossoff (GA), Gary Peters (MI), Jack Reed (RI), Jacky Rosen (NV), Chuck Schumer (NY), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Elissa Slotkin (MI), Mark Warner (VA), Raphael Warnock (GA), & Sheldon Whitehouse (RI).
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Catherine Cortez Masto (NV), Dick Durbin (IL), John Fetterman (PA), Ruben Gallego (AZ), Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), Maggie Hassan (NH), Martin Heinrich (NM), John Hickenlooper (CO), Mazie Hirono (HI), Tim Kaine (VA), Mark Kelly (AZ), Angus King (I-ME), Amy Klobuchar (MN), Ben Ray Lujan (NM), ->
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session
www.senate.gov
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV), Dick Durbin (IL), John Fetterman (PA), Ruben Gallego (AZ), Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), Maggie Hassan (NH), Martin Heinrich (NM), John Hickenlooper (CO), Mazie Hirono (HI), Tim Kaine (VA), Mark Kelly (AZ), Angus King (I-ME), Amy Klobuchar (MN), Ben Ray Lujan (NM), ->
JFC
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
JFC
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I keep seeing more articles about how they regret it now that the damage is done & I truly believe that if you have any genuine interest in salvaging what’s left of this country then whether you want to or not, you can never forgive these people. You can never let them live what they did down.
'I was an idiot': Expert warns Trump 'in significant trouble' as own fans now regret vote
“Runaway Country” Host Alex Wagner said President Donald Trump’s own voters are feeling increasingly betrayed as his slumping economy continues to turn on them.Wagner offered her opinion following a c...
www.rawstory.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I keep seeing more articles about how they regret it now that the damage is done & I truly believe that if you have any genuine interest in salvaging what’s left of this country then whether you want to or not, you can never forgive these people. You can never let them live what they did down.
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Vandals decapitated and smashed the statue of Mary in an Evanston church’s outdoor Nativity scene Friday, and the church responded by replacing it with a sign saying Mary was beaten & dragged away in front of her son and is being held in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
Nativity smashed, Mary figure ‘beaten’ at Evanston church: ‘God’s on the side of the vulnerable’
Vandals destroyed Lake Street Church of Evanston’s Nativity. It replaced Mary with a sign saying she’s in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Vandals decapitated and smashed the statue of Mary in an Evanston church’s outdoor Nativity scene Friday, and the church responded by replacing it with a sign saying Mary was beaten & dragged away in front of her son and is being held in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
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Sometimes when I go outside, there is a cat.
These are those cats.
These are those cats.
December 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Sometimes when I go outside, there is a cat.
These are those cats.
These are those cats.
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Many people on this website suffer from unconscious bias. you can find most of these people in Jamelle Bouie’s mentions.
December 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Many people on this website suffer from unconscious bias. you can find most of these people in Jamelle Bouie’s mentions.
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Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
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A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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Important post: my colleague documents an “official, nationwide policy of intimidating and threatening people who attempt to observe and record DHS operations,” or who peacefully and without interference follow and protest them, even though the First Amendment broadly protects doing those things. /1
On Dec. 4, DOJ labeled people who impede or "dox" ICE agents "domestic terrorists." I document how DHS believes following, recording, and protesting agents is "impeding," and has a policy of threatening & arresting ICE observers. That's unconstitutional. www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
December 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Important post: my colleague documents an “official, nationwide policy of intimidating and threatening people who attempt to observe and record DHS operations,” or who peacefully and without interference follow and protest them, even though the First Amendment broadly protects doing those things. /1
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In DC, Trump officials celebrated the decimation of USAID with a sheet cake.
In South Sudan, USAID budget cuts closed a health clinic in the middle of a cholera outbreak.
Tor Top had to take his sick mother to the hospital, 8 hours away. She died on the way.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
In South Sudan, USAID budget cuts closed a health clinic in the middle of a cholera outbreak.
Tor Top had to take his sick mother to the hospital, 8 hours away. She died on the way.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In DC, Trump officials celebrated the decimation of USAID with a sheet cake.
In South Sudan, USAID budget cuts closed a health clinic in the middle of a cholera outbreak.
Tor Top had to take his sick mother to the hospital, 8 hours away. She died on the way.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
In South Sudan, USAID budget cuts closed a health clinic in the middle of a cholera outbreak.
Tor Top had to take his sick mother to the hospital, 8 hours away. She died on the way.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
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Also, you know whose legal expenses are not paid for even if they were policy makers at the same level as the governor? His victims.
“That brings the state’s costs for the case alone to $10.5 million under a law that entitles state employees to reasonable litigation expenses if they are accused of wrongdoing while serving in their positions.”
Surely these expenses are UNreasonable? Could the comptroller shut this down?
Surely these expenses are UNreasonable? Could the comptroller shut this down?
“The only reason that he’s able to continue to harass me is because New Yorkers are paying for it,” Boylan said in an interview with THE CITY. “It never ends.” www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/15/t...
December 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Also, you know whose legal expenses are not paid for even if they were policy makers at the same level as the governor? His victims.
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Under existing law, the prosecutions would probably fail. Not to minimize their potential to upend lives, or the ways that the mere threat has laid waste to the care ecosystem. But this government has made it clear they want to build and use lists like this. And that's scary, totalitarian shit.
December 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Under existing law, the prosecutions would probably fail. Not to minimize their potential to upend lives, or the ways that the mere threat has laid waste to the care ecosystem. But this government has made it clear they want to build and use lists like this. And that's scary, totalitarian shit.
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The theoretical legal justification of the subpoenas is a fraud investigation. It would be a horror to be subjected to prosecution on that basis, and it has been awful to lose our doctor to a clinic closure. But the MAKING A LIST element is the scariest of all. Because once they have the list...
December 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The theoretical legal justification of the subpoenas is a fraud investigation. It would be a horror to be subjected to prosecution on that basis, and it has been awful to lose our doctor to a clinic closure. But the MAKING A LIST element is the scariest of all. Because once they have the list...
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The feds have been subpoenaing hospitals that provide care for trans kids, asking for ALL their records, including confidential patient records. Hospitals have (mostly) been complying. We parents are scared of being prosecuted, but also because they're MAKING A LIST.
www.kut.org/politics/202...
www.kut.org/politics/202...
The state is making a list of transgender Texans. It’s using driver's licenses to help.
A year after the state blocked transgender Texans from updating their state IDs, it has collected information on more than 100 people who have tried. Officials won’t say what they’re using the list fo...
www.kut.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The feds have been subpoenaing hospitals that provide care for trans kids, asking for ALL their records, including confidential patient records. Hospitals have (mostly) been complying. We parents are scared of being prosecuted, but also because they're MAKING A LIST.
www.kut.org/politics/202...
www.kut.org/politics/202...
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Went to the zoo for my dad’s birthday and the goats were all dressed up in their little winter outfits.
December 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Went to the zoo for my dad’s birthday and the goats were all dressed up in their little winter outfits.
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When I interviewed Spinal Tap and Marty DiBergi this summer, none of them broke character, for the whole hour. Except Rob Reiner, once, losing it when Michael McKean's David St Hubbins talked about minimalism. I didn't use this in the feature and hadn't published any audio, but this is joyful.
December 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
When I interviewed Spinal Tap and Marty DiBergi this summer, none of them broke character, for the whole hour. Except Rob Reiner, once, losing it when Michael McKean's David St Hubbins talked about minimalism. I didn't use this in the feature and hadn't published any audio, but this is joyful.