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Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 21h

I love Halloween and Halloween decorations as much as the next person. In fact, probably quite a bit more, depending on who the next person is. But THIS is NOT the kind of Halloween decoration you want to see at your Dentist's office.

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Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 6d

Honestly, I have no idea. Why not try the ones that publish work you like. That's what I would do.

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Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 6d

Important Announcement Regarding Season 9 of "Love is Blind":
None of these couples should get married. None.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 8d

MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING "THANK YOU JEFF TIEDRICH" (ME!), FOR EXPLAINING HOW REPUBLICANS ARE WALKING INTO A SHUTDOWN SHITBLIZZARD OF THEIR OWN MAKING. SPOILER ALERT: BECAUSE THEY ARE "DUMBFUCKS." THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO READING MY "TREMENDOUS" POST. HERE IS THE LINK: bit.ly/4q09r2I

now, let me explain this losing hand that Republicans are holding. this whole shutdown is over Affordable Care Act tax credits. yes, I know — I started drifting off to sleep while typing those words — but hear me out. the tax credits are a big part of keeping the Affordable Care Act, y’know, affordable.

these tax credits, however, have been shitcanned as per the legislation known as Donny’s Big Fucked-Up Give-Away To Billionaires™, and they’re going fuckity-bye at the end of this year.

Democrats were all ‘restore those credits, or we’ll allow the government to shut down,’ and Republicans were all ‘ha ha, Democrats, eat an entire bowl of fuck.’

so, here we are, in Day Seven of the Stupidest Shutdown Ever — a shutdown, but with morons.

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Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 14d

So the Universe held a spiritual meeting and said unto itself "What kind of mushrooms should we plant on the property of a woman who has spent a good deal of her life writing about her dogs?" And the Universe answered "Pisolithus Tinctorius. The Dog Turd fungus." And presto. These two came forth.

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Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 14d

I volunteer at a wildlife rescue where we raise orphan baby wildlife and then release them when they are mature enough. So I get to release some of them into my yard to begin their professional lives.Here are 5 baby squirrels seeing freedom for the first time.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 18d

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

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Ken Pisani @kpsmartypants.bsky.social · 19d

👏👏👏👏👏

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Laurel Krahn @windowseat.bsky.social · 20d

This is great and well worth your time.

Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 21d

I wrote a piece for Rollingstone about Monsieurs Kimmel, and Colbert and The First Amendment. And, oddly enough, also about Paddy Chayevsky. www.rollingstone.com?p=1235432169...

Jimmy Kimmel May Be Back. Trump's Attacks on the First Amendment Aren't Over

Former late-night writer Merrill Markoe writes about Trump administration's unprecedented assault on free speech and parallels to the movie 'Network.'

www.rollingstone.com

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Andrew Bohrer @andrewbohrer.bsky.social · 20d

If you haven’t seen the 1976 film Network, well, it’s still one of the most important and relevant movies ever.

Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 21d

I wrote a piece for Rollingstone about Monsieurs Kimmel, and Colbert and The First Amendment. And, oddly enough, also about Paddy Chayevsky. www.rollingstone.com?p=1235432169...

Jimmy Kimmel May Be Back. Trump's Attacks on the First Amendment Aren't Over

Former late-night writer Merrill Markoe writes about Trump administration's unprecedented assault on free speech and parallels to the movie 'Network.'

www.rollingstone.com

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Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 20d

I wrote this two whole days ago. Read it fast before it gets internet fungus.

Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 21d

I wrote a piece for Rollingstone about Monsieurs Kimmel, and Colbert and The First Amendment. And, oddly enough, also about Paddy Chayevsky. www.rollingstone.com?p=1235432169...

Jimmy Kimmel May Be Back. Trump's Attacks on the First Amendment Aren't Over

Former late-night writer Merrill Markoe writes about Trump administration's unprecedented assault on free speech and parallels to the movie 'Network.'

www.rollingstone.com

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Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 21d

There is NO ONE smarter about Christianity and politics than Mr. John Fugelsang. Let him explain himself to you....then buy his new book.

Kelly Carlin-McCall @kellycarlin.bsky.social · 21d

Yay @johnfugelsang.bsky.social youtu.be/tj3OcfMS4AU?...

John Fugelsang - “Separation of Church and Hate” | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 21d

While you're at it, read Cintra. She is such a good writer.

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Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 21d

This is my substack page. It contains a link to my new Rollingstone piece about the first amendment. But its a two-fer because it ALSO has a video of a piece we did in 1985 on the NBC version of the Letterman show, entitled 'Test the Censors.' merrillmarkoe.substack.com/p/colbert-an...

Colbert and Kimmel

And Paddy Chayevsky

merrillmarkoe.substack.com

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Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 21d

I wrote a piece for Rollingstone about Monsieurs Kimmel, and Colbert and The First Amendment. And, oddly enough, also about Paddy Chayevsky. www.rollingstone.com?p=1235432169...

Jimmy Kimmel May Be Back. Trump's Attacks on the First Amendment Aren't Over

Former late-night writer Merrill Markoe writes about Trump administration's unprecedented assault on free speech and parallels to the movie 'Network.'

www.rollingstone.com

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Amy Chen @amyleechen.bsky.social · 21d

Clear, sharp, and withering.

Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 21d

I wrote a piece for Rollingstone about Monsieurs Kimmel, and Colbert and The First Amendment. And, oddly enough, also about Paddy Chayevsky. www.rollingstone.com?p=1235432169...

Jimmy Kimmel May Be Back. Trump's Attacks on the First Amendment Aren't Over

Former late-night writer Merrill Markoe writes about Trump administration's unprecedented assault on free speech and parallels to the movie 'Network.'

www.rollingstone.com

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Iconyc @iconyc.bsky.social · 21d

Read this, then go watch "Network."

Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 21d

I wrote a piece for Rollingstone about Monsieurs Kimmel, and Colbert and The First Amendment. And, oddly enough, also about Paddy Chayevsky. www.rollingstone.com?p=1235432169...

Jimmy Kimmel May Be Back. Trump's Attacks on the First Amendment Aren't Over

Former late-night writer Merrill Markoe writes about Trump administration's unprecedented assault on free speech and parallels to the movie 'Network.'

www.rollingstone.com

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riffle @riffle.bsky.social · 21d

This piece is great. The "Meet the Censors" bit is truly inspired, and several video versions of it are in the piece. Utterly brilliant. This era of Letterman with Markoe is, for me, peak television comedy.

Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 21d

I wrote a piece for Rollingstone about Monsieurs Kimmel, and Colbert and The First Amendment. And, oddly enough, also about Paddy Chayevsky. www.rollingstone.com?p=1235432169...

Jimmy Kimmel May Be Back. Trump's Attacks on the First Amendment Aren't Over

Former late-night writer Merrill Markoe writes about Trump administration's unprecedented assault on free speech and parallels to the movie 'Network.'

www.rollingstone.com

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Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 21d

I know. So much of Network zipped past me in 1976. Including the futility of the "mad as hell" cry and the way it addresses NOTHING except itself.

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Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 21d

Haa. I should get that printed on business cards.

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Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 21d

I wrote a piece for Rollingstone about Monsieurs Kimmel, and Colbert and The First Amendment. And, oddly enough, also about Paddy Chayevsky. www.rollingstone.com?p=1235432169...

Jimmy Kimmel May Be Back. Trump's Attacks on the First Amendment Aren't Over

Former late-night writer Merrill Markoe writes about Trump administration's unprecedented assault on free speech and parallels to the movie 'Network.'

www.rollingstone.com

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Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 25d

Another government shut down is looming. Oh no! Not that! If they shut down the govnmnt, who will offer insane health care advice and get rid of those pesky environmental protections? Who will remind us that empathy is evil and threaten comedians and the first amendment? Dont shut down the govnmnt!

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Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 26d

Congratulations! No one ever deserved a best seller more than YE!

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 26d

Agree

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 26d

No one should pay to see this movie until Disney stops censoring employees who say things disagreeable to the regime. That will be no great sacrifice as this movie will be dull as rocks. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

Star Wars: Starfighter – what the new picture of Ryan Gosling tells us

Will the Shawn Levy-directed instalment, set five years after The Rise of Skywalker, offer a radical reinvention or return us to a period no one particularly wants to revisit?

www.theguardian.com

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Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social · 26d

I thought this was a great John Stewart hosted Daily Show ep. today. youtu.be/_GXNJ3V9lzg?...

Jon Stewart's Post-Kimmel Primer on Free Speech in the Glorious Trump Era | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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