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Gloria Grahame is a legend, a very talented actress. Her life is filled with shadows. Finally some light can be thrown on them. Tony Ray’s unpublished memoirs are now published. For those who love movies and Gloria this is a must: CIRCLE OF LIONS stickingplacebooks.com/circle-of-li...
Nadya Tolokonnikova’s “Police State” is heard and felt before it is seen. As you enter the museum you’re immediately struck by a thunderous rumble - it’s disconcerting and distressing enough to rattle you to your core. chicagoreader.com/performing-a... @pussyriot.bsky.social
This is not a drill - Chicago Reader
In Police State at MCA, Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot provides a warning and rallying cry about the rise of authoritarianism.
chicagoreader.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Nadya Tolokonnikova’s “Police State” is heard and felt before it is seen. As you enter the museum you’re immediately struck by a thunderous rumble - it’s disconcerting and distressing enough to rattle you to your core. chicagoreader.com/performing-a... @pussyriot.bsky.social
Here are your 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominees, which include Annapurna Sriram, the writer, director and star of “Fucktoys” in the SOMEONE TO WATCH category. www.filmindependent.org/blog/here-ar... @filmindependent.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Here are your 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominees, which include Annapurna Sriram, the writer, director and star of “Fucktoys” in the SOMEONE TO WATCH category. www.filmindependent.org/blog/here-ar... @filmindependent.org
Here Are Your 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominees! www.filmindependent.org/blog/here-ar... @filmindependent.org
Here Are Your 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominees! - Film Independent
Hurray for Hollywood! The 41st annual Film Independent Spirit Awards are just around the corner and headed to the Hollywood Palladium. Today, we’re
www.filmindependent.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here Are Your 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominees! www.filmindependent.org/blog/here-ar... @filmindependent.org
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Breaking News: The Trump Administration is launching an operation targeting Somali immigrants in Minneapolis, according to an official and newly obtained documents.
New ICE Operation Is Said to Target Somali Migrants in Minneapolis and St. Paul
The move comes as President Trump has attacked Somalis with increasingly inflammatory rhetoric in recent days.
nyti.ms
December 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Breaking News: The Trump Administration is launching an operation targeting Somali immigrants in Minneapolis, according to an official and newly obtained documents.
BROOKLYN - TONIGHT | Moor Mother debuts her new band. Pussy Riot disrupts with raw power. Two uncompromising forces. One charged night at Powerhouse Arts. Preceded by a conversation with Laurie Anderson & Nadya Tolokonnikova. festival.powerhousearts.org/festival-per... @pussyriot.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
BROOKLYN - TONIGHT | Moor Mother debuts her new band. Pussy Riot disrupts with raw power. Two uncompromising forces. One charged night at Powerhouse Arts. Preceded by a conversation with Laurie Anderson & Nadya Tolokonnikova. festival.powerhousearts.org/festival-per... @pussyriot.bsky.social
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Matt Gaetz, James O’Keefe, and Laura Loomer have replaced the Pentagon press corps.
I am not kidding. Look at the thread below.
One of the military’s most critical lines of accountability is now a closed-circuit conspiracy carousel.
I am not kidding. Look at the thread below.
One of the military’s most critical lines of accountability is now a closed-circuit conspiracy carousel.
moments after Matt Gaetz asks a question at the Pentagon press briefing, Laura Loomer gets her turn
December 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Matt Gaetz, James O’Keefe, and Laura Loomer have replaced the Pentagon press corps.
I am not kidding. Look at the thread below.
One of the military’s most critical lines of accountability is now a closed-circuit conspiracy carousel.
I am not kidding. Look at the thread below.
One of the military’s most critical lines of accountability is now a closed-circuit conspiracy carousel.
NADYA TOLOKONNIKOVA | “Singing in the streets is not extremism…. Extremism is invading other countries and committing war crimes." www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnT-... @maddow.bsky.social @pussyriot.bsky.social
Lesson in resistance: Hidden danger as Trump takes a page from Putin's playbook
YouTube video by MS NOW
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December 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
NADYA TOLOKONNIKOVA | “Singing in the streets is not extremism…. Extremism is invading other countries and committing war crimes." www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnT-... @maddow.bsky.social @pussyriot.bsky.social
The Russian Prosecutor General has demanded a ban on the punk band Pussy Riot's activities in the country. The Russian Ministry of Justice told Interfax. lenta.ru/news/2025/11... @pussyriot.bsky.social
Панк-группу Pussy Riot потребовали запретить в России
Генпрокурор России потребовал запретить деятельность панк-группы Pussy Riot на территории страны. Об этом сообщили «Интерфаксу» в Минюсте России
lenta.ru
December 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The Russian Prosecutor General has demanded a ban on the punk band Pussy Riot's activities in the country. The Russian Ministry of Justice told Interfax. lenta.ru/news/2025/11... @pussyriot.bsky.social
“Someone has to be the voice of common sense. And in this distorted world this voice now has to come from punks, artists, tricksters, holy fools.” ~ Nadya Tolokonnikova co-founder of Pussy Riot news.artnet.com/art-world/pu... @pussyriot.bsky.social
Pussy Riot Founder Decries Russia’s Push to Designate the Group as ‘Extremist’
Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova has spoken out against Russia's efforts to designate the collective an extremist organization.
news.artnet.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:05 AM
“Someone has to be the voice of common sense. And in this distorted world this voice now has to come from punks, artists, tricksters, holy fools.” ~ Nadya Tolokonnikova co-founder of Pussy Riot news.artnet.com/art-world/pu... @pussyriot.bsky.social
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Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us
Georgia's authorities used a World War One-era chemical weapon to quell anti-government protesters last year, evidence gathered by the BBC suggests. www.bbc.com/news/article...
WW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggests
Anti-government demonstrators are likely to have been targeted with camite, our investigation finds.
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Georgia's authorities used a World War One-era chemical weapon to quell anti-government protesters last year, evidence gathered by the BBC suggests. www.bbc.com/news/article...
“We are going to stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“We are going to stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
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That's the idea! Wrecking the biggest threat to autocratic domination.
It will take America *decades*—not merely years—to recover from what these robber barons did to us.
They destroyed our government, caused untold pain to the average American directly and indirectly, and used our money as their piggy bank.
And all of it *should* have been criminal.
They destroyed our government, caused untold pain to the average American directly and indirectly, and used our money as their piggy bank.
And all of it *should* have been criminal.
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
That's the idea! Wrecking the biggest threat to autocratic domination.
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You know, apropos of nothing in particular, and although I haven't researched it yet, I strongly suspect that a president starting a foreign war to distract from his extensive ties with child sex traffickers is probably a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution's impeachment clauses.
November 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
You know, apropos of nothing in particular, and although I haven't researched it yet, I strongly suspect that a president starting a foreign war to distract from his extensive ties with child sex traffickers is probably a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution's impeachment clauses.
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I hope it’s now (even more) obvious that having military in our streets, with instructions to ignore “stupid rules of engagement,” is not in any way intended to protect us or make us safer
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I hope it’s now (even more) obvious that having military in our streets, with instructions to ignore “stupid rules of engagement,” is not in any way intended to protect us or make us safer
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
Pussy Riot co-founder Nady Tolokonnikova's performance piece & exhibition -- POLICE STATE -- will run at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art through Nov. 30. Tolokonnikova has converted the Edlis Neeson Theater into a makeshift prison cell. windycitytimes.com/2025/11/28/a... @pussyriot.bsky.social
ART Nadya Tolokonnikova’s ‘POLICE STATE’ at MCA through Nov. 30 - Windy City Times
LGBTQ+ Pussy Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova’s exhibition POLICE STATE will run at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art through Nov. 30. For the activation, Tolokonnikova has converted the Edlis N...
windycitytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Pussy Riot co-founder Nady Tolokonnikova's performance piece & exhibition -- POLICE STATE -- will run at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art through Nov. 30. Tolokonnikova has converted the Edlis Neeson Theater into a makeshift prison cell. windycitytimes.com/2025/11/28/a... @pussyriot.bsky.social
“Watching Fuckktoys feels like stepping into an alternate reality, where magic and curses and psychics are all real.” movieweb.com/f-toys-review/
'F**ktoys' Is Fearless Filmmaking at Its Finest
Hollywood would never make a movie like this anymore – and that's exactly why it's so great.
movieweb.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
“Watching Fuckktoys feels like stepping into an alternate reality, where magic and curses and psychics are all real.” movieweb.com/f-toys-review/
Elaine Miles, a Native American actor known for her role in Northern Exposure, said she was detained by ICE officers in Seattle, who told her that her tribal identification “looked fake.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Native American actor says she was detained by ICE officers who said tribal ID ‘looked fake’
Elaine Miles of Northern Exposure was stopped by four masked men in Seattle while walking to bus stop
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Elaine Miles, a Native American actor known for her role in Northern Exposure, said she was detained by ICE officers in Seattle, who told her that her tribal identification “looked fake.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
U.S. Army helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson’s refusal to follow orders at My Lai is the stuff of peace prizes. If, heaven forbid, this government ever ordered troops to put down a protest by firing on citizens, we will need a platoon full of Hugh Thompsons. www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The Catch-22 around Trump’s illegal orders | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Pennsylvania chooses a budget over the planet.
www.inquirer.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
U.S. Army helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson’s refusal to follow orders at My Lai is the stuff of peace prizes. If, heaven forbid, this government ever ordered troops to put down a protest by firing on citizens, we will need a platoon full of Hugh Thompsons. www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The Claudettes at Greater Boston's best kept secret --> The Fallout Shelter www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqmM...
''You Don't Move Me No More'' - The Claudettes
YouTube video by The Fallout Shelter
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November 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The Claudettes at Greater Boston's best kept secret --> The Fallout Shelter www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqmM...
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions | Official Trialer www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfSp...
November 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions | Official Trialer www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfSp...
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This epic takedown of Trump’s entire cabinet by Jen Psaki would be funny if millions of lives weren’t hanging in the balance because of his no good, incompetent, unqualified, reckless, corrupt, unserious, and flat out dangerous picks.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
This epic takedown of Trump’s entire cabinet by Jen Psaki would be funny if millions of lives weren’t hanging in the balance because of his no good, incompetent, unqualified, reckless, corrupt, unserious, and flat out dangerous picks.
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INTERVIEW | Maria Alyokhina, Russian punk activist: The price of political art was prison www.bbc.com/audio/play/w... @pussyriot.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
INTERVIEW | Maria Alyokhina, Russian punk activist: The price of political art was prison www.bbc.com/audio/play/w... @pussyriot.bsky.social
BROOKLYN | Moor Mother debuts her new band. Pussy Riot disrupts with raw power. Two uncompromising forces. One charged night—in the round—preceded by a conversation with Laurie Anderson & Nadya Tolokonnikova [DEC 2: 322 3rd Ave] festival.powerhousearts.org/festival-per... @pussyriot.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
BROOKLYN | Moor Mother debuts her new band. Pussy Riot disrupts with raw power. Two uncompromising forces. One charged night—in the round—preceded by a conversation with Laurie Anderson & Nadya Tolokonnikova [DEC 2: 322 3rd Ave] festival.powerhousearts.org/festival-per... @pussyriot.bsky.social