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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye

@sazeracla.bsky.social

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I enjoy cocktails, French fries, and science fiction. Queer. 🏳️‍🌈 He/him. Trekkie. 🖖🏻 Former KCRW & KCSN radio host & music programmer, Angeleno from New Orleans. Growing luminous by eating light. Retired. http://mixcloud.com/safeathome

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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · Aug 31

Finally, a new show! Lots has been happening, and the last week has been very difficult. The loss of an old friend. The 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the Federal Flood. Lots of emotions to process. (1/3)

Safe at Home: August 30, 2025

Finally, a new show! Sorry to let a whole month go by. Lots has been happening, and the last week has been very difficult. The loss of an old friend. The 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the ...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

When I see this stuff in my feed, I'd prefer to just hit the retweet button. But when you don't use alt-text, a lot of people can't read the screenshot you just posted.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

What if the unidentified masked men with guns don't accept the validity of your papers?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 8h

The thing about the Nazi chat is these people turned the country upside down and got a lot of people fired to be able to say those things in comfort.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 7h

So it’ll be part “who gives a shit” and part “so what”

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 9h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 15h

This is the second time in 24 hours he's said something like this. Yesterday he made that quip saying about Karoline Leavit, "those lips --- they move like a machine gun."

He's losing all inhibitions. Not that he ever had many to begin with.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Ishmael, The Transition Will Not Be Televised @comradeishmael.bsky.social · 8h

OpenAI is financially collapsing? Oh yeah, would a financially collapsing company do this?

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 9h

OpenAI CEO announces they will soon allow verified adults to use ChatGPT to generate erotic content.

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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 5h

Gumbo z’herbes!

A thick greens gumbo with chunks of ham served with rice and French bread.

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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 8h

Tish James' speech was AMAZING. This is just a taste of what she said, what a dynamic speaker!! Check out her full speech.

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

Tish James lit up the room last night — and her words echoed far beyond the walls of The United Palace. This is a fight for the future.

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SlayBeans (or Stephen) @jaybeans.bsky.social · 7h

*NOW* is the time when Hollywood thinks that Leto can't be the face of a franchise?

“No One Asked for This Reboot”: ‘Tron’ May Mark End of Jared Leto’s Franchise-Leading Days

As 'Ares' disappoints, insiders question whether the self-styled boundary-pushing A-lister can still be counted on to carry a franchise vehicle to the bank.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 6h

This is my only daguerreotype from that era. I would only be 21 for another month.

Me in film school. Carolyn and Paul on the left. (I was Paul’s camera assistant on this shoot.)

Me squatting down, wearing blue jeans and a red & black checked shirt over an Eclair NPR T-shirt, with shaggy hair and a silly little mustache. My friend Paul is looking through the eyepiece of an Arriflex 16mm camera. Carolyn, the director of the shoot, is behind him smiling.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 10h

Anyway here's a picture of Mike Lawler hanging out with one of the Young Republicans who suggested putting their political opponents in gas chambers

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 13h

A judge has granted the reigning Miss United States and FL GOP committee member a restraining order against her ex, FL Congressman Cory Mills.

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and bared the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 6h

So kind of them to take care of the young! 😃😆

Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 6h

Who got the only bottle of scarce yellow Chartreuse left at Bristol Farms at a great shelf price on Senior Discount Day? THIS guy! Qapla’!

Me holding a bottle of yellow Chartreuse in front of the liquor shelves at Bristol Farms.

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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 7h

I’m reminded of a VERY old joke…

“What’s HBO stand for?”
“Hey, Beastmaster’s on!”

(This was before the original series days, of COURSE!) ❤️ HBO

I think I can do without a 4K of The Beastmaster, though.

Imprint Films Announces New 4K Blu-ray Releases

www.blu-ray.com

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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 1d

Mainstream media not covering this news. #alaska #hurricane

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 8h

the real plan all along

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

Gov. Bill Lee says Trump’s military-police occupation of Memphis “may never end.”

“We have just begun. We do know this is going to last for months… In fact, I will tell you that it will last forever.”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

Why would the cartels want to stop ICE and CBP activities that have been diverting resources away from drug interdiction?

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 11h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16h

Republicans' embrace of Hitler raises new questions about Zohran Mamdani's willingness to combat antisemitism.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17h

Young Republicans say they love Hitler. But what does that tell us about their politics?

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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 7h

Unfortunately LAPD is completely untrustworthy.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 8h

Same time that Pritzker is telling city and state officials to start arresting and prosecuting federal officials for assaulting Illinois citizens.

OT1H, this is clearly really bad.

OTOH, our federalized design might end up being an absolute godsend.

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 9h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 8h

You think it's hard to be trans now? Think about how hard it was then.

ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

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