Rick Ellis
@toomuchtv.substack.com
Lifelong journalist now at AllYourScreens.com and toomuchtv.substack.com. TCA Member. Appeared on "Dark Side Of Kids TV" doc, winner of the 2024 David Robb Award for Best Investigative Civil Justice Story and a Regional Murrow Award
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Not every reporter is complicit with the Regime.
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Not every reporter is complicit with the Regime.
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excellent !
I also blame the editors, who should have come swinging in her defense. So many cowards, so much concern about losing access
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Op-Ed: Why Are So Many Of Us Cowards?
What are journalists willing to give up in order to retain access?
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November 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
excellent !
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You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
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Update to the update:
Katie has been released. We’re going to have a drink and then go hug our kids.
More later.
Katie has been released. We’re going to have a drink and then go hug our kids.
More later.
November 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Update to the update:
Katie has been released. We’re going to have a drink and then go hug our kids.
More later.
Katie has been released. We’re going to have a drink and then go hug our kids.
More later.
While it would have been amusing to bid on this, it's not $340 amusing
North Mankato is auctioning off a lot of five not-at-all-cursed garbage can clown heads via Minnesota's state auction site. mnbid.mn.gov/productView/10964mnbid.mn.gov/productView/10964
November 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
While it would have been amusing to bid on this, it's not $340 amusing
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Update:
Katie just called me. She is being held by Homeland Security at the Whipple Federal Building down by the airport.
They have not told her anything. No word on release, no word on charges. Nothing. Ridiculous. But she is fine and in good spirits.
Her attorney is en route there right now.
Katie just called me. She is being held by Homeland Security at the Whipple Federal Building down by the airport.
They have not told her anything. No word on release, no word on charges. Nothing. Ridiculous. But she is fine and in good spirits.
Her attorney is en route there right now.
November 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Update:
Katie just called me. She is being held by Homeland Security at the Whipple Federal Building down by the airport.
They have not told her anything. No word on release, no word on charges. Nothing. Ridiculous. But she is fine and in good spirits.
Her attorney is en route there right now.
Katie just called me. She is being held by Homeland Security at the Whipple Federal Building down by the airport.
They have not told her anything. No word on release, no word on charges. Nothing. Ridiculous. But she is fine and in good spirits.
Her attorney is en route there right now.
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“I can hear the pushback already. ‘Oh, we’ll just get barred from Air Force One or future press conferences! What will we do?!?’
My glib answer is that you put on your big boy pants and continue to cover the president.”
My glib answer is that you put on your big boy pants and continue to cover the president.”
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“I can hear the pushback already. ‘Oh, we’ll just get barred from Air Force One or future press conferences! What will we do?!?’
My glib answer is that you put on your big boy pants and continue to cover the president.”
My glib answer is that you put on your big boy pants and continue to cover the president.”
Does anyone know the identity of the reporter Trump called "piggy?" I haven't seen it mentioned in any of the coverage I have seen
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Does anyone know the identity of the reporter Trump called "piggy?" I haven't seen it mentioned in any of the coverage I have seen
I'd argue "No longer funny" is the primary reason
Bill Maher reveals some of the reasons he is finished with stand-up comedy: 'I could get shot' and 'tired of the travel.'
Bill Maher says he had to quit touring due to politics: 'I could get shot by the left or the right'
Bill Maher reveals some of the reasons he is finished with stand-up comedy: 'I could get shot' and 'tired of the travel.'
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November 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I'd argue "No longer funny" is the primary reason
I feel as if I've seen this before in a movie and it didn't end well.
Imagining a new type of Guy Who Sucks and rushing around town to put up fliers about it.
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I feel as if I've seen this before in a movie and it didn't end well.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
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Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house
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“she flamed out and faded away” is such funny framing for a woman publishing an excerpt of her book in vanity fair, where she also works. I wish I could flame out and fade away so successfully
Vanity Fair's West Coast Editor Olivia Nuzzi was a star political correspondent until scandal led her into exile—and to a California up in flames.
In an excerpt from her book, ‘American Canto,’ she takes stock of scorched earth.
In an excerpt from her book, ‘American Canto,’ she takes stock of scorched earth.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“she flamed out and faded away” is such funny framing for a woman publishing an excerpt of her book in vanity fair, where she also works. I wish I could flame out and fade away so successfully
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One way of saving journalism would be to pay journalists money so we can afford to subscribe to each other's journalistic endeavors.
November 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
One way of saving journalism would be to pay journalists money so we can afford to subscribe to each other's journalistic endeavors.
It’s almost as if complaints about the editing of a Trump speech weren’t the real focus of conservatives
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Too Much TV: Nigel Farage Wants To Limit The BBC To Just News
The next move in the Right's efforts to muzzle the BBC has been unveiled.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It’s almost as if complaints about the editing of a Trump speech weren’t the real focus of conservatives
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My younger son has to write a Ted-style talk about some personal struggle and he has selected perfectionism. He is now pained at having no grand lesson to impart, in other words, no perfect way to end it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:54 AM
My younger son has to write a Ted-style talk about some personal struggle and he has selected perfectionism. He is now pained at having no grand lesson to impart, in other words, no perfect way to end it.
It's going to be a Geostorm
A coronal mass ejection recorded on Friday could reach Earth and cause geomagnetic storms on Sunday night.
Northern Lights Forecast: Aurora Could Be Visible From These States Sunday
A coronal mass ejection recorded on Friday could reach Earth and cause geomagnetic storms on Sunday night.
www.forbes.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
It's going to be a Geostorm
There is a Katseye pop-up event at @mallofamerica.bsky.social today and tomorrow. The group surprised fans this afternoon by making an appearance. And honestly, it was just great to see a bunch of people having unbridled fun for a change
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Katseye surprises fans at Mall Of America at pop-up event
YouTube video by AllYourScreens
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November 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
There is a Katseye pop-up event at @mallofamerica.bsky.social today and tomorrow. The group surprised fans this afternoon by making an appearance. And honestly, it was just great to see a bunch of people having unbridled fun for a change
youtu.be/7ETbU4wCZ5U?...
youtu.be/7ETbU4wCZ5U?...
The funny thing about Trump's "I'm going to investigate the Dem connections to Epstein" is Dems aren't as nihilistic as MAGA. Bring it on. If a Dem was involved with Epstein, they deserve what they get. That's diff from Trump supporters,who are twisting themselves into pretzels trying to protect him
Buuuuuuut, Bill Clinton…
Seriously, if so, IDGAF.
Jail them all.
Seriously, if so, IDGAF.
Jail them all.
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The funny thing about Trump's "I'm going to investigate the Dem connections to Epstein" is Dems aren't as nihilistic as MAGA. Bring it on. If a Dem was involved with Epstein, they deserve what they get. That's diff from Trump supporters,who are twisting themselves into pretzels trying to protect him
I'm doing something
November 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I'm doing something
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Jeffrey Epstein originally got interested in Noam Chomsky because he heard he’d written a book on manufacturing consent
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Jeffrey Epstein originally got interested in Noam Chomsky because he heard he’d written a book on manufacturing consent
I think this is a point of view worth keeping in mind when thinking about Patton Oswalt's suspension
Just gotta say as a trans person who gets death threats couched as "jokes", I'm glad that the rules are being applied this way. When mods are left to make subjective decisions about who is joking and who isn't, threats against marginalized ppl go unmoderated and we are told they dont violate the TOS
November 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I think this is a point of view worth keeping in mind when thinking about Patton Oswalt's suspension