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I wrote about Bari Weiss doing the hard work of defending the rich and powerful www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Bari Weiss's Counter-Journalistic Crusade Targets "60 Minutes"
The new editor-in-chief at CBS News has shown she's not merely stupendously unqualified--she's ideologically opposed to the practice of good journalism.
www.thenation.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I wrote about Bari Weiss doing the hard work of defending the rich and powerful www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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👇🏻 (if I may)
Irene Goes Wild
The great but underrated Hollywood star Irene Dunne made her transition to screwball comedy by playing the scandal-courting author at the heart of Theodora Goes Wild.
www.criterion.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Terrific story about Rob Reiner being as much of a mensch in real life as he seemed.
I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
December 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Terrific story about Rob Reiner being as much of a mensch in real life as he seemed.
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I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
December 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
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Trump's REAL post about Rob Reiner and his wife Michele. Read this and remember: At some point we will get to post about Donald Trump's death. There will be no need to be kind or thoughtful. Trump would want you to be as vile as he is.
December 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Trump's REAL post about Rob Reiner and his wife Michele. Read this and remember: At some point we will get to post about Donald Trump's death. There will be no need to be kind or thoughtful. Trump would want you to be as vile as he is.
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This is even worse than I expected, and I was expecting the worst.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is even worse than I expected, and I was expecting the worst.
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Happy Shirley Jackson's birthday (part II)!
Hill House, Not Sane
[an analysis]
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Happy Shirley Jackson's birthday (part II)!
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Which is to say – opposition rhetoric needs to sow doubt among the trumpist lackeys and their oligarch funders that they will just get away with their crimes. They need to worry and know we will come after them - and any wealth they try to pass on to their heirs - forever.
December 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Which is to say – opposition rhetoric needs to sow doubt among the trumpist lackeys and their oligarch funders that they will just get away with their crimes. They need to worry and know we will come after them - and any wealth they try to pass on to their heirs - forever.
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Reporter: What’s your message to the 24 million Americans who are about to see their health insurance premiums go up.?
Trump: Don’t make it sound so bad
Trump: Don’t make it sound so bad
December 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Reporter: What’s your message to the 24 million Americans who are about to see their health insurance premiums go up.?
Trump: Don’t make it sound so bad
Trump: Don’t make it sound so bad
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For Trump and Miller, the Abrego Garcia case was a crucial gauge of how far they could get in disappearing undesirables and placing them beyond the law entirely.
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
For Trump and Miller, the Abrego Garcia case was a crucial gauge of how far they could get in disappearing undesirables and placing them beyond the law entirely.
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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Edward G. Robinson, Actor*, #BornOnThisDay in 1893, in Bucharest, Romania
(*one of my father’s favourites)
(*one of my father’s favourites)
December 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Edward G. Robinson, Actor*, #BornOnThisDay in 1893, in Bucharest, Romania
(*one of my father’s favourites)
(*one of my father’s favourites)
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Ryan Coogler explains why he declined the invitation to join the Academy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/m...
December 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Ryan Coogler explains why he declined the invitation to join the Academy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/m...
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Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly Demands Someone at DOJ Put Ethical Skin in the Game
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/10/e...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/10/e...
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly Demands Someone at DOJ Put Ethical Skin in the Game - emptywheel
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is insisting that Todd Blanche or whoever promised her that DOJ does not continue to snuffle around Dan Richman's stuff say so on the docket, with their appearance noticed.
www.emptywheel.net
December 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly Demands Someone at DOJ Put Ethical Skin in the Game
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/10/e...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/10/e...
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So they *are* able to stop a ship in international waters and seize control of it without killing everyone on board?
Huh.
Huh.
Trump: "It's been an interesting day from the standpoint of news. As you probably know, we've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela. Largest one ever seized actually. And other things are happening."
December 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
So they *are* able to stop a ship in international waters and seize control of it without killing everyone on board?
Huh.
Huh.
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If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there.
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
December 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there.
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
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Rain puddle lit up for the season, Royal and Dumaine, New Orleans
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Rain puddle lit up for the season, Royal and Dumaine, New Orleans
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Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
December 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
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I mean, do we talk enough about how deranged this person is—and how he should be miles away from the levers of power?
December 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I mean, do we talk enough about how deranged this person is—and how he should be miles away from the levers of power?
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An astonishing letter published in the Times of London.
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
An astonishing letter published in the Times of London.
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
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It’s Maria’s birthday tomorrow.
December 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It’s Maria’s birthday tomorrow.
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They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
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This is *not* the sort of thing you see in this era, which makes it all the better that we are seeing it this weekend.
UPDATE: I added in the congressional response to the boat-strike section once I saw we had bipartisan, matching statements from both House and Senate Armed Services Committees. www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
November 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This is *not* the sort of thing you see in this era, which makes it all the better that we are seeing it this weekend.
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I always love me a good Columbo meme
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I always love me a good Columbo meme
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.