Lisa Fung
@lisafung.bsky.social
I write about public policy issues for Blueprint magazine. Former Arts & Entertainment Editor at LA Times, Executive Editor at The Wrap. Founding editor of Culture Monster. Teach arts reporting at USC.
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Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
The NYT definitely made a choice not to add “without evidence” to this headline.
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
RIP playwright Tom Stoppard. He also co-wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for ‘Shakespeare in Love’
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Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88
Sir Tom won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
RIP playwright Tom Stoppard. He also co-wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for ‘Shakespeare in Love’
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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“We know this is not about peace. It’s about business.”
This article is free to read, and very much worth your time.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
This article is free to read, and very much worth your time.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“We know this is not about peace. It’s about business.”
This article is free to read, and very much worth your time.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
This article is free to read, and very much worth your time.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
Saved!
Parents and the local community rallied in response to the cuts. After hearing this outcry and receiving additional funds, the L.A. Phil has been able to temporarily preserve the program through the end of the school year.
Parents and the local community rallied in response to the cuts. After hearing this outcry and receiving additional funds, the L.A. Phil has been able to temporarily preserve the program through the end of the school year.
‘They are tarnishing Gustavo Dudamel’s legacy. They fed the [kids] a dream of learning to grow in music, and now they’re snatching that dream away’
LA Philharmonic guts its East Los Angeles youth orchestra program
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
LA Philharmonic guts its East Los Angeles youth orchestra program
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
L.A. Phil guts East L.A. branch of Dudamel's Youth Orchestra program months before his departure
Last week, the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (YOLA) announced that it would be cutting back on its operations at their Torres site in East L.A.
www.latimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Saved!
Parents and the local community rallied in response to the cuts. After hearing this outcry and receiving additional funds, the L.A. Phil has been able to temporarily preserve the program through the end of the school year.
Parents and the local community rallied in response to the cuts. After hearing this outcry and receiving additional funds, the L.A. Phil has been able to temporarily preserve the program through the end of the school year.
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Remember when he mocked everyone else for being “low energy”? Look at him now.
Nodding off, slurring, and cutting his days short because he cannot keep up. The myth of unstoppable Trump is long gone.
Nodding off, slurring, and cutting his days short because he cannot keep up. The myth of unstoppable Trump is long gone.
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Remember when he mocked everyone else for being “low energy”? Look at him now.
Nodding off, slurring, and cutting his days short because he cannot keep up. The myth of unstoppable Trump is long gone.
Nodding off, slurring, and cutting his days short because he cannot keep up. The myth of unstoppable Trump is long gone.
This interview snippet (and the full interview from @meidastouch.com) is worth your time
Gupta: It’s clear that there’s age-related cognitive decline.
He’s confused a lot. He sometimes mumbles sort of incoherent nonsense when he’s asked a question in the Oval Office.
Clearly they’re not getting MRIs just because, because that’s the moment that we live in. There’s a reason
He’s confused a lot. He sometimes mumbles sort of incoherent nonsense when he’s asked a question in the Oval Office.
Clearly they’re not getting MRIs just because, because that’s the moment that we live in. There’s a reason
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This interview snippet (and the full interview from @meidastouch.com) is worth your time
Even if you don’t care about the Olivia Nuzzi-RFK Jr -Ryan Lizza saga, you must read this, from @brianphillips.bsky.social
It may be the funniest (yet informative!) piece you’ll read today
www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
It may be the funniest (yet informative!) piece you’ll read today
www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Even if you don’t care about the Olivia Nuzzi-RFK Jr -Ryan Lizza saga, you must read this, from @brianphillips.bsky.social
It may be the funniest (yet informative!) piece you’ll read today
www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
It may be the funniest (yet informative!) piece you’ll read today
www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
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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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Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
‘They are tarnishing Gustavo Dudamel’s legacy. They fed the [kids] a dream of learning to grow in music, and now they’re snatching that dream away’
LA Philharmonic guts its East Los Angeles youth orchestra program
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
LA Philharmonic guts its East Los Angeles youth orchestra program
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
L.A. Phil guts East L.A. branch of Dudamel's Youth Orchestra program months before his departure
Last week, the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (YOLA) announced that it would be cutting back on its operations at their Torres site in East L.A.
www.latimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 AM
‘They are tarnishing Gustavo Dudamel’s legacy. They fed the [kids] a dream of learning to grow in music, and now they’re snatching that dream away’
LA Philharmonic guts its East Los Angeles youth orchestra program
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
LA Philharmonic guts its East Los Angeles youth orchestra program
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Slow news day?
(Not)
(Not)
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Slow news day?
(Not)
(Not)
Pete Hegseth thinks the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts is no longer a meritocracy and has become an organization designed to "attack boy-friendly spaces"
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Pete Hegseth thinks the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts is no longer a meritocracy and has become an organization designed to "attack boy-friendly spaces"
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
The Stahl House, the globally known icon of Midcentury Modernism and Los Angeles glamour, is for sale.
The Pierre Koenig-designed Case Study House #22 has an asking price of $25 million
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
The Pierre Koenig-designed Case Study House #22 has an asking price of $25 million
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
Iconic Stahl House, a Midcentury Modern stunner, up for sale
The Stahl House is selling for $25 million. The current owners say its tour program will continue for now.
www.latimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The Stahl House, the globally known icon of Midcentury Modernism and Los Angeles glamour, is for sale.
The Pierre Koenig-designed Case Study House #22 has an asking price of $25 million
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
The Pierre Koenig-designed Case Study House #22 has an asking price of $25 million
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
‘The tourism industry has been growing exponentially in Kenya since the 1900s, but the wildlife is declining exponentially and many species in the Mara have become extinct’
How did Marriott get approval for a Ritz-Carlton camp on a key migration passage?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/t...
How did Marriott get approval for a Ritz-Carlton camp on a key migration passage?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/t...
Is a New $3,500-a-Night Safari Camp Blocking a Wildlife Corridor?
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
‘The tourism industry has been growing exponentially in Kenya since the 1900s, but the wildlife is declining exponentially and many species in the Mara have become extinct’
How did Marriott get approval for a Ritz-Carlton camp on a key migration passage?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/t...
How did Marriott get approval for a Ritz-Carlton camp on a key migration passage?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/t...
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The new editor of CBS News thinks that Alan Dershowitz and Dana Loesch debating the 2nd Amendment is “news.”
So, pour one out tonight for the actual journalists at CBS who have to listen to this drivel in the am news meeting
(She also says Dersh is “charismatic,” but that’s the lesser horror)
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So, pour one out tonight for the actual journalists at CBS who have to listen to this drivel in the am news meeting
(She also says Dersh is “charismatic,” but that’s the lesser horror)
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November 25, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The new editor of CBS News thinks that Alan Dershowitz and Dana Loesch debating the 2nd Amendment is “news.”
So, pour one out tonight for the actual journalists at CBS who have to listen to this drivel in the am news meeting
(She also says Dersh is “charismatic,” but that’s the lesser horror)
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So, pour one out tonight for the actual journalists at CBS who have to listen to this drivel in the am news meeting
(She also says Dersh is “charismatic,” but that’s the lesser horror)
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Mark Kelly responds: ‘If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won’t work’
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Pentagon says it will investigate Sen. Mark Kelly after controversial video
The Department of Defense announced it would investigate Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) for “serious allegations of misconduct” after his participation in a viral video.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Mark Kelly responds: ‘If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won’t work’
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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This man is not well
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This man is not well
‘When you lose someone important early on, it reaffirms the fact that life is so fleeting. You owe it to yourself to find your passion and to pursue it.’
This is a lovely read by @ashleyspencer.bsky.social on Robert Irwin
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/s...
This is a lovely read by @ashleyspencer.bsky.social on Robert Irwin
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/s...
Robert Irwin Is Actually That Nice
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
‘When you lose someone important early on, it reaffirms the fact that life is so fleeting. You owe it to yourself to find your passion and to pursue it.’
This is a lovely read by @ashleyspencer.bsky.social on Robert Irwin
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/s...
This is a lovely read by @ashleyspencer.bsky.social on Robert Irwin
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/s...
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Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
‘Expecting a thin-skinned man like Trump to be respectful to those who ply him with questions about his failures — especially when they are women — is a recipe for disappointment.’
Via @rabcarian.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Via @rabcarian.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Column: Trump's decades-long pattern of attacking women crossed a new line
Angry about election losses, the Epstein files and a faltering economy, the president once again resorts to sexist slurs.
www.latimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
‘Expecting a thin-skinned man like Trump to be respectful to those who ply him with questions about his failures — especially when they are women — is a recipe for disappointment.’
Via @rabcarian.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Via @rabcarian.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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“Home Deport”.
$HD
$HD
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“Home Deport”.
$HD
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