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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 Tony Ray’s unpublished memoirs are now published.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...
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"It's a cult of personality surrounded by a bunch of very child-like grifters," The Atlantic staff writer @radiofreetom.bsky.social says of the scandal-plagued Trump admin. "They're there to get clicks" and make "propaganda style clips," adds @bradmossesq.bsky.social. #Velshi
‘Child-like grifters’ are leading the Trump administration – and becoming a huge liability
Some top officials in the Trump administration – like FBI Director Kash Patel, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth – have recently been plagued with scandals related to their personal and/or professional conduct. Tom Nichols, writer for The Atlantic, and National Security Attorney Bradley Moss join Ali Velshi to discuss it. Nichols says there’s a “bunch of very child-like grifters” at the head of the government. “One of the things that's so striking about all these people is not just how amateurish they are, but how completely unfocused they are,” Nichols adds.
www.msnbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"It's a cult of personality surrounded by a bunch of very child-like grifters," The Atlantic staff writer @radiofreetom.bsky.social says of the scandal-plagued Trump admin. "They're there to get clicks" and make "propaganda style clips," adds @bradmossesq.bsky.social. #Velshi
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New: “Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad’s Election”
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
Here’s How Much Eric Trump Is Worth
Crypto took the real estate heir’s fortune and supersized it, briefly making the president’s second-oldest son a billionaire in early September.
www.forbes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New: “Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad’s Election”
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
31 years ago today, the Budapest Memorandum was signed, under which Ukraine agreed to give up its nuclear arsenal in exchange for security assurances from Russia, UK, and USA.
December 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
31 years ago today, the Budapest Memorandum was signed, under which Ukraine agreed to give up its nuclear arsenal in exchange for security assurances from Russia, UK, and USA.
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Bonkers stuff in the NSS. It is like a far-right caricature of itself. The Trump admin believes it needs to save Europe from itself by backing far-right forces within Europe.
As State Dept reprograms funding, get ready for the US to be the funders of far-right civil society in Europe.
As State Dept reprograms funding, get ready for the US to be the funders of far-right civil society in Europe.
The new US National Security Strategy makes for scary reading. I wrote about how the US wants to support forces in Europe to tear itself apart back in November 2024, and last May. This NSS confirms that's exactly the US objective for Europe.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Bonkers stuff in the NSS. It is like a far-right caricature of itself. The Trump admin believes it needs to save Europe from itself by backing far-right forces within Europe.
As State Dept reprograms funding, get ready for the US to be the funders of far-right civil society in Europe.
As State Dept reprograms funding, get ready for the US to be the funders of far-right civil society in Europe.
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New US nationsl security strategy powerfully advances national interests…of Russia. It puts the US squarely in the camp of the Kremlin-led ethno-nationalist (racist, anti-democratic) movement that includes Hungary, Modi’s India, Netanyahu, etc. it is runs contrary to a century of US foreign policy.
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
New US nationsl security strategy powerfully advances national interests…of Russia. It puts the US squarely in the camp of the Kremlin-led ethno-nationalist (racist, anti-democratic) movement that includes Hungary, Modi’s India, Netanyahu, etc. it is runs contrary to a century of US foreign policy.
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The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
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gives cause for great optimism."
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December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
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Trump's national security strategy is out. It reads like something written by Vladimir Putin, just like the 28pt plan was. We learn that Europe is degenerate and is being racially adulterated through the in-migration of dark-skinned people, www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Trump's national security strategy is out. It reads like something written by Vladimir Putin, just like the 28pt plan was. We learn that Europe is degenerate and is being racially adulterated through the in-migration of dark-skinned people, www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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