Shawnte McCall
@shawntem.bsky.social
Black TV/movie writer, "too good" coordinator of scripts, and man about town from the comfort of my room. That’s all I really need and a bag of Blue Funk. Traders, artists, “No Posts Yet” and “Hello”s in the DMs = instant blocks. Lurkers block me. He/Him.
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Shawnte McCall
@shawntem.bsky.social
· May 12
I remain a fan of lovers, not liars and cowards.
A whole word
2023 should have been the final indicator to me
I'll just leave it at that
2023 should have been the final indicator to me
I'll just leave it at that
PSA: The saying “I followed you on Twitter” is no longer good enough. Once you reveal yourself, you are getting the ax. So if you know our goals and agenda no longer match up. See yourself out.
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
A whole word
2023 should have been the final indicator to me
I'll just leave it at that
2023 should have been the final indicator to me
I'll just leave it at that
If they want to do business with big-name directors, they’re going to have to be
Wait, is Netflix quietly shifting its strategy to finally start really releasing movies in theaters?
"It is," TheWrap Executive Editor Adam Chitwood explains. "Netflix is going to be a bigger force in theaters whether they want to admit it publicly or not."
Read more: https://bit.ly/3XlzYKF
"It is," TheWrap Executive Editor Adam Chitwood explains. "Netflix is going to be a bigger force in theaters whether they want to admit it publicly or not."
Read more: https://bit.ly/3XlzYKF
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
If they want to do business with big-name directors, they’re going to have to be
Good
There will be moments of silence tonight in the NBA to recognize Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Good
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All those people moaning about the Democrats having "Bad Messaging" seem to be clueless about the fact that THEY are amplifying the message (and lie) that Democrats are "Bad at Messaging"... that THEY are the problem they're whining about.
All while ignoring the GOP/Billionaires own all the media.
All while ignoring the GOP/Billionaires own all the media.
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
All those people moaning about the Democrats having "Bad Messaging" seem to be clueless about the fact that THEY are amplifying the message (and lie) that Democrats are "Bad at Messaging"... that THEY are the problem they're whining about.
All while ignoring the GOP/Billionaires own all the media.
All while ignoring the GOP/Billionaires own all the media.
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If all you're doing is bashing Democrats, I'm just going to unfollow you, because you're not a serious person, and you're not helping, and you're just mindlessly parroting tired Anti-Dem stereotypes and propaganda.
Focus your venting and ire on the GOP where it belongs. THEY did all this. Not Dems.
Focus your venting and ire on the GOP where it belongs. THEY did all this. Not Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If all you're doing is bashing Democrats, I'm just going to unfollow you, because you're not a serious person, and you're not helping, and you're just mindlessly parroting tired Anti-Dem stereotypes and propaganda.
Focus your venting and ire on the GOP where it belongs. THEY did all this. Not Dems.
Focus your venting and ire on the GOP where it belongs. THEY did all this. Not Dems.
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Bingo. They won’t stand up to MAGA themselves but got hot bars for completely outnumbered Democrats in Congress doing what they can with what the voters gave them.
Many of the same white voters who are screaming at Chuck Schumer and angry at the 8 Senators that voted to end the shutdown, are STILL going to have Thanksgiving and Christmas with their MAGA family members.
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Bingo. They won’t stand up to MAGA themselves but got hot bars for completely outnumbered Democrats in Congress doing what they can with what the voters gave them.
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At the end of the day I personally don’t see this so called “cave” doing much because all the Senate GOP did was toss this back to Simp Johnson and his boss Trump.
But y’all got good and rage baited so…yay.
But y’all got good and rage baited so…yay.
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
At the end of the day I personally don’t see this so called “cave” doing much because all the Senate GOP did was toss this back to Simp Johnson and his boss Trump.
But y’all got good and rage baited so…yay.
But y’all got good and rage baited so…yay.
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One problem with the whole "the Dems should have held out" is that holding our longer means that the cave will have just taken longer, or the GOP will have ditched the filibuster. Neither option ends with restoring ACA funding at this point.
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
One problem with the whole "the Dems should have held out" is that holding our longer means that the cave will have just taken longer, or the GOP will have ditched the filibuster. Neither option ends with restoring ACA funding at this point.
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I do not think this is going to be the case because the underlying reality is the Democrats want to protect the ACA and the GOP wants to destroy it and one vote on a stopgap funding CR is not going to shift that.
Yes - this is a loss because Democrats have now signed on to ACA cuts as a complicit party and once again made it a less effective issue for the mid terms
From that perspective, this would be a failure, right? Because the Dems lose the narrative that they did everything to stand in the way of ACA cuts.
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I do not think this is going to be the case because the underlying reality is the Democrats want to protect the ACA and the GOP wants to destroy it and one vote on a stopgap funding CR is not going to shift that.
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Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
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"yeah yeah the republicans are bad and stuff, BUT TO GET BACK TO THE REAL TARGET OF MY RAGE, CHUCK SCHUMER!" is not a statement made by someone who is actually taking the first clause of it all that seriously.
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"yeah yeah the republicans are bad and stuff, BUT TO GET BACK TO THE REAL TARGET OF MY RAGE, CHUCK SCHUMER!" is not a statement made by someone who is actually taking the first clause of it all that seriously.
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Many of the same white voters who are screaming at Chuck Schumer and angry at the 8 Senators that voted to end the shutdown, are STILL going to have Thanksgiving and Christmas with their MAGA family members.
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Many of the same white voters who are screaming at Chuck Schumer and angry at the 8 Senators that voted to end the shutdown, are STILL going to have Thanksgiving and Christmas with their MAGA family members.
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Cool Dad drinks too much Grown-Up Juice and wrecks up the place and smashes the TV and there’s no money for takeout. Why doesn’t Bitch Mom clean it up and stop him?
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Cool Dad drinks too much Grown-Up Juice and wrecks up the place and smashes the TV and there’s no money for takeout. Why doesn’t Bitch Mom clean it up and stop him?
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Never beating the ‘Bitch Mom Democrats’ versus ‘Cool Dad Republicans’ theory of American politics
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Never beating the ‘Bitch Mom Democrats’ versus ‘Cool Dad Republicans’ theory of American politics
Definitely gonna be a lot of shitty, dumb takes today from usually smart people.
Adjust your visiting time here accordingly. I know I will.
Adjust your visiting time here accordingly. I know I will.
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Definitely gonna be a lot of shitty, dumb takes today from usually smart people.
Adjust your visiting time here accordingly. I know I will.
Adjust your visiting time here accordingly. I know I will.
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Matter of fact here’s something to ponder while you’re looking for “Epstein distractions” and reasons to yell at the Democrats.
Sort your shit out, guys.
www.project2025.observer/en
Sort your shit out, guys.
www.project2025.observer/en
Project 2025 Tracker
A comprehensive, community-driven initiative to track the implementation of Project 2025's policy proposals
www.project2025.observer
November 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Matter of fact here’s something to ponder while you’re looking for “Epstein distractions” and reasons to yell at the Democrats.
Sort your shit out, guys.
www.project2025.observer/en
Sort your shit out, guys.
www.project2025.observer/en
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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And who's hurting them? Republicans. Republicans DO NOT GIVE A FUCK IF THEY DIE.
They have no problem playing chicken and killing everyone. Decrease the surplus population, and so on. So, no, if harm reduction is the path we have to choose this week, then so be it. 3/3
They have no problem playing chicken and killing everyone. Decrease the surplus population, and so on. So, no, if harm reduction is the path we have to choose this week, then so be it. 3/3
November 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
And who's hurting them? Republicans. Republicans DO NOT GIVE A FUCK IF THEY DIE.
They have no problem playing chicken and killing everyone. Decrease the surplus population, and so on. So, no, if harm reduction is the path we have to choose this week, then so be it. 3/3
They have no problem playing chicken and killing everyone. Decrease the surplus population, and so on. So, no, if harm reduction is the path we have to choose this week, then so be it. 3/3
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I'm going to continue chilling. If you want to defenestrate Democrats, go ahead and block me.
I work in the public sector. The majority of the people I serve depend on the government being open. They are being hurt right now.
2/3
I work in the public sector. The majority of the people I serve depend on the government being open. They are being hurt right now.
2/3
November 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I'm going to continue chilling. If you want to defenestrate Democrats, go ahead and block me.
I work in the public sector. The majority of the people I serve depend on the government being open. They are being hurt right now.
2/3
I work in the public sector. The majority of the people I serve depend on the government being open. They are being hurt right now.
2/3
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You know what I'm not doing? Freaking out.
You know what I'm not doing? Reflexively attacking Schumer.
You know what I'm not doing? Being online and engaging in spittle flecked rage.
No, we can't keep this shutdown into 2027. We won't have a fucking country.
1/3
You know what I'm not doing? Reflexively attacking Schumer.
You know what I'm not doing? Being online and engaging in spittle flecked rage.
No, we can't keep this shutdown into 2027. We won't have a fucking country.
1/3
November 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
You know what I'm not doing? Freaking out.
You know what I'm not doing? Reflexively attacking Schumer.
You know what I'm not doing? Being online and engaging in spittle flecked rage.
No, we can't keep this shutdown into 2027. We won't have a fucking country.
1/3
You know what I'm not doing? Reflexively attacking Schumer.
You know what I'm not doing? Being online and engaging in spittle flecked rage.
No, we can't keep this shutdown into 2027. We won't have a fucking country.
1/3
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If you want to understand how we got here it’s bc of stupid MFERS like this:
“I MAY NOT VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS”
“I MAY NOT VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS”
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
If you want to understand how we got here it’s bc of stupid MFERS like this:
“I MAY NOT VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS”
“I MAY NOT VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS”
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Let’s all just yell at each other!!!! That’ll fix it!!!!
a boy in a fur coat stands in front of a sign that says game over on it
Alt: a boy in a fur coat stands in front of a sign that says game over on it
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Let’s all just yell at each other!!!! That’ll fix it!!!!
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People want Democrats to hit the off button that America refused to push last November when it mattered.
I learned a lot tonight, namely that a critical mass of people on my side had no clear idea what they actually wanted out of this beyond hopes that if the shutdown broke enough stuff, they'd get whatever was on their wishlist, and their preferred time horizon was "indefinite."
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
People want Democrats to hit the off button that America refused to push last November when it mattered.
*sighs*
Police were investigating on Sunday after five people were wounded, one seriously, in a weekend shooting outside a supermarket in San Francisco, authorities said. Officers responding to reports of gunfire Saturday found multiple victims near a Safeway in the Outer Richmond neighborhood, police said.
5 wounded, 1 seriously, in shooting outside San Francisco supermarket
Police are investigating after five people were wounded, one seriously, in a weekend shooting outside a supermarket in San Francisco.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
*sighs*
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Been thinking a bit and beginning to wonder if the gang of 8 is betting on Mike Johnson refusing to bring the House into session because he doesn't want to seat Adelita Grijalva so she can be the 218th vote that activates the discharge petition to release the Epstein Files.
Just musing.
Just musing.
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Been thinking a bit and beginning to wonder if the gang of 8 is betting on Mike Johnson refusing to bring the House into session because he doesn't want to seat Adelita Grijalva so she can be the 218th vote that activates the discharge petition to release the Epstein Files.
Just musing.
Just musing.