“Again and again we were told the only way to beat the Republican Party was to become the Republican Party […] and the choice that we made was to stop listening to those experts and to start listening to you” Mamdani is so good at this

"we can... remove the criminals that the Law does not permit him to remove."

David and Larry Ellisons’ sloptastic vision for Hollywood is coming into focus: “Paramount has reportedly signed a $200M+ multiyear deal for Higgsfield AI to use mass-use Popcorn AI model that ingests dailies and script notes, then outputs regional cuts: new leads, alternate jokes, revised endings”

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

Are we doing "The ACA Sucks" Discourse again? I'm going to guess most people hating on it from the left have never received a hospital bill the size of book; I put the apple there for scale. That's the $1.3 million bill my kid incurred in his first ~94 days. Why does that make me respect the ACA?

Federal judge in Chicago demands testimony on whether ICE immediately violated her order 🔽

Are you worried about extremist pro-Hitler sentiment among young Republicans? Mike Johnson (R-LA) Speaker of the US House of Representatives: NO.

Feels quaint, almost cliché, to say this about a Trump action, but just for the record: This is all illegal, the President can't simply disregard the laws passed and agencies created by Congress, and both Vought & Trump would be impeached if the Constitution or the rule of law mattered to the GOP.

this idiot talking point doesn’t make any fucking sense, but, boy, they’re real shook about what the special birthday boy is gonna see on television this weekend

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

"I don't know" is Johnson's campaign slogan. What a fool.

Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of "Annie Hall," the "Godfather" films and "The First Wives Club," among many others, has died. Watch her light up the screen in a few of her most iconic performances. Read more about her life and legacy: bit.ly/471G72Z

Democrats: We follow the science. Republicans: The science follows us.

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

Has any reporter asked Hegseth his views on Eugenics?

Recreating a Choco Taco, a childhood ice-cream-truck favorite, is much harder than you think. This is how Salt & Straw, a specialty Portland ice cream maker, partnered with Taco Bell to make it happen.

Weird that Trump would cede power to this guy.

Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"

Democrats should ship a bunch of Obama 2028 hats to the White House every month.

No matter how much Republicans and Trump abuse their power and take away yours, remember, it's always someone else's fault. "You made me do this."

David Cross folks.

“Literally”

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is the movie of the year. Goodnight yall.

I do hope that any Democrat planning to run in 2026 and 2028 is making note of every new precedent and power that has been set and granted for a democratic administration.

Ask yourself if this is the kind of country you want to live in

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Modest proposal: If you are a producer who doesn't like awards shows, do not produce one. If you are a host who doesn't like awards shows, do not host one. If you are a television viewer who doesn't like watching awards shows, do not watch one.

Still can’t quite believe this is a real movie, but the fact that Spaceballs 2 decided to unveil its cast by spoofing the Force Awakens table read photo (*and* by putting a pizza on a chair in tribute to the late great Pizza the Hutt) is an encouraging sign. screencrush.com/spaceballs-2...

Somehow all of these agencies were able to do their jobs before, unmasked. I wonder what's different now.

Can Jimmy Kimmel sue Brendan Carr, or other federal actors, for violating his First Amendment rights by coercing ABC to suspend his show, and maybe eventually to fire him? To teal deer it, yes, but without an effective remedy. /1

IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE: What I have not seen anyone discussing is that Nexstar pulling Kimmel, forcing ABC’s hand, comes as Nexstar is leading the way for the industry on trying to get FCC approval for media consolidation. www.poynter.org/business-wor...

Obama on Charlie Kirk:

Walz on Trump saying he's not familiar with Melissa Hortman's assassination: "Nothing surprises me. There's no compassion, there's no empathy in this man, and there's no sense of governing for the whole country ... he's doing nothing to improve people's lives."

Such a shame that this is what many people now accept as a "leader."

I know Andor isn't the answer to fascism and too many people get their politics from mega corporations' media but this scene and dialogue is truly one of the most clear and effective communications of how The Machine works and what it relies on

jesus christ

donald trump and the white nationalists that run his government want you to think that slavery was just fine www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

As the Right pushes hard to punish anyone who said anything they don’t like about Charlie Kirk, they will be offering you several narratives about it: (1) We’re only doing this because YOU did it first, YOU invented cancel culture, turnabout is fair play (2) YOU pushed us into this /1

Sigh.

I work with a lot of people who are considered "old school" in that they have a "process" that they are used to, which conflicts with newer advancements since COVID, and even before. I've now realized, being at the same company for 8 years, that I am the new "old school."

Even Rand Paul is repelled.

Interesting that RFK Jr kept leaning back and to the left during his hearing is he trying to tell us something?

Schumer is out of his fucking mind. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

women aren't people?