The new Trump-era cancel culture is here, and this is what it looks like www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

Fox News doesn’t want to talk about the crude doodle of a naked woman, with its creepy message printed across her breasts and torso, and a signature — “Donald” — in her pubic area. Column by @lorraineali.bsky.social www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

This half-hour comedy offered so many great moments of spot-on commentary about the state of legacy journalism that I wasn’t sure if I should weep or laugh. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Newsom's all-caps, mean-girls social media posts mocking Trump in Trumpian style have triggered Fox News hosts who never seemed bothered by the original, writes @lorraineali.bsky.social www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

‘Fox keeps insisting Newsom’s SnarkPosting is a big fail, but the numbers would suggest otherwise. Since the beginning of August, the governor’s press office account has gained 250,000 followers and more than 225 million impressions.’ Via @lorraineali.bsky.social www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

As for yesterday, you ask? Fox’s Newsom melt down. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Been super busy today writing about big feelings around Cracker Barrel rebrand. Its a national crisis www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Ratings are important to Trump. It’s data he’s fond of weaponizing. But what about the president’s ratings? www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

‘Quietly,’ like a convict in the night who may or may not hold a president’s fate in their hands. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

In memory of the great Flaco Jimenez. RIP. youtu.be/CXrwwHaBrb0?...

‘South Park’ season opener puts Trump in bed with Satan and has Paramount on its knees www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

The mere suggestion of In-N-Out Burger leaving the California triggered a primal fear among Angelenos. Where else were we going to sit in a milelong drive-thru line at midnight waiting for a delicious burger and debatable fries? www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Sometimes good things happen. Jeff Hiller of Somebody Somewhere, one of my fave shows, was nominated for an Emmy! Spoke w him yesterday right after they announced it. Could I love an actor more? www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Go Dodgers! “A line of unmarked white vans and SUVs at Dodger Stadium sparked a wave of speculation online about immigration enforcement at the stadium Thursday, but team officials say the agents were denied entry.”

BREAKING: Senator Padilla after being thrown to ground and cuffed: “If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, if this is how the department of homeland security responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers..."

"I am Senator Alex Padilla" is the first thing he says. There is nothing the Trump Administration won't lie about.

Los Angeles 2025

Double.

Words are hard. “Hegseth says troops in LA are lawful. He just can’t explain why.”

Anything for an audience. C-Lister syndrome.

All of L.A. is not a ‘war zone.’ We separate facts from spin and disinformation amid immigration raids, protests throughout the city. Latest w/ @karenmg.bsky.social @tarantulaarms.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

BREAKING: Gov. Newsom is asking for a restraining order on Trump/Hegseth's use of the military in Los Angeles, saying they are preparing to go on immigration raids with ICE. He wants a ruling within two hours. "They must be stopped immediately." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Our Founding Fathers would have had a word for calling up a battalion of Marines for regular domestic law enforcement: tyranny.

You can see why MARINES are necessary.

Fires. Earthquakes. Riots. And now, reckless political theatre w real live consequences. But Los Angeles always prevails. Always.

RIP. highly recommend ?uestlove’s documentary on sly stone if you haven’t seen it www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

BIG, BEAUTIFUL BRAWL

Which girl from Equatorial Guinea turned Stephen Miller down in middle school?

Finally, the Equatorial Guinea travel ban that no one has been waiting for.

Someday I will learn how to properly tag BlueSky accounts in my posts, right after I start posting more than once every two weeks. Until then, you know who you are. Thinking of you

I love this conversation about comedy w some of the smartest, funniest people around. We had a blast taping this @latimes.blsky.social round table.

“Identity is at the heart of this story — the unresolvable relationship between the real self, the created self and the public self. It’s also joyful and delightful in a way that needs no explanation because it is full of Pee-wee Herman, knocked down to rise again.” www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

This right here 👇

Just scan this list of executives and billionaires who joined Trump in Saudi Arabia. Most major tech firms present. Reps from 4 of the 10 richest companies Some surprise names: Travis Kalanick apparently can still get into rooms like this. And there's Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of the LA Times

Remember Jamal Khashoggi. www.latimes.com/world-nation...

No notes.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

Some Senior VP at Target: Sir we thought The Blacks (TM) would let this go and come back but they haven't come back. They haven't come back sir! CFO: The line must go up, but it keeps going down! CEO, wearily removing glasses: It's time SVP: Sir, you don't mean-- CEO: Get me Al Sharpton

It’s no accident that political scientists who first raised alarms about Trump were not those who studied the US but experts in authoritarian regimes elsewhere. “Americans have been slow to recognize this because we’ve never experienced it as a society,” says Levitsky www.latimes.com/world-nation...

Send Elon immediately. Like now. Chop chop. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...

Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.

So they named their kid after a historical figure who murdered his brother.

Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

This from Zeteo’s @mehdirhasan.bsky.social “You don’t have to define activism as changing things and journalism as not changing things. The biggest changes in our society have come from journalism. Investigative journalism, at its very best, changes things.” www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Lisa Rothstein. #NewYorkerCartoons nyer.cm/QAnwGsj