This is looting.

Pam Bondi will not have a license to practice law when this is all over. You can’t stay a bar member and agree to investigate only members of one political party for child sexual abuse but not members of the other. And, you can’t do it after previously saying no one else could be charged.

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Mark Strong and Lesley Manville power Robert Icke's sleek remake of 'Oedipus' on Broadway

Here's my review of Robert Icke's "Oedipus" in New York. Much to talk about. I suspect this production will elicit strong feelings. I enjoyed thinking through my response. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Here's my review of Robert Icke's "Oedipus" in New York. Much to talk about. I suspect this production will elicit strong feelings. I enjoyed thinking through my response. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

A deficit of $200 million+. Layoffs of nearly 1k employees. Restrictions on travel and more. In ways big and small, USC is slogging through an austerity campaign that has tested the moneyed university. What will the school look like on the other side? Our deep dive: www.latimes.com/california/s...

It begins. Clearly incriminating evidence against president of the United States. Epstein to Maxwell, April 2, 2011: "i want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc."

Breaking WSJ: Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.

This would be “worst NFP print since Dec 2020,” adds the Goldman desk.

Wow, had no idea this existed. A 1948 radio show about A Streetcar Named Desire winning the Drama Critics Circle Award featuring scenes performed by the original Broadway cast including Jessica Tandy as Blanche. Tantalizing and invaluable glimpse at how she played it. youtu.be/wmpjP-ZKDvg?...

Kristin Chenoweth goes all out to rescue 'The Queen of Versailles' from Broadway foreclosure

I woke up thinking of Mary Beth Hurt and Frances Conroy, as anyone who came of age seeing them perform on stage would do from time to time.

What price do immigrants pay when they come to America? A new play offers an answer

Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, who charged Donald Trump for 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments during the 2016 campaign, has won his reelection. Bragg exclaimed: “I love democracy!”

NEW: California voters pass Proposition 50, which adopts a new Democratic-approved congressional map through 2030, The Associated Press reports. The new maps will take effect starting in the 2026 midterm elections. https://to.pbs.org/47z89Dh

BREAKING: NBC News projects: Prop 50 Congressional Redistricting has been approved.

NBC News: Voters in Maine have rejected a voter ID proposal.

Candidate quality matters after all.

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

Democracy is having a very good night.

More than 7 in 10 Americans say current economic conditions in the country are "poor" or "very poor in a new CNN/SSRS poll.

Welker is the queen of “normalizing.”

Beautiful essay by Patti Smith, drawn from her forthcoming book, Bread of Angels. Cameos by Robert Mapplethorpe, Bob Dylan, and Sam Shepard. "...if you miss a beat, invent another." www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Must read piece by @weissmann.substack.com & Mary McCord: In the year since, rather than preventing the weaponization of prosecutions, the court has unleashed it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/o...

New York Times editorial board has compiled "a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion." www.nytimes.com/interactive/... This is what "not the odds, but the stakes" was all about. During the 2024 campaign, those 12 markers could have been in place and operating to guide news coverage everywhere.

It was never “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” It was also a clear warning of what was to come.

Don’t think I ever liked Ethan Hawke more than as the needy, washed up motormouth Lorenz Hart. An Oscar-worthy performance of an acerbic artist’s alcoholic self-abjection. “Blue Moon” is an impeccable theater film.

Federal workers don’t deserve this constant abuse.

A father's grief for his son killed in a school shooting makes a heart-wrenching case for gun reform

Voters who see what Trump is doing right now--the demolition, the extortion, the lying, the targeting of enemies, the weaponization of every branch of government--and support it only because Democrats hate it are failed citizens and bad Americans. They do not merit anyone's respect or outreach.

Voter turnout exceeds expectations in California's Proposition 50 special election

the ghost of liberace is all "whew tone it down gurl"

FYI :“Destruction of federal property is a federal crime. 18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines the crime as willfully injuring or committing any depredation against U.S. government property. If the damage exceeds $1k it is a felony with a fine, up to ten years in prison or both.” Awaiting law enforcement.

“L.A. is indisputably a theater town, but a theater town that operates by its own rules and urban logic, neither of which is easy for an outsider to crack.” @charlesmcnulty.bsky.social in @latimes.com #TheaterSKY

Southern California boasts some of the most prestigious playhouses in the country. These are the best places to see live theater around the region. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/list/southern-california-theater-best-places-see-plays-musicals?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"

Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.

Steve Witkoff promised to divest of his crypto assets linked to the Trump family’s crypto schemes. But 10 months in, and he still hasn’t. So many of these assets involve Middle East countries with an interest in U.S. policy. The conflicts of interest are massive. We need answers.

It's here! My book, "No Lessons Learned," covering 24 years of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" via first hand accounts from Larry David, the core "Curb" cast, dozens of guests and the folks who brought the show to life. Will I ever have this much fun again writing a book? Probably not.

A strange, bewitching "show." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

This bizarro comic wants to solve your most personal problems

Raskin: "Speaker Johnson described the exercise of 1st Amendment rights across the country by 6 or 7 millions Americans as part of No Kings as a 'Hate America Rally.' The Hate America Rally happened on January 6 ... there were more than 140 police officers who were wounded."

Playwrights confront AI and the age-old question: What does it mean to be human? www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Playwrights confront AI and the age-old question: What does it mean to be human? www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Former career DOJ attorney Erez Reuveni witnessed Trump’s officials lying to a Judge and refused to do the same. So Emil Bove fired him — now he‘s blowing the whistle on the rampant abuse of power at Trump’s DOJ. www.cbsnews.com/news/erez-re...

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Doug and Cole Emhoff at No Kings in Santa Monica. 💙