“This has to be the most expensive documentary ever made that didn’t involve music licensing,” said Ted Hope, who worked at Amazon from 2015 to 2020 and was instrumental in starting the company’s film division. “How can it not be equated with currying favor or an outright bribe?”

*wheezes in elder millennial*

Wouldn’t have made it out of the VEEP writers room

When Donald Trump says who he really is, believe him. He's raising your grocery prices. He's violating your civil rights. He's rolling back your health care. He's taking away your education. It's past time to stand up, push back, and be loud for America.

gee whiz it would be really great if the opposition party smelled blood in the water right now and went on a full offensive to harness this spark of momentum

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives. We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.

Who’s next? One demotion cannot detract from accountability. Greg Bovino and Trump’s agents must still be held responsible for the killings and the damage they’ve done to America.

colonel lockjaw lookin ass

Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution. If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.

Just one day after tens of thousands of Minnesotans peacefully protested ICE’s operations, our AFGE union brother Alex Jeffrey Pretti was killed by federal agents. ICE must immediately leave Minnesota before anyone else is hurt or killed.

IT'S RELEASE DAY! "Brown/Trans/Les", my second book of transfeminist essays, is out now---and so is the audiobook of "Trans/Rad/Fem", if you want to re-experience the original in a new format! Itch: taliabhatt.itch.io/transradfem Audible: www.audible.com/pd/Trans-Rad...

It's undeniable: MAGA is tightening its grip in 2026. People are engaging in direct action, mutual aid, and holding corporations accountable in a way some of us were never formally taught. Tomorrow, we change that. bit.ly/mvmtstrong

Chicago today

Keep spreading the truth about what happened to Alex Pretti.

Good afternoon from downtown Chicago, where despite heavy snowfall, thousands have gathered for an anti-ICE/CBP demonstration in solidarity with the Twin Cities. More are still streaming in. Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.

The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon. wapo.st/49Zqv1L

Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA

Aaaaaaand now I have a crush on Melissa Joan Hart. Again.

Bsky, what if we don’t go to work on Monday and instead stand shoulder to shoulder in the streets?

Finished is better than terrible #oldknees

Last week, we announced a plan to make child care universal. Today, applications are open for pre-K & 3-K. If your child is turning 3 or 4, apply now for the fall at: myschools.nyc

🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.

That is what was relayed

Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning. I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.

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McBride: Look, people are clutching their pearls at this guy yelling something at the president. They are more offended by a worker standing up to the president and calling him out for his hypocrisy than they are by the president trying to cover up for a human trafficking ring

Timberwolves hold a moment of silence for Renee Nicole Good

Hard same

Sylvia, 42, lives in a fun little bunker in the heart of Evanston, where cats dine on the windowsill and Beetle in the Anthill and VALIS - two books she was reading while working on Mortal Kombat 1 - sit on her Aunt Mary's old coffee table. She collects VHS tapes, like a Devo song brought to life.

Don't threaten me with a good time

Transphobes are not welcome in gaming. Transphobes are not welcome in gaming. Transphobes are not welcome in gaming.

Definitely in Minneapolis

Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.

Define your music taste in eight artists: Fever Ray Fiona Apple Pixel Grip Ragana R.E.M. Emma Ruth Rundle Thou Warren Zevon

CHICAGO GAY CHURCH TONIGHT A HOLY EXPERIENCE AWAITS

Are we great again yet?

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

Dr. Jane Goodall, who will be remembered as an advocate for animals and a renowned chimpanzee researcher, died due to natural causes, the Jane Goodall Institute announced. nbcnews.to/48bAFgj

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it? If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say? Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

One Battle After Another and Sinners both lay out a formula for cinema success: diverse movies where white nationalists get duffed in the most graphic way possible shot and presented in increasingly baroque high resolution formats.

79. American citizen.

Nextar has now also folded and will start airing Kimmel again. Remember this next time they tell you we are powerless in the face of rising fascism. Companies capitulating to Trump need to feel heat. Keep it going. apnews.com/article/jimm...

Well don't I feel stupid

A very big Onion announcement: The Onion has spent the last two months working on a masterpiece. It's a documentary titled Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile. It's so good, in fact, we were set to release it in theatres nationwide on October 2nd. Then two weeks ago, Charlie Kirk was shot.

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

it's important to have role models!!!