Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.

Here's the 60 Minutes report, aired in Canada

If Jeffrey Epstein did nothing other than procure massages for his friends, then there’s no crime here. by Robert Kraft

"harbored resentment from time as a PhD student," you say?

Isabel Huppert is sure to win the Emmy

Just as remakes of "Last Christmas" cannot succeed because they lack the closeted, yearning angst of George Michael, all remakes of "Christmas Wrapping" fail because the narrative demands a true disaffected, droll delivery possible only in a timeline when cellphones and social media do not exist.

People already on this app saying Never Newsom — they’ve already forgotten how a political purity test pushed us over the brink into fascism just last year. Awesome, let’s do that again.

Erika Kirk is camp

Me 9 days in the future:

Wow, watching Ken Burns’s The American Revolution is really indispensable for understanding Hamilton.

if we're opening up a discussion about who should be executed for crimes against America I have a couple of thoughts

NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected. And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.* Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

this forecast is homophobic

"Writing is the destruction of every voice, of every point of origin. Writing is that neutral, composite, oblique space where our subject slips away, the negative where all identity is lost, starting with the very identity of the body writing."

sequel idea for the Treasure Island Media cinematic universe: Dawson's 400 Blows

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

A superb reassessment of Baldwin's GIOVANNI'S ROOM, balancing attention to the novel's "negative" representation of homosexuality with a gorgeous close reading of the author's queer style. Invaluable contribution to debates about identity-based representation.

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

Happy National Coming Out Day, folks.

If you’ve never been to a big protest like No Kings before: It feels great to be part of a big gathering of people who want to change things. It sparks joy, and resolve for the long fight ahead. Sometimes there are dance parties. You could be the one who starts the dance party! Just show up!

Submission before a bully wielding a cudgel is not the same thing as peace

Some schools will be starved of resources. Other schools will be offered bribes. The end goal is the same. To make the universities an extension of the Trump administration. Shame on any of these institutions willing to take the bribes.

Yes, it's stupid and tacky, but it should also outrage us all.

Wordle just tried to get me fired

Ooh, #USOpen just showed Trump on screen again during this set break and there was loud, clear booing this time.

Good perspective and audio.

The boos come when Trump is shown on the big screen. Good audio from inside the stadium.

ABC commentators are in complete panic mode — fake smiles, forced laughter, pretending everything’s fine. ABC executives are surely screaming behind the scenes. What a mess at the US Open.

CBS commentators are in complete panic mode — fake smiles, forced laughter, pretending everything’s fine. CBS executives are surely screaming behind the scenes. What a mess at the US Open.

More news breaking at Bounces about Donald Trump's visit to the US Open men's final. The US Open has sent an email to broadcasters, obtained by Bounces, ordering them to censor any reactions or protests from the crowd to Trump's appearance. Read more here: www.benrothenberg.com/p/us-open-do...

As a survivor, I can't think of a more fitting metaphor than a rapist creating loud noises with planes as a survivor tries to tell her story. I mean... just wow. Nevertheless, she persisted.

Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.

new drag name: Crimea Rivers

White Party Provincetown @tomilonus.bsky.social @profmattbell.bsky.social

OK, I’ll bite: what are Crumbl Cookies?

if you fuck republicans you suck

Everything is Now... in Ptown (Thurs) Talking today (Tues) w the great Ira Wood on WOMR 12:30

Please, let's just take a brief moment of silence to celebrate the death of James Dobson, founder of the evil organization Focus on the Family. [pause] Awesome, thanks! Now let's get back to Carnival in Provincetown! Category is: SUMMER CAMP.

Sloane Stephens:

Whatever you call it across this great land of ours — whether sub, hero, hoagie, po’ boy, or grinder — just get one and hurl it at your nearest Nazi. (Be aware that the nearest Nazi may be behind you.)

Whatever you call it across this great land of ours — whether sub, hero, hoagie, po’ boy, or grinder — just get one and hurl it at your nearest Nazi. (Be aware that the nearest Nazi may be behind you.)

What's the word for a period of one's life that's clouded by amnesia, and yet has left an indelible imprint? Oh, right: trauma.

I am beginning to think that Republican transphobia does not, in fact, have fuck all to do with supporting the athletic endeavors of women

NY Times Pitchbot especially high-quality today

the weaponization of course evaluations in the Brown University deal takes the consumerist model of higher education to new heights. not only is your job contingent on it, but make any of your students uncomfortable and you’ll be investigated by the government

Well, at least I have one thing in common with Grigor Dimitrov: every time I play in a tennis tournament, I get injured in a whole new way.

81 — not bad!

Yes, but which film on a top-ten list is a red flag? I'll start: Silver Linings Playbook