Raskin: In any event, if he really cared about public safety in DC… he would not have pardoned 1600 insurrectionists and violent cop beaters on his first day in office. 

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jerrod carmichael did it again

OMG! I just read The Humble Lover this year 😞

When I say I was born this way, I don’t mean gay, I mean annoying

While I do admit that I am mixed on On Swift Horses again after seeing it at TIFF last year, there is something that pulls me towards it? The cinematography is gorgeous. thecontending.com/on-swift-hor...

After The Perfect Couple and the upcoming Sirens, I need Meghann Fahy to work alongside Meryl Streep in a coastal murder mystery...just so she stars in a trilogy of Netflix limited series with the three women from The Hours.

A Nice Indian Boy has charm and heart in spades. Loved loved loved it. thecontending.com/a-nice-india...

Yee haw 😍🤠

Tiddies out for spring 🥰🍼🍼

My little gay short film is now available to watch! Please leave us a comment on our vimeo link if you enjoy the film. 🥹💖 vimeo.com/1059061325

Road trip

Oscar party placecards are ready!

Me, before the Oscar nominations Me, as the nominations come out

#NGNG Oscar predictions Michele Austin for Hard Truths in Supporting Actress The Substance in Costume Design Chicken for Linda in Animated Feature Nosferstu in Original Score

Ohhh, the Oscar party invitations are about to get GAY. Well, gayer.

The way this ad for The Wedding Banquet made me squeal ☺️

Less than a week until The Wedding Banquet premiere at #Sundance

Trying to see all the big Oscar contenders in time to be disappointed by the nominations

"After all, there's only one more sleep til we can all stop ripping our hair out over Supporting Actress."

Timeline cleanse brought to you by a particular corgi caught on the couch.

This

Anita Bryant used her faith and self-procaimed moral high ground as a weapon against queer people for years. What she spouted in the 70s has a direct line to the rhetoric being spewed today in various fights. I wish I could buy Harvey Milk a drink tonight and toast him well.

Anyway, if you’d rather not go down Anita Bryant memory lane, at least remember the man who threw the pie, a gay activist named Thom Higgins, was an attractive man.

I unfollow you once I notice you’re dumb.

The Substance memes are getting festive. I love it 👏

My squirrel friends when I’m busy and haven’t put their peanuts out for them yet

Emma Thompson dodged a bullet in Love Actually since that necklace was ugly as fuck.

Little man.

Hey, Jonathan from Holiday Baking Championship...

the substance

The lack of Gladiator II/Wicked cross-promo posters has been deeply concerning. Glad it's finally being fixed. (h/t: Eqarti on Twitter)

Help me, ladies.

Someone had to say it.