Bro, you just described the entirety of Star Wars in the last 15 years save ROGUE ONE and ANDOR

Hooo man, my BL evaluator did *not* like my act three twist in SOUL GLOW ACTIVATOR. 😂 It's fine, I knew some people were going to react very strongly, but it basically amounted to the Ben Shapiro "you actively deceived the audience" rant.

More than 250 January 6 insurrectionists were convicted of assault charges for attacks on law enforcement officers, with many of those attacks captured on surveillance or body camera footage.

under questioning from Merkley, Blanche repeatedly refuses to commit to encourage the commissioners of Trump's taxpayer-funded J6 slush to not give payouts to insurrectionists who assaulted police officers

Raskin says the fund is unconstitutional. Congress didn't structure it. 14th Amendment prohibits obligations in service of insurrection. Raskin says Dem House will shut it down and compel transparency on payments. He's calling on Rs to legislate against it now. 4/ newrepublic.com/article/2105...

the president of the united states sued his own government for ten billion dollars and “settled” it by directing that government to use taxpayer money for a nearly two billion dollar slush fund to distribute to his political allies at will typing it out barely feels real

I would like Democrats to come out and say that anyone receiving assets from this new slush fund, or profiting any of the other corrupt acts from this candidate, will have 100% of their assets seized the first chance we get. Even if they get pardoned.

Trump settles $10B lawsuit against IRS over leaked tax returns

The Religious Right is desperate these days to pretend that "Christian Nationalism" is (1) a recently-invented term and (2) a pejorative invented by their enemies, but neither of those claims is remotely true. Here's a short thread, but I'm sure other historians will have examples too.

Trump's bizarre pre-recorded message to Rededicate 250 ended up on abrupt note, but that didn't stop the follow-up speaker from worshiping him as a false idol

Democrats need to understand we’re already in a revolutionary moment. The American republic built in the 60s and 70s is being swept away by Republicans and the Supreme Court. It’s up to us to fight for a liberal democratic future. My latest: www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-ne...

I dunno, if I made a 20 minute first act into a 2 hour long movie I feel like people would have thoughts™️ about that.

No one is representing the people in this presidency.

Texas limits eligibility for Medicaid to families living below 15 percent of the poverty level, meaning that a family of three earning more than—get this—$4,098 annually is not eligible for any benefits. trib.al/5Jne2ri

More SOUL GLOW ACTIVATOR reactions 😅

Great timing JD. GIFT LINK: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/n...

Jeffries: "We're gonna win back the House ... the ghost of the Confederacy has afflicted the Supreme Court majority, & is invading & haunting the nation right now, & we take that seriously. Which is why Democrats are committed to launching a decisive and overwhelming response in advance of 2028."

BURGUM: When the sun goes down, solar produces zero electricity HUFFMAN: I want to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of -- it's a battery

Authoritarian Trump praising how Communist China treats its children. The Republican Party did this. The Republican Party is the pro-Communist China party now.

"Republicans in all three branches cannot not contain their enthusiasm at the prospect of foreclosing student loan relief." They are literally creating a permanent underclass in American society. By @snipy.bsky.social in @atrupar.com's latest PN: open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

DIABLO CODY, Academy Award Winning #Screenwriter of JUNO explains why her best work comes from her own creative voice, during Storytelling360: State of the Story on 3.22.26 in LA. Learn more about our events & online access: Storytelling360.com #screenwriting #screenplay #scriptsky #writersky 🎥

Hey just fyi #scriptsky looks like AFF is adding a cap this year. This is on their submission site

QUIGLEY: What group has 'extra rights'? TURNER: We want to go after real discrimination & not phantom discrimination Q: Who is being 'phantomly discriminated' against? T: We are going after real discrimination Q: I'm going to take a wild guess that you think LGBT people are getting extra rights

Mike Johnson, like Sam Alito wants you to believe that the Reconstruction Amendments and the Voting Rights Act were designed to protect white men from discrimination. It’s obnoxious, racist and wrong.

"Carr's latest campaign to menace hosts of The View & destroy the independence of broadcast media may make him a household name. Because this time ABC & Disney are fighting back, exposing his blatant misconduct as he schemes to censor outlets for refusing to toe the MAGA line." — @lizdye.bsky.social

Well. Here we go.

Child protective services ripped a 14-year-old from her home to stop her from leaving the state for an abortion. They also threatened her mother with murder charges and the removal of her other child if they crossed state lines for care. So please don't tell me Republicans aren't banning travel.

I finally got asked to do one of these Nielsen television surveys and I’m overly excited about it

Videos of the DOGE staffers who gutted humanities funding using ChatGPT went viral. Now a federal judge has ruled that personnel didn’t have authority to terminate the grants. Kelsey Ables and Janay Kingsberry spoke to the plaintiffs: theatln.tc/IxYPHbn5 📸 Matt McClain / The Washington Post / Getty

When AI companies (who are desperate for users and a path to profitability) tell you that “it’s inevitable,” don’t believe them. In our capitalist society, the market gets to decide that. And as far as I can tell, the market fucking hates AI.

Trump claimed it would cost $1.8 million to paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blue. The Interior Department then moved to pay a Virginia firm called Atlantic Industrial Coatings $13.1 million for the job a 628% increase over Trump’s stated figure.

When you see clips of people celebrating in Hungary after corrupt Orban is gone, realize that Trump, Vance and Rubio did everything they could to keep those celebrations from happening so Putin’s puppet could remain in power.

I have my issues with TLJ but this hits the nail on the head. I think the people running Star Wars love Star Wars but they don’t actually know what Star Wars is about. And that’s why they’ve struggled so much (outside of Andor, Rogue One, the first two seasons of Mando).

All in all, 32 states are holding supreme court elections this year, deciding over 60 seats. These courts could determine key issues including abortion access and redistricting across the country. Our new guide explores what’s at stake in each state: boltsmag.org/your-state-b...

Folks if you support independent projects and real animation, especially in the AI push, please go check out Murder Town. Eddie and his team worked their asses off on this 6 episode series. #scriptsky #filmsky

There is no clearer case for the necessity of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 than how quickly southern states moved to eliminate Black-majority districts and dilute Black power after SCOTUS eroded Section 2. SCOTUS’s reasoning was immediately disproven by reality.

Restore the Voting Rights Act Impeach John Roberts

Episode One of Murder Town, the independent animation brainchild of @echamel.bsky.social that I worked on a few years ago, is out now! #scriptsky Please go watch and support independent projects! youtu.be/YqSO7qgBsvg

Episode One of Murder Town, the independent animation brainchild of @echamel.bsky.social that I worked on a few years ago, is out now! #scriptsky Please go watch and support independent projects! youtu.be/YqSO7qgBsvg

Conservatives: The epidemic of male loneliness is a scourge and we need to have compassion for all the incels worshipping Nick Fuentes. Also Conservatives: Men who have male friends are gay.

This man has shepherded some of the most blatantly white supremacist decisions in the history of the Supreme Court, which is saying a lot. Not interested in his crybaby efforts to clean up his tracks.

again the original meaning of "meme" as Dawkins conceived it is useful here. people are killing their babies because their minds got "infected" by convincing-sounding bullshit that spreads easily from person to person www.propublica.org/article/more...

#Tennessee this is horseshit and you should call your reps and tell them that

Hey #Georgia!! Buddy thinks you are a Republican state that NEEDS to be represented by "people who represent their values." He voted in line with Trump's position 95.1% of the time and is running against John Ossoff. His primary is May 19.

the first three questions Hegseth takes at this morning's press conference are from OAN, Real America's Voice, and the Daily Wire -- all right-wing propaganda outlets

That sound you heard is every union member in the industry vowing to vote against Adam Schiff in the next election. No one who supports A.I. will have the vote of the creative community.

We are now congratulating Trump for failing

I'm still furious that Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg launched this war against Iran.

The right are so obsessed with the idea that leftist agitiators on are secretly being paid is simply because their movement is being secretly financed. They also can't imagine why you would take a position that you weren't being paid to take, since they have no actual principles beyond self-interest

Considering that Daily Wire are going bust almost three weeks after Péter Magyar announced that Hungary will no longer fund CPAC, it's at least plausible that Ben Shapiro was more or less dependent on Orbán cash to stay afloat.