Good. I’m glad there’s video now. Air it widely.

the thing about Trump's historically low approval rating is imagine how much worse it'd be without the media working overtime to cover up or justify the crazy shit he says every time he opens his mouth

Please note that this is a set up for denaturalizing citizens and setting up deportation camps for anyone who disagrees with Stephen Miller. Also please note that these fascists are bound to lose. Find your organizing home, join your neighbors, and stand up to these clowns wherever you see them.

Seems like a good time to remind folks that @brennancenter.org just released a how-to guide for lawyers looking to counter originalism in the courtroom… www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

I think it's kind of beautiful that this was Rob Reiner's final line on television

Undecided voter: “How can someone like you convince me that my vote matters” James Talarico: “They wouldn't be trying so hard to stop you from voting if your vote didn't matter — Texas is one of the hardest places to vote in the entire country. That is by design”

I mean same. Also, Turtle Island Liberation Front seems like a name that right wingers would think left wingers would make up.

Trump’s post on Rob Reiner and his wife Michele wasn’t only despicable.it was so politically poisonous it raises a question: What’s going on with Trump? Is he so drunk on his own power he can’t control himself? Or is he losing it?

Trump is intellectually less competent, tactically less savvy, and politically weaker than he was even a year ago. And he's blatantly, flagrantly ill. The costs of standing by him are going up, and the costs of defying him are plummeting.

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www.npr.org/2025/12/13/n...? On a similar methodological note, I suggested to a grad student just this week that they keep track of popular media storylines about trad wives loving fascist men

Democrats passed the 1st major firearm legislation in decades w/ Biden & Harris in office & created the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention where VP Harris coordinated w/ states on similar offices to address the violence. Y’all thanked em by reelecting a guy who closed that office day 1.

Rob Reiner wanted you to remember the goodness of humanity. Donald Trump wants you to be miserable at all times and think that nothing good will ever happen again. But as the kids say, better things are possible.

Trump is often discussed as one of the worst presidents in modern American history, but it’s important to remember that such a categorization is far too narrow. Donald J. Trump is one of the worst people in modern American history.

Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other, soon after WWII. One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing. The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.

One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.

Yeah so Moore is: 1. No longer EiC of Christianity Today (he's Editor-at-Large now). 2. Has been publicly and *prominently* critical of Trump since his 2016. In fact, Trump personally attacked Moore online back then because of the criticism. It was a Whole Thing that became several other Things.

Maybe if we need to remember these (we do!!) then do more an RT the offending tweet.

“Words fail me when I read that Alex Kleytman, an 87-year-old Ukrainian Holocaust survivor, was celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach with his wife of 57 years, also a Holocaust survivor. He was killed while shielding Larisa from the bullets with his own body.” www.thebulwark.com/p/shock-horr...

The Times has reported on Trump's disgusting post, but the overall tone of the article is that its just Trump being Trump. If most of us had an elderly relative who posted anything like this, we would get them help to address serious mental health issues. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...

Here's a clip of Rob Reiner that brings me a lot of joy & how I'm happiest to remember him. It's an episode of Gomer Pyle from 1969 and Rob's the hippie in yellow, just 21 years old. Sitcoms weren't supposed to talk about the Vietnam War, so they found a way to sing about it instead.

important to note that Stand By Me and A Few Good Men are considered *essential* works within the lexicon of conservative American film standards, and that's actually what most conservative Americans know Rob Reiner for--NOT his political activism.

Instead of endlessly rereading what a demented old fool wrote about Rob Reiner, let's read his wise words instead.

Apart from the fact the leader of the right mocked Reiner, one small difference is that Reiner's day job was making movies that people loved, while Kirk's starting point was creating enemies list of professors to be fired or harassed. These are not the same things.

"He’s 62, and she’s 64; she’s going to get on Medicare next year. Their premium is going to $3,000," Congressman Flood said... “$3,000 a month is obscene. That buys you the best house in Butler County, Nebraska.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

lots of awkward standing around and whispering going on in the Oval Office right now

This is a less negative headline for EV adoption than it looks like IMO. "The company said it remains on track to produce a $30,000 EV pickup for sale by 2027, which the company says will be the first in a new string of low-cost EVs."

A vile and disgusting statement from a sitting Senator. Freedom of religion is fundamental to the identity of America. What a disgrace.

Is there no journalist who will treat this as the deranged, psychopathic rantings of a madman that it clearly is? All it would take is one. Q: Mr. President, what the actual fuck? Do you know how evil, deranged, and indecent you sound? Get banned from the White House, go down in history.

When I interviewed Spinal Tap and Marty DiBergi this summer, none of them broke character, for the whole hour. Except Rob Reiner, once, losing it when Michael McKean's David St Hubbins talked about minimalism. I didn't use this in the feature and hadn't published any audio, but this is joyful.

at least at this point, I would say that this seems less like a tipping point in itself and more evidence that trump's increasing unpopularity has led others in the GOP to feel more comfortable criticizing him.

Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.

Today's newsletter: The same machine that destroyed 600 lives over Charlie Kirk has nothing to say about Trump mocking Rob Reiner. www.readtpa.com/p/the-rules-...

This Wall Street Journal headline is what major American media have become: a sick joke. Trump says Rob Reiner was asking to be stabbed to death because he didn't support Trump. WSJ sane-washes that into plain old "criticism" of Reiner. The media are killing our country with this normalization.

Setting aside the sheer moral depravity for a moment, Donald Trump attacking Rob Reiner after his murder is only going to serve as an accelerant to the growing public opinion that he is out-of-touch (affordability), cruel (ICE), and unfit for office (mental/physical health).

Jared Taylor, a prominent white nationalist whose annual American Renaissance conference serves as a "who's who" for the international white supremacist movement, was among those who attended the New York Young Republican Club gathering this weekend. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Rod Dreher—a close friend of JD Vance—is starting to acknowledge the pathology of the man in the White House. 1/https://x.com/roddreher/status/2000587916574118238?s=46

Chris Minns Premier New South Wales: ‘Ahmed is a real-life hero. Last night, his incredible bravery no doubt saved countless lives when he disarmed a terrorist at enormous personal risk. It was an honour to spend time with him just now and to pass on the thanks of people across NSW.’

Everyone knows Hakeem Jeffries is poised to waltz into the speakership. What this piece presupposes is: maybe he shouldn’t? www.offmessage.net/p/crisis-of-...

Just in case any journalist or editor reading this is tempted to minimize Trump's Reiner post because it's a "showbiz thing" and "real" stories are happening: No. It's a President thing and a decency thing, and if you don't understand that those things are newsworthy, you are failing in your duties.

WSJ explains how FBI was able to solve Pipe Bomber case after so many years: an Agent wrote code to access T-Mobile data FBI HAD thought was corrupted. Story confirms Cole is a Trump supporter and describes Agents are pissed bc Kash and Bongino are claiming credit. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Fred Rogers said to look for the helpers. Ahmed el Ahmed realized what was happening at Bondi Beach and ran to help, all by himself, pouncing on one of the gunmen and grabbing his gun away. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/w...

Of course I loved Rob Reiner. And Spinal Tap is in the stratosphere of comedies that get funnier and funnier over time, and this scene laid me the fuck out with laughter, for several minutes after the scene itself ended. A huge loss. youtu.be/H7vk5keNbRc?...

Not sure why @rawstory.com is deliberately misrepresenting how Rob Reiner died. They're suggesting it's because he spoke out in the trump era. Incredibly irresponsible and all for clicks. Shame.

Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety. We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read: newrepublic.com/article/2041...

This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants

You know what's great about substack? Leaving it. Some of you aren't getting the whole nazi thing. Let's simplify it. Nazis are always the villains. Substack lets nazis host their shit. It's literally thinking some people deserve death for being born not white.

Somehow @sepinwall.bsky.social published a beautiful eulogy for Rob Reiner overnight. I woke up saddened by the news of his passing, and this piece—celebrating his life and work—was exactly what I needed to read. www.whatsalanwatching.com/rob-reiner-w...

Anne Applebaum's article from a week ago: www.theatlantic.com/internationa...