Christine Kelley
@ballardiangorse.bsky.social
Writer from Harper’s Ferry. TV news producer in Rochester NY. Words at Eruditorum Press. Sportsy Southern futch. Nats fan. Has friends everywhere. Opinions my own. She/Her.
Pinned
Seems like an appropriate time to quote my interview with penguin researcher Heather Lynch:
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Barack Obama said he wanted to look forward and not relitigate the crimes of the Bush administration regarding torture and Guantanamo Bay. That allowed for the drone war to proliferate and for even more expansion of executive power under Trump.
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Barack Obama said he wanted to look forward and not relitigate the crimes of the Bush administration regarding torture and Guantanamo Bay. That allowed for the drone war to proliferate and for even more expansion of executive power under Trump.
Pre-Code Hollywood movies are remarkable. The Public Enemy has a camp gay tailor who flirtatiously squeezes a wiseguy’s bicep.
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Pre-Code Hollywood movies are remarkable. The Public Enemy has a camp gay tailor who flirtatiously squeezes a wiseguy’s bicep.
Rebranding as a James Cagney fangirl
November 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Rebranding as a James Cagney fangirl
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Marjorie Taylor Greene managed to tolerate being subjected to the sort of abuse, that she has subjected trans people to for years, for approximately one week.
November 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene managed to tolerate being subjected to the sort of abuse, that she has subjected trans people to for years, for approximately one week.
Mostly an Old Hollywood week with a brief interlude in Amadeus.
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Mostly an Old Hollywood week with a brief interlude in Amadeus.
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Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
Isaac Newton: 🎶 I’m defining gravity 🎶
November 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Isaac Newton: 🎶 I’m defining gravity 🎶
Raoul Walsh is as good a storyteller as Howard Hawks or John Ford. Really deserves to be more celebrated.
November 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Raoul Walsh is as good a storyteller as Howard Hawks or John Ford. Really deserves to be more celebrated.
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This story appears in *so* many biographies of conservatives. Yukio Mishima's dad did it by holding his son a foot away from a speeding train.
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This story appears in *so* many biographies of conservatives. Yukio Mishima's dad did it by holding his son a foot away from a speeding train.
Chris Moltisanti telling Lauren Bacall he’s a huge fan of “The Haves and Have Nots” is a god-tier joke.
November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Chris Moltisanti telling Lauren Bacall he’s a huge fan of “The Haves and Have Nots” is a god-tier joke.
YouTube recommended me a video about a gabagool sandwich and I feel so stereotyped right now.
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
YouTube recommended me a video about a gabagool sandwich and I feel so stereotyped right now.
Sometimes I discover that people buy pre-grated parmesan, and I mourn for those poor souls.
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Sometimes I discover that people buy pre-grated parmesan, and I mourn for those poor souls.
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one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
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Pope Leo has now repeatedly made clear that he believes US corporate media's coverage of the Trump immigration war is not professionally responsible or correct and that it accepts Trump's pretexts for action as truth whereas they are palpable lies.
November 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Pope Leo has now repeatedly made clear that he believes US corporate media's coverage of the Trump immigration war is not professionally responsible or correct and that it accepts Trump's pretexts for action as truth whereas they are palpable lies.
I absolutely love that The Sopranos’s last season begins with a spoken word track featuring William S. Burroughs. Such on-brand belligerent weirdness.
November 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I absolutely love that The Sopranos’s last season begins with a spoken word track featuring William S. Burroughs. Such on-brand belligerent weirdness.
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Keith Olbermann seen in an argument with his then-girlfriend
November 18, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Keith Olbermann seen in an argument with his then-girlfriend
Journalists need to condemn this overt defense of our colleague’s brutal murder by one of the most powerful people on the planet.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Journalists need to condemn this overt defense of our colleague’s brutal murder by one of the most powerful people on the planet.
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Turns out both DownDetector and DownForEveryoneOrJustMe use Cloudflare so are currently, themselves, down
November 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Turns out both DownDetector and DownForEveryoneOrJustMe use Cloudflare so are currently, themselves, down
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NEW: The Tate brothers, who have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries, had their devices seized by law enforcement when they arrived in the U.S.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The Tate brothers, who have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries, had their devices seized by law enforcement when they arrived in the U.S.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
Richardson didn’t know there was a hurricane season and was MIA for 24 hours after the floods in Texas. Supremely unqualified and inert even by this administration’s standards.
BREAKING: The acting head of FEMA is resigning, sources say.
FEMA acting head David Richardson resigns, sources say
David Richardson's resignation comes amid mounting criticism over FEMA's response to the devastating Central Texas floods in July, which claimed more than 130 lives.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Richardson didn’t know there was a hurricane season and was MIA for 24 hours after the floods in Texas. Supremely unqualified and inert even by this administration’s standards.
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Today, Paste Magazine shuttered all its non-music verticals, a choice I am both professionally and personally heartbroken about. Sadly, I am once again looking for a place that wants to let me write about Books and TV on the regular, so hit me up if that’s you or anyone you know.
November 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Today, Paste Magazine shuttered all its non-music verticals, a choice I am both professionally and personally heartbroken about. Sadly, I am once again looking for a place that wants to let me write about Books and TV on the regular, so hit me up if that’s you or anyone you know.
I finally finished that damned essay about Terry Gilliam's Brazil. You can check it out on Patreon before it hits Eruditorum Press on Friday. www.patreon.com/posts/youre-...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I finally finished that damned essay about Terry Gilliam's Brazil. You can check it out on Patreon before it hits Eruditorum Press on Friday. www.patreon.com/posts/youre-...