FilmWonk
@filmwonk.net
Seattle-based film critic and podcaster.
On the site, we talk movies.
Here, I sometimes talk politics.
Opinions are my own. He/Him.
Website:
https://filmwonk.net
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https://twitter.com/filmwonk
On the site, we talk movies.
Here, I sometimes talk politics.
Opinions are my own. He/Him.
Website:
https://filmwonk.net
Mastodon:
https://noc.social/@FilmWonk
Hellsite (dead):
https://twitter.com/filmwonk
The [paid, out-of-state] signature gatherers in Washington have complained about harassment as they gather signatures to take away the rights of trans kids and make them afraid to go to school, and let Christians prevent other people's kids from reading books they don't like.
Boo fuckin hoo.
Boo fuckin hoo.
Floridians were preparing new popular initiatives on behalf of Medicaid expansion, abortion rights, and other matters. Earlier this year, a new state law made these efforts a lot tougher, threatening volunteers with investigations and criminal punishment.
A New Crackdown on Ballot Initiatives Unnerves Florida Organizers
The new Republican law threatens volunteers with more investigations and criminal punishment, even as Ron DeSantis faces allegations of illegally meddling in ballot measures.
boltsmag.org
December 6, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The [paid, out-of-state] signature gatherers in Washington have complained about harassment as they gather signatures to take away the rights of trans kids and make them afraid to go to school, and let Christians prevent other people's kids from reading books they don't like.
Boo fuckin hoo.
Boo fuckin hoo.
The soccer cartel made up a peace trophy and gave it to Trump as he's about to start a war
So here's what that looks like
So here's what that looks like
Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
December 6, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The soccer cartel made up a peace trophy and gave it to Trump as he's about to start a war
So here's what that looks like
So here's what that looks like
Dear peasants,
We're cornering the market like Disney before us.
Please don't call your Congressional representatives to complain about media consolidation, and rest assured the poorly lit content paste will flow (courtesy of unpaid humans and AI slop).
Fuck you.
-Netflix
We're cornering the market like Disney before us.
Please don't call your Congressional representatives to complain about media consolidation, and rest assured the poorly lit content paste will flow (courtesy of unpaid humans and AI slop).
Fuck you.
-Netflix
December 6, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Dear peasants,
We're cornering the market like Disney before us.
Please don't call your Congressional representatives to complain about media consolidation, and rest assured the poorly lit content paste will flow (courtesy of unpaid humans and AI slop).
Fuck you.
-Netflix
We're cornering the market like Disney before us.
Please don't call your Congressional representatives to complain about media consolidation, and rest assured the poorly lit content paste will flow (courtesy of unpaid humans and AI slop).
Fuck you.
-Netflix
Reposted by FilmWonk
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
RIP to a great one, Udo Kier, who passed away today at 81.
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 AM
RIP to a great one, Udo Kier, who passed away today at 81.
MTG is a foul little Nazi garbage rat, and I am rather looking forward to her falling on her face when she realizes that the left isn't buying her stupid rebranding and the right doesn't put women in charge of anything
November 22, 2025 at 4:48 AM
MTG is a foul little Nazi garbage rat, and I am rather looking forward to her falling on her face when she realizes that the left isn't buying her stupid rebranding and the right doesn't put women in charge of anything
In any just world, RFK Jr would be sharing a prison cell with Andrew Wakefield and Elon Musk for the incalculable harm they've done to children.
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
In any just world, RFK Jr would be sharing a prison cell with Andrew Wakefield and Elon Musk for the incalculable harm they've done to children.
Received a Dem fundraising text just now:
"WOW: Hakeem Jeffries SUED Donald Trump!"
That's your big pitch, eh
What happened next
"WOW: Hakeem Jeffries SUED Donald Trump!"
That's your big pitch, eh
What happened next
November 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Received a Dem fundraising text just now:
"WOW: Hakeem Jeffries SUED Donald Trump!"
That's your big pitch, eh
What happened next
"WOW: Hakeem Jeffries SUED Donald Trump!"
That's your big pitch, eh
What happened next
"Head or gut?" is as much debate as this question should require
Republicans are at odds about how to handle the white-nationalist influencer Nick Fuentes’s encroachment into their ranks, @alibreland.bsky.social writes. He asked Fuentes about being the center of a crisis in American conservatism:
The Nick Fuentes Spiral
The reckoning with the white-nationalist influencer’s rise is only getting messier.
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
"Head or gut?" is as much debate as this question should require
One of the least costly and most effective military options on Venezuela would be for him to fuck off
Top officials present Trump with military options for Venezuela in coming days. | CBS
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-v...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-v...
Top officials present Trump with military options for Venezuela in the coming days
The potential operations for Venezuela presented to Trump included options for strikes on land, multiple sources said.
www.cbsnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
One of the least costly and most effective military options on Venezuela would be for him to fuck off
I've never blocked someone faster
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I've never blocked someone faster
This man belongs in prison along with everyone who carried out his illegal orders, and I will vote for the first presidential candidate who promises to make it happen.
Judge orders release of US Border Patrol head Gregory Bovino deposition videos: Watch them here
Judge orders release of US Border Patrol head Gregory Bovino deposition videos: Watch them here
The Chicago Tribune and Chicago Public Media petitioned U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis to release the recordings, which were filed under seal as part of a lawsuit led by the Chicago Headline Club.
trib.al
November 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This man belongs in prison along with everyone who carried out his illegal orders, and I will vote for the first presidential candidate who promises to make it happen.
Reposted by FilmWonk
Hey Dems I found your new slogan!
November 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Hey Dems I found your new slogan!
Reposted by FilmWonk
"Mamdani is not a warning shot; he is a sign of things to come. Dem voters everywhere want transformative change. They’re furious at party’s leaders and suspicious of candidates backed by an establishment that gets everything wrong," writes @alexshephard.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2027...
The Democratic Tea Party Is Here
The party’s base is energized and mad as hell. And their rage isn’t just aimed at Donald Trump.
newrepublic.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"Mamdani is not a warning shot; he is a sign of things to come. Dem voters everywhere want transformative change. They’re furious at party’s leaders and suspicious of candidates backed by an establishment that gets everything wrong," writes @alexshephard.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2027...
Hey, Republicans? You made this happen.
You stole the Supreme Court and legalized voter suppression and partisan gerrymandering and sent literal soldiers into California to stand around holding their dicks so you can pretend there's a riot everywhere that queer people live.
Fuck. You. Own this.
You stole the Supreme Court and legalized voter suppression and partisan gerrymandering and sent literal soldiers into California to stand around holding their dicks so you can pretend there's a riot everywhere that queer people live.
Fuck. You. Own this.
Prop 50 was called the moment that polls closed in California. The blowout showed how showing up to fight is the most important thing in Democratic politics right now.
It also means that (pending SCOTUS) Dems have largely neutralized Trump's gerrymandering push.
From me:
prospect.org/2025/11/04/c...
It also means that (pending SCOTUS) Dems have largely neutralized Trump's gerrymandering push.
From me:
prospect.org/2025/11/04/c...
California Democrats Win Redistricting Measure, Prove That Resistance Works - The American Prospect
The win, combined with several mid-cycle surprises, has weakened Trump’s shield against accountability for his unpopular reign, although the Supreme Court really holds the key to whether we’ll have so...
prospect.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Hey, Republicans? You made this happen.
You stole the Supreme Court and legalized voter suppression and partisan gerrymandering and sent literal soldiers into California to stand around holding their dicks so you can pretend there's a riot everywhere that queer people live.
Fuck. You. Own this.
You stole the Supreme Court and legalized voter suppression and partisan gerrymandering and sent literal soldiers into California to stand around holding their dicks so you can pretend there's a riot everywhere that queer people live.
Fuck. You. Own this.
Reposted by FilmWonk
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
But I don't understand
They released big dumb dork glasses that can talk to you badly about how to take the ingredients you've already purchased and prepared and set out onto your counter and then pour them into a bowl
How can the public not see the immense value in such a thing
They released big dumb dork glasses that can talk to you badly about how to take the ingredients you've already purchased and prepared and set out onto your counter and then pour them into a bowl
How can the public not see the immense value in such a thing
Meta shares are plunging in heavy trading, on pace for their worst day in three years. Here's why: cnb.cx/4hAPrzH #CNBCData
October 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
But I don't understand
They released big dumb dork glasses that can talk to you badly about how to take the ingredients you've already purchased and prepared and set out onto your counter and then pour them into a bowl
How can the public not see the immense value in such a thing
They released big dumb dork glasses that can talk to you badly about how to take the ingredients you've already purchased and prepared and set out onto your counter and then pour them into a bowl
How can the public not see the immense value in such a thing
The nice thing about this is that any future president who feels like naming it the "Donald J Trump is a Criminal Who Can Get Fucked In Hell Room" may do so, based on the "cuz I said so" doctrine. Or take a shit on it and knock it down.
There's no reason why any of this has to "stick", really.
There's no reason why any of this has to "stick", really.
October 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The nice thing about this is that any future president who feels like naming it the "Donald J Trump is a Criminal Who Can Get Fucked In Hell Room" may do so, based on the "cuz I said so" doctrine. Or take a shit on it and knock it down.
There's no reason why any of this has to "stick", really.
There's no reason why any of this has to "stick", really.
This rhetoric also collapses in the face of suggestions to tackle childhood hunger, industrial polluters, or lack of access to healthcare (including vaccination which prevents disease).
It always boils down to:
-"It's okay if other people's shitty inferior kids die"
and
-"Buy my supplements"
It always boils down to:
-"It's okay if other people's shitty inferior kids die"
and
-"Buy my supplements"
every passing day, rightwingers are inventing new and unexpected ways to signal to the world they may be the dumbest iteration of humans so far
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This rhetoric also collapses in the face of suggestions to tackle childhood hunger, industrial polluters, or lack of access to healthcare (including vaccination which prevents disease).
It always boils down to:
-"It's okay if other people's shitty inferior kids die"
and
-"Buy my supplements"
It always boils down to:
-"It's okay if other people's shitty inferior kids die"
and
-"Buy my supplements"
I genuinely do not care that Trump wrecked part of the White House.
It's a musty old building.
It's not special or important.
AS EVIDENCED.
BY TRUMP HIMSELF.
LIVING AND WORKING IN IT.
Making the White House look like what he's done to the office and the Constitution is A-OK by me.
It's a musty old building.
It's not special or important.
AS EVIDENCED.
BY TRUMP HIMSELF.
LIVING AND WORKING IN IT.
Making the White House look like what he's done to the office and the Constitution is A-OK by me.
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I genuinely do not care that Trump wrecked part of the White House.
It's a musty old building.
It's not special or important.
AS EVIDENCED.
BY TRUMP HIMSELF.
LIVING AND WORKING IN IT.
Making the White House look like what he's done to the office and the Constitution is A-OK by me.
It's a musty old building.
It's not special or important.
AS EVIDENCED.
BY TRUMP HIMSELF.
LIVING AND WORKING IN IT.
Making the White House look like what he's done to the office and the Constitution is A-OK by me.
Hey, kinda seems like the Constitution is dead, doesn't it?
This robber baron prick is stealing our tax dollars and denying them to us because we didn't vote for him.
Under his oath of office, he does not have this power.
And if he takes this power, then he's the President of jack shit.
This robber baron prick is stealing our tax dollars and denying them to us because we didn't vote for him.
Under his oath of office, he does not have this power.
And if he takes this power, then he's the President of jack shit.
Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)
The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Hey, kinda seems like the Constitution is dead, doesn't it?
This robber baron prick is stealing our tax dollars and denying them to us because we didn't vote for him.
Under his oath of office, he does not have this power.
And if he takes this power, then he's the President of jack shit.
This robber baron prick is stealing our tax dollars and denying them to us because we didn't vote for him.
Under his oath of office, he does not have this power.
And if he takes this power, then he's the President of jack shit.
Reposted by FilmWonk
the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history
Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)
The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history
House Speaker Mike Johnson can eat my entire ass at the STP finish line where there are food trucks and he has better options available
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
October 15, 2025 at 2:13 AM
House Speaker Mike Johnson can eat my entire ass at the STP finish line where there are food trucks and he has better options available
One of the most persistent annoyances of Google's voice keyboard is that it corrects "gonna" to "going to".
I use both. They convey slightly different meanings. Who is the audience for this?
Let me say what I want to say, you pedantic fuck
I use both. They convey slightly different meanings. Who is the audience for this?
Let me say what I want to say, you pedantic fuck
October 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
One of the most persistent annoyances of Google's voice keyboard is that it corrects "gonna" to "going to".
I use both. They convey slightly different meanings. Who is the audience for this?
Let me say what I want to say, you pedantic fuck
I use both. They convey slightly different meanings. Who is the audience for this?
Let me say what I want to say, you pedantic fuck