Jim Wurst
@jimwurst.bsky.social
Screenwriter of international thrillers. Austin FF Second Rounder 2022, 23, 24/ Semifinalists Big Apple Film Fest, Table Read. Novelist: Three Degrees, Book 1 of Tempestas Series #brooklynwriterspress. Looking for representation.
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It's cool when a member of Congress says there's no point in standing up to the bully who is literally taking our tax money.
We do not have a federal government.
We do not have a federal government.
Sen. Angus King: "Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work"
"Standing up to Caesar didn't work. My bad. You can go home now." - Jesus
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BIG NEWS: Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva will finally be sworn in as a member of Congress tomorrow.
She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.
She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
BIG NEWS: Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva will finally be sworn in as a member of Congress tomorrow.
She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.
She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.
Grandma's dining room wall, Newark NJ, circa 1942. (Dad is upper right). I've decided not to write what I'm thinking. Leave their quiet dignity to speak to today's cowards.
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Grandma's dining room wall, Newark NJ, circa 1942. (Dad is upper right). I've decided not to write what I'm thinking. Leave their quiet dignity to speak to today's cowards.
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As the country celebrates its veterans and the service they provided, it’s worth noting that the current president is actively fighting to keep 1.2 million veterans from receiving their food benefits.
www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
SNAP Helps 1.2 Million Veterans With Low Incomes, Including Thousands in Every State
About 1.2 million veterans live in households that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps).[1] Thousands of veterans in every state — who...
www.cbpp.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
As the country celebrates its veterans and the service they provided, it’s worth noting that the current president is actively fighting to keep 1.2 million veterans from receiving their food benefits.
www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
Wind gusts of 37 miles an hour have anything to do with it? 😬
Dear summer,
I didn’t mean anything I said.
Sincerely,
New Jersey
I didn’t mean anything I said.
Sincerely,
New Jersey
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Wind gusts of 37 miles an hour have anything to do with it? 😬
These self-important clowns are a stain on political discourse. Fortunately, most (alright, some) Democrats aren't falling for this anymore.
Five Things Mamdani Absolutely Must Do
by some clown who wants him to fail
by some clown who wants him to fail
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
These self-important clowns are a stain on political discourse. Fortunately, most (alright, some) Democrats aren't falling for this anymore.
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Loved it. Very brave of Kate to champion this movie. I knew who Lee Miller was, of course, but not all of her background.
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Loved it. Very brave of Kate to champion this movie. I knew who Lee Miller was, of course, but not all of her background.
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For the record, it’s going to be a long while before my anger subsides at the Democrats who surrendered. They’ve made this fight harder. But I won’t allow my anger to distract from the necessary focus on Trump & the feckless Republicans who will exploit every weakness to intensify their demolition.
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
For the record, it’s going to be a long while before my anger subsides at the Democrats who surrendered. They’ve made this fight harder. But I won’t allow my anger to distract from the necessary focus on Trump & the feckless Republicans who will exploit every weakness to intensify their demolition.
Cadet Bone Spurs says what?
Trump: "If we die, we must die and we as men we die without complaining."
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Cadet Bone Spurs says what?
Sticking to the spirit of the post:
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Sticking to the spirit of the post:
😂
But seriously, I don't understand why there can't be a 007 James Bond and a new female 00 - they were heading in that direction in NO TIME TO DIE in any case. Plus, the UK has a deep bench of actresses who would be great in the role.
But seriously, I don't understand why there can't be a 007 James Bond and a new female 00 - they were heading in that direction in NO TIME TO DIE in any case. Plus, the UK has a deep bench of actresses who would be great in the role.
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
😂
But seriously, I don't understand why there can't be a 007 James Bond and a new female 00 - they were heading in that direction in NO TIME TO DIE in any case. Plus, the UK has a deep bench of actresses who would be great in the role.
But seriously, I don't understand why there can't be a 007 James Bond and a new female 00 - they were heading in that direction in NO TIME TO DIE in any case. Plus, the UK has a deep bench of actresses who would be great in the role.
I think I know why they're leaving Chicago. Winter is Coming, and they can't handle a Chicago winter.
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I think I know why they're leaving Chicago. Winter is Coming, and they can't handle a Chicago winter.
We're one step away from requiring first-time home buyers to sign up for a reverse mortgage.
NARRATOR: Neither of these things are really good ideas
One is the fruits of executive overreach that SCOTUS will hopefully strike down, in which case there will be no money to fund it
The other makes it even less likely most people will ever truly own a home while lining the pockets of big banks
One is the fruits of executive overreach that SCOTUS will hopefully strike down, in which case there will be no money to fund it
The other makes it even less likely most people will ever truly own a home while lining the pockets of big banks
QUINTANILLA: What's more likely -- a $2,000 tariff rebate check or a 50 year mortgage?
HASSETT: They're both really good ideas
HASSETT: They're both really good ideas
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
We're one step away from requiring first-time home buyers to sign up for a reverse mortgage.
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A Republican sheriff in a swing county that Trump won by 0.1% signed a contract to help ICE, then lost last week by 11.
New by me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/sheriff-of-b...
New by me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/sheriff-of-b...
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A Republican sheriff in a swing county that Trump won by 0.1% signed a contract to help ICE, then lost last week by 11.
New by me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/sheriff-of-b...
New by me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/sheriff-of-b...
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This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
True, but you have to be careful not to miss registration deadlines.
Also, I know this isn't special to NY but it's just more extreme here: we have some the best and worst Dems in the US. The primaries will be brutal. When canvassing, I feel better being able to tell folks I'm a registered Dem.
Also, I know this isn't special to NY but it's just more extreme here: we have some the best and worst Dems in the US. The primaries will be brutal. When canvassing, I feel better being able to tell folks I'm a registered Dem.
Alternatively, leave the democratic party and rejoin it before a primary if you want to vote in that primary. It’s not hard to register for a different party (in PA, at least). I refuse to let those corrupt, big-money-pandering, republican-light cowards count me as a member any longer.
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
True, but you have to be careful not to miss registration deadlines.
Also, I know this isn't special to NY but it's just more extreme here: we have some the best and worst Dems in the US. The primaries will be brutal. When canvassing, I feel better being able to tell folks I'm a registered Dem.
Also, I know this isn't special to NY but it's just more extreme here: we have some the best and worst Dems in the US. The primaries will be brutal. When canvassing, I feel better being able to tell folks I'm a registered Dem.
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Donald Trump and Republicans believe the affordability crisis in America is made up.
That’s why these extremists haven’t done a damn thing to lower the high cost of living.
You deserve better.
That’s why these extremists haven’t done a damn thing to lower the high cost of living.
You deserve better.
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Donald Trump and Republicans believe the affordability crisis in America is made up.
That’s why these extremists haven’t done a damn thing to lower the high cost of living.
You deserve better.
That’s why these extremists haven’t done a damn thing to lower the high cost of living.
You deserve better.
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Ah yes, the thing to revitalize your downtown is to fill it with masked and armed man who routinely pepper spray random people. Everyone loves that.
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Ah yes, the thing to revitalize your downtown is to fill it with masked and armed man who routinely pepper spray random people. Everyone loves that.
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
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"JPMorgan on Monday said building AI infrastructure will cost more than $5tn"
Crazy idea: Why not, rather than spending $5 TRILLION dollars to pay for data centers to create fake brains, just pay actual human beings with real brains that same $5 trillion?
Crazy idea: Why not, rather than spending $5 TRILLION dollars to pay for data centers to create fake brains, just pay actual human beings with real brains that same $5 trillion?
"Investors have been selling off the debt of US tech heavyweights, showing how jitters over Silicon Valley’s boom in spending on artificial intelligence have spilled into the bond market."
Investor angst over Big Tech’s AI spending spills into bond market
Debt issued by groups building data centres has been hit in recent weeks
www.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"JPMorgan on Monday said building AI infrastructure will cost more than $5tn"
Crazy idea: Why not, rather than spending $5 TRILLION dollars to pay for data centers to create fake brains, just pay actual human beings with real brains that same $5 trillion?
Crazy idea: Why not, rather than spending $5 TRILLION dollars to pay for data centers to create fake brains, just pay actual human beings with real brains that same $5 trillion?
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For the first time all year, Democrats were riding high and the regime was on the ropes.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
For the first time all year, Democrats were riding high and the regime was on the ropes.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
Every Christopher Lee character.
What movie villain is a horrible person, but an absolute joy to watch onscreen?
The #3 box office star in America, natch
The #3 box office star in America, natch
November 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Every Christopher Lee character.
NO ONE takes Bond literally. Every new Bond starts fresh, so why not again? What must really causing anxiety is casting and tone.
This would be such an easy and fun reboot.
There is zero obstacle here. Only opportunity.
There is zero obstacle here. Only opportunity.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
NO ONE takes Bond literally. Every new Bond starts fresh, so why not again? What must really causing anxiety is casting and tone.
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