Laurie Brookins
@lauriebrookins.com
Freelance journalist, The Hollywood Reporter, Travel & Leisure, and other pubs. I was @StyleWriterNYC over at the bad place. Also a survivor of one of many failed versions of the felon’s ego magazine. Yes, it was as bad as you think. I have stories.
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This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
February 17, 2026 at 7:27 AM
This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
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This is how you live a life
February 17, 2026 at 2:32 AM
This is how you live a life
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Trump just announced he was “totally exonerated” in the Epstein files, which means he is guilty as sin.
February 17, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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“In Washington’s graceful departure, after serving two terms in office, he laid the foundation for the tradition of the peaceful transfer of power—what became the most American of acts by leaders who valued democracy and loved their country more than power itself.” open.substack.com/pub/america/...
Washington Warned Us About Trump
Our first president valued national unity and feared a despot who would exploit "the ruins of public liberty." A reminder for this Presidents’ Day.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:41 PM
“In Washington’s graceful departure, after serving two terms in office, he laid the foundation for the tradition of the peaceful transfer of power—what became the most American of acts by leaders who valued democracy and loved their country more than power itself.” open.substack.com/pub/america/...
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Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
February 15, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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If the "from" is redacted in this message, it likely means either that the DOJ is covering for someone, or that one of Epstein's victims was conscripted into helping him. Both possibilities make me sick.
February 17, 2026 at 2:41 AM
If the "from" is redacted in this message, it likely means either that the DOJ is covering for someone, or that one of Epstein's victims was conscripted into helping him. Both possibilities make me sick.
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So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
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Yes, it IS a cover up. A massive cover up. And the person behind the cover up is the President of the United States. Oh sure, blame Pam Bondi if it makes u feel good. But she’s just a tool. She does what Trump tells her to do. This whole sordid scandal is on Trump.👇 www.mediaite.com/opinion/yes-...
Epstein Files Cover-Up: The Media is Cautious With the Term
Congress ordered the Epstein files released. The president signed the law. The public has been handed pages with names removed.
www.mediaite.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Yes, it IS a cover up. A massive cover up. And the person behind the cover up is the President of the United States. Oh sure, blame Pam Bondi if it makes u feel good. But she’s just a tool. She does what Trump tells her to do. This whole sordid scandal is on Trump.👇 www.mediaite.com/opinion/yes-...
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Hillary Clinton: "More people were deported under my husband and Barack Obama without killing American citizens and without putting children into detention camps than were in the first Trump term or this first year of Trump's second term."
February 15, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Hillary Clinton: "More people were deported under my husband and Barack Obama without killing American citizens and without putting children into detention camps than were in the first Trump term or this first year of Trump's second term."
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Also, here’s a photo of people dying to defend a “multicultural economic zone”
February 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Also, here’s a photo of people dying to defend a “multicultural economic zone”
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The CBC made this clever & cute video that uses kids to explain the rules of curling:
February 13, 2026 at 7:43 PM
The CBC made this clever & cute video that uses kids to explain the rules of curling:
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I wrote about the "I never want to see a child ever run away from our own government ever again" guy.
I think he shows why Trump being a dogshit president temporarily solves many of the Democrats' worst problems with the media. And we have to take advantage of this moment.
I think he shows why Trump being a dogshit president temporarily solves many of the Democrats' worst problems with the media. And we have to take advantage of this moment.
"I never want to see a child ever run away from our own government ever again"
Notes on changing brains. And Brians.
www.thefarce.org
February 15, 2026 at 12:35 PM
I wrote about the "I never want to see a child ever run away from our own government ever again" guy.
I think he shows why Trump being a dogshit president temporarily solves many of the Democrats' worst problems with the media. And we have to take advantage of this moment.
I think he shows why Trump being a dogshit president temporarily solves many of the Democrats' worst problems with the media. And we have to take advantage of this moment.
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France correctly approaching the exposure of an international pedophile ring as a prosecutorial problem; not taking the American route of doing damage control for the elite.
French prosecutors are reviewing the Epstein files and ties to French nationals to determine any criminal wrongdoing.
Epstein Files Prompt New Investigation By France Authorities
French prosecutors are reviewing the Epstein files and ties to French nationals to determine any criminal wrongdoing.
www.forbes.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:51 AM
France correctly approaching the exposure of an international pedophile ring as a prosecutorial problem; not taking the American route of doing damage control for the elite.
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If you’re wasting a lot of time attacking other Democrats on the internet, go find a local Democratic candidate you like and volunteer for their campaign instead. It’s a way better use of your time.
February 14, 2026 at 11:48 PM
If you’re wasting a lot of time attacking other Democrats on the internet, go find a local Democratic candidate you like and volunteer for their campaign instead. It’s a way better use of your time.
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Eight years ago today, 17 students and educators were murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. As we honor those we lost, we continue to fight alongside the students and families to put an end to our country’s gun violence epidemic.
February 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Eight years ago today, 17 students and educators were murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. As we honor those we lost, we continue to fight alongside the students and families to put an end to our country’s gun violence epidemic.
Wonder if any of those ICE creeps felt any shame or horror upon seeing they caused children to run away from them in panic. How many children will be terrorized by this administration?
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Wonder if any of those ICE creeps felt any shame or horror upon seeing they caused children to run away from them in panic. How many children will be terrorized by this administration?
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Trump's second term has been a disgusting cesspool of non-stop grift and corruption 👇
"In August 2025, I reported that the President and his family had made $3.4 billion by leveraging his position. After his first year back in office, the number has ballooned."
Read more: https://bit.ly/4tmtni0
"In August 2025, I reported that the President and his family had made $3.4 billion by leveraging his position. After his first year back in office, the number has ballooned."
Read more: https://bit.ly/4tmtni0
February 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Trump's second term has been a disgusting cesspool of non-stop grift and corruption 👇
"In August 2025, I reported that the President and his family had made $3.4 billion by leveraging his position. After his first year back in office, the number has ballooned."
Read more: https://bit.ly/4tmtni0
"In August 2025, I reported that the President and his family had made $3.4 billion by leveraging his position. After his first year back in office, the number has ballooned."
Read more: https://bit.ly/4tmtni0
I hope this isn’t true and is just another of the countless examples of him lying/bragging about something — and if so, that she sues the hell out of him.
According to Epstein Files, Trump was fucking his personal secretary, Madeline Westerhout, during his first term, whenever his wife and son went to Mar-A-Lago and he stayed behind.
February 13, 2026 at 11:20 PM
I hope this isn’t true and is just another of the countless examples of him lying/bragging about something — and if so, that she sues the hell out of him.
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If I have to upload my ID verify my age to use your product or play your game, I won't be using it.
If you're using AI to "predict" my age I also won't be using it.
We have a right to privacy and these companies are massively infringing on that and then profiting off selling our information.
If you're using AI to "predict" my age I also won't be using it.
We have a right to privacy and these companies are massively infringing on that and then profiting off selling our information.
February 13, 2026 at 1:47 PM
If I have to upload my ID verify my age to use your product or play your game, I won't be using it.
If you're using AI to "predict" my age I also won't be using it.
We have a right to privacy and these companies are massively infringing on that and then profiting off selling our information.
If you're using AI to "predict" my age I also won't be using it.
We have a right to privacy and these companies are massively infringing on that and then profiting off selling our information.
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Democrats should promise, today, that Melania Trump, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel will be stripped of citizenship and deported if the administration advances this effort
cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?
February 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Democrats should promise, today, that Melania Trump, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel will be stripped of citizenship and deported if the administration advances this effort
Something something Hunter Biden. #Hypocrites, all of them.
February 12, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Something something Hunter Biden. #Hypocrites, all of them.