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Mark Franks
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Film/TV Editor. Still stirred and boozy.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Bande à pope
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?

It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542

Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224

King (ME) 202 224-5344

Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324

Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152

Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521

Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841

Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451

Masto (NV) 202 224-3542

Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Maybe pundits should spend more time in densely packed, left leaning urban areas where the "real Americans" live
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Reverend David Black has a Bible open and is preaching to the police now, inviting them to join him in standing with the persecuted inside the detention center.

"Which side do you think Jesus wanted his followers to be on?"
November 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Protesters playing music again to keep their spirits up against a half dozen different local and federal agencies.

"Some of those that work forces...are the same that burn crosses!"
November 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
change one letter, ruin a candy

100 Gland
change one letter, ruin a candy

Starwurst
change one letter, ruin a candy

Spittles
October 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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California, don't forget to vote on Prop 50. Turnout is expected to be low, and we can't afford to unilaterally disarm while rightwingers pack congress.
October 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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"Women don't like the vehicle"
October 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Rogers Park

Northernmost lakefront n’hood in Chicago

Home of Loyola U (RIP Sister Jean)

One of few n’hoods w no racial majority. One of the most densely populated places in America, & one of the most racially/ethnicly/religiously/linguistically diverse

An amazing community

And under attack
October 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Age yourself with a movie you saw in a theater as a kid.
September 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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I wish as many people wanted to actually click on Teen Vogue stories as like a post about our work being good and important, because this post is almost at 20k likes and that would be pretty good traffic!
Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”

Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
August 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”

Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
August 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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amtrak’s marketing team gets it
June 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Well past time for big city mayors to call for the arrest of anyone who claims to be law enforcement but wears a mask and/or won’t identify themselves
June 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“BANDIT!!”
"COLIN ROBINSON!!!"
May 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie

Six Men and the Babies
implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie

Millers’ Crossings
implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie

The Trumen Shows
May 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
me in the 2nd national security group chat
April 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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This embroidery in Evanston, IL, isn’t the quickest-reading sign of the #HandsOff protests, but it sure does capture the public mood.
April 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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March 29, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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New Yorkers: Call Sen. Gillibrand’s office to vote NO on cloture and NO on the Republican Spending Bill.

They vote in the morning.
☎️: (202) 224-4451
March 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Guy Maddin’s E.T.

wait, no.

Guy Maddin’s Mac And Me
Terrence Malick’s Moby Dick
Quentin Tarantino’s Tootsie.
March 11, 2025 at 7:04 AM
my favorite film genres:

5.kidnappers nabbed the wrong kid

4.private eye is too stoned to solve the crime

3.I’m so good at my craft it’s going to kill me

2.I’m a stranger in a strange land and I’ve found myself but also I’ve destroyed myself

1.Private eye is too outraged to solve the crime
my favorite film genres:

5. cop with a conscience

4. an assassin has an existential crisis

3. a team of thieves pull off the heist of the century

2. a middle-aged bureaucrat is embroiled in a political conspiracy

1. a lawyer or journalist sifts through documents to discover that THEY KNEW
my favorite film genres:

5. Let's Put on a Show!

4. Spunky Broad Absolutely Ruins Square Guy's Well-Ordered Life

3. Hot People Are Mean to Each Other

2. Regular People Are Just Trying to Live Their Lives

1. Crimes Are Occurring but the Real Crime is Systems of Power Inside and Outside the Law
March 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.
February 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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February 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM