Matt Lavine
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A New Yorker cover shouldn’t make me feel like this, but here it is, making me feel like this
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
A New Yorker cover shouldn’t make me feel like this, but here it is, making me feel like this
Hooray! Huzzah! ⚡️💥⚡️💥⚡️💕😜🖖🙌🥳
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Hooray! Huzzah! ⚡️💥⚡️💥⚡️💕😜🖖🙌🥳
If i understand that NPR news update right, it sounds like Rump is basically in contempt of court, not releasing the emergency funds - So - Holding all the hungry Americans hostage? He also endorsed Cuomo, threatening to cut our funds if Z wins. Can the Northeast become a new province of Canada?
November 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
If i understand that NPR news update right, it sounds like Rump is basically in contempt of court, not releasing the emergency funds - So - Holding all the hungry Americans hostage? He also endorsed Cuomo, threatening to cut our funds if Z wins. Can the Northeast become a new province of Canada?
Now This is the kind of story that renews my hope, great argument counterpoints in here - why reading old school free news is still helpful: apnews.com/article/oreg...
Judge again bars Trump administration from deploying troops to Portland
A federal judge in Oregon has once again barred President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Oregon until at least Friday.
apnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Now This is the kind of story that renews my hope, great argument counterpoints in here - why reading old school free news is still helpful: apnews.com/article/oreg...
So I'm on ep 07 of The Lowdown, and it is diabolical brilliant so good, Sterlin Harjo is an effin' genius... but in also like: How am I friends with people who didn't watch and engage with 'Reservation Dogs'?
November 1, 2025 at 6:53 AM
So I'm on ep 07 of The Lowdown, and it is diabolical brilliant so good, Sterlin Harjo is an effin' genius... but in also like: How am I friends with people who didn't watch and engage with 'Reservation Dogs'?
If you're like me, you prob looked up the BrooklynLID and the League of Women Voters NY and called your DSA friend to get their take on the ballot props. And realized everything is in confusion. Finally seeing a succinct summary of the stances on those here: www.curbed.com/article/elec...
What Everyone’s Saying About Those Housing Ballot Proposals
Not sure what to think? Here’s what Lincoln Restler, Kathy Hochul, and Brad Lander want you to do.
www.curbed.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If you're like me, you prob looked up the BrooklynLID and the League of Women Voters NY and called your DSA friend to get their take on the ballot props. And realized everything is in confusion. Finally seeing a succinct summary of the stances on those here: www.curbed.com/article/elec...
For some reason, finding myself wishing that The Roepers spin-off had involved them moving in/near The White House. Like, Mr. Roeper became the vice-president? I know Maude ended in that direction with her becoming a congressperson.
October 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
For some reason, finding myself wishing that The Roepers spin-off had involved them moving in/near The White House. Like, Mr. Roeper became the vice-president? I know Maude ended in that direction with her becoming a congressperson.
Has anyone checked on Lupin?
Or, i suppose, George Clooney and his band of thieves?
Or, i suppose, George Clooney and his band of thieves?
October 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Has anyone checked on Lupin?
Or, i suppose, George Clooney and his band of thieves?
Or, i suppose, George Clooney and his band of thieves?
Drew Struzan, who did some of the most beautiful and impactful movie posters ever, has passed away.
October 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Drew Struzan, who did some of the most beautiful and impactful movie posters ever, has passed away.
Note: per this NY Daily News piece, Mamdani was improperly slotted into the Working Families column - Unclear in article if those will be counted?
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/12/b...
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/12/b...
Board’s ballot bungle: Board of Elections messed up with both Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo
While early voting for the next mayor doesn’t start until Oct. 25, New Yorkers who vote by mail are already receiving their ballots and every one those ballots is flawed and every ballot to b…
www.nydailynews.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Note: per this NY Daily News piece, Mamdani was improperly slotted into the Working Families column - Unclear in article if those will be counted?
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/12/b...
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/12/b...
How the hell is there NOT a Cagney & Lacey tv movie coming out every year? These two older retired detective broads, pulling it together to solve one more procedural mystery?
October 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How the hell is there NOT a Cagney & Lacey tv movie coming out every year? These two older retired detective broads, pulling it together to solve one more procedural mystery?
Know you've read about the attack on Chicago already. But this piece does the best job at summing-up the horror, and the # of citizens and children citizens zip-tied. you don't need more horror. But this is stark, simple. Good one if you know any clueless people. www.thecut.com/article/ice-...
Did ICE Really Zip-Tie Children in a Chicago Apartment Raid?
The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is aggressively escalating.
www.thecut.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Know you've read about the attack on Chicago already. But this piece does the best job at summing-up the horror, and the # of citizens and children citizens zip-tied. you don't need more horror. But this is stark, simple. Good one if you know any clueless people. www.thecut.com/article/ice-...
Judge temp-blocked Tp from sicking Oregon Nat Guard on Portland - SO NOW Tp is sending the California Nat Guard to invade instead... Kinda begs the Q: What would happen if the Gov of OR deploys their State Guard to block the invading California Guard?
Setting aside Civ War - it would reframe sitch.
Setting aside Civ War - it would reframe sitch.
October 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Judge temp-blocked Tp from sicking Oregon Nat Guard on Portland - SO NOW Tp is sending the California Nat Guard to invade instead... Kinda begs the Q: What would happen if the Gov of OR deploys their State Guard to block the invading California Guard?
Setting aside Civ War - it would reframe sitch.
Setting aside Civ War - it would reframe sitch.
The first 3 grafs of this AP is terrific. Really something when EVEN Rumpster's own Judge appointees say that this harms states' sovereignty, and that “This historical tradition boils down to a simple proposition: this is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law.”
apnews.com/article/depl...
apnews.com/article/depl...
Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from deploying troops in Portland, Oregon
A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland. U.S.
apnews.com
October 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The first 3 grafs of this AP is terrific. Really something when EVEN Rumpster's own Judge appointees say that this harms states' sovereignty, and that “This historical tradition boils down to a simple proposition: this is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law.”
apnews.com/article/depl...
apnews.com/article/depl...
On the one hand, even in the late 90s it seemed plainly obvious/self-evident that you can't expect these digital companies to be great defenders of humanity, free speech or civil rights. On the other? What the F? apnews.com/article/appl...
Apple and Google block apps that crowdsource ICE sightings. Some warn of chilling effects
Apple and Google blocked downloads of phone apps that flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents, just hours after the Trump administration demanded that one particularly popular iPhone app be taken do...
apnews.com
October 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
On the one hand, even in the late 90s it seemed plainly obvious/self-evident that you can't expect these digital companies to be great defenders of humanity, free speech or civil rights. On the other? What the F? apnews.com/article/appl...
Once again, sorta envious of Chicago and its gusto: www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Pritzker compares Trump to Putin, calls for invoking 25th Amendment for suggesting military use Chicago as "training grounds"
After President Trump suggested Chicago should be used as "training grounds for our military," Gov Pritzker said the 25th Amendment should be invoked to remove the president from office, saying "there...
www.cbsnews.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Once again, sorta envious of Chicago and its gusto: www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
He was Vichy when Vichy wasn't cool
Jimmy Fallon is a wiener. He's avoiding politics and "hitting both sides equally." Okay, wiener. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
October 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Even Freakin' Reagan-Appointed Judges know that it's VERY VERY ILLEGAL, per the Constitution, to punish people for their words or ideas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Noncitizens Over Pro-Palestinian Speech
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Even Freakin' Reagan-Appointed Judges know that it's VERY VERY ILLEGAL, per the Constitution, to punish people for their words or ideas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
Want to stress here the way power and authority rise above the law. This is an assault. But undoubtedly NYPD would say: he was telling her to go, she wasn't leaving. You sees many demographics accept the idea that people must obey. This is horror. www.instagram.com/p/DPCtiT1DR_...
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September 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Want to stress here the way power and authority rise above the law. This is an assault. But undoubtedly NYPD would say: he was telling her to go, she wasn't leaving. You sees many demographics accept the idea that people must obey. This is horror. www.instagram.com/p/DPCtiT1DR_...
Re: Hegseth summoning the brass to the Pentagon:
It sure as hell looks like 4 poss reasons:
1 - Pledge of loyalty to the Rump Fuhrer (see history precedent)
2 - To tell them have to deploy military domestically, and non-compliance results in firing
3 - New measure to "route out 'Antifa'
It sure as hell looks like 4 poss reasons:
1 - Pledge of loyalty to the Rump Fuhrer (see history precedent)
2 - To tell them have to deploy military domestically, and non-compliance results in firing
3 - New measure to "route out 'Antifa'
September 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Re: Hegseth summoning the brass to the Pentagon:
It sure as hell looks like 4 poss reasons:
1 - Pledge of loyalty to the Rump Fuhrer (see history precedent)
2 - To tell them have to deploy military domestically, and non-compliance results in firing
3 - New measure to "route out 'Antifa'
It sure as hell looks like 4 poss reasons:
1 - Pledge of loyalty to the Rump Fuhrer (see history precedent)
2 - To tell them have to deploy military domestically, and non-compliance results in firing
3 - New measure to "route out 'Antifa'
This is a nice summing-up of Coney now. (i might argue that the fences indicate over-developed area, and too many small biz's that were lively pre-covid are now absent, and i miss the guys selling vintage furniture out of garages on Surf Ave? But still) www.curbed.com/article/cone...
The Coney Casino Plan Is (Probably) Dead. Coney Island Is Not.
Even without it, the neighborhood is gradually undergoing the comeback it deserves.
www.curbed.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This is a nice summing-up of Coney now. (i might argue that the fences indicate over-developed area, and too many small biz's that were lively pre-covid are now absent, and i miss the guys selling vintage furniture out of garages on Surf Ave? But still) www.curbed.com/article/cone...
It's literally great that Raoul Peck exists and makes films. Will prob catch this in the theater in a couple weeks. (Even though i don't love that the trailer's opening shot appears to be highly AI-ed? probly made by a trailer co., and the stock houses offer AI shots now. youtu.be/acKIDBKyx9c?...
ORWELL 2+2=5 - Official Redband Trailer - In Select Theaters October 3
YouTube video by NEON
youtu.be
September 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It's literally great that Raoul Peck exists and makes films. Will prob catch this in the theater in a couple weeks. (Even though i don't love that the trailer's opening shot appears to be highly AI-ed? probly made by a trailer co., and the stock houses offer AI shots now. youtu.be/acKIDBKyx9c?...