Patt Morrison
@pattmlatimes.bsky.social
Pulitzers-sharing LA Times columnist, multi-Emmy-winning broadcaster, best-selling author, animalista. @pinkshotdogs veggie dog named for me. Famous author proclaimed me "the queen of all LA media." But that author was Dave Barry. Pref pronoun: royal "we."
@latimes.com -- the #GoldenGlobes still operate under a cloud; it's just a different one from last time. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Column: The Golden Globes' ethics are worse than ever, and no one seems to care
The Golden Globes came back from the brink of scandal. But the awards' suspect ethics haven't really changed, our columnist writes.
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December 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
@latimes.com -- the #GoldenGlobes still operate under a cloud; it's just a different one from last time. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Condescending, mom-shaming, man-splaining ignorance. "Be quiet, small man."
Let me just say: I have run more than a dozen marathons and an ultramarathon and I have worked 13-hour days in a cornfield in the scorching-ass sun, and none of those things broke me like breastfeeding.
It’s not a question of will. I am a determined person. Sometimes your body just WONT DO IT.
It’s not a question of will. I am a determined person. Sometimes your body just WONT DO IT.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Condescending, mom-shaming, man-splaining ignorance. "Be quiet, small man."
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Wrote about "Train Dreams," a new film about logging in the Pacific Northwest. There's a horrible wildfire and it made me think about climate change, and also how we talk about climate change. Great performances by William H. Macy & Felicity Jones too: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/netflix-tr...
Netflix's 'Train Dreams' is a deeply moving climate drama — sort of
Director Clint Bentley said he wanted the film to feel like “a love letter to nature, and to our interconnectedness to the natural world.”
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Wrote about "Train Dreams," a new film about logging in the Pacific Northwest. There's a horrible wildfire and it made me think about climate change, and also how we talk about climate change. Great performances by William H. Macy & Felicity Jones too: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/netflix-tr...
Just when you begin to think this regime had hit bottom ... www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-pl...
Inside The Secret New ICE Deportation Plan Called 'Operation Irish Goodbye'
“Operation Irish Goodbye,” as it’s being called, could be aimed at boosting numbers for Trump’s much-hyped deportation campaign.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Just when you begin to think this regime had hit bottom ... www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-pl...
Arguably, every cent of federal taxes I have ever paid in my entire life [which are considerably more under Trump] have paid for, what, subsidizing a couple of days of his golf habit?
President Donald Trump’s personal travel routine has generated an estimated $70.8M in taxpayer costs this year, and projections based on federal audit data show the total could exceed $300M if the pattern continues.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Arguably, every cent of federal taxes I have ever paid in my entire life [which are considerably more under Trump] have paid for, what, subsidizing a couple of days of his golf habit?
In fewer words, buying off a political problem of his own creation --
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
In fewer words, buying off a political problem of his own creation --
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Corruption upon grift upon corruption....
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Corruption upon grift upon corruption....
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
What a meme for this regime: "Is that a Trump statement, or is that real?"
Trump: "I say that our soybeans -- I told this to President Xi -- our soybeans are more nutritious than competitors. Somebody said, 'Is that a Trump statement, or is that real?' You know who asked me that question? President Xi. But that's what I hear."
December 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
What a meme for this regime: "Is that a Trump statement, or is that real?"
So much debate expended on such a flash in the pan.
Even the defenses of her hot garbage are themselves hot garbage. And it’s wild how even this defense is a kind of pick-me, Livvy! piece. Unbelievable.
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
So much debate expended on such a flash in the pan.
Of course it will. And one day, when a Democratic president tries to exercise the authority given to POTUS by this SCOTUS, Republicans will run screaming to the court to overturn something it begged for when a Republican was in the White House. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Highlights of the Supreme Court Argument on Firing Independent Agency Heads
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December 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Of course it will. And one day, when a Democratic president tries to exercise the authority given to POTUS by this SCOTUS, Republicans will run screaming to the court to overturn something it begged for when a Republican was in the White House. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
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NEW: Elizabeth Holmes stole hundreds of millions in a phony medical device scheme.
Now, without remorse, she's angling for a Trump pardon.
She seems like a perfect candidate. After all, he's turned self-dealing and victimization into an art form.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Now, without remorse, she's angling for a Trump pardon.
She seems like a perfect candidate. After all, he's turned self-dealing and victimization into an art form.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Commentary: She's a liar, swindler and cheat. So why wouldn't Trump pardon her?
Elizabeth Holmes stole hundreds of millions of dollars in a phony medical device scheme. Now she's apparently angling for release from prison by flattering the president and extolling his MAGA movemen...
www.latimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
NEW: Elizabeth Holmes stole hundreds of millions in a phony medical device scheme.
Now, without remorse, she's angling for a Trump pardon.
She seems like a perfect candidate. After all, he's turned self-dealing and victimization into an art form.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Now, without remorse, she's angling for a Trump pardon.
She seems like a perfect candidate. After all, he's turned self-dealing and victimization into an art form.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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Boostraps for YOU, Bailouts for them
December 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Boostraps for YOU, Bailouts for them
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Everything is old is new again. Back in the day, Theodore Roosevelt called white women going to college "race suicide."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The rise of pronatalism: why Musk, Vance and the right want women to have more babies
The movement unites ‘family values’ conservatives and tech bro rightwingers. Will this incoherent coalition hold?
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Everything is old is new again. Back in the day, Theodore Roosevelt called white women going to college "race suicide."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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NEW on CNN: In several old videos we found, Pete Hegseth blasted Trump in 2016 warning he could issue unlawful orders that troops should refuse, calling him an “armchair tough guy” with five draft deferments.
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
NEW on CNN: In several old videos we found, Pete Hegseth blasted Trump in 2016 warning he could issue unlawful orders that troops should refuse, calling him an “armchair tough guy” with five draft deferments.
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
To quote Musk back to himself, "Be quiet, small man."
The EU was created in by people who lived through WWII and saw political and economic integration as a means to bringing peace and stability to the continent.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
December 8, 2025 at 6:35 AM
To quote Musk back to himself, "Be quiet, small man."
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Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
$28 million of cocaine seized off Miami Beach. Three men charged
Coast Guard and CBP seized about 3,715 pounds of cocaine worth $28 million from a 65-foot vessel near Government Cut off Miami Beach; three men were arrested.
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
!!!
This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
December 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
!!!
MSN
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December 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
MSN
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December 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Gov. Deukmejian was a Republican.
"Years later, in 2013, Deukmejian told The Times: "My thoughts simply were that regardless of what argument somebody might make about having the right to own and possess a gun, there was no common-sense reason for someone to have an assault weapon.”
The 1989 #Stockton schoolyard murder of five children was one impetus for #California 's stricter gun laws, and for Sen. Dianne Feinstein's landmark 1994 federal assault weapons ban [which the Republican Congress, in 2004, then allowed to expire]. www.latimes.com/politics/la-...
December 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Gov. Deukmejian was a Republican.
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❗️Repelling the 🇷🇺Russian missile and drone attack on the night and morning of December 6, 2025
December 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
❗️Repelling the 🇷🇺Russian missile and drone attack on the night and morning of December 6, 2025
#FrankGehry was in the audience when I went to a season-opening @laphil.bsky.social performance at the splendid Disney concert hall -- I think it was last year -- and at the end of the concert, audience members spotted Gehry and started chanting, "Thank you, Frank! Thank you, Frank!"
December 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
#FrankGehry was in the audience when I went to a season-opening @laphil.bsky.social performance at the splendid Disney concert hall -- I think it was last year -- and at the end of the concert, audience members spotted Gehry and started chanting, "Thank you, Frank! Thank you, Frank!"
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What I’ve been up to! www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
LA Parents say school-issued iPads and Chromebooks cause chaos
A growing contingent of public school parents say school-mandated iPads, particularly in elementary and middle schools, are leading to behavior problems.
www.nbcnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
What I’ve been up to! www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
The fact that the court is even taking up this matter instead of swatting away the appeal is alarming. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
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December 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The fact that the court is even taking up this matter instead of swatting away the appeal is alarming. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...