Steven Santos
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2025: The Year In Film
Explore the transformative power of cinema and the resurgence of original storytelling in an era dominated by corporate rehashing.
anteupfilmco.com
As I will not being see any new releases the next few days, I have written about the year of 2025 in film on my website including my top 20 films of the year, two older films I discovered for the first time and a few thoughts about the world and the business.
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Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
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When you come into the mentions of others trying to actively participate in their democracy, who are trying to encourage others to do the same, and tell them their efforts are worthless, you're a saboteur.
Pure and simple. Ask yourself why you want to do this, if you really oppose Trump.
Pure and simple. Ask yourself why you want to do this, if you really oppose Trump.
January 4, 2026 at 3:02 AM
When you come into the mentions of others trying to actively participate in their democracy, who are trying to encourage others to do the same, and tell them their efforts are worthless, you're a saboteur.
Pure and simple. Ask yourself why you want to do this, if you really oppose Trump.
Pure and simple. Ask yourself why you want to do this, if you really oppose Trump.
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Ok.
First Trump administration Celeste would have tried to coax and persuade these people, but 2026 Celeste is just calling this out.
If you are an account who claims to love our democracy, don't spread this type of energy around. Your apathy is YOUR problem.
First Trump administration Celeste would have tried to coax and persuade these people, but 2026 Celeste is just calling this out.
If you are an account who claims to love our democracy, don't spread this type of energy around. Your apathy is YOUR problem.
January 4, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Ok.
First Trump administration Celeste would have tried to coax and persuade these people, but 2026 Celeste is just calling this out.
If you are an account who claims to love our democracy, don't spread this type of energy around. Your apathy is YOUR problem.
First Trump administration Celeste would have tried to coax and persuade these people, but 2026 Celeste is just calling this out.
If you are an account who claims to love our democracy, don't spread this type of energy around. Your apathy is YOUR problem.
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We gotta imprison each of these shithead AI ceo's in a different data center like the minotaur
January 2, 2026 at 4:26 AM
We gotta imprison each of these shithead AI ceo's in a different data center like the minotaur
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Happy birthday to the legendary, genius editor Thelma Schoonmaker! ❤️🎞️❤️
January 3, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Happy birthday to the legendary, genius editor Thelma Schoonmaker! ❤️🎞️❤️
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Some feel it's important to point out the Venezuelan president is a POS but you need to ask yourself why you're so inclined if so. Invading other countries is wrong. Saddam was a POS. We still shouldn't have leveled Iraq. You sound like W's crew.
January 4, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Some feel it's important to point out the Venezuelan president is a POS but you need to ask yourself why you're so inclined if so. Invading other countries is wrong. Saddam was a POS. We still shouldn't have leveled Iraq. You sound like W's crew.
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It is funny that Tulsi Gabbard fought so hard to be Bashar Assad's #1 agent in Washington, he's toppled mere days before before she can step into the cabinet and now she's just there to rubber-stamp the foreign policy of Marco Rubio, the last real neocon.
January 4, 2026 at 3:24 AM
It is funny that Tulsi Gabbard fought so hard to be Bashar Assad's #1 agent in Washington, he's toppled mere days before before she can step into the cabinet and now she's just there to rubber-stamp the foreign policy of Marco Rubio, the last real neocon.
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Have they drafted the statement about Maduro's suicide in his prison cell yet?
January 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Have they drafted the statement about Maduro's suicide in his prison cell yet?
I know this may come as a shock to many of you but it’s becoming clearer that they didn’t think any of this shit through.
January 4, 2026 at 3:16 AM
I know this may come as a shock to many of you but it’s becoming clearer that they didn’t think any of this shit through.
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“'You would have no command and control over the military and no police force,' he said. 'You’d have looting and chaos.' Any U.S. military deployment meant to stabilize the country would probably require tens of thousands of troops, he said."
U.S. Ran a War Game on Ousting Maduro. Venezuela Fell Into Chaos.
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:20 PM
“'You would have no command and control over the military and no police force,' he said. 'You’d have looting and chaos.' Any U.S. military deployment meant to stabilize the country would probably require tens of thousands of troops, he said."
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Live from the Mar-a-Lago situation room:
January 3, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Live from the Mar-a-Lago situation room:
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My latest with @ichotiner.bsky.social.
January 4, 2026 at 1:14 AM
My latest with @ichotiner.bsky.social.
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Friendly reminder that W's Iraq invasion had 65% bipartisan approval when it started, even with debate about whether or not Saddam Hussein actually had WMDs. So the fact that this can't even crack 60% within the GOP is telling. 60% own-party support would typically kill a policy immediately.
Jan 3 poll of 1,902 U.S. adults (+/-2.8 points)
% who support | oppose the U.S. running Venezuela following the U.S. military's capture of President Nicolás Maduro
U.S. adults 34% | 41%
Democrats 16% | 64%
Independents 26% | 43%
Republicans 60% | 16%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
% who support | oppose the U.S. running Venezuela following the U.S. military's capture of President Nicolás Maduro
U.S. adults 34% | 41%
Democrats 16% | 64%
Independents 26% | 43%
Republicans 60% | 16%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
January 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Friendly reminder that W's Iraq invasion had 65% bipartisan approval when it started, even with debate about whether or not Saddam Hussein actually had WMDs. So the fact that this can't even crack 60% within the GOP is telling. 60% own-party support would typically kill a policy immediately.
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and then for hours used passive voice to pretend they had no idea who was behind the apparently spontaneous explosions
(Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops ..
@semafor.com
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
@semafor.com
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
January 4, 2026 at 2:22 AM
and then for hours used passive voice to pretend they had no idea who was behind the apparently spontaneous explosions
So they decided to be complicit in war crimes.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 2:32 AM
So they decided to be complicit in war crimes.
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“Ah, but they aren’t violent until I’ve edited them."
—When asked how such a ‘nice lady’ could edit Martin Scorsese’s movies.
HBD, 👑 Thelma Schoonmaker...
—When asked how such a ‘nice lady’ could edit Martin Scorsese’s movies.
HBD, 👑 Thelma Schoonmaker...
January 3, 2026 at 2:04 PM
“Ah, but they aren’t violent until I’ve edited them."
—When asked how such a ‘nice lady’ could edit Martin Scorsese’s movies.
HBD, 👑 Thelma Schoonmaker...
—When asked how such a ‘nice lady’ could edit Martin Scorsese’s movies.
HBD, 👑 Thelma Schoonmaker...
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Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
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Genius editor Thelma Schoonmaker is 86.
I love her definition of editing:
‘Editing is really like plumbing a good deal of the time. You put two things together, and a current runs through it.’
I love her definition of editing:
‘Editing is really like plumbing a good deal of the time. You put two things together, and a current runs through it.’
January 3, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Genius editor Thelma Schoonmaker is 86.
I love her definition of editing:
‘Editing is really like plumbing a good deal of the time. You put two things together, and a current runs through it.’
I love her definition of editing:
‘Editing is really like plumbing a good deal of the time. You put two things together, and a current runs through it.’
In my best Fred MacMurray imitation:
"I did it for the oil and money. I didn't get the oil and I didn't get the money."
"I did it for the oil and money. I didn't get the oil and I didn't get the money."
"In preparation for regime change, there had been engagement [with the oil industry]. But it's been sporadic and relatively flatly received by the industry," this person said. "It feels very much a shoot-ready-aim exercise."
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 4, 2026 at 1:33 AM
In my best Fred MacMurray imitation:
"I did it for the oil and money. I didn't get the oil and I didn't get the money."
"I did it for the oil and money. I didn't get the oil and I didn't get the money."
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I reached out to the author of this viral Reddit post thinking there might be a story in it. He sent me an employee badge that Gemini flagged as being AI-generated and supporting documents that I suspect were also generated by AI. Be careful out there folks!
www.reddit.com/r/confession...
www.reddit.com/r/confession...
From the confession community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the confession community
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January 3, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I reached out to the author of this viral Reddit post thinking there might be a story in it. He sent me an employee badge that Gemini flagged as being AI-generated and supporting documents that I suspect were also generated by AI. Be careful out there folks!
www.reddit.com/r/confession...
www.reddit.com/r/confession...
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Killing women and destroying lives for oil.
January 4, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Killing women and destroying lives for oil.
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NYT:
At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.
At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.
January 3, 2026 at 11:25 PM
NYT:
At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.
At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
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to anyone wondering whether the decision to come out in favor of this or condemn it will look worse, historically speaking, may I refer you to *gestures to the entire history of american foreign policy and also the track record of the goons in office*
January 4, 2026 at 1:21 AM
to anyone wondering whether the decision to come out in favor of this or condemn it will look worse, historically speaking, may I refer you to *gestures to the entire history of american foreign policy and also the track record of the goons in office*