Leslie Varney - Agent/Cofounder
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Wasn't the Republican Party up in arms over a former President's blow job? But fucking little girls is okay?
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November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Wasn't the Republican Party up in arms over a former President's blow job? But fucking little girls is okay?
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With the polls closed, Zohran Mamdani unveils his “100 Mosques in 100 Days” plan.
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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It's still going to need pushing everywhere, so keep the pressure on! But also, great work getting here 👏
I firmly believe it’s gonna be such a blowout for Mamdani that it will force a redefinition of “Dem” issues on a national level
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
It's still going to need pushing everywhere, so keep the pressure on! But also, great work getting here 👏
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I am on The Cozy Nook on Tuesday! I'm very much looking forward to this!!
#sff #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #speculative #fiction #book #podcast #publishing #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writerslife
#sff #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #speculative #fiction #book #podcast #publishing #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writerslife
October 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I am on The Cozy Nook on Tuesday! I'm very much looking forward to this!!
#sff #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #speculative #fiction #book #podcast #publishing #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writerslife
#sff #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #speculative #fiction #book #podcast #publishing #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writerslife
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This is the most complete information I've seen about the Anthropic copyright settlement — dates of when things are likely to happen, what to do now, and what it all means for different types of writers. nwu.org/anthropic/
Settlement of AI lawsuit gets tentative approval; some writers will get paid, but mostly only if they make claims | NWU
On September 25, 2025, Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California gave preliminary (tentative) approval to a proposed $1.5 billion settlement of some of the...
nwu.org
September 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This is the most complete information I've seen about the Anthropic copyright settlement — dates of when things are likely to happen, what to do now, and what it all means for different types of writers. nwu.org/anthropic/
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Is MAGA really a fascist movement?
YouTube video by Matthew Cooke
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September 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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BREAKING: Democrat Adelita Grijalva has won the special election in AZ-7 to fill her late father's US House seat. The discharge petition to release the Epstein files needs one more signature, and she's expected to sign it. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Arizona Special Election 2025 Live Results
View results from the 2025 Arizona House Special Election. Follow live outcomes as votes are added up on Election Day.
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September 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM
BREAKING: Democrat Adelita Grijalva has won the special election in AZ-7 to fill her late father's US House seat. The discharge petition to release the Epstein files needs one more signature, and she's expected to sign it. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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What liberals are experiencing right now is complicity; and they are not capable.
So they imagine the fascism they’ve enjoyed and minimized their whole lives is the result of the uncouth man, not of decades of incrementalism ratcheting us into accepting evil as a given, lesser evil as the standard.
So they imagine the fascism they’ve enjoyed and minimized their whole lives is the result of the uncouth man, not of decades of incrementalism ratcheting us into accepting evil as a given, lesser evil as the standard.
What the US is experiencing right now is fascism. There's no other word for it and pretending that it's verboten to say so diminishes the truth as much as they are diminishing the truth. It's fascism. It's arrived.
February 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
What liberals are experiencing right now is complicity; and they are not capable.
So they imagine the fascism they’ve enjoyed and minimized their whole lives is the result of the uncouth man, not of decades of incrementalism ratcheting us into accepting evil as a given, lesser evil as the standard.
So they imagine the fascism they’ve enjoyed and minimized their whole lives is the result of the uncouth man, not of decades of incrementalism ratcheting us into accepting evil as a given, lesser evil as the standard.
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This is the most tortured metaphor I've ever created! Shout-out for all the labored, tormented literary devices!
This is the most tortured metaphor I've ever created! Shout-out for all the labored, tormented literary devices!
Turns out most of the self-righteous Right are Wonderbread Fluffernutters: tasteless white squish on the outside, synthetic white glop on the inside, and a thin layer of appropriated and emptied Brownness
The #Right sprinting to embrace #fascism so to prevent #socialism is so on-brand. They want smaller #government & no Nanny-state…until they don't, because it hurts their #feelings. Meaning they finally feel the same pain they've been inflicting or ignoring.
September 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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This is the most tortured metaphor I've ever created! Shout-out for all the labored, tormented literary devices!
This is the most tortured metaphor I've ever created! Shout-out for all the labored, tormented literary devices!
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September 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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I am so frequently critical of the Authoritarian Right, but I admit, I am so proud of those who've said no, this we won't support! You have restored a small part of the faith I once had.
I would ask you to do the same with the Epstein information, as Mr. Kirk advocated for. It's time we know
I would ask you to do the same with the Epstein information, as Mr. Kirk advocated for. It's time we know
“He says, ‘We can do this the easy way, or we can do this the hard way,’” Cruz quoted FCC chairman Brendan Carr.
“That’s right out of a mafioso coming into a bar going, ‘Nice bar you have here, it’d be a shame if something happened to it.’”
“That’s right out of a mafioso coming into a bar going, ‘Nice bar you have here, it’d be a shame if something happened to it.’”
September 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I am so frequently critical of the Authoritarian Right, but I admit, I am so proud of those who've said no, this we won't support! You have restored a small part of the faith I once had.
I would ask you to do the same with the Epstein information, as Mr. Kirk advocated for. It's time we know
I would ask you to do the same with the Epstein information, as Mr. Kirk advocated for. It's time we know
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“He says, ‘We can do this the easy way, or we can do this the hard way,’” Cruz quoted FCC chairman Brendan Carr.
“That’s right out of a mafioso coming into a bar going, ‘Nice bar you have here, it’d be a shame if something happened to it.’”
“That’s right out of a mafioso coming into a bar going, ‘Nice bar you have here, it’d be a shame if something happened to it.’”
September 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
“He says, ‘We can do this the easy way, or we can do this the hard way,’” Cruz quoted FCC chairman Brendan Carr.
“That’s right out of a mafioso coming into a bar going, ‘Nice bar you have here, it’d be a shame if something happened to it.’”
“That’s right out of a mafioso coming into a bar going, ‘Nice bar you have here, it’d be a shame if something happened to it.’”
Turns out most of the self-righteous Right are Wonderbread Fluffernutters: tasteless white squish on the outside, synthetic white glop on the inside, and a thin layer of appropriated and emptied Brownness
The #Right sprinting to embrace #fascism so to prevent #socialism is so on-brand. They want smaller #government & no Nanny-state…until they don't, because it hurts their #feelings. Meaning they finally feel the same pain they've been inflicting or ignoring.
September 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Turns out most of the self-righteous Right are Wonderbread Fluffernutters: tasteless white squish on the outside, synthetic white glop on the inside, and a thin layer of appropriated and emptied Brownness
The #Right sprinting to embrace #fascism so to prevent #socialism is so on-brand. They want smaller #government & no Nanny-state…until they don't, because it hurts their #feelings. Meaning they finally feel the same pain they've been inflicting or ignoring.
September 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The #Right sprinting to embrace #fascism so to prevent #socialism is so on-brand. They want smaller #government & no Nanny-state…until they don't, because it hurts their #feelings. Meaning they finally feel the same pain they've been inflicting or ignoring.
Who else wants to place bets on how long it takes the #RadRight and #MAGA to start comparing #CharlieKirk's widow to #RosaParks or #HarrietTubman?
September 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Who else wants to place bets on how long it takes the #RadRight and #MAGA to start comparing #CharlieKirk's widow to #RosaParks or #HarrietTubman?
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It's pretty easy to cancel your Disney+ subscription, and a coordinated, national day of cancellations would send a very clear message about our values as Americans.
Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.
September 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It's pretty easy to cancel your Disney+ subscription, and a coordinated, national day of cancellations would send a very clear message about our values as Americans.
We now have Karl Rove to thank for defending civil liberties from Presidential overreach coming from the far right. The infinite parallel universe theory has been proven!
September 18, 2025 at 4:07 AM
We now have Karl Rove to thank for defending civil liberties from Presidential overreach coming from the far right. The infinite parallel universe theory has been proven!
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a bit unclear on what we are and are not allowed to say right now according to the government
September 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
a bit unclear on what we are and are not allowed to say right now according to the government
For every hypocrite out there, left, right, and center.
Your fucking ideologies don't give you special privilege to hypocrisy. Melissa Hortman's assassination, along with the murder of her husband, was disgusting. Charlie Kirk's assassination was disgusting.
Your fucking ideologies don't give you special privilege to hypocrisy. Melissa Hortman's assassination, along with the murder of her husband, was disgusting. Charlie Kirk's assassination was disgusting.
September 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
For every hypocrite out there, left, right, and center.
Your fucking ideologies don't give you special privilege to hypocrisy. Melissa Hortman's assassination, along with the murder of her husband, was disgusting. Charlie Kirk's assassination was disgusting.
Your fucking ideologies don't give you special privilege to hypocrisy. Melissa Hortman's assassination, along with the murder of her husband, was disgusting. Charlie Kirk's assassination was disgusting.
Once upon a time, I was a person
Or was it all a fairytale
Did I ever reason, or ache, or love
Did I ever exist, or was it all make-believe
Or was it all a fairytale
Did I ever reason, or ache, or love
Did I ever exist, or was it all make-believe
September 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Once upon a time, I was a person
Or was it all a fairytale
Did I ever reason, or ache, or love
Did I ever exist, or was it all make-believe
Or was it all a fairytale
Did I ever reason, or ache, or love
Did I ever exist, or was it all make-believe
In an Era of Deep Polarization, Unity Is Not Trump’s Mission www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...
In an Era of Deep Polarization, Unity Is Not Trump’s Mission
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
In an Era of Deep Polarization, Unity Is Not Trump’s Mission www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...
In an Era of Deep Polarization, Unity Is Not Trump’s Mission www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...
In an Era of Deep Polarization, Unity Is Not Trump’s Mission
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In an Era of Deep Polarization, Unity Is Not Trump’s Mission www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...
We can acknowledge the irony, discuss the symmetry of recent political assassinations, question if Mr. Kirk's own rhetoric inspired the assassin, comment on how divisiveness has turned us into a dystopic and dysfunctional society of gun-wielding avengers, but to cheer this is obscene! It's never OK!
September 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
We can acknowledge the irony, discuss the symmetry of recent political assassinations, question if Mr. Kirk's own rhetoric inspired the assassin, comment on how divisiveness has turned us into a dystopic and dysfunctional society of gun-wielding avengers, but to cheer this is obscene! It's never OK!