Alex McLevy
@alexm247.bsky.social
critic at large. Ex-editor @ The A.V. Club. Send me your poor, your unsigned bands, your horror films, your screener links, your taffy-based candies. Chicago.
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Alex McLevy
@alexm247.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Being the author of this lede on a Smashing Pumpkins newswire
And stay the fuck out, you embarrassing wannabe D&D Punisher cosplay dipshits
Immigration agents have reportedly left naval station: ‘A sigh of relief’
Gregory Jackson said he learned from an official at the naval base that DHS was leaving the building it has used as its command center since Sept. 5.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
And stay the fuck out, you embarrassing wannabe D&D Punisher cosplay dipshits
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I was just saying to a friend, sometimes it feels like there is no solidarity on earth stronger than abusive nightmare creep solidarity
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I was just saying to a friend, sometimes it feels like there is no solidarity on earth stronger than abusive nightmare creep solidarity
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the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”
If you’re not watching PLURIBUS, go watch PLURIBUS
send skeet
send skeet
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
If you’re not watching PLURIBUS, go watch PLURIBUS
send skeet
send skeet
Keep saying it every day. Even if it feels like you’re shouting into the void. Call your reps and tell them to #AbolishICE
…and then tell them to initiate the trials.
…and then tell them to initiate the trials.
ICE sprays large canister of pepper spray directly into family car—hitting 1 year old baby.
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said man who took video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside—where their baby and 16 year old sister sat."
Cicero, Illinois
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said man who took video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside—where their baby and 16 year old sister sat."
Cicero, Illinois
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Keep saying it every day. Even if it feels like you’re shouting into the void. Call your reps and tell them to #AbolishICE
…and then tell them to initiate the trials.
…and then tell them to initiate the trials.
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The elder white millennial's Kendrick v Drake assassination is going down over at the bad place
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The elder white millennial's Kendrick v Drake assassination is going down over at the bad place
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
I strongly encourage all my fellow Illinois people to give Sen. Durbin a call and let him know what you think of his choice to sell out the American people and destroy their health care for no good reason other than he’s a little tired of having to stand up for any sort of principle:
312.353.4952
312.353.4952
THE FOLLOWING DEMOCRATIC SENATORS VOTE “YES” ON THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION IN EXCHANGE FOR NOTHING:
MAGGIE HASSAN (NH)
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO (NV)
JEANNE SHAHEEN (NH)
JACKY ROSEN (NV)
DICK DURBIN (IL)
TIM KAINE (VA)
ANGUS KING (ME)
JOHN FETTERMAN (PA)
ITS OVER
MAGGIE HASSAN (NH)
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO (NV)
JEANNE SHAHEEN (NH)
JACKY ROSEN (NV)
DICK DURBIN (IL)
TIM KAINE (VA)
ANGUS KING (ME)
JOHN FETTERMAN (PA)
ITS OVER
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I strongly encourage all my fellow Illinois people to give Sen. Durbin a call and let him know what you think of his choice to sell out the American people and destroy their health care for no good reason other than he’s a little tired of having to stand up for any sort of principle:
312.353.4952
312.353.4952
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every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
Mamdani is going to institute Shuri law.
Everyone will have to obey the will of the new Black Panther
Everyone will have to obey the will of the new Black Panther
Mamdani is going to implement Sure Rhea Law.
Everyone will have to be condescending to the star of Pluribus.
Everyone will have to be condescending to the star of Pluribus.
Mamdani is going to implement Shari Lewis law.
Everyone will be required to stick their fist up a lamb's a
Excuse me, there's someone at the door.
Everyone will be required to stick their fist up a lamb's a
Excuse me, there's someone at the door.
November 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Mamdani is going to institute Shuri law.
Everyone will have to obey the will of the new Black Panther
Everyone will have to obey the will of the new Black Panther
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
DELETE YOUR TWITTER ACCOUNT. I DON’T CARE ABOUT YOUR FOLLOWER NUMBERS. YOU ARE AIDING AND ABETTING EVIL AT THIS POINT.
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
DELETE YOUR TWITTER ACCOUNT. I DON’T CARE ABOUT YOUR FOLLOWER NUMBERS. YOU ARE AIDING AND ABETTING EVIL AT THIS POINT.
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I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.
November 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.
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When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
It’s very telling that opening your publication to MAGA “thought” requires a massive downgrade in quality control.
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
Hey wake up babe a new person to block just dropped
October 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Hey wake up babe a new person to block just dropped
This is the most dystopian shit
The stench of authoritarianism
This is what you see on Constitution Avenue in Washington, DC
substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This is the most dystopian shit
I’m only 20 minutes into A HAUNTING IN VENICE and this movie is legitimately bananas. Unhinged that someone looked at it and said “yes this is cinema for grown-ups”
a man with a mustache says he 's on the case ..
Alt: a man with a mustache says he 's on the case ..it’s Kenneth Branagh and it’s absolutely ridiculous
media.tenor.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I’m only 20 minutes into A HAUNTING IN VENICE and this movie is legitimately bananas. Unhinged that someone looked at it and said “yes this is cinema for grown-ups”
Grokipedia’s lengthy entry on “White Supremacism” has a funny way of ending most of its paragraphs by saying some variant of, “but actually, it’s not so bad, and/or the anti-racists are worse”
![On modern atrocities: “Contemporary incidents underscore persistent threats, as seen in the August 12, 2017, Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where white nationalists gathered to protest the removal of a Confederate statue; clashes with counter-protesters escalated when James Alex Fields Jr., affiliated with neo-Nazi groups, accelerated his vehicle into a crowd, killing Heather Heyer and injuring 28 others in an act federal prosecutors tied to supremacist motives.[53] Over 30 were injured in total from rally-related violence, prompting declarations of emergency and highlighting how online radicalization amplifies such ideologies into real-world harm.[91] These events illustrate causal links between supremacist rhetoric and targeted aggression, though mainstream media coverage often amplifies them while underreporting comparable violence from opposing groups.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fnc2fmcufb4efvlf3rrehtwa/bafkreicisveoakp5wzvb7a4yfme5jq4rciigoc33qnbtwrlvtfys5csz2e@jpeg)
October 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Grokipedia’s lengthy entry on “White Supremacism” has a funny way of ending most of its paragraphs by saying some variant of, “but actually, it’s not so bad, and/or the anti-racists are worse”
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This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
October 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
THREAD ⬇️
Hello Friends! I need your help.
I've submitted a proposal to the Illinois Supreme Court, docketed as Proposal 25-05, to guarantee that undocumented immigrants, disabled people, and legal aid and pro bono attorneys can appear in court remotely. My proposed language is the underlined text below!
I've submitted a proposal to the Illinois Supreme Court, docketed as Proposal 25-05, to guarantee that undocumented immigrants, disabled people, and legal aid and pro bono attorneys can appear in court remotely. My proposed language is the underlined text below!
October 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
THREAD ⬇️
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Quboz and Tidal are two great options! They’re much better for the artists too.
There are also services like Tune My Music that help you transfer your music over to a new platform.
There are also services like Tune My Music that help you transfer your music over to a new platform.
Transfer Playlists Between Music Services | Tune My Music
Transfer Playlists From Any Music Platform to Any Other Music Platform! Including Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, YouTube, Google Play Music, TIDAL and more!
www.tunemymusic.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Quboz and Tidal are two great options! They’re much better for the artists too.
There are also services like Tune My Music that help you transfer your music over to a new platform.
There are also services like Tune My Music that help you transfer your music over to a new platform.
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Spotify customer service is immediately ending conversations if you ask about them airing ICE advertisements on the platform.
Cancel your Spotify subscription.
#BoycottSpotify
Cancel your Spotify subscription.
#BoycottSpotify
October 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Spotify customer service is immediately ending conversations if you ask about them airing ICE advertisements on the platform.
Cancel your Spotify subscription.
#BoycottSpotify
Cancel your Spotify subscription.
#BoycottSpotify
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BOYCOTT HOME DEPOT. DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY. THEY ENDORSE FASCISM AND KIDNAPPING WITHIN THEIR STORES.
BOYCOTT HOME DEPOT!
BOYCOTT HOME DEPOT!
BOYCOTT HOME DEPOT!
PASS IT ON!!
BOYCOTT HOME DEPOT!
BOYCOTT HOME DEPOT!
BOYCOTT HOME DEPOT!
PASS IT ON!!
For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.
October 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
BOYCOTT HOME DEPOT. DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY. THEY ENDORSE FASCISM AND KIDNAPPING WITHIN THEIR STORES.
BOYCOTT HOME DEPOT!
BOYCOTT HOME DEPOT!
BOYCOTT HOME DEPOT!
PASS IT ON!!
BOYCOTT HOME DEPOT!
BOYCOTT HOME DEPOT!
BOYCOTT HOME DEPOT!
PASS IT ON!!
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Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped