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Producer: This Is Not a Drill
EP: Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything
Dir:Once Upon a Time in Ukraine
Dir(w/@filmmakerjulie): RBG, JULIA, My Name is Pauli Murray
Prof Emerita @ColumbiaJourn
Even in defeat, Cuomo continues his hateful messsge. Sad.
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Van Jones nails it: Buyers remorse.
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
What a difference a year makes.
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Side by side on the front page of @NYTimes today: 3 stark stories about how we deal with the impoverished: hide them, starve them, kill them.
October 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
At first I wondered if this were an AI fake video not actually posted by our Shitster in Chief. Now I’m asking, how can decent people continue to support this dangerous, deranged man? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Trump Posts Fake Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters
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October 20, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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I missed this. Part of the ongoing @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social master class in political communication. Hilarious.
An important message to the people of New York City.

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October 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
October 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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This is the first time former DOJ attorney Erez Reuveni has shown his face in such a public way. He says he felt he needed to speak out despite his safety concerns. cbsn.ws/4orCmuO
October 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Watching this now! The once-decorated DOJ attorney telling the truth about the DOJ’s lawlessness.
October 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Re Trump’s wacky ode to Christopher Columbus: “A society grounded in fiction, rather than reality, cannot function.”
October 12, 2025
On October 9, President Donald J.
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October 13, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Justin Pearson, ‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat, to Run for Congress www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
Justin Pearson, ‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat, to Run for Congress
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October 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Jimmy Kimmel just now on Donald Trump: “He tried his best to cancel me. Instead he forced millions of people to watch the show. That backfired bigly. He might have to release the Epstein files to distract us from this now.”
September 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I think I’ll sleep better tonight night.
September 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Bye Hulu
Bye Disney.
Bye whatever else was in that package.
September 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments
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September 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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"This is not the intervention that we need, and this is not what our communities deserve." Tennessee State Rep. Justin J. Pearson expresses his opposition to Donald Trump's plan to send the National Guard to Memphis. @justinjpearson.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Today’s Letter from an American reads like a horror novel. Too bad it’s not fiction.
September 12, 2025
Since a gunman murdered right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at an outdoor event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, both social media circles and the political sphere have been alight with accusatio...
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September 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Who doesn't love badass people outsmarting the oil and gas industry? THIS IS NOT A DRILL premiering at the #TellurideFilmFestival this weekend. Oren Jacoby directing, me producing.
August 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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August 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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"CRITICS See Big Risks"?! WTF? There aren't 2 sides to this story. Trump destroys CDC, EPA, FEMA -- agencies that protect American health and well being. You don't need a Trump "critic" to tell you that. Would it be "Hitler Rises to Power; Critics See Big Risks"?! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...
Trump Targets Agencies Long Seen as Above Politics. Critics See Big Risks.
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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The Bozo Fascist is a nonstop, worldwide source of destruction and evil. For example: he's trying to bully other countries out pursuing the much-needed transition from fossil fuels to solar and wind power. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/c...
Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
As we head into the back quarter of 2025, I’ve made a mid-year resolution borrowed from my politically involved daughter: NO HAND WRINGING. Instead…
August 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Schools
Theaters
Concerts
Malls
Churches
Synagogues
Mosques
Parks
Nightclubs
Offices
Festivals
Stores
Military Bases
Bars
Post Offices
Yoga Studios
Super Bowl parades

Nowhere is safe from the scourge of gun violence in America. You can't tell me we must simply accept it.
August 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Do not come, Donald Trump.

You are neither wanted nor needed here in Illinois.
August 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM