Trying to be a more insane Eve Fartlow is a title I didn’t think anyone would take a shot at but damn if Olivia is not giving it a go

One of the stupidest decisions Obama made upon taking power was listening to the likes of David Axelrod & Rahm Emanuel and turfing Dean out of the DNC

As soon as I saw this my first thought was "Olivia Reingold wrote this, didn't she?" I yearn for the days when I didn't know who she was

Honestly, Schumer and Jeffries not endorsing him probably helped Mamdani

Self-reflection isn't exactly something GOP pols or voters engage in, but even two squishes like Schumer & Jeffries should see those results & pull the Michael Corleone "My offer is this: nothing. Not even the fee for the gaming license, which I'd appreciate if you would put up personally" routine

She's not MAGA. She's pretty much always been a milquetoast Hollywood liberal but she lost her mind after the Oct. 7 attacks and has become a hardcore Zionist

Every time I see an Yglesias post, my first thought is "And the Biden people fucking listened to this guy?"

Given how good the fillibuster has been for them, there's probably some real hesitancy on the Senate GOP's part to kill it. Plus, none of them care whether the government functions or not. They're cool with Trump ruling by fiat. They expect Schumer & the Dems to do the lifting for them

When Malick decided to make another film after a 20-year absence, every actor in Hollywood wanted to be in it but the final film ended up being very different than what Malick started shooting. There were famous actors (Bill Pullman, Mickey Rourke, Adrien Brody) who had their entire roles cut

Or that Cedric would end the season as a New York Met 😥

Two Vinny-related stories:
1) After he signed with Carolina, Steve Smith begged him to throw one deep by saying "You can't overthrow me" (reason 1,976 why Steve Smith rocked)
2) I briefly chatted with him at the 2013 Hall of Fame induction & he's a gigantic dude & the most Brooklyn man to ever live

Very enjoyable piece. Two albums I'd throw in for consideration:
- Eros by Deftones, slated as the followup to Saturday Night Wrist but was shelved after Chi Cheng's car accident
- Cigarettes & Valentines by Green Day, recorded but the master tapes were stolen & they recorded American Idiot instead

For whatever reason, I watched Another 48 Hours recently and it remains a very watchable bad movie with a tremendous collection of That Guy character actors: Kevin Tighe, Brion James, Ed O'Ross, Bernie Casey and Brent Jennings (who played Ron Washington in Moneyball

I know people have feelings about Lin-Manuel Miranda, but presenting the loyalist point of view in baroque counterpoint & then having the line "Don't modulate the key then not debate with me" after the Seabury character actually does modulate the key, is the kind of writerly shit I'm always down for

Fair, although I think a better comp to Swift is Madonna

I remember when Ted Cruz made his first run for Senate & his freshman year roommate at Princeton, "Chernobyl" and "The Last of Us" creator Craig Mazin, said he was literally the same guy in his 30s that he was at 18

True, although I think it never got viewed as that because the Eras Tour was this zeitgeist-defining event & she was still in the middle of it when it was released

I'm with Todd in that I think she's likely too big to fail or ever really have a Trainwreckord given how cult-like her fans are, but the reaction to this record does give off sort of "pre-flop" vibes, sort of like how Prism was Katy Perry's pre-flop before Witness was the actual flop

That tweet gets funnier and funnier as the years go on