Thomas LaGrange
@thomas-lagrange.bsky.social
Writer/actor and breakfast burrito enthusiast
Happy Bondvember!
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Happy Bondvember!
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
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November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today
September 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today
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Around two million American gun owners have signed up for self-defense insurance. Detractors have called the product “murder insurance.”
Your First Call After You Shoot Someone
In the era of Stand Your Ground, self-defense insurance is increasingly popular. Does it promote gun violence?
www.newyorker.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Around two million American gun owners have signed up for self-defense insurance. Detractors have called the product “murder insurance.”
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On our unilateral disarmament: America is reorienting its foreign policy to help governments that manipulate and suppress information.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
America Surrenders in the Global Information Wars
The U.S. is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and suppress information.
www.theatlantic.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
On our unilateral disarmament: America is reorienting its foreign policy to help governments that manipulate and suppress information.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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people have already mentioned SNEAKERs, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR and of course ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN as great redford performances, let me recommend THE CANDIDATE, which is really one of the best movies ever made about american politics
September 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
people have already mentioned SNEAKERs, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR and of course ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN as great redford performances, let me recommend THE CANDIDATE, which is really one of the best movies ever made about american politics
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It's disorienting living in the Wile E. Coyote portion of a country's life cycle. We ran off the cliff but haven't plummeted down yet. We're just now starting to hold up the big YIKES sign
July 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
It's disorienting living in the Wile E. Coyote portion of a country's life cycle. We ran off the cliff but haven't plummeted down yet. We're just now starting to hold up the big YIKES sign
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It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
July 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
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Annelle Sheline, a former US State Department official, says the US is complicit in crimes against Palestinians and violating international law alongside Israel.
July 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Annelle Sheline, a former US State Department official, says the US is complicit in crimes against Palestinians and violating international law alongside Israel.
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A question every reporter should be asking Trump and Republicans:
If Trump doesn't trust his own Director of National Intelligence, and by extension, US intelligence, then which country's intelligence is he relying upon?
If Trump doesn't trust his own Director of National Intelligence, and by extension, US intelligence, then which country's intelligence is he relying upon?
June 22, 2025 at 6:38 AM
A question every reporter should be asking Trump and Republicans:
If Trump doesn't trust his own Director of National Intelligence, and by extension, US intelligence, then which country's intelligence is he relying upon?
If Trump doesn't trust his own Director of National Intelligence, and by extension, US intelligence, then which country's intelligence is he relying upon?
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Amazon Teases Next James Bond Will Face Off Against Threat Of Collective Bargaining theonion.com/amazon-...
June 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Amazon Teases Next James Bond Will Face Off Against Threat Of Collective Bargaining theonion.com/amazon-...
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Sorry to hear Brian Wilson has died. The Beach Boys were the soundtrack of my summers, from "Surfin' Safari" on.
June 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Sorry to hear Brian Wilson has died. The Beach Boys were the soundtrack of my summers, from "Surfin' Safari" on.
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The CDC is rehiring more than 400 people who had received layoff notices.
Around half of those employees are in the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Around half of those employees are in the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
CDC backtracks on layoffs, rehires more than 400 people
Around half of those employees are in the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention.
www.politico.com
June 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The CDC is rehiring more than 400 people who had received layoff notices.
Around half of those employees are in the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Around half of those employees are in the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday that she signed an executive order seeking greater transparency from federal immigration officials. She said the city will submit regular Freedom of Information Act requests to find out who ICE is detaining and on what grounds.
June 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday that she signed an executive order seeking greater transparency from federal immigration officials. She said the city will submit regular Freedom of Information Act requests to find out who ICE is detaining and on what grounds.
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Oh, yeah. I get the Sunday scaries, but it’s not for work. It’s for the news cycle to start back up.
March 26, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Oh, yeah. I get the Sunday scaries, but it’s not for work. It’s for the news cycle to start back up.
When people ask how I feel about the 007 buyout, I don’t even say anything anymore. I just show them this.
March 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
When people ask how I feel about the 007 buyout, I don’t even say anything anymore. I just show them this.
Thinking about a 63 year old family legacy today. No one did it better!
March 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Thinking about a 63 year old family legacy today. No one did it better!
It’s the 7th of the month which means it’s a 007 day! Thinking about Tomorrow Never Dies where James Bond faces off against discount Rupert Murdoch for no particular reason.
February 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
It’s the 7th of the month which means it’s a 007 day! Thinking about Tomorrow Never Dies where James Bond faces off against discount Rupert Murdoch for no particular reason.
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RFK Jr's nomination to HHS head has advanced to a full Senate vote (date TBA).
It's crunch time. Please call your Senators and tell them to vote NO.
Call your Senators regardless of what position you anticipate they will take.
Use this tool: www.usa.gov/elected-officials
It's crunch time. Please call your Senators and tell them to vote NO.
Call your Senators regardless of what position you anticipate they will take.
Use this tool: www.usa.gov/elected-officials
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February 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
RFK Jr's nomination to HHS head has advanced to a full Senate vote (date TBA).
It's crunch time. Please call your Senators and tell them to vote NO.
Call your Senators regardless of what position you anticipate they will take.
Use this tool: www.usa.gov/elected-officials
It's crunch time. Please call your Senators and tell them to vote NO.
Call your Senators regardless of what position you anticipate they will take.
Use this tool: www.usa.gov/elected-officials
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When I was growing up during the Bush years, I'd say the two most prevalent and popular horror subgenres at that time were zombies and "torture porn"
Horror is political and it radicalized me.
Horror is political and it radicalized me.
February 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
When I was growing up during the Bush years, I'd say the two most prevalent and popular horror subgenres at that time were zombies and "torture porn"
Horror is political and it radicalized me.
Horror is political and it radicalized me.
I only know what it was like to be a young woman seeing the Beatles in the early 60s because I’ve seen Barry Manilow live.
February 4, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I only know what it was like to be a young woman seeing the Beatles in the early 60s because I’ve seen Barry Manilow live.