Presumed Innocent (1990) 9.25, 8.25, 8.75, 26.25❌ The curse of the new era of streaming is the sheer volume of things not easily accessible through it, both because so much has slipped through the broad net of the services out there and also becau…

A review of Presumed Innocent (1990).
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Instead of asking the Speaker of the House if he has a view on <critical separation-of-powers QOTD>, maybe reporters should start asking him if he reads any newspapers or otherwise informs himself on those matters to which we might think the Speaker of the House ought to be paying attention?

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

Virginia and New Jersey can show that Trump isn't inevitable MAGA might be in for an ass-whuppin' on Tuesday.

"Victories remind elites Trump is not some sort of eternal expression of the American volk. The press will have to at least briefly acknowledge MAGA fascism is not inevitable. Institutions that have been acting as if Trump is a rightful king will be confronted with a sweeping rejection of him."

Unbelievable.

As in, literally, not credible.

RAJU: Last week you were very critical of Biden's use of the autopen. But Trump admitted on 60 Minutes to not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to money laundering. Does that also concern you?

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.

My god, I love that sentence.

"Victories remind elites Trump is not some sort of eternal expression of the American volk."

Welcome to Derry Episode 2 (slight spoilers maybe) So, I guess all my worst fears were realized. I think I may be done with this show. I really want to enjoy this, because there’s so much room for it to be cool. Given that the movies shift the main…

My review of Welcome to Derry, episode 2, and why I'm not gonna keep watching.
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The Substance (finally watched) As regards del Toro’s Frankenstein, which I did watch, preliminary attempts to review it were unsuccessful, because I was unaware how much I didn’t remember about the book and how much I didn’t kno…

A review of the Sybstance.
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DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf

Amnesty says US strike on Yemen prison that killed dozens of African migrants may be war crime The Central Command has yet to offer any explanation for the strike on the prison.

Been so distracted with the current war crimes in Latin America, that we forgot about this one. Amnesty International suggests we don't.

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Diversity doesn’t weaken unions. Racist bosses like Vance using racism to divide workers by race so they can exploit them weakens unions. All this stuff is arsonists complaining about the temperature in the building they set on fire. bsky.app/profile/diew...

The person who oversees healthcare coverage for more than 160 million Americans is lying about healthcare coverage

WOW! The Washington Post obtained the rest of the body cam footage showing that the drunk-driving ICE agent promised to check if the arresting officer's partner was Haitian. "I’m going to run some checks when I get back." He added that he would have him deported if "not legit."

hello! my friend was assaulted and threatened by federal agents for the crime of "not liking them". please help him sue the shit out of these fascist thugs chuffed.org/project/free...

If I truly believed that my party being elected were the only thing that could save my country, I would stop trying to shame the people who chose not to vote for me and consider learning what matters to them, in order to convince them to vote for me. But that's just me.

no there is not. the law is clear, the constitution is clear, the intent of the lawmakers who passed it all is clear. the end. tired of entertaining this sophomoric nonsense

"Kids dressed in Halloween costumes, walking to a parade, do not pose an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer. They just don't," federal judge Ellis told Lead Trump Thug Bovino, after ICE tear gassed a Chicago neighborhood, forcing the cancellation of a Halloween parade.

1984, Idiocracy version Trump is like Big Brother if Big Brother were an incompetent buffoon.

"Orwell emphasizes the totalizing power of Big Brother and the seamlessness of historical revisionism. But Trump, unfortunately for him, does not have anywhere near this level of influence or power, even with the aid of the lickspittles at the Reagan Foundation."

In fall 2022, ahead of the midterm elections, Garland opted to freeze both the classified documents and election investigations because of what some officials believed was his overly cautious reading of a DOJ policy not to take any public action close to an election. Trump was not even on the ballot and had not yet declared his presidential candidacy for 2024. But Garland nonetheless imposed the freeze.

The selection of Garland as AG and his failure to act was about ten bajillion times more consequential than any campaign strategy decision

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He did not drop the story

NCGOP spokesman appears to be threatening @propublica.org's @dougbockclark.bsky.social with retaliation by the Trump administration for reporting on a state Supreme Court justice www.propublica.org/article/paul...

BASH: Even Hawley says you should move money around to feed people. Why not consider it?

JOHNSON: Because if you deviate from the goal of reopening the entire govt, Schumer & the radicals will continue to play games. If you do just part of this, it will reduce the pressure for them to do all of it

BASH: You all found ways to pay the military and WIC. But why are you drawing the line now on 40 million Americans who literally will not be able to eat with govt assistance?

MIKE JOHNSON: If we had a contingency fund we could use, that would be done.


BASH: They say that's not what the law shows

"Hitler likes me!"

Mike Johnson desperately wants people to blame the end of SNAP benefits on the Democrats, but given the GOP's longstanding attacks on the program -- coupled with Trump's expensive White House: Extreme Makeover extravaganza -- that's going to be a hard sell.

"If we had a contingency fund."

You mean like this contingency fund the Trump Administration just deleted off their website? The one they are legally required to use to keep SNAP funded?
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An increase of $13 a month? I'm sure millions of Americans wish they lived in whatever alternative timeline Dr. Oz is because the truth is that premiums are going to double, or worse!

Oz has clearly not even looked at the ACA marketplace—which is crazy, BECAUSE THAT IS HIS JOB.

He said, "When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One"

He lied

But what's worse-he didn't even TRY to lower prices

Instead, almost as soon he got into office, he started hitting people with tariffs-making things infinitely worse