Let's be real. There is no "great" Bond movie. That said, "The Spy Who Loved Me" is probably in the top three. Since no one asked, the others on my list would be "GoldenEye" and "From Russia With Love," not that I have one or anything.
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Let's be real. There is no "great" Bond movie. That said, "The Spy Who Loved Me" is probably in the top three. Since no one asked, the others on my list would be "GoldenEye" and "From Russia With Love," not that I have one or anything.
Bad answer
This can’t be right
Elliott, Sancho, Lindelof: these are all good signings. #utv www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Going after the judges again:
Maybe outsourcing your thinking to a tech company isn't a great idea?
Trump said tonight he is going to issue an executive order purporting to require enforcement of voter ID rules: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u... The president has no such authority to order how elections are conducted.
Only one answer
NEW: USA Jeanine Pirro's office charged D.C. lawyer & West Point grad Paul Bryant yesterday w/ threatening to kill National Guardsmen. Today, Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui released him, calling it "perhaps one of the weakest requests for detention I have seen." www.wusa9.com/article/news...
But the court doesn't decide on remedy, throwing out lower court's injunction and asking it to have another go in light of the recent SCOTUS ruling that cut back on universal injunctions:
Appeals court rules against Trump on his tariff powers:
The Trump constitutional order: Separate but not equal
Lisa Cook was confirmed twice by the Senate - who, last time I checked, were elected - after being nominated by the President. What Trump wants is to reverse a legitimate democratic process here.
Background: www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
ACLU seeks rehearing en banc in the DC Circuit seeking to revive Judge Boasberg contempt proceeding against Trump officials in deportations case:
Interesting
NEW: A sexual harassment and bullying complaint was made against Ben Jealous prior to his firing from the Sierra Club (gift link)
Hussam al-Masri, a Gaza Reuters journalist who was killed by Israeli fire while operating a live video feed at Nasser Hospital, reported on the war's civilian suffering while himself living in a tent and struggling to find food for his family, the agency said in the cameraman's obit.
BREAKING: Federal Reserve Board Member fired by Trump, Lisa Cook, files suit against Trump & Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Putting the lolz to one side to point out how bizarre it is to hire coaches who are unable or unwilling to work with the existing players, which is part of the reason why Man U are in this vicious cycle. That’s not how a Fergie or Klopp would handle it. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments. Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
If/when Dems have gavel power again, there's going to be a lot to investigate.
I have no issue with people liking her, but I'll just say there were plenty of extremely popular stars of the 50s and 60s that are largely forgotten now.
Trump administration indicates it will appeal:
Justice Alito has filed his delayed financial disclosure report. It contains no reports of extravagant gifts or travel. fixthecourt.com/wp-content/u...
Trump administration is no doubt getting ready to file suit
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Trump always mentions the UK when he complains about wind farms. It is no coincidence that his opposition can be traced to a wind project abutting one of his golf courses in Scotland.
There was a similar debate over Trump's various pledges during the 2024 election. I think it's reasonable for the media to explain why promises made by politicians will be hard or impossible to accomplish. I don't think that lets voters off the hook when they vote for something.
Democrats’ favorite research firm told them to avoid discussing Trump’s “rising authoritarianism” and focus on tariffs instead. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Judge also drops a footnote to criticize Trump administration's attacks on the judiciary:
How SCOTUS could rule for Trump on firing of Lisa Cook:
Here's a link to the decision: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
NEWS: A Trump-appointed judge has swiftly dismissed a Trump lawsuit filed against Maryland-based federal judges over their handling of immigration cases: www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Is this the first test-case in 122 years for Shurtleff's (sort of) holding that notice and a hearing are an *implied* requirement for presidential "for cause" removal?
Surely "for cause" means more than just someone alleging something without it being adjudicated by anyone?
Chillling: www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
This is a way for Trump to try to remove Cook for cause, but the question will be whether the claims against her have any merit and whether courts even have a role to play. Supreme Court had earlier signaled it would not allow Trump to remove Fed members without cause, but this is different.
Big escalation: www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Potentially a better one
That was one of the tweaks
Conversely, GoT is so obviously based on the War of the Roses it could actually have been historical fiction with a few tweaks.
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"Israel struck Nasser hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists who worked for Reuters, the Associated Press, Al Jazeera and others." www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Congrats!
AI is basically that guy sitting at the end of the bar.
wut
Trump mentions that a "sad court" ruled that criminalizing flag-burning was unconstitutional. "They called it freedom of speech" he said, but he calls it "death." (?)
Wondering if DOJ might use the Abrego Garcia case to file a new challenge to the Md. standing order, as the judge presiding over the existing case seemed to think that would be the correct way of going about it. Background: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
The Supreme Court made possible the administration's threats to send Mr Abrego Garcia to Uganda -- because the Court blocked the lower court decisions that had restricted the gov'ts ability to send noncitizens to far-flung places they've never been & where they could face violence, torture, & death.
Separately, the Trump administration is challenging this standing order by suing all the Maryland federal judges.
JUST IN: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has filed a new federal lawsuit in Maryland. Since it's a habeas corpus case, the petition isn't public now, but his lawyer said it challenges the Trump admin's scheme to send him to Uganda. www.allrisenews.com/p/kilmar-abr...
It's not Donald Trump's money and it's not Wes Moore's bridge.
A man with a history of mental illness was charged with threatening the President’s life (potential five year sentence) after drunken statements in the back of a police car.
Maybe he means World War 1, in which the peace agreement helped pave the way for World War 2.
Virginia Giuffre’s family denounces “DAG Todd Blanche’s bizarre interview” of Ghislaine Maxwell in a statement. www.allrisenews.com/p/maxwell-tr...
Nick Clegg at this point sits at a very uncomfortable position in history as he is partially responsible for the toxic nature of both the internet and the UK. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This is creepy as hell, like the premise of a David Cronenberg movie, with sentient AI dragging people into a life of 80s fake slop. Forever to remain.
"The developers behind the project had said it was on track to produce enough electricity for more than 350,000 homes in Rhode Island and Connecticut by next spring."
The Supreme Court declined to block this law last week
Per the transcripts of the Ghislaine Maxwell interview, the second-in-command of the Justice Department repeatedly asked a convicted sex trafficker about her interactions with the President of the United States, who also happens to have recently been his client.
Making flashy announcements that lead to nothing is not unique to Trump, but the speed & glee with which they announce victory on day one and then move on is more pronounced than I can ever remember.
This administration always loves to make flashy announcements and then move on to the next thing.
10th Cir: no QI for officers who failed to intervene while other officers excessively tased and then knelt on a restrained suspect until he stopped breathing and died. Held: it is clearly established law you can't just watch fellow officers murder a guy. www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...
DOJ says it thinks grants to higher education institutions that serve Hispanics are unconstitutional but not funding that goes to historically Black colleges. freebeacon.com/trump-admini...
BREAKING: The D.C. Circuit affirmed the dismissal of 98-year-old Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's lawsuit against her colleagues for barring her from hearing cases, holding that she failed to show the statute used to suspend her is unconstitutional. www.law360.com/artic...
This is similar to the argument in favor of cops getting qualified immunity for using excessive force because how are they supposed to know what the law is.
Wyoming man indicted after allegedly showing off wounded wolf in bar before killing it
I wrote a review of one of the Anthology albums for my college newspaper. I was not around for Revolver's release, just for the record.
It makes me feel pretty old that it is now 30 years since the Beatles Anthology came out considering that 30 years before that the Beatles hadn't even released Revolver yet. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
Recap -- Divisions within the Supreme Court were very much on show in this shadow docket decision that dropped yesterday:
Worth remembering (and pointing out where necessary) that drawing equivalence between raiding Bolton’s house for documents and raiding Mar-a-Lago requires Bolton to have similarly dismissed and worked around demands for their return for months.
The world will be ending and LinkedIn influencers will still be posting videos about the best email sign-off to use.
To be fair, Roberts dissented in this case.
What do people make of this? www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Justice Jackson, meanwhile, torches the majority for constantly ruling for Trump on the shadow docket:
Justice Gorsuch lacerates lower courts who he thinks are not falling in line: "Lower court judges may sometimes disagree with this court’s decisions, but they are never free to defy them," he said.
Court was split 5-4 two different ways as it allowed the cuts but also left in place part of lower court judge's ruling that threw out the administration's underlying guidance document that laid out the anti-DEI cuts policy. Barrett is the only justice in the majority on both parts.
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Trump administration cuts to National Institutes of Health grants as part of the federal government's campaign against DEI policies. Amy Coney Barrett was the deciding vote in crafting the mixed decision: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
I feel like I don't need to read this to know the answer to the question. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Weird, CNN has now updated its story about Trump signing the executive order to say that Trump is NOT signing the executive order. www.cnn.com/2025/08/21/p...
According to this story, DOJ will investigate people who burn the flag and then try to prosecute them for something else because burning the flag is protected activity. www.cnn.com/2025/08/21/p...
Vance prefaces this by accusing people of lacking compassion toward the homeless.
What could possibly go wrong?
This will be us next week 😬 @amandakhurley.bsky.social
Gun rights group FPC doesn't seem to be a big fan of the Supreme Court's decision that curbed universal injunctions: www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-warns-of...
I will probably watch this but the cgi looks a little shonky based on this clip. www.youtube.com/watch?v=anS9...
Journalism is a tough enough industry even without complete hucksters making up AI stories about places and people that don't exist. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
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You can't get more uplifting than this: www.si.edu/object/mothe...
Has anyone in the Trump White House actually been to the African-American museum in DC?
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Fact-check or facts, meh?
Before he went to Man City, Jack Grealish was my favorite player in the premier league, but he was never really the same again. Hopefully Eze can retain his joyful swagger when he makes his big move.
If someone gives me a bag of chips and it is not full of chips I would be very disappointed.
Obama is supporting California’s mid-cycle redistricting effort as a “responsible approach” to Republicans drawing new maps in Texas.
It's become a bit of a running joke that I keep on buying gluten free stuff from the store despite the fact that no one in our house has gluten intolerance.
