One can talk to voters about key issues *and* simultaneously act to emperil fragile GOP legislative majorities. It's not an either/or.
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One can talk to voters about key issues *and* simultaneously act to emperil fragile GOP legislative majorities. It's not an either/or.
The catastrophe of sunset.
"When you act in a film, so much of what you do is wasted. No one ever sees it. Snips of celluloid drop to the cutting room floor." Watch THE DROWNED GIRL (70 min) - a film about art and complicity with evil in the Nazi film industry - for FREE on Vimeo until September 14. vimeo.com/891988721
They are always blowing smoke from the fires they set.
"We are hope despite the times." Can I say all of LIFES RICH PAGEANT?
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It's those institutions, Marisa. Will they make it?
NEW: Mercenary spyware is coming to the US. ICE just quietly unsuspended their contract with spyware maker #Paragon. Remember them? Caught earlier this year being used to hack Italian journalists. This is bad, let's talk about how we got here 1/ jackpoulson.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
$1,000,000 a day.
"We're all in a concentration camp, the whole nation is, it's only the Government can go running around free." Irmgard Keun, AFTER MIDNIGHT (1937) mhpbooks.com/books/after-...
It's got a Old Masters feel to it in the spacing and affect.
This is so demoralizing past the actual article itself for me.
Post a random picture or else everything will go bad in September
WEIRD SCIENCE ( 1985)
Trying to disappear children over Labor Day weekend. That's what this is about.
PJ Harvey, DRY
We always knew where you were, sir. The American people deserve no less from their president. @dicknixon.bsky.social
We're a LONG WAY from the legendary Flophouse.
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Tired: What did the president know and when did he know? Wired: Where the hell is the president? Is he OK? Why is he posting golf photos at 8:49 am on a Labor Day weekend?
“You ask about Jud Süss.” Art. Memory. Complicity. THE DROWNED GIRL (70 min). Watch for free on Vimeo until September 14, 2025. vimeo.com/891988721
This administration's attempts to erase history are real. I hope someone has these Prasad videos downloaded and ready to upload on another platform: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #publichealth
"The dollar is climbing / the dollar is falling Inflation /stagflation Yes, yes, I know you know." Last day of August. Last call for Hildegard Knef's classic "Holiday Time." www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4FZ...
TOLLER: Not every German is a Nazi, Ilse. ILSE: You're right. Half of Germany can't believe the horrors they see. The other half can't see the horrors they believe. Read more about my HOTEL MAYFLOWER - and where to purchase it - here: www.richardbyrneplays.com/hotel-mayflo...
OK, hear me out...A LORD OF THE RINGS remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
Should we attribute it to: "The workshop of Donald J. Trump"?
"Back in AP Biology all those years ago, I thought that it could never happen here. Those dumb Russians. Laughing stocks. But then you see it happen here. Now." We made a short film about US Lysenkoism: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2jv...
“You ask about Jud Süss.” Art. Memory. Complicity. THE DROWNED GIRL (70 min). Watch for free on Vimeo until September 14, 2025. vimeo.com/891988721
TOLLER: Nicht jeder Deutsche ist ein Nazi, Ilse. ILSE: Du hast recht. Halb Deutschland kann die Schrecken nicht glauben, die es sieht. Die andere Hälfte kann die Schrecken nicht sehen, an die sie glaubt. HOTEL MAYFLOWER: www.richardbyrneplays.com/hotel-mayflo...
TOLLER: Not every German is a Nazi, Ilse. ILSE: You're right. Half of Germany can't believe the horrors they see. The other half can't see the horrors they believe. Read more about my HOTEL MAYFLOWER - and where to purchase it - here: www.richardbyrneplays.com/hotel-mayflo...
BRAVO
New York’s hottest club is Blame Zohran Mamdani for Crimes Committed While Eric Adams Is Mayor Under Laws Signed by Andrew Cuomo. It’s got everything—corrections officers who aren’t registered to vote in New York City, etc etc etc
We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
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Colossal effort by 10-man @werder.de to snatch a result. Leverkusen's arrogance and laziness punished. #Bundesliga
This this forever this. Tom Petty in THE POSTMAN.
The Trump administration's assault on the CDC is the latest manifestation of American #Lysenkoism. A 2020 short film I wrote tackled the first damaging attacks on US public health during the pre-vaccine phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. stage-write.ghost.io/cdc-in-crisi...
“.. The Oval Office photos don’t resolve those questions. They raise them. And until the press decides to treat Trump’s health the way it treated Biden’s, makeup and memos will remain the White House’s first—and last—line of defense.” @passantino.bsky.social www.status.news/p/trump-heal...
Fewer better representations of the artistic process. Cc: @schlchtmyr.bsky.social @drewsky.app
Today isn't the story. Wednesday through Friday is the story.
We're the forces of victory and we're coming right through / We're the forces of victory, now what you gonna do? www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u6h...
With O'Neill (apparently) taking over CDC (if they ever get around to firing Monarez), I think it's worth looking back to Project 2025 and asking what they actually intend to *do* to CDC. So, I went to remind myself today. Here's what's in store:
Bowie in EXTRAS was just amazing.
We need a bit of moral clarity here. Law enforcement deploys violence in situations with MUCH lower stakes than an armed attack on the Congress -- and is allowed to do so.
The gallery was a last line of defense between the insurrectionists & violence against legislators. No one is "cheering" the death of any American. But the intent of the J6 criminals was a rampage. *A noose was erected on the grounds.* Sharlet is wrong. These semantics are a nonsense.
They can't see two weeks ahead -- let alone two months or a year.
There is video of the incident. The black hero who defended the Congress that day was cleared of any and all wrongdoing. He should get a medal. Not this vile racist abuse. We are truly through the looking glass. No surprise with Loomer, who lives in a deluxe suite in Upsidedownsville.
There is a video, sir. The hero protecting the Congress was cleared of any and all wrongdoing. Indeed, he should get a medal.
The Trump administration's assault on the CDC is the latest manifestation of American #Lysenkoism. A 2020 short film I wrote tackled the first damaging attacks on US public health during the pre-vaccine phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. stage-write.ghost.io/cdc-in-crisi...
You first.
First Wilco show ever Go-Betweens Town & Country 1989 Final Uncle Tupelo shows Seeing Gary and the Dynamics at Slo-Tom's with the Bottle Rockets. Almost getting shot when a woman dropped her purse on the floor and her gun went off.
Vought has until Sept 30 to access $329 Million in authorized CFPB funding, which would return nearly $1 Billion to ripped off Americans. All he has to do is ask the Federal Reserve for the money. So we drafted the funding request letter for him: nteu335.org/2025/08/25/v... #StopVought #SaveCFPB
Give the President my best, RZ.
NO ONE voted for an unelected oligarch to get access to our private data. Elon Musk’s DOGE henchmen copied full names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth―everything that a hacker would need to steal our identities.
NEW on STAGE WRITE: The administration's assault on the CDC is the latest manifestation of American Lysenkoism. A 2020 short film I wrote caught the first damaging attacks on US public health. stage-write.ghost.io/cdc-in-crisi...
The US Red Scare as well.
There's video of exactly what she did and when, sir. You would think that would end it. But this is 2025 not 1975.
NEW on STAGE WRITE: The administration's assault on the CDC is the latest manifestation of American Lysenkoism. A 2020 short film I wrote caught the first damaging attacks on US public health. stage-write.ghost.io/cdc-in-crisi...
Bowser has been the worst since her early days in office, selling off Pepco to Exelon: www.utilitydive.com/news/updated...
In 2020, we shot a monologue I wrote about the crisis in public health and US #Lysenkoism called LET THE DARKNESS IN. It features Christa Kimlicko-Jones and appeared at the Prague Fringe Festival in 2021. On a night of tumult at #CDC we need inspiration. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2jv...
Please read this thread. Because @gregggonsalves.bsky.social is correct.
In 2020, we shot a monologue I wrote about the crisis in public health and US #Lysenkoism called LET THE DARKNESS IN. It features Christa Kimlicko-Jones and appeared at the Prague Fringe Festival in 2021. On a night of tumult at #CDC we need inspiration. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2jv...
The news out of the CDC may get worse if RFK Jr actually tries to link vaccines officially to autism.
I am so distraught, depressed and angry at this moment. Of all the shit they have done this is one of the worst days I can remember.
In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on
She has been the worst since she took office and privatized the city's public utility for no reason except as a kickback to a campaign official.
(ERNST TOLLER ponders the gun.) TOLLER: So small. But a smaller pistol caused a world catastrophe. I stood on the very spot in Sarajevo where Princip shot the Archduke. A simple gun. Fired on a street corner. Read more about HOTEL MAYFLOWER: www.richardbyrneplays.com/hotel-mayflo...
“What do I remember about 1940? We were happy. Despite everything.” Art. Complicity. Memory. THE DROWNED GIRL (70 min): A film from Pandora Machine. Watch free on Vimeo until September 14. vimeo.com/891988721
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ABUNDANCE, PEOPLE!
So much has been done already to make Union Station inhospitable to commuters and rail travelers in the name of "driving the homeless from the premises." What a nonsense.
Walk out of there.
Maybe even they forgot. 🙂
Just had a doctor's appointment nearby and couldn't get out of there fast enough. National Guard wandering aimlessly as people go about the business of getting where they need to go.
Don't buy the admin's BS about merely "reforming" the CFPB. The goal has always been to dismantle it. @nteunational.bsky.social sets the record straight. #StopVought #SaveCFPB
DOGE, you may recall, secured access to our Social Security data thanks to an unsigned, unreasoned shadow docket order. The Roberts Court dropped it on a Friday afternoon and barely anyone noticed.
Yes, it's the insensitive names that are the *real* problem..
High school literary nerd would say: "Sleeping with the Enemy."
"A country gets invaded by another country 15 times its size intent on obliterating it from the map. They repulse the invaders from their capital, and eventually regain territory. Survival is winning." Also: a million casualties = special military operation that's not so special for the invader.
"Sir, you have a call from a gentleman named Classic Itinerary."
What could go wrong with rushing to close out 1000s of regulatory red flags at big banks...
This story is the predictable overlap of all @wired.com's reporting on the danger posed by Big Balls and all @stevevladeck.bsky.social's reporting on the dangers of SCOTUS' refusal to stay Trump's abuse of power.
Total obedience. Total surveillance.
This is a supply problem with a demand solution. European citizens need to unplug from these platforms. Their governments must help spark the conditions to create alternatives -- and make it a priority to stop using these platforms for official communications. Lead from the front.
Set your mind back to July 2024. Joe Biden had just had a disastrous debate. The entire country agreed on one thing: He was deeply, deeply unpopular. Biden's approval rating at the time? 36% among all adults, 31% among independents. Trump's approval today? 37% and 29%, respectively.
“Maybe it’s for the best that actors can empty out their heads. What would you rather have? My words – or Goethe’s?” Watch THE DROWNED GIRL (70 min) free on Vimeo until September 14, 2025. vimeo.com/891988721
The *only* follow up here is: "So, are you going anywhere?"
Love AND Death
You can do it, people.
An amazing thing about social media is that the ultimate power does remain in the hands of its users. They can abandon a platform. Create new ones. They can compel their governments to stop using it for official communications of any sort. This is a supply problem with a demand solution.
NEW at STAGE WRITE: Art. Memory. Complicity. Some thoughts on our film, THE DROWNED GIRL, which is set in the Nazi film industry. Watch for free on Vimeo until September 14, 2025. stage-write.ghost.io/watch-the-dr...
One, two, three and to the four Snoop Doggy Dogg and moral panic at the door
It is a classic but it *really* helps to have been there in your life. For this listener, it is why an artist can have a decades long career with many peaks, and yet "Spirit in the Night" remains the song that is most important to me.
An important post to remember today.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UICc...
NEW at STAGE WRITE: Art. Memory. Complicity. Some thoughts on our film, THE DROWNED GIRL, which is set in the Nazi film industry. Watch for free on Vimeo until September 14, 2025. stage-write.ghost.io/watch-the-dr...
It would be nice if SCOTUS would react in this way to the government's flouting of their own rulings -- and a host of lower court rulings.