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You would be kicked out of any writer’s room in existence if you had the villains celebrating a Great Gatsby-themed party while taking away food benefits from millions of poor people.

This is largely it. It didn't matter what Dems said or pushed. The GOP? Trump drove the narrative of what the Dems were supposedly "emphasizing", often claiming it was things they never ever supported. Meanwhile things like Project 2025 were often dismissed as Dems being hysterical

Author of METALLIC REALMS and THE BODY SCOUT and the Substack Counter Craft Lincoln Michel's HAUNTED HILLS, following a young woman invited to sell real estate in a development full of haunted houses using her unique ability to commune with the dead, but the thriving mixed-mortality neighborhood soon faces threats from both rival developers and an ancient terror—pitched as an homage to haunted house fiction that explores themes of American capitalism, violence, and inequality, for fans of Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, and Kelly Link, to Sean deLone at Atria, by Angeline Rodriguez at WME (NA). UK: SBall@wmeagency.com Film/TV: Nicole Weinroth at WME

Happy Halloween, everyone. And, uh, some spooky personal news:

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I've gotten them to my EIC emails for books I haven't written. Such a weird scam.

the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles

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300+ pledge to boycott the New York Times’ op-ed page over their anti-Palestinian bias. Over 300 writers, scholars, and public intellectuals have pledged to not contribute to the New York Times’ Opinion section until three demands have been met. The demands address the anti-Palestinia…

Over 300 writers, scholars, and public intellectuals have pledged to not contribute to the New York Times’ Opinion section until it takes “accountability for its biased coverage and commits to truthfully and ethically reporting on the U.S.-Israeli war on Gaza.”

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

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A TOUCHDOWN

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

Periodic reminder that this scheming half-wit Goebbels isn’t even a lawyer.

I don’t need to explain why it’s wildly unacceptable for the military to be illegally privately financed by the president’s wealthy allies, right?

I was so sad when I took the publication out of my bio after this

but instead we have spent literally ten years saying "donald trump is smarter than he seems! donald trump's policies are bad but we should talk about him respectfully!"

CONTEMPT IS A VITAL SOCIAL TOOL, USE IT

Workers at Major D.C. Concert Venues Launch Unionization Effort There are more than 300 staff members aiming to unionize at the 9:30 Club, The Anthem, The Atlantis and Lincoln Theatre.

both myself and my band @ekkoastral.bsky.social stand with the many dc venue workers who are tonight demanding their union be voluntarily recognized

for too long their labor needs have been ignored

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as far as just messaging goes that video is probably the most embarrassing thing any president has done on the world stage in my life

and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility

i imagine there’s about to be an influx of MAGA chuds spewing their bullshit but i really can’t stress enough that if we don’t give them oxygen, they’ll get bored and leave. block early and often.

⁨The blatantly political videos being forced on airports across the country are not only an abuse of taxpayer dollars, but they violate the law.

I'm joining @SenBlumenthal and @SenJackReed to demand DHS take down these videos immediately.⁩

“It’s a rivalry. Anytime we can beat them, especially in the playoffs, it’s freakin’ cool.”

Come for Brandon Woodruff thinking the video interview was a picture. Stay for the quotes.

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Less than ideal first inning for the Crew

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This Brewers team is unlike any other, y'all

Peralta ties Crew postseason record with 9 K's: 'He's going to drive the bus for us' MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers’ hope of reversing their recent postseason misfortune starts -- quite literally -- with Freddy Peralta. Don't take it from us. Take it from Peralta’s longtime teammate Brandon...

Maybe Brandon Woodruff is biased. But he thinks Freddy Peralta is the key to the whole dang thing.

“We need to win every game he starts, we really do. Then we can piece stuff together. But if he can drive the bus for us, it’s going to take us a long ways.” www.mlb.com/news/freddy-...

Man, I'm sorry, but reading all these AI generated essays from students, it just sucks all the joy out of everything. It's exhausting, makes you into a weird paranoid cop, grinds you down, wastes your time, makes you feel like shit about everything.

Fuck this shit technology and all its enablers.

The absolute worst part of living in Tallahassee for me was the complete lack of a music scene -- I went to one show (in Orlando) over 4 years (accounting for a global pandemic, but still). Tonight was show 15 for me in 2025.

The DC music scene rules.