Expat!!

People are asking what else they can do.

My advice is to drop your subscriptions to Paramount and Warner Brothers services and use that money to support as many independent media outlets as you can afford. Pick a couple and give them a try. It's critical we build a pro-democracy media ecosystem.

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

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

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

I do see what she sees. Which is why we now watch from abroad.

May her memory be a blessing.

I disagree. They were hoping for this. They will blame the resistance when they send big guns everywhere. There is a reason they did not do this in a red state. They wanted conflict and violence, which they caused, to justify the martial law that comes next.

And you were right of course, I called him Mussolini-Putin then. Not at all surprised to see where we are today. And finally people seem to be waking up to the reality that we will not have free and fair elections this cycle or next. We have had a coup.

Ah, if only approval mattered. They will not relinquish power in a silly election. Yes, folks, this is what he said he would do, so do t pretend to be surprised.

Happy birthday Lin! Saw you from the front row of the mezzanine as A dot Ham and then several subsequent casts. Best theatrical experience of my broadway filled life. The thing I miss most as a new expat— it will be the West End for us now. Happy 46!!

Done

Pay attention, fellow readers. This is not a side dish, it is the main course, and always was. Demonizing the other is the whole platform of maga. Philosemitism and antisemitism are two sides of the same “Jews control the world” coin. This is why we now live abroad.

Agree. Thus, expat. They have committed too many crimes to be held accountable by a successive government and will never leave.

I understand. And lots of my friends in politics are still angry that I left, and did not stay to fight. But seriously, I think this ends in violence and we are not the ones with the guns. Til then I literally do not know what to do. My party has failed and there is no other.

Absolutely. I wish I knew how to fight. I fought for decades but now it seems there is no path.

Ah what a nice dream. The fascists are in power and they will not give it up. How do you undo the ruination of the courts, the neutering of congress, the murder of usaid and hhs and doe? Do you really think Trump dies and we all go back to normal? It is over.

We served on the kencen circles board for many years. This is all heartbreaking, all the hardworking staff who have been dismissed and the arts leaders who have left. And he is already putting his name on the beautiful marble facade. So glad we don’t live there anymore— not just not in dc, the USA.

GOP signals end to probes into military’s killing of boat strike survivors Despite Democrats’ objections, the leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees said they were satisfied a controversial Sept. 2 attack was lawful.

Inexcusable, unforgivable, complicit https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/12/18/boat-strike-survivors-congress-inquiries/

Just a reminder: White supremacy is the reigning ideology of the American executive branch.

Just what I expected. The end of rule of law. And people will just throw up their hands and say there is nothing we can do.

Not a funny one.
I am so tired of seeing stories headlined “we are at a crossroads” or similar language. We are not. We have crossed the Rubicon. Democracy is over, time for the funeral.

Exactly. I am so sick of hearing “but the midterms” or “he will die” or whatever nonsense people say when they fail to see that the entire power structure has fallen to this. It won’t matter when he dies. We have fascism. Thus my handle on bluesky— we left, this ain’t getting fixed.

The prefix “neo” has no place here. So embarrassed for my coastie friends.

CBS is the network that paid Trump $16m. CBS is the network owned by the Ellisons. CBS is the network that failed to push back in its 60 Minutes interview of Trump.

Of course, CBS is asking questions like this to House Democrats.

The press contact for FACE THE NATION is amanda.leonard@paramount.com if anyone wants to explain to them why people might care about a massive pedophile sex trafficking ring that apparently implicates the president and several other powerful men.

“Blending family and governance, Trump organization talks real estate deal with Saudis”— NYT headline
“Raising corruption to new heights, Trump accepts bribes from Saudis”— accurate headline
For shame, media. Normalizing the unthinkable.

Another good reason to have moved to Italy.

I am beyond thrilled by the election results this week. But mark my words, they learn. They learned from the first term and they learned from their losses. There will be no free and fair election next year because they will not lose. Natl guard, ice and locals preparing for the troops.

Fakest part is the smile.

Left them a message

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