Derek DelGaudio

Oh fun. I recently learned my name appears in the Epstein files because, in 2013, David Blaine requested house seats to my first Off-Broadway show for Woody Allen and a guest who turned out to be Jeffrey Epstein. Deeply ironic considering the name of that show: NOTHING TO HIDE.

@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social ?

Stephen Colbert announced that his last show airs May 21st.
What a coincidence, that's National Cancel Paramount+ Day.

Neutrality in the face of fascism is fascist.

I never expected to write about my time rigging card games. Then I watched him get elected in 2016. I hinted at it with a post. When Kavanaugh was sworn in, I’d had enough. The book is set in the world of crooked poker, but that’s not what it’s about. It’s about what’s happening to all of us now.

I never expected to write about my time rigging card games. Then I watched him get elected in 2016. I hinted at it with a post. When Kavanaugh was sworn in, I’d had enough. The book is set in the world of crooked poker, but that’s not what it’s about. It’s about what’s happening to all of us now.

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If you have MAX, you should watch this.

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"Art means nothing if it simply decorates the dinner table of power which holds it hostage." --Adrienne Rich

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Chuck Schumer knows what everyone else seems to have forgotten: the only way to beat fascism is to wear your glasses in the center of your nose. Not so low they fall off, not so high you actually see through them. That way, regardless of what happens, you’re ready to claim you did or didn’t see it.

Every Poll: “50% of Americans Support Nationwide Human Centipede Integration; Other 50% Deeply Concerned About Their Position in Line.”

YouTube video by Sam P. The Muppets - You Don't Mess Around with Jim

Funny, I wouldn’t have known that reference had Frank not shown me this two days ago. youtu.be/yUdMVX7O_Rk?...

And they better hurry because the fascists are already here.

Democrats lack both a story and a teller. “The fascists are coming” is not a North Star. Without a clear and emotional vision, and a leader to embody it, they will remain lost.

Politics is storytelling. The best story wins.

Not my most eloquent letter, but utterly sincere....

At least the people who first allowed the Nazis to rise to power could honestly claim they didn’t know how bad things would get.

Weird to live behind enemy lines.

Man with Gun: Get on the train.

Democrat: Technically it’s *in* the train.

These men are cowards. All of them. Never forget that.

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If you haven’t seen In & Of Itself, and don’t have Hulu, you can watch it here: youtu.be/OR4NNuNE3Yg?...

Guess we're allowed to punch people doing that "My Heart Goes out" salute, too.

If you can’t hide the secret, feature it. Need to steal a coin from your pocket? Dipping in looks suspicious. So make it deliberate. Reach in openly, emerge holding a handkerchief. All eyes are on the cloth; no one sees the coin now in your palm. You can steal anything this way. Even a government.

A hearty preemptive *fuck you* to those just following orders.

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They will absolutely put people on trains and send them to camps. We all get that? Right?

The real horror is seeing no one do anything.

New Kennedy Center board elects Trump as chair. Rutter departs as president. President Trump’s refashioned board of trustees voted him chairman in a meeting Wednesday afternoon. President Deborah Rutter told staff she was departing the institution.

Updated list of political leaders that seized control of artistic institutions:

Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Francisco Franco
Mao Zedong
Pol Pot
Kim Il-sung
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Saddam Hussein
Muammar Gaddafi
Idi Amin
Donald Trump

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I wrote a book *about* being an unreliable narrator. Does that count?