Belinda Presser

He will henceforth be known to me as Pope Leo, The Mensch🩷

Is this the elevator pitch for Pluribus?

Can't wait for Linklater's "Merrily"...

Same. Friends thought I was crazy but their political reporting was🔥Not least of all because of its relevance to and beyond the target demo.

Track Star is a new parasocial addiction. His musical knowledge is seemingly infinite and his enthusiasm for all is delicious.

💩Teen Vogue was my Go To for speaking Truth to Power. I hate this.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

It's been 39 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.

For One Day at Least, Long Live the King King Charles III shows us—but, really, congressional Republicans—what actual accountability looks like when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein.

"As Virginia Giuffre’s brother said, “An ordinary American girl from an ordinary American family brought down a British prince with her truth and extraordinary courage.” If only the truth and courage of this American girl could prevail here in the United States!"

www.thebulwark.com/p/for-one-da...

Yes we do👍If I was a NYer I'd definitely be voting for Zohran❤️

The only nazi tattoos I've seen are the ones on the arms of holocaust survivors

Official count estimates are up - before it was "nearly 7m" then it was "roughly 7m" now it is officially "more than 7m." Trend is up!

I was lucky to see him in SF and thought who TF is that?❤️ Had to see him as Billy and now Ragtime in a few weeks. Just a beautiful human.

BREAKING NEWS NoKings Over 18 countries have now planned No Kings demonstrations showing solidarity with the American people. The following countries participating: • Portugal • Spain • Germany • Netherlands • Italy • Norway • Ireland • Sweden • United Kingdom • Belgium • Canada • Czech Republic • Mexico • Denmark • Finland • Costa Rica • France • Japan NO KINGS

Take a look at our allies that are gonna be right there with us :
🇪🇸🇳🇱🇳🇴🇸🇪🇧🇪🇨🇿🇩🇰🇫🇮🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇮🇪🇬🇧🇨🇦🇲🇽🇨🇷🇯🇵

Thank you from America 🇺🇸

What a beautiful review. I'd just add Joshua Henry's "Dear Theodosia" (as Burr in Hamilton's first national tour) to his medley of songs about fatherhood😉. Can't wait to see this🩷

Sen. Elissa Slotkin: "We want to sit in a room and have a negotiation. We don't want to negotiate through the press. I don't need to watch Senator Thune on TV in order to find out what he says he's offering. Just get in a room like adults do and we can talk this out."

With an Intermission❤️

This is too easily condemned as "both-sidesism" when it's a nuanced, well-researched insiteful piece. Kudos.

I was happily watching the clip Andrew Rannells posted from Baby Boom and didn't realize til
I saw "RIP" in the comments. Redford was a sad loss but this one is just devastating🖤

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

Well said👍

Early voting is underway for Prop 50 in California.

I urge anyone in the state to vote yes.

This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red

I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You? Read more here.

I refuse to let hopelessness prevail. This may just be one essay, by a lawyer few have heard of, in a newsletter read by a fraction of the public. But I will not stay silent.

Will you?
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-re...

To understand the chaos in Chicago, here are some must-follows:

@unraveledpress.com
@thetriibe.com
@blockclubchi.bsky.social
@chicago.suntimes.com
@katmabu.bsky.social
@bencollins.bsky.social
@dansinker.com
@wttw.bsky.social

Leftwing terrorism.

Right.

It’s always projection with these folks.

Hundreds of celebrities relaunch a McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech The Committee for the First Amendment first launched in the 1940s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee accused Hollywood actors, directors and writers of being communists or sympathizers.

The Committee for the First Amendment first launched in the 1940s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee accused Hollywood actors, directors and writers of being communists or sympathizers.

I'm seeing it in November too and it will now officially be called B&TWFG

So sad to have learned about him after he was already gone. But catching up, he was a wonderful
writer. RIP

Ezra's convo with Ta-Nehisi Coates made me itch!