Itβs Time for Americans to Start Talking About βSoft Secessionβ
Blue states are finally learning what red states have known all along: you donβt need federal permission to govern.
"Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits theyβve been drafting since last spring."
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Itβs awful. Fully gutted. π«
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I want politics to be about a better everyday life.
Here's what that can look like:
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Beautiful writing about an incredible film
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Iβm not.
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Was it first run syndication like Xena and Legend of the Seeker?
12.04.2025 06:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
God spoke
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Wow. This is HUGE and goddamn awful.
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elmo is literally a charmless roman roy hiding the spaceships that go BOOM
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S1, what a BANGER!
06.03.2025 06:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
could have done without that earthquake!
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Brady and Adrien hugging β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
03.03.2025 03:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
"I'm still here" de Walter Salles remporte l'Oscar du meilleur film international π§π·
#Oscars
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Damn Walter, so close to connecting it to the present day.
03.03.2025 02:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
LETβS GO BRAZIL
03.03.2025 02:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
So well deserved for The Brutalist DOP. On that budget?! Shot in a month??? Get outta here.
03.03.2025 02:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Hello Lenu!
03.03.2025 02:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Bahaha
03.03.2025 02:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
βHollywoodβs Biggest Nightβ where Janus Films won animated feature, a film without distribution won documentary and Sean Baker has already won two awards. Feeling more like the Spirits in here tonight (meant as a compliment).
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Score is SO UNSETTLING?
03.03.2025 02:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Marc Mounier shoutout! Kind of wild to now recognize friends/colleagues/acquaintances in Oscar speeches. So cool.
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THATβS RIGHT BASEL & YUVAL
Wow. Wow wow.
03.03.2025 02:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
YES. #NoOtherLand
They still have no US distributor.
03.03.2025 02:15 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
NO
OTHER
LAND
Please π₯²
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I just realized that Isabella Rossellini is wearing blue velvet in honor of David Lynch & immediately started to cry.
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Zoe SaldaΓ±a thanking multiple Netflix executives by individual names, but lumping her co-stars together is a choice. [I understand the choice.] #Oscars
03.03.2025 01:49 β π 72 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
Production Design better go the Brutalist
03.03.2025 01:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Ok somewhat political from Zoe but tame all around
03.03.2025 01:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
PLEASE GIVE IT TO ISABELLA
03.03.2025 01:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Daryl Hannah coming out looking like a million bucks and saying "Slava Ukraine" is the first real political moment of the night #Oscars
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