April Wolfe
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Bette Davis eyes. Make movies. Comb cats. Michigandery. WGA. Book: BURY ME IN VEGAN LEATHER (Soho Press) May 2027
Who will rule L.A. County? Voters will choose their first elected CEO in 2028. No one has officially launched a campaign for county CEO yet, but the race is heating up. L.A. Material’s Julia Wick gets the exclusive from rumored candidates: lamaterial.com/p/la-county-...
Who’s Running for L.A. County CEO in 2028?
The race for Los Angeles County’s first elected CEO is already stirring, with Lindsey Horvath, Eric Garcetti and others potentially in the mix.
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a reason that Stevens lost and other AIPAC candidates are losing despite the huge infusions of money is that Dem voters don't want to vote for a candidate who is funded by the same org who will immediately turn around and fund the Republicans
Andrew Solender@andrewsolender.bsky.social · 11h agoAIPAC: "Our members remain determined to ensure that voters reject Dr. El-Sayed and his radical anti-Israel agenda in November."
If you live in LA County and own a car, you can sign up to get paid up to $600 to not drive for 5 weeks thesource.metro.net/hey-la-count...
Max Miller story is just really truly dregs of humanity stuff. I was getting my 2yo dressed today and was like what kind of person can break a tiny collarbone like this? What kind of evil is in there man? How did we let the country get run by these people?
The dude on the right looks like Vance and Miller had a baby.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11h agoJD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "
Ohio Guidelines for parental conflict are written by the men’s rights organization AFCC — lead proponents of discredited “reunification therapy” where abused children are “alienated” and “reunified” with abusers absent all contact with the protective parents drcourt.org/wp/wp-conten...
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Sarah Rose@thesarahrose.bsky.social · 11h agoMax Miller’s story is wild when a broken clavicle and handprint bruise are *still* not enough for CPS to make a positive finding of abuse Without that finding, Moreno taking a kid to the ER without him, is counted against *her* in family court
I still can't believe how much Stevens had to spend to get the race tightened. If you can't win a primary with that much money on hand, you're a bad candidate.
Ok anecdotal but I talked with several smart people who wanted to vote El-Sayed but they were strategizing for the general and were being told he couldn’t win and Stevens was making that specifically her big pitch in the final moments so I do think that accounts for some of these numbers.
Joe Sonka 😐@joesonka.lpm.org · 11h agoAP calls it for Abdul El-Sayed. Much closer than the polls had it.
good reminder that before the counting is over, election results don’t tighten. at no point is anyone trailing. nobody moves closer. they’re just tabulating the polls. it’s a fixed number that just isn’t done yet. to say otherwise is bad journalism but even worse math.
i know votes are still being counted but the more i look at this michigan senate map the more it becomes clear that it kind of looks like a mitten
Looks like a 10-15 point polling miss in Michigan regardless of who wins. And people have been writing a lot of electability takes using this data. It’s dangerous out there folks be safe
It’s a war against the rest of humanity and we need to take it a lot more seriously www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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So the tariffs literally were a Trump tax.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayBessent: "Here at the Treasury, I had $168 billion of tariff revenues that we're gonna have to refund. So when the Democrats scream, "Oh, the refunds should go back to the American people!', well, the American people had it, it was in the Treasury and it was paying down the debt."
Something telling: Blanche said the DOJ is working so the "Dobbs decision becomes permanent in every single state"—making clear they never saw Dobbs as giving abortion 'back to the states', but a tool to ban abortion nationwide
There are no trans women in the WNBA. There are no trans women NCAA basketball players. Hell, who knows if there are even any trans girls playing HS basketball.
Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · yesterdayDid we ever find out if the A is for Asshole?
credit to NYT photo editor for illustrating this abysmal news with this telling image by Kenny Holston www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08...
Why in the green fuck did the NYTimes give an oligarch’s failson an op-ed to write propaganda & falsehoods justifying how he’s massacred CBS News?? At least the WaPo had to be bought out by Bezos before they became a mouthpiece for this kind of bullshit. deadline.com/2026/08/davi...
David Ellison Says CNN Is Root Cause Of Paramount-WBD Merger Battle
In a NYT essay, Paramount CEO David Ellison argued that CNN is at the root of opposition to the company's merger with Warner Bros Discovery.
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Lost in the chatter about Todd Blanche and Trump's slush fund is the fact that anti-abortion Senators have demanded Blanche do a whole mess of things for them. The judiciary committee votes Tuesday morning. We're in the danger zone
Susan Rinkunas@susanrinkunas.com · last wk.In the past month, Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, and Mike Lee have asked Todd Blanche to: *review DOJ's stance on the Comstock Act, a law antis claim bans all abortions *force FDA to end abortion pills via telehealth to settle a lawsuit *fan flames about abortions later in pregnancy this is all Bad News
If you want to watch a pretty good movie and support free speech and indie film: watch.eventive.org/everyoneisly...
Everyone Is Lying to You for Money | Everyone Is Lying to You for Money — Live from New York | Everyone Is Lying to You for Money
Actor and author Ben McKenzie investigates the lies, hype, and harm behind cryptocurrency’s rise—and who’s really paying the price.
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"Ridin’ Dirty is a masterpiece, stranger, deeper & bolder in its experiments than even its reputation would suggest...It understands that each moment rendered, every horrific and beautiful moment, could be the last." @paulxt.bsky.social on the UGK classic at 30. www.powmag.net/p/ugk-ridin-...
You Would Think I Was Lying: On UGK's Ridin' Dirty
On its 30th anniversary, Paul Thompson revisits the Texas duo's masterpiece.
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I made a similar joke yesterday, but I guarantee someone at Neon really wants to call this BACKROADS. It's gonna get some comparisons to BACKROOMS, though it premiered over a year ago on the festival circuit, predating the current trends. Cool As fuck vibes driven cosmic horror. Highly recommended.
Bloody Disgusting@bloody-disgusting.com · 6d agoNEW POSTER - On August 21, IT ENDS. Only in theaters from NEON. Four friends post-college plans are derailed when a wrong turn traps them on a never-ending backroad.
Shameless plug since Abdul’s team hasn’t uploaded it here— posted on July 24th
Cao Cao Power Hour Enthusiast@statsboyandi.bsky.social · 2d agoOne reason I’m not terribly worried about the Michigan race is this is a very easy slam dunk for Public Health expert El-Sayed to make the general election about. And if he can’t hit that? Well that’s on him.
If the LA Queens don't have a drag queen mascot yet, may I suggest a lucrative opportunity???
Women in Baseball Weekly@wibw.bsky.social · 2d ago