This is somehow a *romantic comedy*, titled "One Night Only," set to open on Friday variety.com/2026/film/ne...

gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social · 5h ago

i'm locked in on this film sorry to anyone else

I'm going to assume this is a misprint, but who knows at this point? www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...

Miller is a piece of shit. But be cautious about calling family photos of nude toddlers "CSAM." I've written about lives ruined over allegations that turned out to be harmless photos of kids taking a bath or running naked through the house. Moreno is already calling for prosecutions, here.

Max Miller’s lawyer admits to accidentally releasing ‘private images’ of daughter

Lawyers for ex-wife Emily Moreno said possible “Child Sexual Abuse Material” was included in a trove of documents the Ohio lawmaker publicly posted.

politico.com

El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

Grokipedia appears not to have updated any articles since April 24. @noupside.bsky.social and @rer.bsky.social explore why it matters that the encyclopedia hasn’t edited itself or processed edits from humans in more than 3 months. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/grok...

Grokipedia Stopped Reviewing Edits in April. It Didn’t Tell Anyone.

A halt in Grokipedia’s edit pipeline offers a case study in how an AI-generated reference system governs its own content.

lawfaremedia.org

Yesterday: GOP voters reject Trump’s endorsee in MI-08 because he’s named Amir Hassan. Today:

Thanedar is the 11th incumbent member of Congress to lose renomination this cycle. That's the most for a non-redistricting cycle since 1948 (of course, this year is arguably a redistricting cycle too). centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/...

Reflecting Pool defendant David Hearn, responding to Jeanine Pirro’s motion to dismiss, seeks dismissal *with prejudice.* Trump’s & Burghum’s conduct after dismissal show case’s political motivation & danger of harassment & re-prosecution. 1/2 www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

This was unlikely from a straight funding standpoint. Shri dumped millions in here and had incumbency. Big money still matters but it's never mattered less than this year.

Politico@politico.com · 6h ago

Thanedar becomes latest incumbent to fall to a progressive challenger

Update: El Sayed still leads, but no longer "winning big". Meanwhile, Bell has won big, with the race called by the authoritative AP. The broader point stands.

David Karol@davidkarol.bsky.social · 19h ago

El Sayed is winning big in Michigan. Meanwhile, Wesley Bell is winning big in his rematch with Cori Bush in St. Louis. Unlike in 2024, Bell is leads both in the suburbs and the city. So maybe not everything is about Israel, Palestinians or AIPAC, which opposed El Sayed, and backed Bell.

El Sayed is winning big in Michigan. Meanwhile, Wesley Bell is winning big in his rematch with Cori Bush in St. Louis. Unlike in 2024, Bell is leads both in the suburbs and the city. So maybe not everything is about Israel, Palestinians or AIPAC, which opposed El Sayed, and backed Bell.

Republican power grabs in Kansas and Missouri are going down in flames with 18-25% of votes reported so far. Missouri's Amendment 4 aimed to make citizen-initiated constitutional amendments practically impossible. Kansas' Amendment 1 was designed to flip the state Supreme Court to ban abortion

Dem Rep. Wesley Bell easily fends off a rematch from Cori Bush, whom he ousted in the primary for the safely blue #MO01 two years ago.

this is kind of a hobbyhorse issue for me tbh- i haven't seen the image, i don't wanna see the image, but yeah like pics of your toddler playing in the sprinkler or whatever are private and you should keep them that way but characterizing them as CSAM seems to me to be serving no one here

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 23h ago

TAPPER: One of the files you released was an image of your daughter naked. It was available for a day before it was removed. Your ex-wife's attorney says it could quality as CSAM. That's shockingly reckless behavior MAX MILLER: I wouldn't say it's shockingly reckless. There was no genitalia exposed

“The discovery follows a study published last year that revealed how dinosaurs evolved the complex vocal cords necessary to chant Torah portions at their bar mitzvahs.”

The Onion@theonion.com · 23h ago

New Evidence Suggests Dinosaurs Had Quinceañeras https://theonion.com/new-evidence-suggests-dinosaurs-had-quinceaneras/

Pirro "gave the White House a heads-up last week before filing the motion to dismiss the charge against Mr. Hearn in federal court, although it was not clear if Mr. Trump was briefed." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...

Inside the Oval Office Showdown Between Trump and Jeanine Pirro (Gift Article)

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, told President Trump that his interior secretary, Doug Burgum, had misled him with a self-serving cover story for his own mistakes.

nytimes.com

Scoop: FBI Director Kash Patel wants to shrink his general counsel's office, as tensions escalate with bureau's chief legal adviser. OGC is pushing early retirement to reduce staff, but has contemplated terminations. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Patel Aims to Cut FBI Lawyers as General Counsel Tensions Rise

FBI Director Kash Patel is planning to shrink his legal advisory office, deepening divisions with his general counsel as outside lawsuits challenge prior staff terminations, said people familiar with ...

news.bloomberglaw.com

Depicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.

Hi. DOJ has amply earned your distrust, it's true. (And sad.) But it's not necessary to freak out whenever they twitch. They're sending a handful of folks in suits to watch Michigan elections today. That's all. Will someone lie about what they see? Probably. Will it change even one vote? Nope.

I can’t decide whether Tillis is a sheep in sheep’s clothing or a modest man with much to be modest about

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Tillis admits Trump is weaponizing the DOJ during his speech announcing he'll vote for Todd Blanche: "Maybe it's a little bit more intense in this administration than the last one ... I'm going to support Mr Blanche's nomination"

Today this man is eligible for Medicare

"Our journalists will continue to answer to the facts and to all the people they serve" "These were founding principles for both CNN and CBS News, ... that kind of independence that has always fueled the greatness of “60 Minutes.'" DUDE, YOU NUKED 60 MINUTES www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...

Opinion | David Ellison: In Defense of the Paramount-Warner Deal (Gift Article)

The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of CNN

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It's not an evil answer or anything. She seems like a nice person. But it's a meandering political answer. Let's be real. Just say, “Of course I won't cancel Thanksgiving. That was a dumb tweet from years ago.”

W.E.D.em Boyz@leftistwonk.bsky.social · yesterday

This is a completely fine answer. What is overly-woke about this?

DSA-aligned Democrats are now the most pro-free-trade voting bloc in the United States, in an incredible turn of events www.theargumentmag.com/p/who-suppor...

He pays attention to stuff that other presidents would take for granite

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump: "Now we have a big decision to make. Do we take the pavers that are red -- the red, brick pavers -- and do we change them into a granite?"

Shorter Tillis/Cornyn: “We believe it is peace for our time.”

Courtney Bublé@courtneybuble.bsky.social · 2d ago

Tillis and Cornyn announced they will now vote for Blanche. Now the question is, can he get confirmed before August recess starts?

Alas the “you wouldn’t know it, it’s in Canada” joke doesn’t work about Trump’s polling.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump: “My REAL Polling Numbers, not those made up by the Fake News Media, are the best they have ever been”

John Cornyn, the cheapest of dates. (He appears to be fine with Blanche killing an audit that reportedly was set to cost Trump $100 million.) www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

The Trump administration is so opposed to socialism that it has acquired — sometimes by coercion — equity stakes in 30 companies so far. www.cato.org/blog/governm...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Hassett: "After World War 2, bc we had centralized production to defeat the Nazis, there were a whole bunch of socialists in the UK and US that wanted to take over the economy bc they said, 'Look, we've already centralized production, so let's just be socialist.' That's why the CEA was created ... "