jonathan friedman
@jonathanfriedman.com
Media strategist and producer. Culture, news, and tech nerd. Semafor, Bad Robot, CAA, Obama White House, The Verge alum. USC Marshall, NYU Gallatin grad. Recovering tweeter @jonfriedman
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Matt Hamilton@matt-hamilton87.bsky.social · 2h agoNEW: Nikki Finke died in 2022, but her estate is now looking to finally publish her book on Hollywood — which had various pub dates in the 90s and which Simon & Schuster’s president once promised (in 2014) would be “an event.” For @lamaterial.com: lamaterial.com/p/nikki-fink...
I encourage all of us to have the grace and focus shown in this going up within minutes of the race being called.
The NRSC makes it clear how they will attack Abdul El-Sayed, calling him by his full name "Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed" and tying him to Hasan Piker. #MISen
When I hear about these donation numbers, the fact I always keep coming back to is that one-third of remaining Holocaust survivors are living below the poverty line. (www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...)
daniel sieradski@self.agency · 2h agopro-israel donors reportedly contributed 12x the amount to this one race that the @ujafedny.bsky.social spends on tuition assistance for jewish day school students each year in case you're wondering why american jews have substituted support for israel with yiddishkeit
In other words, SpaceX's CapEx for the quarter is now double what Apple spends a *year*, and they're quickly on their way to joining the $100B+ AI CapEx Club.
Techmeme@techmeme.com · 19h agoSpaceX says its Q2 capex was $18.4B, up from $2.8B a year ago, including $15.8B for AI (Micah Maidenberg/Wall Street Journal) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
This is how it's done. Fight it out in the primary, and then link arms to defeat the common enemy in the general. Great demonstration of post-primary leadership from @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social.
This is just rank Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism, based on the bigoted idea that there is something inherently scary about a president with the last name "El-Sayed." It is incumbent on all of us to call it out.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h agoJD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "
If you think Israel is bad, you should reach that conclusion by applying consistent principles of justice, rights, and solidarity. When “Israel is bad” becomes the highest principle in itself, you get so-called leftists arguing Moroccan migrants to Spain are an “invasion,” echoing the far-right.
This is the correct answer. The principle that every person living between the Mediterranean and the Jordan should have equal rights and self-determination is far more important than the number of states.
Ron Skolnik@ronskolnik.bsky.social · 21h agoEl-Sayed: "I believe in equal rights to peace, dignity, and self-determination, for Palestinians and Jewish Israelis alike... If that’s 2 states, I’m for it. If it’s 1 state, I’m for that. If it’s this 'land for all' model, ... or whatever they decide." www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
Woof: Paramount vs state AGs trial in MARCH (Psky wanted NOVEMBER). $1.3billion+ in ticking fees to WBD shareholders guaranteed, if they don’t settle out sooner. Not a fun day at Ellison/RedBird HQ.
A deeply reluctant Judge Mehta has dismissed the Jan. 6 Oath Keepers case after DOJ moved to drop the seditious conspiracy conviction of Stewart Rhodes and others. "The court cannot write a different ending," Mehta writes. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This will get a fraction of the attention that Zohran Mamdani got for calling Netanyahu a war criminal.
Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · 24h agoDepicting 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.
“.. a loss for the Trump administration in one of its earliest efforts to dismantle President Joe Biden’s campaign to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gases ..” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/epa-...
Gary, Ind. is aiming to demolish 7,000 blighted buildings and homes to make way for new investment. Early demolitions in some neighborhoods have sparked renovations and new homebuilding. www.wsj.com/us-news/gary...
Gary, Indiana, Wants a Comeback. Step One: Demolish a Chunk of Downtown.
With an $80 million blight elimination campaign and new private investment, the steel town is clearing away ruins to make way for a comeback.
wsj.com
“.. called the event a ‘roaring success’ on a conference call with analysts Monday, saying it would pay off in the long term ..” @bloomberg.com $TKO www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.
Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · yesterdayBombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
Not to deny us the clicks, but there's exactly one thing that anybody needs to know about this project: Taylor Sheridan appears not to be involved.
Paramount+ Orders Viola Davis Corporate Fixer Thriller ‘Ascent’
The Oscar winner will play a high-stakes problem solver who must deploy her skills for a more personal challenge: saving her estranged daughter.
hollywoodreporter.com
A new bloc of young, college-educated voters has emerged in the U.S.’s political landscape, Jay Caspian Kang observes. They don’t have much faith in the Democratic establishment. www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l...
Why the Democratic Establishment Can’t Win Over Young Voters
A new bloc of young, college-educated voters has emerged in the U.S.’s political landscape, Jay Caspian Kang observes. They don’t have much faith in the Democratic establishment.
newyorker.com
Really been amazing throughout the process how “should the attorney general be a former personal attorney to the president who has overseen a bunch of failed political prosecutions” just does not matter at all to the entire GOP caucus.
Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social · 2d agoYou’d have to be a fool and/or desperate to get to yes to accept this, so it’ll probably be enough to get him confirmed. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Transportation secretary Sean Duffy benefited from millions in corporate donations to make a show about road trips. But two months after Duffy said the show would premiere, it doesn't appear to exist at all. My latest False Flag @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-the-h...
What the Hell Happened to Sean Duffy’s Road-Trip TV Show?
Three months after it was announced, the secretary of transportation’s summer show—funded by companies he regulates—hasn’t aired a single episode.
thebulwark.com
zero sympathy for anyone involved but it is so typical that his anger is that she didn’t lie *enough*
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d ago“.. The president is ‘furious’ with Pirro, one of the sources said, telling CNN that he fumed about her all weekend.” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...
isn't sending JD Vance and Marco Rubio over there every couple of weeks to talk to them punishment enough?
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d agoPENTAGON: Anyone got any ideas? @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...
