Meredith Clark
@meredithlclark.bsky.social
Deputy Editor at Truthdig. I love movies, good gossip, and the Midwest. Looking for people who know what I mean when I call something “a Saturday afternoon WGN movie”
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Scott Nover@scottnover.bsky.social · 4d agoScoop with @liamjscott.bsky.social: The Pentagon fired Stars and Stripes's publisher, editor-in-chief, and a reporter today following criticism of DOD interference. The EIC and reporter were fired for "insubordination" for doing a CBS interview. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Future historians will value what they reveal about Oval Office maneuvering to outflank Hegseth and Miller, but each Natalie Harp letter is somehow worse than the last.
The subtext here is that they expect US-born workers to soon be so desperate for employment (whether because of AI-hype-fueled or DOGE-type downsizing) that they'll be eager to take the kinds of jobs that, historically, only immigrants were willing to do.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoBessent on the latest bad jobs report: "After the deportations that we've seen and the closing of the border, we don't need to produce as many jobs"
“Not knowing when you get out of that hell, that was one of the biggest tortures.” The second installment of series for @truthdig.com looks at the European plan to supercharge third-country deportation schemes, including to countries with patterns of rights abuses: www.truthdig.com/articles/the...
EU to Migrants: ‘Go Back to Where You’ve Never Been’
Brussels lays the groundwork for U.S.-style third-country deportations.
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Keep in mind that when you read the reporting in @starsandstripes.bsky.social about the uss Lincoln it is happening while the trump administration did a takeover of the independent military newspaper and is trying to punish and control it for being “woke”
There are only two good Beatles biopics, and they're both only sort of about the Beatles: Backbeat (covers Hamburg and Stu Sutcliffe) and The Hours and Times (Brian Epstein and John Lennon on vacation). Ian Hart plays Lennon in both of them.
Andrew Beasley@andrewbeasleyfootball.com · last wk.I always thought the Beatles biopics were a bad idea. This image only seems to confirm that.
The new season of Reacher has given me the chance to watch Kathleen Robertson again, which means it’s time to remind the world that she’s absolutely wonderful in Gregg Araki’s movie Splendor
Spouse of the show @meredithlclark.bsky.social joined us live for Hot Frosty and rom-com TBI ethics, a Red Shoe Diaries-ass plot and Gymboree aesthetic, @erictime.bsky.social's "Kick Me Into a Jet Engine" Dime of the Week, and how Craig Robinson was like a cop from a @radleybalko.bsky.social article
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This attitude, with a strong emphasis on the “push” part, could have a huge impact on the election and on the next four years in WI. It’s a huge opportunity, if Dems take it.
E Mills 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉@millbot.bsky.social · 2w agoDavid Crowley can be a good candidate & governor but requires the kind of unity & fearlessness from the WI (& national) Dems that...hasn't exactly been precedent as of late. But it's absolutely vital that Hong supporters both push him/his campaign and show up for it. We can't afford a Tiffany win.
The biggest news was the WI gubernatorial race, but Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford is set to become the first trans member of the state legislature after her win in Tuesday's District 76 primary.
Last week I spoke to Omar Compean, the 18-year-old frontman of Houston emo ska band I Hate Myself And I Want To Die. On Sunday, they played their last ever show because Omar's father was arrested by ICE and deported to Mexico. "It basically just all got ripped away from me just in an instant."
After ICE deported his dad, a Houston teen is mourning his music dreams
"It basically just all got ripped away from me just in an instant."
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I haven't raised infants, so this is a real question: could people still demand the old vaccine schedule? I assume the problem is that it'd cost more/not be covered by insurance now? If the wackos could refuse to vaccinate, shouldn't parental choice also cover following medical advice?
Based on the conversations I have had in the past week, there are a lot of extremely nervous Democrats in Wisconsin. None of them are even close to centrist. A lot of anxiety that voters are walking into a big cartoon trap.
One of the biggest unexploded time bombs in the Middle East is a bovine scheme so bonkers, even Netanyahu is wary.
Holy Cow: The Red-Haired Heifer Uniting Christian Zionists and Israel’s Religious Right
One of the biggest unexploded time bombs in the Middle East is a bovine scheme so bonkers, even Netanyahu is wary.
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This was a Black List script. A lot of people agreed to it. There’s no low key.
Nightmare Mommy, Kink Sommelier (semper infidelis)@cuntleyjune.bsky.social · 3w agothis kind of shit, combined with the film’s ending, leads me to suspect that the director lowkey supports the film’s premise.
SCOOP: The Trump administration in recent days deported a group of Mexican nationals who had been barred from removal to their home country after proving to an immigration court that they would likely face torture, according to two people with knowledge of the move.
Yikes. Women accounted for all of the job losses and all of the labor force decline in July, according to @nwlc.org
Before most people knew what an indie was, there was 'Tapeheads,' shot in a now-gone Los Angeles
Before most people knew what an indie was, there was 'Tapeheads,' shot in a now-gone Los Angeles
Starring a young John Cusack and Tim Robbins, the 1988 comedy now plays like a time capsule of L.A. scrappiness. It screens in 35mm on Monday.
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This is a fantastic piece
Dan Shafer@danshafer.bsky.social · 3w agoNEWS: Hong’s recent national media appearances have some Wisconsin Dems worried Source: “The central tension of this campaign is between the folks who want (Hong) to be governor of Wisconsin, and the folks who want (her campaign) to be for socialism." www.therecombobulationarea.com/p/hongs-rece...
Really having fun checking out the vote breakdowns in the UP. Interesting to see AES crush Marquette so handily even before the students are back.
OMG Fran just say no, just lie, it's not that hard, you're a better politician than this
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoFrancesca Hong was asked last night by Kaitlin Collins if she still believes Thanksgiving should be canceled. Her answer was not 'no.'
Today! The Odyssey 🗡️ Spider-Man: Brand New Day 🕷️ Consider at home: what if a big guy was mad at you? Listen 🎧: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l... w/ @allisonkilkenny.bsky.social & @meredithlclark.bsky.social
In addition to being a truly great reporter, Dan has good and correct opinions on horror movies and Klingon episodes of TNG and DS9
Dan Hinkel@danhinkel.bsky.social · 4w agoToday’s @injusticewatch.org newsletter has all sorts of important news about the courts and also a major exclusive: a list of my favorite Freddy Krueger movies. www.injusticewatch.org/subscribe/
I introduced a child to Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift today, a sacred ritual.
I’ve been doing some in-depth reporting on the Prairieland cases, and had to get this out first as I continue to dig: I spoke with Ana Bell, sister of Des, who it turns out co-owns and runs an indie bookstore. We talked about the case, the judge, book banning, ICE killings, and living through this:
My Brother Was Sentenced to 30 Years for Moving a Box of Zines
The sister of a defendant in the Prairieland case, which targeted Texas ICE protesters, speaks out.
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This is the first main part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act kicking in. The second part, restricting Medicaid, is timed to happen after the midterms.
Andrew Russeth@russeth.bsky.social · last mo."Four months into an appeal, Ms. McDonald, a cancer survivor who weighs 69 pounds, bustles to food banks, stretches ground turkey with oatmeal, and skips meals to feed three teenage boys." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...
Once again I am screaming “KILL! KILL!” at my television during a sporting event
