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OOOH WEE OOOH MY MAYOR'S ZOHRAN K. MAMDAMI retweeted
wow -- CNN broadcast footage of an Arlington guard yelling at a group with Pete Hegseth to "MAINTAIN SILENCE ... PAY RESPECT!" after someone in his entourage started laughing at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
How was this not a 30 rock bit?
EXCLUSIVE: ABC has set a new competition series titled "Can You Hide... Shaq?"
Hosted by comedian Nicole Byer, the show follows eight contestants attempting to hide Shaquille O’Neal in plain sight in Dallas. They'll have to disguise, distract and deceive for a shot at grand prize money.
The series premieres with two episodes on Thursday, Dec. 3, at 9 p.m. on ABC and the ESPN app. Episodes will stream on Hulu the next day.
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OOOH WEE OOOH MY MAYOR'S ZOHRAN K. MAMDAMI retweeted
“insider at the company suggests the crime drama [Lanterns] isn’t quite capturing the zeitgeist”
Ok.
James Gunn and Peter Safran have been dismissed from DC Studios after their decade-long plans imploded, following a string of projects that lost money and failed to hook audiences.
Sources suggest the thinking was Gunn and Safran spent big — and lost too much — on projects that just weren’t resonating with audiences, raising eyebrows with their decision to focus on lesser-known characters like Supergirl and Clayface rather than building out the franchise with marquee names.
As one studio insider puts it: “The industry has taken away the wrong lessons from Marvel’s success. Higher budgets don’t equal quality storytelling.”
variety.com/2026/film/news/j…
OOOH WEE OOOH MY MAYOR'S ZOHRAN K. MAMDAMI retweeted
you know what'll help fix that? Democrats voting today to gut the clean water act, so they can sneak through a wishlist from mining interests and the american petroleum institute, during a GOP lameduck
Call your Demmocratic Senator and remind them that "Chuck Schumer" is a complete sentence.
senate.gov/senators/senators…
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My call. Schumer out, Jeffries in.
NEW THIS MORNING: A tracker for where all congressional Democrats stand on Schumer and Jeffries for leadership, created by @thedemsocmarul @arachno_commie, William Prince, and I.
We've scoured national and local news and social media to put this together. Reply or DM with tips!
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The replies are full of bluecheck Randians lecturing the *Dalai Lama* about why selfishness is good, actually.
It’s in our interest to take care of others. Self-centredness is opposed to basic human nature. In our own interest as human beings we need to pay attention to our inner values. Sometimes people think compassion is only of help to others, while we get no benefit. This is a mistake. When you concern yourself with others, you naturally develop a sense of self-confidence. To help others takes courage and inner strength.
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OOOH WEE OOOH MY MAYOR'S ZOHRAN K. MAMDAMI retweeted
this analogy is funny because sports are littered with coaches who should have been fired but got one more contract because of a deep playoff run that happened in spite of them
OOOH WEE OOOH MY MAYOR'S ZOHRAN K. MAMDAMI retweeted
Interesting post from Senator Ossoff. I suspect a majority of Americans would prefer what he’s describing to “open enrollment” and “shopping” for health insurance every 12 months.
h/t @jhs1999_
OOOH WEE OOOH MY MAYOR'S ZOHRAN K. MAMDAMI retweeted
Just one week post-blue tsunami and Democrat leadership is weaseling out of immediately ending Trump’s Iran war
🚨BREAKING: Bloomberg reports that @PattyMurray @SenateApprops is agreeing with Senate GOP to fund Hegseth and the Iran War into 2027 — presumably with @Senschumer's support
@ChrisVanHollen @TimKaine @SenSanders @SenatorBennet have all urged Dems to refuse that Iran war funding
Oh look! The Rotating Villains!
These 11 House Democrats missed the vote that blocked Hegseth’s impeachment effort. Just seven voting against it would have defeated the motion:
Julia Brownley (CA)
Lou Correa (CA)
Laura Gillen (NY)
Steven Horsford (NV)
Jonathan Jackson (IL)
Nancy Pelosi (CA)
Brittany Pettersen (CO)
Melanie Stansbury (NM)
Haley Stevens (MI)
Marilyn Strickland (WA)
Frederica Wilson (FL)
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My old ass, having flashbacks to strategy meetings after we were kicked out of Zuccotti park :
Yes Mr Scourge i did know this.
THROWBACK 🗽: Did you know NYC has privately owned public spaces (POPS) that are legally required to be open to the public?
I went to 780 Third Avenue in Manhattan after learning that people were allegedly being prevented from sitting in a space meant for public use.
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Nope.
AOC, GET IN THE ROBOT
Given that she does not seem to want to run, and is leaking to the press she’s not that into running, it seems like we should take a page out of Zohran’s book and consider multiple options for a left or progressive candidate.
She’s going to run for Senate and then what?
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OOOH WEE OOOH MY MAYOR'S ZOHRAN K. MAMDAMI retweeted
If congressional Dems had heeded this advice after Richard Nixon got elected, there would be no EPA, no Clean Water Act, none of the original campaign finance laws, no War Powers Resolution, and no expansion of Medicare - all of which Dems enacted while Nixon was president.
Neera Tanden at The National Press Club:
The next two years should not be an opportunity for every group in DC to dust off their wish list for the last decade.
It's not a time to pressure Congress to fruitlessly spend time, political capital on ideas that we couldn't get done in a Democratic trifecta just a few years ago.
