Chaédria LaBouvier

A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.

It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.

Just wow.

To pretend the entertainment industry is not affected by politics is to live in a fiction of one’s own making And why Stephen Colbert has more fortitude than most celebrities at the moment.

To pretend the entertainment industry is not affected by politics is to live in a fiction of one’s own making

… And why Stephen Colbert has more fortitude than most celebrities at the moment

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TALK ABOUT IT and it keeps me up at night

@bgrueskin.bsky.social Hi Bill, I actually wanted to bring something to your attention offline -- promise this isn't spam -- and if possible, can you message me an email? It's journo related.

Watching “V for Vendetta” for the first time, and it’s so good.

Donate to Alexis Goldstein for Maryland Alexis Goldstein is running for Congress in Maryland's 6th district because we deserve leaders who shows as much bravery as ordinary people are showing in defense of their neighbors.

My friend Alexis Goldstein is a warrior against Wall Street and oligarchy. The Trump regime fired her from the CFPB as part of their plot to gut consumer protections.

Now, she’s running for Congress. Please donate if you can.

She’s a real one!

Some dream jobs I’d love:

• being the person to read & suggest romance novels for a film/tv/spicy audio company to adapt
• having a imprint to publish romance, mystery, thrillers, poetry

so if anyone wants to take a chance on pleasure & joy in the midst of chaos, hire me. Let’s make it happen.

are there any editors taking pitches?

I saw that Elle is taking pitches, it's a whole new team over there

Night Lights #oilpainting #art

Susan Collins hands Trump the 50th vote against free and fair elections When it comes to free and fair elections, Collins is as conservative and anti-voting rights as they come.

Collins always has an excuse to vote against free and fair elections. It is the one issue on which she reliably proves she is in lockstep with the rest of her party. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...

Thank you for doing that.

Prince Andrew's Arrest Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

I was asking the same thing. BTW, do you still check Twitter? Cos I was going to send you a message on there

awww, thank you for letting me know JM

Karla, I hate this. xx

when people said this, ppl jumped on them to protect Obama. We have to acknowledge the abject delusion that sometimes bordered on violence when it came to telling the truth about him, and how that has, in part, led us to this moment and place

@jimyale-art.bsky.social lol, I knew I'd see you, I have to email you anyway

hi!

TEXT: “Everything that I’ve done has been in some context,” Jackson said on his 65th birthday in 2007 when asked to weigh his achievements and failings, “and I’m convinced that we look back like the true judge and ultimately you judge yourself by your cumulative box score. It’s not the home run you hit one inning; it’s not the strikeout the next inning. It is the box score. And our box score — my batting average — has been one I can accept.”

I appreciate this way of evaluating one's life.

okay, so not many.

let me know if you see this? I want to see something

Parent of a kid with Down syndrome named Nico. So, you know, this pleases me.

I wrote something about Robert Duvall, filmmaking and curatorial and what one of the most elegant scenes in film history (The Godfather II) says about empire, ruin and us.

"We are already Americans, it human beings that we hope to become."

Another painting by Epstein network survivor Maria Farmer. Why are they redacting her paintings?
She sent these to the FBI, pleading for help to stay safe.

Bud Cort, ‘Harold and Maude’ Star, Dies at 77 Bud Cort, who starred in 'Harold and Maude" and "Brewster McCloud," died Wednesday. He was 77.

I loved his small role in The Life Aquatic

variety.com/2026/film/ne...

this is a level of complicity that had not occurred to me

I left Gmail for @proton.me almost four years ago. I did it slowly, first moving over essential services to my new email, telling friends/family the new address, and signing up for new services, etc., with the new address. I use Google much less now.

I figure slow disentanglement > doing nothing

It is well past time to get off Gmail for your email if you're able. I'm very excitedly watching the upcoming @thunderbird.net email service www.tb.pro/en-US/thunde... and I've been happily using @fastmail.com for years (an affiliate link if you want 10% off join.fastmail.com/85abc1db)

The Chicago Municipal Device is the city symbol few Chicagoans know about The backstory of Chicago’s century-old symbol — a “Y” inside a circle — that can be found dotted throughout the city.

Inspired by a delightful back-and-forth on here recently between @robertloerzel.bsky.social & @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social sharing photos of the Chicago Municipal Device, I thought it’d be fun to write about what the hell it even is and why you can spot it all over town once you look for it

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