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In case you missed it. Here’s a good weekend read - my long piece about how newsrooms are faring under Trump 2. Includes comments from Marty Baron, Ted Boutrous, Peter Baker and Taylor Lorenz plus lots of anonymous folks at big name outlets.

CBS News pulls job offer from a TV producer over Trump posting.

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Today’s FCC letter directed towards Disney wouldn’t be a surprise if you had been reading my newsletter. Since I reported two months ago it was on the way

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One problem with the Natal Conference/pro-natalism movement and other things like this is that the more you try to "get someone to do something", the more they naturally resist it—perhaps even out of an instinct of mimetic rivalry. Especially when you're aggressive, political, and cringe about it. This is a massive and underdiscussed problem of evagelization of any kind, including Christianity.

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always encapsulate the moment. Great read on President Trump so far.

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Just caught this. Rubio admitted yesterday that the people he kidnapped and disappeared to El Salvador with no due process were not all members of criminal gangs but also people “whose activities were not productive to the interests of the US.”

So we grabbed and deported people Rubio just didn’t like with no due process. There is no way to determine who they are and if they committed any crimes at all.

Rubio is Putin now. And loving it.

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  • Sony dates LEGEND OF ZELDA needlessly close to THE HEDGEHOG 4 (and our official Easter box office saviors)

  • ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER trailer.

  • Scorsese-directed mob thriller starring DiCaprio, Johnson & Blunt gives hope 20th Century Studios might be more than an IP factory & Hulu mill.

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Bcuz I used to be a Trump supporter, I engage with Trump supporters every day. Always have. Four Trump supporters today told me the exact same thing: “This is not what I voted for.” 4 random Trump supporters. Just today.

Slowly, I’m hearing this more & more from his supporters.

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The war on trans people has been completely funded by tax-free donations to church organizations. Just where do you think that money went that you put in the collection plate last Sunday.

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