Jessie Barr⚡️

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two cold beers 8/8/59

Finally understood I am the conductor of my own life, and will be even after I die. I, like the trees, will decide what I become: —Andrea Gibson, 1975–2025 poets.org/poem/how-worst…

Republicans are celebrating the passage of the largest Medicaid cut in U.S. history to pay for the largest tax break for billionaires in American history. 51,000 Americans will die each year so that the top 1% can get a $1 trillion tax break. This bill is a death sentence.

RIOT ON , by @BarrJessie open.substack.com/pub/jessiebarr…

here’s an excerpt from my book CINEMA HER WAY where Mira Nair and I discuss her film THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST and she shared with me this story about her son, Zohran Mamdani, experiencing Islamophobia post-9/11 while walking with his grandfather in Manhattan.

Democratic leaders are fighting Zohran Mamdani way harder than they’ve ever fought Donald Trump

Zohran Mamdani’s plan to tax the rich is a 2% tax on income over $1 million. If you make $1.1 million, you’d pay an extra $2,000. Watching working class conservatives and politicians completely meltdown about this is wild.

@TheCinesthetic six feet under @TheCinesthetic

What’s an HBO series (that’s not The Wire, The Sopranos or GOT) that y’all would recommend?

Some 100 private jets will fly to Venice for Jeff Bezos' wedding, and I recycle yoghurt cup lids.

Did Mamdani really say that if he was mayor and Netanyahu came to New York, he would have him arrested? If he did, I'm going to have to vote for him twice.

In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done. My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it. I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE RUSSIA 🎄

The poster for the ‘PRIDE & PREJUICE’ 20th anniversary re-release. Returning to theaters on April 20.

NO. At a time of massive income and wealth inequality we should not be giving tax breaks to billionaires. We should demand that they start paying their fair share.

Signs of a healthy entertainment industry: Chappell Roan, Brady Corbet, and Sean Baker hitting the highest highs of their careers so far and openly talking about how even artists as successful as them have a hard time making money.

Sean Baker (@Lilfilm) had *the* acceptance speech of the evening for his #SpiritAwards win for Best Director for ANORA.

BRAVO, SEAN!!!!

Sean Baker’s Indie Spirits speech is a must-watch about how working as an independent filmmaker is now “unsustainable” unless this industry adopts major changes

if people are surprised by how much angelenos love their city, they weren’t paying attention. people are too busy hating on LA to notice how vibrant, beautiful,and loving it is. those of us who live here are moved by the way the community has shown up this week, but not surprised