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timappelo

timappelo

@timappelo

Ex-AARP movie/TV/music editor,Hollywood Reporter,EW,TheNation,got Bezos to buy IMDb. Last human Amazon homepage editor.

Washington, DC Katılım Aralık 2008
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LateNighter
LateNighter@latenightercom·
Colin Jost says he pitched Pete Hegseth mistakenly quoting Pulp Fiction as Bible verse in the SNL writers room—then Hegseth actually did it.
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Tony Annett
Tony Annett@tonyannett·
Yes! Jeff Sachs and the IMF estimated that Russia needed $30 billion a year for 5 years to transition smoothly to a market economy in 1991. But the Bush administration said drop dead. A geopolitical blunder of epic proportions.
John Maynard James Keynesan 🇺🇦 🇵🇸@jjl8813

Nixon was a bewildering President, but he was undeniably intelligent and prescient. His comments on Russia in 92 were prophetic (failure to support them economically = new despotism, would blow up over Ukraine and make Bosnia look like a "PTA party") + need for a strong Ukraine.

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Giancarlo Sopo
Giancarlo Sopo@GiancarloSopo·
Maybe Nolan's Odyssey will be great. Maybe it'll be a disaster. Either way, I trust these two more than the performative outrage of a thousand grifters. A political movement that outsources cultural taste to the latter deserves to lose the culture.
Mr Bruh@MrBruhgobbledy

Homerist and Classical Studies Professors reviewed The Odyssey trailer (spoiler alert - unlike the illiterate chuds and Greek-history larpers, they are actually excited by Nolan's unique vision)

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Senator Mark Kelly
Senator Mark Kelly@SenMarkKelly·
Once again the President and Pete Hegseth show that they are not committed to security in Europe. Actions like this make us less safe and embolden Vladimir Putin. At every turn the two of them cower to Russia.
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Stephen King
Stephen King@StephenKing·
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Kate from Kharkiv
Kate from Kharkiv@BohuslavskaKate·
Rubio explains the loss of momentum in negotiations by claiming Putin feels more confident due to rising oil prices. I wonder why those are going up, huh? ​He also notes that Ukraine’s confidence is growing, and we survived the winter, implying that this confidence stands in the way of peace. What? Would he rather we freeze? Ukraine was never an obstacle to peace. This is Russia’s war, and Russia can end it anytime. What he says translates to: these pesky Ukrainians refuse to let Russia conquer them and be done with it.
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Peter Baker
Peter Baker@peterbakernyt·
At a time of war in the Middle East, the US has no ambassador in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Iraq or Kuwait. At a time of war in Europe, there is no US ambassador in Russia or Ukraine. Altogether some 115 of 195 ambassador posts are vacant. @RobbieGramer wsj.com/politics/polic…
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D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦
- Anne Applebaum: "Steve Witkoff has no experience with Russia or diplomacy. I fear he imagines a US-Russia pact where he, his son, Trump's family or their circle benefit personally. It's disturbing that American foreign policy conducted not for the US, allies or world peace, but for private interests. Putin knows Trump is vulnerable to such deals ... that's why he keeps suggesting them. Witkoff and Trump's entourage behave like Russians: capture the state, use it for personal wealth."
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Kat Rosenfield
Kat Rosenfield@katrosenfield·
"I stopped drinking a decade ago and I've never been happier, healthier, or more productive, you alcoholic cunt!" - sobriety guy addressing a total stranger on Twitter at 3am
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Nicholas Kristof
Nicholas Kristof@NickKristof·
President Trump unloading on @SangerNYT reflects a combination of anxiety, insecurity and desperation about the Iran war. David is the dean of national security reporters: experienced, meticulous and fair. Blaming the messenger underscores that the reality itself is pretty bad.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar

Trump to NYT's David Sanger: "I had a total military victory. But the fake news, guys like you, write incorrectly. You're a fake guy. We had a total military victory. I actually think it's sort of treasonous what you write. You should be ashamed of yourself. I actually think it's treason."

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Mike Young
Mike Young@micyoung75·
The catalogue in this piece is worth reading in sequence. Charles Kushner in Paris: convicted felon, pardoned, father of Trump's son-in-law. Refused two French government summons - a standard diplomatic protocol. France banned him from meeting any government official. Ruth Ben-Ghiat: he "was put there as a (pardoned) felon to symbolize the death of democratic notions of diplomacy." Tom Rose in Warsaw: cut off communications with the speaker of the Polish Parliament because the speaker said Trump didn't deserve a Nobel Prize. Polish Prime Minister Tusk: "allies should respect, not lecture, each other." Mike Huckabee in Jerusalem: told Tucker Carlson on television that it would "be fine if they took it all" - meaning Israel taking control of the entire Middle East from the Nile to the Euphrates. He later called it "hyperbolic." The region lit up with fury. The US embassy issued a cleanup statement. Matthew Whitaker at NATO: no foreign policy experience. Kimberly Guilfoyle in Athens. Herschel Walker in the Bahamas. The piece's closing: General Caine reportedly expressed concern about going to war with Iran while the country's alliances are not in order. He may have been thinking about "the crew of bumblers and hangers-on" sent to represent America around the world.
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Tom Nichols@RadioFreeTom

Kari Lake is just another in a line of embarrassing and clownish Trump ambassadors: theatlantic.com/newsletters/20…

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Philip Bunn
Philip Bunn@PhilipDBunn·
The level of historical conspiracy some of these people are on is mind-boggling, but just remember a lot of very normal people believe just as stupid things (Dan Brown history of the church etc)
Richard Hanania@RichardHanania

Anna Paulina Luna tells Rogan that the King James Bible was a bible that was rewritten so that a king could get remarried. How do you even make a mistake like this? You can usually see how stupid people got to their conclusions. She just puts random thoughts together.

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Connor Ewing
Connor Ewing@ConnorMEwing·
In 1866, Congress shrank the Supreme Court from 10 justices to 7. That move not only prevented Andrew Johnson from appointing justices that opposed Reconstruction but also nullified a pending nomination. Was that "a naked threat to the rule of law and our Constitutional order"?
Gregg Nunziata@greggnunziata

This is a naked threat to the rule of law and our Constitutional order. Shameful. Some Democrats do not really oppose Trump's demagoguery and assault on the rule of law; they just don't like that it's right-coded. This moment calls for better leadership.

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Tymofiy Mylovanov
Tymofiy Mylovanov@Mylovanov·
Stubb: Russia failed on every front — Ukraine became European, NATO gained Finland and Sweden. In WWII the Soviets marched 1,600km in four years. Russia has moved 60km in four years now. They won't test Article 5 — they'll hit us below it. That's already happening. 1/
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