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I’m on that group and it’s the reason I almost didn’t watch in the theaters. I was hearing good things about the movie and am a big Yelena fan so was considering going opening weekend. However, the rest of the characters are either very meh or unlikable to me, so the New Avengers spoiler made me think I would be disappointed. Ultimately, I liked at lot of the character things (particularly Yelena and Bob), was disappointed in how they used Bucky, and disliked the larger MCU elements. So I guess the spoiler appropriately prepared me for the movie. They were O.X.E not US military. Val couldn’t use her official resources to bury her still active connection to O.X.E.

Mangled. So many quotes we all “know” have been paraphrased or altered to such an extent that they don’t really qualify as quotes. Here’s the Michael Caine quote:

Wicked is a movie that drives subscriptions and is a valuable IP so it will be treated differently than many other movies on Peacock. Universal and Peacock have the same parent company so they are probably willing to make less money on streaming knowing that they will make more money in other areas (like merchandising and future box office sales). Plus entertainment contracts are now being negotiated with streaming as a consideration. Older and more obscure movies have less restrictions.

CNN won’t cancel him because of the influence of a conservation billionaire on the board who wanted them to be more like Fox News.

Not really. House Republicans would send it off to committee where it would be buried. At the moment there is nothing to challenge when it comes to his immunity. When it comes in to play, I am sure that there will be a lawsuit. Well over a hundred lawsuits have been filed against the Trump administration so far. Nearly every move they make is resulting in at least one lawsuit. Tracking the lawsuits against Donald Trump’s executive actions Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions

Was that people being shits? I thought that was just people doing Michael Caine impressions because when he says his own name it sounds like My Cocaine. I remember seeing an interview with him about it.

He introduced Clairo.

Yeah. It’s over his comments during the debate with Harris. The whole thing started when Harris called him out over newspaper ad so it will probably come up in the lawsuit. Since so many posters are fans of Jon Stewart, I’d recommend checking out the most recent episode of his podcast. His guest is Pete Buttigieg. I haven’t had a chance to listen to the whole thing but the clips I’ve heard have been really good. In other news, Bernie Sanders followed up a massive rally in LA with a surprise appearance at Coachella.

I’ve been thinking exactly this. When judging that for accuracy, keep in mind that the percentages add up to 102%.

They were unanimous which is really shocking. Supreme Court says Trump administration must work to bring back mistakenly deported Maryland man Also:

That’s good, I guess. The tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China were always going to be the biggest issue though. Feels like a bandaid to temporarily boost the stock market.

He’s already made that promise to GOP Senators to get them to pass the budget and it’s absolute bullshit. There is no way around massive cuts to Medicare and Medicaid given the budget on the table. Yes, I know. I don’t expect anything to come of this. But it’s being reported as a lose for Trump and Johnson which is going to piss them off. Fuck. While I hate what this is doing to the average American, at this point I’m embracing it. This is the thing that is finally getting them to turn on each other. The leopards are going to town and many that helped put him back in power are somehow surprised he’s actually stupid enough to do exactly what he said he was going to do. The idiots who thought he would only fuck over the poor people. Even Musk tried to talk him out of it. The New Civil Liberties Alliance, which is partially to blame for the current state of the Supreme Court, is now suing Trump over the tariffs. I feel like we’ve reached the point of steering into the skid.

Turns out it’s harder to convince all the Republicans to agree to a budget than it was to convince some Democrats to give in. The holdouts are freedom caucus and they’re pissed that the Senate approved cuts aren’t steep enough which is ironic. Trump fails to sway many House GOP holdouts as his ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts stalls

I believe she is an Executive Producer which really doesn’t indicate the level of involvement. EP credit can go to anyone who is instrumental in a project being made and often have zero say. I think they have said she will be involved but I am wondering if she has script or casting approval. I had assumed she did but Lithgow being cast is making me rethink that. In the past she was adamant that all the actors be 100% British. ETA: I did some research and she had to approve the new series so it’s unlikely they will do anything all the unique with the show.