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That's lovely to hear. I wish someone could interview her about her time at OLTL. I still don't know if Brenda even had an exit.

I know what you mean. I suppose reports like this don't feel as much like gossip or agenda-setting to me because the talks really have dragged on and a lot of the plans feel directionless to me at this point, but I will curtail on posting them here.

Still can't get it. Maybe someone else can. Thanks.

More kicking the can down the road... In other news making this a fun day...

Thank you @Count Henri . Unfortunately the link doesn't seem to work.

I've always found something a little off about him, even before the rumors started going around, but now I just find everything about him terrifying.

Thanks for sharing that. Very sweet.

That last one has some extended footage around as well. (probably the last culturally relevant thing Lohan has done...). The first is notable because some cast members from 10 and 20 years prior returned for the first (and last) time. Here is the one I mentioned earlier:

This was from last week but still annoys me. The media has spent a year now working on a narrative about how being "soft on crime" has and will hurt Democrats, but do not bother to hide that they are interested in making this a reality, to the point where a moment that goes against their agenda (like Krasner's huge primary win and the wins of other reformist candidates in Philly) gets no more than a dismissive nod:

The EU are beholden to Putin. They will wring their hands nobly.

That was it. Good capture work there. I guess someone on the writing staff is a fan.

Thank you for all these videos @victoria foxton .

Any of you Jill Zarin fans may (or may not...) be interested to know SNL name-dropped her for their finale - a very New York-centric bra shop was located on Jill Zarin Blvd. I was also watching John Mulaney's first episode a few days ago and was reminded that a few of the women they have the cast members play were clearly based on actual Housewives. The Kyle Richards pastiche ("I'm too old and my hair is TOO LONG") always gives me a laugh.

EJ was a terrible character who mostly just got fan response because a lot of people wanted to [!@#$%^&*] James Scott. And now we will have the same response. Why not bring in a new character who isn't an emo woe rapist trotting out "witty" one-liners? I guess, given Ron's love of this type of man in his soap "writing," he just has to belch another one out.

Biden is now dismantling his own bill and Republicans are still not interested. This is the same mistake they made with health care. I know that Manchin is one of the main drivers of this posturing, but it's obvious this is just stalling and running out the clock on behalf of the GOP. I know this can run afoul of leaning into the Will Stancil "do something" brigade, but when I see passages like this I'm not sure what else to say: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/21/white-house-cuts-infrastructure-17-trillion-490185 Inside the White House, there’s an appetite to keep pushing on a deal past that date if they still believe that Capito is operating in good faith.

Beautifully put. And very true. The media is out of touch and hates us.

Thanks, @marceline

I have no idea what Nina Turner's chances are in her primary for now HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge's old seat in Congress (barring the updates from @marceline ), but I couldn't help posting this tsk-tsk reaction from Dave Weigel. Weigel spent the primary season amplifying Bernie's dead-enders, and now wants to shame them for the exact reaction this constant attention helped condition them into seeing as the ideal. Turner is now running in the party she spent 5 years campaigning against at every turn. Not even a year ago she was telling people that voting for that party was like eating a bowl of [!@#$%^&*]. Now we have this tweet. I can only assume Turner does not have the resources of trust fund babies like Brie Brie or Walker Bragman, and podcasts + lobbying organizations only go so far. If she does win, it will be interesting to see how quickly they, or others whose incomes are based on tearing down the Democratic Party and coddling right wing extremist, like Krystal Ball, Jimmy Dore, Kyle Kulinski, etc. make her their target.

Thanks @Huntress for listing all the different events in such detailed form. I would have no idea what most of this meant otherwise. That last clip with the cult is genuinely shocking. How was this story received? Did any of the main characters die? What do you think of UU's efforts? I wonder if this is really bringing any old viewers back. Most of the time, when they are gone, they stay gone. I guess Katrin and Jo are gone now...

Now that McConnell has whipped his caucus against the bill, it's time for the inevitable one-sided pleas for bipartisanship that will keep Democrats paralyzed until the clock is fully run out. Is there any way that we can speed that up (and the media platforming Glenn Greenwald and others who insist nothing bad happened) and try to actually get something done? Please?

Not to wade into any arguments but I'm not sure the comments were directed at any one person - I may have also referred to Nella as a candy striper in the past, because as mentioned above, there are huge gaps in episodes and I have some vague memories of her in that role.