DramatistDreamer

Ugh, I forgot about that one with Kesha! I must’ve erased it from my memory, so egregious as that example is. G

It’s what he deserves. Central Park Five sue Trump for defamation over debate remarks

Still hoping that Loren Lott is cast on Beyond The Gates (or whatever the soap is ultimately called) or a soap where her talents will be utilized and appreciated.

Why doesn’t Walter specify that she’s talking about white men and white women?

Please remember that not every Arab is Muslim and vice versa. That fact aside, claiming to vote for someone so odious and racist is the definition of cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face. Better they just stay home, which, who can say for sure if they make the trek to the ballot box?

Tonya Lee Williams is Afro Canadian Jamaican. Mishael is Afro and Indo-Trinidadian, aka “Dougla”.

If people showing up to vote in record breaking numbers favored Republicans, I doubt many would seemingly do all they can to suppress the numbers of of people able to cast their votes. JMO, the GOP tends to benefit from lower voter turnout in many districts. Also, did anyone know that this was going on? https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/mail-carriers-and-usps-reach-tentative-contract-that-includes-raises-and-air-conditioned-trucks I know media only reports on the contentious labor issues but given the current election cycle we are currently in, so close to Election Day this seems important.

This came across my timeline and it is great that Paul Whelan is speaking out about how instrumental Grimes was in agitating and raising funds for his release.

He wasn’t talking about recasts at all but the propensity of Y&R to cast roles for Black characters with mixed actors. When you say “back then” do you mean the 1990s? Because it wasn’t standard practice in the 1980s. Since Y&R still does this, there is no back then, it still occurs. I don’t think this is something that white people think about much but when you limit your casting choices to essentially one or two phenotypes, you diminish the spectrum of that group and what constitutes the diversity of that group. We are not a monolith and it’s borderline insulting when we are treated as such.

Agreed, with all of this. On the first day of early voting in North Carolina, my sister texted me a photo of her waiting in what appeared to be a long line. When I asked her how long she had to wait to vote, she said 45 minutes. She was insistent on waiting for her turn to cast her ballot because she felt she had to do all she could to help prevent ole what’s his name from ever getting in the White House again. It came as no surprise to me when I read that NC had record turnout for the first day of early voting. People are moving with intention. The time for handwringing about the polls has long since passed. Everyone needs to commit themselves to a plan to vote and follow through to make sure TFG gets to focus his time on his multiple court cases after Election Day. For all the talk about Black men supposedly being lured into MAGA, there hasn’t been much in the way of letting actual Black men speak for themselves in mainstream media. Here is one perspective concerning Project 2025.

The Art Show a benefit for the Henry Street Settlement features a gallery of artists, including Tina Barney, who features Julianne Moore and her family among the photographs included in the exhibit. Here is an example. https://jeudepaume.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Julianne-Moore-and-Family-1999.jpg

His volatile response to the 2008 global financial crisis didn’t really inspire much confidence by me. Still, if we’re a choice between him and TFG, at least McCain would have deployed the National Guard to help, not as a threat against his personal enemies.

Yes, that irritates me as well and the folks at Y&R either don’t realize this or they simply don’t care how colorist this looks. Years ago, even KSJ made a pointed critique of Y&R repeatedly doing this. I am not sure whether he spoke of this in that podcast interview before or after Y&R diminished his role on the show but regardless of his impetus to speak on it, he was spot on in calling it out. From what I have noticed in recent years, the other remaining soaps do this as well but none so blatantly as Y&R, it seems.

Speaking of the Black male vote, this article appeared in Newsweek, hardly a left-leaning publication. Admittedly, I have yet to read this article but I will, as the headline caught my attention. Donald Trump's Success With Black Voters Might be a Myth After All

I don’t watch most television news in general, so my perspective is likely vastly different from most members in this thread. It is somewhat interesting to note though, that many newspapers (*coughs* NYT) are starting to publish articles that question the accuracy of polls and note when polls have gone wrong. Also, I noticed that they recently printed an Opinion essay in which the author dismissed the importance of swing states, claiming that something that they refer to as “microcommunities”.

By Monday, the Al Smith dinner will not matter. For better or for worse, that is the nature of the news media cycle. Things move fast and some clips of canned jokes won’t leave much of an imprint.mIt was very wise of the VP not to attend.

Oh, they don’t really want her there, especially since she’s from California because the Catholic diocese on L.A. County is in a mess, as they often are known to be. Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles agrees to $880 million settlement over sex abuse of children VP Harris being a former prosecutor and all, and them shielding so many predators.

Thanks so much for the link because I haven’t been able to see any “X” embedded links for a while.

The NY Post must’ve been choking on this while they had to print it lol.😂 https://nypost.com/2024/10/17/us-news/fox-news-interview-with-kamala-harris-draws-7-1-million-viewers-more-than-quadruple-channels-average-audience/ Also, what NY Post could not bring themselves to admit… Kamala Harris' Fox News Ratings Compared to Donald Trump's on Same Day

Republicans will spin any and everything. Not a surprise that this is no different. Trump’s bizarre dance during what should have been a Q&A and dodging questions is still getting the lionshare of the attention right now.

Is Brett Baier low-key crying Uncle? Apparently admitting he was unable to bring the VP to heel.

Same as everyone else, I am getting a message that I am about 300% over the limit lol. I would gladly delete some old images and files but don’t see any options. Sooo, that’s it, I guess?

OMG, a screenshot from Trump’s Univision town hall. These women do NOT look impressed. The video connected to that screenshot is even more…wow. https://spoutible.com/thread/36967273

Although I didn’t see the interview, I have seen reports from media outlets like the BBC and CNN say it was combative and that Fox News didn’t even try to engage during the interview, FNC was only interested in a debate, not an interview. And the consensus seems to be, that it was unlikely to change most people’s minds but that the VP held fast to the message that she was intent on delivering. One analyst also said that it was probably the first time that regular viewers of Fox News channel had ever heard someone speak so directly on these facts about Trump. Meaning, everyone on that channel is too afraid and timid to speak out about how damaging his presidency was and would again be-my interpretation of what the analyst said.

This could also go in The View thread but VP Harris brought The View its highest ratings in years. Kamala Harris Gives ‘The View' Its Best Ratings In Three and a Half Years (EXCLUSIVE)