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I don't feel like double-posting so for more on the growing blowback from this huge story ("Kavanaugh" is now trending) and the fallout for the NYT's treatment of it as well go to the Politics thread.

This is blowing up, first because of NYT burying the lede in the story and poorly phrasing their headline (couching it as college hijinks and suggesting a strange penis in the face is 'harmless fun') before retracting it and apologizing, and now because the real story indicates more allegations against Kavanaugh:

The initial retraction was unsatisfactory (above), so they finally did something they never do:

NYT's great year continues:

Cute trailer.

The issue is not mocking Barron, it's that Trump spoke about his son like he was someone else's.

People always used to get on Cameron for being Mr. TV - everywhere at once hosting, gladhanding, etc. But whatever I felt about Ryan on AMC, I never got the sense that Cameron Mathison wasn't a decent guy very grateful for AMC and every opportunity it gave him. I wish him the best.

Oh wow. Lulu Wilson was great in Sharp Objects and Hill House.

This will likely go the way of the fabled "infrastructure week," but it's still sickening.

I'll have to keep an eye on this. My fantasy pitch back in college was a revival as well, not a reboot - and even then, almost 20 years ago, the cast was half-dead so it was conceived as with mostly an entirely new cast. It kind of stuns me that they'd ever attempt the former, I thought anything but a reboot would be impossible now. I'll believe it when I see it.

Now trending:

Don't pity him. He's bigoted scum who parlayed it into a career of grift.

As for returns that actually work, Patsy Palmer clicks immediately. The new Ben guy seems decent and all but I can't invest in another surprise gay story when Callum and Ben look exactly alike and Ben seems so different in personality. It's sad.

That is hysterical.

As I said in the other thread: Random Facebook post, no credible source, not buying it.

This is an unsourced FB post with no legitimate corroboration.

A shame but not wholly surprising. I am glad she got another gig and I hope we'll see her off and on as they suggest.

This made a real impact: