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Yes! https://www.democracydocket.com/author/marc_elias/ https://x.com/marceelias

Interesting theory. I hadn't considered Gwen being in on whatever this is.

So like AMC Dixie/Di but with a twist. Or Y&R Phillip/Cane with the original wanting to remain in hiding but give the family someone else as a substitute? (But there was nothing wrong with RealPhillip, in that the retcon was that he had faked his death intentionally decades earlier, due to homophobia.) I just mean the idea of wanting to be apart, while letting the grieving family have someone.

I had replied above with example of usage of Chancellor living room in past several years. But upon further thought, I realize that was mostly the condensed living room set. I think LibertyCity might be right that the full Chancellor *mansion* (muitiple rooms at full size) set hasn't been used in ages.

Around 2020 and earlier, Kevin and Chloe had been living at the Chancellor mansion with their kids Bella and Miles -- with Esther. I think I remember Gloria popping in after some mischief in Hollywood, and hiding something in the mansion? ? ? Kevin and Chloe found it. When Chance&Abby first got married, Kevin, Chloe, Esther, and the children decided to move out of the mansion so as to give the newlyweds some space. Kevin&Chloe bought a house that they apparently still live in, but their house has never been shown. Esther was living with them to help with the children. It has been stated in past year or two that the children are now a bit older and don't need Esther's constant care. Now Esther has two jobs: she manages Crimson Lights and she works as a receptionist at Chancellor-Winters. (I don't know what happens with her receptionist job now that Chancellor-Winters is breaking into two companies.) At any rate Esther's probably still managing Crimson Lights. I guess Esther still lives at Kevin&Chloe's offscreen house. Kevin&Chloe's kids (Bella and Miles) haven't been shown onscreen since before COVID. A few years ago, there were times the kids were at the park with adults, but only the adults were visible to viewers --- Bella was playing just out of camera range, so she wasn't seen or heard by viewers. Miles was presented to viewers as being in a stroller, with no face shown. But that was 2 or 3 years ago, and nothing since. I don't know how old the children are supposed to be now. Elizabeth Hendrickson is recurring, so Chloe appears intermittently. Greg Rikaart has been full-time on contract at Days of Our Lives for at least 2 years. He appears on Y&R as Kevin two or three episodes per year. Supposedly Kevin still works as tech person for the GCPD. Chloe usually doesn't mention Kevin but they are still apparently together. If need be, to explain why Kevin isn't in a scene, Chloe says Kevin is home with the kids, at the police office, away on a police assignment, or in the other room, etc, etc. Sometimes Chloe is shown talking to Kevin on the phone -- but viewers see/hear only Chloe's part of the phonecall. But usually Kevin doesn't come up in conversation at all. I think Kevin was last shown Thanksgiving 2023 and this past New Years Eve. All of that is to say that it would be hard to show Bella and Miles as part of a family as things now stand. But I have no idea if DAYS will continue to feature Greg Rikaart after Ron Carlivati is gone.

I seem to remember years back when Billy and Phyllis were a couple having scenes at the Chancellor mansion? The Chancellor set has been used in the past few years. When Chance and Abby got married, they lived there together. Abby was shown there moping about pregnancy difficulties with her being unable to carry a child due to internal scarring, and Chance having low sperm count due to having been shot while working as a cop. They were considering other methods when Chance went off on some secret mission overseas in a wartorn region. Then began the storyline of Mariah becoming gestational surrogate with Abby's egg, and Devon (who was a platonic friend then) being the sperm donor. Scenes in Chancellor living room with Christine as Abby's attorney to legalize this plan. Mariah and Tessa moved into a Chancellor mansion bedroom during the duration of Mariah being pregnant. There were periodic scenes in the Chancellor living room of Nina and Jill appearing via videochat or popping in for a visit in person. All the while, Chance was still overseas and was missing. After the baby was born, Mariah and Tessa eventually moved out. This convoluted plot was horrendous, and I can understand blocking out the memory of this use of the Chancellor set from any viewer's mind. When Chance finally returned home, there was a big welcome home party in the Chancellor living room. Devon asked to become a legal third parent to the baby, and Abby and Chance agreed to shared custody. Devon was still a platonic friend then. The baby travelled back and forth between the Chancellor mansion and Devon's penthouse, with all three adults as legal co-parents. Around this time, all the involved characters continued regularly mentioning the Chancellor mansion, but it stopped being shown onscreen. Meanwhile, since his return from the secret war mission, Chance had PTSD from having witnessed buddies die on that mission. Chance tried to bond with Abby; but Chance was PTSD and distant, and Abby wanted him to be devoted to giving her lots and lots of attention. She was annoyed at his time spent working in his job as a cop. Eventually they gradually grew apart. One day Abby spontaneously had sex with Devon at Devon's penthouse when she had brought the baby there for custody time, and Chance happened to stop by the penthouse and caught them together. Then Abby and Chance divorced. The C-mansion continued to be discussed, due to various changing living arrangements with Chance/Abby/Devon over several months, but the set wasn't shown anymore for a year or two. It was mentioned that Chance was living at the C-mansion alone with the baby visiting; while Abby and Devon lived together in Devon's penthouse. Still the mansion set wasn't shown. Eventually the three co-parents decided that Chance would move out of the mansion and get an apartment nearby, while Abby and Devon would live in the mansion together with the baby(now a young boy). Chance would visit the boy at the mansion, and also the boy could visit Chance's offscreen apartment. This way the boy would grow up in his family home. In July 2023, the Chancellor mansion set was shown for the first time in a year or two, when Abby&Devon moved in. Devon looked up at Katherine's portrait on the wall and said it was meant to be. Abby&Devon had sex on the couch that week. I don't know if the mansion has been shown since then.

I can't see the link. I think this is a link to a DM, which only recipients could see?

Yes the Harris rapid response team rocks!

Yes

Full article and videos at ProPublica: https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-project-2025-secret-training-videos-trump-election

I started reading Dan's site in 1990s, back when it was called "amcpages.com". He started out with just AMC information. He changed the site name to "soap opera central" when including other soaps, then soapcentral. For years I kept the site in my browser bookmarks as amcpages.com -- and whenever I clicked on that bookmark, it would automatically send me to soapcentral.com. I started to cry at the end of this selling-the-site announcement youtube, because he concluded the video with the AMC theme music. It felt full circle.

Interview with someone who was one of Walz' high school social studies students. Walz taught his students to think and discuss issues, including culture and genocide. Fascinating and hopeful read. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/08/08/tim-walz-was-my-teacher-what-i-learned-00173212 Archived copy: https://archive.is/TpACT

Here is an archived copy of this new article, no paywall, no registration needed: https://archive.is/dU1lm

Nate recast? I have no idea, but that was my first thought. I mean, would Y&R actually have two dynamic Black characters?

It's accessible to anyone inside USA. I don't know if it can be accessed outside USA via VPN.

The"Uncommited" interviewed. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/08/harris-walz-uncommited-voters-israel-gaza I know there is a tendency on this board to label them as "dead-end left", but they aren't all like that. Sure some are, but not all. The more reasonable of them recognize there is no hope for *anyone* if Tr*mp is elected. I think their comments in this interview are worth reading. I'm glad Harris met with them to listen, even if she didn't agree with everything they wanted.