Donald Trump said Republicans should “take over the voting.” Today, he took another step toward doing exactly that.
Firing every remaining member of the bipartisan Election Assistance Commission months before the midterms is a brazen attempt to seize control of our elections before a single vote is cast. He is gutting the independent agency that certifies voting systems and helps election officials run secure elections.
Senate Democrats will fight this power grab at every turn. The American people—not Donald Trump—will decide the 2026 election.
Stephen Graham recalls working with Daniel Day-Lewis on Gangs of New York, and the moment he first saw him in character as Bill the Butcher:
“What was really beautiful for me is I got to know Daniel about two weeks before we started filming, because he was training at Cinecittà Studios, where we were getting ready to do makeup testing, costumes, stuff like that…
I met him in the morning, and we used to do a little bit of boxing and training together. He’s a wonderful man, and I’ll never forget it.
On the first day of cinematography, I’m sat in the makeup department and he comes in in his full regalia, in his whole costume, and he literally put his hand on my shoulder. I’ll never forget it. It sends chills down my spine.
He looked at me in the mirror - and he just said to me, “From now on, I call you Shane and you call me Bill.”
And I just went, “…..okay, okay, Bill.”
And that was it.
When I was a student — we used to play a game called Shithead. It’s a card game. It’s a great card game, and I started teaching them all how to play. Leo and Jim and Eddie and the rest of the cast — I started to teach them how to play Shithead.
And Daniel came over and he went, “What is this game that you’re playing, Shane?”
I was like, “It’s called Shithead, Bill.”
And he’s like, “Well, teach me how to play this game.”
So I said, “All right.”
So we’d do a scene, and it’d be a big, most important scene, and then he’d come over with his pipe and his little — he always had a metal mug with his tea and things in. He’d come over with his pipe and his metal mug, and he’d just go, “Shane.”
And I’d look at him and go, “Yeah, yeah, Bill?”
And he’d go, “Fancy a game of Shithead?”
And I’d be like, “Yeah, sure. Okay. All right, let’s play. Let’s get the boys together.”
…It was amazing. It was great. It was wonderful. I was in awe of his brilliance, and just to really learn so much from being immersed within a role and diving straight in was wonderful.”
@hollywoodscifi Probably the only time I heard little children en masse groan in terror. Wasn't around for Bambi, but something similar probably happened.
@onzynns Think it's funny how this could be from a Deathstalker movie. That's how bland so much of modern cinematography has become. 80's trash and even 70's porn looks great by comparison.
This woman is reciting Trump’s words exactly as he said them during the NATO summit.
We have become so inured to Trump’s incoherence that is sanewashed by the media 24/7 that we fail to recognize just how much he’s declined.
Reading a transcript of his words makes it SO CLEAR.
Courtney Love in The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) could’ve easily been overshadowed by Woody Harrelson, yet she walks away with some of the film’s most heartbreaking moments. The way Althea slowly slips away stays with you long after the credits roll.
Popclaw herself Brittany Allen has landed an Emmy nomination for her performance in ‘THE PITT.’ #TheBoys
She self-submitted herself for the Emmys after HBO chose not to submit her for consideration.
Everyone on Linkedin should be watching House of Dragons.
They keep dropping Career Gems.
In the last episode Rhaenyra blessed us with the best auto email reply, that I will be using going forward
"I am awash in dilemmas and deficiencies. Let me find my footing and I will attend to your request."
Whoever wrote that line…I know your pen was on fire.