Haley Casey (is here for updates)

Associate Literary Agent at CMA. Feminist. Interested in watching TV shows I've already seen and owning ALL books. All opinions are my own. (she/her)

[Haley Casey (is here for updates) @Haley_J_Casey]

A STARRED review for Alli's "witty and poignant debut" novel, BROOKLYN THOMAS ISN'T HERE! Unreal, and also so deserved.

"Vail’s subtle touches of magical realism enrich her insights about the difficulties of young womanhood without overwhelming them. This has charm to spare."

[paige wheeler @pwheeler_agent]

So thrilled with this starred PW review for BROOKYN THOMAS ISN'T HERE by @allivail Yippee! @Haley_J_Casey @PostHillPress
https://t.co/SRV7MuJG36

[julia @eathedocument]

a woman is expected to remain completely calm as armed white supremacist thugs try to forcibly open her car door but an ICE agent is allowed to panic and shoot someone in the head three times from a foot away because he “felt threatened”

[Medic Kim @medickimw]

Cancel your World Cup tickets, cancel your travel plans to the US. Embargo the fuck out of us. Sanction our athletes, our businesses. Do whatever you gotta do, world.

[Cameron Kasky @camkasky]

I wonder if Trump announcing the Hunger Games aligns with any updates on the release of certain giant child sex trafficking operation documents.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Reminder that the Epstein Files are supposed to be released on Friday and every political development that you see between now until then should be viewed with that in mind.

[Meg @megannn_lynne]

“I’m going to organize a military squad where their mission is to destroy AI all over the world” is the sexiest thing a man can say

[Alvaro Bedoya @BedoyaUSA]

The Netflix-Warner deal is a horror movie. And not like OG Scream or Sinners. This is like the Human Centipede part 23. On a long haul flight. In the middle seat.

1. The price of getting Netflix with no ads was $7.99 a decade ago. Now it is $17.99 (inflation would make it $10.92). This is not the behavior of a company that is scrambling to compete for your business. Because it's *the* juggernaut in streaming -- it has over 300 million subscribers, more than two times the subscribers as HBO Max and Disney+, which both have around 125M.

2. What is keeping the price of Netflix from getting even higher? You guessed it, HBO Max and Disney+. I don't know if they're stealing existing folks from Netflix, but when people have 17 bucks to spend on a subscription, their two clearest choices are Netflix.. and HBO Max. In other words, their clearest competitor is a Warner property... And don't take it from me, take it from the former CEO of Warner Media, Jason Kilar (below): “If I was tasked with doing so, I could not think of a more effective way to reduce competition in Hollywood than selling WBD to Netflix." So get ready for subscription prices to go up.

3. This also going to hurt your local movie theater, if you still have one. That's because Netflix does this thing where it will lock down an amazing movie, screen it in a few theaters to qualify for the Oscars and other awards, but release it simultaneously (or a few weeks after) on streaming. They did this with Roma. And no, even if you're *Scorsese* (the Irishman) or *Guillermo del Toro* (Frankenstein) even you will only get three to four weeks on the big screen before your knees are kicked out from under you. Who does this help? Netflix. Who does this hurt? The local movie theater where you had your first date, where you watched Jurassic Park (sorry, I'm old), where you take the kids over Christmas. And guess who specializes in making movies for the big screen? Yep, Warner Brothers: Dune, Barbie, the Minecraft Movie (iykyk), Superman. As @matthewstoller explained, "a theater needs a certain number of new releases to be profitable, and are very close to that line right now."

4. And it's not just going to screw over your local movie theater. This thing is going to hurt all of the independent writers, directors, and producers that make the most interesting stuff. Hollywood works at its best when there is a whole ecosystem of independent folks making new shows and movies and pitching them to the big guys for distribution. The film festival circuit? That's *why you go on that circuit* -- to get your cool new, out-there movie in front of execs who can buy it and distribute it. I was in Los Angeles a month ago, and that whole system is just long gone. Why? A huge part of the reason is Netflix. They cut sweetheart deals with huge names (Adam Sandler), and consistently spend their money on that and their own in-house folks. 'No one is buying' at the festivals; 'now they make you do all this stuff for free before you can even pitch them on something'. This is the kind of thing people are saying.

5. What's to be done here? Normally, the Department of Justice would intervene and block the merger. But I'm not staying up for that. I think this is the time for California Attorney General Rob Bonta to step in and move first. He's strong, the folks who work in these industries are *his* constituents -- and if you think this would be a nice thing for a bunch of wealthy people, go see how much the production crews and makeup artists and background actors earn in Hollywood. This is the time for him to define his legacy as someone who stands up for consumers.

[Sana Saeed @SanaSaeed]

Every hell that can be inflicted on a people is being inflicted on the Palestinians.

[Haley Casey (is here for updates) @Haley_J_Casey]

@JAMoy92 The vibes here are fabulous, and there's nothing I love more than rivals to lovers! I would be thrilled to see this in my inbox, if you think we might be a good match!

https://t.co/MbKCub2XKT

[Dave Jones @eevblog]

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[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

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[Vivian @suchnerve]

the grotesque banality of going about daily life during a slow-motion civilizational collapse

[Hussein of the south @EyesOnSouth1]

A cursed day for humanity.

After allowing the genocide to continue in Gaza for over two years, now the same international community is allowing the colonization of the Strip and its Palestinian people.

[Robert Inlakesh @falasteen47]

The UN is dead

International law is buried under the rubble of Gaza with the thousands of children Israel murdered

There is no such thing as an international community.

[danisha carter @danishacarterr]

the fact that this is even needed? what the fuck is going on. for the past decade the general public has been hell-bent on exposing the ‘secret pedo rings of hollywood’ or the ‘secret pedo rings of the media’ and now that we have ACTUAL evidence of pedophilia and sex crimes committed by some of the richest and most powerful people in the world… it’s crickets? it has to be VOTED on to be pursued? it requires an AD CAMPAIGN? release the damn files and arrest the people necessary already, i feel like we’re all living in hell.

[Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley]

I hope that one day Karoline Leavitt has to stand in front of a room of Epstein victims and explain to them what she means when she says, “It’s all a Democrat hoax.”

[Linda Mamoun @mamoun_linda]

If someone sets fire to a synagogue it’s called terrorism. When Israelis burn a mosque it’s called “settler violence.”

[Starbucks Workers United @SBWorkersUnited]

As of today, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

[Grip Skylark 💕✨ @talleyberrybaby]

“people might be using SNAP to buy steak and lobster”

THE PRESIDENT IS AVOIDING RELEASING FILES THAT WILL MOST LIKELY PROVE THAT HE HAS PURCHASED PEOPLE. CHILDREN.

GOD FORBID A BITCH GET A RIBEYE THO

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

Well colour me shocked! You mean the devastation that Palestinian journalists have been showing us for more than two years?

[Kevin Baron @DefenseBaron]

A rich man can buy the entire U.S. military? Seems important.