Jennifer Cuddihy

[The Green Dragon Tavern @greendragonhq]

Speaker Mike Johnson personally represents one of the most gerrymandered districts in the country.

The two colored districts on the map are the only ones in Louisiana with Democratic representation.

Republicans packed minorities and Black voters into these two oddly shaped, contorted districts so they could more easily win the remaining seats.

[Brendan Keefe - Atlanta News First @BrendanKeefe]

TSA is largely funded by a tax on every ticket. It adds $5.60 to every one-way ticket & $11.20 to roundtrips. Everyone in line right now is already paying the TSA fee, even for free reward travel. The government has previously diverted that money to the Treasury. Pay the agents.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.

[Mayor Jacob Frey @MayorFrey]

ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago today was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want -- But inflation! But wokeness! -- but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made.

[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.

[Theo Baker @tab_delete]

To be clear: It's not "ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel after comments about Charlie Kirk," it's "ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel after threats from Trump FCC chair"

The distinction matters here.

[Kevin McHale @druidDUDE]

This was all in Project 2025, btw.

[Chris Hayes @chrislhayes]

The countries where comedians can't mock the leader on late night TV are not really ones you want to live in.

[Vikings Promos @VikingsPromos]

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[Minnesota Twins @Twins]

The Kid showed off last month and is our @ticasino Player of the Month for August!

🚨 Repost now for a chance to win a signed Luke Keaschall baseball!

[Jennifer Cuddihy @JCudds]

@WHENESOTA #popculturepatio

[Minnesota Twins @Twins]

Byron Buxton went off on his bobblehead day yesterday and completed the first cycle in Target Field history!

🚨 REPOST NOW FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A SIGNED BYRON BUXTON BUCK TRUCK BOBBLEHEAD 🚨

[Minnesota Twins @Twins]

The force is strong with this one!

🚨 REPOST NOW FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A SIGNED CARLOS CORREA JEDI BOBBLEHEAD 🚨

[Jennifer Cuddihy @JCudds]

@WHENESOTA @mnspj @StPaulSaints So cool! Congrats!

[Jennifer Cuddihy @JCudds]

@WHENESOTA Like this?

[Saturday Night Live @nbcsnl]

here we go in 3, 2, 1...

Watch SNL50: The Anniversary Special LIVE Sunday, February 16 at 8 ET/5 PT on @nbc and @peacock

[Jennifer Cuddihy @JCudds]

@WHENESOTA Can you link the ad(s) that made you think this would be something different? Genuinely curious! Heard/read lots about this, but behind on my TV ad-watching, with 1-year-old twins. 🤷‍♀️ This was pretty much what I would have expected from a 50th anniversary special.

[James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki]

We have a guy hell-bent on dismantling the government who is too lazy to actually read a contract, too careless to distinguish between different parts of a company, and perfectly happy to tweet out misinformation to 20 million people. It's a problem.

[Scott Barber @thescottbarber]

“Sorry Bill, but we just make executive orders now.”