Jan Kimbrough

WGA Writer. #NYWIFT's Meryl Streep Writers Lab. Grey List 2025, Scriptapalooza Runnerup to the winner 2016, Plume Et Pellicule 2019.

[Jan Kimbrough @JanKimbrough]

If it isn’t for the writing, we’ve got nothing. Writers are the most important people in Hollywood. And we must never let them know it.
Irving Thalberg

[Jim Acosta @Acosta]

When I called out Trump years ago for being a danger to democracy, a free press, and truth itself, I was accused of making myself the story and showboating. How did things turn out? Trump is all of those things. Tonight, the free press is very much in danger in America. Wake up!

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

"To say that you as Treasury Secretary do not know what the DOJ is giving away to people? C'mon man. That's just not on the up and up" -- Lujan is underrated as a Democrat who does a great job grilling the Bessents of the world

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

The U.S. Supreme Court erased all doubts about the sweeping nature of its recent voting rights jurisprudence Tuesday night with a shadow docket ruling that effectively reverses the Court’s own decision in the same matter just three years ago. https://t.co/xebgKgDzyb

[Will Sommer @willsommer]

In a new court filing, the Southern Poverty Law Center says DOJ inappropriately sent a draft grand jury indictment of SPLC to reporters, with even the prosecutor in the case unaware of what was going on. https://t.co/Ij4WbXV2ut

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

1. For the SECOND TIME IN SIX MONTHS, a foreign real estate development led by Jared Kushner has been derailed by a GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION SCANDAL and mass protests.

Follow along for all the gory details.

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[CNN @CNN]

The Trump administration has announced it will dismantle a $368 million deep-ocean monitoring system that provides critical data on the world’s oceans. The decision is sparking alarm among experts that US is taking eyes off the oceans at a dangerous time. https://t.co/VcifYxiYcR

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Yes - this is our constitutional crisis in a nutshell. Mullin says he will pick and choose which court orders to follow based on whether he likes them or not.

That's a reciple for the total destruction of our democracy. That's totalitarianism.

[Democracy Docket @DemocracyDocket]

MYTH: The far-right says California has “some of the most corrupt elections in the world.”

FACT: There’s been no evidence whatsoever of election fraud in California’s elections. And the delay in counting votes is consistent with the state’s past reporting timeline in previous elections. https://t.co/edPWaZjiV7

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Melanie Stansbury has won the Democratic primary for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District.

She has been a leading voice in the effort to release the Epstein files.

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

"Pelley was not uncivil. He didn’t threaten anyone. He didn’t curse or scream. He was professionally disagreeable. Which is basically the job description for journalists. It’s the job description that Weiss herself wrote. She just didn’t mean it."
https://t.co/Xc4ha2iVx3

[Mark Warner @MarkWarner]

It seems there is an entirely different set of rules for Republicans and Democrats.

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

To the Republican majority of the Supreme Court:

You have shown yourself willing to IGNORE precedent, even while the ink was still drying on YOUR decision insisting YOUR unprecedented intervention in an election didn’t affect that precedent.

You’ve blessed willful DEFIANCE of a valid injunction by a lower court — that YOU upheld on appeal — irreparably undermining the rule of law.

And you DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER engaging with the facts found by the lower court — IGNORING the applicable standard of review.

And YOU did it all, seemingly, to advance a partisan agenda to cement YOUR ideological goals.  

But that was BEFORE votes were cast. 

Can we count on you not to torch the Constitution to advance those same interests and goals if the party in power repudiates the will of the voters? What assurance are you making to instill trust in your institution?

History is watching and will judge your actions.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Sorensen on Scott Pelley: We need to make sure that we are building up the journalists who are seeking out the truth. That is the most important tenet of our First Amendment rights: the right of the press not to be persecuted for reporting facts that may be unkind to people in power.

I got to Congress after 22 years in local news, being that trusted voice for my neighbors. And now, when we see what’s happening to CBS News and somebody like Scott Pelley, who is the best in the business, to see this happen to him should really frighten all of us.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Rep. Keating to Rubio: "I'm sure you're aware that Ukraine, country that at the time had third-largest nuclear arsenal, peacefully turned over their nuclear weapons in conjunction with Budapest Memorandum.

And in exchange for U.S. commitment to defend Ukraine if it ever came under threat. The U.S. gave its word to Ukraine that it would defend them.

And I find this amazing. In your opening remarks, as you took us all over the world and mentioned 15 different incidents where you have interceded — 15, the top 15 — not once did you mention Ukraine when you were prioritizing achievements that are there."

[Steve Schmidt @SteveSchmidtSES]

“The story of this era isn’t merely that powerful men demand obedience. History is full of powerful men demanding obedience. The story of this era is whether enough Americans still possess the courage to refuse. Scott Pelley did.”

https://t.co/Z9Wlmg4gEc

[David Frum @davidfrum]

Trump's attempt to destroy the Presidential Records Act: just another crooked scheme to convert public assets to private wealth. My latest in @TheAtlantic https://t.co/z2L6aUkQiV

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Yes I sold paintings. About $225,000 a year over four years. The whole of my business while my father was President. Congress investigated it.

If you’re outraged about that, where is all your outrage now?

Kushner's Affinity Partners holds roughly $5 to $6 billion. Close to 99% of it comes from foreign sovereign wealth funds. Saudi Arabia. The UAE. Qatar. Over $90M in fees annually.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Republican Senator Bill Cassidy just personally blamed Donald Trump for the rise in healthcare costs in our country. Woah.

[ABC News @ABC]

President Trump is floating the possibility of keeping the UFC arena on the White House South Lawn — built for a series of fights on his birthday and Flag Day — permanently.

Read more: https://t.co/PdI3ZarEYr

[POLITICO @politico]

A judge said the Trump administration can’t dismantle a weather research center. The damage may already be done. https://t.co/LiakIdTYBW