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[‏ً @heisdenji]

Idris Elba says he was given one warning before auditioning for The Wire: don’t let them know you’re British.

Trevor Noah: “I’ve seen people get shocked when they find out you’re not American.”

Idris Elba: “I was unemployed, bro.”

“I was living in New Jersey. I was bartending, working the door, DJing.”

“Before you know it, you just start speaking like an American.”

“Then my casting director said, ‘This thing has come up. It’s called The Wire.’”

“‘But if you go in, you cannot let them know you aren’t American.’”

“‘This is about Baltimore. It’s very specific.’”

“So I auditioned for four weeks straight in an American accent.”

“Then at the fourth audition, they looked at me and said…”

“‘Idris… where are you from?’”

Trevor Noah: “‘Where are you from?’ That’s the phrase every immigrant is terrified of hearing.”

Idris Elba: “My palms started sweating.”

“I’m thinking… they told you not to say anything.”

“I looked at them and said…”

“‘I’m from East London.’”

“The room just exploded.”

“‘Oh my God… we had a bet.’”

“‘We knew you weren’t from Baltimore or Brooklyn, but we never guessed England.’”

“‘You got the job.’”

“‘We don’t want you to play Avon.”

“We want you to play Stringer Bell.’”

“I walked out thinking…”

“‘Did my life just change?’”

[vee hates obx @kiesgallery]

bryce is that one woke friend who’s unironically emotionally intelligent #loveislandusa

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

Astaire's tailoring is so good in Daddy Long Legs (1955). It's said that he used to dance, jump, and twirl in his tailor's fitting room to make sure the his jacket's collar never lifted off his neck. To me, he really embodied American elegance.

[A ★ @heyyarnolddd]

WHAT ARE THE BOYS NOT GETTING?! ITS NOT ABOUT HIM FINDING A CONNECTION WITH TITI ITS LITERALLY ABOUT HIM PUTTING ANIYA DOWN TO BIG TITI UP!!! Tf DUMBASS BITCH! #LoveislandUSA

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Elon Musk asked for a name of a person he has killed.

He got a list.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

It makes the world a worse place (to them) because it makes them look bad.
She's given away $26.3B to help others and her lifestyle hasn't changed one bit. Other billionaires hate that she's lifting the veil and making them look bad.

[gigi 🌴 @modelbrina]

bryce did what every man should do in this scenario

- don’t fight for ur girl cause she can handle it
- don’t tell her to stop cause she doesn’t need too
- light arm around her for support/so she doesn’t stand up and escalate the situation
#loveislandusa

[jude @wishfu1l]

this is genuinely one of the most pure & beautiful scenes ive EVER seen cone out from love island tears deadass in my eyes omfg…#loveislandusa

[𝚂 °.🥥⋆❀˖°🏝️ @ERAOFMONE]

melanie yelling life into aniya and almost tearing up while doing so. this is a SISTERHOOD man this conversation touched my heart 😭❤️‍🩹
#loveislandusa

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Ossoff: "The president was so humiliated in Hormuz he threw his toys out the stroller and refused to sign the affordable housing bill. That's after he gave some felon donor a no bid contract for the reflecting pool and it filled up with algae, which for some reason required the deployment of the National Guard. And then because of his war and tariffs, inflation rose to over 4%. He promised to bring down prices on day one, do you remember that?"

[Boston Girl @jbrady177]

@Normsmusic @PPDavidDennison

[Norm Clark @Normsmusic]

James Robison
What Joyce Carol Oates wrote to Elon Musk on Twitter. I am told it rattled him. I love it.
“So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates – scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend’s or relative’s accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the ‘most wealthy person in the world.’”

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Trump has turned the White House into a 24/7 corruption operation. This is a national crisis.

Trump thinks the public will stop paying attention.

So I went to the Senate floor to call his bluff. I told the ENTIRE STORY of his 500 days of corruption.

1/ Here it is - in one🧵

[Praise @tufpraise]

Socialism is so sick I love when tax dollars go to schools instead of wars

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Dear Joe,
I wish I could sit down with you face to face and explain why so many of us were offended by the UFC fight on the South Lawn of the White House.
For me, it had nothing to do with the UFC or who showed up for the fights. The brand you and Dana have built is a bona fide American success story. More power to you. As for the fighters, in my book, anyone brave enough to put it all on the line in the arena is remarkable to witness. Their dedication and discipline inspire me. I don’t understand anyone who can’t admire that.
And as for the people who attended, I, for one, love Shane Gillis. I think he’s hilarious and brilliant. It was a show. A once-in-a-lifetime spectacle. I can’t blame anyone for wanting to witness it firsthand.
My problem is that I believe some of our public spaces are sacred. And unlike many of the great powers that came before us, these American monuments belong to all of us. Not to whoever happens to hold power at the moment.
The White House does not belong to Donald Trump. It does not belong to any President. It belongs to the people. To treat it as Caesar treated the Colosseum is antithetical to everything our founding fathers fought for.
This is not Rome. Presidents are not emperors doling out bread and circuses for the peasants. The White House is the People’s House. This “celebration” could have happened in any stadium within a stone’s throw of the South Lawn. No one would have had an issue with it.
But that was obviously Donald Trump’s whole point. By holding the event on the South Lawn, what he was saying to the rest of us is:
“This is my house. I own it. I will do with it what I please. I’ll build a colosseum and have the gladiators fight under my gaze. I’ll tear down the East Wing. I’ll pave over the Rose Garden. I’ll cover everything in gold and marble. I’ll erase the names of all the men who came before me.”
The fights were an exhibition of imperial domination, not a celebration of our 250th anniversary as a democracy.
The White House is not Buckingham Palace. It is not the Palace of Versailles. It is not the Forbidden City of Beijing. It does not belong to an emperor, or a king, or a commissar.
The White House belongs to us. All of us. The person who sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office is nothing more than an honored guest. A temporary caretaker.
The President is our servant. Not our Caesar.
Respectfully, Hunter

P.S. Cage match between me and Don Jr.? Your call on the venue. Anywhere but the South Lawn.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

James Talarico: “Real men don’t lie and cheat their way through life. They don’t enrich themselves by stealing from other people. They don’t sell their soul to the highest bidder. Real men serve others, weak men serve themselves”

[Roberto @aboynamedposh]

This might be the first thing I've ever seen that actually is #DarkWoke for real

[Annalea 🪷🐝🌻 @citizengatsby]

“Where are they hiding the 47 year old tradwives?”

This video needs to go viral.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Robin Williams warned the US about Donald Trump and his links to Miss America Pageants and underage girls in 2012.

Really should have listened.