Scott Silberstein

Co-founder of HMS Media. Emmy-winning TV writer/producer. Artistic Associate at Lookingglass Theater. Board Member of Arts Alliance Illinois.

[Paul Reiser @PaulReiser]

I know, I know... It doesn’t look like me at all! That’s how remarkable an actor I am! Check out Long Story Short - it’s really, really good! Now streaming on Netflix

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Michelle and I are heartbroken by the tragic passing of Rob Reiner and his beloved wife, Michele. Rob’s achievements in film and television gave us some of our most cherished stories on screen. But beneath all of the stories he produced was a deep belief in the goodness of people—and a lifelong commitment to putting that belief into action. Together, he and his wife lived lives defined by purpose. They will be remembered for the values they championed and the countless people they inspired. We send our deepest condolences to all who loved them.

[Scott Silberstein @HMSScott]

Appalling. Even for him.

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

As the film world and people of good taste around the world mourn the sudden death of legendary director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer, President Donald Trump jumped to make the apparent double homicide about himself.

Read: https://t.co/mf2OPXrKea

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

400,000 children died, mostly from starvation, because of Trump, DOGE, Musk, Vought, and Rubio

[Fred Wellman @FPWellman]

This is a damn lie. They stopped in Qatar. He was vetted to even work for the CIA in Afghanistan. He as vetted to get asylum. These are lies to spread racism and hate to an entire community. One man did this. ONE! Let’s find out why before we attack thousands of innocent people.

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

My God.

This @WSJ piece on Trump, Witkoff and Kushner's venality for Russian business deals from which they will personally profit at the price of selling Ukraine into Russian slavery and despair is devastating and ugly.

https://t.co/uAUaOkz5TR

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

This is a highly unusual order from a Secretary of Defense, and it’s almost certainly a war crime.

In the strike in question, two people survived and were clinging to the side of the ruined boat, and a second mission was spun up to execute them.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

Murder.

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

This would be a war crime even if there were an actual war and these people were actual combatants, which there isn't and they weren't.

It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state.

Flat-out murder by any reasonable definition you can come up with.

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

Dear @SecWar: I read the classified legal memo. Nothing in the memo, or military law, authorizes a second kinetic strike against defenseless survivors. If the reports are true, then a war crime was committed.

Also, there is generally no statute of limitations for war crimes.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Bombing boats. Threatening to invade Venezuela.
All to “stop drugs.”
And now he’s pardoning a man who helped traffic 400 tons of cocaine into the US.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

To be clear…. The US would have been obligated to RESCUE the stranded individuals not murder them.

The commander who gave the order is probably really nervous right now… everyone should be held accountable

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

Hegseth ordered the military to murder defenseless survivors who could’ve easily been saved, arrested, and tried.

Now he’s trying to court martial a Senator for merely reminding the military they’re not obligated to follow illegal orders.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

What do these corporations have in common?

Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel

In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.

This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

He’s also currently pumped full of enough uppers to power the international space station

He sounds like he’s talking at 1.5 speed 🤣🤣🤣

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

Imagine how frightened he is that he ordered the military to engage in the cost and risk of a flyover

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

This is a brutal community note

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

"Who am I, the Surgeon General of this state, to tell you what medical advice to follow"

[WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw]

“I’m deeply concerned, uncertain, about what the future looks like at the moment, but as you can see, fighting like hell to make sure we don’t fall into the abyss as a result of unconstitutional actions by the president,” Pritzker told the violence prevention workers.