politics

Aus & US politics, with a dose of film esp Oscars and reality tv as diversions. We are very poorly served by mainstream media in Australia.

[politics @pollwatcher9]

Still can’t believe @AOUStrangers got zero #Oscar nominations. Will always be a stain on @TheAcademy. Watch this masterpiece as soon as you can. #AllOfUsStrangers

[Searchlight Pictures UK @SearchlightUK]

Hands up if you saw All of Us Strangers at the weekend and are still thinking about this scene between Andrew Scott and Jamie Bell.

#AllOfUsStrangers, in cinemas now.

[politics @pollwatcher9]

The bigger bombshell is ever Trump said he was over the issue & he had been exonerated, and the bid media stopped reporting it, #EpsteinFiles

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Bombshell from Haberman and Swan:

Trump wanted the Epstein issue buried and snapped at anyone who mentioned it.

In the days before WSJ published that Epstein birthday book scoop, Trump tried to quash the story by calling Rupert Murdoch, News Corp.'s chief executive, and The Journal's editor in chief.

He failed. https://t.co/FRS0DNATAh

[politics @pollwatcher9]

How about they actually report properly ok real time target than saving things for their book? #EpsteinFiles

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

"Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files" is the title of @maggieNYT and @jonathanvswan's explosive excerpt from their forthcoming book "Regime Change."

Now comes the freakout over the "freakout" article.

The New York Times published the "Regime Change" excerpt at 6 a.m. ET today, and it immediately intensified the White House's anxiety about the book.

Haberman and Swan have detailed reporting from inside the Situation Room, "a guarded space used not to weigh a foreign threat but to steer the president around a political problem concerning a notorious dead pedophile." They describe highly sensitive conversations about containing the scandal and convey quotes from President Trump, VP JD Vance, chief of staff Susie Wiles and many others.

After digesting the in-the-room detail, readers can't help but wonder: Who leaked and why?

Triggered by the book, "there is a massive leak hunt underway," a person who has detected the hunt told me this morning.

All of this, of course, is likely to stoke even more interest in the book, which comes out June 23...

https://t.co/YPBmQAOws2

[politics @pollwatcher9]

Everything Everywhere All At Once. I watched it 3 times to try to get the fuss. It’s overrated as hell.

[HAWK @HawkEmDownChris]

What’s a movie that everyone else loves but you don’t?

[politics @pollwatcher9]

C’mon C’mon such an underrated film. But it’s Tar, The Father & (very unpopular I know) The Whale for me.

[Popcorn Post @PopcornPost_]

Pick only 3 films.
Which 3 are you picking?

[Fujino @FujinoCinema]

Female Gaze Cinema: Films Directed by Women

#10. Fish Tank (2009) — Andrea Arnold

#9. Certain Women (2016) — Kelly Reichardt

#8. Petite Maman (2021) — Céline Sciamma

#7. Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015) — Chloé Zhao

#6. Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020) — Eliza Hittman

#5. Ratcatcher (1999) — Lynne Ramsay

#4. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) — Sciamma

#3. Jeanne Dielman (1975) — Akerman

#2. Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962) — Varda

#1. The Piano (1993) — Jane Campion

Best film directed by a woman? #filmtwt

[politics @pollwatcher9]

Perfect winner.

[Fujino @FujinoCinema]

Female Gaze Cinema: Films Directed by Women

#10. Fish Tank (2009) — Andrea Arnold

#9. Certain Women (2016) — Kelly Reichardt

#8. Petite Maman (2021) — Céline Sciamma

#7. Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015) — Chloé Zhao

#6. Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020) — Eliza Hittman

#5. Ratcatcher (1999) — Lynne Ramsay

#4. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) — Sciamma

#3. Jeanne Dielman (1975) — Akerman

#2. Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962) — Varda

#1. The Piano (1993) — Jane Campion

Best film directed by a woman? #filmtwt

[politics @pollwatcher9]

This is a foreign adversary’s wet dream: undermining faith in the US electoral system. Trump & the GOP have undermined the US more than any foreign power could wish for.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

RAJU: The president keep saying the California election was rigged. What evidence have you seen to show there has been widespread fraud?

SCALISE: You had wide changes after election night in the results

RAJU: They're just counting the ballots

SCALISE: Look, whether you can prove fraud or not, it does undermine voter integrity in the vote

[politics @pollwatcher9]

Lucky for these guys that their supporters are the dumbest people. The fraud is so rampant that they control the house, senate & presidency.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Comer: "What we're seeing especially in the blue states is there is rampant fraud, especially in the minority communities"

[politics @pollwatcher9]

One of best (and most surprising) #Oscars acting wins of all time.

[Lave Nancia @GoneBoy94]

1993 Supporting Actress

Holly Hunter, The Firm
Anna Paquin, The Piano
Rosie Perez, Fearless
Winona Ryder, The Age of Innocence
Emma Thompson, In The Name Of The Father

Vota por tu favorita!

[politics @pollwatcher9]

Get Toni Collette that revenge Oscar.

[Reel Updates @worldofreel]

ARI ASTER says he’s written a HEREDITARY prequel

https://t.co/RJH0Dp0opG

[politics @pollwatcher9]

You don’t have a free press. Not even close. You have a GOP Press. Trump barely ever gets any push back. The lack of a free press is why the US is in this mess.

[Rep. Melanie Stansbury @Rep_Stansbury]

THIS ⬇️ is why we have a free press. To all our journalists out there—and especially our women journalists (we see you!)—don’t stop asking the hard questions! 💅

[politics @pollwatcher9]

Don’t the @washingtonpost downplay this. He had a huge tantrum & angrily stormed out. They are trying to sane-wash even this story.

[ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ @LePapillonBlu2]

Trump couldn’t answer truthfully, so he stormed away like the loser he is.

[le sociologue grincheux @OhHowByronic]

Spot on.

[Tim Hannan @TimHannan]

If TACO Trump is secure in Madison Square Garden then he doesn’t need a $1B ballroom bunker.

[politics @pollwatcher9]

“Respected”? She’s played a big role in normalising & sane-washing him. Pay attention.

[Alan Friedman @alanfriedmanit]

Trump treats a respected NBC journalist with ugly and vulgar words: “You are either crooked or stupid…” The U.S. president then takes off his mike and walks out, with a sexist “That’s enough, Darling.”
The U. S. president is behaving like a jackass.

[politics @pollwatcher9]

People are missing the main point here. Trump is furious because he expected an easy ride. That’s why he chose Welker. The press have give him an easy ride for 11 years.

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

JUST NOW: Confronted with the truth, Trump has total meltdown and struggles to walk off @MeetThePress interview with a calm & informed Kristen Welker, calling her “crooked” & “stupid.”

WATCH ENTIRE CLIP 👇👇👇

Welker: Just to be very clear, there's no evidence of what you're saying.

Trump: There’s a lot of evidence. There’s tremendous evidence. There’s nothing but evidence. The election was rigged. And it’s happening again in California. They’re cheating.

Welker: Do you have evidence?

Trump: All I have to do is look.

Welker: That’s not evidence. The local officials acknowledge they are slow

Trump: They’re crooked. Just like you’re crooked. You’re either crooked or stupid.

[politics @pollwatcher9]

@jaketapper when did you apologise for your very prominent role in making Trump 2.0 president? The world is waiting.

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

That is some wild, unhinged stuff from the President.

Welker is a good person and honest journalist and didn’t deserve that but more importantly we have a president who constantly pushes conspiracy theories with zero evidence and can’t respond when politely challenged on that.

[politics @pollwatcher9]

Too busy to go to his son’s wedding though

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

👇🏽The Knicks “strongly encourage” fans to arrive TWO HOURS EARLY because the narcissist-in-chief Trump is insisting on going to Game 3 (even though Knicks fans overwhelmingly hate him and don’t want him there)

He only cares about himself

[politics @pollwatcher9]

Whaaaaaaaat????

[Dominic Michael Tripi @DMichaelTripi]

NEW: Butler, PA Sheriff’s Office reportedly exchanged emails with gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks prior to July 13th assassination attempt according to records revealed by Judicial Watch.

[politics @pollwatcher9]

Most are politically disengaged & only consume big media. If big media don’t care, they won’t even know about this.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Wow.

Why this does not concern more Americans is so strange to me.