Stop Smiling Media

Formerly Stop Smiling magazine/books. Former editors James Hughes (@stopsmiling) + JC Gabel (@jc_gabel). For queries + back issues, please email [email protected]

[Paul Holdengraber @holdengraber]

“America can break your heart."
~ W. H. Auden

thanks to @Samantharhill

[rebecca jennings @rebexxxxa]

idk why i’m always shocked to rediscover how deeply our country hates women

[Eric Allen Hatch @ericallenhatch]

refreshing election results like

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Angela Alsobrooks has won election to the Senate from Maryland, becoming the state’s first Black U.S. senator (via @AP)

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says the non-credible threats that briefly disrupted voting at two Georgia polling places originated from Russia. “We identified the source; it was from Russia," he says.

[Dana Goldberg @DGComedy]

No matter what happens, it saddens me deeply that rape, felonies, trying to overthrow our democracy, misogyny, racism and transphobia are somehow not deal breaks for 10’s of millions of Americans.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

BREAKING: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger extends hours at 12 polling locations following bomb threats traced back to Russia.

[DJ R-Tistic @DJRTistic]

California, New York, and Illinois holding down the Democrats in every election

[Jessica Valenti @JessicaValenti]

The abortion rights measure in Florida 'lost' with 57% of the vote and 1.5 million more votes than the opposition.

And for what it's worth: Amendment 4 got a million more votes than Ron DeSantis did in 2022

[SciFi Art @retroscifiart]

Watching America vote

[Richard Roeper @RichardERoeper]

Peter Weir’s Witness” is a near-perfect film, and this was one of the best “Holy s#&!” scenes of any 1980s movie. Not a word of dialogue as we see the reveal through the eyes of Samuel, with John Book then realizing what’s happening. Incredible music by the great Maurice Jarre.

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

It's unbelievable that this wasn't the end for him.

[No Context E.T. @ET_nocontext]

Mood

[PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes]

@RonFilipkowski Hey QAnon folks, is that the real Melania?

[Alex Rogers @arogDC]

Rudy Giuliani shows up to Trump’s polling station in the Mercedes convertible he was ordered to surrender to Georgia poll workers for defaming them, acc to the driver.

https://t.co/iA8D5vVL5m