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THE AUDIENCE QUIETED TO THE OCCASION
It was a pleasure to hear actual human voices articulate from the stage of the Studio 54 Theatre during Almeida Theatre’s Oedipus, a clever contemporary transposition of Sophocles’ 2,500 year old tragedy. Actors really knew how to project back then … Continue reading
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YES, MR. OBAMA,
you did warn us about what another term for Trump would mean. But your decision to pardon the banisters in 1008 and then let the foreclosed hang out to dry ushered in the conditions that made Trump or a Trump … Continue reading
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TRUMP & HIS MINIONS HAVE DESTROYED THE KENNEDY CENTER IN RECORD TIME
Isn’t interesting that this morning the Washington Post was reporting on the Center in freefalll, when this afternoon Trump LieSocial’d a post about how supposedly gorgeous his Marie Antoniette redecoration scheme there is. True to form, in the process of … Continue reading
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LEE GRANT IS 100 TODAY
She was a joy to interview about Diana Sands, Hal Ashby, and The Landlord back in 2016. Glad to finally now see her words in print. Steve and I can assure you that you’ve never read them before! She’s very … Continue reading
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KATIE MILLER IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MAGAS GO INTO THE REAL WORLD
But one thing she proved on Piers Morgan: there are rarely any surprises with MAGA. Miller pulled out the entire, predictable arsenal of MAGA rhetorical tricks–the screaming, the cries of victimization, the pouting, the lying, the hectoring, the manic repetition, … Continue reading
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WAPO EDITORIAL BOARD NOW THE VOICE OF JEFF BEZOS
And it blasts out his sociopathology on a regular basis. Their defense of Trump’s demolishing the East Wing shows how nutsville they’ve become, thanks to their multi-multi-multi billionaire overlord. And it goes on: Today they/he tell us that health care … Continue reading
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MERRICK GARLAND PRIORITIZED BOY SCOUT COSPLAY OVER SAVING AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
His various attempts to slow walk an investigation into Trump’s coup attempt–so as to project what he viewed as impartiality–aren’t preventing the Republicans from targeting him for investigation. Garland epitomizes the fever dream of delusion that engulfed the Democrats after … Continue reading
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GRAMERCY PARK’S DEFILEMENT MUST BE A TURNING POINT
Landmarks Preservation Commission is now refusing to offer any protection to landmarked buildings . The travesty of what happened to the Gramercy Park historic district is just one of many recent travesties. Sarah Carroll is getting out just in time … Continue reading
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WHY AREN’T DEMOCRATS RUNNING ADS THAT SHOW KAROLINE LEAVITT
informing White House “reporters” that Trump’s principal priority is his new ballroom?
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IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING
The Mayor’s ballot referendums “do not fund or even mandate deeply affordable units, nor do anything to repair public housing or preserve at-risk rent-regulated homes,” Layla Law-Gisiko writes in The New York Times. “By overstimulating development, they could give landlords … Continue reading
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