Rebecca I. Allen

Rebecca I. Allen

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"If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention." Writer, former journalist, wife, mom, ASU alum. Likes: words, film, TV, equity, and chocolate
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"when a homeless person asks for money, then I give them like a fake $5 bill. So I feel good about myself. They feel good. And then when they go to use it, they get arrested. So I’m actually like helping clean up the community, you know, getting them off the street.” —Johnny McEntee #onlythebest

Outrage after ex-Trump aide claims he gave unhoused people fake moneywww.theguardian.com Johnny McEntee says in TikTok video he keeps ‘fake Hollywood money’ so ‘when they go to use it, they get arrested’

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This was a cover story in Variety, 26 Apr 2023. Somewhat to my dismay, even Deadline is not talking about Jeff Shell’s malfeasance.

Shell Shocked: How a Sex Scandal, Big Egos and Putin Led to Jeff Shell’s Sudden, No Payout Exit From NBCUvariety.com NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell was fired after a company investigation into his relationship with CNBC correspondent Hadley Gamble.

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Since I'm not seeing other news outlets writing about this, I did Column: Paramount’s new president was fired last year as CEO of NBCUniversal after allegations of sexual harassment

Column: Paramount’s new president was fired last year as CEO of NBCUniversal after allegations of sexual harassmentwww.chicagotribune.com Jeff Shell’s firing last year has been conspicuously absent in the reporting so far across numerous outlets about the Paramount-Skydance merger.

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This screenshot is from the headline of The Hollywood Reporter’s story on the sale of Paramount to Skydance (will include link in next post) which like all the reporting I’ve seen fails to mention this one detail: Jeff Shell was fired as CEO of NBC last yr due to allegations of sexual harassment

What I look like scrolling social media

What I look like scrolling social media

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“Fascism sucks up power left unattended” deserves to be carved over the entrances to grand public buildings

largest french turnout in 40 years, to keep the nazis down. fascism sucks up power left unattended

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largest french turnout in 40 years, to keep the nazis down. fascism sucks up power left unattended

Who is Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue

(Forrest Gump guy voice)

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Gift link for Tressie’s Latest: www.nytimes.com/2024/07/06/o...

Opinion | Whoever the Democratic Candidate Is, Americans Have Already Lostwww.nytimes.com The American Republic feels fragile.

Make a band more vegetable: Dixie Chickpeas

Make of a band more vegetable: Durian Durian

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Beware of the book festivals! (My latest Guardian Books cartoon)

Tired: seven minutes in heaven Wired: five minutes in the walk-in

Yes, it's true. I used to live in Louisiana.

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And for anyone who needs a pick me up

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I recommend taking five to ten minutes to put your US rep, US senators, and state and local elected officials into your phone contacts so you can instantly call them whenever you get mad, which will be every day from now until we die.

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"The use of a defamation lawsuit against small but energetic newsrooms like ours could become a political playbook for an attack on the American free press." Gift link, no paywall

Opinion | Mississippi Opens the Playbook for Dismantling a Free Presswww.nytimes.com A politician’s defamation case against a small Pulitzer Prize-winning news organization is designed to drain its financial resources.

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Mississippi is the poorest state in the US. Even though the state gets federal welfare funds, it is difficult to get welfare. The money was all getting stolen, and they got away with it. Now the journalists who exposed the story are facing a lawsuit and jail. www.nbcnews.com/investigatio...

She exposed how the nation's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail.www.nbcnews.com "The rabbit's got the gun now," said a lawyer for former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, who is trying to force reporter Anna Wolfe to reveal her sources.

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As well-meaning publishers try to navigate the coming storm of state laws against diversity, I hope they'll consider Timothy Snyder's Rule #1 (from his slim book ON TYRANNY).

Steve Bannon woke up in prison today

Reminder: Steve Bannon is spending his first night in prison tonight. Of 120.

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novel idea vs. the first rough draft.

😆 🎶"Good news!"🎶 Wicked pt 1 to drop 5 days early!! 💖💚

Something red in your skyline

Something red in your timeline.

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Sotomayor, J., dissenting

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I've made a new screenprint! It is a limited edition of 100 signed and numbered copies available now at my shop: www.tomgauld.com/shop

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One of my favorite memes is the “woman yelling at cat” one, so when I saw this I almost choked on my drink

“This is why we celebrate Gay PRIDE so visibly, because maybe one day everyone will be able to live their life not being afraid of what others think or say,” Casey wrote. “... When we raise our Pride flag this year we will light two special candles, one for you, Ed, and one for Paul.” Gift link

Man dies at 85, comes out in his obituary: ‘I’ll forever Rest in Peace’wapo.st Edward Thomas Ryan, after dying at 85, came out as gay in his obituary. For decades, he was in the closet and hid his 25-year relationship from nearly everyone.

Oh dear, my villagers! 😂 Animal Crossing New Horizons: Love Island

Le Blanc Bear

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Going to do myself a favor and start organizing these notes into potentially useful categories today. There's something like 20k words worth of novel notes in here. Yay, writing.

And now for your moment of un-zen… "ComedyCentral.com had been home to clips from every episode of The Daily Show since 1999, and the entire run of The Colbert Report, but as of Wednesday morning, the site is gone."

Paramount Axes Comedy Central Site, 25+ Years of Daily Show Clips Gonelatenighter.com One of the richest repositories of late-night videos—including 25 years of clips from 'The Daily Show' and the entire run of 'The Colbert Report'—is no longer.

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Even before mask bans become law, simply the act of politicians speaking about mask wearers as criminals is stigmatizing a critical public health tool, and encouraging harassment of marginalized groups. That is incredibly reckless and making our cities more unsafe.