1. Last night, I watched the 4 part HBO doc "Allen vs Farrow" about child abuse allegations against Woody Allen
It premieres tonight
"Compelling" is overused but I can't think of any other word in this case. Lots of new evidence presented from video/audio, court records
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2. It also features interviews with Dylan, Mia, and Ronan Farrow, other family and friends.
Included are new interviews with people like Frank Maco, the prosecutor who said there was probable cause but declined to prosecute due to his desire to spare Dylan the trauma of a trial.
3. It does not, however, have any interviews with Woody Allen, Soon Yi Previn, or Moses Farrow. They all declined to participate. It does include audio clips from Woody Allen's 2020 audio book and other interviews with him.
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4. One of the other important parts of this documentary is the reminder of Woody Allen's obsession with very young women. Is that criminal behavior? Absolutely not, but it's just gross from my perspective and also speaks to his character.
5. I always felt his relationship with Soon Yi-Previn, while legal, to be incredibly inappropriate and representative of who he is.
That on its own is enough for me.
Dylan Farrow’s story is compelling and credible. And she has way more evidence on her side than he does.
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2. As someone who worked in CA politics for over a decade and worked on a number of ballot measures, it’s disingenuous to compare signature verification on ballots vs signature verification for petitions on a recall or to get a ballot measure qualified.
3. When someone submits a mail in ballot they’re doing so based on a ballot that has been sent to them by the state. It’s not as if people can just print a ballot at home and send it in. The state does this based on the latest available voter registration info.
2. And to be sure, I asked Joyce Poole who has spent more time observing elephants in the wild than anyone else (her studies are largely responsible for the international ban on ivory) and she confirmed this is nonsense.
Here's the thing about elephants...
3. Elephants feel otherworldly...no other animal like the elephant. I have seen elephants do things that would blow your mind...you don't need to make stuff up!
Example: Makena was responsible for babysitting a calf and thought she lost her and panicked.
1. There are few reasons but one value is when a former president goes to a country with a tense political or national security situation and is meeting with a foreign leader. Even though they're a former president, they still have the standing to cause an issue if not prepared.
2. For example, when President Clinton when to North Korea to secure the release of two journalists who were being held by Kim Jong-Il, he was given an intelligence briefing even though the trip was a private one and not an official US government trip.
3. Imagine if Clinton went to North Korea of all places and said something to Kim Jong-Il that was known to US intelligence as a sore point for Kim. He could have caused an international incident with one of our adversaries.
Clinton touched on how sensitive the trip was here
1. For the 2nd election in a row, Trump won a precinct in LA with some infamous residents.
See that small chunk of red in a sea of blue? Trump won that precinct by 10 points.
Over half the registered voters in this precinct list Scientology owned buildings as their address.
2. To illustrate how unusual this victory was for Trump, the precincts surrounding the one that Trump won all have Biden winning by 55-74 points. We're talking about a difference of 2 blocks.
This precinct contains one of the largest Scientology buildings in Southern California.
3. So why would Scientologists vote for Trump over Biden. It's not a simple answer but here's a basic explanation. Of course, I checked in with my pal @MikeRinder to make sure I had things right...
2. For the past four years I have encouraged reporters, writers, anchors, and editors to send me their stuff.
These people work at newspapers, networks, cable news, radio networks, magazines...not just in big cities, but smaller markets and also internationally.
3. So over four years I’ve built up quite the list of people who have been told they can do this. They also tell their colleagues.
I love it and encourage it.
I learn so much this way.
And I love that I can bring attention to people’s work.