For me it's nothing to do with politics. (The far right fascist maga movement hates Alec Baldwin. Others are inclined to excuse reckless mistakes by people they like.)
I try to use an objective approach without fear or favor.
He was criminally negligent and reckless.
If I were Alec Baldwin's legal or PR advisor I'd recommend he:
-Release my draft statement without alteration
-Cancel the entire production and ensure everyone receives full compensation
-Never make another movie or act in one
-Lay low and say nothing until after the trial.
And it would be good for a sizeable chunk of his wealth to be used for a memorial foundation that supports women cinematographers or something like that.
He should serve prison time for this. And he should be remembered for it, forever.
Obviously everyone in the film industry needs to lift their game concerning basic health and safety protocols on movie sets.
There are ways to handle firearms safely. It's standard practice among responsible gun owners to check for live ammo first, and to follow other rules.
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1. There an be no clearer sign that Condoleezza Rice is, like McConnell, McCarthy and the rest, bought and paid for by wealthy donors. Not directly, but in the shadows.
2. #TheView only invited her onto the show to talk about the late Colin Powell. Instead, she...
... blatantly used the opportunity to act as an apologist for the GOP / GQP at a time when the survival of American democracy itself requires her to speak up.
3. As a black woman, she clearly doesn't care about the well-funded assault on voting rights that's more urgent than
1. We can't verify if Dennis Prager did in fact test positive for Covid. 2. We can't be sure he is unvaccinated. 3. It's possible that an unvaccinated person his age could survive Covid, but his cult followers are drawing all the wrong conclusions from his claim, as intended.
Here is the video & transcript, without commentary (from the above linked @JasonSCampbell tweet.) Keep an eye out for follow up articles with new info about Dennis Prager's claims re Covid. Prager is one of many RW influencers deploying the same schtick.
Before becoming #XGOP on 1/6, I never paid much attention to Prager and his disinformation media outlet @PragerU.
Since almost every national-level GOP politician officially came out as a far right fascist in 2021, I've been reviewing various media outlets in a new light...
When Colin Powell was dating his future wife Alma, he had to travel from NYC to Alabama, during the Jim Crow era. Almost everyone reading this has no idea what that was like for a black guy and girl.
84 years old, so can remember the end of WWII.
Worked for 5 US Presidents.
NB I haven't fact checked that - Powell worked for Nixon, then Reagan, Bush 41, Clinton, Bush 43 and, I assume, Obama. Whether it was 4, or 6 presidents, his experience at the top levels of the federal government was almost unmatched in our time.
With today's coordinated rhetorical attack on the USCP & anyone else targeted by the far right fascist current owners of the Republican party, here's a link to my recent thread on far right ideology & tactics.
And below, I cover an overtly white nationalist a/c I just blocked.
(I'm trying to avoid this tweet being actioned by Twitter. The third line is a specific threat of violence.)
All 3 hashtags belie a viewpoint that is:
Racist
White nationalist
White supremacist
Nativist
Far right fascist*
Pro Trump
Pro GOP*
Anti police
Anti democracy
Terroristic
Violent
Disingenuous
Dishonest
Lame, and
Low IQ
I first heard about Epstein's history in 2010 when the second son of QEII was exposed for his links to Maxwell and Epstein. In 2016 a lot more people became aware of the story because of Bill Clinton's many links to the couple. Maxwell was invited to Chelsea Clinton's wedding.
Being able to bring Epstein to trial would have been the best outcome for the survivors, the US, and other countries like the UK.
He had attempted suicide days before he died. It's extremely common for people facing child sex offense charges to suicide. The prison messed up.
Another way these grifters get away with openly racist comments is by calling those who riot or otherwise damage property "thugs." That is far right code for POC, and I saw ex-cop maga "influencers" referring that way to a crowd of rioters in FL during Spring Break 2021.
In the cult, current and former LEOs and military are automatically given more trust and respect than other people are. This is completely nuts, especially when you see TFG's real view of these institutions, and how he and his cult have treated the many (literal) heroes of 1/6.
In the 14 days before 1/6 my support for TFG was on its last legs. Like anyone else with half a brain, I could see there would be violence, and that even he would not be able to call them off.
I assumed the usual LE & military security plans would be in place. How wrong I was.