Ex-AARP movie/TV/music editor,Hollywood Reporter,EW,TheNation,got Bezos to buy IMDb. Last human Amazon homepage editor.
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timappelo retweeted
Friends,
My account here, just like other Ukrainian accounts recently, is suffering from severe shadowbanning/pessimization. There has been a sharp drop in reach, as the platform's algorithms quietly remove it from search and recommendations.
My Threads account, which has 25,000 followers, currently gets more reach than my account here on X.
I will remain here and I deeply value our community. But just in case, I want to remind you that I have other platforms: Threads, Bluesky, and Telegram.
📷: you can press the bell icon to get notified of my new posts.
timappelo retweeted
Just got out of a showing of “Musk” I drove 45 miles to see at a Simi Valley Regal, one of only three theaters within a 50-mile radius of L.A. showing it this weekend. Full house. I wish I could drag everyone I know back out here to see it.
timappelo retweeted
He destroyed his country, maybe they want him to destroy the UN as well?
New: Sources from three countries confirm that the Trump Administration has advocated Viktor Orbán for UN Secretary-General.
The US has encouraged Orbán to enter the race, even bringing him the initial idea of a joint U.S.-Russia-China candidacy.
WSJ:
wsj.com/opinion/viktor-orban…
timappelo retweeted
The most lawless, criminal administration in American history.
Trump’s DOJ told a judge how to rule. Then it pulled her from court. wapo.st/4BuABEM
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Trump supporters delight in Trump’s cruelty, of course, but they also engage in their own vile speech and actions as a virtual initiation rite into the MAGA movement — it’s the way that they demonstrate that they have the "courage" necessary to take on the left.
This perversion of the concept of courage is central to the MAGA ethos. In MAGA’s account of history, the Republican Party before Trump was a collection of cowards and quislings — people who knew the right thing to do but refused to do so because they were desperate for the approval of progressives. nytimes.com/2026/10/25/opini…
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Creepy billionaires want to run our country through political stooges. We can stop that.
theverge.com/tech/1014252/pe…
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Elon Musk initially denied throttling Ukraine's Starlink. Now he has admitted it and said it was because they violated terms of service.
He's a coward, and a traitor, and a liar.
timappelo retweeted
Dying laughing at NBC News asking Mike Rogers if a vote for him is a vote for Trump, and HE FAKED HIS MIC CUTTING OUT TO PRETEND HE COULDN’T HEAR THE QUESTION 🤣
These people are pathetic.
timappelo retweeted
He destroyed American soft power, disbanded human intelligence, and caused hundreds of thousands of children to die from starvation and disease.
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According to The Economist:
"It appears to have come from a small circle around the president, Mr Musk and Steve Witkoff, the special envoy to Russia. Reports suggest Mr Musk wanted to punish Ukraine for striking Russian refineries. One official says he contacted the White House only after imposing the restrictions."
If true, this suggests Elon Musk imposed the terminal-speed restrictions unilaterally, before notifying the White House.
Congress must urgently investigate whether Musk acted without government authorization. It is unacceptable for a private citizen to exercise unilateral control over a vital military capability. Starshield is a defense system, and decisions to restrict its operational capabilities should rest with the appropriate government authorities, not the CEO of a private contractor.
This should alarm everyone.
The America-Ukraine link grows even spottier economist.com/europe/2026/10…
timappelo retweeted
Republicans let an unelected South African ketamine junkie fire 270K American workers, steal our data, starve the world's poorest children, shut down investigations into his companies, and set himself up with billions in government contracts.
And DOGE cost more than it saved.
timappelo retweeted
Trump and his team act like they are mediating between two countries equally responsible for the war in Ukraine.
That framework is morally and analytically wrong and does not advance peace.
Treating Putin like he deserves something from his illegal, barbaric invasion only emboldens him to ask for more.
timappelo retweeted
WOW, Americans overwhelmingly support Ukraine over Russia, 66% in favor, with only 3% for Russia.
trump is part of that 3%, more proof he's completely out of touch with Americans.
trump is a Russian asset.
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This is like the epigraph for the entire Trump 2.0 presidency:
‘’I don’t give a damn. We’re making a fortune’
timappelo retweeted
"Donald Trump and his family are executing corruption at a scale never previously contemplated in the American experiment. If we are to ever graduate from this era of brazen graft, the first step is to notice." A service, from @MattWelch. reason.com/2026/07/09/the-mo…
