Carole V. Bell

I had so much fun revisiting the movie Waiting to Exhale and its impact, which might be even bigger than you remember, for NPR. 30 years later, 'Waiting to Exhale' endures www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...

It’s just so appalling and enraging how casual and commonplace this has become. I’m out of words.

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Two former Governors of South Carolina - one from each party - have endorsed Democrat Annie Andrews who is running against Sen. Darline Graham R-SC

A little boy dressed up as James Talarico 💙

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

Editor Commentary: DeWine and Vance: A case study of Ohio political reaction to the now-infamous Ramaswamy Acton ad ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/22/d...

Trump’s response to the Ramaswamy ad is worth dwelling on to remind us how his administration has actually treated survivors of abuse. Beyond Acton, beyond Epstein's victims, there are thousands of other kids and domestic violence victims whose lives have been made materially worse by Trump policy

The Ramaswamy campaign not only tried to capitalize on a child rape victim, they did it by using an old homeless woman who—while vile—is in no mental shape to adequately understand the stakes. And did they pay her? Either answer is bad.

Cut in half no less!

JD Vance’s not so subtle point is that the United States belongs to white Christian men, and the rest of us who don’t meet all three qualifications only belong here insofar as our betters choose to tolerate us.

It's not "strikingly juvenile" and it's not a "personal broadside." It's hate speech. The Vice President is trying to get people to vote against a Democrat by implying that he's gay and/or a pedophile and/or a fetishist. Take it seriously. It is on a par with every other kind of hate speech.

Good morning.

New Fox poll's internals are brutal for Trump: *approval on inflation 22-77 *approval w/ independents 21-78 *approval w/ Latinos 21-79 *underwater w/ noncollege whites and non-MAGA Rs (!) On the pod we bring you the numbers and discuss whether the polls are correct: newrepublic.com/article/2167...

Guilfoyle’s six-day scandal share.google/IhTUdtKC5Lft...

Ukraine strikes Russian data centre again despite Trump warning 29 www.bbc.com/news/article...

"You hired half the Third Reich to staff your office ... If John Lewis were marching today, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club" -- here's a supercut of Jon Ossoff SMASHING Mike Collins during tonight's debate

I’m watching a prestige drama in preview. Can’t say which, but I’m impressed with how the female lead’s hair and makeup get more polished and impeccable as her leadership gets increasingly on edge. Costume, hair and makeup in sync with character and the times. Wish the script was as impressive.

I’m confounded by the level of wtf is he talking about here. He’s replaced the usual ideological extremism attack line with random distortion.

remarkable piece of journalism. really worth reading.

This adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri’s rich and acclaimed short story collection Unaccustomed Earth is going to be epic. Harper’s Bazaar has a first look: “Netflix’s Sweeping Adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri’s Beloved Story Collection” www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film...

Hey while they’re at it, IMLS and NEH should start offering unrestricted operating support for museums. Like, a lot of it. johngmarks.beehiiv.com/p/america-s-...

MarkWayne Mullin’s DHS feels compelled, around midnight ET on a Saturday, to tweet a denial of a Daily Wire report saying ICE is being told “to stop arresting non-criminals.”

“Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among MAGA activists…We find [they] are not simply voters responding to policy preferences or culture-war appeals but are also participants in a social movement organized around a shared perception of lost honor, declining esteem, and institutional disrespect.”

DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.

The Booker Prize 2026 shortlist has arrived:  The End of Everything by M. John Harrison  The Disappearers by Marlon James  Black Bag by Luke Kennard  May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry  The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout  John of John by Douglas Stuart

Having faced a difficult crossroads in her daughter’s education, Nikole Hannah Jones contemplates the principles she fought for and the cost. “In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?” NYT Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...

For the life of me I legit can not imagine why anyone thought attacking the Kennedy Center was a good idea.

have I mentioned lately that oligarch-owned media consolidation is bad

I am fascinating by the ongoing Ed Sheeran story and the way it strikes right at the heart of the fading viability of "Oh, I don't do politics."

Bari Weiss has plunged CBS News into ratings calamity. —"Evening News" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —"CBS Mornings" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —And now "60 Minutes" has posted worst ratings of 21st century More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

As if the headline isn't enough incentive, do read this short news story to the last paragraph because MAN does it escalate! playbill.com/article/man-...

25 years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people, including 2,753 New Yorkers. As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other.

By far the most interesting thing I’ve seen of Hasan Piker!