Trump’s effort to restrict birthright citizenship by executive order is (1) unlawful; (2) predicated on conflating two entirely distinct legal arguments; and (3) doomed to fail in (even these) courts. My “One First” explainer: stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-112-bi…

Was amusing seeing articles yesterday that somehow thought Trump was going to use a more measured and less vengeful tone in his inauguration address this time around

“There cannot be coexistence if one side does not have existence.” In their Oscar-nominated film, "No Other Land," a coalition of Palestinian and Israel directors document Israel’s decadeslong effort to expel Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank.

My favorite nominations are easily NO OTHER LAND and SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT. The idiosyncratic documentary branch managing to award two films both amazing and urgent. We’ll see if the general voting body can get on board

A great calendar but the highlight is easily Tom Waits’ BIG TIME. Rarely screened and only generally available as a poor VHS rip, even that version is utterly brilliant so I can only imagine how good it will be on 35mm

AD DAD CRIED ABOUT THE CELTICS TRADING IT AND HE GOT SHIPPED IN THE NIGHT HAHAHAHA

You watch WORLD ON A WIRE in a theatre then walk out to see the Lakers have traded Anthony Davis for Luka Dončić and you do have to wonder if the world is actually a simulation

Confused about the Luka trade? Oh wait, this the same Nico Harrison that botched a Nike presentation so far that pushed Steph to Under Armour and let Nike lose out in hundreds of millions 🤣🤣🤣

Dalllas won in this trade. AD and Kyrie are going to be Special!!!! Plus they didn’t have to give up Lively, Gafford or PJ Washington. God Bless America

120 million people watching a celebratory grave dance on Drake and the Chiefs at the same time. Beautiful.

Watching Zohran’s speech. Have not felt this kind of political optimism in years.

Andrew Cuomo couldn’t see what was coming until it was too late. Inside his humiliation and Zohran Mamdani’s stunning victory. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Summer project undertaken alongside Takes from the Crypt.