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Making the cut in dramatic fashion.
19-year-old @AkshayBhatia_1 needed to birdie his last hole to make the weekend at the #USOpen
This is just so beautiful. Much love to you both @ledisi and @rontyoung!
Must-see TV!
Our @Toyota Star of the week is the #tigress of Indian cinema @vidya_balan ! She talks #films #roles unleashing your inner #sherni and more! avstv.com/vidya-balan-skater…
Jim Bessman retweeted
Candace Owens is proof that if you're a black person who's willing to consistently degrade black people, there's a white person who will put you on TV.
Jim Bessman retweeted
True to form, Trump is using his limited remaining bandwidth and relevance to seek revenge against the people he blames for his downfall, like Lisa Murkowski. That’s fine. Murkowski can take care of herself. And if anything this makes her less beholden to the Republican Party.
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If you’re feeling existential fatigue, it might be because we’re fighting fascism while surviving a pandemic and mourning mass death within an environment of constant reminders the Earth’s temperature is rising and will turn us all into climate refugees eventually.
Just saying.
Jim Bessman retweeted
the NYT’s DC bureau is broken; pressrun.media/p/just-when-y…
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no reason for any news org to ever quote her; cnn.com/2021/06/18/politics/…
Jim Bessman retweeted
In tonight’s free Nightly Opera Stream, enjoy a 1981 telecast of Verdi’s timeless tragedy Rigoletto. Available June 18 at 7:30PM ET until June 19 at 6:30PM.
📸 Met Archives
Watch Now: bit.ly/3v0bKoQ
Jim Bessman retweeted
Targeting Biden and excluding him from the Eucharist because of his political stances makes the Catholic Church a political organization. Tax them.
Jim Bessman retweeted
There is a fascist, authoritarian movement in this country and they tried to turn us into a dictatorship this year.
