Notices by Melissa Ryan (melissaryan@me.dm)

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It was a brilliant move for George Soros to buy Taylor Swift's masters and demand she date Travix Kelce, rig the Super Bowl, and mastermind a Joe Biden win in order to get them back. Amazing how Swift is powerful enough to do all these things but not powerful enough to buy back her catalog.

Claudine Gay pens an essay about her resignation. Everyone should read and absorb this paragraph. Because it encapsulates everything that the next year is going to be. From the election to culture, education, culture, you name it. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/03/opinion/claudine-gay-harvard-president.html

This from @anildash is the most hopeful thing I've read about the future online in years. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-commentary/internet-future-about-to-get-weird-1234938403/

Oh, HELL yes! https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/rudy-giuliani-hit-148m-verdict-defaming-two-georgia-election-workers-rcna129807

This is the problem all right-wing grifters face. No matter where you start, you have to continually become more and more extreme to hold MAGA's attention. Eventually, you end up at QAnon.

The problem with this is that anyone, both credible and qualified to do this work isn't going to work for Elon Musk. Why would anyone voluntarily sign up to become the next Yoel Roth? https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/29/tech/x-twitter-2024-election-ads/index.html

@emilygorcenski @dalias It's wild. A friend in repro rights who does research tried to tell me a few years ago this is how Americans would respond to Roe being overturned. I had so little faith that voters would care, but it's scary how accurate her predictions were. I'm glad to be wrong.

I've said this over and over again. Most Americans don't want to live in a fascist hellscspe. Overturning Roe sent a message loud and clear about what the Right's agenda ultimately is. Most voters can't unsee it, even if thry desperately want to. There's no going back.