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[tomorrowusa]

Republicans for Kamala is taking off and includes some high profile former office holders and staffers. This is more than just the usual handful of mid level and obscure officials.

At least three former governors including Jim Edgar of Illinois (1991-1999) have publicly announced their support for the candidacy of Vice President Kamala Harris.

Nine days into her 2024 candidacy, Vice President Kamala Harris picked a couple of notable Republican endorsements: Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan threw his support behind the Democrat fairly quickly, and John Giles, the mayor of Mesa, Arizona’s third-largest city, endorsed her soon after. Given the state of the cotemporary GOP, it’s not easy for any Democratic candidate to pick up cross-party backing, so this represented a decent start. But hanging overhead was an obvious question: Would other Republicans soon follow? The question received a rather emphatic answer over the weekend. NBC News reported: >> The Harris campaign on Sunday unveiled more than two dozen endorsements from Republicans, including former governors, members of Congress and Trump administration officials. Many of the endorsements came from politicians who were already openly critical of former President Donald Trump, including former Republican Gov. Bill Weld of Massachusetts; former Rep. Denver Riggleman, R-Va.; and former Trump administration press secretary Stephanie Grisham.<< Those names are, of course, just a sampling. According to a press statement from the incumbent vice president’s campaign, Republicans for Harris includes endorsements from former Trump White House officials Stephanie Grisham and Olivia Troye; former Secretaries Chuck Hagel and Ray LaHood; former Governors Jim Edgar, Bill Weld, and Christine Todd Whitman; former U.S. House members Rod Chandler, Tom Coleman, Dave Emery, Wayne Gilchrest, Jim Greenwood, Adam Kinzinger, John LeBoutillier, Susan Molinari, Jack Quinn, Denver Riggleman, Claudine Schneider, Christopher Shays, Peter Smith, Alan Steelman, David Trott, and Joe Walsh; and former GOP State Chair and State Senator Chris Vance, among others. “As a proud conservative, I never thought I’d be endorsing a Democrat for President,” Kinzinger said in a written statement. “But, I know Vice President Harris will defend our democracy and ensure Donald Trump never returns to the White House. Donald Trump poses a direct threat to fundamental American values. He only cares about himself, and his pursuit of power. “That’s what we saw on January 6 when he sent a mob to overturn our lawful election, who violently attacked law enforcement and ransacked our nation’s Capitol in the process,” the former member of the Jan. 6 committee added. “There’s too much at stake to sit on the sidelines, which is why I wholeheartedly endorse Kamala Harris for president. Now is the time for us all to unite to save our democracy and defeat Donald Trump one last time.”

[argentangelhelps]

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[lust-for-ultraviolence]

I didn’t include too many big names because they’d overwhelmingly win.

[nickfuryagentofsword]

Avengers 92 (1971) by Neal Adams recreated by Lucas Troye

The Kree-Skrull War (1971-1972)

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Matt Gertz at MMFA:

Fox News did not air a second of the speeches from alienated GOP leaders and former Trump officials who endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris at this week’s Democratic National Convention. The DNC speakers included former Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who spoke in prime-time before Harris’ Thursday keynote; former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan; former Trump White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham; Olivia Troye, who served as a homeland security aide to former Vice President Mike Pence; and Mesa, Arizona, Mayor John Giles.

MSNBC and CNN treated those speeches as newsworthy, airing each of them in full, according to a Media Matters review of the networks’ convention coverage. But Fox hid the content of all of those speeches from their viewers, often displaying the video on screen without audio as the network’s on-air hosts and guests offered commentary. It’s not hard to figure out why: Fox is a Trumpist propaganda organ that helped the former president purge the GOP of his critics and is working tirelessly to return him to the White House.  The network typically shies away from highlighting dissension in the party’s ranks. Fox virtually ignored former Vice President Mike Pence’s refusal to endorse Trump and former House Speaker Paul Ryan’s denunciation of the former president as “unfit for office” — both of which originated in Fox interviews. 

Guess which network refused to show speeches from Republicans and former Trump supporters that spoke at the DNC? It’s GOP propaganda outlet Faux “News.”

[caroleofficiel23]

[depressedgothgrl]

okay ik yall gonna hate it but write the imagines of the idol where we have no tedros’s sex torture 😍. bc THAT would be great

[fantastickkay]

2023's annual mix CD of my favorite singles! Picturing my favorite 6 new albums as well.

[drinkinthemovies]

The Idol

The Idol Written by Jeff Sparks "Every year there’s at least one project that audiences love to hate for its artistic liberties. Last year it was “Blonde," and this year it’s “The Idol.” One of the main complaints is the amount of nudity and the..."

Directed by: Sam LevinsonDistributed by: Max Written by Jeff Sparks  80/100 Originally viewed upon release, I recently rewatched “The Idol” in preparation for this write-up. After browsing through my previous notes I discovered the last thing I jotted down was “might like more on rewatch.” If you’re looking for yet another article panning Sam Levinson’s newest series you’ll need to look…

[theworkprint]

Idle Worship: The Idol Podcast Episode 5: "Jocelyn Forever"

We’ve done it. We’ve arrived at the season finale of The Idol (HBO) unsurprisingly titled “Jocelyn Forever” and not a moment too soon. To be fair, even if it were, would it matter much? The Goodship Joss (Lily-Rose Depp) seems to be out from under Tedros’ (Abel Tesfaye) sweaty thumb for good. She’s down to clown… him right out of the studio in front of everybody. But even when Tedros is exposed…

[shutthehellurmouthbee]

Everyone’s obligated to lmk if we listen to similar artists btw<3

[therealmrpositive]

The Idol (2013)

In today's review, I look at Hollywood influence and the impact on its mental health, In the most scandalously way possible As I attempt a #positive review of the controversially warped The Idol #LilyRoseDepp #AbelTesfaye #TroyeSivan #JaneAdams #DaVineJoyRandolph #RachelSennott #MosesSumney #DanLevy #JennieRubyJane #HankAzaria #EliRoth

It is no surprise that we seek out the sensational, applauding the ones who deliver consistently on demand. Never bearing in mind the mental slings and arrows suffered to craft these feats, as we probe ever inward on the performers themselves, The world of fame can be a very dark and broken place, even to the healthiest minds. In 2023, an H.B.O. series, intended to follow one of their best shows…

[bisexualbaker]

Honestly, I kinda wonder how Adam Lambert fits into all of this.

y'all, do you notice a lack in popular gay boy pop music? i was talking to my cousin about chappelle roan & we noticed how there's been multiple queens of lesbian music in our lifetimes (hayley kiyoko, girl in red, now chappelle; notably all cis and 2/3 white) but for gay boy pop it's been like. troye sivan? so what's y'all's take

NOTE that i know there's a lot of gay men (cis + trans) making music. im talking about overall popularity & why it feels (to the two of us at least) that lesbian pop artists seem to get more popular, or get more of an icon status

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Peter Nicholas at NBC News:

WASHINGTON — Olivia Troye, a former Trump administration official who denounced him in a speech at the Democratic convention in August, was boarding a plane recently when a passenger looked at her and said: “Your days are numbered.” Not wanting to escalate a bad situation, she said nothing, but the troubling encounter is emblematic of the hostility she’s faced as a recognizable and vocal critic of Trump. Now, with Trump returning to the White House, she is beset by newfound fears that he, his appointees or supporters could try to punish her for speaking out. “I’m worried that I’ll be targeted by him and a lot of people in his circle,” Troye said in an interview. “They very much know who I am. And I’m concerned for my family.”

She has plenty of company. For some who’ve run afoul of Trump, the election results have sparked fresh worries that he may enter office looking for retribution. He’s been out of power for nearly four years, airing grievances over how he believes he’s been mistreated by law enforcement, but on Jan. 20 he’ll be sworn in with a panoply of governmental powers at his disposal. He’s made no secret of who he believes has wronged him, and as president, he could upend their lives through investigations, tax audits or courts-martial if he chose. During the campaign, Trump has made different statements about whether he might target people who’ve upset him. What he’s said can be construed in different ways. He gave a speech last year hours after he was charged with mishandling classified documents and said that if elected, he would “appoint a real special prosecutor to go after the most corrupt president in the United States of America: Joe Biden and the entire Biden crime family.” In February, he dismissed any concerns that he might want vengeance, saying: “My revenge will be success.” 

He told Fox News last month in an exchange about weaponizing government against political foes: “I don’t want to do that. That’s a bad thing for the country. I don’t want to do that. I haven’t said that I would. But they have done it.”  In the same interview, he described Democratic Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff, both of California, as the “enemy from within.” As for Jack Smith, the special prosecutor who has been investigating Trump’s handling of classified documents and his attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat, Trump said last month he should be “thrown out of the country.” (A spokesperson for Smith declined to comment). Rep. Jim Jordan, a staunch Trump ally in Congress, said he doesn’t expect any of the prosecutors to face reprisals over Trump investigations.

“I don’t think any of that’s going to happen because we’re the party who’s against political prosecution,” Jordan said Sunday on CNN. “We’re the party who’s against going after your opponents using lawfare.” None of this has a precise parallel in the modern era. President Richard Nixon had his enemies, but tended to rail against them in private. [...]

In the last term, a federal judge ruled that prison officials had taken “retaliatory” action against Trump’s former lawyer-turned-critic Michael Cohen over a book he was writing. They had transferred Cohen from home detention to prison, a move that was “retaliatory in response to Cohen desiring to exercise his First Amendment rights to publish a book critical of the President [Trump] and to discuss the book on social media,” Judge Alvin Hellerstein wrote. He ordered Cohen returned to confinement in his Manhattan apartment. Security clearances can be important to people who’ve moved to the private sector, and if the Trump administration were to yank them, he could deprive them of their livelihoods.

Incoming Vice President JD Vance suggested last month that the Trump administration would pull the security clearances of the 51 people with national security experience who signed a letter before the 2020 election questioning the authenticity of emails found on a laptop belonging to Joe Biden’s son Hunter. Vance told podcaster Joe Rogan that “they still all have security clearances, I believe, which is going to change when we win.” Larry Pfeiffer, former chief of staff at the CIA who co-signed the letter, said: “There are colleagues of mine on that list who have clearances because they’re active members of companies that do business inside the intelligence community, and they will likely lose their post-government livelihoods if their clearances are pulled.” “It would be, in our view, absolutely unprecedented to pull peoples’ clearances for some opinion that they espouse,” he added.

Trump will assume office with a mandate from voters and minimal restraints. Republicans will take control of the Senate and are better positioned than Democrats to run the House given the election results that are still coming in, lifting a potential check on executive power. Separately, a Supreme Court ruling earlier this year imbued the president with sweeping immunity, removing a deterrent to possible retaliatory action.

[...] “If anyone begins to truly use the criminal justice system or other aspects of the government to target their enemies, then we are nothing but a banana republic,” said Rep. Dan Goldman, a New York Democrat who before entering office was the lead counsel in Trump’s first impeachment case. “The response you’ll get from Republicans is, ‘That’s what Joe Biden did.’ And I would ask any right-thinking person to actually say that Joe Biden weaponized the Department of Justice when his Department of Justice convicted his own son.” Not wanting to call attention to themselves or antagonize Trump, some who’ve been publicly critical in the past are staying silent for now.

[...] If Trump or his political appointees were to pursue legal retribution, career prosecutors may not find it easy to bring such cases, nor might they be willing to go along.

Critics of Donald Trump are rightly worried about being targeted for retribution for opposing his tyrannical ways.

[mordredpendragon]

Arthuriana Quick Bites : Short Reads in 200 Pages or Less

Want to read some Arthuriana but short on time?

A collection of short medieval texts, poems, plays, and short stories and anthologies.

Links are provided to PDF's for free reading or to download. If a book is still in print, a link to where you can purchase will be provided. This post will be updated as necessary.

This post was made in collaboration with and wouldn't have been possible without @queer-ragnelle! The following PDF's are supplied by the @arthurianpreservationproject, which i emplore you to go check out for yourself. My personal reccomendations are bolded and higlighted in pink, while L's reccomendations are in green.

EDIT: After the scare I got for having my account terminated, I decided to make a Google Doc version of this masterpost in case anything happens again. The gdoc and this post will be updated at the same time whenever I have any new additions, which will be marked as ‼️

Last updated: 4/6/2025

Medieval Texts

Alliterative Morte Arthure 💖 translated by Richard Scott-Robinson

Erex Saga and Ívens Saga💖 translated by Foster W. Blaisdell and Marianne E. Kalink

Guingamor / Lanval / Tyolet / Bisclaveret by Marie de France translated by Jessie Weston

King Artus translated by Curt Leviant

Morien💖translated by Jessie Weston

Perceval, Story of Grail 💖by Chrétien de Troyes translated by Nigel Bryant

Peredur 💖 translated by Meirion Pennar

Pulzella Gaia

Roman de Brut by Wace translated by Eugene Mason

The Adventure of Melora and Orlando translated by John R. Harris

The Perilous Graveyard translated by Ross G. Arthur

The Romance of Perceval 💖 translated by Dell Skeels

The Turke and Sir Gawain💖 translated by Dr. Brian Gastle

The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle 💖translated by Dr. David Breeden

Sir Launfal by Thomas Chestre

Sir Perceval de Galles / Ywain and Gawain 💖 edited by Mary Flowers Braswell

Short Stories

A Camelot Triptych💖 by Norris J Lacy

From Camelot to China💖 translated by Annegret Oehme

Hunt of the Hart Royal by Cherith Baldry

In the Forest Perilous by Cherith Baldry

The Trial of Sir Kay💖 by Cherith Baldry

The Last Knight of Camelot: The Chronicles of Sir Kay by Cherith Baldry

Kairo-Kō: A Dirge💖 by Natsume Sōseki

Mordred and the Green Knight 💖 by Phyllis Ann Karr

Sir Agravaine💖 by P. G. Wodehouse

The Fortunate Island by Max Adeler

Strange Finds by Georgia Cook @georgiacooked

Poems

Five Arthurian Poems 💖by William Morris (Galahad: A Christmas Mystery my beloved!)

Lancelot💖 by Edwin Arlington Robinson

Merlin by Edwin Arlington Robinson

Tristram by Edwin Arlington Robinson

Maid Avoraine by R. Williams Buchanan

Post-Laureate Idyls & Other Poems💖 by Oscar Fay Adams

Six Ballads About King Arthur by Your Loving Granny

Plays

Guenevere: A Play in Five Acts by Stark Young

Merlin in Love by Aaron Hill

Mordred, A Tragedy 💖 by Henry Newbolt

King Arthur by J. Comyns Car

Lancelot💖 by James Bridie

The Quest of Merlin by Richard Hovey

The Marriage of Guenevere by Richard Hovey

The Birth of Galahad 💖by Richard Hovey

Taliesin by Richard Hovey

The Holy Grail by Richard Hovey

The Misfortunes of Arthur💖 by Thomas Hughes

The Birth of Merlin by William Shakespeare & William Rowley

Vortigern and Rowena by William Shakespeare (Apocryphal)

Screenplays

Excalibur (1981) Screenplay 💖 by Rospo Pallenberg and John Boorman

Anthologies

Arthurian Tales: Author's Choice by Phyllis Ann Karr

Arthur, The Greatest King - An Anthology of Modern Arthurian Poems by Alan Lupack

Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices edited by Swapna Krishna and Jenn Northington

The Camelot Chronicles edited by Mike Ashley

The Chronicles of the Round Table edited by Mike Ashley

The Chronicles of the Holy Grail edited by Mike Ashley

The Pendragon Chronicles edited by Mike Ashley

The Merlin Chronicles edited by Mike Ashley

Invitation to Camelot edited by Parke Godwin

Other Masterposts by L @queer-ragnelle:

Beginner's Guide to Medieval Arthuriana

Hi-Lo Arthuriana

♡ Loathly Lady Master Post ♡

Happy reading! 💕