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The Ten to Fifteen Things I Find Most Infuriating About Donald Trump's Social Media Strategy
The Big WhoopNathan RabinMay 20, 2025
I Hated, Hated, Hated, Hated the Snow White Live-Action Remake Yet I'm Bummed It Bombed So Spectacularly
I Hated, Hated, Hated, Hated the Snow White Live-Action Remake Yet I'm Bummed It Bombed So Spectacularly

I DESPISED the live-action Snow White but I also didn’t want it to fail spectacularly at the box-office in a way that taught Disney, and the film industry, all the wrong lessons.

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The Big WhoopNathan RabinMay 21, 2025Rachel Zegler, Snow White, woke, DEI, Donald Trump
Much of Our Country Exists To Feed the Insatiable Ego and Delusions of a Senile, Hateful Bigoted Narcissist Violently Divorced from Reality. That's Not Good!
Much of Our Country Exists To Feed the Insatiable Ego and Delusions of a Senile, Hateful Bigoted Narcissist Violently Divorced from Reality. That's Not Good!

Ideally, American presidents serve the people. In this nightmare world, the people, and the press, and everything else seemingly exists to serve the ego and delusions of the president.

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The Big WhoopNathan RabinMay 20, 2025
Pope Trump the Heretic
Pope Trump the Heretic

When Donald Trump reposted an AI image of himself as pope, it ended up saying a lot more about how he sees himself, and how his followers see themselves, than intended.

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The Big WhoopNathan RabinMay 15, 2025
40 Million Dollars is an Awful Lot to Spend on the Most Boring Movie of All Time
40 Million Dollars is an Awful Lot to Spend on the Most Boring Movie of All Time

When Amazon paid 40 million dollars for a Melania Trump documentary from disgraced filmmaker Brett Ratner, it was less a questionable business decision than a clear-cut bribe.

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The Big WhoopNathan RabinMay 14, 2025Melania Trump
Here's an idea: Let's NOT bring back racist, transphobic and ableist slurs!
Here's an idea: Let's NOT bring back racist, transphobic and ableist slurs!

In this obnoxiously anti-woke cultural moment, ugly slurs that would have gotten people cancelled just a few years ago are championed and celebrated by the worst people in the world.

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The Big WhoopNathan RabinMay 13, 2025
There are more respectful ways to honor the late James Foley than by re-running this piece on 50 Shades Darker but it's the one we're going with
There are more respectful ways to honor the late James Foley than by re-running this piece on 50 Shades Darker but it's the one we're going with

Fuck this movie. Seriously. Fuuuuuuuck this movie. 

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Scalding Hot TakesNathan RabinMay 8, 2025Sex, 50 Shades of Grey, 50 Shades of Black
Thanks to Sinners and The Minecraft Movie, Cinema is Back, Baby!
Thanks to Sinners and The Minecraft Movie, Cinema is Back, Baby!

Cinema is back, baby! We have two very different movies to thank.

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The Big WhoopNathan RabinMay 8, 2025Sinners, The Minecraft Movie, Nicole Kidman, Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfield, horror, Film, elevated horror, blues, Jim Crow, Black, Delroy Lindo
Trump's Compulsive Need to Blame Joe Biden For EVERYTHING Bad Is Psychotic, Pathetic and Inevitable
Trump's Compulsive Need to Blame Joe Biden For EVERYTHING Bad Is Psychotic, Pathetic and Inevitable
The Big WhoopNathan RabinMay 7, 2025Donald Tru, Donald Trump, Joe Biden
Say It Ain't So, John! John Lithgow's Depressingly Feeble Non-Excuse For Appearing in the J.K. Rowling-Powered New Harry Potter Series
Say It Ain't So, John! John Lithgow's Depressingly Feeble Non-Excuse For Appearing in the J.K. Rowling-Powered New Harry Potter Series
The Big WhoopNathan RabinMay 6, 2025John Lithgow, J.K. Rowling, Roald Dahl
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