In a one-star review, The Guardian critic Xan Brooks slammed “Melania” as a film that “doesn’t have a single redeeming quality,” comparing it to a “medieval tribute to placate the greedy king on his throne.” Brooks said the film offers few revelations about its subject, who “moves through the action like a listless automaton, talking constantly but saying nothing.” In another one-star review, The Independent critic Nick Hilton called the first lady a “scowling void of pure nothingness in this ghastly bit of propaganda.” He suggested the film is “part sop to Big Tech companies who require constant regulatory approval for financial manoeuvrings,” citing Amazon’s big investment in the movie and appearances by billionaires Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, who are included in footage of Trump’s inaugural celebrations. The Atlantic writer Sophie Gilbert called “Melania” a “disgrace,” criticizing Trump for profiting off the project while in office. Other critics said the documentary was aimless and that Trump appeared to be uncomfortable being filmed. Variety critic Daniel D’Addario said the documentary is “primarily a film about a woman walking into and out of rooms,” while Gilbert said Ratner “seems desperate to find action, but there is none, stating for much of the film, the camera captures Trump “walking from liminal place to liminal place in five-inch heels.”

I mean ECHELON was reading satellite traffic in the 70s. Although now we call it Five Eyes. Encryption for regular people just wasn’t a thing until the 90s. Still isn’t for 90% of everyone on most platforms.

Member when “the government is listening!” Was ‘just crazy paranoids’?

Yeah.

Propaganda’s a helluva drug

Voting for Kamala was the only sane move. That’s all we were asking for.

We all want Bernie, but the nation is what it is and we’d have been streets ahead with Kamala even. Hopefully AOC someday.

black as night

Yeah but, Harris just loved that genocide.

You mean icelist.is? Ive heard of that

WINK

vote MAGA in the midterms if you’re curious how fucked your life can get.

Or don’t vote. Again. Either will have the same effect.

Yes but then Reagan.

Cripes, what a toad.

(No offense meant to toads, who are objectively cool.)

L3Harris Technologies

A major U.S. defense contractor, L3 Harris has a $4.4 million contract to provide “equipment to determine the location of targeted mobile handsets to investigate crimes and threats” for ICE. First awarded in 2022, the contract is set to expire at the end of this year. L3 didn’t respond to requests for comment.

She’s an Einstein Genius™ Visa holder!

No one’s going to lose SNAP benefits tho. And DC workers will be paid.

Are they, tho?

Looks like they ran over the orange traffic cone. Figures.

but if people are ignorant then that’s on them.

And yet MAGAts don’t have that problem.

20 years of AM radio fucked some people up.

He also would have had to have won more primaries. It wasn’t just DWS.