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Laurie Brookins

@lauriebrookins.com
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Freelance journalist, The Hollywood Reporter, Travel + Leisure, and other pubs. I was @StyleWriterNYC over at the bad place. Also a survivor of one of many failed versions of the felon’s ego magazine. Yes, it was as bad as you think. I have stories.

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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 1h
We lost an exceptional Hitchcock Blonde today. She was 102. Rest in peace, Eva Marie Saint.
Eva Marie Saint with Cary Grant in North by Northwest
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 25/09/2026
Michelle Obama supported American designers. Jill Biden supported American designers. Melania Antoinette shops her closet and throws on a Saint Laurent blouse and Dolce & Gabbana pants for the China state dinner. She could’ve worked with Jason Wu or Phillip Lim or — gasp! — paid retail. But no.
The miserable First Couple.
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 05/09/2026
Did Natalie touch up his color on the flight?
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 03/09/2026
But he can go to the U.S. Open:
Leon Black at the U.S. Open with Ivanka and Jared, Karlie Kloss and more.
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 24/08/2026
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 10/08/2026
Seen in a Walmart parking lot today in Florida. It’s not a gas pump, but it gives me hope anyway:
Anti-Trump stickers on a Walmart parking sign in Florida today.
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 23/07/2026
Taken tonight in Georgia, an unretouched Getty photo of a sweaty, makeup-laden orange monster with a ridiculously spare and straw-like combover. He’s the walking version of all the tacky gold he’s splashed onto every available surface. For all that’s good and true, please let it be over soon.
Sweaty gross Trump.
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 17/07/2026
Today in Florida … Someone please tell me why all those lies he told last night matter at all.
High gas prices in Florida on 17 July 2026, all thanks to one person.
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 09/07/2026
Lucy meme perfect for this moment
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 16/06/2026
This also speaks volumes:
Trump alone at the G7
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 16/06/2026
None of this seems normal.
Trump, leaning, with MacronTrump leaning and looking quite drowsyTrump shaking Macron’s hand in an odd way
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 07/06/2026
Whatever is going on with his forehead and cheeks makes me think he’s soon going to look like this:
An image of Satan
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 25/05/2026
All those billions he’s raking in via blatant corruption, and he can’t get his suits tailored properly? We know the reason it needs to be fixed, but the back of his jacket is starting to look like a bustle, for crying out loud.
The felon at Arlington wearing an ill-fitting suit.
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 22/05/2026
A much-needed brain cleanser: Look how stunning Ruth Negga was last night in Cannes, wearing a custom gown and long white gloves by Balenciaga with diamond earrings by Chopard, on the red carpet for the premiere of Coward. Perfection.
Ruth Negga in CannesRuth Negga in CannesRuth Negga in Cannes
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 21/05/2026
Unretouched Getty photos taken yesterday as he traveled to attend the Coast Guard Academy graduation ceremony. It's getting harder to hide, isn't it, Donnie?
Trump's bald headTrump's bald headTrump's bald head
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 01/05/2026
Not sure I understand the logic of gerrymandering Floridians and pissing them off further while this is happening — or are they doing it because this is happening, and they know there’s little chance of winning in November unless they stack the deck?
High gas prices in Florida on 30 April 2026
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 19/04/2026
Gee, the markets must be opening soon … #Corruption
Another headline about Trump’s illegal war.
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 14/04/2026
Google Brina Knauss and see if you can figure out who she looks like:
A photo is Brina Knauss from 2018.
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 11/04/2026
“Husband” first. So much eyeroll.
The Bluesky bio of Eric Swalwell
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 05/04/2026
Two stations in Florida yesterday — and these are the numbers they’re trying to lure us in with, yikes. Happy Easter Weekend, everybody! You know who to blame …
Gas station with high prices. Another gas station with high prices
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 04/04/2026
This photo is from June 2020; don’t let anyone tell you they’re partaking of anything religious for Easter weekend.
A June 2020 photo of a felon and his gold-digging wife.
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 28/03/2026
Sigh.
Facts to refute yet another Trump lie.
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 21/03/2026
Well, that didn’t take long at all. He makes me doubt karma is real.
The felon saying something horrible about someone who has died.
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 19/03/2026
His penis must be crazy small. It’s the only explanation for something like this.
A rendering for a gold coin that shows a criminal trying to look like a tough guy.
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 12/03/2026
This figures.
Washed-up actress arrives at club that specializes in washed-up stars.
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 12/03/2026
In Tampa on Monday — this is what you voted for, Florida! Hope you have cash handy!
Gas prices in Tampa, FL on 9 March 2026
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 10/03/2026
Yesterday in Tampa, FL:
Gas prices in Tampa, FL on 9 March 2026
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 10/03/2026
Today in Tampa, FL — is anyone happy about this?
Gas prices in Tampa, FL on 9 March 2026
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 09/03/2026
Gas prices today in Tampa, FL
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 09/03/2026
Tampa, FL today — pay cash if you can, folks …
Gas prices in Tampa, Florida on 9 March 2026
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 03/03/2026
Another Trump lie.
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 28/02/2026
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR appeared before Congress on Dec. 8, 1941 so he could obtain approval to declare war on Japan. Someone tell me why this ridiculous moron gets to bypass that.
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 26/02/2026
The definition of obliterate
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 25/02/2026
Angela Lansbury in her very first onscreen role, as Nancy the flirtatious maid, and earning a best supporting nomination to boot … #Gaslight #TCMParty
Charles Boyer and Angela Lansbury in Gaslight
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 19/02/2026
When asked about the Epstein photo, Ratner said it was his fiancée, though he declined to name her. Twenty years ago, when Ratner said that photo was taken, he was dating model Alina Puscau, who looks nothing like the girl next to Epstein. I met her at a shoot he photographed in 2005.
Brett Ratner and Alina Puscau in 2006
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 19/02/2026
So when Brunel got up, Ratner sat down? Or vice versa? Scumbags.
Epstein and Brunel with two unidentified womenEpstein with Ratner and the same two women
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 19/02/2026
No, that is false information people need to stop spreading. She is a model, here is her info from Getty:
Model Ingrid Seynhaeve with Trump at a 1997 Victoria’s Secret Angels party
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 19/02/2026
Images from the 1997 Victoria’s Secret Angels party in New York — yeah, Wexner knew nothing, right:
Trump, Epstein and a model at a 1997 Victoria’s Secret Angels party in New York Trump and Epstein entering a 1997 Victoria’s Secret Angels party in New York Trump and a young model at a 1997 Victoria’s Secret Angels party in New York
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 19/02/2026
F**k you, Maureen.
A ridiculously false headline by Maureen Dowd: “Donald the Dove, Hillary the Hawk”
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 14/02/2026
Took the Warner Bros. Studio Tour years ago, and this easily was a highlight … #TCMParty
The sign outside Stage 25 at Warner Bros., listing all the classic films shot there
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 09/02/2026
Lady Gaga performed in Bad Bunny’s halftime show wearing a custom dress by Luar by Raul Lopez and diamond earrings by Chopard … #SuperBowlLX
Lady Gaga in the Super Bowl halftime showLady Gaga in the Super Bowl halftime showLady Gaga in the Super Bowl halftime show
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 05/02/2026
This isn’t thoroughly accurate, but I think about this scene a lot:
Dialogue from a scene in Broadcast News
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 03/02/2026
Fun fact: My ex-husband was born in Puerto Rico. The divorce was bitter and angry, but we became friends later. Then one day pre-2020, he admitted he voted for T*ump and would do it again. I blocked him and never looked back. Today I would like to ask him why MAGA doesn’t think he’s “All-American.”
ABC highlighting the halftime show that screams people from Puerto Rico aren’t really American.
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 03/02/2026
John McCain was held captive in Vietnam for more than five years. A horrible experience that left him disabled. His daughter, a raging MAGA who clutches at the coattails of her famous father when convenient, just named her kid Ransom. What? Ransom? Can anyone explain this other than she’s awful?
Cindy McCain holding her latest grandchild, the inexplicably named Ransom.
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 03/02/2026
Oof. Almost 30,000 people saying the vanity project really, really sucks. And only three days after it premiered. That made my night, thank you! PS Def take the time to read the comments …
The IMDb user rating for Melania, 1.3 stars out of 10, with almost 30,000 people weighing in with an opinion. Ha!
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 31/01/2026
From The Irish Times. Perfect.
A paragraph from The Irish Times review of Melania.
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 30/01/2026
This opening paragraph of The Hollywood Reporter’s review of *that* movie is pretty perfect:
First paragraph of THR’s review of Melania doc
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 28/01/2026
When you talk about their children, this is what I picture:
An image from Children of the Corn
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 27/01/2026
Intentional?
Trump and his favorite thing: himself.
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 26/01/2026
The 9 pm showing at a local theater this Friday for the coldest ticket in town:
A theater map showing no tickets have sold for a 9 pm showing this Friday for a movie about the world’s most infamous golddigger.
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