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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 18h

Hegseth went to the USS Abraham Lincoln & talked about “mission accomplished”— literally the same place Bush stood before a banner bearing those words in one of the most moronic moments in US political history. Until Pete topped it. Then he announced the Pentagon is gonna livestream a firing squad

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 20h

Walken & me after a table read for my film WHEN I LIVE MY LIFE OVER AGAIN, in NYC, 2014. (I’m the one on the right.) #tbt #onemoretime

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Bizarre coincidence, as I posted earlier today about my 1996 student documentary on this topic (which includes the guy who started the whole Kubrick rumor). Maye is "not 200% sure" and took a course in college on whether Hitler really died and if birds are real.

essentiallysports.com

"I'm a Little Bit Skeptical": Patriots' Drake Maye Refuses to Believe America Landed On the Moon

Patriots QB Drake Maye discusses conspiracy theories and explains why he remains unsure about the moon landing.

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

3/3 Then today I go to the doctor, and what’s in the waiting room? This (at right, below).

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

2/ One of Bill’s arguments was that National Geographic magazine was in on the scam, as a longtime sponsor of the corporate-government industrial complex. (Of course, another of Bill’s theories was that OJ Simpson was also in on it, and that’s why he was framed for murder.)

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

1/ Thirty years ago, when I was in film school, I made a student film about Bill Kaysing (below, in a still from the documentary), the father of the “moon landing hoax” conspiracy theory.

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thanks to Andrew Hickey and his Patreon bonus episode on the Classics IV, I finally know the differrence between "Sunny," "Spooky," and "Stormy."

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Can we get Gritty to come eat this thing please?

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The stuff of satire...except it ain't remotely funny. As Sen. Mark Kelly told Politico, “forgive me if I’m skeptical of entrusting the future of American warfare to people with zero military experience who stand to financially benefit from the decisions they’re making.”

publicnotice.co

“Project Meridian” is the stuff of satire

Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and Palmer Luckey walk into a bar ... and are given the keys to the DoD.

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I hate to kick the Times when it's still at least a newspaper, while the WaPo has become Trump's personal newsletter and the WSJ continues to be the mouthpiece of the plutocracy. But as Bacon notes, the Times's very stature is precisely what make its shortcomings so dangerous.

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The overall product is a factually accurate portrayal of American politics that misses the big story: The Republican Party is a far-right entity at war with democracy; the Democrats are a normal party in a liberal democracy.”

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“The paper seems interested in portraying conservatives and liberals as equally problematic, or at least implying that there are major excesses on the left as well as the right....

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

@perrybaconjr.bsky.social's important piece in @newrepublic.com, in which he takes The New York Times to task for its fundamental failure in our current political moment.

newrepublic.com

Liberals Must Fight The New York Times’ Monopoly Too

The paper’s editorial vision is out of step with the robust liberalism needed today.

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

2/2 It’s not news, but this interview makes it abundantly clear...and his party owns this nightmare because it continues to abet it. We can do something about it on November 3.

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

1/ Donald Trump has been a horrible person all his life. But atop that, we are now beset with an even more pressing problem. Read this transcript of his interview with Time magazine and you’’ll see what I mean. It is an emergency that we have a mentally ill individual in the White House.

time.com

Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript

The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

New on The King's Necktie. The midterms—just a month away—loom as a turning point, one way or another. Dare we dream that it might turn in democracy’s direction?

thekingsnecktie.substack.com

Journey to the End of the Night

The midterms—just a month away—loom as a turning point, one way or another. Dare we dream that it might turn in democracy’s direction?

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In case you've forgotten what a principled public servant telling the truth looks like, here is the textbook example.

youtube.com

Special counsel Jack Smith: Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation

YouTube video by The Independent

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Here's my dear friend, the super-talented Alyson Greenfield performing a song we wrote called “November,” about the opportunity America had to defeat the fascist menace. As a nation, we fell short. But now, two years later, this coming November, we get another shot.

vimeo.com

November (Alyson Greenfield Live at Francis Kite Club)

Alyson Greenfield performs an anti-Trump anthem by author Robert Edwards, live at the Francis Kite Club on Ave C, NYC, September 11, 2024, in support of "RESISTING THE RIGHT: How to Survive the Gather...

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Alex Chilton covering "Femme Fatale" w/Steve Cropper on guitar. (Meant for a Chilton solo LP, though later released as a Big Star record.) Reportedly Cropper was so unnerved by the scene that he played n the corridor, with his cord running through the door into the studio. h/t Andrew Hickey

youtube.com

Big Star featuring Alex Chilton…Femme Fatale

YouTube video by PrisoneroftheNight

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You thought people were upset about the NYT's Top 100 TV Shows? Narrowing Trump's crimes down to a top five is a thankless task, but thank you, Timothy Noah and The New Republic anyway.

newrepublic.com

The Five Trump Scandals That Deserve Thorough Investigation

A guide for the Democrats’ coming congressional majority

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just a reminder that, in the past, if a sitting President took $20M Congress appropriated for homeland security and made campaign ads—ads that literally carried the tag “paid for by the US govt”—it'd be a scandal that'd dominate the headlines for wks and probably result in his removal from office.

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Far less dramatic, but more than 30 years ago, when I had a skydiving accident, another jumper—who happened to be an off-duty doctor waiting to get on the same plane I had just jumped out of—ran over and came to my aid until an ambulance arrived. There are still good people in the world.

theguardian.com

Team of skydivers drop in to help survivors of a plane crash in Wisconsin

Recreational jumpers used their training as paramedics to treat crash victims before ground crews arrived

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Did I miss it, or amid all the hubbub surrounding Trump trying to rename gulfs and Great Lakes and New Mexico (in progress), has no one evoked Randy Newman's famous line that "South America stole our name?"

youtube.com

Political Science (2002 Remaster)

YouTube video by Randy Newman - Topic

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

2/2 "Everyone knows that Trump wants to cheat, and that he is trying to cheat....(but) If Trump is still looking for a magic button that will hand him the election—and he is—it is reasonable to conclude he hasn’t found it yet."

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

1/ Interesting take from the always savvy Noah Berlatsky. As he says, this is not a call to let our guard down, but it IS a reminder not to give in to fatalism (which is what the GOP would prefer) when in fact we have momentum on our side.

everythingishorrible.net

Trump Wouldn’t Promise Cash If He’d Rigged the Midterms

He doesn’t have a plan.

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“The notion that he will go quietly would be incredibly naive. We’re headed for a collision between a lame duck who has no respect for the constitutional norms and an opposition that may have some power to hold him accountable. The paradox is the weaker he gets, the more dangerous he gets.”

theguardian.com

‘The weaker he gets, the more dangerous he gets’: Trump lashes out as his power wanes

Trump tries to dominate at the UN as his approval ratings plummet and even some Republicans distance themselves from him

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

VAR reaches event horizon. (Apologies for posting anything from the Torygraph.)

telegraph.co.uk

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Shades of Michael Jordan playing baseball, for the England skipper? (The analogy is far from perfect.) But I do know that Brandon Aubrey, of Plano, TX, who was a pro soccer player who never played American football at all until he was 24, is on track to be the best placekicker of all time.

nytimes.com

Could Harry Kane really be an NFL kicker? The experts are not so sure

The England football legend is sizing up a possible NFL career but the transition is not as straightforward as it might seem

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Just down the hall from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, I presume.

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thank you to @tomhall.bsky.social, @montclairfilm.bsky.social and all who came out for last night’s special screening of LAND OF THE BLIND for its 20th anniv, and a great discussion afterward. (Pic: Donald Sutherland and me on set in London, 2005.)

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"We are living in a country in which the federal government targets non-white people and queer people for violence, terror, and censorship...When Stephens singles out an org for supposedly discriminating against white straight men, he is identifying targets for the fascists."

everythingishorrible.net

Bret Stephens Throws Red Meat To The Fascists

His attack on the National Book Awards is a bat signal for the worst people.

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Drunken Dove” (by Larry McMurtry), or when the bodega ran out of Fireball.

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Earth, Wind, Fire, Blood, Sweat, Tears, Crosby, Stills, Nash, Cellino & Barnes LLP. Memo to camera department: stop hiring DPs who are on acid.

youtube.com

Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)

YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Memo to Aaron Rodgers: How to be a stand-up guy and admit your mistakes. "Xhaka has apologised for what he described as a 'mistake' made in a 'state of emotional turmoil,' and has been left out of Switzerland’s squad for the upcoming internationals.

nytimes.com

Sunderland's Xhaka admits to forging Covid vaccine certificate

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New on The King's Necktie: "Is Elon Trying to Steal the Midterms?" The GOP certainly is, and he’s writing it checks. But is he doing more than that?

thekingsnecktie.substack.com

Is Elon Trying to Steal the Midterms?

The GOP certainly is, and he’s writing it checks. But is he doing more than that?

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Tomorrow, Sep 22 at 7 pm, @montclairfilm.bsky.social is hosting a special 20th anniv screening of my first feature, LAND OF THE BLIND, which stars Ralph Fiennes and Donald Sutherland. Montclair's Artistic Director Tom Hall & I will be in conversation after. Tix at link below. Hope to see you there

montclairfilm.org

Land of the Blind - Montclair Film

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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

2/2 "Coyote vs. Acme" would make a great double bill with the excellent 2011 documentary "Hot Coffee" for series on so-called "tort reform" and corporate accountablity.

en.wikipedia.org

Hot Coffee (film) - Wikipedia

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