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“…prejudice blocking online creators & indie filmmakers from traditional distribution outlets is still occurring, but…model is broken. The glass is forever cracked. Fans, Creators & audience-community productions now play a center role in launching & developing new talent (that’s you!)…if you want to continue to be a storyteller you must make your own films & TV, or at the very least, surround yourself w/those who do.”

“Make your own film”
The film industry is ever evolving and audience-community driven productions are the future.

In the US supreme court,
it seems Trump has found loyalists in his crusade against immigration and immigrants.
In a pair of rulings on Thursday,
the court allowed the Trump administration to end humanitarian protections that have granted people from Haiti and Syria the right to live and work legally in the US for more than a decade,
and cleared way for the government to turn away asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border by physically blocking them from setting foot on U…

Trump finds partner in supreme court in his war against immigration
Recent rulings have bolstered president’s pitiless campaign against people of colour fleeing violence and disaster

Two groups file a petition to deny FCC review of ABC's TV station licenses; they say they will seek revocations if stations restrict speech in trade for FCC OK (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)
https://thedesk.net/2026/06/frequency-forward-media-action…

Groups file formal petition to deny over FCC's probes into Disney, ABC
The filing makes the organizations formal parties to the proceeding, granting them standing to participate in the case and appeal future FCC decisions.

As the war in Iran enters its fifth month, Trump is increasingly frustrated that a conflict he once thought would be over in a matter of weeks has dragged on with no end in sight, administration officials and others close to the president said.
Some of Trump’s advisers now worry that the war
—which has resulted in higher prices, falling approval ratings and the deaths of more than a dozen U.S. servicemembers
—is consuming his presidency and damaging Republicans’ already dim pr…

The survey for the #ECB's banknote designs survey has a link to #Bluesky (ecb.europa.eu) which is on #WSocial.
They can't even bring themselves to label it "W" and just have it as BlueSky. 😂

Court docs: Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino spoke with President Trump in the weeks before the company settled with the DOJ in its monopoly lawsuit (Ethan Millman/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/mu

Live Nation CEO Spoke With Trump Before Reaching DOJ Settlement in Monopoly Case
In court filings this week, Live Nation confirmed Michael Rapino had spoken with Trump before the settlement but said that "no substantive terms regarding any potential settlement were discussed."

Ccontrast Trump’s AI Jesus post with another Trump image that came into prominence last week:
As everyone else in the room is animated by concern for the fallen man’s well-being
—they’re elevating his legs to ensure that blood is flowing to his brain
—Trump is assuming the bored-to–petulant affect he normally shows when he’s not the center of attention.
He’s standing with his arms dangling at his side with his prepared remarks open on the desk in front of him.
He’…

How Trump Keeps Getting Away With Blasphemy
Liberals struggle to understand why the president’s evangelical supporters never seem to mind his sacrilegious tendencies. They’re missing the point.

Trump’s fragile agreement with Iran has introduced a new variable into this year’s midterm elections.
Democratic candidates have assailed the agreement,
arguing that the president accepted unfavorable terms to try to end an unnecessary war that hurt the economy.
Republicans have been more divided.
Some, eager to turn the page on the unpopular war, are hailing falling gas prices and praising Trump for weakening Iran’s military capabilities,
while others are expr…

How Trump’s Fragile Agreement With Iran Is Shaping the Midterms
Democrats say the president started an economically painful war that resulted in nothing positive. Republicans are more divided, even as they show some signs of relief at falling gas prices.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked the country’s commander-in-chief General Oleksandr Syrskyi,
after days of widespread protests against the removal of the country’s popular defense minister.
His replacement, Mykhailo Drapatyi, 43, is a younger general
often described as representing a newer generation of military leaders who have forged their careers during the current war with Russia.
The shake up comes after Zelensky last week fired defense minister …

Zelensky sacks Ukraine’s military chief following widespread protests
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked the country’s commander-in-chief General Oleksandr Syrskyi, after days of widespread protests against the removal of the country’s popular defense minister.