Gideon Resnick

He was an actor on the sitcom All in the Family and the director of movies like The Princess Bride, This is Spinal Tap, and When Harry Met Sally.

But also, Reiner's years supporting progressive politics and the Democratic Party.

The Los Angeles Times notes that Reiner was a co-founder of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which successfully mounted the effort to overturn Proposition 8, a ballot measure in California that banned same-sex marriage.

In an interview with the outlet Midas Touch on Monday, California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom reflected on his relationship with Reiner, who he said supported him during his time as mayor of San Francisco.

So it just breaks my heart.

Newsom is referring to the time when he defied California state law to allow for same-sex marriages.

In recent years, Reiner was an extremely harsh critic of President Trump, calling him, quote, mentally unfit at one point and saying that the atmosphere under the administration's leadership is, quote, beyond McCarthy-era-esque.

President Trump initially reacted to Reiner's death by suggesting that it had something to do with his, quote, obsession with the president.

His statement on Truth Social was condemned by a number of conservatives and Republican members of Congress.

Later on Monday, Trump was asked about that social media post by reporters at the White House.

Yesterday, fans laid flowers at Reiner's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

One note read, RIP Meathead, referencing Reiner's role as Michael Stivic, the liberal student and Archie Bunker's son-in-law on All in the Family.

In a 60 Minutes interview earlier this year, Reiner talked about landing that role for Norman Lear's show and his dad's reaction to it.

Many would come to disagree with that.

Yesterday, one of the leaders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement was convicted on charges of sedition and collusion under the country's national security laws.

The trial was described as a, quote, cruel judicial farce by Human Rights Watch.

78-year-old media tycoon Jimmy Lai now faces the possibility of life in prison after he was found guilty of using his popular newspaper to collude with foreign forces against the interests of Hong Kong and China.

He pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

The national security law that was used against Lai was imposed by Beijing in 2020 as part of a crackdown against anti-government protests.

The judge in the case said that Lai harbored resentment and hatred for China and concluded that Lai was the mastermind of conspiracies designed to undermine the regime.