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Jane Rosenberg LaForge
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Poet, novelist, book reviewer, former adjunct professor, former journalist, blah blah blah blah blah
Five #rejections of #poetry #poems this morning. Feeling dejected.
January 28, 2026 at 7:14 PM
"@washingtonpost.com leaned further into anti-Trump coverage than @nytimes.com did and was more discernibly left-wing — perhaps 'woke'...But then in November 2024..." @natesilver.skystack.xyz looks at what happened to The Washington Post. #journalism www.natesilver.net/p/the-sad-an...
The sad and self-inflicted decline of the Washington Post, in one chart
Under Jeff Bezos, the paper retreated from the adversarial, anti-Trump posture that helped fuel its growth. And now its influence has fallen sharply.
www.natesilver.net
January 28, 2026 at 5:09 AM
More dire news @washingtonpost.com: " long-rumored cuts now appear to be close, with staffers expecting the ax to drop in early February." #journalism www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
‘No one knows anything’: Washington Post staffers fear major cuts
Members of foreign staff send letter to billionaire owner Jeff Bezos urging him to change course
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Someone somewhere on social media was talking about Mario Savio #MarioSavio yesterday so here's my contribution to the discussion www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mar...
American Rhetoric: Mario Savio - Sproul Hall Sit-In Address
Full text and audio mp3 and video of Mario Savio's Final Sproul Hall Sit-in Speech
www.americanrhetoric.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Need to take time out from the destruction of the U.S. republic to thank @bblitarts.bsky.social for hosting @rknester.bsky.social and me yesterday for our double #poetry book launch. Thank you for a moment of respite. Hope we can do it again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZpT...
January 25, 2026 at 6:26 PM
What amazes me is the eagerness--not willingness, but the enthusiasm, the fervor, and zeal--some Americans ( #ICE ) have for killing other Americans. Sad, sick, and dispiriting.
January 24, 2026 at 8:47 PM
If you're having trouble getting tickets for the big @bblitarts.bsky.social #poetry #reading in #LosAngeles Saturday Jan. 24 3 pm PST, try this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/la-double-...
L.A. Double Book Launch: Robbi Nester & Jane Rosenberg LaForge
Join us for a celebration of Robbi Nester's & Jane Rosenberg LaForge's new poetry collections at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center.
www.eventbrite.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:49 PM
I hope you'll join @rknester.bsky.social and I for the big #poetry reading tomorrow, Saturday January 24, at @bblitarts.bsky.social in #LosAngeles 3 pm PST. Details: www.eventbrite.com/e/la-double-... if you can't make it to the show, watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZpT... Thank you!
www.eventbrite.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Shame. #FreeSpeech is for everyone: students, citizens, non-citizens. (Bridges v. Wixon, 326 U.S. 135 1945) #FirstAmendment #FreePress www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
D.H.S. Cited Foreign Students’ Writings and Protests Before Their Arrests
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Reposted by Jane Rosenberg LaForge
A judge has granted a request from The Washington Post to prevent the US gov't from reviewing materials it seized from reporter Hannah Natanson.

Press freedom advocates argue that the seizure of materials is a violation of her First Amendment rights, as well as a threat to journalism overall.
US judge bars government from reviewing seized Washington Post materials
The Washington Post has demanded the immediate return of materials seized from reporter Hannah Natanson.
www.aljazeera.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Concentrating on these pics of Zeus (gray tabby) and Apollo (orange creamsicle) at The Iliad #Bookstore yesterday while listening to repugnant legislators try to tear into Jack Smith today. #LosAngeles
January 22, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Kinda like this pic, eh? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saigon_...
January 20, 2026 at 9:49 PM
I would like to thank @graphicgranola.bsky.social without whom I would not be surviving this long national nightmare just sayin'
January 20, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Meanwhile, at the Capitulation Broadcasting System
January 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Reposted by Jane Rosenberg LaForge
Your reminder that Norway, Sweden, and Denmark are three different countries, and that the Nobel Foundation is a private institution located in Sweden and is not controlled by Norway.
January 19, 2026 at 5:18 PM
It has been a privilege....to reject these #poems, is basically what this morning's rejection said. #writinglife
January 18, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Real #journalism. Oh, was it the Capitulation Broadcast System that first reported that the ICE assassin suffered internal injuries? Hmmm. I wonder.
NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 16, 2026 at 6:43 PM
That said, I hope you'll either attend, or tune in (tuning in is FREE!!!), to my January 24 3 pm west coast/6 pm east coast, #poetry #reading at @bblitarts.bsky.social in Venice, California, w/ @rknester.bsky.social & here are all the details: www.eventbrite.com/e/la-double-...
L.A. Double Book Launch: Robbi Nester & Jane Rosenberg LaForge
Join us for a celebration of Robbi Nester's & Jane Rosenberg LaForge's new poetry collections at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center.
www.eventbrite.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Why I hate doing #book promotion: Successful #author once asked to read my novel in #manuscript. To help w/promotion. I waited. & waited. & he kept apologizing for not reading. Eventually he said he wasn't going to read it, he was done reading stuff people sent him. So.
January 16, 2026 at 6:36 PM