hgongaware
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"There are hardly five critics in America, and several of them are asleep. "
all MAGA is pure evil
February 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM
all MAGA is pure evil
I wrote the Esquire blurb, fyi. They contracted at 250 words - it got published at 25 - reproduced in the interior flap at 6 - which, fairness in editing maybe, and in this context, apropos:
"This is Walden gone horribly wrong."
"This is Walden gone horribly wrong."
February 11, 2026 at 5:50 PM
I wrote the Esquire blurb, fyi. They contracted at 250 words - it got published at 25 - reproduced in the interior flap at 6 - which, fairness in editing maybe, and in this context, apropos:
"This is Walden gone horribly wrong."
"This is Walden gone horribly wrong."
Today's Republicans are offering this as a selling point.
February 11, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Today's Republicans are offering this as a selling point.
February 10, 2026 at 4:22 AM
excellent - and I think that anything designed to interfere with the midterms, if known in advance, would be met with an request for injunctive relief, etc. etc. which - I don't know if you could say that of every red state.
February 7, 2026 at 11:55 PM
excellent - and I think that anything designed to interfere with the midterms, if known in advance, would be met with an request for injunctive relief, etc. etc. which - I don't know if you could say that of every red state.
we shall see. I think we were surprised that the SoS held so firm the first time, given the stakes - I had the same low expectations as you. Raffensperger showed us something, and I have no reason to doubt him now.
February 7, 2026 at 11:45 PM
we shall see. I think we were surprised that the SoS held so firm the first time, given the stakes - I had the same low expectations as you. Raffensperger showed us something, and I have no reason to doubt him now.
I am not disagreeing with that - I am just noting that the Georgia SoS runs elections and he's already once refused to "find" the votes Trump attempted to extort him into finding.
February 7, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I am not disagreeing with that - I am just noting that the Georgia SoS runs elections and he's already once refused to "find" the votes Trump attempted to extort him into finding.
I don't think Raffensperger will allow that tbh. TBD
February 7, 2026 at 8:29 PM
I don't think Raffensperger will allow that tbh. TBD
This is Donald Trump's America.
February 2, 2026 at 1:38 AM
This is Donald Trump's America.
NO compromise on ICE
unmask, abolish, prosecute
Senator Whitehouse if you put our names on their project you are complicit and you make us all complicit.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
unmask, abolish, prosecute
Senator Whitehouse if you put our names on their project you are complicit and you make us all complicit.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
One person in critical condition after being shot in incident involving Border Patrol in Arizona
The individual is in custody and receiving care, according to law enforcement.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:53 PM
NO compromise on ICE
unmask, abolish, prosecute
Senator Whitehouse if you put our names on their project you are complicit and you make us all complicit.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
unmask, abolish, prosecute
Senator Whitehouse if you put our names on their project you are complicit and you make us all complicit.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Reform is NOT enough.
Do not put your name to their project!
unmask, abolish, prosecute
Do not put your name to their project!
unmask, abolish, prosecute
January 27, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Reform is NOT enough.
Do not put your name to their project!
unmask, abolish, prosecute
Do not put your name to their project!
unmask, abolish, prosecute
I am guessing they will want us to continue to remember the Alamo their way.
January 27, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I am guessing they will want us to continue to remember the Alamo their way.
unmask, abolish, prosecute.
January 27, 2026 at 2:34 PM
unmask, abolish, prosecute.
may he be dragged thru the streets of El Centro by people he thought were his neighbors
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 AM
may he be dragged thru the streets of El Centro by people he thought were his neighbors
oh wait - you didn't mean an actual bus 😒
January 26, 2026 at 8:27 PM
oh wait - you didn't mean an actual bus 😒
"revenge lunching"
January 26, 2026 at 6:11 PM
"revenge lunching"
when this administration ends - as it must - ICE must be unmasked, tried for their crimes, jailed if shown to be guilty, pensions canceled, put on lists, shamed, unemployable, banned from travel, etc. absolute accountability.
January 25, 2026 at 7:19 PM
when this administration ends - as it must - ICE must be unmasked, tried for their crimes, jailed if shown to be guilty, pensions canceled, put on lists, shamed, unemployable, banned from travel, etc. absolute accountability.
thank you for your work.
January 25, 2026 at 4:51 PM
thank you for your work.