Matthew Murrey
@mytwords.bsky.social
Poet (BULLETPROOF - Jacar Press in 2019 and LITTLE JOY - Cornerstone Press in 2026), retired school librarian, and Midwest transplant from Florida long, long ago. he/him/his
More at https://www.matthewmurrey.net/
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MUST READ by @BMarchetich
"Pranked Biden official exposes lie that Ukraine war was inevitable"
responsiblestatecraft.org/ukraine-nato...
"Pranked Biden official exposes lie that Ukraine war was inevitable"
responsiblestatecraft.org/ukraine-nato...
Pranked Biden official exposes lie that Ukraine war was inevitable
She isn't the first to admit — after the fact — that taking NATO off the table to avoid Russian invasion was considered, and dismissed
responsiblestatecraft.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
MUST READ by @BMarchetich
"Pranked Biden official exposes lie that Ukraine war was inevitable"
responsiblestatecraft.org/ukraine-nato...
"Pranked Biden official exposes lie that Ukraine war was inevitable"
responsiblestatecraft.org/ukraine-nato...
Five years ago, a Vatican Nativity scene (pictured below) provoked a lot of outrage. I was provoked to write a poem. Whether you observe them or not, may you have some lovely time during the holidays. dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/a-te...
December 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Five years ago, a Vatican Nativity scene (pictured below) provoked a lot of outrage. I was provoked to write a poem. Whether you observe them or not, may you have some lovely time during the holidays. dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/a-te...
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🔴 In the past 24 hrs, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported an add'l 2 killed & 6 injured arriving at hospitals.
▪️Since the ceasefire on Oct 11, 2025:
- Total killed 393
- Total injured 1,068
- Total previously killed bodies recovered 632
This brings the recorded death toll from the Israeli genocide...
▪️Since the ceasefire on Oct 11, 2025:
- Total killed 393
- Total injured 1,068
- Total previously killed bodies recovered 632
This brings the recorded death toll from the Israeli genocide...
December 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
🔴 In the past 24 hrs, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported an add'l 2 killed & 6 injured arriving at hospitals.
▪️Since the ceasefire on Oct 11, 2025:
- Total killed 393
- Total injured 1,068
- Total previously killed bodies recovered 632
This brings the recorded death toll from the Israeli genocide...
▪️Since the ceasefire on Oct 11, 2025:
- Total killed 393
- Total injured 1,068
- Total previously killed bodies recovered 632
This brings the recorded death toll from the Israeli genocide...
My second book of poems, Little Joy, is coming out at the end of January from Cornerstone Press. I couldn't be more pleased with the cover!
December 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My second book of poems, Little Joy, is coming out at the end of January from Cornerstone Press. I couldn't be more pleased with the cover!
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Look at this chart.
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Look at this chart.
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
I'm feeling that I really might be in the running for the FIFA Prize in Literature.
a man in a plaid shirt is holding a gold medal with a globe on it
Alt: a man in a plaid shirt is holding a gold medal with a globe on it
media.tenor.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm feeling that I really might be in the running for the FIFA Prize in Literature.
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
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NEW - The Data Doesn’t Lie: How ProPublica Reports the Truth in an Era of False Claims
As federal data becomes less available, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social explains how our journalists are providing readers with precise numbers.
As federal data becomes less available, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social explains how our journalists are providing readers with precise numbers.
The Data Doesn’t Lie: How ProPublica Reports the Truth in an Era of False Claims
As federal data becomes less available, our journalists are doing shoe-leather reporting to provide readers with the precise numbers.
www.propublica.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
NEW - The Data Doesn’t Lie: How ProPublica Reports the Truth in an Era of False Claims
As federal data becomes less available, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social explains how our journalists are providing readers with precise numbers.
As federal data becomes less available, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social explains how our journalists are providing readers with precise numbers.
Better than Saturday morning cartoons back in the day. I'll be reading with others for this. Hope you can make it!
Good news! You are invited to WRR's 10-Year Anniversary Reading!
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025
9:00 a.m. Pacific Time
Register in advance:
pointloma.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025
9:00 a.m. Pacific Time
Register in advance:
pointloma.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Better than Saturday morning cartoons back in the day. I'll be reading with others for this. Hope you can make it!
So good to see Owen Jones take on the wretched arrogance of Hillary Clinton and her bloodstained legacy of foreign policy failures and cruelty. www.owenjones.news/p/clintons-s...
Clinton's smears young Jewish Americans over Gaza genocide
No, Jewish Americans aren't turning against Israel because of TikTok and ignorance
www.owenjones.news
December 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
So good to see Owen Jones take on the wretched arrogance of Hillary Clinton and her bloodstained legacy of foreign policy failures and cruelty. www.owenjones.news/p/clintons-s...
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Hello, friends!
In case you'd like to vote for us and/or some of your other favorite lit mags, here's the link for this year's Chill Subs awards. Voting ends on Dec. 7. :)
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Coming soon: Our 10th anniversary winter issue and our December reading period!
In case you'd like to vote for us and/or some of your other favorite lit mags, here's the link for this year's Chill Subs awards. Voting ends on Dec. 7. :)
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Coming soon: Our 10th anniversary winter issue and our December reading period!
Best Lit Mag Awards - Chill Subs
Welcome to Chill Subs' 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! Vote for your favorite literary magazines and celebrate the publications that make our community thrive.
www.chillsubs.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Hello, friends!
In case you'd like to vote for us and/or some of your other favorite lit mags, here's the link for this year's Chill Subs awards. Voting ends on Dec. 7. :)
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Coming soon: Our 10th anniversary winter issue and our December reading period!
In case you'd like to vote for us and/or some of your other favorite lit mags, here's the link for this year's Chill Subs awards. Voting ends on Dec. 7. :)
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Coming soon: Our 10th anniversary winter issue and our December reading period!
The WWE needs to update its list of current tag teams to include the "Bone Brothers" (Bone Saw and Bone Spur) taking on the stable of "Free Press."
apnews.com/video/trump-...
apnews.com/video/trump-...
Trump dismisses criticism of Saudi crown prince over 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, says 'things happen.'
“Whether you like him or don’t like him, things happen,” President Donald Trump said of the killing of Khashoggi when asked about it by a reporter during an Oval Office appearance with Saudi Arabia's ...
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The WWE needs to update its list of current tag teams to include the "Bone Brothers" (Bone Saw and Bone Spur) taking on the stable of "Free Press."
apnews.com/video/trump-...
apnews.com/video/trump-...
Bonespur assists Bonesaw against ABC. abcnews.go.com/Politics/sau...
Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi murder: 'Things happen'
Mohammed bin Salman steps foot in the U.S. for the first time since Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi's 2018 murder that caused global outrage.
abcnews.go.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Bonespur assists Bonesaw against ABC. abcnews.go.com/Politics/sau...
Studies in contrasts.
• "That'll do, pig." vs. "Quiet, Piggy"
• Charlotte's Web vs. US Gestapo's "Charlotte's Web"
• "That'll do, pig." vs. "Quiet, Piggy"
• Charlotte's Web vs. US Gestapo's "Charlotte's Web"
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Studies in contrasts.
• "That'll do, pig." vs. "Quiet, Piggy"
• Charlotte's Web vs. US Gestapo's "Charlotte's Web"
• "That'll do, pig." vs. "Quiet, Piggy"
• Charlotte's Web vs. US Gestapo's "Charlotte's Web"
My second poetry collection - LITTLE JOY - is coming out from Cornerstone Press in January! I'm so happy about this. Click on the link to pre-order.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
My second poetry collection - LITTLE JOY - is coming out from Cornerstone Press in January! I'm so happy about this. Click on the link to pre-order.
secure.payconex.net/paymentpage/...
secure.payconex.net/paymentpage/...
If only there were some way to set this aright. 🤔
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#spellingbeegripes #spellingbee
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#spellingbeegripes #spellingbee
November 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If only there were some way to set this aright. 🤔
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a...
#spellingbeegripes #spellingbee
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a...
#spellingbeegripes #spellingbee
@jacobinmag.bsky.social Good article, AND I hope you'll reach out to @dylanthomasblaha.bsky.social, a veteran who is running to defeat our awful center-right Democrat, Nikki Budzinski, here in the Illinois 13th. jacobin.com/2025/11/mili...?
The Left-Leaning Military Veterans Eyeing Congress
A crop of progressive-minded veteran congressional candidates say they are aiming to break from the mold of military service candidates — hawkish, corporate-friendly, and weak on labor questions — fav...
jacobin.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
@jacobinmag.bsky.social Good article, AND I hope you'll reach out to @dylanthomasblaha.bsky.social, a veteran who is running to defeat our awful center-right Democrat, Nikki Budzinski, here in the Illinois 13th. jacobin.com/2025/11/mili...?
That Dog That Hasn't Barked
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
That Dog That Hasn't Barked
This is my best wordle ever. Wordle 1,604 4/6
Three rows, 15 different letters, no match!
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Three rows, 15 different letters, no match!
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November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This is my best wordle ever. Wordle 1,604 4/6
Three rows, 15 different letters, no match!
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Three rows, 15 different letters, no match!
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
@npr.org & @steveinskeep.bsky.social give a helpful platform for the genocide-defending & slanderous head of the Zionist-promoting ADL, Jonathan Greenblatt. No push-back against his propaganda about why Israel is denoucnced - genocide, prisoner-rape, land theft, etc. www.npr.org/2025/11/07/n...
ADL creates new 'Mamdani Monitor' project to track his administration policies
After the ADL announced its scrutiny of Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect told reporters, "I take the issue of antisemitism incredibly seriously."
www.npr.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:22 AM
@npr.org & @steveinskeep.bsky.social give a helpful platform for the genocide-defending & slanderous head of the Zionist-promoting ADL, Jonathan Greenblatt. No push-back against his propaganda about why Israel is denoucnced - genocide, prisoner-rape, land theft, etc. www.npr.org/2025/11/07/n...
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This is the facility where masked thugs put our neighbors, friends, and community members after they snatch them off the street. Please note that they are doing this to long-term residents, too. This is not targeted at criminals. They are grabbing tamale vendors, landscapers, preschool teachers.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This is the facility where masked thugs put our neighbors, friends, and community members after they snatch them off the street. Please note that they are doing this to long-term residents, too. This is not targeted at criminals. They are grabbing tamale vendors, landscapers, preschool teachers.
Gonna be some serious ketchup cleanup needed tonight at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Gonna be some serious ketchup cleanup needed tonight at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC