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Trump sues US taxpayers for $10 billion, then decides whether US taxpayers have to pay him the $10 billion. I guess the billions he made overseas in the past year selling out America to his foreign business partners isn't enough.
February 1, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Trump sues US taxpayers for $10 billion, then decides whether US taxpayers have to pay him the $10 billion. I guess the billions he made overseas in the past year selling out America to his foreign business partners isn't enough.
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One year into Trump’s second term, the oligarchy continues to grow more powerful. They take your money, your healthcare, and they’ll happily take your lives to pad their bank accounts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRNlfBoKWrc&list=PLmHDGpDOjacoTxbrY068uPDU6lYhubjg4&index=20
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This is what oligarchy looks like.
The Lincoln Project is a leading pro-democracy organization in the United States -- dedicated to the preservation, protection, and defense of democracy. Our fight against Trumpism is only beginning. We must combat the...
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January 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
One year into Trump’s second term, the oligarchy continues to grow more powerful. They take your money, your healthcare, and they’ll happily take your lives to pad their bank accounts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRNlfBoKWrc&list=PLmHDGpDOjacoTxbrY068uPDU6lYhubjg4&index=20
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Very excited to see The Renovation on Guardian's debuts to look out for
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
‘Like Kafka by way of Pedro Almodóvar’: 10 debut novels to look out for in 2026
A Pulitzer finalist is among the first-time novelists, in tales of love, a surreal prison, teen murder and a tradwife
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Very excited to see The Renovation on Guardian's debuts to look out for
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
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I did this radio interview a couple of years ago, but for some reason, it has only just been released! I daren't listen to it myself at this point, but post in case of interest to others: www.ualrpublicradio.org/show/arts-le...
This Afterlife with Poet A.E. Stallings
Does poetic constraint empower creativity? Known for her received forms like sonnets and sestinas, American poet A.E. Stallings joins us in the studio to discuss her book of selected poems, This After...
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December 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I did this radio interview a couple of years ago, but for some reason, it has only just been released! I daren't listen to it myself at this point, but post in case of interest to others: www.ualrpublicradio.org/show/arts-le...
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A thing arrived in the mail today.
June 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A thing arrived in the mail today.
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JD Vance now wants to use the chaos ICE is causing in Los Angeles as pretext to pressure politicians to pass the Republican budget bill that will saddle Americans with trillions of dollars of debt, skyrocket the deficit, take away people’s healthcare, and give massive tax breaks to the wealthy.
June 8, 2025 at 2:01 AM
JD Vance now wants to use the chaos ICE is causing in Los Angeles as pretext to pressure politicians to pass the Republican budget bill that will saddle Americans with trillions of dollars of debt, skyrocket the deficit, take away people’s healthcare, and give massive tax breaks to the wealthy.
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An old poem, sadly brought back to mind of late:
March 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
An old poem, sadly brought back to mind of late:
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Yes
March 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Yes
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A lot of people are going to die from this
First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year.
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
www.nytimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A lot of people are going to die from this
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The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
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Just a reminder that my first two novels (Everything I Never Told You & Little Fires Everywhere) were banned in several FL counties for "sexual content." If you've read them, you know they're not porn. It's never about the books themselves, but what they represent.
It's never ever about the books but the stories of the people inside of the books. Proud to work on this project with the extraordinary @madisonspeaking.bsky.social and our collection of analysts helping us code the 4K titles! pen.org/press-releas...
Book Bans in Schools Sweep Across Reading Levels, Genres and Topics, While Censorship Erases Stories about People of Color and LGBTQ Topics Most Often - PEN America
The removal of books focused on people of color, race and racism, and LGBTQ+ subjects from public schools continues as part of a concerted and dangerous campaign nationwide, according to new analysis ...
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February 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Just a reminder that my first two novels (Everything I Never Told You & Little Fires Everywhere) were banned in several FL counties for "sexual content." If you've read them, you know they're not porn. It's never about the books themselves, but what they represent.
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Democracies don't do this to their citizens. Protect our information.
Trump hides his tax returns but wants to give your tax information to Elon Musk, don’t let him.
Penalty
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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February 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Democracies don't do this to their citizens. Protect our information.
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They’re cutting Medicaid
REPORTER: Can you say unequivocally that down the line, there won't be cuts to Medicaid programs?
MIKE JOHNSON: Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste, and abuse.
MIKE JOHNSON: Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste, and abuse.
February 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
They’re cutting Medicaid
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February 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Dear Democratic Party: why are you not screaming this from every rooftop? Why are you not holding press conferences with these poor fired people - putting a face on what the richest man is destroying?
“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.
February 16, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Dear Democratic Party: why are you not screaming this from every rooftop? Why are you not holding press conferences with these poor fired people - putting a face on what the richest man is destroying?
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He's preparing to do something really bad.
February 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
He's preparing to do something really bad.
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One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.
February 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.