Good friends! Senator George Mitchell and Colum McCann before our celebration of Colum’s Twist at Books & Books.

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Good friends! Senator George Mitchell and Colum McCann before our celebration of Colum’s Twist at Books & Books.

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if you buy used books and want to avoid amazon where possible, check out bookfinder.com

you can search essentially every marketplace in one go

so you can, e.g., find the same used copy for sale, from the same seller, on biblio.com or ebay instead of amazon or abe (owned by amazon)

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Trump Orders Halt to Aid to South Africa, Claiming Mistreatment of White Landowners The president ordered that all foreign assistance to South Africa be halted and said his administration would prioritize the resettling of white, “Afrikaner refugees” into the United States.

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This is not some disgruntled ex-employee speaking off the record.

This is David Maraniss, a Pulitzer-winning reporter and author who’s now an associate editor at the Washington Post, where he’s been affiliated for more than 40 years.

We’re About to Get Whiplash From Trump’s Assault on Modern America His plans aren’t about restoring Trump 1.0, but rather rolling back the progress of of the 21st century and most of the 20th.

His plans aren’t about restoring Trump 1.0, but rather rolling back the progress of of the 21st century and most of the 20th.

Nazis: "that's a nazi salute"

Historians: "that's a nazi salute"

Average person: "that's a nazi salute"

The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."

YouTube video by iHeartRadio Project 2025: Trump’s Undeniable Ties To Them

Oh look I did this in July

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Respectfully (and I genuinely mean this), I’ve never heard a single regular person ask for “bipartisanship.” That’s inside nonsense.

They want things to work.

If the other party refuses to work for people, be the ones who will. Fight for people. Make it plain who isn’t, and who THEY’RE for.

44 Republicans Voted Against Forest Management Wildfire Prevention in December The funds allow states like California to create barriers to stop the spread of fires

These 44 Republicans voted against forest management wildfire prevention in December.

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And on the far right is a very young David Unowsky, the founder of Hungry Minds Books, and a mentor to many of us.

Wow!

"We're going to get rid of fact-checkers and replace them with community notes, similar to X, starting in the U.S," Mark Zuckerberg announces

He asserts that "the fact-checkers have just been too politically biased, and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially in the U.S."

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Nikki at the Miami Book Fair, back in the day! Missing her.

Trump has threatened to invade via social media the following nations over the past three weeks: Greenland, Mexico, Canada, and Panama.

Oh he mad

“Musk posted on X his support for Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) neo-Nazi party. This raised back to prominence Trump’s having spent Election Day at Mar-a-Lago with members of AfD, who said they are hoping to be close with the incoming Trump administration.”
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Me, too!!

Right now: Ana Navarro and Leader Jeffries. #booksandbooks

Hello Miami readers and writers! Please join me at this book event at @booksandbooks.bsky.social on 9 January, 6 pm, for a reading and discussion about my latest novel.
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