After 167 Years in New York, a Priceless Coin Collection Heads to Toledo
Old money fleeing Mamdani's New York for a red state www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/a...
21.11.2025 16:30 β π 37 π 3 π¬ 6 π 0
In 1931 Dorothy Thompson interviewed Hitler, belittled him, & was subsequently kicked out of Germany when he became Chancellor
Ken's thread and an offhand comment from @bcdreyer.social inspired me to track down the book that came out of that interview, _"I Saw Hitler"!_
www.npr.org/2025/03/14/n...
29.10.2025 21:32 β π 29 π 11 π¬ 1 π 0
The Republicans are used to burning their own people as leverage
They are not used to the Democrats saying, βlet them burn.β
The Republicans are used to burning their own people as leverage.
They are not used to the Democrats saying, βlet them burn.β
www.editorialboard.com/the-republic...
27.10.2025 22:04 β π 158 π 51 π¬ 9 π 6
Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight
βPollingismβ Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Hereβs Why, and What to Do Instead.
2) Republicans use polls to shape strategy, not to shape their positions.
Public opinion is malleable. Most people don't have firm opinions. Republicans shape the river. Democrats chase the currents--and it hasn't worked.
@anatosaurus.bsky.social has written on this also
27.10.2025 22:03 β π 701 π 192 π¬ 11 π 21
[Exit King.]
18.10.2025 13:57 β π 7660 π 2072 π¬ 61 π 66
Russell Vought, Trumpβs Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trumpβs second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
NEW: After Russ Vought experienced the chaotic failures of Trumpβs first term, he made it his mission to ensure that a reelected Trump would not βlose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.β
By @andykroll.bsky.social
17.10.2025 10:02 β π 530 π 244 π¬ 21 π 33
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Hereβs What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administrationβs cut...
NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administrationβs cuts to an aid program.
03.10.2025 12:15 β π 1989 π 1300 π¬ 73 π 145
01.10.2025 15:17 β π 1317 π 395 π¬ 12 π 5
We will hear about little else soon.
Let's make sure we always talk about how the Trumpists are aggressively sabotaging the cheapest, easiest, and fastest-to-build sources of electricity today: wind & solar
26.09.2025 12:48 β π 297 π 121 π¬ 9 π 7
I need you to read this thread to understand why so many historians are revolted by this regime's crimes against the past
26.09.2025 12:50 β π 2937 π 944 π¬ 93 π 21
Wheat paste poster that says the all the world is dying and the new world struggles to be born now is the time of monsters. There's a picture of Elmo
Morning walk
26.09.2025 12:09 β π 12466 π 3246 π¬ 68 π 103
More than 150 lawyers and refugee NGOs report being βpressured into silenceβ by far-right protesters
At least two groups supporting UK asylum seekers have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety
More than 150 lawyers and refugee NGOs report being βpressured into silenceβ by far-right protesters.
At least two groups supporting UK asylum seekers have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
22.09.2025 06:32 β π 56 π 27 π¬ 1 π 6
Hotelier by marriage, permaculture by night. Unclogger of toilets. Learning trades one crisis at a time. Dad. Mainer. Once a videographer, εζ°ι & paleo blogger. Socialist libertarian?
Nat'l news re-skeets & occasional peak oil takes & garden/chicken moments
Mayor-Elect of New York City
Publishing in its current form since 1957, Wesleyan UP focuses on poetry, music, dance, and the arts. See weslpress.org for new poetry!
Writer. Published in Your Impossible Voice, The Dodge, Minor Literature[s], Bellevue Literary Review, and elsewhere.
Writer - I am a novel in progress, currently at the swampy middle
Science fiction | horror | poetry|humour?
Novella - Chopsticks coming soon!
A Mouthful of Space Dust - poetry (2023)
Opti-mystic writer & futurist, dad of two. Author with Richard Rohr of 'The Divine Dance.' Co-founder, Wild Goose Festival . Curator, TheSpeakeasy.info Read my stuff @ MikeMorrell.org/BonusChapter
Writer of creative nonfiction, poetry, and scholarly stuff. Latinx librarian, professor, mumsy. She/her. New Mexican.
Words: Creative Nonfiction, This American Life, Hayden's Ferry Review, & more.
https://jenniferjordanwrites.com
Poet. Scotlandβs Next Generation Young Makar. My debut collection, Nettles, is out now! πͺπΈπ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
nazaretranea.com
β¨Middle grade writer
πββ¬Cat mom
Historian, essayist: Middle East, South Asia, Islam, Social History, Foreign Policy, Environment, Culture, Progressive Politics;
Signal: Juan Cole
reader; writer; editor; word junkie; lover of linguistics, rhetoric, narrative & literature; poet; thinker; learner. unapologetically pro democracy, science, the humanities, critical thinking and creativity. reading = breathing | (she/her/elle) π¨π¦
Writer, teacher, workshop leader.
Hand holder
Words in: X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, Emerge Literary Journal, Unbroken, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Cease, Cows and others.
Pushcart nominee.
www.bethkanter.com
Books: No Access DC & Great Food Finds DCβ¦
Mother, wife, Nana, activist, Sunday School teacher, sister. Bird by Bird, Somehow: Thoughts on Love. Old quotes compiled by Dean Dauphinais.
Poet, mail carrier, educator, bipolar disorder/mental health advocate, MtG player, Ex-Mormon,
ID/WA/UT
https://poesyjeffpearson.com
Previous editor to Blood Orange Review, 5x5 Litmag, and Fugue
Trying to make this my commonplace book
π³οΈβπ Queer / neurodivergent poet & conservation photographer. Winner of Reading the West and Foreword Indies awards. Find me in the NYT, HCN, NBC & others.
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https://www.torreyhouse.org/product-page/the-sun-has-shifted-as-have-i-poems
Writer of poetry, cnf, fiction, comics, cartoons, and screenplays. Northern Girls (Baraka Books, Spring 2026). Associate producer for award-winning short film Quiet. BA, BSW (McMaster U), MFA (UBC). Mother bear.
www.michellewillms.com
FWC is a multi-state Indivisible Group and a grass roots operation providing messaging and social media content inspired by our progressive allies.
https://indivisible.org
Social worker. Red tape slayer. Storyteller with a Wi-Fi connection & a grudge against broken systems.
Dignity > bureaucracy. Always. Social work is political.
Here to advocate, share insights, and spark change.
All views and opinions are my own.
writer/poet/educator
https://substack.com/@seanjbates
poems in:
Emerge Literary Journal
Stone Canoe
Rising Phoenix Review
"What Saves Us: Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of Trump"
ed. MartΓn Espada https://tinyurl.com/44yksnmp
