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812,000 Arizonans don't have a representative right now because Republicans refuse to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. The GOP must stop playing games with our democracy.

“Pro-life”

I guess that post about the lifeline is misinformation. The US trans lifeline will not be affected, and Canada’s lifeline is being bombarded and they’re asking us to stop spreading their phone number. America’s is (877) 565-8860

Barn, with Weather by James Gonda - Rattle: Poetry Image: “Cotton Gin” by Andrea A. Gluckman. “Barn, with Weather” was written by James Gonda for Rattle’s Ekphrastic Challenge, May 2025, and selected as the Artist’s Choic...

... collapse is not an event
but a series of small, careful concessions.

—James Gonda

Anti-Aubade by David Rosenthal - Rattle: Poetry You shuffle through your waking house as though the miracle of dawn does not deserve acknowledgement, as though the way you go downstairs, through doorways in the dark, and swerve

The song you sing
turns out to be appropriated blues,
and genocides are other people’s news.

—David Rosenthal @davidrosenthalpoet.bsky.social
#ThisWeekLastYear

Something special is happening, people. Ignore it or downplay it at your own peril…

A really powerful WWII era "don't be a sucker" piece, that explains how authoritarians have to separate and destroy groups of people so they can take power. I don't usually watch anything this long (22 min) but couldn't stop watching once I started this.

“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
― George Orwell

These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.

Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters

Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.

And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

The Word of the Day Is Widdershins by Jennifer Blackledge - Rattle: Poetry <p>which sounds fun and elfin, like that<br /> dance that leprechauns do, hobnail boots<br /> clicking with glee or maybe something a<br /> confused rabbit in coattails might say<br /> when he’s lost ...

I want it to be a magic word I can say three times
and focus my rage to reset the course:
widdershins, widdershins, widdershins

—Jennifer Blackledge

Donate to Emergency Surgery for Sausage – Help Amaya Bring Her Home, organized by Sydnee Sherlock This GoFundMe is on behalf of Amaya. When picking up Saus… Sydnee Sherlock needs your support for Emergency Surgery for Sausage – Help Amaya Bring Her Home

My daughter is helping with her friend's dog Sausage, who broke her pelvis. I contributed. Thanks for considering! www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-...

“Carrying Paul” by Ted Kooser We were instructed in how to carry the casket. I was one of the three on the left, the one at the back. On my shoulder sat my one-sixth of the weight of Paul’s heavy brass-handled, mahogany casket,…

Today's Rattle, quite compelling commentary on the separation between life and death www.rattle.com/carrying-pau...

“The Afterlife” by Ron Koertge I’ve been dead for years, so this place suits me. Sixty thousand channels thanks to cable. Love the game room and those herbal teas. Everyone remembers Betty Grable.

Rhythm of routine www.rattle.com/the-afterlif...

I’m seeing a lot of confusion about the Equal Rights Amendment online.

I've been working on the ERA for 13 years & literally wrote a book about it.

So, let me help answer some questions.

1) Yes, it really is a real amendment & fully part of the U.S. Constitution. Full stop.

“Regrets” by Edmund Jorgensen Regrets are pointless— Which doesn’t mean They don’t have an edge That’s mortally keen— That’ll halve your brain And cleave your heart And tease your days And dreams apart—

And neither self
Quite stuffs your skin:
The almost-am
Or the might-have-been.

—Edmund Jorgensen

“A Letter to My Friend After Swimming” by Stephanie Glass hey girl/ so I keep taking Milo to the pool/ he’s on the swim team now/ level one/ he’s still learning to blow bubbles and float and breathe/ while he swims I swim/ freestyle and breaststroke and b…

Enjoying this poem in all its simplicity www.rattle.com/a-letter-to-...

Congratulations, Anne! Fine work, as always