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Poet, collagist, retired prof of English. Want any books from my gargantuan library? Divesting!
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Sure, let’s dissect the mental and physical acuity of the former president who sought to make lives in America better while minimizing the reality of a deranged arsonist dismantling the country we’ve known and loved. What a failure to meet this moment.

After-tax income under the Trump/GOP budget: -People making less than $17/k year: LOSE $1000 -People making between $17k and $51k/yr: LOSE $700 -People making over $4.3M/year: GAIN $389,000 This is what class warfare looks like.

Michelle and I are thinking of the entire Biden family. Nobody has done more to find breakthrough treatments for cancer in all its forms than Joe, and I am certain he will fight this challenge with his trademark resolve and grace. We pray for a fast and full recovery.

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Not many people know this, but the song 8675309 is actually threatening people who live in the zip code 75309

I've been in and around politics for 50 years. Let's just say I've experienced a lot — and it's worn me down. I used to be 6 foot 4. My new memoir, "Coming Up Short,' explores what I've learned, where I failed, and how future generations can pick up the fight for a better world. Learn more:

Three swing state voters are suing Elon Musk, claiming he stiffed them on promised payments. The MAGA crowd is turning on itself nothing like buying votes and forgetting to pay up. Most of them still feel entitled to their million dollars.

Friday Finnish! Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865–1931) Lake View, 1901 Oil on canvas, 84 × 57 cm Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland Painted at the turn of the 20th century, Lake View belongs to Akseli Gallen-Kallela’s mature period

Prom time

We know. They gave you immunity.

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Kroger is allegedly overcharging consumers by listing expired sales prices on shelves and charging full price at checkout.  And thanks to decades of consolidation, Kroger stores are now the only grocers in some rural areas.   Minimal competition means maximized price gouging.

500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens. Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.

The next president has to do two things: 1) right the wrongs of Trump and go after those who broke the law and were corrupt. 2). Then spend time divesting power from the presidency and building real guardrails and passing laws like, “the president is not immune” etc. And get the money out

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Whenever you hear conservative politicians preach from the gospel of "fiscal responsibility," remember that one of the biggest drivers of deficits lately are the Bush and Trump tax cuts, which have added nearly $10 trillion to the national debt.

There's always a tweet.

I’m shocked, shocked I tell you

I'd just like to spare a thought for the murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi today. Brian Kilmeade thinks America has "moved past" his horrifying assassination. I haven't. And I doubt I'm alone. Just like 911 we will never forget.

An appeal to really rich, classic rock musicians: Just charge, like, $10 a ticket. You don’t need more money. And do you really want to spend your career twilight playing for middle managers who love Top Golf?

Goodwill, Ebay, Thrift stores, Marketplace

No one gives someone a $400 million dollar jet for free without expecting anything in return. Be serious.

"No client ever had money enough to bribe my conscience or to stop its utterance against wrong, and oppression." -- Abraham Lincoln

Welcome to the RFK Jr public health era.

Trump fails to understand that “gifts” like this are not “free of charge” which is wht the Founding Fathers wrote the emoluments clause into the Constitution. Fast legal action is called for here. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/u...

Farmer Hallie to run against Tom Cotton! #arpx Run Hallie run!!!! Follow her on every platform, and tell your friends anx neighbors. #arbluedots

Article I, Section 9, Clause 8: “no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”

ICE is the Gestapo. Full stop.

Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, Kristi Noem and a whole lot of ICE/DHS types is will discover a Strange New Respect for habeas corpus and the rule of law when the 2029 Truth and Reconciliation Commission arrests them for human trafficking, conspiracy, kidnapping, and child abuse.

“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”

The first Democratic governor who sends their state troopers into an ICE field office to free someone ICE has kidnapped is going to be president in four years.

49.8% of American voters went to a fifth-grade classroom and picked out the most obnoxious and ignorant kid in the class to be president.

100 men vs. 1 gorilla? How about the working class against the oligarchy? The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%. This is the real fight we need to be talking about.

We want people to fight. That's it. We don't want nuance. We don't want you to find "common ground." We aren't looking for ways to work together. We want leaders to stand their ground and we will reward those who do. It's not hard. The more Democratic elected officials that get this the better.

Chicago is on to something.

Orlando City Commissioner Tony Ortiz just switched from Republican to Democratic. “The Republican Party is not the party I signed up with... The marginalization of Latinos and immigrants—many of whom have helped build this country—is not leadership. It’s fear-based politics.”

When you realize the tacky Versailles-wannabe trash on the fireplace is just Chinese polyurethane spray painted gold.

also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes

Once again thank you @dailystar.co.uk for saying what we are all thinking …

These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.

WTF is going on? Where’s Hegseth?

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