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The June 1 newsletter with Portland's annual Rose Festival in full swing, Surrealism revisited, tariff whiplash, Trump baffled, the campaign against the universities and mission to destroy Harvard, Russian mystery novelist Boris Akunin, and more!

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The Oregonian put attendance at 400 and reported at least 1,000 people gathered at Pioneer Courthouse Square for a 4:30 rally.

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I saw her today. A gorgeous girl near the National Opera. Life is going on in Kyiv. Maybe someday someone will say 'Oh, they knew the price of life'.

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The Portable Bohemia newsletter for April 15 with thoughts on the Abrego Garcia affair, the attempted takeover of the universities, extortion of law firms, State Dept calls for employees to inform on their colleagues, and more!

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My agenda for tomorrow: with Indivisible Oregon at Japanese American Historical Plaza, Waterfront Park, Portland.

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Signs of spring, a new poem publication announcement, arrogance and stupidity at the highest ranks of the Trump regime (yes, that Signal chat), abductions of students by masked secret police, Kristi Noem's photo op, glimmers of light in the vast darkness, and more!

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When people say 'politics is too divisive now,' what they really mean is 'I was more comfortable when certain groups suffered quietly.'

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They send missiles at night, we go to read and buy books in the afternoon. Unbreakable. In the bookstore. Kyiv. March 7.

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With Indivisible Oregon at today's pro democracy rally in the courtyard at Senator Wyden's Portland office. Indivisible put the head count at 500.

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Cover on this week's issue of The Economist says it all.

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A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad. GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE. youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...

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Today's fresh outrage: Trump calls for ethnic cleansing in Gaza.

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A reminder: For all his bravado, and testosterone-themed bluster, Donald Trump remains, at his core, a thin-skinned man-child unable to handle even the mildest of criticisms. charliesykes.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...

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As George Bush once said, that was some weird shit.

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Some (Brief) Thoughts on Civility in the Age of Trump open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

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The Portable Bohemia newsletter for January 1, 2025, rings in the new year with reflections on Jimmy Carter and a life well lived, a memo from the cinema desk with brief reviews of The Girl on a Bulldozer, Golden Years, and Perfect Days, my favorite for 2024, and more!

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My foggy plans for 2025. I wrote a letter about them. Free to read www.patreon.com/posts/119002...

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Marianne Williamson running for DNC Chair. I “noped” so hard I sprained my neck.

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My poem "When We Flourished" appears in Counterclaim Issue 4: the Unknown. www.counterclaimart.com/journal/issu...

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Sunday newsletter: Elon Musk, apparently, did think his ideology sounded better in the original German. So, apparently, did VP-elect JD Vance, who rushed to the support of Musk and his German kameraden. charliesykes.substack.com/p/elon-likes...

The June 1 newsletter with Portland's annual Rose Festival in full swing, Surrealism revisited, tariff whiplash, Trump baffled, the campaign against the universities and mission to destroy Harvard, Russian mystery novelist Boris Akunin, and more!

open.substack.com/pub/davidmat...

The Oregonian put attendance at 400 and reported at least 1,000 people gathered at Pioneer Courthouse Square for a 4:30 rally.

I saw her today. A gorgeous girl near the National Opera. Life is going on in Kyiv. Maybe someday someone will say 'Oh, they knew the price of life'.

The Portable Bohemia newsletter for April 15 with thoughts on the Abrego Garcia affair, the attempted takeover of the universities, extortion of law firms, State Dept calls for employees to inform on their colleagues, and more!

My agenda for tomorrow: with Indivisible Oregon at Japanese American Historical Plaza, Waterfront Park, Portland.

Signs of spring, a new poem publication announcement, arrogance and stupidity at the highest ranks of the Trump regime (yes, that Signal chat), abductions of students by masked secret police, Kristi Noem's photo op, glimmers of light in the vast darkness, and more!

When people say 'politics is too divisive now,' what they really mean is 'I was more comfortable when certain groups suffered quietly.'

They send missiles at night, we go to read and buy books in the afternoon. Unbreakable. In the bookstore. Kyiv. March 7.

open.substack.com/pub/davidmat...

With Indivisible Oregon at today's pro democracy rally in the courtyard at Senator Wyden's Portland office. Indivisible put the head count at 500.

Cover on this week's issue of The Economist says it all.

A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad. GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE. youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...

Today's fresh outrage: Trump calls for ethnic cleansing in Gaza.

davidmatthewsportablebohemia.substack.com/p/on-the-app...

A reminder: For all his bravado, and testosterone-themed bluster, Donald Trump remains, at his core, a thin-skinned man-child unable to handle even the mildest of criticisms. charliesykes.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...

As George Bush once said, that was some weird shit.

Some (Brief) Thoughts on Civility in the Age of Trump open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

The Portable Bohemia newsletter for January 1, 2025, rings in the new year with reflections on Jimmy Carter and a life well lived, a memo from the cinema desk with brief reviews of The Girl on a Bulldozer, Golden Years, and Perfect Days, my favorite for 2024, and more!

My foggy plans for 2025. I wrote a letter about them. Free to read www.patreon.com/posts/119002...

Marianne Williamson running for DNC Chair. I “noped” so hard I sprained my neck.

My poem "When We Flourished" appears in Counterclaim Issue 4: the Unknown. www.counterclaimart.com/journal/issu...

Sunday newsletter: Elon Musk, apparently, did think his ideology sounded better in the original German. So, apparently, did VP-elect JD Vance, who rushed to the support of Musk and his German kameraden. charliesykes.substack.com/p/elon-likes...

He’s coming home. connieschultz.substack.com/p/heads-high...

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget