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• Writer of novels (Eulogy; 6-321; Old Buddy Old Pal; My Impending Death; etc.) and other things (The Word-Lover’s Lexicon). • https://michaellaser.com/
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Who does this? Who stacks human beings like lumber? The villains of dystopian scifi, that’s who. But this being done on the orders of our president, with our tax dollars. And most of these men haven’t been convicted of a crime. It’s a show of brute force—and it's monstrous. @vanhollen.senate.gov

Nice juxtaposition here.

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MIKE LUCKOVICH APPRECIATION POST @mluckovich.bsky.social is one of the greatest political cartoonists of all time. Thank you for 3 decades of scathing satire, remarkable insight and helping us all laugh to avoid weeping openly. 🙏 Your longtime fan, Mar🐫

"You'll never have to vote again," Trump said last July. Are most Americans okay with this? I don't think so. Time to take this threat seriously. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Couldn't sleep. Nightmarish visions. Maybe this will help.

Written 4 years ago, but painfully apt right now: "Rhinoceros" meets the Trump era. medium.com/@michaellase...

Is there room over here for the sort of infantile/hilarious memes that were so common at the Other Place? It's the one thing I miss. I hope some of that nonsense will show up here soon.

What I've wished for ever since... a month and a half ago.

"Musk is now threatening to financially back a primary challenge to any Republican senator who opposes Trump’s nominees." Memo To: Supreme Court Do we still think money is speech, and the richest man in the world gets to shape Congress to his liking? www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Philosophical question: Can 2 opposite things both be true?

If you’re seeing this, there’s a good chance you already know 90% of what’s in this essay. But I needed to set it down anyway, for the record.