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Writer. Professor. PEN America Bellwether Prize Finalist. Words: GulfstreamLit, ChicagoQReview, Hunger Mtn., Relix, RollingStone, MTV, Juxtapoz. Teaching Big History (UC Press). Seeking rep. in ‘25.
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One of the wilder political things in recent history is that Project 2025 publicly released a 900 page document laying out their plans to roll back 100 years of human progress and then during the campaign Republicans just said "no we're not :)" and then they won and now they're doing it all.

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In a healthy democracy, he'd be impeached for this alone.

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Al gore is pissed off and I’m here for it

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Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”

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If it happens, we localize it. ✊🏽

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Make America Mad Again

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Just as the Taliban did after 9/11/01.

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anntelnaes.substack.com/p/the-three-...

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"Only a decline in Trump’s popularity can loosen the attachment of some Republican members of Congress to Trump, which is key to really limiting the damage he can do...I doubt U-turns will stop Trump’s gradual downward political slide. And that slide is real." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-in-r...

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Anyone got an n2 pair for sf?

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"A Final Visit With Prince: Rolling Stone's Lost Cover Story" a great one from @hiattb.bsky.social, first published nine years ago www.rollingstone.com/feature/a-fi...

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New Comic Strip Found: Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for Sun, 20 Apr 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2025/04/20 #comicstrip #doonesbury

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it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.

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hitler!

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Perhaps worth noting that the Supreme court indemnified the Pres. against crimes committed while acting as Ores., but did no such thing for VP.

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The left and congressional Dems.

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The only plausible reason for the Supreme Court to rush out its order at 1 a.m. is that a majority of justices refused to trust the Trump administration's promise that it wouldn't secretly deport migrants without due process. That alone marks a hugely consequential shift. slate.com/news-and-pol...

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On a cruel sea

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100%

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Wonder how our high functioning tech billionaire oligarch overlords feel about Bobby junior’s expert opinion on kids with autism.

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Avatar Aang is Mr. Natural as a kid.

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“Let them eat space!”

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So embarrassingly predictable. The law firms are on step 3 of failing the Lando test.

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Respect www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd2M...

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Just got word from my college roommate - who is the state archivist for the state of South Dakota - that due to the DOGE shutdowns of IMLS, they can no longer fund InterLibrary Loan in SD. This means exchange between libraries, ability to get books delivered across the system, is gone as of 4/30.

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We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.

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Outstanding long follow Phish feature by the excellent Amanda Petrusich at @newyorker.com . Best piece I’ve ever read on The Phish From Vermont. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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"The Dead Show" #ralphbakshi

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"[P]people tend to focus so much on the really extreme work. But I think in many ways that Crumb’s best material are meditative deep dives." www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Following the “Hands Off” protests against Donald Trump and Elon Musk throughout the country, @indivisible.org’s co-founder @ezralevin.bsky.social talks about harnessing millions of protesters into an unstoppable pro-democracy movement. Interview ⤵️

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Want to know more about a general strike? Here's a helpful explainer from @moreperfectunion.bsky.social and @ladyizdihar.bsky.social. #AltGov

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… then they came for the stock market and I said gentlemen, where does one purchase oaktag and greasepaint these days?

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Perhaps a lot of clicks will drive this story the times’ front page: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...

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Coalition of the Willin’

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This tiny town you've never heard of in a red NC county had 800 protesters today! #protests #handsoff #handsoff2025 #indivisible @maddow.msnbc.com

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