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Welcome to The New Now. On Substack, I publish manifestos, essays, prose poems, novel chapters, short stories, noir prose poems, and flash fiction. https://russellcsmith.substack.com/ Freedom of speech, books, art, nature. No DMs/No NFTs /No PORN-BOTs
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Madness He is destroying our country

Trudeau: We’re probably going to keep booing the American anthem. But let me tell Americans, we're not booing you. We're booing a policy that is designed to hurt us.  But we're Canadian. We're going to fight. And we're going to win.

📌I understand there are so many lies being told at the State of the Union tonight that a cherry tree just chopped itself down ...

Slotkin: While we are on the subject of Elon Musk, is there anyone in America who's comfortable with him and his gang using his own computer servers to poke to your tax returns, your health information, your bank accounts?

Trump’s cutting and gutting continues. The IRS is set to slash 50% of its staff, a massive workforce reduction that will jeopardize the agency’s ability to complete its most basic mission — collecting taxes. The IRS employs approximately 90,000 workers throughout the United States. A reduction…

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Mixed media collage in notebook / 2021 #collage #art #notebookart

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Leaning Toward the Lemon Light #2 #art #collage #yellow

#handcut #collage #artwork #folkart #abstract #surrealism Personal work

Mixed media drawing in notebook / 2020

Hi. I'm over on Substack. Two postings a week.

Trump didn't win 50% of the popular vote. The GOP has slim margins in both the House and Senate. His approval ratings are tanking. He does not have a mandate. Do not let him gaslight you into believing he is all powerful. He's not.

March 5, 2025. A picture night, because I don't know about you, but I'm cooked:

I honestly don’t understand how the Democrats can sit there and listen to Trump’s lies and gaslighting. Their silence is humiliating.

At the Capitol in NASHVILLE today…

I mean, it’s not great that only 5 of 9 Supreme Court justices believe in the Constitution, but a win is a win.

The real State of the Union…

How many times has he said "nobody has ever seen anything like it" or words to that effect? We must live in the most novel era of all time.

This whole riff on the ages of people on social security is IDENTICAL to the lies he's told about voter rolls and voting fraud.

Raise your ✋ and repost if you stand with Al Green!

Don't miss our coverage of the Democracy Movement—highlighting how Americans all across the country are stepping up to defend democracy. Today’s feature includes a town hall in Wylie, Texas, a congressional objection, a billboard broadcasting truth, the stock market and more.

And now this…👇 Angry yet?! This. Once. Great. Country. Is. Weeping. ✨

Supreme Court REJECTS Trump on USAID Foreign-Aid Freeze

AOC REACTS TO TRUMP’S SOTU: "Mark my words - they are coming after Medicaid… trying to frame social security as largely wasteful. They are setting all of this up, they are trying to trick you."

JUST REMOVED for disrupting Trump’s speech, Rep. Al Green says he was shouting to protect Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security from Republican cuts — and says he’ll take whatever punishment they throw his way. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGzZ5Bk...

Al Green understood the assignment

Trudeau: "Every country is very aware that if the American government is willing to do this to their own closest ally, neighbor, and friend, everyone is vulnerable to a trade war."

Socialism is what they called public power.  Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽

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Work in progress / 2020 Mixed media artwork on paper #art #mixedmediaart #wip #workinprogress

BREAKING: Ontario’s terminating its $100-million deal with Starlink, and US companies will be barred from future contracts. They warned NY, Michigan, and Minnesota if the tariffs persist, Ontario will impose a 25% surcharge on electricity and may cut off the supply entirely.

The Iowa GOP advanced a bill making it a misdemeanor for a healthcare provider to administer a Covid vaccine. Even when a person has requested a Covid vaccine.

There are a bunch of great Resisters in this Starter Pack that are now focusing on being the opposition to the current administration. You are going to want to smash that follow all button you want these folks on your side. Let's go cause some good trouble. go.bsky.app/CTQjcu4

Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green brought protest and persistent pushback to Trump’s joint address to Congress. Rep. Green wants America to know “that there are some people who are going to stand up [to Trump].” As “a person of conscience," Green believes Trump has done things that…

A More Perfect Union / 2019 Mixed media abstract painting #art #abstractpainting #abstractart #painting

Dark Princess / 2014 Mixed media collage #collage #art

Protect your peace.

🚨New #Beans with @muellershewrote.bsky.social & @dgcomedy.bsky.social #MSWMedia Listen: the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/episodes/the...

Conscience of Congress Removed: Al Green Walked Out: Jasmine Crockett, Maxwell Frost, Maxine Dexter, Andrea Salinas, LaMonica McIver, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, and several others Refused to Attend: AOC, Chris Murphy, Ron Wyden, Patty Murray, Gerry Connolly, Don Beyer History will honor these names 🔝

Rep. Al Green is a goddamn hero.

Al Green after he was THROWN out of chambers: “I was making it clear to the President that he has no mandate to cut Medicaid” "It is the best way to get it across to a person who uses his incivility, who uses his incivility against our civility. " #SOTU