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Writer. 2025 E Ethelbert Miller Prize. Poet Laureate of Bristol, CT. Pro-Democracy.
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EVERY FUCKING WORD OF THIS! We have to take the gloves off! So listen up @housedemocrats.bsky.social and @democrats.org We are ready to fight! And if you fight, know that we will stand beside you every step of the way!

Sharing more townhall videos today because they’re giving me hope. THIS is good trouble! Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.

Professor Eddie S. Glaude: “The irony, he holds a Black History Month Reception as he’s issued all these executive orders around DEI. Touts the importance of Black folk to the history of the country mentioning Tiger Woods, Kobe guess that’s what we’re reduced to, athletics entertainment I suppose.”

lol once a cable news host, always a cable news host. leaning into something he actually has experience doing.

Trump has announced via social media post that he is ousting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General CQ Brown and will be replacing him with Air Force Lieutenant General Dan 'Razin' Caine.

The DoD has never passed an audit and no doubt its spending should be reviewed. But Sec Hegseth knows little about how DoD works, and less about national security. It would be a good idea to bring in some expertise rather than just throwing the axes.  www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

The Supreme Court, in its first ruling on President Trump’s use of executive power during his second term, decided that he cannot, for now, dismiss the government lawyer leading the watchdog agency responsible for protecting whistle-blowers.

I am pleased to announce that Whitman-Walker has returned a trans care resource, now under “primary care.” I am told the decision was to update today and that it is a case of bad timing, but also confirmed the reason why it was removed was fear of the Trump admin. Still. I am very happy it’s back.

Really proud to be from Maine today.

found #zensky

I’m encouraged by these town halls but I also remember very clearly how this happened in 2017 as well. Instead of responding to the complaints, they stopped doing them. www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpo...

Thrilled to have an article in the March/April issue of @pw.org, on creating your own DIY writing retreat with writer-friends, featuring practical, hilarious, and helpful tips from some of my brilliant writer-friends (GennaRose Nethercott, Vu Tran, @bhurley.bsky.social, & Maegan Masterman!)

The beauty of feeling connected to an ant navigating it's own version of freedom on the table #poetry

“I’m in West Virginia — My insulin went from $6 to $80”

self depreciation is Out. self praise poetry written in the manner of Shulgi, King of Sumer and Akkad is In.

The nepo baby who only *succeeded* because his father gave him $400,000,00o+ to conpensnate for his failed businesses.

“She didn't say that. And if she did, she didn’t mean it. And if she did mean it, you didn’t understand. And if you did, it’s not a big deal. And if it is, others have said worse.”

Small beneath the trees, We look up in deference, We are earth bound stars. #haikuchallenge deference

When you stare at a fox and the fox stares back..✨

TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here? JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply? JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

200 million dollars of waste.

From United Humanists on FB

that Trumpers think the US Postal *SERVICE* should be a profit-making enterprise exposes the fallacy in their conception of government

Yes CAROL or Karen

here is the thing about the “argument” that democrats should have run roughshod over the law when they had the chance: it is much easier to break the law to destroy a program than break the law to create one.

The police misconduct database has been eliminated by the Department of Justice on Trump‘s order. America just became a much more dangerous place, particularly for people of color. As we know that they are disproportionately affected by police brutality. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

This is how it’s done.

The Pentagon will fire 5,400 civilian workers next week.

The truth 👇

Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler (1831-1895) was the first female African American physician in the United States. Dr. Crumpler published the “Book of Medical Discourses in Two Parts” in 1883. #BlackHistoryMonth

In a recent statement #Trump unintentionally admits that today’s #inflation is his fault. He tries to lie and say #Biden did it but people are wising up to the facts. #gaslighting youtu.be/NLHUDtzr7U4?...

...and backstopping our response by cutting staff!

Instant mood enhancer

World power #ClassWar #TaxTheRich

Watch this clip, folks 👇 Does Bannon sound like he's joking about Trump becoming dictator for life? Because he isn't.

Something odd just happened—an article that had been widely published on media sites has suddenly disappeared without any retraction or explanation. Many may have come across it on Reddit.

We also saw 1. Increased visibility of wide range of trans identities, giving folks the language they needed to understand and identify themselves 2. Increases in health coverage for transition related care 3. Increased acceptance leading ppl to feel more comfortable coming out

The 'find out' phase is here.

Guess what?? And it ain’t Biden’s fault! The dipshit is crashing the stock market one month into his Presidency. 🤦‍♀️ BREAKING: Dow drops 700 points for worst day of 2025 so far on new fears about economic growth: Live updates www.cnbc.com/2025/02/20/s...

musk's private security deputized by u.s. marshals service -- potentially clearing the way for his personal bodyguards to be carrying weapons on federal grounds. um... www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

I don’t wish anything bad on that poor kid, but good lord, concepts of thoughts and prayers for the dimwitted parent.

The dildo of consequence rarely arrives lubed.

Honest question: Why are people obeying DOGE?