Diana Goetsch

I loved "'deranged' coincidence.'"

The preposterous platforming of Jesse Singal is yet another reminder that the NYT has lost its way, is up to no good, and the dwindling number of good journalists who still work at the Times are there to mask a downfall.

Prince Andrew Arrested, Israel Controlled Epstein’s Security w Whitney Webb | Redacted YouTube video by Redacted

SOME OF THE BEST REPORTING ON EPSTEIN …is coming from Whitney Webb, putting the story in the context of trafficking and blackmail operations carried out by US gov't agencies, the Mafia (Jewish & Italian), & foreign governments for decades. [Webb enters @ 14:30 mark]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4rS...

Glad you included journalistic investigations—much of the US media is either captured or cowered by fascism, and fails (often willfully) to effectively report and contextualize this massive scandal and coverup.

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Hard Daisies
Back Story
Corn Machete
Tawny and the Mud Johns
Yeah Yeah No No

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Phenomenal reporting by Robert Draper in the NYT Magazine. This Pulitzer-worthy piece on MTG's defection from Trump was the product of years of skillful dialogue and impeccable journalistic ethics. [This link gets you past the paywall: archive.ph/zTlk0#select... ]

Diana Goetsch The Glacier Issue FourWinter 2025 THE GOOD STUFF I bought a bag of pistachio nuts as a death gift for myself. At the time, shelled pistachios were a whopping $17.99 for a 12-ounce bag. Now I love m…

"I bought a bag of pistachio nuts
as a death gift for myself…"

Two new poems of mine (free to read) at THE GLACIER
theglacierjournal.com/issue-four/d...

Feminism Versus Trump and Epstein We already knew that Jeffrey Epstein had sexually assaulted and exploited dozens of girls and young women, that he had done so openly, that his dehumanization of the vulnerable had not prevented a who...

“But it's also clear that there is likely something in the files that further incriminates him.” This is what I think, too. Horrible as the facts at hand are, there must be something else, something verging on the unimaginable.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/feminism-ver...

Recess by Diana Goetsch - Rattle: Poetry A ring of children seated Indian style, a girl deciding which head to tap as she orbits them in her pretty dress saying Duck Duck Duck Duck Duck.

Looks like I had a "poem of the day" last week. (A poem begun on a day 30 years ago.)
rattle.com/recess-by-di...

NYC FRIENDS - I'll be on a program of poetry & performance w/the exquisite Eva H.D., winner of the Montreal Prize, and Charlie Kaufman (yes THAT Charlie Kaufman, writer Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and other cinematic masterpieces).
Wed 11/19 • 8PM • Francis Kite Club on Ave. C

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The Ramakins
Edge of What
Skinny Post
Bang 8
Liz Grief and the Motorcade

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Fascism isn't politics. What happened yesterday was horrific, bon't let the proximity of yesterday's horror sane-wash a white supremacist who stoked racism, homophobia, misogyny, and white genocide panic, and advocated for a trans genocide. Or in the words of Warren Zevon, "Don't let us get stupid."

UPDATE from the Department of Government Haiku:

Presidential art:
a girl with high breasts, no arms,
a cunt named Donald

We have certain things
in common, said Donald Trump
to Jeffrey Epstein.

This has been an update from the Dept. of Government Haiku— serving all your government haiku needs.

Hey @nytimes.com: How 'bout not granting anonymity for pure bullsh*t?

2) Yesterday in DC Trump said the US news media has been “by and large, fair,” meaning they were stupid enough to believe he wants Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to end. He doesn't. Zelenskyy knows this, as does Europe.

Bogus Ukraine Summit (in 2 parts)

1) Trump wants to deflect from the Epstein scandal, and he wants Putin’s help in destroying the US election system. Putin wants all of Ukraine. That’s what they talked about in Alaska.

I'm glad -- treated you well, and got its audience's eyeballs onto something other than concern trolling. The risk is they, like the NYT, consider you their token, & cover for more of the usual. (It's not like I know hot to parse that risk.)

UNTAKEN BAND NAMES (Vol. 148)

Chronic Roses
Shrug
Strange New Hole
Spartan Madball
Alice Doesn’t Care

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Hello Pablo
Iggy Nobel
The Go Tarts
Bunklord
Orth

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Everyone should be making noise about this huge media scandal in the New York Times. While Trump makes money off of frivolous lawsuits against CBS, ABC, etc, the Times is getting away with an anti-Mamdani hit job fed to them by a far right ‘race science’ guy, who they kept anonymous!

My op-ed in today's LA Times is part rant, part plea, part love letter. (This link gets you past the paywall: archive.ph/K2vs3)

Medha Murtagh on Substack If your hope for US democracy bucket is feeling a little low, top it up with this.

substack.com/@greatthings...

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FREE for WRITERS • "Lunch Hour Write-In" • Led by Diana Goetsch • Wed. 5/28@12noon ET • Write like hell, let it rip, share or not share, and hang with other writers • open to anyone FREE OF CHARGE at the Zoom link below. Join us & spread the word. us02web.zoom.us/j/8837736574...

Agree. This is bullshit.