One can be frustrated these days by the phrase "I'm not sure".
21.02.2026 21:27
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One can be frustrated these days by the phrase "I'm not sure".
In America. Keeping faith and bearing witness. This from Masha Hamilton longreads.com/2026/02/19/b... #booksky
@karenpalmer.bsky.social is also in the new issue of The Writer's Chronicle. #booksky
It's wonderful to see both Patricia Henley and Virginia Pye in the new issue of The Writer's Chronicle. #booksky
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It is somewhat reassuring to realize that so many commentators now are saying "regime" not "administration".
You know what I mean?
@contrariannews.org
"Justice for Who?"
Tonight, I think the headline is enough
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The complicating aspect of "Republican In Name Only" is that the label "Republican" isn't worth anything anymore
The killing of The Washington Post this morning . . . The absence of Republicans from the shadow DHS hearing . . . The heart-breaking testimonies in that hearing . . . How far America?
"Ah, but the strawberries!"
This is the best speech, just from a pure rhetoric perspective - its sophistication and persuasiveness - that I've seen a politician deliver in a good long while. Really recommend watching or reading the whole thing.
Find a video of this speech. Its sober clarity is powerful and the contrast with US political rhetoric is ...
"No Kings" seems irrelevant, now. Shouldn't it be "No Emperors"?
"All of us, citizens and immigrants alike, are being ruled by people who think life is a privilege bestowed by authority, and death is a fair penalty for disobedience."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
Writers of conscience this morning must be praying for the lines that would cause to Act those who still can Act. Maybe no writer and no such work can any longer be heard. But somewhere is the voice that can make the mountain quake. We can hear those American voices from the past
I don't know, might some war in Venezuela distract us from Jack Smith's testimony?
Is 37 a bad number in the Trumpian Cosmology?
When cruelty has been chosen as the driving principle, the posture and definition of the self, then every action and every decision and every policy will be cruel. In cruelty is disdain. Everyone is or eventually becomes the Other. No relationship, agreement, or alliance lasts.
sad to learn of the passing of Daniel Woodrell.
#booksky
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/o...
"The Epstein Class"
In addition being moving and provoking, "Aftermath" is quite beautifully woven
Not enough outlets are turning toward the victims today
Why isn't everyone in the nation screaming about the demolition of the White House East Wing? I mean everybody. Yes, it's a metaphor but it's also real. The images are not AI generated. The Democrats know that, right? The media? The People?
A good dream is a kind of solace.
gregolear.substack.com/p/the-liz48-...
It is not possible that elected republicans do not recognize and fully understand the road we are being taken down, no matter how many things Speaker Johnson claims he has not seen
Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.
