I had the great privilege of writing about George Whitmore’s beloved novel, Nebraska, for the good people over at the Baffler.

I guess I'm supposed to do that thing where you remind people of something you wrote, but god, I hate bringing any attention to this hateful POS.

Seems like a good time to reshare @dalepeck.bsky.social on Andrew Sullivan

This is a nice capsule history of what is itself a capsule history of the way neoliberalism descended into what we used to call populism, but now recognize as white supremacy trying to cover its tracks.

As you might expect of a celeb-driven “investigation,” Tapper/Thompson’s Original Sin (and this piece in the Nation) pins the 2024 election loss on Biden’s brain rather than four decades of Democratic neoliberalism, which has consistently undermined lip-service gestures toward social justice.

“For ideologues like Vought, who see Trump’s presidency as a vehicle to advance the unpopular goals they could never get through the actual democratic process, this has been a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” Totally agree, tho I wonder what happens when Trump realizes he’s been played.

This article is the only thing I’ve read that gave me pleasure today.

I’d say we’ve hit a new low, but this administration has very long shovels.

he’s right and he’s right to say it

Joe was my doctor for a few years in the 90s. As a young HIV-negative slut, I think my predictable and curable ailments amused him, and offered a break from all the direness. Later I got to know him socially as well. He was kind, quiet, and courageous, and he saved more lives than we’ll ever know.

In case you needed something else to despair about.

Our Book Swap is on!

“The father cried blood. He said to his sons: ‘The lot is yours.’ Their father was dying. The Man searched the small wood cabin for paper or the finger of a quill for their father to write his sign.” —“Gnomon and Umber” by Sean McKay. Art by Alexandre Hogue. evergreenreview.com/read/gnomon-...

Can't say this enough! 💥

JVP Rabbinical Council co-founder Rabbi Brant Rosen, in his latest piece for Truthout, reminds us that the Passover Hagaddah instructs Jews to examine the relevance of the Exodus story in every generation.

Where’s the outrage over ‘systematic’ sexual violence against Palestinians? - https://www.972mag.com/systematic-sexual-violence-against-palestinians/

The Baffler and Belén Fernández are two of my favorite things.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

The WSJ article was about Elon's nuttiness. This piece by Sarah Jones is a much more reasoned take on what's wrong with pronatalism, and why we need reproductive justice.

I'm incredibly proud to share "Gnomon and Umber," the first published story by a former student, Sean McKay. Sean is immensely talented and has an utterly unique voice and POV. This story is, like, really long, but trust me, it's worth reading to the end.

I do my best not to read anything about Elon Musk, because every time I do I realize he is even more batshit crazy and evil than I thought.

I honestly didn’t think it would be this easy to destroy US democracy, or that it would happen in my lifetime.

The party’s chairman, said … “In order to ensure we are as effective as possible at electing Democrats to office, it is the D.N.C.’s longstanding position that primary voters—not the national party—determine their Democratic candidates for the general election.” Huh. Guess he missed 2025.

Absolutely no one should be rounded up and deported without due process, but perhaps the magats can realize the particular grotesqueness of this case . . .

The Evergreen Review presents DAS VIDEOSPIEL: An International Journal of Narrative Design in Gaming! Check out the inaugural pieces, including “Writing for Survival” by @writnelson.bsky.social. “If you are a storyteller, video games are not a place of honor.” evergreenreview.com/read/writing...

Teen Vogue is like LITERALLY my only ray of light over the last three months.

NYC friends! NEXT Saturday, April 12, 3–5 p.m., celebrate National Poetry Month with Evergreen Review & Singapore Unbound! “ONE WORLD” reading, featuring: Lydia Liu, Matt Reeck, Jennifer Shyue, and Jacqueline Johnson RSVP to Jee ([email protected]) for address (private home in LIC)!

“NIH will cease to function after the RIFs [reductions in force]; it will take months to get things back online administratively,” says another NIH official.

Chuck Schumer wants the Trump Administration to get better at hiding the war crimes campaign that began under Barack Obama.

Gaza's on fire again, but at least Elon's brand is increasingly toxic.

I feel cynical for saying that this mostly feels like self-aggrandizing grandstanding on Booker’s part, but: this mostly feels like self-aggrandizing grandstanding on Booker’s part. Enlighten me, someone?

UN: 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers were killed one by one by IDF soldiers, then buried in a mass grave. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Yesterday, Palestinians located the bodies of 15 aid workers in a mass grave in Gaza. One week after two ambulances were directly shot at by the Israeli military, the bodies of these Red Crescent workers were finally found handcuffed and crushed under their ambulances, concealed in a mass grave.

What do you say when you share a story like this? Words like “horrific,” “abominable,” “reprehensible” all fall short. It is a policy that makes you question the humanity of the people behind it.

We all know this is happening, but this article is a good roundup of the magat congresspeople contributing to the coup.

I do always like to be able to choose between new and used men.

Columbia University buckles to fascists, setting the stage for the end of higher education as we know it in the United States. Cataclysmic: www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Earth to Jeffries: it’s not the messaging. Find a spine, or find the door.

Just so impressed by this poised young woman, and by Teen Vogue’s continuing defiance of all things maga. I wish it’d been around when I was a kid.

Hey LA friends, I'll be speaking for evergreenreview on this clmporg panel at the @awpwriter conference & bookfair next Friday at 1:45pm. #awp25

At this point I have to say that if there was a way we could take this disease from the deer and just give it to the people who kill them, I'd be down with that. But thanks to Trump, RFK Jr., and the magats, we'll be taking the deer down with us. We really are the worst species.

“I would really like to raise awareness of the fact that trans care for minors, especially puberty blockers, is really important,” she said. “Maybe stop demonizing these literal children or the people around these children who are just trying to help them feel comfortable in their own skin.”

Mahmoud Khalil’s letter from prison indicts all Americans. “I have always believed that my duty is not only to liberate myself from the oppressor, but also to liberate my oppressors from their hatred and fear.”

The genocide that began under Biden continues under Trump.

At this point we have to admit that the magats are doing what they're doing not despite Democrats but because of them: because neoliberal values have co-opted the center left, because Dems won't offer any unified opposition, and because Democrats aren't actually the opposition. They're enablers.

Khalil's "cause is clearly just, but he is a member of one of the most marginalized and pilloried communities on earth — which is likely why the Trump administration feels comfortable targeting him. As a result, the party is buckling in the most prominent test yet" in opposing fascism.

This press release by AG Pam Bondi is a moral stain on our nation and a disgrace to the legal system.

Oh and . . .

I guess it’s spring. Huh.