Taught at a midwestern land grant university for more than 30 years. The English department had had 25 tenure line faculty when I began. It has 5 now.

This is exactly the kind of cult member that should never be anywhere near government...

"The moment you begin to censor the writer- and history bears this out in the ugliest of fashions -so begins a process of decay in the body politic that ultimately leads to disaster." ~Rod Serling Speech, Library of Congress (1968)

FB kicked me off again, 180 days this time. No explanation why! I requested a review. Nothing! So if I am off for 6 months, I DELETED IT! Screw FB!

Happening now: Members of Congress from across the country are gathered in Montgomery's Legacy Park to send a clear message to the nation that the rollback of voting rights will not happen quietly, unchallenged, or without organized resistance. #AllRoadsSouth

"Nearly 60% of those detained have no criminal convictions... 'When it was built in the middle of the Everglades last summer, officials said they needed to put it out there because they were going to house the worst of the worst... Clearly that’s not the case'..." www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/f...

The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Funny how Bondi's redactions worked. Powerful names vanished into black ink but victims’ personal details stayed fully visible. That’s not transparency. That’s protecting the predators and doxxing the wounded.

Posted by Occupy Democrats. Spot on 100%.

“He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.” Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence.

AS PUTIN ANNOUNCES VISIT TO CHINA ON 18-19 MAY: This is the latest published Chinese political cartoon, which tells you how they really see DJT

The expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homeland 78 years ago was only the beginning of a genocidal project.

This Needs to Happen…. Idea: a law that says if you’re going to build a data center, you have to also build enough solar panels to power it. We can call it the Bring Your Own Damn Grid Act.

May 16, 2026

When Donald Trump asked on the campaign trail if we could imagine Kamala Harris dealing with President Xi, we didn't realize he was asking if she was capable of the same fawning and flattery he would perform.

Xavier Becerra on HHS under RFK Jr. and Trump: “They’ve decided to use politics, not science, to make decisions… And now we’re seeing the results.”

Thanks, Supreme Court. You're waking up the majority and radicalizing us. You're becoming more illegitimate by the day. Bring it.

Virginia Dems asked for permission instead of forgiveness. A mistake, IMHO.

Cleaning up Orban’s corruption in Hungary is a huge task after he looted their country for years, and it is certainly something we can watch unfold and learn from.

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The most accurate portrayal of the pro-Jim Crow, white nationalist Roberts Supreme Court I've seen yet.

Disgraceful. Absolutely disgraceful. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Some very good news out of a Texas federal court: Alex Jones doesn't have standing to appeal a Bankruptcy court order that placed InfoWars' assets in state receivership, meaning they can be licensed or sold to us. More to come, obviously, but we're almost there.