For God's sake... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed

I think he meant to say "ruin" Venezuela, not run it, because he certainly is an expert at that.

"What the hell?" "Oh, I get it." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Every time you hear dishonest, misleading "we are so polarized" both-sidesism from the mainstream news, consider Mamdani's inauguration today: calls for love, taking care of the vulnerable, building community, protecting each other, etc. Contrast that to any GOP event with attacks, vitriol and hate.

unvarnished gutter racism and Nazism from the president. a disgrace to our country.

Okay @nytimes.com, I see what you did there. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/s...

Cornelius Eady, a National Book Award finalist, will read an original poem at Zohran Mamdani’s swearing-in as mayor of New York City on Thursday. Read an excerpt from “Proof,” the poem he wrote for the ceremony. trib.al/i0Uhwxr

@npr.org Just heard the hourly newscast. NPR critiqued Trump's Gaza plan as vague and unserious, but did not mention even ONCE Israel's constant, deadly, & blatant violations of the "cease fire." Have you no shame? Even the NYT is better on this... www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/w...

One little joy during the holidays was stopping by the @artinstitutechi.bsky.social to visit Franz Marc's "The Bewitched Mill," that is on the cover of my 2nd book of poems coming out in late January. www.matthewmurrey.net/books.html (More about the painting here: www.artic.edu/artworks/902...)

And why not? (from the LOC: www.loc.gov/resource/ppm...)

#OnionNotOnion www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli...

@jimmykimmel.com I love seeing that you will give a Christmas address to the UK that will also focus on free speech! The most powerful, succinct statement you could make about free speech in the UK would be to say, "I support Palestine Action." Peace. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Christmas forecast for East Central Illinois. Jesus Christ! forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php...

Hat tip to @jamellebouie.net where I first saw this.

"Every fleeing parent and child makes a holy family" I'm sorry that my poem from 8 years ago is even more relevant now. www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast...?

MUST READ by @BMarchetich "Pranked Biden official exposes lie that Ukraine war was inevitable" responsiblestatecraft.org/ukraine-nato...

Five years ago, a Vatican Nativity scene (pictured below) provoked a lot of outrage. I was provoked to write a poem. Whether you observe them or not, may you have some lovely time during the holidays. dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/a-te...

🔴 In the past 24 hrs, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported an add'l 2 killed & 6 injured arriving at hospitals. ▪️Since the ceasefire on Oct 11, 2025: - Total killed 393 - Total injured 1,068 - Total previously killed bodies recovered 632 This brings the recorded death toll from the Israeli genocide...

My second book of poems, Little Joy, is coming out at the end of January from Cornerstone Press. I couldn't be more pleased with the cover!

Look at this chart. Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world? Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people

I'm feeling that I really might be in the running for the FIFA Prize in Literature.

My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.

NEW - The Data Doesn’t Lie: How ProPublica Reports the Truth in an Era of False Claims As federal data becomes less available, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social explains how our journalists are providing readers with precise numbers.

Better than Saturday morning cartoons back in the day. I'll be reading with others for this. Hope you can make it!

Nothing keeps hurricanes away like a category 5 shitstorm. people.com/kristi-noem-...

So good to see Owen Jones take on the wretched arrogance of Hillary Clinton and her bloodstained legacy of foreign policy failures and cruelty. www.owenjones.news/p/clintons-s...

Hello, friends! In case you'd like to vote for us and/or some of your other favorite lit mags, here's the link for this year's Chill Subs awards. Voting ends on Dec. 7. :) www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag... Coming soon: Our 10th anniversary winter issue and our December reading period!

The WWE needs to update its list of current tag teams to include the "Bone Brothers" (Bone Saw and Bone Spur) taking on the stable of "Free Press." apnews.com/video/trump-...

Bonespur assists Bonesaw against ABC. abcnews.go.com/Politics/sau...

Studies in contrasts. • "That'll do, pig." vs. "Quiet, Piggy" • Charlotte's Web vs. US Gestapo's "Charlotte's Web"

My second poetry collection - LITTLE JOY - is coming out from Cornerstone Press in January! I'm so happy about this. Click on the link to pre-order. secure.payconex.net/paymentpage/...

Hey Piggy "In English we call, thoughtless, the worst among us pigs." rattle.com/pig-brain-by...

If only there were some way to set this aright. 🤔 www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a... #spellingbeegripes #spellingbee

@jacobinmag.bsky.social Good article, AND I hope you'll reach out to @dylanthomasblaha.bsky.social, a veteran who is running to defeat our awful center-right Democrat, Nikki Budzinski, here in the Illinois 13th. jacobin.com/2025/11/mili...?

That Dog That Hasn't Barked

This is my best wordle ever. Wordle 1,604 4/6 Three rows, 15 different letters, no match! ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

@npr.org & @steveinskeep.bsky.social give a helpful platform for the genocide-defending & slanderous head of the Zionist-promoting ADL, Jonathan Greenblatt. No push-back against his propaganda about why Israel is denoucnced - genocide, prisoner-rape, land theft, etc. www.npr.org/2025/11/07/n...

This is the facility where masked thugs put our neighbors, friends, and community members after they snatch them off the street. Please note that they are doing this to long-term residents, too. This is not targeted at criminals. They are grabbing tamale vendors, landscapers, preschool teachers.

Gonna be some serious ketchup cleanup needed tonight at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC

It's obviously horrible that SNAP benefits are being stopped. But, it's obscene to have to live in a country like the US where (in 2024) 12.3% of the population needed food assistance to just get by. About 42 million of us, or 1 in 8 people! www.ers.usda.gov/data-product...

Historian here. Tony, there are a *lot* of things history won't forgive you for

www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump... Oh snap!

Public financing of campaigns turned NYC from the Tammany Hall capital of corruption into a city where a candidate like @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social can run a competitive campaign against oligarch money trying to buy City Hall. NYC’s public financing system can be replicated everywhere. Pass it on.

oh just straight up gutter racism!

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

At least Pride Day here in Urbana, Illinois was a lovely event. Big crowd, joyful participants and observers. It was wonderful to march with the @dylanthomasblaha.bsky.social contingent. He's running as a Democrat to defeat Democrat @budzinski.house.gov a neoliberal supporter of the genocide.

Oh look! They're dressing up for Halloween as Nazi Brownshirts and Gestapo enforcers. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/26/f...

My @newyorker.com poetry submission turned 2 this weekend 🎂. I would have pulled it months ago, but now I'm just curious how old it will get. Many other journals have figured out how to deal with the deluge of submissions (monthly caps, periodic closures, etc) but not the New Yorker. Sigh...