Call for Papers for the next John Dos Passos Society Conference! The Society is proud to announce its 2026 biennial conference in Ponta do Sol, Madeira Island, Portugal. See the link for details: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/11/...

The Sociopath-In-Chief couldn't be bothered to even turn his head in the direction of a man in the midst of a medical emergency who collapsed in his office. Completely incapable of empathy, the EPSTEIN Files can't be released soon enough. 25/47

Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

Grijalva: I do think that Speaker Johnson misplayed his hand. There are people all over this nation who were out there with signs that said, “Swear her in.” They wouldn’t have even known about me otherwise. Thank you for highlighting how corrupt the system you’re protecting really is.

It’s painfully clear. By refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Johnson’s covering up Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex-trafficking ring. Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.

Respect to those who got here first.

This is Adelita Grijalva. She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files. She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

New 25% tariffs on trucks taking effect on November 1 will hit NW Ohio hard. Our region’s suppliers, parts makers, and logistics workers depend on stable trade with our largest fair trading partner to the north, Canada. Trump's reckless tariffs risk Ohio jobs and raise costs for our families.

"Not a single Democrat has talked about wanting to fund care for people in the United States unlawfully. Instead, what Democrats have said is they want to undo Medicaid cuts projected to leave nearly 10 million Americans uninsured." A smidge different.

Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick. Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care

Neguse: "I would challenge anyone to make sense of the rantings and ravings you just heard from the president. These are not serious people tweeting out offensive videos last night on Truth Social ... I think it's important for all of us to acknowledge what we see with our own eyes"

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens. Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.

BREAKING: Per MSNBC, Nexstar has ALSO CAVED and will stop preempting Jimmy Kimmel Live! Way to go, everyone!

Because this administration thinks everyone believes the rules only matter when it helps “your side” (like they do), they are counting on Comey’s unpopularity to normalize this. Don’t let it. Whatever you think of him or his actions in the past, etc. this indictment is dangerous and an outrage.

🚨 NCA5 is now LIVE! 🚨 They took it down, but we've brought it back at: nca5.climate.us Bookmark. 👏 this. 👏 page. 👏 This is just our first step in restoring trusted science information that Americans need to understand what's happening with the climate.

Thanks the Fancy Comma podcast for interviewing me for her #FiredFed series. We covered so many issues: the Trump Administration's assault on federal workers, John Dos Passos, the U.S.A. trilogy, E.E. Cummings, the Lost Generation, and the Spanish Civil War. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CCr...

No evidence. No science. No solutions.   Just Trump peddling another dangerous lie — this time about Tylenol and autism — that sows chaos, scares parents, and puts our health at risk.

Meltdown on "Truth" Social in 5... 4... 3... 2...

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

I stand with PBS. I stand with NPR. I stand with Stephen Colbert. I stand with Jimmy Kimmel. I stand with the First Amendment. PERIOD.* *Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

Today, Paloma Press released a print edition of The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders. One of my poems, "Photograph of Two Men On Buffalo Skull Hill, 1892," appears in print in this collection. palomapress.org/the-nature-o...

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This is a massive, history making abuse of your power. It will define your legacy and one day you will come to regret punishing free speech and trying to destroy democracy.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Yes, Fox News Host Brian Kilmeade really said this about homeless people: “Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill 'em."

Thanks to Hare's Paw Literary Journal for publishing my new poem, "Old Map Blues." A bit of nostalgia for the late 1980s and early 1990s when maps, nations, and borders seemed to be changing for the better. www.harespawlitjournal.com/issue-24

Hey everyone...LOOK OVER HERE! It's Lt. Col. Bone Spurs declaring war on an American city!!! Does his rough tough cream-puff cosplay make you forget about the EPSTEIN survivors, their lifetime of trauma & their courage to speak the truth in public? Yeah, me neither. #ReleaseTheEPSTEINFilesASAP

Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.

His military flyover of the Epstein Survivor's Press Conference was like when a little kid puts their fingers in their ears, saying "Nyah, nyah, nyah I can't hear you!"! Pathetic, hugely expensive & hilariously ineffective. #TerrifiedOfTheEPSTEIN_Files 😨

Ossoff on RFK Jr: "Absolutely he should resign. And he never should've been confirmed to begin with... in any normal Senate, he never would've gotten so much as a hearing. This is someone who throughout his public life has embraced just about every piece of quackery & pseudoscience he's come across"

You can reach out to us here or to @relindsey.bsky.social directly. We'd love to hear your endorsements!

Thanks to Cathexis Northwest Press for publishing my new poem, "Starling Murmuration Outside the U.S. Capitol." See Page 31. Thanks to Dr Carmen Bugan at Gotham Writers for inviting her poetry class to watching starlings and tell stories about them! www.cathexisnorthwestpress.com/sep-oct-2025

RIP. Phenomenal performance in Thunderheart. One of my favorites. Wit, courage, and grace.

The intrepid team of experts that made Climate.gov the pinnacle of climate resources is fighting back. They are launching Climate.us, an independent, nonprofit successor to Climate.gov. They're already raising seed money at Donorbox. Join the fight for science today! donorbox.org/climate-us-p...

"about 10 writers, researchers and web development ninjas are launching an ambitious effort to preserve key climate data that the Trump administration has taken offline, including a landmark, congressionally mandated report and the contents of the climate.gov website." www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/c...

News for those who love Nature: On September 18, Paloma Press will release a print edition of The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders. Congrats to all artists! palomapress.org/the-nature-o...

One of the last things my grandfather John Dos Passos wrote was an ode to the Apollo Program. It’s so relevant, reminding us what we can do when we overcome tribalism and combine our strengths. www.johndospassoscoggin.com/uncategorize...

"If we keep cutting NOAA, there is an increasing risk of an Otis-like scenario, with a Cat 5 hurricane roaring ashore in a heavily populated area with inadequate warning. With global warming steadily increasing the odds of rapid intensification, we’d better stay ahead of this dangerous curve."

Not only is today’s employment report uniquely bad, but revisions to the prior months show that, on average, we have seen 35k net new jobs created for the last 3 months: JAN: +111K FEB: +102K MAR: +120K APR: +158K MAY: +19K JUN: +14K JUL: +73K No way to put lipstick on this pig.

In this short space, I've focused on precipitation research, but there are legions more topics in weather and climate where NOAA provides life-saving, economy-strengthening information. Call Congress and ask them to fully fund NOAA! thehill.com/opinion/ener...

"Iron Man," "War Pigs," "Paranoid" and more created heavy metal. A slow, heavy, dark style that formed in working-class England, in the bombed out ruins of World War II. It was moving to see Ozzy say his grand farewell just a couple weeks ago in Birmingham at the Back to the Beginning concert.

Late to the party but I finished all of Andor. I'm in awe of the story and script, which render a far more realistic, plausible, and terrifying Star Wars. A pitiless, psychopathic Empire against a faction-ridden, outgunned Rebellion. No Jedi saviors. Tony Gilroy is a genius!

Rolling Stone reports today that Haiti's Hotel Oloffson has burned down. My grandfather John Dos Passos stayed there in 1948 with Dawn Powell and the Given family, at a low point in his life when he was seeking peace. He painted it beautifully, too (see image).

AOC: They’re giving people crumbs and they are taking away the whole loaf.

Losses in service jobs sparked the first negative job growth in two years.