National security should mean everyone has housing, food, healthcare, and clean and air water.

And in a few years, when we feel the effects of this loss of brain power, these people will say it was immigrants who cut off America’s nose to spite our face. Not them. Guaranteed.

Brace yourselves

Every sentence of Greg’s post is the absolute truth.

Tonight Trump will re-litigate the 2020 election. Why? In support of his SAVE act, which is actually a Voter Suppression Act. This is a Hail Mary effort to keep his corrupt power grab from being swamped by a blue wave in November.

"...the merger combines two of the five major Hollywood studios, more than 50 basic cable networks...(HBO and Showtime)...(Paramount+, Discovery+, and HBO Max), ... (Paramount Television, CBS Studios, and Warner Bros. Television) into one company." prospect.org/2026/07/14/c...

Please tell me this is as fake as the image. Please. Dystopia is already here. No need to push children further into it nysfocus.com/2026/07/14/n...

This was my beef back when I watched SyFy on cable: You spent all that money to make this dreck when there are so many good writers with good work out there available and ready to go?! WTF...

ICE has fatally shot 11 people since Donald Trump's second term began. These are not isolated incidents. They are the predictable result of a cruel, violent system. Abolish ICE.

My mayor does not miss.

Trump will be giving a nationally televised speech about claiming foreign meddling in the 2020 elections led to his loss. Listen carefully to that speech, not because anything he shares is actually truth, but because this man’s accusations are his confessions, and future intentions.

"While I'm writing, I'm far away; and when I come back, I've gone." — Pablo Neruda, born on this day in 1904 #AmWriting

I lived through the "books are dying" discourse of the mid-aughts.* I'll live through the "reading is dying" discourse of now. Reminder that book sales are up overall in 2026.** 😘

3 weeks from today I’ll be performing in Translating Sonnets with Paola Alexandra Soto at JACK Theater in Brooklyn. Shakespeare meets contemporary poetry in this free event presented by Creating Space and ¡Oye! Group. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/translatin... Still, We Are Sacred: a.co/d/07piqmWD

I’m excited to be part of Translating Sonnets: Remix on Friday, July 31, in Brooklyn. Presented by Creating Space and @oyegroup.org, it’s an evening of Shakespeare reimagined through contemporary poetry and performance. Free admission. Hope to see you there! www.eventbrite.com/e/translatin...

This Is Just To Say I told you so about that thing you disagreed with me about of which irrefutable proof has now emerged Forgive me it is too delicious too sweet not to remind you that you were wrong

They say tennis is for everyone but the tv commercials that air during tennis matches always betray that belief lol

The Supreme Court just upheld birthright citizenship, blocking Trump's attempt to dismantle the 14th Amendment and strip away a constitutional guarantee. If you were born here, you are an American citizen. The Constitution is clear. No one can change that. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

“New Yorkers are born all over the country, and then they come to New York City and it hits them: ‘Oh, that’s who I am.’” — Delia Ephron, Sister Mother Husband Dog Etc. (2013)

a dream it would be to live above a library (or a gay bar, I’ll take either one)!

Today marks the 57th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. On June 28, 1969, patrons of the Stonewall Inn resisted a police raid, helping ignite the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. #Stonewall #NOH8

NEW REPORT: Important new report from @impactjustice.org EATING BEHIND BARS (which won a James beard Award) and shows that the horrors of food in prison and that food in prison is a "fixable problem."

💯!

Big Tech is listening...

Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter

Johns Hopkins has laid off another 100+ staff. This follows massive layoffs tied to USAID funding cuts last year, plus a hiring freeze & discretionary spending reductions. www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

Good morning, everyone! Happy primary election day for those in Maryland, New York, and Utah, and happy runoff day in South Carolina! 😊

Good morning New York City! Today is Primary Election Day! Go to findmypollsite.vote.nyc To see where you polling place is. Polls are open NOW and close at 9pm. #GOTV

“we’ll just pay him off and get on his good side” congratulations you have now convinced him you are a convenient bank account that he can tap any time he’s annoyed

every time you see a headline that begins with “we have to,” replace the “we” with “you” and you’ll immediately understand the purpose of the piece and the power dynamics at play

Happy belated birthday to Octavia Estelle Butler, born June 22, 1947

Reading this newest #JayWright gem very slowly. #poetry #Blackpoets

Nobody is vandalizing the Reflecting Pool, and Trump knows it. This is a visible example of his corruption--a no-bid contract to some crony followed by sky-high cost overruns, and shoddy construction to boot. Classic Trump: I didn't fuck up, it was my enemies.

I talked — at length! — with Julian Lucas of the New Yorker and this is what happened: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Our annual summer sale is happening. Any 2 NYRB, Archipelago, Dorothy, NHE books for 20% off; 3 for 30% off; 4 for 40%. Orders over $75 get free shipping in the US. Sale ends Monday at midnight. www.nyrb.com

Tune in on Thursday at 4pm EDT for two excerpts from OTHER WORLDS THAN THESE, the long-awaited conclusion to THE TALISMAN Trilogy. Steve says, check it out. youtu.be/6DV_jGLlD5s

🎉 Happy Publication Day to LUCKY CREATURES by Joseph Trinidad 🥳 winner of the 2024 Sarabande Prize in Essay, selected by Alexander Chee (@cheemobile). A deeply felt debut collection about migration, queerness and the transnational experience. 🔗 Purchase here! www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...

The Mayor ('DJ Kwame M') is SUCH a New Yorker. The least staid politician I've ever seen

we got FIFA World Cup Puerto Rican day parade Knicks Brooklyn pride All today. Help.

I feel seen - OUCH!

Sports can be a cosmic joke sometimes because there are singularly talented players in the NBA that just never won a ring. Stockton, Ewing, Barkley, Iverson, etc.

That Socialism thing seems to be working out well

Black folks from NYC energy >>>

Parade. Thursday. Manhattan.

"Good writing is always about things that are important to you, things that are scary to you, things that eat you up." — John Edgar Wideman, born on this day in 1941 #AmWriting

I'm not even that bright but I can see how hungry people are for community and how much joy it brings to find it. Sure seems like working more to make inclusive ones that last is something we can all do.

Last image from tonight (short film in the morning): this brother out here with his Singer sewing machine, gifting people a custom embroidery on their jerseys and hats with the name and the date, was more artistic than anything at Burning Man and ad gorgeous as a Caravaggio. Magic! Goodnight.

When timelines collide - in joy