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.

About this Florida vaccine story: When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough. We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated. “Oh, they’d have died.”

Congress has decided to claw back previously approved funding for public media. This decision hurts people in communities across the country, but it has only strengthened our resolve to keep Americans informed and connected. (1/2)

At least 31 Palestinians were fatally shot on their way to an aid distribution site in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, while Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians.

I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.

I continue to be struck by this language of “in accordance with the president’s priorities,” which treats the executive branch as an extension of the person of the president, and not a mechanism for instituting the will of Congress

It is day 100 since Andry was disappeared by Trump admin to a gulag in El Salvador. 100 days since this photo was snapped while he begged for his mom. 100 days of wondering if he is still alive. We’re still waiting for the devastatingly slow wheels of justice to turn. #FreeAndry

JUST IN: Khalil left the Louisiana detention center where he's been since March, when ICE agents arrested him over his pro-Palestinian activism. A federal judge ruled the government could no longer detain him.

Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.

Southern Indiana Review spring 2025 Thirty-three Contributors Salute, Day 5: Rebecca Bernard Rebecca Bernard is the author of the story collection Our Sister Who Will Not Die. rebeccaibernard.com @ohheyrebecca.bsky.social Instagram: @ohheyrebecca

Start every day with this reality: EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined. #LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable ballotpedia.org/United_State...

I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few: 1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.

The second we begin debating guilt and innocence we have ceded to their terms. The systemic evil fades into the background, continues humming along nicely.

It is really bothering me (understatement) that the message is “bring back that one innocent guy” and not “WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK SHUT DOWN THIS WHOLE OPERATION IMMEDIATELY.”

Marco Rubio just announced 10 more people were sent to be imprisoned in CECOT. They were flown there from Gitmo to be imprisoned potentially for life based not on any crime for which they were convicted, but on unproven allegations of gang membership with no due process. This is not lawful.

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Every day I am reminded that evil is also very very dumb

whether they’re retiring or not this should be the last term for each of them

i am 100% certain that they are weekend at bernie-ing trump and just handing him papers to sign, the content of which is determined by whoever happens to want something to happen

Happy News! Congrats to Evan Fackler, this year's Doris Betts Fiction Prize Winner! And to all our finalists.

oxfordamerican.org/magazine/iss... I loved this story by @ohheyrebecca.bsky.social. I had my suspicions about where it was going and ended up being beautifully surprised. Great read.

Thanks, @cincinnatireview.bsky.social for giving me the chance to talk craft & plot on the CR blog!

Grateful to have a story in the latest issue of @cincinnatireview.bsky.social & many thanks to @lisaampleman.bsky.social for her thoughtful edits! This one has teens, teeth, and blue paint. Scoop a copy here! www.cincinnatireview.com/issue/21-2/

If you don't want AI to pop up first on all your Google searches you can type "-AI" at the end of the search and the AI disappears.

As we are now in the Christmas season, here's an article I wrote last year for @texasmonthly.bsky.social about the namesake of a Christmas favorite--but it's not a Hallmark movie kind of tale. www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/...

"She’ll be tired tomorrow, but what does tired matter when she’s awake now?" This story dates back to the early days of the The Liberty bar.

My story on hook-ups and party hair set at Liberty bar in Austin now up at The Los Angeles Review! Grateful to the editors! An oldie, I first drafted this in 2011 back in MFA days… 👩🏻🍸🌚 losangelesreview.org/wig-shop-by-...

On aging and finding gems at goodwill. Thanks @wigleaf.bsky.social and thanks to Scott for edits! ❤️👗👢