Elise Kazanjian: How To Be A Successful Dummy
Roll your googly-eyes
every few minutes.
Agree with him.
He will believe you.
Patricia A. Nugent: The Opposite of Love
“You are abnormally nervy,” he texted. Since it didn’t exactly read like a compliment, his words caused me to reflect on how my activism may be perceived.
Steve Nolan: Destroying America, The Brand
A malignant narcissist has come to power.
Audio: Call Me Antifa
Inspired by the spirit of the Greatest Generation who fought fascism in World War II, this song celebrates love over hate, peace over violence, and liberty over authoritarianism.
Andrea Mazzarino: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power
Cruelty is the point.
Randy Minnich: Of Moths and Men
As oceans warm and creatures die,
the billionaires from glassed-in offices demand
Drill, Baby, Drill.
The world is upside down.
Julia B. Levine: Driving South on I-5 in Spring
How every vanishing enters me
like a bomb not yet tripped, but ready to go.
Most of all, I want to believe I can keep you alive.
Leslie Anne Mcilroy: Two Poems
Driving through Pennsylvania is lovely
except for the God, Bait & Guns of it all,
except for the money and bullets behind it,
the fishing line, triggers and damnation.
Mike Vargo: Living in the Republic of Unreality
The practice of living in unreality consists of three sub-practices: Denying real reality. Bingeing on pseudo-reality. And adopting a myth.
Abby Zimet: Home Growns Are Next
Take note, says historian Timothy Snyder: “This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror.”
Clarence Lusane: Making America White Again
The Deafening Silence of Trump’s Black Supporters
Abby Zimet: A Disaster Of Idiocy | So This Penguin Came Up To Me
Several tariff targets are in fact remote outcroppings of ice and rock populated by no humans but many freeloading penguins and seals, who thank God won’t be “looting and pillaging” us any more.
Patricia A. Nugent: Scenes from a Tesla Takedown
When I first heard about it, I knew I’d go. I’ve been showing up for more than fifty years, starting with the Vietnam war.
Geoffrey Levin: Democrats, Call Them Names—But Do It Right
Democrats should be using labels like “Pro-Cancer,” “Job-Killers,” “Anti-Constitution,” and “Healthcare-Cutters” to tar congressional Republicans.
