@amyedavispoetetc.bsky.social
Poet, historian (Cornell AB, Columbia PhD), editor, ghost-writer, and speech writer. Nominally retired (formerly UCLA and pre-formerly Purdue).
So very important to remember that there are arguments still being made against the equality of all people.
Opinion | They Don’t Want to Live in Lincoln’s America
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
So very important to remember that there are arguments still being made against the equality of all people.
#Trump wants to summarily execute drug dealers and rename DOD to be the Dept. of War. And this, such sickening hearbreak. What century are we in? #Afghanquake #womenbetrayed
After Afghan Quake, Many Male Rescuers Helped Men but Not Women
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
#Trump wants to summarily execute drug dealers and rename DOD to be the Dept. of War. And this, such sickening hearbreak. What century are we in? #Afghanquake #womenbetrayed
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@seattletimes reports federal officers from US Customs & Border Patrol showed up to ask for IDs, order the firefighters not to record the incident, arrest two members of the fire fighting crew.
THIS IS NOT MAKING AMERICA SAFER.
THIS IS NOT MAKING AMERICA SAFER.
August 28, 2025 at 7:21 AM
@seattletimes reports federal officers from US Customs & Border Patrol showed up to ask for IDs, order the firefighters not to record the incident, arrest two members of the fire fighting crew.
THIS IS NOT MAKING AMERICA SAFER.
THIS IS NOT MAKING AMERICA SAFER.
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Dr. William Foege, 89, who helped end smallpox in the 1970s, recently wrote: RFK Jr.’s “words can be as lethal as the smallpox virus.” And his actions are more lethal still. He’s waging war on America. That’s an impeachable offense. He must be removed from office.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
New C.D.C. Director Is Fired, White House Says
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Dr. William Foege, 89, who helped end smallpox in the 1970s, recently wrote: RFK Jr.’s “words can be as lethal as the smallpox virus.” And his actions are more lethal still. He’s waging war on America. That’s an impeachable offense. He must be removed from office.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
"So You Think You Can Dance" as programming model. Gods save us. #KennedyCenter #Dance
Kennedy Center Fires Dance Director After Questions About Programming
www.nytimes.com
August 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
"So You Think You Can Dance" as programming model. Gods save us. #KennedyCenter #Dance
DT et al. really are like a small child. Testing, what if I touch the new baby? Testing, what if I poke the new baby? Testing, what if I hit the new baby? Testing, what if I throw knives in the crib? What if I raid John Bolton's house? #Trump #Patel #Bolton #Testingtoddler
August 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
DT et al. really are like a small child. Testing, what if I touch the new baby? Testing, what if I poke the new baby? Testing, what if I hit the new baby? Testing, what if I throw knives in the crib? What if I raid John Bolton's house? #Trump #Patel #Bolton #Testingtoddler
Trump called Fox & Friends on Tues & gave a new reason for working to end the war in Ukr: "I want to try & get to heaven, if possible. . .I’m hearing I’m not doing well. I am really at the bottom of the totem pole. But if I can get to heaven, this will be one of the reasons.” NYT
August 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Trump called Fox & Friends on Tues & gave a new reason for working to end the war in Ukr: "I want to try & get to heaven, if possible. . .I’m hearing I’m not doing well. I am really at the bottom of the totem pole. But if I can get to heaven, this will be one of the reasons.” NYT
Today is the anniversary of the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment. Long may it wave.
July 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Today is the anniversary of the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment. Long may it wave.
"In peace may [he] slumber" You can still download his entire opus [opera] from his website. It's free.
Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"In peace may [he] slumber" You can still download his entire opus [opera] from his website. It's free.
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"The DOD held up a shipment of US weapons for Ukraine this week over what officials said were concerns about its low stockpiles. But an analysis by senior military officers found the aid package would not jeopardize the US military’s own ammunition supplies ... it was a unilateral step by Hegseth."
Hegseth halted weapons for Ukraine despite military analysis that the aid wouldn’t jeopardize U.S. readiness
The move blindsided the State Department, Ukraine, European allies and members of Congress, who demanded an explanation from the Pentagon.
www.nbcnews.com
July 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"The DOD held up a shipment of US weapons for Ukraine this week over what officials said were concerns about its low stockpiles. But an analysis by senior military officers found the aid package would not jeopardize the US military’s own ammunition supplies ... it was a unilateral step by Hegseth."
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Never vote for a bill that causes you to look like this afterwards:
July 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Never vote for a bill that causes you to look like this afterwards:
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Not that anyone cares, but now that JD Vance has cast the tiebreaking vote for $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts, I'm reupping these Vance quotes from 2017, in which he flatly declared that Medicaid cuts like these betray Trumpism's promises to the working class:
newrepublic.com/article/1954...
newrepublic.com/article/1954...
July 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Not that anyone cares, but now that JD Vance has cast the tiebreaking vote for $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts, I'm reupping these Vance quotes from 2017, in which he flatly declared that Medicaid cuts like these betray Trumpism's promises to the working class:
newrepublic.com/article/1954...
newrepublic.com/article/1954...
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JUST A REMINDER…👇
Enjoy. 😎✨
Enjoy. 😎✨
July 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
JUST A REMINDER…👇
Enjoy. 😎✨
Enjoy. 😎✨
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Lots of TV drama: Will GOP Senate holdouts cave in?
(Spoiler: Duh.)
Murkowski just showed the way, with her sweetheart tax and Medicaid carve-outs only for Alaska. Everything about this bill reeks.
(Spoiler: Duh.)
Murkowski just showed the way, with her sweetheart tax and Medicaid carve-outs only for Alaska. Everything about this bill reeks.
June 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Lots of TV drama: Will GOP Senate holdouts cave in?
(Spoiler: Duh.)
Murkowski just showed the way, with her sweetheart tax and Medicaid carve-outs only for Alaska. Everything about this bill reeks.
(Spoiler: Duh.)
Murkowski just showed the way, with her sweetheart tax and Medicaid carve-outs only for Alaska. Everything about this bill reeks.
What a real president does. www.startribune.com/melissa-hort...
Day of mourning: Biden pays respects, thousands pass through Capitol in honor of Hortmans
Melissa Hortman was the first woman to lie in state in Minnesota.
www.startribune.com
June 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
What a real president does. www.startribune.com/melissa-hort...
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Thank God that's over...
June 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Thank God that's over...
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The EU? Did the President of the United States miss the whole Brexit thing?
Trump: You all know the great PM of the UK and we just signed a document
*drops documents*
Trump: A little windy out here. We just signed it and so we have our trade agreement with the EU
*drops documents*
Trump: A little windy out here. We just signed it and so we have our trade agreement with the EU
June 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The EU? Did the President of the United States miss the whole Brexit thing?
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Top Trump official HUMILIATED at Congressional hearing - @briantylercohen.bsky.social
Trump official CRASHES & BURNS at disastrous hearing
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
youtube.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Top Trump official HUMILIATED at Congressional hearing - @briantylercohen.bsky.social