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Brad Richard
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Poet, gardener. Series editor, The Hilary Tham Capital Collection (The Word Works). My books include Motion Studies, Butcher's Sugar, Parasite Kingdom, and Turned Earth (Spring 2025, LSU Press).
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Brad Richard @bradrichard.bsky.social · Mar 19
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My book has a webpage and a release date (April 20, 2026). And if you preorder now, it's 40 percent off. It's all happening!

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November 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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leximcmenamin.com Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 13d
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Also: this is a particularly ugly, poorly cut trenchcoat. Please see Neil Patrick Harris in STARSHIP TROOPERS for some inspiration.
spockresists.bsky.social Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 20d
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.

Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in: - Los Angeles - Phoenix - Philadelphia - Denver - El Paso - San Diego - Seattle/Portland - New Orleans Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both. Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed. Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino. ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year. I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations. I am hearing from both sides of this friction. One senior DHS official tells me: "ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?". Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me: "What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table." It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there. Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results. Official statement to @FoxNews via @TriciaOhio : "While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country." 7:57 PM · Oct 27, 2025 · 29.6K Views
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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jbenmenachem.com jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 26d
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs

- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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I don't understand how anyone looks at 7 million people on the street and sees anything but raw potential for a mass movement. I don't understand tearing it down or telling people it's for nothing. I don't understand this at all.
October 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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#BannedBooksWeek is October 5-11
tomgauld.bsky.social Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · Sep 28
My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books
Title: Why do you want the book to be banned? A cartoon with ten panels showing people answering: 1. I read the book and hated it. 2. I didn't read the book, but I still hate it. 3. I hate books! 4. I love banning things! 5. I could not relate to the characters. 6. I'm not sure, but better safe than sorry? 7. My copy arrived damaged. 8. It could fall into the hands of a child. 9. It could fall on to the head of a child. 10. I didn't understand the ending.
September 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Honestly, I never thought much of 1984 as a novel, so it really sucks to end up living in an even crappier version of it.
September 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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This is not normal political discourse: this is further incitement to violence & further justification for weaponizing the legal and electoral systems against MAGA's "enemies." Do not brush this off as something so extreme it's not worth taking seriously.
www.foxnews.com/video/637738...
Stephen Miller: The Democratic Party is a 'domestic, extremist organization' | Fox News Video
Deputy chief of staff for policy and Homeland Security advisor Stephen Miller discusses how Democrats have let crime run rampant in Chicago on ‘Hannity.’
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September 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Melissa Hortman practiced politics the right way.
September 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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There has been a rush among centrists like Gavin Newsom and Ezra Klein to brush over the hateful life of Charlie Kirk and valorize the man.

Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent.

We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate.

My latest piece.
We Must Not Posthumously Sanitize Charlie Kirk's Hateful Life
Influential anti-LGBTQ+ activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday. While condemning violence is something most can get behind, sanitization of his hate has gone too far.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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annabower.bsky.social Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Aug 31
DEVELOPING: Advocates are seeking a court order to block the Trump administration’s effort to deport hundreds of unaccompanied minor children to Guatemala.

Judge abruptly moved 3 pm hearing up to 12:30 after she was notified that some children “are in the process of being removed" today.
MINUTE ORDER: The Court received notification that putative class members are in the process of being removed from the United States. The hearing previously set for August 31, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. in Courtroom 14 has been rescheduled to August 31, 2025, at 12:30 p.m. in Courtroom 14 before Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan. Zoom information will be emailed to the parties. Signed by Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan on 8/31/2025. (Icak) (Entered: 08/31/2025)
August 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Putting together a new project! Masc Anthology. Please share around. 🤙😎 #poetry #writing #cnf #writingcommunity
A call for submissions to the Who's the King?: Men, Manhood, and Masc Anthology. Who's the king? How does being the king, or the expectation thereof, impact our mental and social well-being? Defining "king" broadly as someone who expresses themselves in a masculine way regardless of gender identity, Who's the King?: Men, Manhood, and Masc Anthology seeks to explore and express the interconnected challenges which now impact our public and private lives. Now accepting poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art. Submissions open from July 5th, 2025 to December 1st, 2025. Email submissions to kingsanthology at gmail dot com. Email Subject Example: Poetry Submission Submissions open for print anthology. Works of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art are welcome. Poetry: Up to 5 pieces. Prose: Up to 5k words. Visual Art: Show me what you got. Formatting: Be reasonable. Simultaneous submissions are accepted. Please let me know immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. Previously published work may be considered if author retains the rights, but please include acknowledgements. No Al-generated work. I cannot compensate contributors at this stage. Now accepting Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Visual Art for print anthology. About the Editor. Find him at scarletwitchy.bsky.social. Stephen Yuffrida Brown (he/him) is a writer-activist with a Philly attitude and a background in LGBT+ studies. He is dedicated to the belief that art shapes ideology and that education is crucial for achieving social justice and social mobility. Former Managing Editor and Fiction Editor of Rathalla Review, Stephen's poetry and prose have appeared in various literary journals and anthologies, mostly queer ones. He is the author of two multi-genre chapbooks, A Portrait of Brotherhood as Two Boys from Space (2025) and His Boyfriend Materials (2024), both of which are available from Bottlecap Press.
July 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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this is “stuff pillows under the blanket to make it look like someone is sleeping in the bed” levels of cover up
annabower.bsky.social Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Aug 30
Trump is definitely alive bc who else would would blast Les Mis in the Rose Garden??
8/29/2025 • 12:11:26 PM EDT From: Brittany Gibson Sent: Friday, August 29, 2025, 12:06 PM To: DL WHO Wranglers Subject: Pool 2 - Music President Trump is playing music in the Rose Garden that can be heard outside the briefing room. White House confirmed it's the president's music. Thanks to my fellow reporters who heard the music and came to the pool desk. 8/29/2025 • 12:39:01 PM EDT From: Brittany Gibson Sent: Friday, August 29, 2025, 12:36 PM To: DL WHO Wranglers Subject: Pool 3 - Music selection Adding some color on the music today at the White House, correspondents have heardBowie, the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Andrea Bocelli and "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables. The music is still playing. White House did not share additional information on who President Trump is currently with while playing the music, but said that he has policy meetings and a media interview on his schedule today.
August 30, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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One of the things the Nazis did when coming to power was push propaganda that Jews were criminals and prone to violence by focusing on crime committed by Jews or fabricating crime they falsely attributed to Jews.

The last 36 hours on X has been this on a massive scale against trans people.
August 29, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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I also think we need to keep hammering home that you don’t go to college to “debate.” You go to learn, which is not the same thing.
michaelhobbes.bsky.social Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Aug 28
I will never understand how American elites managed to convince themselves that uncivil debate — not fascism, not impunity and not widespread indifference to facts — is the defining problem of our time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...
How We Brought Respectful Debate Back to The Harvard Crimson’s Editorial Board To us, the solution is deceptively simple. Universities should create environments where students with different views must talk to one another routinely and establish ground rules that ensure they do so without distractions or prejudgment. Illiberalism on college campuses isn’t inevitable. At The Crimson, it took only a few months to radically improve.
August 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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"I need to decide what leaving means losing" 💛 beautiful piece
havehashad.com HAD @havehashad.com · Aug 22
back to list poems today, with this stunner from Robert John Miller!

https://www.havehashad.com/4pv9u
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August 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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We are creating a Spanish language section on The Rumpus, for original creative work written in Spanish and are looking for a volunteer editor for this section. If this could be you, please send a brief letter of interest to roxane@therumpus.net by Tuesday, September 2nd!
August 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Here and Also There . . .
substack.com/@bradrichard...
Here and Also There . . .
Catching up, looking ahead.
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August 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Transgender studies professor Dr. Susan Stryker tears Gavin Newsom a new one while accepting the Transgender Legacy Award from the California state legislature 🔥🔥🔥 @susanstryker.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Hard to put into words how bad things are getting
selenalarson.bsky.social Selena Larson @selenalarson.bsky.social · Aug 27
My councilwoman @janeese4dc.bsky.social put out a plea to neighbors to not order food delivery because of law enforcement targeting delivery drivers.
janeese4dc on instagram stories .. • Neighbors please don't order any food delivery right now if you can help it. They are targeting delivery drivers heavy in our neighborhoods.
August 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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After DEA GOONS begin to harass and question a man sitting in Starburst Plaza in NE Washington DC, local neighbors remind him of his rights and stand with him until the GOONS give up on their harassment.
August 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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jesus fucking christ man
August 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM