Brad Richard
@bradrichard.bsky.social
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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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this:
My dear friends Andy and Khaled could use your help. Please consider donating and please feel free to share this.
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Donate to Aid for Andy, Khaled, and Family After the Fire, organized by James Richard
I'm Brad Richard and I'm raising funds on behalf of my dear friends Andy… James Richard needs your support for Aid for Andy, Khaled, and Family After the Fire
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February 5, 2026 at 11:46 PM
My dear friends Andy and Khaled could use your help. Please consider donating and please feel free to share this.
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Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.
January 28, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice."
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
January 24, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice."
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
This is horrific. Sharing from Lorna D Cervantes: (Today’s eye-witness report from Minneapolis)
“Things I’ve seen with my own eyes as of 11:23 AM Pacific today, January 12, 2026:
—ICE ramming a civilian car through a red light on Snelling in St Paul, dragging an injured, [1/5]
“Things I’ve seen with my own eyes as of 11:23 AM Pacific today, January 12, 2026:
—ICE ramming a civilian car through a red light on Snelling in St Paul, dragging an injured, [1/5]
January 15, 2026 at 7:58 PM
This is horrific. Sharing from Lorna D Cervantes: (Today’s eye-witness report from Minneapolis)
“Things I’ve seen with my own eyes as of 11:23 AM Pacific today, January 12, 2026:
—ICE ramming a civilian car through a red light on Snelling in St Paul, dragging an injured, [1/5]
“Things I’ve seen with my own eyes as of 11:23 AM Pacific today, January 12, 2026:
—ICE ramming a civilian car through a red light on Snelling in St Paul, dragging an injured, [1/5]
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This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
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for fucking decades i've had to listen to right wingers jerk off to their fantasies of masked federal agents turning their guns on innocent Americans and then the moment it actually happens they're sniveling boot-licking scum
January 8, 2026 at 12:42 AM
for fucking decades i've had to listen to right wingers jerk off to their fantasies of masked federal agents turning their guns on innocent Americans and then the moment it actually happens they're sniveling boot-licking scum
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Huge gratitude to Jennifer Barber, whose insightful and beautifully written review of my Turned Earth and Rosanna Warren's latest, Hindsight, is up at On the Seawall! www.ronslate.com/on-turned-ea...
on Turned Earth, poetry by Brad Richard & Hindsight, poetry by Rosanna Warren – On the Seawall
www.ronslate.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Huge gratitude to Jennifer Barber, whose insightful and beautifully written review of my Turned Earth and Rosanna Warren's latest, Hindsight, is up at On the Seawall! www.ronslate.com/on-turned-ea...
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living in 2025, almost 2026:
He had been originally nurtured among the crazy society
December 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
living in 2025, almost 2026:
@tisserand.bsky.social saw this on the evil site, thought you'd be interested/horrified.
December 26, 2025 at 3:07 AM
@tisserand.bsky.social saw this on the evil site, thought you'd be interested/horrified.
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It's actually Occam's Razor to assume that in the age of Trump, RFK, Musk, etc.
"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
December 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
It's actually Occam's Razor to assume that in the age of Trump, RFK, Musk, etc.
Trans friends, I am very sorry and very angry that the U.S. House of Representatives has voted to make it a felony to provide gender-affirming care to trans youth. I refuse to link any stories about it here.
Fellow cisgender folks: please call your senators.
Fellow cisgender folks: please call your senators.
December 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Trans friends, I am very sorry and very angry that the U.S. House of Representatives has voted to make it a felony to provide gender-affirming care to trans youth. I refuse to link any stories about it here.
Fellow cisgender folks: please call your senators.
Fellow cisgender folks: please call your senators.
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When I was young, I *hated* nihilism. It mattered terribly to me that nothing mattered. I wanted to *make* things matter, somehow.
Now that I'm old, I'm resigned to the fact that nothing matters--and there's nothing I can do about it, except exactly what I would do if things mattered.
Now that I'm old, I'm resigned to the fact that nothing matters--and there's nothing I can do about it, except exactly what I would do if things mattered.
December 18, 2025 at 4:03 AM
When I was young, I *hated* nihilism. It mattered terribly to me that nothing mattered. I wanted to *make* things matter, somehow.
Now that I'm old, I'm resigned to the fact that nothing matters--and there's nothing I can do about it, except exactly what I would do if things mattered.
Now that I'm old, I'm resigned to the fact that nothing matters--and there's nothing I can do about it, except exactly what I would do if things mattered.
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Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
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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!
@lsupress.bsky.social
lsupress.org/978080718678...
@lsupress.bsky.social
lsupress.org/978080718678...
November 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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!
@lsupress.bsky.social
lsupress.org/978080718678...
@lsupress.bsky.social
lsupress.org/978080718678...
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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
VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends
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Fuck
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.
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
Fuck
Also: this is a particularly ugly, poorly cut trenchcoat. Please see Neil Patrick Harris in STARSHIP TROOPERS for some inspiration.
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Also: this is a particularly ugly, poorly cut trenchcoat. Please see Neil Patrick Harris in STARSHIP TROOPERS for some inspiration.
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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.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
🚨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.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
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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
- 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
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.
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