David J Bauman
@davidjbauman.bsky.social
Poet, birder, librarian 🌈 New Ohio Review, Shenandoah, Crab Creek Review, the MacGuffin. Three chapbooks, including Mapping the Valley: Hospital Poems, with my son Micah, Seven Kitchens Press. davidjbauman.com.
Host of the poetry podcast inthreepoems.com
Host of the poetry podcast inthreepoems.com
Coming up on Thursday, I’ll be taking with poet, editor, and educator Jerry Wemple. Join us for a conversation In Three Poems. Find a song on Spotify, Apple podcasts, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Deezer . . . you get the idea. Or just tune into our Buzzsprout page at inthreepoems.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Coming up on Thursday, I’ll be taking with poet, editor, and educator Jerry Wemple. Join us for a conversation In Three Poems. Find a song on Spotify, Apple podcasts, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Deezer . . . you get the idea. Or just tune into our Buzzsprout page at inthreepoems.com
“How unfair for them to call us kidnappers and killers just because we kidnap and kill!”
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 26, 2026 at 8:27 PM
“How unfair for them to call us kidnappers and killers just because we kidnap and kill!”
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Just needing to share this episode again, and will share the latest too.
January 26, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Just needing to share this episode again, and will share the latest too.
Just needing to share this episode again, and will share the latest too.
January 26, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Just needing to share this episode again, and will share the latest too.
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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Thread from the ICE facility in Portland last night:
People rallied after border patrol executed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
Early in the night some barricades were put up against the gate where the feds typically come out of, including a dumpster that got rolled over.
People rallied after border patrol executed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
Early in the night some barricades were put up against the gate where the feds typically come out of, including a dumpster that got rolled over.
January 25, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Thread from the ICE facility in Portland last night:
People rallied after border patrol executed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
Early in the night some barricades were put up against the gate where the feds typically come out of, including a dumpster that got rolled over.
People rallied after border patrol executed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
Early in the night some barricades were put up against the gate where the feds typically come out of, including a dumpster that got rolled over.
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The govt lying about the killing of a U.S. citizen at the hands of the state, is by itself, a front page a story, worthy of drumbeat coverage, resignations, and impeachments.
January 25, 2026 at 1:16 AM
The govt lying about the killing of a U.S. citizen at the hands of the state, is by itself, a front page a story, worthy of drumbeat coverage, resignations, and impeachments.
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I just assume everyone with a blue stripe American flag sticker is a fucking fascist
January 25, 2026 at 2:12 AM
I just assume everyone with a blue stripe American flag sticker is a fucking fascist
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Kristi Noem's Account Of Pretti Shooting Directly Contradicted By Video, Eyewitnesses…. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Kristi Noem's Account Of Pretti Shooting Directly Contradicted By Video, Eyewitnesses
www.huffpost.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Kristi Noem's Account Of Pretti Shooting Directly Contradicted By Video, Eyewitnesses…. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Minnesotans are strong and resilient but we are also not okay right now. None of this is okay. We will still come together and still help each other through this, but we need support from our neighbors. Reach out to your friends and loved ones here. Stay informed and get involved.
January 24, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Minnesotans are strong and resilient but we are also not okay right now. None of this is okay. We will still come together and still help each other through this, but we need support from our neighbors. Reach out to your friends and loved ones here. Stay informed and get involved.
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the nba postponed a game because the united states government is killing its citizens
January 24, 2026 at 7:51 PM
the nba postponed a game because the united states government is killing its citizens
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Multiple officials of the US federal government are spending their day rather blatantly obstructing Minnesota law enforcement and covering up a murder.
January 24, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Multiple officials of the US federal government are spending their day rather blatantly obstructing Minnesota law enforcement and covering up a murder.
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The person killed by ICE in Minneapolis today was an ICU nurse and a public health researcher at the Minneapolis VA.
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:42 PM
The person killed by ICE in Minneapolis today was an ICU nurse and a public health researcher at the Minneapolis VA.
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Do something 🤦♀️ y’all are the minority yes…but goodness gracious, make some damn noise besides mean tweets !!!
January 24, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Do something 🤦♀️ y’all are the minority yes…but goodness gracious, make some damn noise besides mean tweets !!!
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Why aren’t you and other Dem leadership protesting in Minnesota?
January 24, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Why aren’t you and other Dem leadership protesting in Minnesota?
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.
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Look, it is not on athletes to save America, but imagine how powerful it'd be if they didn't postpone but instead when the ref tossed the ball for tipoff, every player just stood there and announced their protest.
(We saw what the US did to Kaepernick, so I understand why players don't, but.)
(We saw what the US did to Kaepernick, so I understand why players don't, but.)
The Minnesota Timberwolves absolutely need to postpone their game today.
Stop pretending everything is normal.
Stop pretending everything is normal.
January 24, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Look, it is not on athletes to save America, but imagine how powerful it'd be if they didn't postpone but instead when the ref tossed the ball for tipoff, every player just stood there and announced their protest.
(We saw what the US did to Kaepernick, so I understand why players don't, but.)
(We saw what the US did to Kaepernick, so I understand why players don't, but.)
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Chaos in Minneapolis
thank you videographers and reporters
peace humanity peace please peace
thank you videographers and reporters
peace humanity peace please peace
January 24, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Chaos in Minneapolis
thank you videographers and reporters
peace humanity peace please peace
thank you videographers and reporters
peace humanity peace please peace
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January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
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James Baldwin on the (white) dream of a return to normalcy:
“People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster.”
“People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster.”
January 24, 2026 at 5:41 PM
James Baldwin on the (white) dream of a return to normalcy:
“People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster.”
“People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster.”
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
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I can’t believe we’re here🤦🏼♀️
Omg😡😭
Omg😡😭
January 24, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I can’t believe we’re here🤦🏼♀️
Omg😡😭
Omg😡😭