David Leftwich
@davidleftwich.bsky.social
Dad/cook. 2025 Omnidawn 1st/2nd Poetry Book winner: at dawn, the first of the first to sing, pubs Fall ‘27. Writer/editor covering Houston food: Houston Chronicle, Edible Houston, Houston Food Finder, Sugar&Rice, Cite. https://www.davidleftwich.net/
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There really is a thing about newspapers, specifically newspapers, that they don't consider video of an event to be a factual representation of what happened. But "could these eyewitnesses be lying?" is a whole new world
At odds, you can say it … because Noem is lying as ICE murders US citizens.
January 8, 2026 at 3:53 AM
There really is a thing about newspapers, specifically newspapers, that they don't consider video of an event to be a factual representation of what happened. But "could these eyewitnesses be lying?" is a whole new world
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“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
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January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
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This is how ICE agents responded after watching a mother of three bleed out in her car after they shot her multiple times in the head.
January 8, 2026 at 3:03 AM
This is how ICE agents responded after watching a mother of three bleed out in her car after they shot her multiple times in the head.
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Almost as terrifying a video as the one showing the shooting itself.
Casually good-natured with each other at the scene of a vicious killing. Which feels like it reflects something that seems deeply depraved.
Casually good-natured with each other at the scene of a vicious killing. Which feels like it reflects something that seems deeply depraved.
This is how ICE agents responded after watching a mother of three bleed out in her car after they shot her multiple times in the head.
January 8, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Almost as terrifying a video as the one showing the shooting itself.
Casually good-natured with each other at the scene of a vicious killing. Which feels like it reflects something that seems deeply depraved.
Casually good-natured with each other at the scene of a vicious killing. Which feels like it reflects something that seems deeply depraved.
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AOC: ICE has less accountability than virtually any law enforcement agency in the U.S., yet they are some of the most well-funded, operating with impunity—and we just saw them murder an American citizen in cold blood in the street.
January 7, 2026 at 10:55 PM
AOC: ICE has less accountability than virtually any law enforcement agency in the U.S., yet they are some of the most well-funded, operating with impunity—and we just saw them murder an American citizen in cold blood in the street.
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@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
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it is the policy of this government to treat democratic-led states as conquered territories and the people therein as something like hostiles or even enemy combatants
Dr Oz threatens to pull Medicaid support for Minnesota: "Sticking to the narrative that's cold in Minnesota -- this is the tip of the iceberg"
January 7, 2026 at 11:52 PM
it is the policy of this government to treat democratic-led states as conquered territories and the people therein as something like hostiles or even enemy combatants
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This is the 37yo mom Trump’s trigger-happy ICE goons killed today
January 7, 2026 at 11:21 PM
This is the 37yo mom Trump’s trigger-happy ICE goons killed today
Hey @nytimes.com, why is the murder of a US citizen by a federal agent well below the “fold” on your homepage?
And why is your lame headline about the “dispute” and not about what actually happened?
And why is your lame headline about the “dispute” and not about what actually happened?
January 7, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Hey @nytimes.com, why is the murder of a US citizen by a federal agent well below the “fold” on your homepage?
And why is your lame headline about the “dispute” and not about what actually happened?
And why is your lame headline about the “dispute” and not about what actually happened?
The world needs more Renee Nicole Goodmans and a lot fewer federal agents. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
‘She was an amazing human being’: Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in the Twin Cities with her partner.
www.startribune.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:52 PM
The world needs more Renee Nicole Goodmans and a lot fewer federal agents. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
We’re only a week into 2026.
January 7, 2026 at 10:34 PM
We’re only a week into 2026.
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Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
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keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense
After a white county in South Carolina rejected a data center, developers have sets their sights on a Black community for a proposed data center complex the size of 1,200 football fields
After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area
Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense
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Here's the video. It's hard to watch. It's extremely clear that it does not even remotely align with what DHS claims. The shooter is clearly not in the path of the car. But I want to see his bodycam, because he's not visible at the moment of the shooting.
This is the video.
January 7, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Here's the video. It's hard to watch. It's extremely clear that it does not even remotely align with what DHS claims. The shooter is clearly not in the path of the car. But I want to see his bodycam, because he's not visible at the moment of the shooting.
Of course, Dean would have grocery store sushi delivered and then complain about it.
Jess would call sushi bougie, then learn to make good sushi at home.
Luke would just go to Katami, again.
Jess would call sushi bougie, then learn to make good sushi at home.
Luke would just go to Katami, again.
"Delete Favor. Happy new year ❤️"
'Supernatural' star slams H-E-B delivery app over sushi mishap
"Delete Favor. Happy new year ❤️"
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January 7, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Of course, Dean would have grocery store sushi delivered and then complain about it.
Jess would call sushi bougie, then learn to make good sushi at home.
Luke would just go to Katami, again.
Jess would call sushi bougie, then learn to make good sushi at home.
Luke would just go to Katami, again.
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"Jorge" shared this video to show how almond trees are pruned. He shares we're paid CA minimum wage. The almond tree pruning starts in Nov and ends in Feb. Early pruning is critical for a good production. Mistakes made at this stage are difficult to correct. #WeFeedYou
January 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"Jorge" shared this video to show how almond trees are pruned. He shares we're paid CA minimum wage. The almond tree pruning starts in Nov and ends in Feb. Early pruning is critical for a good production. Mistakes made at this stage are difficult to correct. #WeFeedYou
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From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
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new cartoon. mostly written before saturday but if you squint really hard you might be able to tell which part was shoehorned in at the last minute. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Cartoon: A look ahead
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January 5, 2026 at 1:55 PM
new cartoon. mostly written before saturday but if you squint really hard you might be able to tell which part was shoehorned in at the last minute. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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“‘She complained of having chest pains and abdominal cramps, and when she asked the detention staff to see a physician, they refused her,’ [Marie Ange Blaise’s] son told investigators, according to WLRN Public Media.” #AbuseofPowerWatch
📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:
2025 was the deadliest year for ICE detention in decades — at least 31 people died while in ICE custody, many after routine arrests or due to inadequate medical care and poor conditions as records hit a historic high. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
2025 was the deadliest year for ICE detention in decades — at least 31 people died while in ICE custody, many after routine arrests or due to inadequate medical care and poor conditions as records hit a historic high. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
2025 was ICE’s deadliest year in two decades. Here are the 31 people who died in custody
The deaths came as the Trump administration ramped up immigration enforcement, detaining a record number of people
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
“‘She complained of having chest pains and abdominal cramps, and when she asked the detention staff to see a physician, they refused her,’ [Marie Ange Blaise’s] son told investigators, according to WLRN Public Media.” #AbuseofPowerWatch
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Amid global crises between states, and cultural destabilization manifesting across mass popular culture and literature, WHITMAN. CANNONBALL. PUEBLA. sets out to invigorate conversation about how the United States might adapt to a wider hemispheric consciousness.
Pick up a copy here! bit.ly/45H6L1h
Pick up a copy here! bit.ly/45H6L1h
January 6, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Amid global crises between states, and cultural destabilization manifesting across mass popular culture and literature, WHITMAN. CANNONBALL. PUEBLA. sets out to invigorate conversation about how the United States might adapt to a wider hemispheric consciousness.
Pick up a copy here! bit.ly/45H6L1h
Pick up a copy here! bit.ly/45H6L1h
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Shane McCrae’s poems of disquiet dazzle with their tenderness and precision as they explore ‘life outliving life’ in a landscape of violence and erasure. Autobiography hovers at the edges of these verses...
—RICHIE HOFMANN
Pick up your copy here!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
—RICHIE HOFMANN
Pick up your copy here!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
January 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Shane McCrae’s poems of disquiet dazzle with their tenderness and precision as they explore ‘life outliving life’ in a landscape of violence and erasure. Autobiography hovers at the edges of these verses...
—RICHIE HOFMANN
Pick up your copy here!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
—RICHIE HOFMANN
Pick up your copy here!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them