Matthew Murrey
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Poet (BULLETPROOF - Jacar Press in 2019 and LITTLE JOY - Cornerstone Press in 2026), retired school librarian, and Midwest transplant from Florida long, long ago. he/him/his
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BREAKING: government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action under terrorism law ruled UNLAWFUL
This matters for everyone.
For years, the right to protest has been under sustained and deliberate attack.
Thousands of people have been arrested for something that should have never been a crime.
This matters for everyone.
For years, the right to protest has been under sustained and deliberate attack.
Thousands of people have been arrested for something that should have never been a crime.
February 13, 2026 at 10:32 AM
BREAKING: government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action under terrorism law ruled UNLAWFUL
This matters for everyone.
For years, the right to protest has been under sustained and deliberate attack.
Thousands of people have been arrested for something that should have never been a crime.
This matters for everyone.
For years, the right to protest has been under sustained and deliberate attack.
Thousands of people have been arrested for something that should have never been a crime.
I'm so grateful to Escape Into Life for posting the first review of my second book of poems, Little Joy. www.escapeintolife.com/poetry/littl...
Little Joy: Poems by Matthew Murrey | Escape Into Life
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February 11, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I'm so grateful to Escape Into Life for posting the first review of my second book of poems, Little Joy. www.escapeintolife.com/poetry/littl...
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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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What @npr.org is the point of running a piece like this where you allow an official to brazenly lie with NO pushback from the interviewer? Plechash states, "the hard work of the administration to remove the worst of the worst criminals from our communities."
What @npr.org is the point of running a piece like this where you allow an official to brazenly lie with NO pushback from the interviewer? Plechash states, "the hard work of the administration to remove the worst of the worst criminals from our communities."
Alex Plechash, chair of Minnesota's Republican Party, on federal agents in the state
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Alex Plechash, chair of the Minnesota GOP, about the federal presence in his state.
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February 1, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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What @npr.org is the point of running a piece like this where you allow an official to brazenly lie with NO pushback from the interviewer? Plechash states, "the hard work of the administration to remove the worst of the worst criminals from our communities."
What @npr.org is the point of running a piece like this where you allow an official to brazenly lie with NO pushback from the interviewer? Plechash states, "the hard work of the administration to remove the worst of the worst criminals from our communities."
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This is where people snatched up in Trump's occupation of Minneapolis and Saint Paul are being sent.
After the first death at the notorious "tent city" at Fort Bliss, advocates warned ICE that detainees reported extreme physical and sexual abuse at the facility.
Within weeks, two men were dead.
After the first death at the notorious "tent city" at Fort Bliss, advocates warned ICE that detainees reported extreme physical and sexual abuse at the facility.
Within weeks, two men were dead.
ICE Was Warned About Conditions at Fort Bliss Migrant Jail. Then 2 Men Died.
Immigrant rights activists and elected officials are calling to shut down Camp East Montana.
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January 29, 2026 at 9:36 PM
This is where people snatched up in Trump's occupation of Minneapolis and Saint Paul are being sent.
After the first death at the notorious "tent city" at Fort Bliss, advocates warned ICE that detainees reported extreme physical and sexual abuse at the facility.
Within weeks, two men were dead.
After the first death at the notorious "tent city" at Fort Bliss, advocates warned ICE that detainees reported extreme physical and sexual abuse at the facility.
Within weeks, two men were dead.
On the morning of January 28th, forty years ago, I was a bike messenger in Chicago. That's when I first heard about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. This poem of mine first appeared in Poetry East in 1991, and then later in Bulletproof, my first book.
January 29, 2026 at 3:21 AM
On the morning of January 28th, forty years ago, I was a bike messenger in Chicago. That's when I first heard about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. This poem of mine first appeared in Poetry East in 1991, and then later in Bulletproof, my first book.
True heroism and bearing witness: the woman who documented the killing of Alex Pretti www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
True heroism and bearing witness: the woman who documented the killing of Alex Pretti
Stella Carlson, who recorded the horror up close, speaks out in an extraordinary CNN interview.
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January 29, 2026 at 1:54 AM
True heroism and bearing witness: the woman who documented the killing of Alex Pretti www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.”
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
January 26, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.”
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
Worked on this small poem this week thinking of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos abducted by DHS and ICE thugs. I'd hardly finished it when these ghouls went and murdered 37-year-old nurse, Alex Pretti, for filming their crimes.
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January 25, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Worked on this small poem this week thinking of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos abducted by DHS and ICE thugs. I'd hardly finished it when these ghouls went and murdered 37-year-old nurse, Alex Pretti, for filming their crimes.
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For the nurses. Thank you to the sleepless guardians who keep watch on my son in the night. These past few months living with my son’s cancer have had a profound impact on me. Now, whether at the hospital or at home, at night, I think of them.
January 25, 2026 at 8:00 PM
For the nurses. Thank you to the sleepless guardians who keep watch on my son in the night. These past few months living with my son’s cancer have had a profound impact on me. Now, whether at the hospital or at home, at night, I think of them.
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Our new media alert is now available.
‘The Weak Must Suffer’: The Eternal Fiction Of The ‘International Rules-Based Order’
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‘The Weak Must Suffer’: The Eternal Fiction Of The ‘International Rules-Based Order’
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‘The Weak Must Suffer’
The Eternal Fiction Of The ‘International Rules-Based Order’
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January 23, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Our new media alert is now available.
‘The Weak Must Suffer’: The Eternal Fiction Of The ‘International Rules-Based Order’
medialens.substack.com/p/the-weak-m...
‘The Weak Must Suffer’: The Eternal Fiction Of The ‘International Rules-Based Order’
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History remembers.
January 24, 2026 at 2:02 AM
History remembers.
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1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10
January 23, 2026 at 11:30 AM
1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
"I want it all protected—
the moist, the wet, the soaked
and saturated..."
From a poem of mine just published in Flyway. Below, I'll link to the news story it was reacting to.
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the moist, the wet, the soaked
and saturated..."
From a poem of mine just published in Flyway. Below, I'll link to the news story it was reacting to.
flywayjournal.org/poetry/matth...
Matthew Murrey | Disconnect
—after the Sackett v. EPA decision, May 25, 2023 The river I knew was near the sea. I saw its tides, smelled its hint of salt like busy skin. Here
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January 20, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"I want it all protected—
the moist, the wet, the soaked
and saturated..."
From a poem of mine just published in Flyway. Below, I'll link to the news story it was reacting to.
flywayjournal.org/poetry/matth...
the moist, the wet, the soaked
and saturated..."
From a poem of mine just published in Flyway. Below, I'll link to the news story it was reacting to.
flywayjournal.org/poetry/matth...
Just a poem I wrote this week, in memory of Renee Nicole Good.
January 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Just a poem I wrote this week, in memory of Renee Nicole Good.
For God's sake... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Two people shot by US federal agents in Portland
Mayor urges ICE to pause operations as representative says victims alive but extent of injuries unknown
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January 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
For God's sake... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
I think he meant to say "ruin" Venezuela, not run it, because he certainly is an expert at that.
January 4, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I think he meant to say "ruin" Venezuela, not run it, because he certainly is an expert at that.
January 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Every time you hear dishonest, misleading "we are so polarized" both-sidesism from the mainstream news, consider Mamdani's inauguration today: calls for love, taking care of the vulnerable, building community, protecting each other, etc. Contrast that to any GOP event with attacks, vitriol and hate.
January 2, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Every time you hear dishonest, misleading "we are so polarized" both-sidesism from the mainstream news, consider Mamdani's inauguration today: calls for love, taking care of the vulnerable, building community, protecting each other, etc. Contrast that to any GOP event with attacks, vitriol and hate.
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unvarnished gutter racism and Nazism from the president. a disgrace to our country.
December 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
unvarnished gutter racism and Nazism from the president. a disgrace to our country.
Okay @nytimes.com, I see what you did there. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/s...
December 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Okay @nytimes.com, I see what you did there. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/s...
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Cornelius Eady, a National Book Award finalist, will read an original poem at Zohran Mamdani’s swearing-in as mayor of New York City on Thursday. Read an excerpt from “Proof,” the poem he wrote for the ceremony. trib.al/i0Uhwxr
December 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Cornelius Eady, a National Book Award finalist, will read an original poem at Zohran Mamdani’s swearing-in as mayor of New York City on Thursday. Read an excerpt from “Proof,” the poem he wrote for the ceremony. trib.al/i0Uhwxr
@npr.org Just heard the hourly newscast. NPR critiqued Trump's Gaza plan as vague and unserious, but did not mention even ONCE Israel's constant, deadly, & blatant violations of the "cease fire." Have you no shame? Even the NYT is better on this...
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The Truce Is 2 Months Old. So Why Have Hundreds of Gazans Been Killed?
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December 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
@npr.org Just heard the hourly newscast. NPR critiqued Trump's Gaza plan as vague and unserious, but did not mention even ONCE Israel's constant, deadly, & blatant violations of the "cease fire." Have you no shame? Even the NYT is better on this...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/w...