Michael King
@pointaustin.bsky.social
Semi-retired writer, currently in Austin, defrocked academic, published over the years in the Austin Chronicle, Texas Observer, The Baffler, Houston Press, & (eons ago) the New Haven Advocate. Editor, Collected Early Poetry of Ezra Pound (ND, 1976}
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Michael King
@pointaustin.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Just for the record, I don't "follow back" folks who haven't posted. Show me your cards.
We can & should grouse about the Times, but they have the resources to chase crucial stories
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: What Happens After Immigration Agents Shoot Someone?
Our reporter Allison McCann describes a pattern that appears in many of the 16 shooting cases by immigration agents in the interior of the United States over the past year.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:34 PM
We can & should grouse about the Times, but they have the resources to chase crucial stories
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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I’m sure it was just Virginia and … oh, wait:
every time you think the new WaPo editorial board can't embarrass itself any more, they manage to find a way.
Left: 'Texas gerrymandering is no big deal!', from August.
Right: 'Maryland gerrymandering is an affront to Western civilization!', from today.
Left: 'Texas gerrymandering is no big deal!', from August.
Right: 'Maryland gerrymandering is an affront to Western civilization!', from today.
February 8, 2026 at 12:58 AM
I’m sure it was just Virginia and … oh, wait:
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When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
February 7, 2026 at 11:41 PM
When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
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Your President is a liar who steals from you every day.
February 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Your President is a liar who steals from you every day.
The kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie is an outrage; multiply her story by the thousands of people kidnapped by the D.C. regime via its masked and unaccountable secret army. Many of the victims (including children) have been effectively disappeared. Every single one deserves the same relentless coverage.
February 5, 2026 at 10:58 PM
The kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie is an outrage; multiply her story by the thousands of people kidnapped by the D.C. regime via its masked and unaccountable secret army. Many of the victims (including children) have been effectively disappeared. Every single one deserves the same relentless coverage.
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in general it is very strange for anyone — even gutter racists — to imagine the mediterranean world as somehow looking like northern europe.
The woke scolds are trying to make this about racism. But Musk is right. It's about historical and scientific integrity. When the God of Thunder disguises himself as a swan to seduce and fuck a queen and the resulting baby hatches from an egg, *of course* the baby will be white. It's just science.
Elon Musk claims Christopher Nolan has lost ‘integrity’ over The Odyssey casting
Lupita Nyong’o is reportedly set to play Helen of Troy in Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of Homer’s epic poem
www.independent.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 4:04 PM
in general it is very strange for anyone — even gutter racists — to imagine the mediterranean world as somehow looking like northern europe.
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February 2, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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Bad Bunny at the Grammys: "Before I say thanks to God, I want to say ICE out. We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens, we are humans, and we are Americans."
February 2, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Bad Bunny at the Grammys: "Before I say thanks to God, I want to say ICE out. We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens, we are humans, and we are Americans."
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Everything That Trump Touches Dies.
February 1, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Everything That Trump Touches Dies.
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"The American Dream is bad, actually"
February 1, 2026 at 7:24 PM
"The American Dream is bad, actually"
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Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent
February 1, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent
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There’s an everyday complacency that drives me up a wall on daily basis:
- “I avoid the news, it’s too depressing”
- “nothing I do will make a difference”
- “well, I just have to get on about my day”
What if we didn’t only take care of ourselves? What if we also found a way to act for others?
- “I avoid the news, it’s too depressing”
- “nothing I do will make a difference”
- “well, I just have to get on about my day”
What if we didn’t only take care of ourselves? What if we also found a way to act for others?
I cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
Newsom: "It was remarkably boring. It was remarkably insignificant. He was never going invade Greenland. It was never real."
January 22, 2026 at 10:54 PM
There’s an everyday complacency that drives me up a wall on daily basis:
- “I avoid the news, it’s too depressing”
- “nothing I do will make a difference”
- “well, I just have to get on about my day”
What if we didn’t only take care of ourselves? What if we also found a way to act for others?
- “I avoid the news, it’s too depressing”
- “nothing I do will make a difference”
- “well, I just have to get on about my day”
What if we didn’t only take care of ourselves? What if we also found a way to act for others?
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Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...
February 1, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...
How Tyranny Dies www.austinchronicle.com/news/point-a...
How Tyranny Dies • The Austin Chronicle
The mad king growls, and snaps, and strikes out in all directions against his enemies. The people of Minnesota have shown us how to fight back. How much damage can one demented criminal do in a year?...
www.austinchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:40 AM
How Tyranny Dies www.austinchronicle.com/news/point-a...
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For ordinary people the punishment for sexual assault results in a prison sentence. If you are a royal (or ex-royal) apparently your 'punishment' consists of being moved into a smaller mansion than the one you currently occupy. #Epsteinfiles
January 31, 2026 at 4:49 PM
For ordinary people the punishment for sexual assault results in a prison sentence. If you are a royal (or ex-royal) apparently your 'punishment' consists of being moved into a smaller mansion than the one you currently occupy. #Epsteinfiles
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Republicans' Big Ugly Bill gave Trump $190 billion for DHS, including $75 billion for ICE and $65 billion for CBP.
That's money Republicans stripped from rural hospitals and helping people afford health care.
Congress should claw it back and put serious restraints on DHS.
That's money Republicans stripped from rural hospitals and helping people afford health care.
Congress should claw it back and put serious restraints on DHS.
January 28, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Republicans' Big Ugly Bill gave Trump $190 billion for DHS, including $75 billion for ICE and $65 billion for CBP.
That's money Republicans stripped from rural hospitals and helping people afford health care.
Congress should claw it back and put serious restraints on DHS.
That's money Republicans stripped from rural hospitals and helping people afford health care.
Congress should claw it back and put serious restraints on DHS.
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When we learned last year that Bessent got in a shoving match with Elon Musk in the White House, I'm sure some people said "Huh, maybe he's an okay guy" but in actuality Bessent is a smug asshole, and he just happened to get in a fight with another smug asshole
Bessent: "I'd encourage Carney to do what he thinks is best for Canadians, not his own virtue signaling. We do have a USMCA negotiation coming up. He rose to power on an anti-American, anti-Trump message. That's not a great place to be when you're negotiating w/ an economy multiples larger than you"
January 28, 2026 at 4:38 PM
When we learned last year that Bessent got in a shoving match with Elon Musk in the White House, I'm sure some people said "Huh, maybe he's an okay guy" but in actuality Bessent is a smug asshole, and he just happened to get in a fight with another smug asshole
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Someone tell Lady Dog Killer that "I was just following orders" didn't work at the first Nuremberg trials either.
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Someone tell Lady Dog Killer that "I was just following orders" didn't work at the first Nuremberg trials either.
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I’m sorry, the @nytimes.com’s own video team shows incontrovertibly that the federal agents beat, tortured, and massacred a civilian who posed no threat to them on the street and all we get is a mealy mouthed passive voice headline about “flawed and fatal decisions?”
January 27, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I’m sorry, the @nytimes.com’s own video team shows incontrovertibly that the federal agents beat, tortured, and massacred a civilian who posed no threat to them on the street and all we get is a mealy mouthed passive voice headline about “flawed and fatal decisions?”
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One thing I found deeply moving about resistance in the Twin Cities was the universalism of loving your neighbor, the philosophy driving the opposition to the ICE/BP invasion. I couldn't help but notice the contrast with the blood and soil-ism of Miller and Vance. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 2:38 PM
One thing I found deeply moving about resistance in the Twin Cities was the universalism of loving your neighbor, the philosophy driving the opposition to the ICE/BP invasion. I couldn't help but notice the contrast with the blood and soil-ism of Miller and Vance. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...