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Rob Spillman
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Literary Citizen, rewilder, dogfather to two rescues. www.robspillman.com
Psyched to have a new poem up in FERAL's Mirror Issue. #poetry
‘This Looks Like a Job For Me’ by Rob Spillman – FERAL: A Journal of Poetry and Art
feralpoetry.net
December 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Boycotting Constitution Hall because the DAR won’t let Marian Anderson sing has costs. It may end opera. Is that worth it? By Megan McArdle, 1939
December 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Trump has made the Kennedy Center into the moral equivalent of playing Sun City during apartheid.
December 30, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Much more of this starting in 2026
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Very much so
Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
December 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
So many rats swimming away from SS Mango Mussolini
December 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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"The horns and whistles work..."

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Good morning! Poetry is resistance. 🔥
December 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.

I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Every single reporter there needs to hold the line on this too.

Don't throw him a lifeline with another question if he dodges. Have each other's backs and demand he answer the question.
Just to get ahead of this: Print the post out and bring it to the next Mike Johnson presser. You already know what his move will be. There’s no excuse to not be prepared for it.
December 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
How can anyone possibly support this monster? Or let him have any responsibility over anything?
this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
December 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Foreign tourism is already tanking under Mango Mussolini, and while I feel for the tourism industry, I'm all for #BoycottUSA.
December 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
So many reasons to dump Spotify.
Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.

Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.

Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
December 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Historian here it’s Hannah Arendt’s death anniversary and she was of course prescient.
December 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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He shouldn’t just be pushed out as the House Democrats’ leader; he needs to be primaried out of his seat entirely. Just a complete waste of a deep blue seat.
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.
Boycott Campaign Targets Companies Tied to ICE Ahead of Black Friday
The Not With My Dollars campaign takes aim at Amazon, Whole Foods, Dell, Microsoft, Home Depot, Spotify, and Target.
truthout.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Remember when Trump let a Ketamine-fueled South African white supremacist use a bunch of gamers with handles like "Big Balls" to gut AIDS and cancer research, pull the rug out from decades-long research, and doom hundreds of thousands to starvation, disease, and death? Seems like just yesterday.
‘That doesn’t exist’: Doge reportedly quietly disbanded ahead of schedule
Statement by Trump administration confirms longstanding suspicions that Musk-led agency is on its way out
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
More of this
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Whew. This stunning new @joriegraham.bsky.social poem really hit me. #poetry
Jorie Graham · Poem: ‘Demonstration’
www.lrb.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
@jonnydiamond.bsky.social reading from Homage to Catalonia for #falloffreedom on WGXC
November 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
#FallOfFreedom readings kicking off in the Catskill studio of WGXC, with @elissaschappell.bsky.social reading Judy Blume’s “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret.”
November 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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