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ABK
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artist. wakes up sometimes.
all haikus by me.
“How can they do this?!”
“My family will fall apart!”

Don’t tell us. Tell THEM:

#haiku
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Tell Congress: No Cuts to Medicaid
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February 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Whenever “kings” shout,
“No time for poetry now,”
their jesters cackle.

#haiku
As I see the attempted takeover of everything in our government, as a person in the arts, I find the Kennedy Center takeover specifically disturbing. Arts can control a narrative for the populace. When it can be silenced, stifled or censored, we're in trouble.
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
Culture in the Third Reich: Disseminating the Nazi Worldview
In Nazi Germany, a chief role of culture was to disseminate the Nazi worldview. Arts and cultural organizations were to be synchronized with Nazi ideology and policy.
encyclopedia.ushmm.org
February 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Videos on your rights as immigrants if confronted by ICE:
www.wehaverights.us/spanish

You have a right to not open your door, to not give them consent to enter, demand to see a signed warrant, and to remain silent. Take videos!

If you prefer to read about your rights:
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Spanish — We Have Rights
www.wehaverights.us
February 13, 2025 at 2:35 AM
“Deflect the tension.”
“Please entertain us to death.”

We vote where we post.

#haiku
Bernie Sanders: "They will use the enormous media operations they own to deflect attention away from the impact of their policies while they entertain us to death."
February 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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A performer who was part of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show was detained by security after waving the Sudanese flag and Palestinian flags together with the words “Sudan” and “Gaza” written on them toward the end of the performance, the NFL says.
Super Bowl halftime show dancer displays Palestinian, Sudanese flags during Kendrick Lamar performance
The NFL said "no one involved with the production was aware of the individual’s intent.”
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
When the frogs realize
their water is boiling them,
the pot had no chance.

#haiku
PROTESTORS at The Department of Labor in D.C. STOPPED Elon Musk and his squad from entering.
#USProtests are the way to stopping #3E It's working.
February 8, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Breathing exercise:
You aren’t overreacting.
And still, we exhale.

#haiku
February 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
when people show up:
a reminder that there are
more of us than them.

#haiku
The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.
February 5, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Where I got my quote for my latest haiku ⬇️

@aoc.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Words from the inside:
“The slower they operate, the less they can break.”

@aoc.bsky.social

#haiku
February 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The fact that this wall
even existed at all—
Hoover cracks a smile.
The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.
January 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If we were helpless,
the propaganda market
wouldn’t be needed.

If we were hopeless,
they’d hang up their megaphones
and kick back like kings.
January 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Dangle a carrot,
pull down on the string. This is
how the cages close.
January 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
On how to let go:
stand up for people who will
never know your name.
January 29, 2025 at 5:39 AM
happen, happening.
already happened. an ode
to the present tense.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Jan 28
Washington is scrambling to interpret a new Trump administration memo that appears to halt funding for many programs. The impact of the short memo, released Monday, is causing widespread confusion.
Trump memo to halt federal funds triggers confusion and constitutional questions
Washington is scrambling to interpret a new Trump administration memo that appears to halt funding for many programs. The impact of the short memo, released Monday, is causing widespread confusion.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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What is spam exactly
January 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A Saturn haiku.

Capricorn season brought game.

…Aquarius laughs.
January 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is a haiku.
I never used Twitter, but
things change when things change.
January 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM