Charles Degelman
@charlesdegelman.bsky.social
Writer/editor | Actor | Musician | | University Prof | Author of Resistance Trilogy: 1960s tales of protest, rebellion, & love
Country boy, city man, '60s antiwar protester, communal utopian | More @ FB, IG, Threads, https://linktr.ee/charlesdegelman
Country boy, city man, '60s antiwar protester, communal utopian | More @ FB, IG, Threads, https://linktr.ee/charlesdegelman
Ladies and Gentlemen! The President of the United States!
November 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Ladies and Gentlemen! The President of the United States!
Trump threw an extravagant, obscene Great Gatsby bash the night before The GOP was scheduled to kneecap federal SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans. Author Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby to explore the cruel nihilism created by 1920s income disparity. Ironic ain’t it?
November 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Trump threw an extravagant, obscene Great Gatsby bash the night before The GOP was scheduled to kneecap federal SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans. Author Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby to explore the cruel nihilism created by 1920s income disparity. Ironic ain’t it?
We all know Trump is a wreck — congestive heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and dementia. Is the Phony Pharaoh building his own Pyramid?
October 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
We all know Trump is a wreck — congestive heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and dementia. Is the Phony Pharaoh building his own Pyramid?
Although he would love to be considered so, this Stephen Miller guy ain't no Goebbels. Yeah, Goebbels, the guy who murdered his wife and children in their last-ditch Nazi bunker. These pricks never last.
#StephenMiller #Insurrection
#StephenMiller #Insurrection
October 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Although he would love to be considered so, this Stephen Miller guy ain't no Goebbels. Yeah, Goebbels, the guy who murdered his wife and children in their last-ditch Nazi bunker. These pricks never last.
#StephenMiller #Insurrection
#StephenMiller #Insurrection
Trump humiliated America at the U.N. but not himself. Why? The Reptile-in-Chief enjoys a chronic blindness toward the disgust and contempt he evokes. He can stand before the U.N. General Assembly and not recognize the response he generates. Once an asshole, always an asshole. You get used to it.
September 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Trump humiliated America at the U.N. but not himself. Why? The Reptile-in-Chief enjoys a chronic blindness toward the disgust and contempt he evokes. He can stand before the U.N. General Assembly and not recognize the response he generates. Once an asshole, always an asshole. You get used to it.
The wannabe king recently slithered out of the White House to prove that D.C. was now safe. Trump made it to a local fish joint where he was accosted by protestors. He claimed the protestors were paid, a time-worn lie. But the FBI paid our phone bills to wiretap conversations. We thanked them.
September 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The wannabe king recently slithered out of the White House to prove that D.C. was now safe. Trump made it to a local fish joint where he was accosted by protestors. He claimed the protestors were paid, a time-worn lie. But the FBI paid our phone bills to wiretap conversations. We thanked them.
You want to make America white again. Your old man defied federal law to segregate the public housing that made him rich. You pressured the NY DOJ to execute 5 black men later found innocent. You declare brown people to be enemies of the state. If you love white, why do your paint your face ORANGE?
August 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
You want to make America white again. Your old man defied federal law to segregate the public housing that made him rich. You pressured the NY DOJ to execute 5 black men later found innocent. You declare brown people to be enemies of the state. If you love white, why do your paint your face ORANGE?
My theory: as a malignant narcissist his burning self hatred on others, especially those closest to him. His brutality toward Americans is an expression of his narcissistic self-hate and contemporizes Sun Tzu’s observation below, but we will extinguish Trump’s self hatred. 2026!
August 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
My theory: as a malignant narcissist his burning self hatred on others, especially those closest to him. His brutality toward Americans is an expression of his narcissistic self-hate and contemporizes Sun Tzu’s observation below, but we will extinguish Trump’s self hatred. 2026!
Not my president, inspiring jeers, boos and Scottish epithets from a nation that knows how to express their contempt for petty tyrants. Ugly sonofabitch isn’t he?
July 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Not my president, inspiring jeers, boos and Scottish epithets from a nation that knows how to express their contempt for petty tyrants. Ugly sonofabitch isn’t he?
Oscar Wilde wrote The Portrait of Dorian Grey about a hedonist who sells his soul to have his portrait age and fade, not himself.
Wilde's tale returns in a man who pursues money and power the way Dorian Gray pursued beauty and sensuality. But this man ages and fades himself, not his portrait.
Wilde's tale returns in a man who pursues money and power the way Dorian Gray pursued beauty and sensuality. But this man ages and fades himself, not his portrait.
July 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Oscar Wilde wrote The Portrait of Dorian Grey about a hedonist who sells his soul to have his portrait age and fade, not himself.
Wilde's tale returns in a man who pursues money and power the way Dorian Gray pursued beauty and sensuality. But this man ages and fades himself, not his portrait.
Wilde's tale returns in a man who pursues money and power the way Dorian Gray pursued beauty and sensuality. But this man ages and fades himself, not his portrait.
ICE forces a farmworker off a 30-foot roof. He dies in hospital. Man + place were once Mexican.
Russian snipers kill a woman thru the window of her Kharkiv home.
DOGE guts NOAA. Project 2025 says weather gives voice to "the climate change alarm industry [?].
Watch. Bear witness. Give it a voice.
Russian snipers kill a woman thru the window of her Kharkiv home.
DOGE guts NOAA. Project 2025 says weather gives voice to "the climate change alarm industry [?].
Watch. Bear witness. Give it a voice.
July 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
ICE forces a farmworker off a 30-foot roof. He dies in hospital. Man + place were once Mexican.
Russian snipers kill a woman thru the window of her Kharkiv home.
DOGE guts NOAA. Project 2025 says weather gives voice to "the climate change alarm industry [?].
Watch. Bear witness. Give it a voice.
Russian snipers kill a woman thru the window of her Kharkiv home.
DOGE guts NOAA. Project 2025 says weather gives voice to "the climate change alarm industry [?].
Watch. Bear witness. Give it a voice.
Cypress, California — ICE terrorists, posing before they raid a Home Depot building supply store, where immigrant laborers gather in the hopes of securing a day’s pay for a day’s hard work.
July 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Cypress, California — ICE terrorists, posing before they raid a Home Depot building supply store, where immigrant laborers gather in the hopes of securing a day’s pay for a day’s hard work.
Old guys gotta go.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski whined about Trump's Big Hideous Bill trashing her Alaska constituents. Then…
Old guy John Thune, lean prick Barrasco, and old queen Lindsey Graham, cornered her. Murkowski voted to advance the Big Hideous Bill by 51 - 49.
Old guys gotta go.
Signed,
Old guy
Sen. Lisa Murkowski whined about Trump's Big Hideous Bill trashing her Alaska constituents. Then…
Old guy John Thune, lean prick Barrasco, and old queen Lindsey Graham, cornered her. Murkowski voted to advance the Big Hideous Bill by 51 - 49.
Old guys gotta go.
Signed,
Old guy
June 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Old guys gotta go.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski whined about Trump's Big Hideous Bill trashing her Alaska constituents. Then…
Old guy John Thune, lean prick Barrasco, and old queen Lindsey Graham, cornered her. Murkowski voted to advance the Big Hideous Bill by 51 - 49.
Old guys gotta go.
Signed,
Old guy
Sen. Lisa Murkowski whined about Trump's Big Hideous Bill trashing her Alaska constituents. Then…
Old guy John Thune, lean prick Barrasco, and old queen Lindsey Graham, cornered her. Murkowski voted to advance the Big Hideous Bill by 51 - 49.
Old guys gotta go.
Signed,
Old guy
Standing on a sheet of plywood, Drumpf’s body language signals an intent to walk, but he dares not lest he fall. He looks like a polar bear, stranded on an ice floe broken by global warming, sniffing the air for the next safe step. Karma.
A brief Drumpf medical diagnosis see bit.ly/3TMxLWR
A brief Drumpf medical diagnosis see bit.ly/3TMxLWR
June 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Standing on a sheet of plywood, Drumpf’s body language signals an intent to walk, but he dares not lest he fall. He looks like a polar bear, stranded on an ice floe broken by global warming, sniffing the air for the next safe step. Karma.
A brief Drumpf medical diagnosis see bit.ly/3TMxLWR
A brief Drumpf medical diagnosis see bit.ly/3TMxLWR
Trump’s shifting hyperbole…No war! Two weeks to bomb. Bomb now! Iran nukes obliterated! Done in one! More attacks! No more attacks! Regime change! No regime change! Um…
Has Bebe Netanyahu replaced Elon Musk as President of the United States?
Has Bebe Netanyahu replaced Elon Musk as President of the United States?
June 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Trump’s shifting hyperbole…No war! Two weeks to bomb. Bomb now! Iran nukes obliterated! Done in one! More attacks! No more attacks! Regime change! No regime change! Um…
Has Bebe Netanyahu replaced Elon Musk as President of the United States?
Has Bebe Netanyahu replaced Elon Musk as President of the United States?
@sharkey6.bsky.social Hi, Katherine. Thanks for your interest. What moved you to contact me? I’m a writer in California. How about you?
June 20, 2025 at 5:40 AM
@sharkey6.bsky.social Hi, Katherine. Thanks for your interest. What moved you to contact me? I’m a writer in California. How about you?
Nobody came to my birthday parade, but I have the biggest bomb.
June 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Nobody came to my birthday parade, but I have the biggest bomb.
Elon Musk just tweeted that he “went too far.” Was he troubled by 300,000 deaths he caused by trashing USAID? No. Did Musk go “too far” by trashing gov’t data or firing workers? No. Musk believes he “went too far” when he dissed Trump. Dead children, stolen jobs? No. He wants his contract$$$ back.
June 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Elon Musk just tweeted that he “went too far.” Was he troubled by 300,000 deaths he caused by trashing USAID? No. Did Musk go “too far” by trashing gov’t data or firing workers? No. Musk believes he “went too far” when he dissed Trump. Dead children, stolen jobs? No. He wants his contract$$$ back.
House Leader Mike Johnson suggests that California Governor Gavin Newsome be "tarred and feathered." This ancient and cruel practice involves coating victims with boiling tar and covering them with feathers. The practice was used in the South to punish slaves.
Mike Johnson is from Louisiana.
Mike Johnson is from Louisiana.
June 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
House Leader Mike Johnson suggests that California Governor Gavin Newsome be "tarred and feathered." This ancient and cruel practice involves coating victims with boiling tar and covering them with feathers. The practice was used in the South to punish slaves.
Mike Johnson is from Louisiana.
Mike Johnson is from Louisiana.
I was born in 1944. Eighty years later, I watch democracy stagger through a bungled grab for tyranny. Trump won't last, but the 20th century is over. I cheered our '60s protest in my Resistance Trilogy. Now I watch younger generations eye the future. Whassup next? Maybe I'll write about that.
June 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I was born in 1944. Eighty years later, I watch democracy stagger through a bungled grab for tyranny. Trump won't last, but the 20th century is over. I cheered our '60s protest in my Resistance Trilogy. Now I watch younger generations eye the future. Whassup next? Maybe I'll write about that.
1/2 RICHEST MAN KILLS POOREST KIDS
"We [fed] USAID into the wood chipper." Elon Musk slashed aid in health, disaster relief, indy economy, eco protection, democracy, + education to poor nations worldwide. Musk hacked into finance systems, froze payments, and fired workers. USAID stopped dead.
"We [fed] USAID into the wood chipper." Elon Musk slashed aid in health, disaster relief, indy economy, eco protection, democracy, + education to poor nations worldwide. Musk hacked into finance systems, froze payments, and fired workers. USAID stopped dead.
May 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
1/2 RICHEST MAN KILLS POOREST KIDS
"We [fed] USAID into the wood chipper." Elon Musk slashed aid in health, disaster relief, indy economy, eco protection, democracy, + education to poor nations worldwide. Musk hacked into finance systems, froze payments, and fired workers. USAID stopped dead.
"We [fed] USAID into the wood chipper." Elon Musk slashed aid in health, disaster relief, indy economy, eco protection, democracy, + education to poor nations worldwide. Musk hacked into finance systems, froze payments, and fired workers. USAID stopped dead.
2/2 WHAT MAKES RICHEST MAN TICK?
The result? Elon Musk's USAID rape will bring death, disease and mayhem worldwide. Does he care? As a narcissistic psychopath, he'd have to admit he did wrong. Narcissism makes wrong impossible. The richest man thinks the poorest people "had it coming to them."
The result? Elon Musk's USAID rape will bring death, disease and mayhem worldwide. Does he care? As a narcissistic psychopath, he'd have to admit he did wrong. Narcissism makes wrong impossible. The richest man thinks the poorest people "had it coming to them."
May 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
2/2 WHAT MAKES RICHEST MAN TICK?
The result? Elon Musk's USAID rape will bring death, disease and mayhem worldwide. Does he care? As a narcissistic psychopath, he'd have to admit he did wrong. Narcissism makes wrong impossible. The richest man thinks the poorest people "had it coming to them."
The result? Elon Musk's USAID rape will bring death, disease and mayhem worldwide. Does he care? As a narcissistic psychopath, he'd have to admit he did wrong. Narcissism makes wrong impossible. The richest man thinks the poorest people "had it coming to them."
Set a timer for five, 10 minutes. Put fingers to keyboard, pen to paper, hit the timer, and go. Don't stop to edit, scratch, or think. By not stopping, free writing gags nasty editors who sit on your head and bum your trip. Let the free mind swim to the surface. Keep writing. Editing comes later.
May 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Set a timer for five, 10 minutes. Put fingers to keyboard, pen to paper, hit the timer, and go. Don't stop to edit, scratch, or think. By not stopping, free writing gags nasty editors who sit on your head and bum your trip. Let the free mind swim to the surface. Keep writing. Editing comes later.
I've had cool teachers. But a mentor is different. A teacher helps us process information. But a mentor leads us to the cosmos and flogs us to wisdom. My first mentor, drama guru R.G. Davis, taught me that all art is political. My second mentor, novelist John Rechy, taught me that lies create truth.
May 13, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I've had cool teachers. But a mentor is different. A teacher helps us process information. But a mentor leads us to the cosmos and flogs us to wisdom. My first mentor, drama guru R.G. Davis, taught me that all art is political. My second mentor, novelist John Rechy, taught me that lies create truth.
The cover graphics of ROCKED IN TIME set place — a 1960s radical theater — and theme — RESISTANCE— against the zany insanity of 17th-century commedia dell arte. Time warps us to '60s San Francisco and anti-Viet campus protest. Yes, time and place change; class, comedy, and resistance live forever.
May 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The cover graphics of ROCKED IN TIME set place — a 1960s radical theater — and theme — RESISTANCE— against the zany insanity of 17th-century commedia dell arte. Time warps us to '60s San Francisco and anti-Viet campus protest. Yes, time and place change; class, comedy, and resistance live forever.