(Of course I think this is wrong and disturbing & am happy to collect whatever peanuts the class action suit brings.)

if O'Hara's "my heart is in my/pocket, it is Poems by Pierre Reverdy" was intended as an echo of that. After all, the lines end "A Step Away From Them," a poem aware of death in the middle of life; the poet-persona who describes the midtown scene is practically drowning in what he describes.

It's not about Trump. Trump has shit for brains and for morals. It's about getting people who do care but feel helpless or passive to take action.

Text of both poems is here: www.ilanotreview.com/translation-...

Michelle Obama just announced a podcast she’s doing with her brother

Huh, so you're saying they only care about this stuff if there's a possibility of being elected, not because it might be the right thing to do to use their platform to try and get people to resist and get out on the street? Like, they have so much money it won't touch them and screw the rest of us?

Are you suggesting that they should sulk? What exactly would that achieve?

Musk is doing his best to destroy America. He’s the traitor.