In Iran, people who criticize the Ayatollah are arrested and often die in jail.

In Russia, criticizing Putin or any of his policies carries a 15-year term.

China convicts democracy activists of "treason."

Trump's America is preparing to prosecute protestors against his policies as "terrorists."

First Colbert, now Kimmel.

Last-minute settlements, secret side deals, multi-billion dollar mergers pending Donald Trump's approval.

Trump silencing free speech stifles our democracy. It sure looks like giant media companies are enabling his authoritarianism.

Trump is coming after US citizens next, ICE has been granted a $160B budget which is more than the Marines, 17 million US citizens are being autogenocided, and today the 1st official US concentration camp was unveiled to the public. The water isn't going to boil any hotter. #3E #EndImpunity

My favorite university that's also a toothpaste is probably Colgate.

It's so hot that as soon as I stepped outside, my glasses steamed up like a nerd in an 80s movie seeing a human girl for the first time.

If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country.

We will hold this administration accountable.

Senator Padilla was driven violently to his knees–as if made to kneel before the authority of the executive–because the administration called his questions “disrespectful”.

This should offend not just the other 99 Senators. It should offend the conscience of this country.

Donald Trump incited a violent mob to attack the Capitol.

Hundreds of dangerous felons who brutally beat police officers with impunity were then pardoned by the President on his first day in office.

Don’t ever lecture America about law and order.

I didn't think it was possible for so many people to get so dumb so fast.

One of the many reasons I left Twitter was the degradation of its service. Today’s outages on that application confirmed I made the right choice. BlueSky has gotten better since I joined. Expect more improvements in the future. Let’s go.

So this was a campaign promise not an observation.

The CIA has to deal with the Traitor...

Today, a reporter from the Russian state news agency TASS gained unauthorized access to the Oval Office. How does one gain unauthorized access to the Oval Office? Meanwhile, AP and Reuters were blocked.

Last Fall, the Washington Post allowed a right wing group to run a full page ad falsely attacking me for protecting voting rights. Today, Bezos' paper won't accept ads criticizing Elon Musk.

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If you thought it wasn’t possible—well, here we are. Musk pulled $80 million in funding authorized by Congress straight from NYC’s bank account. The federal government took the funds and called it a “clawback” of taxpayer money. A lot of others would simply call it stealing.

"Christians" Mike Johnson and other members of the Sphincter Caucus are right now discussing how they can fully take advantage of the misery and suffering of thousands of Amer citizens to score political points with the criminal/rapist/grifting incompetent clown in whose rectum they all reside.

Awesome to see so many kidlit people on here now, and am really enjoying the throwback vibe - so let's do an Ask Me Anything #AMA about children's publishing/agenting!

I primarily focus on picture books/illustrated books, but am happy to talk shop about pretty much everything. Fire away!

New week, new deal! Congrats to Mark Fearing on the new picture book, coming out with Penguin Workshop next year! It's the most realistic time-travel picture book I've ever read (and perhaps the most realistic, period).

Congrats, Mark!