Larry J. Simon
@larryjsimon.bsky.social
Historian, teacher, editor; Antifascist, book lover, 3-chord strummer; Fan of Americana, Blues, Country, Dylan, Earle, FCBarcelona; UCLA Ph.D.; Southwesterner in Midwestern Exile. Not here for day job or to promote career. Opinions mine; not my employer’s.
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Larry J. Simon
@larryjsimon.bsky.social
· Mar 28
I’ve acquired these six volumes (of 7 published to date), formerly owned by Harry Belafonte, of The Papers of Martin Luther King Jr. As racist resegregationists have captured the White House we need now more than ever the astonishing courage, public moral vision, and works of MLK Jr.
#booksky
#booksky
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On the Launch of ARABLITe, for Arabic Literature in Spanish Translation
This week, chief editor Danae Fonseca announced the launch of ARABLITe (arablite.org), a Spanish language magazine of Arabic literature in translation.
This week, chief editor Danae Fonseca announced the launch of ARABLITe (arablite.org), a Spanish language magazine of Arabic literature in translation.
On the Launch of ARABLITe, for Arabic Literature in Spanish Translation
This week, chief editor Danae Fonseca announced the launch of ARABLITe (arablite.org), a Spanish language magazine of Arabic literature in translation.
arablit.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
On the Launch of ARABLITe, for Arabic Literature in Spanish Translation
This week, chief editor Danae Fonseca announced the launch of ARABLITe (arablite.org), a Spanish language magazine of Arabic literature in translation.
This week, chief editor Danae Fonseca announced the launch of ARABLITe (arablite.org), a Spanish language magazine of Arabic literature in translation.
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BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
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Can we just take a minute and acknowledge that our POTUS is right OUT IN THE OPEN lobbying Congressional members to vote against releasing the Epstein files?! Like... what the fuck else does anyone even need to know?
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Can we just take a minute and acknowledge that our POTUS is right OUT IN THE OPEN lobbying Congressional members to vote against releasing the Epstein files?! Like... what the fuck else does anyone even need to know?
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Donald Trump was President when Epstein died and Donald Trump is on the Epstein list. Let’s talk about it.
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Donald Trump was President when Epstein died and Donald Trump is on the Epstein list. Let’s talk about it.
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Came here to say that. The couple from hell that gave us Kavanaugh and engineered the unholy alliance of Usha and JD.
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Came here to say that. The couple from hell that gave us Kavanaugh and engineered the unholy alliance of Usha and JD.
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Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"
![From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Starr, Ken
8/22/2018 7:17:35 PM
jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com]
Re: Jed Rubenfeld
Importance: High
Wise counsel. The!
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 22, 2018, at 1:49 PM, jefirey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
I think scholarly but not too much so. no one above the law.. we began leaving a kingdom. . unlikely to give king like powers to a president. on one above the law.
I would like lunch pail joe to come away and
think, this guy is smart. I understood. lets see what he writes about the clintons. someone suggested that trump could shoot someone on fifth avenue and not lose a vote. that is true, but would make little sense for him not to suffer an immediate consequence. the allowed civil depo setting precedent for criminal process, is a lawyers outline I might think of dumbing it down, again, and suggesting that you can sue your neighbor, even if you neighbor is the president. makes little sense that the you can be indicted for assaulting him but he cannot if he assaults you.
low bar for civil higher bar for criminal. . at
some point on your book tour I might point out how disappointed you were that the clinton and betty curries' trashean story, was reopened. .
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 2:08 PM, jeffrey E. < jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
i vote yes as it makes you relevant to today rather than merely re- reciting an old tale. :) or tail?
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 12:07 PM, Starr, Ken < Can you talk? Impt.
WrOte:
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 17, 2018, at 9:18 AM, jeftrey E. -jeevacation@gmail.com› wrote:
tha
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:14 AM, Starr, Ken
wrote:
Good morning!
Jed teaches crim law at Yale. Outspokenly strong on the need for procedural fairness in campus adjudicatory proceedings. Relevant to your friend's unhappy situation? If so, happy to make the connection.
Hugs, Ken
Sent from my iPhone
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November 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"
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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
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Larry Summers, overnight to Epstein after this — www.bbc.com/news/world-e... — happened:
November 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Larry Summers, overnight to Epstein after this — www.bbc.com/news/world-e... — happened:
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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Damn they're going into the FBI blackmail files
My god (sorry I’m late on a bunch of this stuff. But wow!)
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Damn they're going into the FBI blackmail files
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Billions for Argentina’s Wall Street investors.
Higher costs for American families.
“America First”? Give me a break.
Higher costs for American families.
“America First”? Give me a break.
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Billions for Argentina’s Wall Street investors.
Higher costs for American families.
“America First”? Give me a break.
Higher costs for American families.
“America First”? Give me a break.
No northern lights last night—maybe tonight—in Kalamazoo and all of LP Michigan. The only lights in town were from Waldo Stadium where Western Michigan University defeated Ohio U in a nationally televised football game and took over sole possession of first place in the MAC.
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
No northern lights last night—maybe tonight—in Kalamazoo and all of LP Michigan. The only lights in town were from Waldo Stadium where Western Michigan University defeated Ohio U in a nationally televised football game and took over sole possession of first place in the MAC.
She’s wearing black, appropriate for a funeral, a funeral, that is, with a living corpse.
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
She’s wearing black, appropriate for a funeral, a funeral, that is, with a living corpse.
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
Lawrence O’Donnell tonight made me stop and think, when normally he bores me with his slow-moving repetitious style supporting things I already believe. I think he’s wrong tonight and on Schumer; I think Elizabeth Warren (my first choice), Klobuchar, Duckworth, Murphy could all do the job.
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Lawrence O’Donnell tonight made me stop and think, when normally he bores me with his slow-moving repetitious style supporting things I already believe. I think he’s wrong tonight and on Schumer; I think Elizabeth Warren (my first choice), Klobuchar, Duckworth, Murphy could all do the job.
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Joyce Carol Oates has WRITTEN more books than Elon has read lol
this was the most hilariously bad defense of Elon I saw in her responses
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Joyce Carol Oates has WRITTEN more books than Elon has read lol
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What a post by Joyce Carol Oates . . .
... I immediately thought of a quote from Bob Marley:
"Some people are so poor, all they have is money."
💠 🧐 💠
What a post by Joyce Carol Oates . . .
... I immediately thought of a quote from Bob Marley:
"Some people are so poor, all they have is money."
💠 🧐 💠
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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What a post by Joyce Carol Oates . . .
... I immediately thought of a quote from Bob Marley:
"Some people are so poor, all they have is money."
💠 🧐 💠
What a post by Joyce Carol Oates . . .
... I immediately thought of a quote from Bob Marley:
"Some people are so poor, all they have is money."
💠 🧐 💠
100 million Americans owe $220 billion in medical debt.
80% had insurance of some kind.
550K Americans annually declare medical debt bankruptcy.
68K Americans die annually because they lack insurance.
Trump clueless; all but a few lack the money and wisdom to purchase decent non-group insurance.
80% had insurance of some kind.
550K Americans annually declare medical debt bankruptcy.
68K Americans die annually because they lack insurance.
Trump clueless; all but a few lack the money and wisdom to purchase decent non-group insurance.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
100 million Americans owe $220 billion in medical debt.
80% had insurance of some kind.
550K Americans annually declare medical debt bankruptcy.
68K Americans die annually because they lack insurance.
Trump clueless; all but a few lack the money and wisdom to purchase decent non-group insurance.
80% had insurance of some kind.
550K Americans annually declare medical debt bankruptcy.
68K Americans die annually because they lack insurance.
Trump clueless; all but a few lack the money and wisdom to purchase decent non-group insurance.
At what became CSU-Pueblo tuition in 1970s $200/quarter, $600/year. Today, $12.5K/year.
At UCLA in 1979 tuition was $200/quarter, $600/year; by 1988 it was $500/q, $1500/y. Today, $14K/y.
At Western Mich U in 1993 state provided almost 80% of our budget; today around 20%. $15.8K/y.
Priorities.
At UCLA in 1979 tuition was $200/quarter, $600/year; by 1988 it was $500/q, $1500/y. Today, $14K/y.
At Western Mich U in 1993 state provided almost 80% of our budget; today around 20%. $15.8K/y.
Priorities.
As recently as the late 1980s, tuition at @uwmadison.bsky.social was <$1000/semester. In current dollars, that's about $2500/semester. There is one central reason for that: the . This was a choice. Other choices remain readily available.
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
At what became CSU-Pueblo tuition in 1970s $200/quarter, $600/year. Today, $12.5K/year.
At UCLA in 1979 tuition was $200/quarter, $600/year; by 1988 it was $500/q, $1500/y. Today, $14K/y.
At Western Mich U in 1993 state provided almost 80% of our budget; today around 20%. $15.8K/y.
Priorities.
At UCLA in 1979 tuition was $200/quarter, $600/year; by 1988 it was $500/q, $1500/y. Today, $14K/y.
At Western Mich U in 1993 state provided almost 80% of our budget; today around 20%. $15.8K/y.
Priorities.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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How long till we learn American, United & Delta worked the phones on Senate Dems?
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
How long till we learn American, United & Delta worked the phones on Senate Dems?
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BREAKING
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
BREAKING
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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And there it is...
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 AM
And there it is...
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You will be remembered for this and this alone. And it will not be a good memory. Resign your leadership position.
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 AM
You will be remembered for this and this alone. And it will not be a good memory. Resign your leadership position.
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I thought the shutdown was the fight, did I get that wrong
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I thought the shutdown was the fight, did I get that wrong