Ted Cornwell
@teddycornwell.bsky.social
Writer and walker. Currently residing in Minneapolis. Spent a few decades in DC and NYC. Interested in connecting with poets, fiction writers, drama queens and drama kings, etc. (Oh, and I'm also a big tennis fan.) Author of poetry chapbook, Gotham Gray.
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Guns are the leading cause of death for young people in America — this is a five alarm fire and our leaders in Washington have ignored it for too long. Americans are tired of waiting around for Congress to decide that protecting kids matters.
December 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Guns are the leading cause of death for young people in America — this is a five alarm fire and our leaders in Washington have ignored it for too long. Americans are tired of waiting around for Congress to decide that protecting kids matters.
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Alone with our madness and favorite flower
We see that there really is nothing left to write about.
Or rather, it is necessary to write about the same old things
In the same way, repeating the same things over and over
For love to continue and be gradually different.
John Ashbery
#poetry #writer
We see that there really is nothing left to write about.
Or rather, it is necessary to write about the same old things
In the same way, repeating the same things over and over
For love to continue and be gradually different.
John Ashbery
#poetry #writer
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
December 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
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Extending the health care tax credits for one year costs about the same as Trump’s bailout of Argentina.
Trump and Congressional Republicans must come to the table and negotiate—before tens of millions of Americans see their health care premiums double.
Trump and Congressional Republicans must come to the table and negotiate—before tens of millions of Americans see their health care premiums double.
November 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Extending the health care tax credits for one year costs about the same as Trump’s bailout of Argentina.
Trump and Congressional Republicans must come to the table and negotiate—before tens of millions of Americans see their health care premiums double.
Trump and Congressional Republicans must come to the table and negotiate—before tens of millions of Americans see their health care premiums double.
If someone can be kicked out of their official residence and stripped of their titles because of their ties to Jeffrey Epstein, why can't it be Donald Trump?
October 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
If someone can be kicked out of their official residence and stripped of their titles because of their ties to Jeffrey Epstein, why can't it be Donald Trump?
So I heard about this sign at a No Kings march from a priest at a progressive Catholic Church in Minneapolis, and I wish I'd seen it in person.
"If You Think Pope LEO Is Woke, Wait Until You Meet His Boss."
"If You Think Pope LEO Is Woke, Wait Until You Meet His Boss."
October 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
So I heard about this sign at a No Kings march from a priest at a progressive Catholic Church in Minneapolis, and I wish I'd seen it in person.
"If You Think Pope LEO Is Woke, Wait Until You Meet His Boss."
"If You Think Pope LEO Is Woke, Wait Until You Meet His Boss."
Me getting my copy of Terrance Hayes' latest poetry collection signed after his reading in Minneapolis. He's definitely one of the most inspiring and entertaining contemporary poets I've had the pleasure of hearing read.
October 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Me getting my copy of Terrance Hayes' latest poetry collection signed after his reading in Minneapolis. He's definitely one of the most inspiring and entertaining contemporary poets I've had the pleasure of hearing read.
Well, it's a late celebration. I'm always shopping in the "belated" section of birthday cards.
Happy Birthday American novelist, short story writer, and essayist Stanley Elkin (May 11, 1930–May 31, 1995)
July 14, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Well, it's a late celebration. I'm always shopping in the "belated" section of birthday cards.
Unpopular opinion, perhaps: Fireworks are stupid.
July 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Unpopular opinion, perhaps: Fireworks are stupid.
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In his eulogy, Gov. Tim Walz remembered Mark and Melissa Hortman for their “leadership, strength and kindness.”
“I know that millions of Minnesotans get to live better lives because she and Mark chose public service and politics,” he said. bit.ly/4luKmd8
📷️: Alex Kormann
“I know that millions of Minnesotans get to live better lives because she and Mark chose public service and politics,” he said. bit.ly/4luKmd8
📷️: Alex Kormann
June 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
In his eulogy, Gov. Tim Walz remembered Mark and Melissa Hortman for their “leadership, strength and kindness.”
“I know that millions of Minnesotans get to live better lives because she and Mark chose public service and politics,” he said. bit.ly/4luKmd8
📷️: Alex Kormann
“I know that millions of Minnesotans get to live better lives because she and Mark chose public service and politics,” he said. bit.ly/4luKmd8
📷️: Alex Kormann
Here's what the BBB will do to Americans:
"Holy cow. MSNBC just broke down Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and it’s not good “If you're in the top 20%, you get a 3.7% increase in after-tax income. If you're in the bottom, you lose $800. You get a large cut in Medicaid & other benefits.” Yikes."
"Holy cow. MSNBC just broke down Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and it’s not good “If you're in the top 20%, you get a 3.7% increase in after-tax income. If you're in the bottom, you lose $800. You get a large cut in Medicaid & other benefits.” Yikes."
May 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Here's what the BBB will do to Americans:
"Holy cow. MSNBC just broke down Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and it’s not good “If you're in the top 20%, you get a 3.7% increase in after-tax income. If you're in the bottom, you lose $800. You get a large cut in Medicaid & other benefits.” Yikes."
"Holy cow. MSNBC just broke down Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and it’s not good “If you're in the top 20%, you get a 3.7% increase in after-tax income. If you're in the bottom, you lose $800. You get a large cut in Medicaid & other benefits.” Yikes."
Marking the 5th anniversary of the murder of George Floyd.
www.startribune.com/read-and-wat...
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Read and watch: A poem about George Floyd
Minneapolis poet laureate Junauda Petrus presents work commissioned for the fifth anniversary of his death.
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May 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Marking the 5th anniversary of the murder of George Floyd.
www.startribune.com/read-and-wat...
www.startribune.com/read-and-wat...
A trip to Rochester for examination open.substack.com/pub/garrison...
This brightened my day, especially since I'm prepping for a colonoscopy on Monday.
This brightened my day, especially since I'm prepping for a colonoscopy on Monday.
A trip to Rochester for examination
The Column: 05.17.25
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May 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A trip to Rochester for examination open.substack.com/pub/garrison...
This brightened my day, especially since I'm prepping for a colonoscopy on Monday.
This brightened my day, especially since I'm prepping for a colonoscopy on Monday.
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Sorry, not taking medical advice from a peevish talking tree with a dead bear in the trunk of its car.
May 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Sorry, not taking medical advice from a peevish talking tree with a dead bear in the trunk of its car.
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whenever someone says writing efficiently means using the least amount of words possible remind them how we all say “jobs where you get to work with your hands” instead of “hand jobs”
April 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
whenever someone says writing efficiently means using the least amount of words possible remind them how we all say “jobs where you get to work with your hands” instead of “hand jobs”
The Pope of Greenwich Village (Oh, wait, that one is already taken).
April 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The Pope of Greenwich Village (Oh, wait, that one is already taken).
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Bunker Rule No. 1: The people in control of the bunker are lying about what’s outside the bunker.
April 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Bunker Rule No. 1: The people in control of the bunker are lying about what’s outside the bunker.
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Well that’s a headline I did not except to see. Ever.
March 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Well that’s a headline I did not except to see. Ever.
Trump and company say President Biden’s pardons should be nullified because he used an auto-pen to sign them. This from a president who claimed he could declassify documents “just by thinking about it.”
March 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Trump and company say President Biden’s pardons should be nullified because he used an auto-pen to sign them. This from a president who claimed he could declassify documents “just by thinking about it.”
Saw this headline on the SNL 50-year special and I couldn't help laughing out loud (okay, you have to date back to 1976 to get it, but here it is):
New York to Ford:
Who's Dead Now?
New York to Ford:
Who's Dead Now?
February 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Saw this headline on the SNL 50-year special and I couldn't help laughing out loud (okay, you have to date back to 1976 to get it, but here it is):
New York to Ford:
Who's Dead Now?
New York to Ford:
Who's Dead Now?
Yes, this is what DOGE wants to cut. Not wasteful military spending, but medical research, health and nutrition assistance, etc. And the contracts that benefit the business empire's of Musk and other billionaire FOTs (friends of Trump) are, of course, off the table as well.
The University of Minnesota leads the way in medical research: 700 NIH-funded projects, including advancing organ transplants, cancer treatments, and Parkinson’s therapies are now at risk. Cutting NIH funding threatens life-saving research and the future of medical innovation.
February 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Yes, this is what DOGE wants to cut. Not wasteful military spending, but medical research, health and nutrition assistance, etc. And the contracts that benefit the business empire's of Musk and other billionaire FOTs (friends of Trump) are, of course, off the table as well.
A snowy morning along the Mississippi River near downtown Minneapolis. Winter is finally unveiling her finery in the upper Midwest.
February 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
A snowy morning along the Mississippi River near downtown Minneapolis. Winter is finally unveiling her finery in the upper Midwest.