Supreme Court Justice, Thomas thanked his billionaire patron by name while blaming progressivism for Hitler. “Ginni’s Ecstasy” has been waiting for exactly this moment. What is broken can be named, and what is named can be reckoned with. #art

Sixteen years ago today, the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and releasing nearly five million barrels of crude oil over eighty-seven days, the largest marine oil spill in American history.
the seafloor hasn’t recovered, wildlife continuing to suffer. #art

In a nutshell. 😊

21. Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are now equal. Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Yet this new dogma glosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures ... have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful. 22. We must resist the shallow temptation of a vacant and hollow pluralism. We, in America and more broadly the West, have for the past half century resisted defining national cultures in the name of inclusivity. But inclusion into what?

⚠️ Palantir released what it describes as a vision for “The Technological Republic” in which it argues AGAINST democratic and cultural pluralism and FOR militaristic supremacy enforced by a technocratic elite who produce AI weaponry.

These points stand out:

The ice was here, the ice was there, the ice was all around.” Isolation hardens into crisis. We’re all traveling the same sea. The Mariner’s curse lifts when he stops seeing enemies everywhere, a lesson that remains urgent as we cut ourselves off from former allies. We can still choose to learn #art

“The Birds of Killingworth” is work in progress. Longfellow emerges from the block, positioned in the composition as witness to the ecological catastrophe his 1863 poem recounted. The shavings fall, the poet appears, and with him the hope that we are still capable of learning.” #art

“The Birds of Killingworth”; my next woodcut. Here I’m pasting down my guide drawing. Now all I have to do is carve out everything that shows as white.
This piece is based on a poem by Longfellow warning of disturbing the balance of nature. #art

“Tipping Point”, We’re fighting another oil war in a time when we should be investing that million dollar apiece missile money into renewable energy.
Our renewable energy sector is lagging behind as other countries take the technology lead. #art

“Still Life with Viktor Orbán and Inverted Tucker”. Hungary was finally able to unseat the self proclaimed illiberal leader, Orbán and his Fidesz Party. A massive turnout of ordinary people, dissatisfied with the blatant corruption was able to turn the political tide. #art

Proving that leaders intend genocide has always been among the hurdles for international criminal prosecutors to overcome.
The US president comes right out and states, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.” #art

Thanks, we’re in a bad spot with Trump but there are a lot of us fighting him and his sycophants

The IFPDA Print Fair opens this Thursday. NYC at the Park Avenue Armory. This woodcut edition is “We the People” and it will be on display at the Childs Gallery A17 booth.
Both art and evidence for the resolve of every day citizens.
IFPDA Print Fair, April 9-12 the Armory, 643 Park Ave, NYC #art

Trump may have hit a snag.
“I mean, my understanding was the Framers put this Citizenship Clause into the Constitution to prevent future Congresses from being able to affect citizenship in this way.”
Justice Jackson from oral arguments for the birthright citizenship law, Trump vs Barbara. #art

After the murder of Goode and Pretti, Noem and Bovino came across as too extreme. Just like Nixon, Trump is sending in a plumber. Markwayne Mullin’s only job is to stop the flow of bad press. A man with no credentials to make empty promises of reform so the cruelty can continue unabated. #art

Bruce Springsteen at No Kings III in St. Paul Minnesota.

No Kings today! Time to make a sign and take to the streets. #art

This is artist activist Mary Frank with one of her protest signs.
Make your sign, find a rally near you, make history.
One rally may not make a difference but each action builds on the last as more people awaken to the ongoing coup to destroy our democracy.

Saturday March 28. - No Kings!! #art

I finished printing the final layer of De Fabrica yesterday. I am beyond pleased the way the final key block pulled the more abstract color blocks into focus.
The main figure is borrowed from the 16th century woodcuts of anatomist Vesalius. #art

ICE warning in our airports. Republicans refuse to fund TSA
Instead of negotiating the Democrats’ demands for ICE reform and ending the major delays Trump posted he’s sending ICE agents to handle airport security.
Trump says ICE will “do security like no one has ever seen before” #art

Trump is responsible for 1/4 of our entire national debt. Now on top of the trillion dollar pentagon budget he needs another 200 billion!

The Trump administration just approved $23 billion in emergency weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Jordan amid his escalating Iran war. #art

We were appalled that instead of the worst of the worst ICE agents were rounding up children like Liam Ramos, the boy in the bunny hat.
The administration continues its efforts at deportation.
An immigration judge just ruled in the government’s favor for deportation. An appeal is pending #art

In my studio I paste guide paper over the blocks and carve through it, the image emerging slowly beneath my hands. When the carving is done I wash the paper away. What’s left is what the block has to say. #art

Every major Middle East conflict since the ‘53 Iranian coup circles back to the same question: who controls the oil. Regime change dressed up as security, security dressed up as freedom, freedom subordinated to energy markets.We fight wars to secure the fuel that makes the planet uninhabitable. #art

The warnings are everywhere. Russia is now providing Iran with targeting coordinates for strikes against American assets. Sanctions on Russian oil lifted.
What keeps me working: propaganda requires consent, and consent requires looking away.
Accountability moves slowly but it’s coming #art

Today is the anniversary of the My Lai massacre. March 16, 1968
Today we at war with Iran
This administration is not the first to believe that civilian casualties are a problem of perception rather than consequence. It is not the first to escalate when the mission has already failed. #art

Today is the anniversary of My Lai massacre. Time to reflect

My woodcut of him and Ginni dancing on the ruins of our democracy

The administration’s war on our media is going badly.Trump’s FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened to revoke broadcast licenses on Saturday, extending the pressure from editorial control to the airwaves themselves.
It’s a lot of effort to manage a story. Suggests the story isn’t staying managed. #art

No stated mission. No endgame. No name for what we’re supposed to win.
Reports from inside Iran suggest the idea of sparking an anti-regime rebellion is dying with each civilian casualty.
The Fox News host turned Secretary of War has a simpler diagnosis. The problem, he says, is the reporting. #art

Every advance toward “All Men are Created Equal” was taken. Voting rights,rights of minorities, workers, all hard battles wrested from concentrated power.
What is our punishment? Power is being reclaimed upward. Armed men unbound by the law. An economy that benefits 1%. A war we didn’t ask for #art