Phew

If we let another win slip away…

New report shows Ramaswamy’s tax plan would cause deep cuts and higher taxes for Ohio families • Ohio Capital Journal Vivek Ramswamy promises to eliminate the income tax in Ohio without hurting core services. That's not possible. It would leave a $9.8 billion budget hole. You can’t make that reduction without hiking…

Commentary: Vivek Ramswamy promises to eliminate Ohio income taxes without hurting core services despite the $9.8 billion budget hole. You can’t do that without hiking other taxes and fees along with cuts to schools, health care, public safety & services ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/09/n...

Lit Hub will be honoring the National Shutdown tomorrow. In honor of all those brave Minnesotans who marched in sub-zero temperatures last Friday, and who have since made national calls for solidarity as they face down the authoritarian violence of ICE a…

We’ll be honoring the National Shutdown tomorrow @literaryhub.bsky.social and the homepage will be dedicated to coverage of Minnesota, American fascism, and the importance of solidarity (all of it published and scheduled no later than 11:59pm EST today!)
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Just so we are clear. Haitians are currently in the United States legally.

They are not here illegally.

Trump is revoking their legal status Feb. 3, and then, according to reports, immediately sending ICE in to Springfield and Columbus, Ohio, to target them.

The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.

Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.

Ohio utility corruption defendants to SCOTUS: Bribes are free speech • Ohio Capital Journal The only two individuals who have stood trial for their role in the largest political bribery scandal in Ohio’s history have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review their cases and reverse their…

Ohio utility corruption defendants to SCOTUS: Bribes are free speech ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/09/o...

If you don't know your reps, may I recommend 5calls.org? Click to dial all your state and federal electeds, PLUS scripts if you don't know what to say. Pass it on. @5calls.org

Ohio's public schools end 2025 feeling bruised. The governor doesn't see it that way. • Ohio Capital Journal Ohio's public schools had a rough 2025, losing billions in expected school funding while also gaining more responsibilities from the state. Gov. Mike DeWine doesn't see it that way.

Ohio’s public schools had a rough 2025, losing billions in expected school funding while also gaining more responsibilities from the state. Gov. Mike DeWine doesn’t see it that way ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/30/o...

We’ll see you there!

Hey! What time will you be at Downbound today? My wife and I plan to stop by.

Hello, at the University of Minnesota, we're hiring a visiting creative nonfiction writer for the next 2-3 years to teach a 1-1 (one grad class, one undergrad class) and potentially sit on some MFA thesis committees. This job will give you time to write you next book: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...

Huge congrats, @bschillace.brandyschillace.com !!!

I regret nothing

ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory.

In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities.

"The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.

This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!

Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

a screenshot of the Edelstein-Keller Endowed Visiting Writing Chairship. Includes the required qualifications: an MA, MFA or PhD in Creative Writing, English or related field with degree in hand by 8/25/2025 a minimum of one volume of work published by a national press in literary nonfiction (a book under contract is acceptable, provided the pub date is before position start date) College or university level teaching experience Preferred qualifications: Evidence of potential for continued success as a published writer Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion

Hi CNF writers with a book, if you're interested in teaching a 1-1 for the next two to three years while you're hopefully working on your next book and want to live in the Twin Cities, please consider applying to be our next writer in residence: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...

Congrats @bschillace.brandyschillace.com!

@bschillace.brandyschillace.com's book The Intermediaries is one of Kirkus' Best of 2025.

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“We Built This City” is a good song, actually Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

what the hell why not. here’s 1500 words on a song i like www.pastemagazine.com/music/starsh...

Nay(eye)sayer?

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

Congrats!

Look at this shit.

#AbolishICE

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peeping this late-inning Guardians run production

We also got to talk about your new book!!

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Book cover for ‘Dispatches from the Land of Erasure: Essays and Conversations’ by Philip Metres. The cover features an abstract geometric composition of overlapping rectangular blocks in various colors including blues, reds, greens, yellows, purples, and browns against a light gray background. The blocks appear layered and fragmented, creating a mosaic-like pattern that suggests themes of fragmentation and reconstruction. The title and author name are displayed in clean, dark typography at the top of the cover.

When poets debate whether metaphor itself perpetuates harm, every image becomes an ethical choice.

@philipmetres.bsky.social's DISPATCHES FROM THE LAND OF ERASURE captures these heated conversations, changing how we approach poems that engage cultural difference.

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The A.I.-Profits Drought and the Lessons of History Like the steam engine, electricity, and computers, generative artificial intelligence could take longer than expected to transform the economy.

An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.