April 16, 2026 Congress is back in session, and there is a frantic feel in the air.

April 16, 2026

Only as the Day is Long By Dorianne Laux Soon she will be no more than a passing thought, a pang, a timpani of wind in the chimes, bent spoons hung from the eaves on a first night in a new house on a street where no dog sings, no cat visits a neighbor cat in the middle of the street, winding and rubbing fur against fur, throwing sparks. Her atoms are out there, circling the earth, minus her happiness, minus her grief, only her body's water atoms, her hair and bone and teeth atoms, her fleshy atoms, her boozy atoms, her saltines and cheese and tea, but not her piano concerto atoms, her atoms of laughter and cruelty, her atoms of lies and lilies along the driveway and her slippers, Lord her slippers, where are they now?

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Another exquisite one from Dorianne Laux

It's not a counterpunch, guys. The pope didn't throw a punch. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/u...

April 12, 2026 By the end of 2024, inflation in the U.S., which had soared in the aftermath of the Covid-19 lockdowns, was almost back to the Federal Reserve’s goal of 2%.

April 12, 2026

The Washington Post is beyond repair. We need to build independent pro-democracy media that doesn't equate Donald Trump's pathological lies with Joe Biden.

You can start with subscribing to Democracy Docket. I built it to have only one side -- the truth. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

ICE IS DETAINING HUMAN BEINGS IN INHUMANE CONDITIONS. REPORTS OF PEOPLE BEING SHOT, STRIPPED AND NEGLECTED ARE OUTRAGEOUS. IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS, AND WE DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY. NO ONE SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE THIS. STAND UP, SPEAK OUT AND DEFEND DIGNITY. ICE AND RIGHTS.

April 11, 2026 At 4:30 a.m.

April 11, 2026

Artemis II Leslie J. Anderson When Prometheus gave us fire this is the kind of thing he hoped for, not the blood on our hands but the burn of the rockets bright as the light in our eyes. Surely he saw in us the willingness to be torn asunder again and again, to send our bodies out against the talons of the universe to come home, wrap our arms around each other and sing, rejoice! There is still no end of the world!

a poem about going

This is tragically beautiful.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has signed a decree establishing Universal Healthcare for all Mexican citizens.

The United States could’ve had this, but people chose economic collapse, cruelty and death instead. I’ll never regret voting for Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris.

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With a great splash, Toad disappears into the water, leaving only two flailing feet and a swirl of chaos behind. From "Ice Cream" In *Frog and Toad All Year*

Toad fell into the pond.

I wrote and posted this to Instagram a couple of days ago and it became my most-read poem ever. I’m honored I get to feel big feelings alongside you all. I’m posting it here too and want to use this space more consistently. Hello friends ❤️

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“If they can automatically enroll men into the draft at 18, they can automatically register Americans to vote at 18.

Ask yourself why they won’t”
Josh H.

“I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad. “I am thinking about all of the many things that I will have to do.”

“Yes,” said Frog, “tomorrow will be a very hard day for you.”

Fact Check: New Finnish "Study" Does Not Prove "Trans Youth Care Leads To Worse Outcomes" The latest Kaltiala study is filled with fatal methodological flaws, and does not support claims made about trans youth care lacking efficacy.

1. A new study claims trans care worsens mental health. It is fatally flawed.

It didn't measure mental health—it measured psych visits.

Even visits that stemmed from mandatory checkins, surgical pre-psych evals, or pre-treatment that was classified as post.

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Iran hits back on social media.

Facts spoken by an ex-trumper...

I’m beginning to believe the Epstein Files contain the worst crimes ever exposed in North American history.

Happy Easter.

Still shocking 😳🤯🤣

I'm so worried. What if the president is ok?

One day, "It" will happen, by which I mean sudden and unexpected news that you want to celebrate. In such cases, you will want the right outfit. 🧵

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KEEP ON REPOSTING.
KEEP THE TRENDING HIGH.

#EpsteinFiles #NoPedophiles #NoKings
#NoPEDODENTS #NoTrump

All Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Defeated in Georgia as 2026 Session Ends "Scapegoating LGBTQ+ Georgians is not a winning political strategy," said Georgia Equality's executive director.

Great news out of Georgia!

ALL of the 15 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have died as the Georgia legislative session comes to a close.

This was only possible with intense efforts from local LGBTQ+ activists.

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HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS???

I'm not sure about you, but I think the collapse of US hegemony, a global price spike and recession, and a new ground war in the Middle East are far worse than drag queens reading books at the library.