At the US-Mexico border wall with the Friends of International Friendship Park — Indy Correspondent I drove to Border Field State Park (which encompasses Friendship Park) on August 16, the day that it was reopened to car traffic after a two-year closure. The park sits along the U.S.-Mexico border w...

The occasion here was the reopening of Border Field State Park (which encompasses Friendship Park / El Parque de la Amistad) to vehicle traffic on the 54th anniversary of the creation of the park.
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I visited the border town of Tecate, Mexico on the same day Trump named KISS as a Kennedy Center honoree. You may say the stuff that goes down in this poem could never happen anywhere, well it could happen in #Tecate, because Tecate is a magical town. #mexico, #poelitics, #KISS, #migration, #maga

“Magacaust” by Dan Grossman — Indy Correspondent Magacaust Not Nakba 2.0 playing out in Gaza but the Haitian mother with her face on asphalt and hands in cuffs in Springfield, Ohio. Watch the MAGA crowd cheering her arrest. Watch the video produc...

Decided to change the name of this one from "Magacost" to "Magacaust" because I was being too cute, I think. #poelitics, #poetry, #MAGA
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“Spaghetti Egg” by Dan Grossman — Indy Correspondent Spaghetti Egg I played a practical joke on my niece and nephews at my parents’ house in San Diego. I punched a small hole in the top of an eggshell and emptied the contents onto a pan for my morning...

Artwork by my nephew Harry Kim. Sophie Kim is actually not known for screenplays about spaghetti eggs, but she is known for a series of young adult books, The Last of the Talons. #youngadult, #literature, #poelitics

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“Nogales/Nogales” by Dan Grossman — Indy Correspondent Previously published in The Tucson Sentinel Nogales/Nogales The houses crowding the sharp hilltops impressed me when I first saw Nogales, Sonora. I saw those houses from Nogales, Arizona. &nb...

Here's a poem I wrote based on my experiences traveling along border, originally published in the Tucson Sentinel
@borderpatrol.bsky.social, @msf.ca, @barackobama.bsky.social, @nobordersmedia.bsky.social, #poelitics, #arizona, #sonora, #nogales

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"MAGA" or "1460 Days of Sodom," by Dan Grossman, based on the Paolo Pier Pasolini film 'Salo, or 120 Days of Sodom' #pasolini, #MAGA, #Romaine, #poelitics

Loss of federal funding affects Indiana Humanities, Vonnegut Museum, other organizations — Indy Correspondent The Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library (KVML) resides in one of the notable historical buildings on Indiana Avenue, in the one-time heart of Black Indianapolis. It is on the National Register of Histo...

Don't let the fact that the #tariffs by the #orangemenance have us on track for another Great Depression stop you from absorbing some really SHITTY ARTS NEWS written by yours truly. #poelitics, @kurtvonnegutjr.bsky.social, #kurtvonnegut

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Close Encounters with AI In Indianapolis — Indy Correspondent In the spring of 2023, I created a free account with ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence-powered large language model developed by OpenAI, to explore its capabilities. Due to high demand, the website ...

How do you use AI? Are you dead set against it? Well, I'm all for exploring its capabilities, rather than burying my head in the sand, as it were. #poetry #artificialintelligence #ai #poelitics

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Not my President’s Day at the Indiana Statehouse: Struggling for a Metaphor — Indy Correspondent On President’s Day, February 17 2025, I went to the “Not My President’s Day” Protest at the Indiana Statehouse in Downtown Indianapolis, organized by the #50501 movement.  This grassroots organiz...

Check out my latest in Indy Correspondent, about not being able to find the right words about Trump 2.0. #trump, #poelitics, #politics, #indiana, #indianapolis, #protest
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US-Mexico border in South San Diego in a stack panoramic shot. #poetry, #poelitics, #photography

Love, in Chicano Park, if you can — Indy Correspondent I visited Chicano Park in Barrio Logan, San Diego last Wednesday and took the above panoramic shots with the camera in my Galaxy S9 cell phone. I wanted to capture the park in a way that captured the ...

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Is pride for your heritage possible under the Trump regime if you're not a neo-Nazi? What about love for your fellow human beings? #sandiego, #chicano, #hispanic, #poelitics

Hope and Dread in Springfield, Ohio - NewsBreak Note: This article was published before Donald Trump won the 2024 election and returned to the White House. According to the Christian Science Monitor and

Hey all, you need to read this story about what's happening in Springfield, Ohio, and all over the country. #Haiti, @haitianbridge.bsky.social, #tps, #poelitics

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“Waco ‘R’ Us” by Dan Grossman — Indy Correspondent Waco “R” Us Today Trump was indicted for stealing documents and MAGA don’t give a flying fuck. MAGA go out to stock up, looking for  used AR-15s, MAGA don’t find them  in Goodwill. MAGA f...

A poem about the current moment in link: www.indycorrespondent.org/poetry/waco-... #poetry, #poelitics, #writing, #waco

Poem I wrote (un)inspired by Musk, Freudian in tone, written b4 his acquisition of Twitter. If u like this poem, click on link to my poetry collection, "Mindfucking Roundabouts of Carmel, Indiana" www.indycorrespondent.org/new-page-1 @elonjet.net, #poetry, #poelitics, @georgetakei.bsky.social

“O Jews of Mexico!” by Dan Grossman — Indy Correspondent O Jews of Mexico! While driving towards Del Rio, after dark, along the Mexican border, I’m thinking of the 40,000 Jewish citizens of Mexico, the descendants of refugees from pogroms, the Inquisi...

I didn't write this poem about Claudia Sheinbaum, but now that she's standing up against the #orangemenance, I feel like it applies to her. #poelitics

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Some panoramic images of #ChicanoPark and some verses inspired by them. #poelitics. #sandiego, #barriologan

Panoramas of #chicanopark in #barriologan, #sandiego, and rough draft of a poem inspired by a slogan on one of the murals there reading "AMOR, SI SE PUEDE" #poelitics, @robburgess.bsky.social,

Indy Correspondent Podcast #1: Good Poems, Bad Dudes — Indy Correspondent Good Poems, Bad Dudes by Dan Grossman Transcript: Hi, and welcome to the Indy Correspondent podcast. My name is Dan Grossman. I'm talking today in my very first podcast about poetry and politics, po...

Is this podcast timely enough? What do you think? This dude certainly has some scary Manson lamps. #maga, #kashpatel, #poelitics, #robertlowell, #wbyeats
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An End to Migrant Aid on the Border? A Visit to Casa Alitas — Indy Correspondent In October, 2023 I traveled along the US-Mexico border from San Diego, California to Brownsville, Texas.  Along the way, I worked with humanitarian volunteers along the border in California, Ariz...

Recent events along the border, and in the White House, inspired me to rework some diary entries from October 2023. #migration, #poelitics, @selenagomezfanpage.bsky.social, #ice, #maga, #deportation, #migrants, #tucson, #arizona

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“Operation Taco” by Dan Grossman — Indy Correspondent From Mindfucking Roundabouts of Carmel, Indiana: Poems and Short Prose by Dan Grossman Operation Taco The dude I picked up at Walmart had dreadlocks and a metal visor that went halfway around...

Attended AI conference in #SanDiego last night. Realized I already wrote about the #orangemenace's immigration crackdown. Not sure if this is a poem or prose, or whether it matters at all. What do you think, @joriegraham.bsky.social?
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Answering questions on the Rob Burgess Show! — Indy Correspondent So, this past Tuesday, Rob Burgess had me as a guest on his podcast, the Rob Burgess Show. Here’s the link if you want to listen in. Please do! And check out his other podcasts here on Substack. ...

Check out Rob Burgess' awesome podcast, with special guest: ME! We talk about the #border under Trump, the border under Trump, AI.., I also tell you what I've been listening to lately! @bsky.app, @robburgess.bsky.social, #poelitics, #immigration

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“Space Jews” by Dan Grossman — Indy Correspondent Space Jews Not Leonard Nimoy or William Shatner of Star Trek fame  but the Cohens, Steins, and Goldbergs  who led the world Zionist Congress and conspired also to control Hollywood after 1...

I applaud @davidchappelle.bsky.social 4 asking on @saturdaynightlive.bsky.social 4 Trump to do better, altho there's snowball's chance in hell that he'll take that advice. Here's something I wrote that comments on 1 of his monologues. #poelitics, #poetry

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President Biden, Go Nuclear on Pardons — Indy Correspondent President Biden, Go Nuclear on Pardons Dear President Biden, There has been a lot of moral handwringing about your pardon of your son Hunter for all the crimes he committed, and might have committe...

Make this open letter go viral. Let's kneecap the #borderindustrialcomplex
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Tell the EU:
respond to Musk's "FU"
by throwing X/Twitter
into the shitter

#elonmusk, @elonmusk-joinx.bsky.social, #europeanunion #poelitics @donaldtrump.bsky.social @xdotwitter.bsky.social

“Israel on Netflix” by Dan Grossman — Indy Correspondent Israel on Netflix In Fauda, the Israeli operatives are so macho you can smell their balls, their armpits, even when they’re staring at their laptops. Still, these dudes are easier to relate to tha...

A survey of programming I found on Netflix prior to October 7 relating to the Israeli experience. #jews #palestine #israel @netflix.com #fauda #poelitics #egypt #antisemitism

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The Conflationists: Purveyors of the emerging far-right narrative on the U.S.-Mexico border — Indy Correspondent The Conflationists: Purveyors of the emerging far-right narrative on the U.S.-Mexico border first published in the Tucson Sentinel on January 11, 2024 In three days, I saw 1,000 migrants crossin...

I noticed this "conflationism" of the migrant crisis with terrorism on the part of MAGA over a year ago. You might have seen MAGA conflating in the past few days. First published in @tucsonsentinel.com #poelitics #migration #border @alfranken.bsky.social

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President Biden, Go Nuclear on Pardons — Indy Correspondent President Biden, Go Nuclear on Pardons Dear President Biden, There has been a lot of moral handwringing about your pardon of your son Hunter for all the crimes he committed, and might have committe...

Start the new year off right by sharing this post and making it go viral. #immigration, #migration, #poelitics @georgetakei.bsky.social
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“Postcard from Nuevo Laredo” by Dan Grossman — Indy Correspondent Buy Mindfucking Roundabouts of Carmel, Indiana by Dan Grossman Postcard from Nuevo Laredo The federal building in Nuevo Laredo   could make any architecture buff orgasm according to a ...

Is there a genre of writing called architecture porn? #poelitics, #laredo, #nuevolaredo
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“Space Jews” by Dan Grossman — Indy Correspondent Space Jews Not Leonard Nimoy or William Shatner of Star Trek fame  but the Cohens, Steins, and Goldbergs  who led the world Zionist Congress and conspired also to control Hollywood after 1...

Happy Hanukkah everyone! I hope you are in the mood to enjoy this poem which will hopefully trigger laughter rather than anger! #poetry, #writers, #poelitics
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