Yes, Mike Johnson and House Republicans are the main reason Congress hasn't passed the Ukraine aid bill. But, if the progressive “Squad” had signed the discharge petition to force Speaker Johnson to bring it to a vote it would have passed weeks ago.

#PassUkraineAidNow

To paraphrase Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський, 'I don't need a ride, I need air defense.' Speaker Mike Johnson for shame. You think you're gonna get raptured with #Ukraine in flames? I'm guessing it's more like #leftbehind .

The Standing Rock Sioux are the third Native American tribe to declare the pro-Trump governor persona non grata over insulting remarks she has made in recent months.
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Every leader and country that wishes to see Russian aggression end in a truly just peace has the opportunity to join our global efforts and attend the first Peace Summit, which will be held in Switzerland in June.

We are preparing for the Summit and its concrete outcomes, such…

Living your life to the fullest does not have to involve selfies with bison.

'Marguerite and Lee had become 'a conspiracy of one,' locked in a campaign for recognition. Lee was urged on by his mother’s codes and signals, finally carrying out an act the world would never forget, gaining eternal notice.' Deanne Stillman Washington Monthly washingtonmonthly.com/2024/02/21/mot…

The mother and father of Ethan Crumbley, the Michigan school shooter, were just sentenced to 10 to 15 years each for their roles in what happened. A hefty and historic sentence. In this Washington Monthly piece, I write about 'Mothers, Sons, and Guns.' Matthew Cooper washingtonmonthly.com/2024/02/21/mot…

The indigenous leaders of New Zealand, Tahiti, Tonga and the Cook Islands have signed a treaty granting whales legal personhood. npr.org/2024/04/03/124… via NPR

How the 1970 solar eclipse helped 7-year-old me understand my father. Reupping from Newsweek.
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Despite nightly Russian missile attacks, Odesa residents continue the sping/summer tradition of meeting sunrise at the sea.

When this war is over and these filthy Russians are all back in their barbaric shit hole, you should try it, 5am, every sunny day.

This is a reminder that you can find Joanna Chen 's censored piece at the Washington @Monthly. Guernica Magazine 's jaw-dropping decision to publish and then retract Chen's fine piece will stand as a cultural artifact from these troubled times.

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My story 'The Seamus' - love triangle btw a mother, daughter, and an Irish Wolfhound - is accessible on Zyzzyva! (It is not autobographical.)

Check it out!

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The old gypsy woman warned them not to bury Ivana there…

This weekend at the San Diego Writers Festival on the 'Killer Reads' panel, I'll be talking about American Confidential. 'Dazzling and evocative prose.' - Air Mail; 'Takes the familiar and makes it thrilling.' - Darinstrauss; 'A master writer.' - Col. Gustavo Arellano Melville House

What'd I tell you? It's 'Death of a Shoe Salesman.' Acc to reports, Trump's Truth Social was greatly over-valued. Just like the flag-emblazoned golden kicks that matched his gilded toilet; that price is rapidly dropping. Washington Monthly
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The Death Valley monkeyflower (Diplacus rupicola) is one of our favorite wildflowers in the whole Amargosa Basin. Endemic to limestone outcrops, it grows in cracks in the rock in early to mid spring. They're found in Echo & Titus Canyons in Death Valley National Park!

This explains everything. 'The horse is North America's gift to the world,' as I once said to the The Atlantic. #wildhorses #mustang
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On #OpeningDay I always post 'Rocks in the Shape of Billy Martin.' 'The petrified New York Yankees manager is still here, gazing across the sands at the dream team, forever signaling a game-winning hit-and-run, and as always, waiting for a drink.' #springtime
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When a cargo ship took out a Baltimore bridge, it also demolished the lies poisoning our immigration debate

The 6 migrant men who died weren't drug dealers or sex traffickers but hero dads filling potholes to give their kids a better life

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'Death of a #Bible Salesman': Last month it was shoes. Now it's Bibles. But Trump's past is now present. Like Willy Loman, he's in trouble for illicit sex. Plus some 'territories are now closed off.' But unlike Willy, he has no heart. Washington Monthly #Ephesians
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