Steven Axelrod

@stevenaxelrod
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Co-editor of Robert Lowell's Memoirs, The New Anthology of American Poetry, and The Bloomsbury Handbook of American Poetry. Author of Robert Lowell: Life and Art and Sylvia Plath:The Wound and the Cure of Words. Poetry and the arts. Social inclusion and justice. Views my own.

MAGA folks online are actually celebrating the loss by the U.S. women’s soccer team to Sweden.

It’s not America they love and want to “make great” again, folks.

"Not fair" always sounds so strange coming out of Trump's mouth. He himself is never ever fair to others.
Massachusetts passes budget that would make free school meals permanent

Free school meals​ for students are on the verge of becoming a permanent fixture in Massachusetts.

CBS Boston
Does anyone else think Mush's ominous X is a wanna-be swastika?
People: this is a moment. Never before has a former president been indicted for criminally working against the interests of the country - our votes matter. #TrumpIndictment #trump #jan6 #jacksmith #justice
Seeing comments writing off the Deep South bc the commenters don’t like some of the politicians there. These folks should consider that when they do that, they’re making the same mistake that white nationalists do: assuming that the only people who exist and/or matter are white Republicans. There are lots and lots of people in the Deep South who, for a host of historical & intentional reasons, cannot fully participate politically. When you write off their states, you write them off too.
"An unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy... fueled by lies." - Federal prosecutor Jack Smith, charging Donald Trump with launching efforts to overturn the 2020 election, one of the most serious crimes in the history of the United States. https://youtu.be/TDpdlw0kmBw
Complete statement from Special Counsel Jack Smith on Trump Indictment

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A good day for justice and democracy today!

Ron DeSandwich has turned Florida into a pudding.of hyper-inflation, insurance rate hikes, and attacks on teachers, women, gay people, and minorities.

The state is a mess. Even Mickey Mouse has post-traumatic stress syndrome.

It's dawning on me that Trump probably WILL be the Repub nominee. What a disaster for our nation that guy is.