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Editor of Sixth Finch / poet / educator / consultant at Trey Education (he/him) sixthfinch.com treyeducation.com

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STOP. LISTEN. Seriously.

Maybe we’ve been going about this all wrong. Maybe this has to be dismantled from the bottom up. This rank corruption.

There needs to be a serious IMPEACH NOEM demand. These hearings have made any other choice complicity.

04.03.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 1438 πŸ” 410 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 18

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.

We mustn’t let this war do so.

01.03.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 23210 πŸ” 7876 πŸ’¬ 698 πŸ“Œ 321
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How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account Our national project of elite impunity

After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

26.02.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 6857 πŸ” 2634 πŸ’¬ 152 πŸ“Œ 210

The media should cover this as murder because it is.

25.02.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 2189 πŸ” 647 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 12
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Excited to announce that pre-orders are now open for our two newest chapbooks, "line weights" by Shou Jie Eng and "Hinge" by @jgallaher.bsky.social. More details at sixthfinch.com/store

24.02.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

18.02.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 41053 πŸ” 10836 πŸ’¬ 476 πŸ“Œ 1027
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We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps | Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp, say Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis

β€œOur existing economic system, capitalism, is incapable of addressing the social and ecological crises we face in the 21st century.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

13.02.2026 10:32 πŸ‘ 170 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 9

easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is β€œi will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”

12.02.2026 02:26 πŸ‘ 8939 πŸ” 2370 πŸ’¬ 117 πŸ“Œ 68
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If you want to FINALLY watch Scott Bessent get pinned down on specifics about the illegal money laundering operation being conducted by the Trump admin from someone who knows WTF he’s talking about, this clip is your chance. Bessent gets destroyed.

04.02.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 10315 πŸ” 3976 πŸ’¬ 698 πŸ“Œ 413

Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.

04.02.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 9918 πŸ” 3030 πŸ’¬ 143 πŸ“Œ 124

The people closest to the pain should be closest to the power, driving & informing our policymaking.

But for too long, big money has polluted our politics.

Proud to receive an A+ on Stop Big Money’s Anti-Corruption scorecard because I haven’t lost the plotβ€”& the plot is the people.

02.02.2026 02:02 πŸ‘ 264 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
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Defying CDC, Pediatricians Recommend All Kids Get Vaccinations Against 18 Diseases The American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommendations for hepatitis B, influenza and other shots buck changes made by the Trump administration.

www.wsj.com/health/healt...

26.01.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 3239 πŸ” 964 πŸ’¬ 93 πŸ“Œ 43
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β€œICE Out”: Tens of Thousands March in Minnesota in General Strike Against Immigration Raids Tens of thousands of Minnesotans braved the bitter cold in Minneapolis on Friday to demand ”ICE out.” The march was organized by faith and labor leaders and was accompanied by calls for an economic bl...

β€œICE Out”: Tens of Thousands March in Minnesota in General Strike Against Immigration Raids

26.01.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 224 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

Across America and the world, people are realizing it’s not possible to appease America’s dictator.

The only way to deal with him is to stand up to him β€” and the only way to stand up to him is by joining together against him.

It's time for a massive general strike across the country.

25.01.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 16253 πŸ” 4603 πŸ’¬ 540 πŸ“Œ 290
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Raskin: "I think the people have Minnesota have shown us with their mass demonstration and general strike the direction that we may need to go in nationally in order to send the message that American society does not accept this authoritarian derailment of the US Constitution."

25.01.2026 20:57 πŸ‘ 10142 πŸ” 2749 πŸ’¬ 362 πŸ“Œ 188
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It's time for a truly massive general strike. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-enough

25.01.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 14382 πŸ” 4682 πŸ’¬ 598 πŸ“Œ 310
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Today, Minnesota is shutting down in solidarity.

It could be a model for what the nation as a whole does in coming months, to repudiate the Trump dictatorship. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/minnesotas-general-strike-and-americas

23.01.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 3626 πŸ” 1075 πŸ’¬ 106 πŸ“Œ 66
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Minnesota Labor Leaders Talk Organizing Lessons as Strike Movement Goes National β€œFlexibility is important. I also think having initiative and decentralizing the campaign, letting different people put their own sort of stamp on it, is just a normal way movements exist,” says Knuts...

Excellent model. Take note, all! We should roll these around the country. Or roll by trade.

23.01.2026 05:53 πŸ‘ 812 πŸ” 249 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 18

Today, working class people across the Minneapolis area are participating in a general strike in response to ICE terrorizing their communities.

This is a monumental moment in our history, it’s the first step to change.

23.01.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 217 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

A major coalition is launching a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow, aimed at pushing out ICE.

It includes:

-Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005
-The MN AFL-CIO
-SEIU Local 26
-UNITE HERE Local 17
-CWA Local 7250
-Saint Paul and Minneapolis Federations of Educators
-Faith leaders

And more. 🧡

22.01.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 3959 πŸ” 1518 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 97

The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States. I don't see how anybody watching Trump's speech in Davos can draw any other conclusion. He's a senile madman.

21.01.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 23543 πŸ” 6881 πŸ’¬ 1045 πŸ“Œ 381

This new whistleblower report is on par with the Zelensky call - not just because it’s violative of law - but because they also tried to keep people from seeing it. I’ve been doing this for a long time and this is absolutely explosive news. Impeachable and criminal. Swift accountability must follow.

22.01.2026 00:33 πŸ‘ 14380 πŸ” 4990 πŸ’¬ 437 πŸ“Œ 137

This is a moderate position and every single democrat including and especially @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov should be shouting it from the rooftops.

18.01.2026 18:57 πŸ‘ 5569 πŸ” 1636 πŸ’¬ 166 πŸ“Œ 77

This lead would be bigger if leadership would announce they're not funding ICE later this month and support impeachment of Kristi Noem. These aren't radical positions.

18.01.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 2568 πŸ” 676 πŸ’¬ 93 πŸ“Œ 26

That feeling of watching the state of the world and thinking β€œwe still have to go to work and act like everything is normal?”

Hold that feeling, it’s step one of the general strike.

11.01.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 230 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3
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Very excited to share the results of our chapbook contest. Please join us in congratulating this year's winners and finalists. Huge thanks to everyone who submitted and supported the important work of some great nonprofit organizations. Stay tuned for updates about pre-orders and release dates.

11.01.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

The goal here is martial law. It’s martial law. Let’s be clear about that.

10.01.2026 18:22 πŸ‘ 22714 πŸ” 6140 πŸ’¬ 1055 πŸ“Œ 406

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Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47 Official White House Rapid Response account. Supporting @POTUS 's America First agenda and holding the Fake News accountable. MAGA! 60 Following 1.3M Followers Post See new posts Conversation Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47 NEW: @USDA is suspending all federal funding to the State of Minnesota β€” effective immediately.

at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us

09.01.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 16619 πŸ” 5284 πŸ’¬ 846 πŸ“Œ 476

they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.

09.01.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 23379 πŸ” 7110 πŸ’¬ 337 πŸ“Œ 328

America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.

The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.

When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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