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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Brand new stuff! Don’t forget to buy my new book on the book links. www.theblackdogspeaks.com/poems/sw8ffq...
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Watch the cat process music like love — The Black Dog Speaks
He gets up out of the recliner slowly, with both purpose and age falling off his shoulders. He takes the guitar off the stand with his left hand on the neck transfers the weight to his ri...
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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Now available on Amazon, book number two. www.amazon.com/Vertical-Axi...
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Vertical Axis
Vertical Axis [Bandit, Jake, Lockhart, Katie, Fletcher, John] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Vertical Axis
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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Enjoy your last few months of life.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Before the week begins, I have a specific request: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
youtube.com/shorts/3B3tC... Marc Elias of DemocracyDocket.com explains the “trump calls for martial law” scenario….
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What If Trump Invokes the Insurrection Act During the Midterms?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 23/09/2026
EIon Musk’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $984B Jeff Bezos’s Wealth 2009: $6B 2026: $370B Mark Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $256B Federal Minimum Wage 2009: $7.25 2023: $7.25 Billionaire tax rate: 8.2% Worker tax rate: 13% Pay workers. Tax & Abolish Billionaires. Save our economy & country.
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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
New stuff! www.theblackdogspeaks.com/poems/paret2...
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Loud windows with quiet doors — The Black Dog Speaks
I saw a man sitting on a park bench by himself and watched as he laughed and laughed without a care losing sight of the world and everyone and everything in it while the sun crossed the sky tra...
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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
New stuff, quit watching football! www.theblackdogspeaks.com/poems/zzcnkx...
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Time, again — The Black Dog Speaks
If I told you that I wrote one poem a day for an entire year and in the end really didn’t say anything other than here I am writing about time again one moment after the next moving one step ...
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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you like 100% ad free, independent art supported by only the author and his generous readers, then you have a place to come and rest your weary bones. Oh yeah, no bothersome emails, just viciously good poetry. www.theblackdogspeaks.com
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The Black Dog Speaks | Viciously Good Poetry
The Black Dog Speaks is the poetry American author, Jake Bandit. Free poetry every month, or subscribe for access to the Archive and more.
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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
One from the archives free for the next month or so. www.theblackdogspeaks.com/poems/m8rtvw...
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Crash landing — The Black Dog Speaks
When my spaceship plunged out of the sky my hands were trembling and the sounds of movement were all around me circling as it were in constant motion only concerned with the here and now ...
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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
buc-off.com
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It has been a hard few days in the fight for democracy. If you want to support the Democracy Docket team, the best thing you can do is to subscribe now. There are free and paid options. It is not on Substack or ActBlue and it doesn't sell your information. Link: demdock.com/4w6emld
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LoriPica 💙 @loripica.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Greed is an incurable sick and sadistic disease!!
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 31/08/2026
The phenomenal singer-songwriter Jesse Welles just wrote a song called "The Nerd Reich" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwz1...
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The Nerd Reich
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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
www.apple.com/feedback Let them know what you think about renaming the Gulf of Mexico and considering renaming Lake Ontario. The ISO has standards.
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Product Feedback
We would love to hear your comments about any of our hardware and software products. Send us your thoughts.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
They were spot on. This was The New York Times Sunday Opinion section on October 27, 2024.
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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
New stuff for the last Friday of August. www.theblackdogspeaks.com/poems/070cba...
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the page is often beautiful — The Black Dog Speaks
Of course they’ll say it’s only words, they always do watching the sky while stuffing envelopes with cash till it overflows their pale hands scrambling to catch the strays bills for as w...
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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Brand new stuff again! www.theblackdogspeaks.com/poems/44nkeh...
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A personification of stew — The Black Dog Speaks
As my mulligatawny stew smiled and winked at me the table began to spin south of Dante’s Inferno between avenue H & J the blonde from Debbie’s Bikinis sat poised at the bar having had one...
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I love these tips… #BookSky
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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Brand new stuff!!! Dive in, get a subscription. www.theblackdogspeaks.com/poems/i7wn1k...
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4th & 20 — The Black Dog Speaks
Meditations on the USA at 250 years Maybe at 250 we’re really at 4th & 20 ignoring the score the injury report and the benching of talent choosing instead to put in the coaches kid at...
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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
substack.com/@americanesc...
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American Escapee (@americanescapee)
Whoever dubbed this deserves an award.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It’s crazy how much attention my open letter to David Ellison has garnered.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
My open letter to David Ellison has unexpectedly gone viral. Here is the full version for anyone who wants to read and share. If you like it, I would ask you to sign to Democracy Docket at the bottom. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...
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My open letter to David Ellison
You argued that the American people have misjudged you — that they are wrong about what is in your heart and mind. I want to be clear: I don't care what you think or feel. What I care about is your ac...
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Dr. El-Sayed puts it plainly: “ICE has nothing to do with immigration.” I agree completely.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
While others bend a knee, Democracy Docket is fearlessly pro-democracy. It won't share your email address, send you spam, or try to sell you junk. You will just get the information you seek. Subscribe now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Supporting Democracy Docket helps amplify my voice in a crowded media environment. It will never sell your email address, send you spam or try to sell you crap you don't need. You will receive pro-democracy information and analysis. Sign-up now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I will be direct: Here how you can help me. 1. Spread the word about the threats to democracy and free and fair elections. 2. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Mark Ruffalo (@markruffalo)
This is Mark Elias’s brilliant response to David Ellison’s OpEd in the NYtimes trying to convince us he can be trusted with CNN and the largest media consolidation in history with the illegal and bele...
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Amy K @amyklassen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Climate is a pattern, and the pattern has changed. = Climate Change
Graphic reading, “The difference between ‘There used to be hot summers too.’ and climate crisis.” Below is a temperature-anomaly chart showing mostly blue, cooler-than-average years in the earlier record, shifting dramatically toward sustained red, warmer-than-average years in recent decades. Occasional earlier red bars are labelled “These were hot summers,” while the sustained cluster of increasingly warm recent years is labelled “This is climate change.”
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Cascadia(PNW) @cascadiarevolting.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Landlord, Michael E Heijer accidentally CCed the entire Seattle city council, asking fellow landlords to testify against rental junk fee banning. Said renters who testified in favor of banning junk fees were the “unemployed left trying to stick it to the man.” Still think this isn’t a class war?
Thanks Wes;
I wrote a similar one and sent it, but didn't cc anyone as I am not sure how they treat that.
I met with Lake Union Partners yesterday and they had a group of developers speaking in front of the Seattle City Council complaining about this item. They were a handful of people who spoke against it, and then the unemployed left of course had a whole bunch of people trying to "stick it to the man" as they want other people pay for their living accommodations.
Very sad.
So, Jack, Nevin et al please keep writing more emails to them so they know that we don't like this at all and keep some pressure on them
Thanks and have a great weekend all.
Michael E Heijer
Owner, GranCorp Holdings LLC
(206) 399-4170 | www.grancorp.com
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I have chosen one path. Sadly, you have chosen the other. That may bring you great wealth in the here and now, but you will end up poorer in the eyes of history. newsletters.democracydocket.com/my-open-/let...
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My open letter to David Ellison
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Democracy Docket last Tuesday. NYT today. Support independent media. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 07/08/2026
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” - Archbishop Desmond Tutu One side wants fascism. The other side wants healthcare as a human right. To even attempt to conflate the two is absurd.
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Vincent Zimmerman @zimmermanv66.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Franchesca Ramsey @chescaleigh.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
"I would never thought the United States would act this way" - Nunca Pensé featuring Mariachi Arcoiris is available on all streaming platforms
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
New stuff, and look for my new book, Vertical Axis, coming out this fall. www.theblackdogspeaks.com/poems/pkxf8x...
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A Really Scary Frog — The Black Dog Speaks
I was out walking the dog the other night and when I stopped in front of a cute little one story ranch a few blocks from my house to give my dog a drink from the Nalgene bottle and collapsib...
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Dr Rasu Shrestha @rasushrestha.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I stand with Dr. Anthony Fauci …because I value EVIDENCE over conspiracy, DATA over rumors, and SCIENCE over politics. No public official is beyond criticism, but there’s a difference between honest scientific guidance and misinformation. I’ll choose evidence EVERY time. #medsky #publichealth
I stand with Dr. Anthony Fauci because I value evidence over conspiracy, data over rumors, and science over politics. No public official is beyond criticism, but there’s a difference between honest scientific guidance and misinformation. I’ll choose evidence every time.
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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
From the archives… www.theblackdogspeaks.com/poems/gyzfq6...
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A Wabanaki Meadow — The Black Dog Speaks
The splash of blue oil on canvas serves as the sky under which rolling hills of blueberries unfold like the flutter of a clean sheet across undulating topography just past the Penobscot Narrows ...
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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Séamas Aloysius @seamusaloysius.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can." - Frank #Zappa
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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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glancing back over time
glancing back over time From that moment on it was different the kind of different you don’t really recover from you don’t get back to normal whatever normal was and some days are just a dull reminder...
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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
New stuff! www.theblackdogspeaks.com/poems/tkht6b...
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glancing back over time — The Black Dog Speaks
From that moment on it was different the kind of different you don’t really recover from you don’t get back to normal whatever normal was and some days are just a dull reminder that ...
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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
New stuff. open.substack.com/pub/jakeband...
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The way it's always been
The way it’s always been Born kicking and screaming the doctors slap on the ass a first of many abuses violence being the social lubricant of life while simple patience runs in short supply smacked, a...
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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Lost my buddy 20 years ago today. Time does not heal all wounds.
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Skip Bleecker @skipbleecker.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
New old stuff for free… www.theblackdogspeaks.com/poems
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Poems — The Black Dog Speaks
Free poetry for the masses.
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Jake Bandit @jakebandit.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Come sit down, relax, and read some great independently created and published FREE poetry. See what happens next… www.theblackdogspeaks.com
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The Black Dog Speaks | Viciously Good Poetry
The Black Dog Speaks is the poetry American author, Jake Bandit. Free poetry every month, or subscribe for access to the Archive and more.
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