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Poet, translator, 14 books, more coming, emeritus professor (Eugene Lang, The New School), lives in southern Mexico, baseball guy (LGFM), dual national 🇺🇸and 🇲🇽. Poet in Mexico Substack open.substack.com/pub/markstatman

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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Broken old man" is tight.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Ossoff points out that thanks to the big beautiful bill that Mike Collins voted for, maternity units in Collins's own district are closing and says, "thanks to Mike Collins, delivering mothers Mike Collins represents have to drive an honor in labor to get to a labor and delivery unit"
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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September 11 after 25 years
We all have different memories of this day.
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This Poet in Mexico is a version of my FB post from last week on the death of Apollo. It also includes photos of Apollo, Cannonball, and Xochipilli, and some poems. Thanks to all for reading, for your notes on our grief. markstatman.substack.com/p/apollo-koc...
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Apollo Koch Statman, RIP
“the dog, not the god, perhaps”
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Ken Paxton: “When somebody tells me a young couple cannot afford a home... I hear you.” (Ken Paxton owns 15 homes and has been in office for 23 years. Since taking office, his net worth has increased by up to $12,000,000.00.)
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Journalist reveals documents exposing Ken Paxton for being bankrolled by data center companies: “All of the highlighted names are from companies or company executives who are invested or involved in data centers or in artificial intelligence, which requires data centers to run.”
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WidowsPique 🇨🇦 @widowspique.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
What an embarrassment.
No text required.
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Fan Mail? Oh Boy!
Poems from Dennis Maloney and songs from two Sebastians
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It makes sense that Mike Rogers is the name of Abdul El-Sayed's opponent. It is the exact phrase he uses whenever a big corporation or Donald Trump gives him a new command. #Pinks Roger that! abdulforsenate.com
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/08/2026
In 2011, Wisconsin education officials suggested subjecting publicly funded private schools to the same performance standards that are applied to public schools. Fifteen years later, those types of accountability measures still do not exist.
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At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.
Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve...
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 19/08/2026
A protest camp in the border town of Lochiel, Arizona, is seeking to stop federal contractors from building another portion of Trump’s border wall. At the center of the camp is a 200-year-old cottonwood known as a “grandmother” tree, with activists sitting in the tree to stop its destruction.
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Activist Tree-Sit in Ancient Cottonwood Continues Against Border Wall Construction in Arizona
A protest camp in the small border town of Lochiel, Arizona, is seeking to stop federal contractors from building another portion of President Trump’s border barrier with Mexico. At the center of the ...
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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 19/08/2026
Absolutely despicable! 152 ICE and CBP agents have been accused, charged or convicted of physical or sexual abuse. These agents aren’t rogue. No extra trainings and no amount of reforms will protect us from DHS and its agents.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Does it ever feel like you're in a cage being watched? Well, you are. By Flock cameras, thanks to Mike Rogers.
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Finishing up now tomorrow’s Poet in Mexico post. Missed the last one? Here’s your chance to catch up! markstatman.substack.com/p/dreamwalk-...
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Dreamwalk Buena Vista
Photos, poems, and Jonathan Richman
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The Jaffe family, known for its real estate holdings and aviation business based in Texas, appears in two batches of Epstein documents released by the Department of Justice: once for trying to buy Epstein’s infamous plane, and once for reportedly associating — according to an anonymous tipster
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/08/2026
Ossoff on Mike Collins: "What he's saying to the people of Georgia is after cutting their healthcare, throwing 300k of them off their health insurance, doubling health insurance premiums for more than 1 mil Georgians, he's then going to take their tax dollars and pay it out to violent criminals."
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It was a hazy day, some hazy and dreamy thinking. Photos from out and about, poems still in close play. And a haunting song from Jonathan Richman from the beginning of the 21st century. open.substack.com/pub/markstat...
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Dreamwalk Buena Vista
Photos, poems, and Jonathan Richman
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
New Cannonball video youtube.com/watch?v=TS1O...
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"standing on nothing"
YouTube video by Cannonball Statman
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
It’s been an interesting July, no? Mundial in North America, war in the Middle East, climate crazy everywhere. In Mexico some gratitude for poetry and music… open.substack.com/pub/markstat...
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July Mexico Thinking US Crazy
With Poetry from Claudia Luna Fuentes and Music from France de Griessen
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Wonderful, haunting song, haunting photos. youtu.be/H_bnEDmTAA4?...
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"Beautiful and terrifying 2026"
YouTube video by Cannonball Statman
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This week’s Poet in Mexico—yes the world keeps spinning… open.substack.com/pub/markstat...
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Poetry, the Guelaguetza, the Mundial and the NBA
Hello Spinning World
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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Mamdani more popular than Netanyahu among U.S. Jews, new poll shows
The Associated Press survey found growing dissatisfaction with Israel's wartime leadership, even as the New York mayor remains divisive over his views on Israel
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I’ve made this a gift article. The red card was a mistake. This is plain wrong. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...
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Trump Asked FIFA to Review U.S. Player’s Suspension. Now He’s Eligible to Play.
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
In April, Araceli Mancilla Zayas, Efraín Velasco, and me were set to read at MUPO (Museo de los pintores oaxaqueños). A sudden serious storm came through. We rescheduled the reading. Jesse took advantage of the moment to film this video; his song/tone poem “Helsinki 1993.” youtu.be/Qd1LI27sHs4?...
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"Helsinki, 1993"
YouTube video by Cannonball Statman
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Deborah Kay Kelly @dkkelly.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
@markstatman.bsky.social FYI
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This week in Poet in Mexico, some thoughts on community and communities. And? Linda Oaxaca. Yes. And new poems from Paul Hoover? Damn.Yep. ¡Órale! open.substack.com/pub/markstat...
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Communities, Consciousness, Poetry
And Poems from Paul Hoover
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Working on the coming week’s Poet in Mexico, coming Wednesday and which will include poems by Paul Hoover. Until then, if you missed it, this past week on maps and memory, and four poems from Haydee Ramos Cadena! ¡Andale! open.substack.com/pub/markstat...
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Life Maps: On the Road in the US and Mexico
And poetry from Haydee Ramos Cadena
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This week’s Poet in Mexico, inspired by the poetry of Haydee Ramos Cadena, has me thinking about maps. Her poems, plus new music from Steven Brown and a classic from Alvaro Carillo. ¡Andale! open.substack.com/pub/markstat...
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Life Maps: On the Road in the US and Mexico
And poetry from Haydee Ramos Cadena
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This week’s Poet in Mexico features The World in Red and Black, a film by Cannonball Statman with Efraín Velasco, Araceli Mancilla Zayas, Pergentino José Ruiz, and myself. This video took our place last week at the NOLA Poetry Festival. Why’d we miss the fest? ICE? open.substack.com/pub/markstat...
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ICE Made Us Miss the NOLA Poetry Fest!
So we made this video, The World in Red and Black, instead
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
This week’s Poet in Mexico has posted. Three things that give me faith and hope in the world political landscape, plus poems from Bill Lavender’s new collection city of god! And Louis Armstrong’s Basin Street Blues! open.substack.com/pub/markstat...
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Those We Trust: Claudia, Hungarians, the US resistance, and (of course) the Easter Bunny
On democracy, healthcare, and more from Bill Lavender’s city of god
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Thinking about the talks today in Pakistan and reposting this Poet in Mexico from Wednesday—still feels relevant. And it has poems from the terrific new book, suddenly, by John Yamrus! A corrido from Amparo Ochoa! open.substack.com/pub/markstat...
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TACO TACO TACO: Trump Clucks Again
And poetry from John Yamrus
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Poet in Mexico has posted. A response to yesterday’s not un expected edition of TACO. Plus poems from Sddenly, the new book from John Yamrus! A corrido from Amparo Ochoa! open.substack.com/pub/markstat...
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TACO TACO TACO: Trump Clucks Again
And poetry from John Yamrus
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
As National Poetry Month continues in the US—and in case you missed it—International Poetry Month (and Poetry Day) were in March. A report on that and on No Kings in Oaxaca from last week’s Poet in Mexico (again—in case you missed it…) #namopo #nokings open.substack.com/pub/markstat...
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Poetry Months and No Kings
Why Not? Plus poetry from Mancilla Zayas and Velasco!
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Hi all—after some time away (the post says why, please read and share) here I am. Gratitude to those of you who wrote wondering. Abrazos. #poetry #poems #Mexico #NoKings open.substack.com/pub/markstat...
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Poetry Months and No Kings
Why Not? Plus poetry from Mancilla Zayas and Velasco!
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This week’s Poet in Mexico. A little pride in where I’ve come from, who I still am. open.substack.com/pub/markstat...
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Soy Neoyorquino
Gratitude to Cyndi and Mayor Mamdani
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
This week’s Poet in Mexico—more ICE murders in Minnesota. More trouble in the US. And yet? Signs of hope? Signs of hope. open.substack.com/pub/markstat...
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A Poet Murdered. Then a Nurse.
The Shamelessness of ICE
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
These two are the best of friends. Next month, chocolate Apollo, will be 11. Today? Our very loco Xochipilli turned 3. ¡Feliz cumple, Xochi!
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
v I voted today. I voted to revoke the governor’s mandate. We have that right. We do it for president too. Claudia has my support. I’m proud of her. My governor? He has to go. So we vote. Wouldn’t it be amazing if we had these democratic practices in the US? open.substack.com/pub/markstat...
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Revoking their Mandates: the US? Oaxaca?
And poems from Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
Klobuchar: "I have personally warned this administration that there would be more deaths, that more of this would happen, and clearly they are not listening. So we ask people around the country to talk to their Republican representatives, to make clear this is not the America that is ours."
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
ICE killed a nurse. Killed a poet. In Oaxaca tomorrow we vote to keep or kick out the governor. Halfway through his 4 year term. Next year? The president. I love our presidenta. The governor? Tomorrow I vote. How cool if in the US we had the same democracy? open.substack.com/pub/markstat...
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Revoking their Mandates: the US? Oaxaca?
And poems from Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
From family and friends? Mixed messages. Thinking to cast a wider net. Visit the US or stay away? In part to celebrate 2 new books. Fear? Protest? Reminder: I’m a dual national, Mexico and US; I’ve published a lot against the current administration; I will continue. Looking for input, advice.
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
New Poet in Mexico! Here in Oaxaca, we get to vote midterm to revoke the governor’s mandate; we get to do that with the president. Wouldn’t that be a great addition to US democracy? Plus poetry from Jeffrey Cyphers Wright! Music from Nanci, Townes, and Silvio! open.substack.com/pub/markstat...
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Revoking their Mandates: the US? Oaxaca?
And poems from Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
This new book? I’m so proud of it. www.lavenderink.org/site/shop/sc...
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Scenes Left Out Of [...] - Velasco and tatman at Diálogos
This continual astonishment of deep imagination translations upsets both temporal and global positioning. Borges is whispering your childhood fairy tales, Mexico City was founded by Walt Disney, and M...
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
A poet murdered. Global threats from a lunatic POTUS. Civil war in my other country. You guessed it. Another Poet in Mexico post I didn’t expect to write. Still? Poems and art from Jesse Lee Kercheval (beauty and peace). Oh yes. And music from John Prine. open.substack.com/pub/markstat...
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A Poet Murdered: Where Do We Go From Here?
And poems by Jesse Lee Kercheval
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Earthquakes and invasions. Claudia, Mexico and Venezuela. The pendejo in the White House. Not the Poet in Mexico I planned on writing to start the year. open.substack.com/pub/markstat...
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Oil, Rare (Earth) Mineral Quake
What a Way to Start the Year
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Friends, merry Christmas from this poet in Mexico. Abrazotes. open.substack.com/pub/markstat...
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Christmas Jew
Ornaments on the cactus and radish nights in Oaxaca
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Don’t we all.
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
As if Leavitt cares about a simple thing like the law.
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
He meant DOJ needs more time to break the law. He meant DOJ is defying Congress. He meant we aren’t finished scrubbing dear leader from the files. He meant we are guilty guilty guilty.
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