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Paul Ilechko @pilechko.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I wish I were able to vote in the NYC mayoral election. Because they have ranked choice voting, I could have Paperboy Love Prince as my #1 choice, and Zohran Mamdani as my #2 😂

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Paul Ilechko @pilechko.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

My poem The Night Watch in the new issue of Chiron Review.

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Paul Ilechko @pilechko.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

One of three poems I have in the new issue of Pirene's Fountain

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Paul Ilechko @pilechko.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

New poem at Twin Bird Review. www.twinbirdreview.com/issue-31--su...

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Paul Ilechko @pilechko.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Poem in the new edition of Hiram Poetry Review

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Paul Ilechko @pilechko.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

New poem up at Palette Poetry (www.palettepoetry.com)

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Paul Ilechko @pilechko.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Got my copy of the new issue of Steam Ticket, containing my poem "Missing a Sister".

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Paul Ilechko @pilechko.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Pleased to have my poem "There are Birds that Move Through Time" published by Pangyrus

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 07/05/2025

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

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Paul Ilechko @pilechko.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I never knew that Trump was a musician, but apparently he can play the bukelele

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Paul Ilechko @pilechko.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

asitoughttobemagazine.com/paul-ilechko...

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Paul Ilechko @pilechko.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

New poems up at White Wall Review, here's one of them. whitewallreview.com/two-poems-3/

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Paul Ilechko @pilechko.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

One of my favorite songs ever popped up today: youtu.be/kBOaLjtR4mw?...

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Portishead - The Rip

YouTube video by PortisheadVEVO

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

A Trump-appointed judge in Texas has granted a TRO in a habeas case to block deportation of a class of Venezuelan immigrants under Alien Enemy Act.

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Paul Ilechko @pilechko.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I mean, nothing is going to happen, but it's good to see her doing something. At least try to show how corrupt he is.

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Paul Ilechko @pilechko.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Today's random track is the best disco song of all time! youtu.be/51r5f5OdIY0?...

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Good Times

YouTube video by Chic - Topic

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/04/2025

NEW: GlobalX flight attendants were told they would fly rock bands, sports teams and sun-seekers. Then the company started expanding into deportation flights. “They didn’t tell us these people were going to be shackled, wrists to fucking ankles.”

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Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”

Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and…

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Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

1/ In its crusade against federal agencies, 47's admin is targeting our election system, making potentially dangerous reductions to protections that help keep elections free, fair, & secure.

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The Trump Administration Is Going After Our Elections Too

Government employees have long protected the ballot from attacks. The president is preparing to fire many of them.

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Paul Ilechko @pilechko.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Trump is usurping the role of Congress, and this is what House Republicans do? (Well, of course it is)

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Paul Ilechko @pilechko.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Brilliantly strange track that showed up on my playlist today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJFm...

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Xiu Xiu "Boy Soprano"

YouTube video by Kill Rock Stars

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Paul Ilechko @pilechko.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I must have about fifteen versions of this song, but nobody phrases it quite the way that Willie does. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBB0...

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Satisfied Mind

YouTube video by Willie Nelson - Topic

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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Pete Hegseth accidentally texted a journalist at The Atlantic the U.S.' plans to bomb Yemen: "The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m. The plan included precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing." JFC.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...

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IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA

The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...

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Paul Ilechko @pilechko.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Happy to have my new book, Fragmentation and Volta, featured in Wild Roof's shout-out article on their Substack!

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Paul Ilechko @pilechko.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Stupid -- still can't be fixed.

Parents still anti-vax after child dies from measles

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