Jane Rosenberg LaForge
@elrosenberglaforge.bsky.social
Poet, novelist, book reviewer, former adjunct professor, former journalist, blah blah blah blah blah
I wonder if Trump's attacks on women #journalists is a sign of encroaching dementia. This is not an excuse for his behavior. But it's been my experience that when people become senile, have hardening of the arteries, or Alzheimer's, or any age-related cognitive decline, they get mean. Or meaner.
"You are terrible!— I didn’t say that. You said that! This is ABC fake news.”
Trump reverses and crashes out on ABC’s Rachel Scott after she asks him about 2nd-strike footage he said he’d have ‘no problem’ releasing.
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Trump reverses and crashes out on ABC’s Rachel Scott after she asks him about 2nd-strike footage he said he’d have ‘no problem’ releasing.
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Donald Trump calls female reporter "obnoxious" for asking question
In recent weeks, Trump has drawn attention after slinging insults at several female journalists.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I wonder if Trump's attacks on women #journalists is a sign of encroaching dementia. This is not an excuse for his behavior. But it's been my experience that when people become senile, have hardening of the arteries, or Alzheimer's, or any age-related cognitive decline, they get mean. Or meaner.
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ICEBlock [an app that tracks ICE agents’ locations in real time] sues the US government after the DOJ pressured Apple to remove the app from the App Store, potentially violating the First Amendment's free speech rights.
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ICEBlock developer sues U.S. government after DOJ demanded Apple remove app from store
The developer of the ICEBlock app sued the U.S. government for alleged free speech infringements.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
ICEBlock [an app that tracks ICE agents’ locations in real time] sues the US government after the DOJ pressured Apple to remove the app from the App Store, potentially violating the First Amendment's free speech rights.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/i...
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This is what is meant by "slippery slope" in those #FirstAmendment #academicfreedom cases. Thanks, @ou.edu www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
University of Oklahoma Removes a Teacher It Says Urged Students to Protest
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December 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This is what is meant by "slippery slope" in those #FirstAmendment #academicfreedom cases. Thanks, @ou.edu www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
"Students think they are customers who deserve to be catered to, rather than curious humans who might have something to learn:" What the controversy over a failing grade on a #University of Oklahoma student paper says about #highereducation. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
Opinion | How One Student’s Failing Grade Became a Cause Célèbre on the Right
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December 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"Students think they are customers who deserve to be catered to, rather than curious humans who might have something to learn:" What the controversy over a failing grade on a #University of Oklahoma student paper says about #highereducation. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
Decided over the weekend that because of the junk he eats, our president is not a human being, but a forever chemical. His hatred, arrogance, and every bad idea he ever had will be with us forever.
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Decided over the weekend that because of the junk he eats, our president is not a human being, but a forever chemical. His hatred, arrogance, and every bad idea he ever had will be with us forever.
A comment on the @ou.edu student #essay controversy that I can agree with: www.kswo.com/2025/12/05/p... #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #FirstAmendment
‘The professor was right’: Oklahoma Republican college leader criticizes essay controversy
The chairman of the Oklahoma Federation of College Republicans is weighing in on controversy surrounding a failed essay submitted by a University of Oklahoma student.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A comment on the @ou.edu student #essay controversy that I can agree with: www.kswo.com/2025/12/05/p... #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #FirstAmendment
Inside job? Ok, but who was on the inside on January 6, 2021? Just wonderin'.
The most interesting part of this story isn’t that the pipe bomber is MAGA. That was blatantly obvious. What should interest folks is that the FBI and DoJ hid that fact from you, and still haven’t made a statement. This info is coming from sources on the condition of anonymity.
And there's the motive.
December 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Inside job? Ok, but who was on the inside on January 6, 2021? Just wonderin'.
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Trump is using the presidency to criminalize dissent, intimidate the press, and deny the possibility that his own directives could be unlawful. It’s a classic authoritarian move to punish those who warn about illegal orders while expanding military operations that may already constitute war crimes.
White House blasts Boston Globe, CBS News and The Independent for coverage of 'illegal orders' video
Last week, six Democrats with military or national security experience, released a video reminding service members they have the right to refuse illegal orders.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Trump is using the presidency to criminalize dissent, intimidate the press, and deny the possibility that his own directives could be unlawful. It’s a classic authoritarian move to punish those who warn about illegal orders while expanding military operations that may already constitute war crimes.
Someone please turn back on the sun.
December 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Someone please turn back on the sun.
It's an old Hollywood trope that female #journalists sleep with their sources. Otherwise, how would they get their stories? I'm #writing about this in my work-in-progress novel. Good times. #journalism www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
Opinion | A Serious Journalism Scandal Hiding Inside a Frivolous Sexual One
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December 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It's an old Hollywood trope that female #journalists sleep with their sources. Otherwise, how would they get their stories? I'm #writing about this in my work-in-progress novel. Good times. #journalism www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
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Trump says he’ll release his MRI results, but doesn’t know which body part they scanned. He then pivots to brag he ‘aced’ a cognitive test, and tells the female reporter who asked about MRI that she’d be ‘incapable’ of doing the same.
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Trump unleashes latest insult at female reporter who asked about MRI
President repeats claim he’s ‘aced’ a cognitive test as he tells reporter she would be ‘incapable’ of doing same
www.the-independent.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Trump says he’ll release his MRI results, but doesn’t know which body part they scanned. He then pivots to brag he ‘aced’ a cognitive test, and tells the female reporter who asked about MRI that she’d be ‘incapable’ of doing the same.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Rage Bait, online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive, has been named by Oxford University Press @oxunipress.bsky.social as its #word or phrase of the year. #language
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Rage bait named word of the year 2025 by Oxford University Press
The phrase - meaning to get angry scrolling through social media - beats aura farming and biohack to the title.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Rage Bait, online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive, has been named by Oxford University Press @oxunipress.bsky.social as its #word or phrase of the year. #language
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According to @thefireorg.bsky.social in this article: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o... , there have been 80 attempts to punish academics over their remarks about Charlie Kirk. @reuters.com has counted 600 Americans "fired, suspended, investigated or disciplined" for the same. #FirstAmendment
Opinion | A Retired Police Officer Posted a Meme. It Earned Him 37 Days in Jail.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
According to @thefireorg.bsky.social in this article: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o... , there have been 80 attempts to punish academics over their remarks about Charlie Kirk. @reuters.com has counted 600 Americans "fired, suspended, investigated or disciplined" for the same. #FirstAmendment
Had myself quite the laugh last night thinking about T.S. Eliot's estate licensing the #poem #poetry "The Hollow Men" for use in the film "The Gorge." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gor... poets.org/poem/hollow-... That's a hardy har har for me.
The Hollow Men
We are the hollow men
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November 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Had myself quite the laugh last night thinking about T.S. Eliot's estate licensing the #poem #poetry "The Hollow Men" for use in the film "The Gorge." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gor... poets.org/poem/hollow-... That's a hardy har har for me.
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"Are you stupid?" Trump berates ANOTHER female reporter who challenged his claim that Biden failed to vet DC shooter, citing an IG report showing Trump’s own DHS and FBI had vetted him this year.
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Trump slams reporter over DC shooting question: ‘Are you a stupid person?’
President Donald Trump called a female reporter "stupid" for questioning his claims about the vetting of Afghan nationals.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"Are you stupid?" Trump berates ANOTHER female reporter who challenged his claim that Biden failed to vet DC shooter, citing an IG report showing Trump’s own DHS and FBI had vetted him this year.
www.newsweek.com/trump-slams-...
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It's my every-once-in-a-while notice that RICHARD BRAUTIGAN wrote the #poem (here it is: allpoetry.com/All-Watched-...) that inspired the titles of books, rock bands, and a phrase in this Op-Ed piece: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace by Richard Brautigan - Famous poems, famous poets. - All Poetry
Comments & analysis: I like to think (and / the sooner the better!)
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November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It's my every-once-in-a-while notice that RICHARD BRAUTIGAN wrote the #poem (here it is: allpoetry.com/All-Watched-...) that inspired the titles of books, rock bands, and a phrase in this Op-Ed piece: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
I hope you'll read my #book #review of Cris Mazza's #essay collection, "The Decade of Letting Things Go," in the new issue of The Shanghai Review. Find out about the magic Mazza works on ordinary words and the courage it takes to survive as a daughter, sister, colleague, and life partner.
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Here's some poetry for ya: www.telos.news/p/part-2-she... I didn't write it. In fact, someone much more important than I am wrote it.
Part 2: She Did It Again
If you are new to this series, start here.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Here's some poetry for ya: www.telos.news/p/part-2-she... I didn't write it. In fact, someone much more important than I am wrote it.
Spending all my money now so I won't have to buy anything on Black Friday.
November 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Spending all my money now so I won't have to buy anything on Black Friday.
"clearly, calmly, with nuance and lyrical beauty…" Thank you to @scottmanleyhadley.bsky.social for this wonderful review of my new #poetry collection, "The Exhaust of Dreams Adulterated." A view from a London commuter train and more consideration than is generous. Thank you. #poems #bookreview
Read a great collection of autobiographical poetry by Jane Rosenberg LaForge, published by Broadstone Books: triumphofthenow.com/2025/11/13/t...
The Exhaust of Dreams Adulterated by Jane Rosenberg LaForge
a lovely collection of engaging autobiographical poetry
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November 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"clearly, calmly, with nuance and lyrical beauty…" Thank you to @scottmanleyhadley.bsky.social for this wonderful review of my new #poetry collection, "The Exhaust of Dreams Adulterated." A view from a London commuter train and more consideration than is generous. Thank you. #poems #bookreview
Withdrew a #poetry #submission because it had been in the #literary magazine's cue for one year and eleven days and they apparently never read it. I told them that was enough time to reject the #poems. So this is what I have been reduced to. Just so you know.
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Withdrew a #poetry #submission because it had been in the #literary magazine's cue for one year and eleven days and they apparently never read it. I told them that was enough time to reject the #poems. So this is what I have been reduced to. Just so you know.
This long national nightmare is a lot longer than the original long national nightmare and it keeps getting more nightmarish and I am hoping that a flipped House and Senate can put an end to it in 2027 or 2028. So obviously it's going to last a lot longer. A lot.
November 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This long national nightmare is a lot longer than the original long national nightmare and it keeps getting more nightmarish and I am hoping that a flipped House and Senate can put an end to it in 2027 or 2028. So obviously it's going to last a lot longer. A lot.