Matthew Lansburgh
@matthewlansburgh.bsky.social
Author of OUTSIDE IS THE OCEAN. Iowa Short Fiction Award. Finalist for Lambda Literary Award in Gay Fiction & Ferro-Grumley Award in LGBTQ Fiction. 🌈 🌈 🌈 Recipient of Fellowships to Bread Loaf, Sewanee, Yaddo & MacDowell. He/him.
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Early this morning, our city still plunged into darkness, I set off to walk the Brooklyn Bridge.
As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city.
Tomorrow, we win it together.
As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city.
Tomorrow, we win it together.
November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Early this morning, our city still plunged into darkness, I set off to walk the Brooklyn Bridge.
As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city.
Tomorrow, we win it together.
As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city.
Tomorrow, we win it together.
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commie corridor pumpkins
October 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
commie corridor pumpkins
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October 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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A fun byproduct of unitary executive theory—if the president controls everyone under him, he can demand they transfer hundreds of millions in tax dollars into his bank account
Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X
October 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A fun byproduct of unitary executive theory—if the president controls everyone under him, he can demand they transfer hundreds of millions in tax dollars into his bank account
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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NEW: The Trump admin took steps on Wednesday to maximize the pain of the government shutdown, halting billions of dollars in green energy and infrastructure funds for Democratic-led states while readying a plan to lay off federal workers, perhaps in next day or two www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...
White House Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain and Punish Political Foes
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
NEW: The Trump admin took steps on Wednesday to maximize the pain of the government shutdown, halting billions of dollars in green energy and infrastructure funds for Democratic-led states while readying a plan to lay off federal workers, perhaps in next day or two www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...
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UPDATE: Tyler Robinson is a WHITE male; not a trans individual, woman, or POC.
Charlie Kirk incessantly dehumanized every group that wasn’t a White, Christian male, and yet his fate was decided by someone he would’ve revered.
Think about that.
Charlie Kirk incessantly dehumanized every group that wasn’t a White, Christian male, and yet his fate was decided by someone he would’ve revered.
Think about that.
September 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
UPDATE: Tyler Robinson is a WHITE male; not a trans individual, woman, or POC.
Charlie Kirk incessantly dehumanized every group that wasn’t a White, Christian male, and yet his fate was decided by someone he would’ve revered.
Think about that.
Charlie Kirk incessantly dehumanized every group that wasn’t a White, Christian male, and yet his fate was decided by someone he would’ve revered.
Think about that.
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The guy who they believe killed Charlie Kirk is a 22 year old white Christian guy from Utah named Tyler Robinson. Reports say he's Mormon.
Will MAGA demand we round up all young white men? Will we have to make Mormonism illegal? Will the Christians be sent to camps?
Will MAGA demand we round up all young white men? Will we have to make Mormonism illegal? Will the Christians be sent to camps?
September 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The guy who they believe killed Charlie Kirk is a 22 year old white Christian guy from Utah named Tyler Robinson. Reports say he's Mormon.
Will MAGA demand we round up all young white men? Will we have to make Mormonism illegal? Will the Christians be sent to camps?
Will MAGA demand we round up all young white men? Will we have to make Mormonism illegal? Will the Christians be sent to camps?
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Hey Folks, Future King of Healthcare here! The radical left recently leaked REAL footage of a date I went on! Frankly, I think I look fantastic, and I agree with everything said! Take a look!
#RFKJR #MAHA #MakeAmericaHealthyAgain #MAGA #Trump #MakeAmericaGreatAgain
#RFKJR #MAHA #MakeAmericaHealthyAgain #MAGA #Trump #MakeAmericaGreatAgain
December 23, 2024 at 4:45 AM
Hey Folks, Future King of Healthcare here! The radical left recently leaked REAL footage of a date I went on! Frankly, I think I look fantastic, and I agree with everything said! Take a look!
#RFKJR #MAHA #MakeAmericaHealthyAgain #MAGA #Trump #MakeAmericaGreatAgain
#RFKJR #MAHA #MakeAmericaHealthyAgain #MAGA #Trump #MakeAmericaGreatAgain
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The Trump administration can't circumvent constitutional protections by sending people away to ICE detention centers in remote places like the Florida Everglades wetlands.
We'll see the administration in court.
We'll see the administration in court.
What You Need to Know About "Alligator Alcatraz"
A secretive, immigration detention camp in the Everglades is drawing national outrage for violating our constitutional rights, for its inhumane conditions, and significant environmental risks.
www.aclu.org
August 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Trump administration can't circumvent constitutional protections by sending people away to ICE detention centers in remote places like the Florida Everglades wetlands.
We'll see the administration in court.
We'll see the administration in court.
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"Instead of being worried about the fingers he was missing, 16 years old, he kept pointing to his mouth & telling me to feed him. He had no fingers left on his hands, that had been blown away."
A US doctor talked to me from Gaza City about starvation. Shocking testimony.
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A US doctor talked to me from Gaza City about starvation. Shocking testimony.
zeteo.com/p/bombs-go-o...
August 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"Instead of being worried about the fingers he was missing, 16 years old, he kept pointing to his mouth & telling me to feed him. He had no fingers left on his hands, that had been blown away."
A US doctor talked to me from Gaza City about starvation. Shocking testimony.
zeteo.com/p/bombs-go-o...
A US doctor talked to me from Gaza City about starvation. Shocking testimony.
zeteo.com/p/bombs-go-o...
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Thank you to Evelyn Ch'ien at @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social for these insightful questions.
Finding Voice to Give Voice: Q&A with Lori Ostlund – ZYZZYVA
The title of Lori Ostlund’s new story collection, Are You Happy? (272 pages; Astra House), suggests the quandary of whether Ostlund is interrogating the
www.zyzzyva.org
June 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Thank you to Evelyn Ch'ien at @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social for these insightful questions.
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Our Advanced Fiction Workshop with @matthewlansburgh.bsky.social returns this October! Applications close August 3rd. Learn more here: bit.ly/44EkiWb
July 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Our Advanced Fiction Workshop with @matthewlansburgh.bsky.social returns this October! Applications close August 3rd. Learn more here: bit.ly/44EkiWb
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i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet
May 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet
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Instead of ripping away health care from millions of people, Republicans should crack down on waste in Medicare Advantage.
Tactics like "upcoding"—when for-profit insurance companies exaggerate medical problems to pad their profits—cost taxpayers billions. That’s real waste.
Tactics like "upcoding"—when for-profit insurance companies exaggerate medical problems to pad their profits—cost taxpayers billions. That’s real waste.
Democrats push GOP toward Medicare ‘upcoding’ instead of Medicaid cuts
Democratic lawmakers are asking GOP leadership to reject Medicaid cuts in favor of going after Medicare Advantage “upcoding” as a way of saving federal dollars and addressing waste, fra…
thehill.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Instead of ripping away health care from millions of people, Republicans should crack down on waste in Medicare Advantage.
Tactics like "upcoding"—when for-profit insurance companies exaggerate medical problems to pad their profits—cost taxpayers billions. That’s real waste.
Tactics like "upcoding"—when for-profit insurance companies exaggerate medical problems to pad their profits—cost taxpayers billions. That’s real waste.
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Elena Kagan once refused to accept a gift basket of bagels and lox from Russ & Daughters.
Breaking News: President Trump plans to accept a luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar that he will use as Air Force One and will keep using after he leaves office. The plan — involving possibly the biggest foreign gift ever received by the U.S. government — raises substantial ethical issues.
Trump Is to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One
www.nytimes.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Elena Kagan once refused to accept a gift basket of bagels and lox from Russ & Daughters.
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Trump is so addicted to tacky opulence—and so in thrall to his ego—that he is willing to debase the presidency and the country by accepting this wildly inappropriately opulent bribe from Qatar’s royal family.
You're the servant of the people, man. Not their king.
You're the servant of the people, man. Not their king.
Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources
President Trump poised to accept "palace in the sky" as a gift from Qatar: Sources
abcnews.go.com
May 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Trump is so addicted to tacky opulence—and so in thrall to his ego—that he is willing to debase the presidency and the country by accepting this wildly inappropriately opulent bribe from Qatar’s royal family.
You're the servant of the people, man. Not their king.
You're the servant of the people, man. Not their king.
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If anyone out there was undecided on whether Trump is operationalizing a precise, coordinated plan to destroy our democracy so he can rule until he dies, the move to shut down Act Blue, the primary way Democrats’ campaigns are funded, should be the final proof point.
April 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If anyone out there was undecided on whether Trump is operationalizing a precise, coordinated plan to destroy our democracy so he can rule until he dies, the move to shut down Act Blue, the primary way Democrats’ campaigns are funded, should be the final proof point.
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Trump has set up a new club where CEOs, tech bros, and foreign oligarchs can pay $500,000 to join in order to get access to the Trump Cabinet who will all be there regularly.
Just because the grift is all public doesn’t mean this isn’t the most corrupt White House in history.
Just because the grift is all public doesn’t mean this isn’t the most corrupt White House in history.
April 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Trump has set up a new club where CEOs, tech bros, and foreign oligarchs can pay $500,000 to join in order to get access to the Trump Cabinet who will all be there regularly.
Just because the grift is all public doesn’t mean this isn’t the most corrupt White House in history.
Just because the grift is all public doesn’t mean this isn’t the most corrupt White House in history.
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(Bloomberg) - Insiders including Meta Platforms Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle Corp.’s Safra Catz and JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Jamie Dimon cashed out shares worth billions of dollars before President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements roiled markets.
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April 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
(Bloomberg) - Insiders including Meta Platforms Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle Corp.’s Safra Catz and JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Jamie Dimon cashed out shares worth billions of dollars before President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements roiled markets.
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The Social Security system is crashing, locking senior citizens out for long stretches nearly every day. And Trump's solution is to lay off 1000 more workers and slash the IT budget by 50%.
Start asking if the purpose is to crash our economy and society. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Start asking if the purpose is to crash our economy and society. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Social Security website keeps crashing, as DOGE demands cuts to IT staff
The worsening problems come as Elon Musk’s DOGE team pushes for more cuts at the agency, including in the department that oversees the website.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The Social Security system is crashing, locking senior citizens out for long stretches nearly every day. And Trump's solution is to lay off 1000 more workers and slash the IT budget by 50%.
Start asking if the purpose is to crash our economy and society. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Start asking if the purpose is to crash our economy and society. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...