@jerrydunklee.bsky.social
Journalism Prof. Emeritus from SCSU. Former broadcast journalist and talk host in MI, NH, Boston, New Haven & NYC. Inducted into the CT JRN Hall of Fame. Also a truck driver, factory worker, cook, janitor, & Army Vet. His poetic license was revoked.
#Donald sure loves the Commie
And says China's press is very balmy.
It’s a #RedCarpet for Comrade Xi
But at home #Socialists are debris.
Consistency is not his style
But the hypocrisy is juvenile.
And says China's press is very balmy.
It’s a #RedCarpet for Comrade Xi
But at home #Socialists are debris.
Consistency is not his style
But the hypocrisy is juvenile.
September 25, 2026 at 4:11 PM
#Donald sure loves the Commie
And says China's press is very balmy.
It’s a #RedCarpet for Comrade Xi
But at home #Socialists are debris.
Consistency is not his style
But the hypocrisy is juvenile.
And says China's press is very balmy.
It’s a #RedCarpet for Comrade Xi
But at home #Socialists are debris.
Consistency is not his style
But the hypocrisy is juvenile.
If it can end up killing all human life
Then #AICreators must own the strife.
If it leads to humanity’s fall
Perhaps they’re not so smart after all.
Then #AICreators must own the strife.
If it leads to humanity’s fall
Perhaps they’re not so smart after all.
September 24, 2026 at 12:07 AM
If it can end up killing all human life
Then #AICreators must own the strife.
If it leads to humanity’s fall
Perhaps they’re not so smart after all.
Then #AICreators must own the strife.
If it leads to humanity’s fall
Perhaps they’re not so smart after all.
If public officials don’t like the #Press
They can respond with their redress.
Using their speech is fair;
Tell people why they should care.
But to shut out voices who criticize
Is unlawful and not politically wise.
It shows you can’t handle the heat.
In November voters will give the receipt.
They can respond with their redress.
Using their speech is fair;
Tell people why they should care.
But to shut out voices who criticize
Is unlawful and not politically wise.
It shows you can’t handle the heat.
In November voters will give the receipt.
September 21, 2026 at 4:52 PM
If public officials don’t like the #Press
They can respond with their redress.
Using their speech is fair;
Tell people why they should care.
But to shut out voices who criticize
Is unlawful and not politically wise.
It shows you can’t handle the heat.
In November voters will give the receipt.
They can respond with their redress.
Using their speech is fair;
Tell people why they should care.
But to shut out voices who criticize
Is unlawful and not politically wise.
It shows you can’t handle the heat.
In November voters will give the receipt.
In the age of Crypto and Bitcoin
And banks worldwide conjoined
#AIAgents could steal the money.
That’s quite a pot of honey.
Commerce would die.
As markets go dry.
But don’t regulate the mess
Just wait for hell to progress.
And banks worldwide conjoined
#AIAgents could steal the money.
That’s quite a pot of honey.
Commerce would die.
As markets go dry.
But don’t regulate the mess
Just wait for hell to progress.
September 11, 2026 at 12:19 AM
In the age of Crypto and Bitcoin
And banks worldwide conjoined
#AIAgents could steal the money.
That’s quite a pot of honey.
Commerce would die.
As markets go dry.
But don’t regulate the mess
Just wait for hell to progress.
And banks worldwide conjoined
#AIAgents could steal the money.
That’s quite a pot of honey.
Commerce would die.
As markets go dry.
But don’t regulate the mess
Just wait for hell to progress.
#NDAs are insidious inventions
And went way beyond intentions.
#BigTech muscles local bureaucrats
To hide plans for data center stats.
Insurers, spouses, and Trumps
Use NDAs to protect their rumps.
They’re designed to obscure
Actions less than pure.
NDAs have become perverse.
End this evil curse.
And went way beyond intentions.
#BigTech muscles local bureaucrats
To hide plans for data center stats.
Insurers, spouses, and Trumps
Use NDAs to protect their rumps.
They’re designed to obscure
Actions less than pure.
NDAs have become perverse.
End this evil curse.
September 2, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Is the #SupremeCourt now a #Conspiracy
To advance the Constitution’s piracy?
What can explain the decisions
To force balance of power revisions?
Are two branches of government
Aligned to end the separation firmament?
The justices are in lock-step mode
To flush Congress down the commode.
To advance the Constitution’s piracy?
What can explain the decisions
To force balance of power revisions?
Are two branches of government
Aligned to end the separation firmament?
The justices are in lock-step mode
To flush Congress down the commode.
September 1, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Is the #SupremeCourt now a #Conspiracy
To advance the Constitution’s piracy?
What can explain the decisions
To force balance of power revisions?
Are two branches of government
Aligned to end the separation firmament?
The justices are in lock-step mode
To flush Congress down the commode.
To advance the Constitution’s piracy?
What can explain the decisions
To force balance of power revisions?
Are two branches of government
Aligned to end the separation firmament?
The justices are in lock-step mode
To flush Congress down the commode.
With a tantrum-loaded sharpie pen,
The Child King strikes again.
It’s obviously a rational scenario
To rename old Lake Ontario.
He proves his serious muscle
Can add to a dumb trade tussle.
He’s proud of his little pen.
It shows he’s a man among men.
The Child King strikes again.
It’s obviously a rational scenario
To rename old Lake Ontario.
He proves his serious muscle
Can add to a dumb trade tussle.
He’s proud of his little pen.
It shows he’s a man among men.
August 27, 2026 at 9:45 PM
With a tantrum-loaded sharpie pen,
The Child King strikes again.
It’s obviously a rational scenario
To rename old Lake Ontario.
He proves his serious muscle
Can add to a dumb trade tussle.
He’s proud of his little pen.
It shows he’s a man among men.
The Child King strikes again.
It’s obviously a rational scenario
To rename old Lake Ontario.
He proves his serious muscle
Can add to a dumb trade tussle.
He’s proud of his little pen.
It shows he’s a man among men.
As Voters choose #Progressive voices
The ballots reveal their choices.
When the GOP calls candidates socialist
It implies those voters are on that list.
Are they confused about what elections mean
Or fear rejection of the MAGA dream?
Voters are setting the table.
Their choices defy a label.
The ballots reveal their choices.
When the GOP calls candidates socialist
It implies those voters are on that list.
Are they confused about what elections mean
Or fear rejection of the MAGA dream?
Voters are setting the table.
Their choices defy a label.
August 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
As Voters choose #Progressive voices
The ballots reveal their choices.
When the GOP calls candidates socialist
It implies those voters are on that list.
Are they confused about what elections mean
Or fear rejection of the MAGA dream?
Voters are setting the table.
Their choices defy a label.
The ballots reveal their choices.
When the GOP calls candidates socialist
It implies those voters are on that list.
Are they confused about what elections mean
Or fear rejection of the MAGA dream?
Voters are setting the table.
Their choices defy a label.
A loss of hope in a democracy
Increases the chance of #autocracy.
If citizens lose voting faith
They surrender to a wraith.
The #SAVE bill is a Trojan Horse
It undermines fairness of course.
Honest voting can renew our direction
If we insist on a fair election.
Increases the chance of #autocracy.
If citizens lose voting faith
They surrender to a wraith.
The #SAVE bill is a Trojan Horse
It undermines fairness of course.
Honest voting can renew our direction
If we insist on a fair election.
July 29, 2026 at 2:31 PM
A loss of hope in a democracy
Increases the chance of #autocracy.
If citizens lose voting faith
They surrender to a wraith.
The #SAVE bill is a Trojan Horse
It undermines fairness of course.
Honest voting can renew our direction
If we insist on a fair election.
Increases the chance of #autocracy.
If citizens lose voting faith
They surrender to a wraith.
The #SAVE bill is a Trojan Horse
It undermines fairness of course.
Honest voting can renew our direction
If we insist on a fair election.
It’s no mystery
We have a complex history.
One step ahead, one back
Progress then attack.
But our messy #Democracy
Hasn’t turned to #Autocracy.
Now #Power demands we kneel.
The danger is real.
Corruption, collusion and cruelty
Combine to want fealty.
The power can be checked.
If at 250 we reject.
We have a complex history.
One step ahead, one back
Progress then attack.
But our messy #Democracy
Hasn’t turned to #Autocracy.
Now #Power demands we kneel.
The danger is real.
Corruption, collusion and cruelty
Combine to want fealty.
The power can be checked.
If at 250 we reject.
July 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM
It’s no mystery
We have a complex history.
One step ahead, one back
Progress then attack.
But our messy #Democracy
Hasn’t turned to #Autocracy.
Now #Power demands we kneel.
The danger is real.
Corruption, collusion and cruelty
Combine to want fealty.
The power can be checked.
If at 250 we reject.
We have a complex history.
One step ahead, one back
Progress then attack.
But our messy #Democracy
Hasn’t turned to #Autocracy.
Now #Power demands we kneel.
The danger is real.
Corruption, collusion and cruelty
Combine to want fealty.
The power can be checked.
If at 250 we reject.
Broad brush painting is hateful poop
One bad actor can’t define a group.
Like Mexicans are rapists, DemSocs are commies
One bad mother can’t reflect all mommies.
Whether from right or left
Such nonsense is always bereft.
It sews division & tries to trap.
But’s just a thoughtless pile of crap.
One bad actor can’t define a group.
Like Mexicans are rapists, DemSocs are commies
One bad mother can’t reflect all mommies.
Whether from right or left
Such nonsense is always bereft.
It sews division & tries to trap.
But’s just a thoughtless pile of crap.
June 27, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Broad brush painting is hateful poop
One bad actor can’t define a group.
Like Mexicans are rapists, DemSocs are commies
One bad mother can’t reflect all mommies.
Whether from right or left
Such nonsense is always bereft.
It sews division & tries to trap.
But’s just a thoughtless pile of crap.
One bad actor can’t define a group.
Like Mexicans are rapists, DemSocs are commies
One bad mother can’t reflect all mommies.
Whether from right or left
Such nonsense is always bereft.
It sews division & tries to trap.
But’s just a thoughtless pile of crap.
Negotiating with a Liar must be fun
Especially one who loves the gun.
When he’s mercurial or just confused
And enjoys abusing the abused
How do you decide to trust
A guy who can suddenly combust.
Iran and the stock market see
It’s weird with a guy who’s fact free
Especially one who loves the gun.
When he’s mercurial or just confused
And enjoys abusing the abused
How do you decide to trust
A guy who can suddenly combust.
Iran and the stock market see
It’s weird with a guy who’s fact free
June 12, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Negotiating with a Liar must be fun
Especially one who loves the gun.
When he’s mercurial or just confused
And enjoys abusing the abused
How do you decide to trust
A guy who can suddenly combust.
Iran and the stock market see
It’s weird with a guy who’s fact free
Especially one who loves the gun.
When he’s mercurial or just confused
And enjoys abusing the abused
How do you decide to trust
A guy who can suddenly combust.
Iran and the stock market see
It’s weird with a guy who’s fact free
The question, Can #AI have a #Soul?,
Has been on quite a fizzy roll.
Consciousness fuels the debate.
Is it something ones and zeroes create?
But conscience is the real question.
Can AI “feel” its own transgression?
Humans can decide wrong from right
That is well beyond a bit or byte.
Has been on quite a fizzy roll.
Consciousness fuels the debate.
Is it something ones and zeroes create?
But conscience is the real question.
Can AI “feel” its own transgression?
Humans can decide wrong from right
That is well beyond a bit or byte.
May 25, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Mama said be leery
Of any #Conspiracy theory.
Most are obvious nonsense
Meant for those who are dense.
But some conspiracies are real.
Trump and Blanche’s no audit deal
Asks all to be blind and kneel.
Any who accept this corruption
Are allies in democracy’s destruction.
Of any #Conspiracy theory.
Most are obvious nonsense
Meant for those who are dense.
But some conspiracies are real.
Trump and Blanche’s no audit deal
Asks all to be blind and kneel.
Any who accept this corruption
Are allies in democracy’s destruction.
May 23, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Mama said be leery
Of any #Conspiracy theory.
Most are obvious nonsense
Meant for those who are dense.
But some conspiracies are real.
Trump and Blanche’s no audit deal
Asks all to be blind and kneel.
Any who accept this corruption
Are allies in democracy’s destruction.
Of any #Conspiracy theory.
Most are obvious nonsense
Meant for those who are dense.
But some conspiracies are real.
Trump and Blanche’s no audit deal
Asks all to be blind and kneel.
Any who accept this corruption
Are allies in democracy’s destruction.
The #SupremeCourt says race discrimination
Is no longer real in our nation.
This is either shows real naivete
Or intentionally looks the other way.
It’s good living in a color-blind place
Where there’s no question about race.
They like to say #Justice is blind.
Agreed, but not this blatant kind.
Is no longer real in our nation.
This is either shows real naivete
Or intentionally looks the other way.
It’s good living in a color-blind place
Where there’s no question about race.
They like to say #Justice is blind.
Agreed, but not this blatant kind.
May 2, 2026 at 6:37 PM
The #SupremeCourt says race discrimination
Is no longer real in our nation.
This is either shows real naivete
Or intentionally looks the other way.
It’s good living in a color-blind place
Where there’s no question about race.
They like to say #Justice is blind.
Agreed, but not this blatant kind.
Is no longer real in our nation.
This is either shows real naivete
Or intentionally looks the other way.
It’s good living in a color-blind place
Where there’s no question about race.
They like to say #Justice is blind.
Agreed, but not this blatant kind.
The #Rich are getting richer, the rest of us are not.
It seems, at the core, there’s a touch of rot.
When #Gas and #Hamburg are a much higher price
A bunch of us are stopping to think more than twice.
Stocks and the oil profits are shooting up.
So the fat get fatter, but we can’t fill our cup.
It seems, at the core, there’s a touch of rot.
When #Gas and #Hamburg are a much higher price
A bunch of us are stopping to think more than twice.
Stocks and the oil profits are shooting up.
So the fat get fatter, but we can’t fill our cup.
April 30, 2026 at 8:52 PM
It must be a joy negotiating with Trump
Today X, tomorrow Y if he’s in a grump.
If you expect steady, clear focus
You’ll get some hocus-pocus.
U-Turns are illegal when driving
With him it’s everyday conniving.
Sir, (he likes sir) what’s your point?
“Whatever I say today, you anoint.”
Today X, tomorrow Y if he’s in a grump.
If you expect steady, clear focus
You’ll get some hocus-pocus.
U-Turns are illegal when driving
With him it’s everyday conniving.
Sir, (he likes sir) what’s your point?
“Whatever I say today, you anoint.”
April 21, 2026 at 1:41 AM
It must be a joy negotiating with Trump
Today X, tomorrow Y if he’s in a grump.
If you expect steady, clear focus
You’ll get some hocus-pocus.
U-Turns are illegal when driving
With him it’s everyday conniving.
Sir, (he likes sir) what’s your point?
“Whatever I say today, you anoint.”
Today X, tomorrow Y if he’s in a grump.
If you expect steady, clear focus
You’ll get some hocus-pocus.
U-Turns are illegal when driving
With him it’s everyday conniving.
Sir, (he likes sir) what’s your point?
“Whatever I say today, you anoint.”
We live in a split screen world today
Both joy and grief on vivid display
Artimis II offers human wonder
Wars of choice offer carnage and blunder.
A few empire-seeking men cause death.
The rest pay, die and struggle for breath.
Let’s send the old fellas to space,
To bring some peace to our place.
Both joy and grief on vivid display
Artimis II offers human wonder
Wars of choice offer carnage and blunder.
A few empire-seeking men cause death.
The rest pay, die and struggle for breath.
Let’s send the old fellas to space,
To bring some peace to our place.
April 14, 2026 at 12:14 AM
We live in a split screen world today
Both joy and grief on vivid display
Artimis II offers human wonder
Wars of choice offer carnage and blunder.
A few empire-seeking men cause death.
The rest pay, die and struggle for breath.
Let’s send the old fellas to space,
To bring some peace to our place.
Both joy and grief on vivid display
Artimis II offers human wonder
Wars of choice offer carnage and blunder.
A few empire-seeking men cause death.
The rest pay, die and struggle for breath.
Let’s send the old fellas to space,
To bring some peace to our place.
The U.S. has about a 1000 #Billionaires.
They’ve acquired lots with few cares.
There are about 180-million voters here
That they out-number the rich is clear.
We still have one person, one vote
Do the math; we can row the boat.
The rich can be made to pay heed
If we vote for the things we need.
They’ve acquired lots with few cares.
There are about 180-million voters here
That they out-number the rich is clear.
We still have one person, one vote
Do the math; we can row the boat.
The rich can be made to pay heed
If we vote for the things we need.
April 11, 2026 at 12:10 PM
The U.S. has about a 1000 #Billionaires.
They’ve acquired lots with few cares.
There are about 180-million voters here
That they out-number the rich is clear.
We still have one person, one vote
Do the math; we can row the boat.
The rich can be made to pay heed
If we vote for the things we need.
They’ve acquired lots with few cares.
There are about 180-million voters here
That they out-number the rich is clear.
We still have one person, one vote
Do the math; we can row the boat.
The rich can be made to pay heed
If we vote for the things we need.
JOHNNY! You can’ say THAT word!
“But the President said it, I heard.”
I’ll wash your mouth out with soap!
“But he said it; you should cope.”
You will respect your elders young man!
“I am! HE said it, so I can!”
Parents, you can fight the rot or cry.
But, you'll get no help from that elder guy.
“But the President said it, I heard.”
I’ll wash your mouth out with soap!
“But he said it; you should cope.”
You will respect your elders young man!
“I am! HE said it, so I can!”
Parents, you can fight the rot or cry.
But, you'll get no help from that elder guy.
April 7, 2026 at 9:29 PM
JOHNNY! You can’ say THAT word!
“But the President said it, I heard.”
I’ll wash your mouth out with soap!
“But he said it; you should cope.”
You will respect your elders young man!
“I am! HE said it, so I can!”
Parents, you can fight the rot or cry.
But, you'll get no help from that elder guy.
“But the President said it, I heard.”
I’ll wash your mouth out with soap!
“But he said it; you should cope.”
You will respect your elders young man!
“I am! HE said it, so I can!”
Parents, you can fight the rot or cry.
But, you'll get no help from that elder guy.
An arbitrary #ExecutiveOrder is a fiat.
It’s when a king pulls it out of his hat.
The vassals are supposed to obey.
Off with their heads if they stray.
Tripartite government says no to that.
The intended #BalanceofPower ain’t fiat
Congress must immediately restore
What that balance is for.
It’s when a king pulls it out of his hat.
The vassals are supposed to obey.
Off with their heads if they stray.
Tripartite government says no to that.
The intended #BalanceofPower ain’t fiat
Congress must immediately restore
What that balance is for.
April 1, 2026 at 3:12 PM
An arbitrary #ExecutiveOrder is a fiat.
It’s when a king pulls it out of his hat.
The vassals are supposed to obey.
Off with their heads if they stray.
Tripartite government says no to that.
The intended #BalanceofPower ain’t fiat
Congress must immediately restore
What that balance is for.
It’s when a king pulls it out of his hat.
The vassals are supposed to obey.
Off with their heads if they stray.
Tripartite government says no to that.
The intended #BalanceofPower ain’t fiat
Congress must immediately restore
What that balance is for.
#Donald now calls it his #Weave.
He vomits words like a mighty heave.
Splattering partial thoughts that deceive
So it’s tough to know what to believe.
Of course, weavers make actual cloth
His glossy gold spins yarns of froth.
It’s often a fabric of make-believe
That causes all the globe to grieve.
He vomits words like a mighty heave.
Splattering partial thoughts that deceive
So it’s tough to know what to believe.
Of course, weavers make actual cloth
His glossy gold spins yarns of froth.
It’s often a fabric of make-believe
That causes all the globe to grieve.
March 30, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The #StockMarket seems to operate on whims.
A whiff of fear or hope and it soars or dims.
You hope there’d be saner hands on the wheel
But it reacts to the latest pretend facts or spiel.
It’s not a comfort to our accounts,
To see the churners about to pounce.
When chaos reigns
Who holds the reins?
A whiff of fear or hope and it soars or dims.
You hope there’d be saner hands on the wheel
But it reacts to the latest pretend facts or spiel.
It’s not a comfort to our accounts,
To see the churners about to pounce.
When chaos reigns
Who holds the reins?
March 23, 2026 at 6:51 PM
The #StockMarket seems to operate on whims.
A whiff of fear or hope and it soars or dims.
You hope there’d be saner hands on the wheel
But it reacts to the latest pretend facts or spiel.
It’s not a comfort to our accounts,
To see the churners about to pounce.
When chaos reigns
Who holds the reins?
A whiff of fear or hope and it soars or dims.
You hope there’d be saner hands on the wheel
But it reacts to the latest pretend facts or spiel.
It’s not a comfort to our accounts,
To see the churners about to pounce.
When chaos reigns
Who holds the reins?
#NextStar/Tegna merger breaks the law.
But #Carr says ignore what we saw.
39% US TV coverage is the top.
Now 80% is okay says the FCC cop.
Congress set the 39-percent
Will they rollover to this ascent?
The law says monopoly stinks up the joint.
Now, it seems to be the point.
But #Carr says ignore what we saw.
39% US TV coverage is the top.
Now 80% is okay says the FCC cop.
Congress set the 39-percent
Will they rollover to this ascent?
The law says monopoly stinks up the joint.
Now, it seems to be the point.
March 22, 2026 at 12:05 PM
#NextStar/Tegna merger breaks the law.
But #Carr says ignore what we saw.
39% US TV coverage is the top.
Now 80% is okay says the FCC cop.
Congress set the 39-percent
Will they rollover to this ascent?
The law says monopoly stinks up the joint.
Now, it seems to be the point.
But #Carr says ignore what we saw.
39% US TV coverage is the top.
Now 80% is okay says the FCC cop.
Congress set the 39-percent
Will they rollover to this ascent?
The law says monopoly stinks up the joint.
Now, it seems to be the point.
Mr. Trump says he’s the Best builder
Given his words, his actions just bewilder.
The #EastWing, justice, health care,
He’s broken more than his fair share.
Overseas his preference is the bomb
Destroying with indifferent aplomb.
Many of his deeds are simply cruel
A deadly mix of thoughtless gruel.
Given his words, his actions just bewilder.
The #EastWing, justice, health care,
He’s broken more than his fair share.
Overseas his preference is the bomb
Destroying with indifferent aplomb.
Many of his deeds are simply cruel
A deadly mix of thoughtless gruel.
March 18, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Mr. Trump says he’s the Best builder
Given his words, his actions just bewilder.
The #EastWing, justice, health care,
He’s broken more than his fair share.
Overseas his preference is the bomb
Destroying with indifferent aplomb.
Many of his deeds are simply cruel
A deadly mix of thoughtless gruel.
Given his words, his actions just bewilder.
The #EastWing, justice, health care,
He’s broken more than his fair share.
Overseas his preference is the bomb
Destroying with indifferent aplomb.
Many of his deeds are simply cruel
A deadly mix of thoughtless gruel.