Reposted by Susan Z Witterthegladerunner.bsky.social @thegladerunner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Five years ago, when a Seattle burger chain raised employee wages & benefits the Reicht wing lost their minds, screaming the result would be $20 burgers & the company would end in bankruptcy. Today, the chain is even more popular than ever. Never let them try to tell you a living wage can’t work. 30090812963
Reposted by Susan Z WitterJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 5hIn other words, Congress refuses to do its duty. Not just a broken branch. A bygone branch. (At least, part of it...) Willingly surrendering the People's power -- our power -- to a wanna-be king. 2424873
Reposted by Susan Z WitterEmily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.wisn.comSkydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airportFour people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m. 122101812626
Reposted by Susan Z WitterNeil Turkewitz @neilturkewitz.bsky.social · 5hthe terrible truth from an omniscient observer of our times… @hcrichardson.bsky.socialheathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 29, 2026The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S. 251
Reposted by Susan Z WitterRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 15hTime for this classic again. 115122374163
Reposted by Susan Z WitterClimate.us @climate.us · 6hArt x Climate is an integral part of the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5), restored by Climate.us. #SciArt #ClimateForUs One of the featured artworks is “Grinnell Mt. Gould Quadtych” by Diane Burko. Year and Medium: 2009, oil on canvas 0346
Reposted by Susan Z Witterrprobbins.bsky.social @rprobbins.bsky.social · 9hFacts, plain and straightforward 💯🎯 1102335705
Reposted by Susan Z WitterSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 23hImagine a judge asking a toddler with NO lawyer if they agree to voluntary departure or want a removal order. That's what the Trump admin is forcing kids—who are as young as 2 years old—to do in immigration courts. That's not due process. That's insane. These are KIDS.cnn.comInside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN PoliticsMigrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation. 1216768
Reposted by Susan Z Witter13BulliTs Loves the EU @13bullits.bsky.social · 7h💥News of the day There are increasingly more Russians who work from inside to disrupt the Kremlins war machine and they can do anything about it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7571...youtube.comPartisans infiltrate deep inside Russia to destroy vital military logisticsYouTube video by RFU News — Strategic Geopolitics 817655
Reposted by Susan Z WitterMel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 18hStudent journalists across this country have been churning out some of the best journalism these last couple years Thinking of the radio crew covering the encampments in New York, UCLA crew doing the same, not to mention groundbreaking investigation after investigation Brilliant, the best of us 17921265
Reposted by Susan Z WitterChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1hShocker. The Trump admin’s story doesn’t match reality. not even close. Trump on Mesabi Metallics’ proposed $15 BILLION steel plant in Lee County, Iowa: “They’ve already started building.” REALITY: No permits, disclosed site, or major land purchase. Financial incentives still unresolved. 1091018493
Reposted by Susan Z WitterJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 4hOnce you've got more money than you could ever spend, what's the point of earning another dollar? From my conversation with @RobinsonErhardt.bsky.social 4532075
Reposted by Susan Z Witterebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 7hI stand with Jack👏👍 22283802587
Reposted by Susan Z WitterNeil Turkewitz @neilturkewitz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026She’s only partly right. It doesn’t just deserve an apology. Senator Schmitt deserves to be censured. He openly & directly accused Jack Smith of perjury, & then went on The Charlie Kirk show to celebrate. Is that not the very definition of conduct that’s inappropriate or detrimental to the Senate? 0216
Reposted by Susan Z WitterAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Klobuchar has Schmitt dead to rights: "The game in fact was in Maryland. For a senator to have false information & imply, based on confusion about name of a team, that you were in another city & somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia & call you a 'dirtbag' deserves an apology" 20870791498
Reposted by Susan Z WitterClimate.us @climate.us · 23hTrusted climate information should be available to everyone. Your support helps Climate.us keep the science accurate, accessible, and useful. Help us keep going: buff.ly/UfSQBfB 07624
Reposted by Susan Z WitterSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 29/09/2026There's a criminal in the White House and only a Democratic majority will hold him accountable. 1323457
Reposted by Susan Z WitterNeil Turkewitz @neilturkewitz.bsky.social · 6hI love the reference to faux-democratization as “predatory inclusion.” It’s perfect! 👏🏽 Stefan & Leah. “We argue that conceptions that reduce democratization to expanded market access are not merely insufficient but, when applied to speculative capital markets, amount to predatory inclusion.” 0167
Reposted by Susan Z WitterJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12hI hope this headline haunts Eric Schmitt for the rest of his pathetic political career. 1014131803801
Reposted by Susan Z WitterAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4hTrump is standing like no human has ever stood before 120757601102
Reposted by Susan Z WitterThe New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A 94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister was among more than 80 people arrested outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool while demonstrating in support of Palestine Action. The arrests came as Ed Miliband told critics of the government’s policy on Palestine: “We hear you. You were right" 11528791254
Reposted by Susan Z WitterRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22hAt a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity. 314165204654
Reposted by Susan Z WitterAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 16hProud of the CDCers who fought to get this vital info out! 30% of our workforce is gone. Heartbroken by the loss of brilliant scientists, institutional knowledge, & frankly my friends, colleagues, & mentors. An understaffed CDC harms the public & leaves the US vulnerable. Rebuilding will take yearsnytimes.com‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control. 6130391405
Reposted by Susan Z WitterMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15hHere's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw 474118303103
Reposted by Susan Z WitterAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026TILLIS: can the classified documents case be brought again in the future? JACK: we dismissed it without prejudice YESSSSS 266134022821
Reposted by Susan Z WitterRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The moment Jack Smith realized Eric Schmitt was talking about the wrong game. 549186902956
Reposted by Susan Z WitterMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 23hIt's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again. 791272017951
Reposted by Susan Z WitterSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 21hCongress passes a law to fund health care research, housing, and more. The President signs it into law. Now Trump wants to illegally refuse to spend it, STEALING from the American taxpayer. A top nonpartisan government watchdog agrees: this is ILLEGAL.washingtonsun.comCongressional Watchdog Says Trump’s ‘Pocket Rescissions’ Violate the LawThe GAO has the power to sue the Trump administration over the Impoundment Control Act. 1019072
Reposted by Susan Z WitterGovernor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 21hI just signed legislation to protect California's coast from expanded offshore oil drilling and to expand access to public parks and outdoor spaces. While Donald Trump tries to throw America's public lands away to private developers, California is doing the exact opposite. 930462
Reposted by Susan Z WitterMallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 20hWhen Sean Carlson was in third grade, he asked his dad for a dollar. His dad gave him a paper route instead. Hear what Sean learned on that paper route and how it shapes his work running for State Senate today, on Episode 2 of In the Arena. WATCH: mallorymcmorrow.substack.com/p/in-the-are... 0445
Reposted by Susan Z WitterRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20hAccording to leaks, Anthropic reported a $42B net loss in 2025. This was revealed as Anthropic is preparing a massive IPO and even bigger investments in AI infrastructure. How worried should we be about the AI bubble bursting?youtube.comBrace Yourself for the AI BubbleAre we watching an AI revolution, or a slow-motion economic disaster? 50839315
Reposted by Susan Z WitterSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 20hTrump is stealing nearly $1 billion from the American people, plain and simple. Republicans don't care. It seems like every time Trump says “stoop” The only response most Republicans can muster is: “How low?” 1624074
Reposted by Susan Z WitterNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 20hBREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org & Jacobson Lawyers Group just sued HUD for 10 housing nonprofits Trump's HUD delayed their grants for months while they kept helping families facing foreclosure. Then it canceled $56M outright Unlawful & unkind in equal measure -- See you in court👇 -TN 6518185
Reposted by Susan Z WitterInternet Archive @archive.org · 20hYour old books could have another life—not just on your shelf, but in the library. #ToolsYouCanUse 010828
Reposted by Susan Z WitterGovernor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 18hI've signed legislation building on my prior executive order to expedite and simplify the review of wildfire mitigation projects and expand beneficial fire projects and training. We will continue taking serious measures to keep Californians safe. 724238
Reposted by Susan Z WitterMarlene Green @marlenegreen.bsky.social · 20h@hcrichardson.bsky.social & @pkrugman.bsky.social talk about oil, gas, diesel and how Americans are viewed around the globe... Listen, Share widely and Be sure to Vote Early.... youtu.be/1_-Hj8MNd4k?...youtu.beDonald's Diesel Disaster | Lunch Money with Paul Krugman and Heather CoxYouTube video by Paul Krugman 014551