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Trying to avoid X, but it's hard to do if your main interest is MENA issues.

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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Susan Collins is better for Maine,” one of them said. “A Democrat in the seat will be better for the country.” This article gave me new perspective on Sen. Collins, but I hope Mainers agree with sentiments in last graph that we all need to send a message in November.
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Susan Collins’s Maine Money Machine
Susan Collins uses her seniority in Congress to bring significant resources to Maine. Is that enough for voters who hate her party?
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"... it appears that Google is sacrificing the inbox sanity of its customers simply to placate a false, bad faith narrative from Republicans claiming partisan spam bias" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...
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Google Just Made It Easier for Campaigns to Send You Fund-Raising Emails
Republicans previously sued Google claiming its spam filter was biased, but the case was dismissed. The company will now allow verified campaigns to more easily bypass the spam filter.
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"[s]ounds to me like experts telling us that Iran has a strategy that they are executing very effectively......What is the U.S. strategy?" "Trump can nap his way through Lindsey Graham’s funeral, but he won’t be able to sleep through the war he cannot end." @lktiv.bsky.social
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What we don’t know can hurt us, but it’s killing Trump
It has been nearly three months since a press briefing was held at the Pentagon. During this time, the United States has been in a protracted war with Iran. American soldiers have died. Hundreds have ...
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
“It goes back to the basic idea of society and of the Nation itself that people acting in a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could even hope to bring about.” No, definitely not Trump's message! It was FDR 7/24/33. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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July 24, 2026
Tony Romm and Brad Plumer of the New York Times reported this afternoon that the Trump administration’s claim last October that it was cutting programs in order to protect taxpayers against waste was,...
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
You have got to love the way @tinabrownlm.bsky.social uses words! open.substack.com/pub/tinabrow...
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Why Trump Loves Cheats.. and is Losing in Iran
It’s clear by now that Trump can’t bear to hear anyone clapping and not want to shove his melting face into the mix.
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
It's time to re-read Eric Hoffer's True Believer. Then, check out what @repmcgovern.bsky.social has to say. "How dare that party lecture anyone?" open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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July 22, 2026
“The Republican Party’s new favorite talking point is calling Democrats communists,” Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) said yesterday on the floor of the U.S.
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
"Rogan is no Cronkite ..... When future historians search for a moment when Middle America fell out of love with this war and with Israel, Rogan’s interview with Vance would be a good candidate." Does David Hearst @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social know more abt US than most Americans?
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Iran war: Trump must change course now to avoid another Vietnam
As Tehran raises the stakes across the region, the US and Israel appear stuck in a doom loop of their own making
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
New PM @andyburnham.bsky.social could start boldly. @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social sent msg to at least one friend: "Israel is committing war crimes before our eyes." Dania Akkad @declassifieduk.org reports there are 2 issues to face b4 MOD Secretary can act on his convictions. Will he?
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Wes Streeting said Israel was committing war crimes. What now?
Andy Burnham’s new defence secretary is now responsible for the military treaty with a country he believes exhibits “rogue state behaviour”
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"The second Trump administration is forcing the American people to define how they think the United States government should spend their tax dollars." Pay attention and vote accordingly. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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July 21, 2026
The front page of yesterday’s New York Times featured some of the 440,000 Americans from Arizona alone who have lost Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits since the Republicans’ On...
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Chaos continues to reign in the US. "Trump appears to be becoming less and less relevant to actual governance." open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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July 20, 2026
On Friday an Iranian attack on a U.S.
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Stats don't lie when @pkrugman.bsky.social includes them in articles. We get no *R E S P E C T* for obvious reasons. But, "none of what Trump says is really about persuasion. It’s all about laying the groundwork for his attempt to destroy democracy." Good coda today!
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Trump Can’t Get No Respect
His biggest lie wasn’t about elections
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"... deciding to be a democratic socialist because you care about universal health care is like ditching a Toyota for a Rolls-Royce because you want your car to have a steering wheel." @jonathanbchait.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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You Don’t Need to Vote for Socialists to Get Universal Health Care
Critics on the left and the right are, for different reasons, obscuring the Democratic Party’s long commitment to this cause.
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Seems there's nothing Blanche won’t do to please Trump. Has he signed the largest cover-up of presidential wrongdoing/illegality in American history? He should not be AG. Good analysis by @robertreich.substack.com.web.brid.gy (202) 224-3121: Senate switchboard open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Wanna Know Why Todd Blanche Should Never, Ever Become Attorney General?
Now is the time to phone your senator
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"Clacton candidates: an absurd, over-the-top cartoon villain with garbage for ideas who is obsessed with aliens…and Count Binface." @brianklaas.bsky.social bringing a smile, along with facts, on a Friday morning! open.substack.com/pub/briankla...
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The Garden of Forking Paths | Brian Klaas | Substack
Wandering around an infinitely complex, ever-changing world. Click to read The Garden of Forking Paths, by Brian Klaas, a Substack publication.
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“It will be a long oscillation between cold war and low-level hot war.” If this isn't reason to vote 🔵 in 2026 and 2028, I don't know what is. Trump is way out of his depth and surrounded by equally unqualified people at every level. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/u...
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As Iran Cease-Fire Frays, Trump Faces a Muddled War and Unpalatable Options
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
From @pkrugman.bsky.social: "okay this guy is non compos mentis" From @govpritzker.illinois.gov: "Donald Trump is suffering from dementia. Someone needs to step in before it’s too late.” It's time for this to become viral. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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July 8, 2026
After the U.S.
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I could not agree more with @lktiv.bsky.social: "old and tired and broken and corrupt". open.substack.com/pub/luciantr...
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What I feel after our 250th Fourth of July: We need a young, vibrant, and sane president
The 250th Anniversary of this country should have been a joyous affair, all of it, from the celebrations of our founding documents in the runup to the day itself, to the symbols in Washington D.C.
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
A Brit urges Americans to vote!! @iandunt.bsky.social loves the "better America." But, with his unique cheeky Brit humor, says while others love #WorldCup US, that feel good era is transitory: "Sad, tawdry reality" of the Trump era of "vicious victimhood and unconcealed aggression" returns July 19.
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Ice, Ice Baby: America's national decline
The 250th anniversary is corrupt, embarrassing and an utter failure. It's the perfect encapsulation of Trump's US.
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
PS, per @hcrichardson.bsky.social: I am America! #WeAreAmerica250
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Administration officials & their cronies are turning the country we worked hard to build into a vehicle for building their own power & wealth. Republicans in Congress have steadfastly refused to stop the looting or even to investigate. Elections cannot come soon enough IF they're allowed.
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June 27, 2026
Observers are noting that the reflecting pool fiasco, in which Trump created the idea there was an emergency, ignored experts, bypassed normal procedures to give a wildly inflated contract to a crony,...
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Humblebrag kind of book with a bit of declaration of independence from Trump thrown in are good descriptions of JD Vance's Communion. @paulelie.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Can J. D. Vance Serve Both God and Donald Trump?
The Vice-President has written a book about his faith that leaves out the most important questions.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/06/2026
PETERS: If a state refuses to turn their absentee voter list to the federal govt, will Postal Service still mail their ballots under this proposed rule? STEINER: No PETERS: So it basically coerces states to hand over their absentee voter rolls or face consequences of not being able to vote by mail
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Warner: Pulte could claim, whether there’s a source of intelligence or not, that China is going to do X. He could claim that there might be a terrorist threat around polling stations. All of it could be used as an excuse to try to shut down the election.
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
If one Republican wailed "He's having a f**king tantrum," why aren't all of them up in arms also screaming about how this man is f**king up our entire country? Enough already with these cowards. www.notus.org/final-notus-...
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'A F--king Tantrum’
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
"...what we’re seeing may not be so much disappointment in what AI can do as realizing that this extremely compute-intensive AI is not essential." @pkrugman.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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The Chips Are Down
What, if anything, are the markets telling us?
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
You cannot fully appreciate the significance of Russia Editor @BBCNews' @bbcstever.bsky.social without listening to @therestpolitics.bsky.social 6/21 episode. Great interview. youtu.be/cw7Q60X76tM?...
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Valentina's Song (Tomorrow Will Be Better Than Today).
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
There's one thing you have to admit about @jonswaine.bsky.social: he's doggedly thorough in documenting what appears to be a case of a cultish fanatic trying to control a #ManchurianCandidate to high places political places. Congratulations! www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Tulsi Gabbard, her guru and the mysterious messages that helped shape her political career
I obtained hundreds of confidential memos detailing politics and policy guidance for Gabbard from her years in Congress, then embarked on a quest to identify who was behind them.
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I had no idea Title IV was renamed after it's chief sponsor, Patsy Mink. Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social for these informative #WeAreAmerica250 videos! #GenderEquality open.substack.com/pub/250to250...
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Patsy Mink, Narrated by Senator Mazie Hirono
Senator Mazie K.
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Read @montereycountynow.com to understand why many on the Monterey Peninsula no longer consider CHOMP as their go-to hospital. Thanks, Pam Marino, for your important reporting and, Dr. Erin Sullivan, for doing yr job. www.montereycountynow.com/news/local_n...
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A 2023 mistake leads to a nearly $50,000 fine and a federal warning for CHOMP.
A mistake administering medicine at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula in September 2023 nearly cost a 57-year-old stroke patient their life, but the incident was only made public
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
"It’s one more over-the-top lie from a regime that swims in a stinky green algae pool of falsehoods." Trump's agents can't criminalize dissent as Owwellian thoughtcrime. #FirstAmendment www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
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The ‘Minneapolis 15′ ICE-protester indictments are meant to shut you up | Will Bunch
An outrageous federal conspiracy case against 15 anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota really seeks to silence all dissent.
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Read @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and ask yourself, "Is a Trump-wannabe going to be elected in the next UK general election?" Odds are we'll see another pseudo-king in 10 Downing Street come 2029. open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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Revealed: Nigel Farage is breaking British company law
Farage’s personal company has almost £2m in cash but has not filed key documents
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Lucian K. Truscott IV @lktiv.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I know the gift that Donald Trump is giving the world today: A much, much more dangerous world than existed four months ago. There is new economic danger, new conventional military danger, and new danger of nuclear proliferation. luciantruscott.substack.com/p/the-new-ru...
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The new rules of the world after Trump’s war with Iran
I’ve been sitting here trying to remember which war I studied at West Point that ended with the winning side paying the losing side.
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
After watching Netflix documentary on US Grant, which I highly recommend, I'm glad I ran across General McChrystal's essay. Pete Hegseth is no Ulysses S. Grant! Grant has risen in my estimation as a principled general and president. open.substack.com/pub/inpursui...
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Ulysses S. Grant by Stanley McChrystal
Loyalty to principle is harder—and more vital—than loyalty to power
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
It would be tragic if foreign officials - of any persuasion - would be the reason Trumpism is finally crushed. Republican leaders should be stepping forward as the government and our capital city are being turned into a literal gaudy circus. www.politico.eu/article/fran...
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France’s far-right front-runner rejects Trump’s backing
Jordan Bardella called the U.S. president’s behavior “erratic but also extremely unsteady and constantly shifting.”
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Excellent musical coda today @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy to cement explanation of how Musk has co-opted and corrupted key institutions with his #PonziScheme. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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Elon Musk, Human Ponzi Scheme
With Wall Street’s help, you’re about to be forced to buy stock in SpaceX
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
No thanks, @jonlemire.bsky.social mire, last thing I'd do would be to watch half-naked men brutally assault each other on the White House South Lawn's "Claw” stage in celebration of a megalomaniac geriatric's birthday. #SleazyShamelessShowmanship
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Thank You for Your Attention to This Birthday
President Trump will welcome 80 with bright lights and fighting.
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Why does it take a British journalist/editor to state the obvious?I'm sick of reading/listening to the American equivalent couching every report for fear of retaliation? Thank you, David Hearst @middle-east-eye.bsky.social. youtu.be/1vjET0DTBrc?...
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A regional defence pact could end Israel's violent expansionism | The David Hearst Podcast
YouTube video by Middle East Eye
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
This is a good explanation of why #SocialSecurity is in trouble. @rbreich.bsky.social writes the shortfall is all about widening income inequality. Why can't ceiling on income subject to Social Security payroll tax be raised from $184.5K to $400K? open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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They don't want you to know the REAL reason Social Security is in trouble
But I'm going to tell you anyway
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
US isn't sportswashing, but instead sportsmaxxing: not sanitising its image, rather #WorldCup is serving as extension of "US war on the world". Abdullah Al-Arian for @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social questions its suitability to host the beautiful game. www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/worl...
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As World Cup host, the US is sportsmaxxing through war and genocide
For fans and visitors arriving in the United States, football's biggest tournament is becoming another showcase for American power, chauvinism and hostility
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
No one in UK, Canada or US should be advertising/selling illegal settlements that are clearly NOT w/in Green Line boundry. If UK is considering sanctions for #SettlerViolence," these sales should also be banned. Dania Akkad reports for @declassifieduk.org. www.declassifieduk.org/pressure-mou...
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Pressure mounts on UK to ban Israeli real estate event
Event website allowed attendees to register interest in illegal Israeli settlement earlier this week
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The Occupied West Bank Territory should not be up for sale. It's a violation of international law, and along with Mayor Mandani, is something "I firmly disagree with." novaramedia.com/2026/05/09/m...
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Mamdani Blasts Property Fair Selling Occupied Palestinian Land
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has condemned a real estate expo that helps prospective settlers buy land in the occupied West Bank.
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Accountability is what @ossoff.bsky.social calls for after elaborating on the Trump family blatant grifts. substack.com/@jonossoff/n...
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Jon Ossoff (@jonossoff)
The President of Kazakhstan calls Donald Trump…
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
"Piece by piece, he is changing our nation’s capital into a suburban strip mall,' thanks in part to his deteriorating health & cognitive decline, his #SuckupulentCabinet and almost every Congressional Republican. I like @lktiv.bsky.social's wordsmithing! open.substack.com/pub/luciantr...
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Hurtin’ for certain
I’m talking about the health of 79-year-old, almost 80, Donald Trump.
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Why did @usrepjimmypanetta.bsky.social receive so much Think Big Pac $$? He's always a shoe-in in these elections. So, what's he offering in return? #BigMoney has no place in our politics. www.montereycountynow.com/opinion/squi...
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Big Money
BIG MONEY… Even after Squid turned in Squid’s ballot, there seemed to be no way to stop the election-related advertising – the text messages and Instagram ads just kept coming.
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Israel is no longer central node in Middle East because of Abraham Accords but a global pariah. Trump's US tried to pivot away from Middle East, but maybe it’s time for the Middle East to pivot away from the US? Good analysis by Ishaan Tharoor @newyorker.com.
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The Iran War and the End of the “Middle East”
Trump and Netanyahu are reshaping the Middle East—but not the way they intended to.
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
#AlabamaDecision "cements the Roberts Court’s lasting legacy as the greatest enemy of the right to vote since the post-Reconstruction era" open.substack.com/pub/erichold...
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My Statement on The Supreme Court Ruling on Alabama’s Congressional Map
This unconscionable, factually deficient decision casts aside the thoughtful, fact-filled ruling by a three-judge lower court—a majority of whom are Trump-appointed judges—that this map intentionally ...
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Let's hope Trump's arch, serving to frame Lee's mansion, goes the way of his East Wing outrage. @hcrichardson.bsky.social shares meaningful words from John Garfield to explain why Memorial Day has been so important and why Trump's plans demean it. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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May 23, 2026
President Donald J.
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Sister Sue @onemoretime24.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I read this when it was originally published, it was worth re-reading. Watch out for Yarvin's influence as Trump heads into what we all hope is the end of his reign. “He who makes half a revolution digs his own grave.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America
The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee.
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