Reposted by SusanNina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 6hThe sooner you vote, the less likely they’ll succeed. 022
Reposted by SusanMichael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 6hDid someone say "costs of war"?motherjones.comThink Trump’s $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget request is outrageous? This'll blow your mind.We already spend at least that much on the US military each year, and maybe a lot more. 052
Reposted by SusanChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 7hSomething unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war. 16627571314
Reposted by SusanTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 6h*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY. 5216761199
Reposted by SusanDavid Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 6hBe careful of federal election monitors. They may be criminals. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comDOJ lawyer convicted of hacking election sites monitored voting in Maricopa County, ArizonaThe involvement of the two lawyers in a state where President Donald Trump challenged the 2020 election results adds to concerns that the administration’s monitoring program for the fall — which it ha... 163
Reposted by SusanJessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 6hCyber Ninjas were the election "fraud" group, and Understanding the Threat is an anti-Muslim group. www.wired.com/story/this-h...wired.comThis Hate Group Is Teaching Cops to Track MuslimsHow a former FBI agent delivered a tool for tracking Muslims into the Trumpian mainstream. 13211
Reposted by SusanScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6hIn Greg Abbott's Texas, Hispanics have no right to be treated with dignity. This is an axiom. bsky.app/profile/iwil... 33917
Reposted by SusanAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 6hUnder Trump, more than 500 Americans have been grabbed off the street and sent to DHS concentration camps. Many have been filmed screaming that they are American citizens. DHS doesn't care; they just toss them into detainment until some family member or lawyer is able to prove their citizenship.projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 26241
Reposted by SusanIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 06/10/2026Over the next month, we’re contacting tens of thousands of voters who have the power to flip the House and Senate, and giving volunteers in our 40 target races the tools to talk to their neighbors about the importance of voting in the midterms. All our work is powered by grassroots donors like you! 125185
Reposted by SusanScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026She was maliciously shot by CBP agents who proceeded to lie about every single element of the incident and criminally charged her. The charges were dismissed after film and photos showed she was right and they were lying. Now she demands criminal charges against the CBP agents.chicago.suntimes.comChicago woman shot by Border Patrol sues feds — and keeps pushing for criminal chargesMarimar Martinez was labeled a "domestic terrorist" and criminally charged after she was shot by agent Charles Exum last year. Since her exoneration, she has fought the Trump administration's aggressi... 5334127
Reposted by SusanIf you know you know @privatechand.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I am sick to the depths of my soul. 041
Reposted by SusanJonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 06/10/2026sciencebasedmedicine.orgWhy Did the “Urgency of Normal” Stop Caring About the Mental, Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health of our Children?Genuine concern is consistent concern, and the silence from the Urgency of Normal about literally everything happening today is clarifying. 46831
Reposted by SusanThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 06/10/2026Trump’s behavior has spurred calls for health examinations from medical experts, politicians, and voters fearful of the president’s apparent cognitive decline. trib.al/IQ8XtiYtrib.alTrump, 80, Promptly Falls Asleep After Announcing New Steel PlantDonald Trump struggled to stay awake during the Oval Office press conference. 35915
Reposted by SusanCraig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is the guy who Substack's founders fell in love with, did podcasts with, and otherwise promoted. I knew those guys some after launching my newsletter, and we chatted sometimes, so I asked them why in the hell they'd do that. They said, basically, all opinions matter. That's when I bailed. 712224
Reposted by SusanJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My quote of the day We've become, now, an oligarchy instead of a democracy. I think that's been the worst damage to the basic moral and ethical standards to the American political system that I've ever seen in my life. Jimmy Carter 1446
Reposted by Susanscarylawyerguy.bsky.social @scarylawyerguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026One of the signature things about Trump's wanton violations of laws and norms: the first time it's a MASSIVE OUTRAGE and then it's just ... accepted. Where is the media solidarity? The STERNLY WORDED TWEETS ABOUT THE FIRST AMENDMENT? Nowhere, b/c all they care about is access 98624
Reposted by SusanAustin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 30/09/2026ICE counts family-unit removals by person, so a family of four adds four. By that count, more than 66,000 family members have been deported since January 20, 2025, on pace for about 185,000 by January 2029. austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-has-de...austinkocher.substack.comICE Has Deported More Than 66,000 Family Members Under Trump Administration, Family Detention Is Back at Dilley and KarnesNew ICE data show more than 66,000 family-unit deportations since January 20, 2025, about one in ten removals, with an August spike above 20 percent, as family detention reopens at Dilley and Karnes. 13526
Reposted by SusanTruthout @truthout.org · 30/09/2026Far right Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his cabinet have voted to designate the U.S.’s leading Muslim civil rights group as a “domestic terrorist organization,” threatening to shutter and impose severe penalties on the group and its state affiliate.buff.lyDeSantis Administration Votes to Designate Major Muslim American Group as “Terrorist” OrganizationFlorida Republicans have spent months maneuvering to grant DeSantis the authority to ban the group. 76356
Reposted by SusanZoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This isn't a court at all. They're literally not even reading the fucking briefs before making "decisions". 13978229
Reposted by SusanZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 30/09/2026As data breaches go, this is pretty sizable, significant, and also bafflingly bad in terms of time it took to discover and that the stolen data was unencrypted. News of this breach comes weeks after a huge theft of FBI agents' personal data. Bypass for ad-blockers: web.archive.org/web/20260930...techcrunch.comHackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunchThe Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach. 26704294
Reposted by SusanZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 30/09/2026The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.techcrunch.comHackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunchThe Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach. 30725311399
Reposted by SusanGreenb3ar @greenb3ar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Heritage Foundation has already moved on to straight-up attacking Title IX now www.usatoday.com/story/sports...usatoday.comThe authors of Project 2025 are coming for Title IX | OpinionThe Heritage Foundation, author of Project 2025, published a report suggesting ways to undercut Title IX. Take them seriously, Nancy Armour writes. 22713
Reposted by SusanSteve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 29/09/2026so many words for “pinky swear.” 1356
Reposted by SusanSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There is a cottage industry on that other site of people in official government legal jobs affirmatively misstating or misrepresenting what rulings are about and then expressing surprise that anyone could possibly disagree. Just the latest example—from the Solicitor General of Iowa: 1147292
Reposted by SusanElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wired just did a story noting that an influencer named Kurt Schlichter is a “civilian government advisor” (?) to Hegseth. This dude has been around forever in internet time and writes the worst novels that are basically Turner Diaries fanfic www.wired.com/story/a-pent...wired.comA Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western CivilizationKurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting. 1727593
Reposted by SusanBrandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...huffpost.comSupreme Court Lets Trump Continue Third-Country Deportations For NowThe decision allows the administration to continue removing immigrants to countries they’re not from and have never been to. 1126
Reposted by SusanRaywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Right out of the authoritarian playbook: make the membrane between the White House and the military leadership as thin as possible. We see you. 54011
Reposted by SusanRoseyRoseamund - VOTE, OR FUCK OFF! @roseyroseamund.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is my go to guy when I want to hear about the trucking industry. He's a liberal trucker from Colorado. Texas, for the love of God, STOP voting Republican. youtu.be/nQivGhxukTM?...youtu.beHoly Sh*t! Texas Just Declared A State Of Disaster!YouTube video by The Enemy From Within 093
Reposted by SusanMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026FREE LIVE STREAM: Join me at 6:30ET for an urgent update on how Trump and his DOJ are now attacking free and fair elections and what we are doing to fight back. www.youtube.com/live/269vb3e...youtube.comALERT: Trump's DOJ Is Now Taunting Judges to Rule Against ThemYouTube video by Democracy Docket 9598224
Reposted by SusanRoger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026On another platform, @pjaicomo.bsky.social asks a good question. Anyone seen SCOTUS give one party an open-ended, one-sided opportunity to name their own "question presented"? 77720
Reposted by SusanElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Good luck telling your own voters that their hatred of data centers is a Chinese psyop. 717521
Reposted by SusanDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026UNREAL!!! Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students. The goal of Trump regime to erase the LGBTQ community from existence thehill.com/homenews/edu...thehill.comEducation Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ studentsThe Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati… 83867456
Reposted by SusanMark Histed @markhisted.org · 28/09/2026This story of lack of grit and realpolitik in fights about our future is from the climate world. It describes the past. Let’s make sure science research does not look back in 5 years having made the same mistake. Scientists should learn about political economy from clean power. 1132
Reposted by Susanemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026About 6 outlets are telling this story. None have opted for the headline, "Some guy you've never heard of has quit government without ever becoming someone you did hear of." The Reality TV producers introduced an ENTIRELY frivolous character and now he's gone. 2030675
Reposted by SusanAmericans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Elon Musk spent $278 MILLION buying the 2024 election. That is FOUR TIMES what he paid in federal income taxes between 2013 and 2018. The richest 1% are set to pocket $1 TRILLION in tax breaks this decade. While Musk's SpaceX launches rockets, working families get stuck with the bill. 39453
Reposted by SusanDan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Before my mom died, our big goal was simple: bump out the horizon until the miracle came. May it come soon enough for others. 0101
Reposted by SusanNoah Becker @noahbecker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"We want our children to think about others, to share, to tell the truth, to chase their passions. We want that in spite of the evidence it’s not how the world works. The new Golden Rule: Do unto others as would most increase shareholder value." 054
Reposted by SusanBo Wulf @bowulf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I wrote about our last day at The Academy of Natural Sciences. Save The Academy. allphly.com/eagles/wulf-...allphly.comWulf: Save The Academy Of Natural Sciences, Save Our SoulThe Academy of Natural Sciences opened its doors to the public for what they say was the last time at 10 a.m. on Sunday morning. We parked on the other side 4426
Reposted by SusanDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 27/09/2026SCOTUS blocked Trump administration efforts to restrict mail voting for the midterms. But top election officials say they're still concerned about Trump-mandated election interference — and they’re preparing for everything from ICE at the polls to ballot seizures: demdock.com/4ycQDkn 1222388
Reposted by SusanFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026This is another great, approachable explainer on “the rationalist wackos who have managed to take over much of the AI industry, and who now have tons of money and political power.” www.iankduncan.com/personal/202...iankduncan.comSex, AI, and the Apocalypse - Ian DuncanHow a community devoted to thinking clearly incubated salvation stories, abusive experiments, race science, and an affection for autocracy, and why that history matters now that its alumni are asking ... 591946468
Reposted by SusanWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026At Stephen Miller’s direction, the U.S. “is effectively paying out huge sums of taxpayer money to some really nasty governments in exchange for their acceptance of third-country deportees who, for various reasons, cannot be returned to their countries of origin. It’s really sleazy, ghoulish stuff.”theunpopulist.netStephen Miller Is Paying Monstrous Dictators to Admit Expelled ImmigrantsA Democratic Congress needs to urgently investigate this abuse of taxpayer dollars that were actually meant for refugees 1211454
Reposted by SusanBrendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Facebook is how: - the kids’s school - soccer team - Girl Scouts - local municipality ….. distribute info. Meta owns us 162
Reposted by SusanMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/09/2026The prosecutor at the center of the Broadview Six case just walked away from the DOJ with a scathing accusation against her own boss.meidasnews.comBroadview Six Prosecutor Blasts DOJ Boss in Scathing Exit LetterSheri Mecklenburg says DOJ leadership scapegoated her for the troubled prosecution, then threatened to fire her if she tried to defend herself. 8933921161
Reposted by SusanDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026The decision marks a significant loss for voters — particularly naturalized citizens, who have been disproportionately falsely flagged as ineligible voters. Find more details here:democracydocket.comSupreme Court revives DHS use of flawed immigration database for voter purgesThe decision lets the administration move forward with a key provision of President Trump’s first anti-voting executive order. 110837
Reposted by SusanDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026🚨The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to use a deeply flawed database of Americans’ personal information to initiate registration purges. Have questions? Marc Elias has answers. Here’s what this decision means for YOUR vote ⬇️youtube.comBREAKING: Supreme Court Revives Trump's Voter Purge SchemeIn a dangerous decision for voters, the Supreme Court authorized the Trump administration to overhaul a federal immigration database into a vast, centralized and deeply flawed database of Americans’… 10198107
Reposted by SusanAG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 25/09/2026OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta have all admitted their AI agents have entered the open web and executed dangerous and unlawful actions. While the federal government steps back, state AGs are stepping up to take on Big Tech. I'm joining a coalition to demand Congress take immediate action regulating AI. 1011319
Reposted by SusanTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026We had to wait for the....NEW YORK POST to write about this. Y'all know there is so much more where this came from but journalists don't want to dig and people are terrified to speak to any journalist seeing the type of reporting they've been doing 301813693
Reposted by SusanMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“His time is up. He had his chance and he blew it with his own crippling incompetence. For the next two years the world can watch him wither away, still causing chaos, still failing, but everyone will be looking to what comes next.”chadbourn.substack.comLast Days Of TrumpThe decline and fall is now underway 82773190
