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SusanneMc

@sumac914.bsky.social
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SF Bay Area. Just here trying to stay responsibly and reasonably informed 😎

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 14h
primary every democrat
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Centrist Democrats are afraid of expanding the Supreme Court
Oh boy, here we go with this nonsense.
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Kriste Kline @kristekline.bsky.social · 14h
Thom Tillis should be a bit more...careful. He is dangerously close to advocating treason. He knows, or should know, that if the Ds win the House, Mike Johnson has FA to say about what happens next. He'll just be a mediocre Rep from LA again, with no more power than any other Rep.
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Anna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 19h
NEWS: Congressional watchdog found again that the Trump administration illegally withheld funds for more programs last year. But still no action from GAO on any of these findings of impoundment. www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/c...
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Congress’ Watchdog Finds Trump Illegally Withheld More Than $1 Billion in Federal Funds
The White House impounded funds from the EPA and HHS last year, the Government Accountability Office reports.
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 22h
Love this
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 14h
He got so much attention when he said this the other night and now, like any classic malignant narcissist, is doubling down because he wants more.
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 14h
Spare me Sen. Thom Tillis’s self-interested redemption book tour. When he had the opportunity to do what was right, he failed nearly every time. For example, he drew a line on Jan. 6 apologia, and then confirmed multiple people who crossed it, including Kash Patel and Jeanine Pirro.
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Republican Sen. Tillis calls his vote for Hegseth the 'biggest regret of my career' in a new book
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career.”
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 14h
And there it is.
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 15h
Theory: this SI thing is not basic Trump stupidity. This is a rebrand that the tech bros washed through Trump because AI sucks and they need to change the narrative so they got him to say it out loud and now they can all jump in and be like “yeah actually he’s right”
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Rick Havoc @rickhavoc.bsky.social · 14h
They bought it and now they own it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
Trump: "Let them hit a missile into San Diego or Los Angeles on the way. You want to see a horror show? Let them hit San Diego. Let them hit Los Angeles. You want to see some bad things happen?"
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 22h
Every single one of these claims better be shut down. Todd Blanche promised Congress the January 6 slush fund was dead. January 6 defendants are suing taxpayers for payouts anyway.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/10/2026
who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 07/10/2026
there's a lot going on right now, but the ability to buy elections in order to stay out of prison is on the ballot whether you realize it or not
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SusanneMc @sumac914.bsky.social · 14h
Good 👏👏 Keep it up.
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Veronica 🌶️ @chilepepper.bsky.social · 15h
Good!! Don’t let those assholes get away with deciding to ruin his fucking life because their baby boss turned yet another thing to shit for absolutely no reason. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
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Wrongly Indicted Man Seeks Inquiry of Official Conduct in Reflecting Pool Case (Gift Article)
Lawyers for the former Olympian David Hearn accused prosecutors of ignoring their own evidence to indict him and then providing “blatantly false” information about what they knew when.
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Adam Hamilton @hamilton4kansas.bsky.social · 15h
We’re all tired of the chaos and corruption in Washington. If you’re a Kansas Republican ready to fix our broken politics, I’d be honored to have your vote.
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 15h
“This is completely winnable, and it would be a sea change in the country if Gina Hinojosa wins the governorship of Texas,” Pritzker said. “There’s every reason to believe that she can and will with the right support.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
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Could Gina Hinojosa Win the Texas Governor’s Race? JB Pritzker Thinks So. (Gift Article)
Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois and the Democratic Governors Association are each sending $1 million to back Gina Hinojosa in a bid for Texas governor that appears increasingly competitive.
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Annie Abrams @annieabrams.bsky.social · 15h
"Hundreds of thousands of US teens use ChatGPT each week to plan for college. They’re using it to plan applications, track deadlines, research schools and understand financial aid. That’s why we’ll soon be adding College Planner to ChatGPT for Teens." sigh openai.com/index/teens-...
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 15h
Former @bardcollege.bsky.social President and friend of Jeffrey Epstein, Leon Botstein, has finally resigned all his college positions after emails emerge in which he asked Epstein if a trafficked woman was “for me.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
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Leon Botstein, Former Bard President With Epstein Ties, Resigns From College Positions
Leon Botstein had already retired from the presidency of the liberal arts college this spring, after emails showed he had maintained a longtime friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 15h
just post a list of who is paying for early access your honor
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 15h
Honored to attend service at New Salem Baptist Church with Pastor Dr. Keith Troy.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15h
KEEP YOUR FU*KING HANDS OFF OUR VOTE! Robert De Niro wants to see you in the streets on October 17 to stop the fascists from sabotaging the midterms: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
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Lee Rowan 🐕 🐈‍⬛ 🌳 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 🐉 🇺🇦🦇🪶🖋️ 🇺🇸 @leerowan.bsky.social · 15h
This is what MAGA does to women.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Trump fans in Texas chant "Four more years! Four more years!" -- but it's pretty half-hearted
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h
I've played poker at dozens of casinos in my life, from the fanciest palaces in Las Vegas to crappy riverboats in the Midwest, and I can say that the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City was -- by a fucking mile -- the dirtiest, dingiest, cruddiest casino I have ever experienced in my life.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 15h
It’s hard to imagine how @bardcollege.bsky.social could have handled this worse. The administration, and many faculty members, stood by Botstein, defended him in the press, and made efforts to prolong his affiliation with the college. It is clear what their values are.
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Christopher Farnsworth @chrisfarnsworth.bsky.social · 15h
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
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Leon Botstein, Former Bard President With Epstein Ties, Resigns From College Positions (Gift Article)
Leon Botstein had already retired from the presidency of the liberal arts college this spring, after emails showed he had maintained a longtime friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thank you for coming forward. We need more voices from inside the uniform standing shoulder-to-shoulder with us to reject this extremism, protect our democratic norms, and demand accountability.
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Balls & Strikes @ballsandstrikes.org · 18h
Sam Alito's assurances that Obergefell is safe are sort of undermined by the last five decades of the conservative legal movement
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Sam Alito Wants You to Forget How the Conservative Legal Movement Always Works
Activists are chipping away at the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell because Alito told them exactly how to do it.
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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 15h
NEW: Maybe it's time to take a good look at all these deaths in the Epstein-Trump orbit. jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/dead-men-t...
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Dead men tell no Epstein-Trump tales
When witnesses, whistleblowers and accusers die, it’s time to look at whether they have anything in common. Here is a list of some of the recent deaths.
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 19h
To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...
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One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center
A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.
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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 21h
We've probably learned more about American politics from the ANES than any other single data source. The same is true for the GSS and sociology. Both of these are gone if Congress acquiesces to these NSF cuts.
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 15h
Sexual harassment from Trump? Who would have guessed? www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
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Scott Bessent reveals that Trump makes jokes about him being gay — to Melania’s friends
The out Cabinet matter insisted his sexuality played no role in Cabinet appointment, but did keep him out of the U.S. Naval Academy.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 15h
What a pathetic suck up, such a little, weak man
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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 16h
University of Austin, the anti-woke quasi-college is building a law school and they're looking for a dean exactly the way you'd expect.
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Supreme Court Wannabes Head Search Committee For Bari Weiss University Law School Dean - Above the Law
Judges Ho, Oldham, and Thapar begin search for the inaugural dean of University of Austin Law.
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 21h
I absolutely LOVE this!! Men showing up and standing with women. The El Paso, Texas Fire Department is walking a mile in her shoes to support survivors of domestic violence. #SheShed ♥️👠
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 16h
Reminder that Bezos's transformation of the Washington Post's opinion section to be overtly conservative, which came as he was actively currying favor with Trump, led to the lodd of hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h
One of the biggest political battles of the midterms is happening in California. The result will shape the Democratic Party and how we shift the balance of power from the billionaire class back into the hands of the people. ⬇️ robertreich.substack.com/p/why-cali…
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 15h
Does he really think this stupid joke is helping Paxton? Talarico is not gay & he’s not a vegan — he’s a Texan.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 15h
The price of hiring supertankers to transport oil surged to a fresh high, adding huge costs to the petroleum supply chain.
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Oil Shipping Costs Reach Dizzying New Highs on Hormuz Snarls
The price of hiring supertankers to transport oil surged to a fresh high, adding huge costs to the petroleum supply chain.
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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 15h
We live in the dumbest timeline with the dumbest, greediest, worst people in charge. It’s incredible.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15h
Susan Collins, one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the midterms, faced a humiliating reality check Tuesday night during her debate against Democratic challenger Troy Jackson. trib.al/q9GNXOr
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“We Can’t Eat Road Salt”: Susan Collins Crashes and Burns in Debate
The incumbent Maine senator gave a dumpster-fire performance.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h
The right has been gloating that the #MeToo era ended, but we're due for a reckoning that's going to make that look like nothing by comparison.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 07/10/2026
Trump said in 2016 he’d eliminate the national debt in eight years. The national debt apparently took that personally.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Mike Rhone @mikerhone.bsky.social · 16h
Just noting for the record that countries can expel ambassadors. So if, say, Greece didn’t want to deal with their ambassador from the US for some reason, there’s a recourse…
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16h
NEW: Trump’s DOJ put a convicted election hacker on poll duty. Yes, really.
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Trump’s DOJ Put Convicted Election Hacker on Poll Duty
As Harmeet Dhillon rebuilds the Civil Rights Division after roughly 300 career employees left, Justice Department records place David Michael Levin in the federal election-monitoring operation.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 16h
Good rundown of why diesel prices are so high, and why Trump's ideas for doing anything about it will fail. prospect.org/2026/10/07/p...
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The Political Economy of Diesel - The American Prospect
Trump is trying every possible short-term trick to cut diesel prices. None of it will work; he might as well command the tide to recede.
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