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Susala

@susala.bsky.social
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Nature lover, political ponderer, obsessive learner, retired teacher, introvert

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Susala @susala.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wow, this is really powerful.
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Susala @susala.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A worthwhile read from @adamkinzinger.substack.com. Ironically, it smacks of having been at least drafted by AI, but definitely still worth your time. www.adamkinzinger.com/p/ai-could-b...
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AI Could Be Dangerous. I Am Just As Wary Of The Tech CEOs.
We are all worried about the ghost in the machine. We can’t forget about the men behind the keyboards.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Republicans play ignorant 💥 Umar Kremlev, Russian oligarch who bankrolled Trump Jr.’s wedding party, is with Healthy Fatherland. An org under Ukrainian sanctions for its role in abducting Ukrainian children from occupied territories & relocating them under the guise of “rehabilitation.” (ProPublica)
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/09/2026
Trump continues to disperse disaster recovery funds based on how states vote, which for any other president or public official, in any other time, in any other country, in any other context would be a morally horrific scandal that would dominate headlines for months.
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POLITICO Pro: Trump rejects disaster appeals by four Democratic governors
New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Rhode Island will have to pay the entire cost of recovery from a major February snowstorm.
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
When your three top allies are Russia, China and North Korea, YOU just might be the communist.
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Susala @susala.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
@nytimes.com Thumbs down on the red in the Connections puzzle today. It makes it harder for the eyes and brain to process the words. Maybe that was your goal? Not a fan.
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Defend The Vote @wedefendthevote.org · 15/08/2026
A sitting Attorney General campaigning for a Republican on behalf of the president. Corruption doesn’t even begin to describe it.
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God @thegodshow.com · 17/07/2026
If Andy Beshear doesn’t call for a special election before August 3rd and force Mitch McConnell to prove he can speak in a video, then Andy Beshear becomes the new Merrick Garland. I’m sorry but I make the rules.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Andy Beshear should just steal mcconnell's senate seat the way mcconnell stole Obama's Supreme Court seat.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Abortion is healthcare. Reproductive care is healthcare. While Trump-appointed, Susan-Collins-backed justices rolled back those rights across the nation, I fought for and passed one of the most progressive abortion rights laws in the country. You can bet I’ll bring that same fight to D.C.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
No country in the world has full legal equality for women. To do so would mean no measurable gaps in: ⏺️Pay and lifetime earnings ⏺️Representation in top corporate leadership ⏺️Unpaid care and domestic work burden ⏺️Gender based violence and safety outcomes ⏺️Health and economic security differences
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Along Came Trisha🐸 @alongcametrisha.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
#obamaappreciationday
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GoBlue @blu2b4u.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Thanks President Obama!
Image:President Obama in Tan suit
June 14th is BARACK OBAMA APPRECIATION DAY 
Thank you President Obama:
For your leadership 
For your grace 
For your calm
For your class 
For inspiring us to be better 

You made history 
You made us proud 
Forever our President 

Leaders come and go, buy legends are forever
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Susala @susala.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The new #BankingOnClimateChaos report reveals just how much big banks are pouring into fossil fuels, contributing to the climate crisis and locking us into fossil fuel dependency. Is your bank one of them? Learn more: bankingonclimatechaos.org #DefundClimateChaos act.ran.org/page/98779/s...
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Banking on Climate Chaos 2026 - Banking on Climate Chaos
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Susala @susala.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Remove Trump’s Ludicrously Unqualified & Massively Dangerous National Intelligence Director act.indivisible.org/sign/remove-...
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Remove Trump’s Ludicrously Unqualified & Massively Dangerous National Intelligence Director
Trump just appointed his political attack dog, Bill Pulte, as acting Director of National Intelligence. Pulte has absolutely no experience in national intelligence, and was clearly offered the job bas...
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
No money for pediatric cancer research but there's $1.7 billion for people who beat cops and smeared feces on the walls of the US Capitol.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 17/05/2026
One of the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee called attention to a document displayed at a new hearing with Jeffrey Epstein's victims that could potentially reveal the names of his co-conspirators.
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'Very important document' proves DOJ shielding Epstein co-conspirators: House Dem
One of the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee called attention to a document displayed at a new hearing with Jeffrey Epstein's victims that could potentially reveal the names of his co-conspirators.The panel's Democratic minority held a shadow hearing Tuesday in Palm Beach, Florida, where su...
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.
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Susala @susala.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The New York Times is tracking 10 indicators of the erosion of US democracy into autocracy. I don't understand why there's not one specifically for sabotaging fair elections, but I guess that's the end point of the other 10. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | The Iran War Worsens America's Democratic Erosion (Gift Article)
Measuring America’s democratic erosion.
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David Snelling @dpsifr.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
#Smarter
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informationbank.bsky.social @informationbank.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
If you go to my Substack, you'll see that it's loaded with high quality, comprehensive voter information designed to help everyone (including the disabled, non-English language speakers) know how to cast a ballot that gets counted!!! Voter education that drives turnout is now imperative!
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Information Bank | Sharon Lawrence | Substack
A Resource Center for People Passionate About Democracy, Facts & Good Governance. Click to read Information Bank, by Sharon Lawrence, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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Peggy McDonald @peggymcdonald.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
We are allowing a failed politician, a despicable human, to destroy all we have worked for... All we have learned, our experts, our diversity, our humanity is at stake. What are we waiting for? Escort his ass out in handcuffs. Service men died in his illegal War. This is just the beginning.
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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The amount of misinformation we’re getting about an incident that just occurred in front of 1,500 news reporters is truly the metaphor of our generation.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/04/2026
I love this so much. Barack Obama sat down with Mayor Zohran Mamdani in a Bronx child care center, reading “Alone and Together,” a book about connection, community, and belonging to preschoolers. Sidebar: Not sure these little-ones knew who Obama was 😂
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Every time they say they’re the party of law & order, that they’re pro-law enforcement, that DOJ is taking violent criminals off the streets & Democrats are pro-criminal, remember this. It’s all a sham; a mob-style loyalty exercise.
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Susala @susala.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Call your members of Congress as many times as it takes until they remove this completely unfit president. thefuckingnews.substack.com/p/okay-now-w...
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Okay, NOW We Can Call Him Hitler
Trump threatens to destroy an entire civilization, which even Hitler only partially succeeded at
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focelon @focelon.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Tucker Carlson can save his outrage at Trumps actions. Where were you Tucker all along when we warned you over and over and you laughed with that irritating cackle and claimed we had TDS? And the rest of you Maga pieces of garbage. Every one of you are complicit.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/04/2026
The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/04/2026
Black text on white background 
“Happy Easter, New York! 

Today, millions of New Yorkers celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the victory of hope over despair and faith over fear. 
As the air warms and cherry blossoms begin to bloom, this holy day is a sacred time to pause and reflect on a season of rebirth.
Whether you spend this day singing in pews, parading on Fifth Avenue, joining a processional guided by the bamboo trumpets of Haitian Rara music, or hunting for painted eggs amidst the spring grass, I wish every New Yorker celebrating a joyous day. 

Let us all embrace this holiday's spirit of hope and renewal as we build the City — and the world — that we deserve.”
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philsmithcross.bsky.social @philsmithcross.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I can’t think of one reason that House Democrats would not be preparing Articles of Impeachment for Hegseth.
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Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The dog that didn't bark in Wednesday's oral argument was that EO is an extraordinary extension of executive power--as if the issue were simply the 'original meaning' of the Citizenship Clause, and not the dangers of handing over control of citizenship to the executive.
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Elected Republicans share the blame with Trump. Republican members of Congress can stop this any time they want. It's worse now than if they had stopped it earlier, but it will be even worse later. They feel no obligation to the country or their fellow citizens. I can't help but marvel at that.
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 02/04/2026
Don't get it twisted. Pam Bondi must still come before the Oversight Committee as mandated by our subpoena. She must answer for her coverup of the Epstein files and weaponization of the DOJ. We owe it to survivors and to the public to hold her accountable.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Your tax season reminder that the real freeloaders in this country are the rich — not the poor or immigrants or any other group of people vilified as scapegoats. The richest 1% evade $160 billion in taxes every year. The United States literally has yacht and private jet tax deductions. Hello?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
10 years ago, Bernie Sanders warned America of the unintended consequences that could emerge from a regime change war with Iran. Watch.
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I 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Sunday Exception: Swan Perfect Landing
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) just went on record admitting that he and Sen. Ted Cruz crafted a perfect off-ramp to end the month-long DHS shutdown, but Donald Trump personally killed it because he wouldn’t accept “any deal” with Democrats.
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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Fun fact: The privatization of TSA is in Project 2025.
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Susala @susala.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Good lord -- look at the tax rates we used to have in the US, especially during wartime. How did higher income Americans start thinking they shouldn't have to pay taxes? turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/fun...
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A Brief History of Income Taxes
Did you know President Abraham Lincoln, one of America's most beloved leaders, also instituted one of its least liked obligations—the income tax? In this brief history of taxes, see the historical eve...
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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/03/2026
The Pentagon is asking for a $200 billion supplemental package. And the 2,500 troops sent by sea yesterday will not even reach the Middle East for weeks. This war is not ending anytime soon. They know it.
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 17/03/2026
The SAVE Act is not about stopping voter fraud. It was designed to serve the fraud in the White House. Trump knows his policies aren’t popular so he is desperate to stop Americans from having their voices heard. It’s the “Save Trump’s Ass Act.” I will vote no.
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Susala @susala.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Reject the Deportation & Detention Agenda act.indivisible.org/sign/reject-...
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Reject the Deportation & Detention Agenda
Tell your Members of Congress to publicly oppose any warehouses or detention centers being expanded in your community or anywhere in the country.
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Susala @susala.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Tell Congress: Stop Trump's War with Iran act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump's War with Iran
Trump's unauthorized war in Iran has already taken the lives of US servicemembers and at least 1,000 Iranian civilians. It has devolved into a larger regional conflict, with missile and drone strikes,...
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Ancient forests aren't "resources"—they're living systems sustaining us all. Destroy them for short-term gain? That's planetary sabotage. #Ecocide isn't abstract: it steals stable climate, clean air, future harvests from our children. Time to protect what remains. 🌳🛡️ #BiodiversityCrisis #ActNow
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 09/03/2026
We offered to fund TSA. No conditions. Republicans refused. They want the hostage, to extract more ICE money with. No ICE reforms
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Government shutdown hits spring break travel with hours-long TSA lines
A partial shutdown impacting the Department of Homeland Security left some travelers waiting hours at airport security checkpoints.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/03/2026
There’s a freak-out about AI right now. “AI slop”, they say. I’ll get a lot of blocks for this very post. But here’s the part people are missing: we’re only at the beginning. History has a sense of humor about moments like this. In 1994 on the Today Show, Katie Couric asked…
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