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Susan Gardner

@susangardner.bsky.social
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Former Executive Editor, Daily Kos. Ecstatically retired. Swiftie through and through.

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 02/10/2026
I strongly encourage Republicans to run on this message!
Screen shot of a Fox News clip with Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett saying: "The higher mortgage rates are actually a good sign for the economy because corporations are borrowing money to build things like data centers instead of lending to homeowners."
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This NFL game tonight is a real quandary : anti-vax asshole QB v sexual assault asshole QB UGH
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
these are our pianos, not theirs! I know this stuff can feel secondary with all of the immediate pain this admin causes, but in the face of such personalism, it also feels important to assert the democratic principle that these cultural inheritances don't belong to the president, they belong to us
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The legendary defenders of women's sports don't know the difference between Caitlin Clark's Iowa Hawkeyes and the Atlanta Hawks. Just putting that one out there.
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I don’t know guys. Travis Kelce isn’t looking washed to me
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So this is it? The models just get sent to their rooms on time out to think about what they did? Please say there’s something more
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Dear god
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Switching to the Valkyries game soon. This football game is godawful. It’s like two teams competing in an awful-off
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Saw Bleachers tonight. Tremendous show! Doesn’t get any better than this
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Imagine a job where, faced with a difficult decision, you could just stop going to work www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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House to leave early, punting Hegseth impeachment vote until after November elections
House Republican leaders cancelled votes planned for Thursday. Members won’t return to Washington until Nov. 9.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Jill Twiss @jilltwiss.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I am already tired of everyone at A.I. companies releasing statements saying I WISH SOMEONE WOULD STOP ME
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Could you imagine the discourse if he DIDN’T attend? Good god, it would be terrible. Implying he didn’t care about the victims and sided with the terrorists
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 08/09/2026
Sick to my very soul of having to think about Donald Trump every goddamn day. 
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Has anyone else read the Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower? I just finished Volume 6 and fam, I am ADDICTED and dying to speculate with someone about the outcome of this series. It is an amazing, amazing series. Can’t recommend highly enough
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Now, ah may be a simple, I say simple country screenwriter, but ah’d suggest the pedophile-adjacent GOP assassins trying to actually murder Democratic candidates, just may be as newsworthy as an embarrasing podcaster, But that may just be me.
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Hollywood, listen up! We need this movie, stat! (In fact, please call it “Listen Up!”)
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Nope. I live in Berkeley. Canadian geese have been flying south in the past week, and the trees are already turning. Here’s a pic of the tree across the street, which was a full lush green a week or so ago.
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Is there an opposite of seasonal affective disorder? Because I think I have it. I endure spring, go spiritually and emotionally dead during summer, then spring to life during autumn. This past week it’s like I’ve awakened from the dead.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/08/2026
this is the same exact dynamic that drives me nuts about everyone trump nominates for anything just blanket vote against them all, if they’re being nominated it doesn’t matter what their background is or what they say in a confirmation hearing they are a villain and disqualified by definition
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Giving away part of Yosemite is hell of an outrage to enter the weekend with
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I’m an American curious about the best ways to support Canada during this trade war. Is it buying Canadian goods if financially feasible once tariffs are added to cost? If so, can we have a specific list? Is it boycotting or finding substitutes for other goods? Help me out here please
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Man, I wish I were Canadian
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Man, every other ad on NFL network right now in California is anti-Prop 40, the wealth tax. Billionaires must be scared shitless it’s going to pass
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
There are going to be Democrats who say we shouldn’t rip it all out — it’s already built, we have other priorities — but removing the visible signs of Trumpism is absolutely necessary.
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Someone should ask him about his faith in the crucifixion and resurrection. “Were you there?” Fits neatly into that paradigm too
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
What the fuck weather timeline have I stumbled into?
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Isn’t this the antitheses of the Christian motto, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you?” Quite the Christians, this bunch. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/u...
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Hegseth Says Anti-Cartel Coalition Will Do ‘Bad Things to Bad People’ (Gift Article)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urged Latin American military leaders gathered in Panama to ramp up their efforts alongside U.S. forces.
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
My soul left my body I love this so much. My new hero is a guy in a baseball cap calling out fascist with a “fucking” in every sentence
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Every person this administration wrongly deported should be granted asylum and a path to citizenship. Won’t even begin to right wrongs like this. But it’s a place to start.
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Oh I so agree with this!
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I don’t want him cropped out. I want him demonized throughout all of future history and shamed forever
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
If my child or parent was among the 18 dead, I would lose my mind over this
@realDonaldTrump on Truth Social:

Afghanistan War: 20 years, 2,000 DEAD.
Iraq War: 9 years, 4,600 DEAD.
Vietnam War: 19 years and 5 months, 58,220 DEAD.
Korean War: 3 years and 1 month, 36,574 DEAD.
Venezuela War: 1 day, 0 DEAD.
Iran Military Conflict: 4 months, 18 DEAD.

7/21/26, 2:51 PM
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
One of the finest women I’ve ever been privileged to call a friend
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Several weeks ago I bragged a bit about my daughter’s book making it into a list of top summer reads in LA magazine. Since its release last month it’s stayed atop the list in its category as #1:
Photo of book cover of The Spin by Faith Gardner
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Imagine if a woman president spent most her time raving and crying about an election she lost 6 years ago. Emotional. Unstable. Hysterical. Unfit to lead.
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
“Little Mamdanis” Let’s ignite Little Mamdanis Everywhere, I say!
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Mitch looked taxidermied to me, just sayin’
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
So the Republicans are now short two senators for a bit? Hmmmmm
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Whenever members of Congress are unable to cast votes, they should be required to file illness or injury reports, just like pro athletes, detailing their condition and expected return date
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
My two biggest petty grammar grievances: 1. It’s “free rein,” people, not “free reign.” Think horse running free of its constraint. 2. It’s “vise” when it’s squeezing or constraining, not “vice,” a depravity or sin. Stepping down from my soapbox now. Feel free to share what bugs you though
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 03/07/2026
Madison Square Garden is a completely union venue… just saying.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Asking how people can partake in joyful acts during a period of immense suffering leads me to believe this is your first time at the suffering rodeo.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Damn. Looks like Hegseth killed a guy. There is a direct, straight line from his policy decision to the service member's death.
@SecWar on X: The War Department is once again restoring freedom to our Joint Force.  

We are discarding the mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately.
21 Apr 26San Antonio Express-News
Air Force confirms first death in Lackland flu outbreak, Rep. Castro says
A flu bug has swept the ranks of recruits at San Antonio's Lackland Air Force Base, the service's basic training hub. Nearly 300 are said to have been infected.
By Sig Christenson,
Staff Writer
Updated June 30, 2026 6:13 p.m.
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Isn’t the whole point of a reflecting pool to be close enough to see yourself reflected?
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
At what point does “trading strikes” in a conflict tip over into “not a ceasefire at all?” Because it sure seems that “ceasefire” and “truce” have strayed a bit in their meaning lately
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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
If he’s thinking of Stalin, sure
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