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Susan K Barnett #buildtheresistance

@susankbarnett.bsky.social
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Former journalist helping nonprofits at www.cause-comms.com; determined to remain a stubborn optimist. Opinions are my own...and 80+ million other people.

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Susan K Barnett #buildtheresistance @susankbarnett.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
go.bsky.app/DEZeyKN My first starter pack
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Tesla sales in the E.U. in January 2024: 15,310 Tesla sales in the E.U. in January 2025: 7,517 www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
washingtonpost.com
Tesla sales sink 45 percent in Europe
Experts say the decline could be caused by a variety of factors, including increased electric competition and backlash to CEO Elon Musk.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
If you’re into seeing Elon & DOGE get called out for their lies about *savings* — this account is doing a very nice job of it: x.com/electricfutu...
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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Susan K Barnett #buildtheresistance @susankbarnett.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The VERY BEST article on what happened at the WH today by @radiofreetom.bsky.social . Thank you, Tom Nichols, you NAILED IT.
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 28/02/2025
My grandfather and the Greatest Generation didn’t fight in World War II to see our country side with murderous thugs like Putin. This is a disgrace.
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Susan K Barnett #buildtheresistance @susankbarnett.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
What a disgusting display: Vance proves he's an asshole and Trump proves he's in Putin's pocket (again). Watch the video: their behavior is shameful and it's dangerous.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Mike Slater survived four tours of duty as a US Army infantryman, risking his life in Iraq and Afghanistan. But that wasn’t enough to spare him from the budget ax now being recklessly wielded by DOGE at federal employees.
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‘A huge slap in the face’: DOGE fired this veteran from the VA with an email - The Boston Globe
He lost his job — helping war-scarred veterans in Central Massachusetts at the VA Veterans Center in Springfield — earlier this month.
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Beks @antifaoperative.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
North Carolina “Thank you Jesus” founder, Lucas Hunt, has been arrested for possessing videos of little girls being sexually abused. www.wfmynews2.com/article/news...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
The New Mexico congressional delegation is pleading with RFK Jr. to promote vaccination and provide other resources in the wake of the measles outbreak. Instead, Kennedy says that the death of a school-aged child as “not unusual”. He can’t get out of his anti-vax corner. His ego is paramount.
Screenshot of letter that reads: The Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Ave. SW
Washington, D.C. 20201
Dear Secretary Kennedy,
We are concerned about the recent outbreak of measles in New Mexico. As of Wednesday, there are nine people with
confirmed cases of measles in isolation in Lea County, New Mexico. This news comes as the nearby counties of Gaines,
Terry, Lubbock, and Yoakum in Texas have recently reported 90 cases with 16 people hospitalized. Given the Department
of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) important responsibility to stop the spread of infectious diseases, we request that
you utilize HHS’ authorities for testing and monitoring and vaccine education and promotion, as well as rehire critical
federal employees, to stop the spread of this dangerous infection.
Measles is one of the most highly infectious diseases because the virus can survive in the air for up to 2 hours. Ninety
percent of people who are susceptible will become infected if exposed. While many recover, some experience serious
complications like pneumonia, blindness, brain swelling, and death.
Preventing and mitigating outbreaks is only possible through effective disease tracking and communication, an adequate
workforce, and vaccination. States report confirmed measles cases to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) through the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System. Previously, measles tracking on the CDC website
was consistently updated weekly. These updates are critical for public health officials to effectively track the rapid spread
of this life-threatening disease. We urge you to maintain posting updated measles tracking data weekly.
The public health workforce protects community health by tracking disease and communicating with the public about
health threats. But on January 29, 2025, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that there are still health
care workforce shortages that…
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Susan K Barnett #buildtheresistance @susankbarnett.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 22/02/2025
Hey so they’re deporting people who legally came here to study.
A student showing an email addressed to them reading:

“Dear Youssef Ben Jerbania,
We regret to inform you that due to an Executive Order issued by the White House, titled
"Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign
Aid," the U.S. Department of State has directed an immediate stop to the Thomas Jefferson Scholarship Program.

Unfortunately, your participation in TJSP is ending early. You will need to depart the United States by February 23rd per J-1 visa regulations. We understand how disappointing and inconvenient this news is, and we deeply apologize for the disruption it will cause.

As an international student with a J-1 visa, it is not possible for you to remain in the United States. To ensure a smooth transition, IREX will coordinate your return home over the weekend of February 22-23, 2025, including changing your return flight, sharing your new travel itinerary, and arranging ground transportation to the airport. All expenses…”
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Susan K Barnett #buildtheresistance @susankbarnett.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
I worked on this piece with a mission doctor in Malawi not afraid to speak out. It's a blow-by-blow of the #USAID debacle and those so-called waivers. thehill.com/opinion/5154...
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Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.
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Susan K Barnett #buildtheresistance @susankbarnett.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Yesterday's protest in LA. Where were you? #50501
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Susan K Barnett #buildtheresistance @susankbarnett.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Finally our tax dollars put to good use...in this multi-million dollar propaganda campaign. Paid for by us. Where are the doge dorks when you need them? www.dhs.gov/medialibrary...
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Warning - International | Homeland Security
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Oh, look what normal countries do when a former president leads a far right coup attempt.
theguardian.com
Jair Bolsonaro charged over alleged far-right coup plot to seize power in Brazil
Former president is charged by attorney general following police report that accused him of organising a conspiracy to stop Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva taking power.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/02/2025
Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
AP is banned from WH events and all the other legacy journalists walk right in. If this was the 60s, we know who would have been with the Freedom Riders, and who would’ve been writing about them from a safe place. AP stands alone. Sad but true.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
"working to swiftly rectify the situation..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
nbcnews.com
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
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Sue Massa @smassa.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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Christopher Titus @titusnation.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Hey McConnell GFY, we’re here because of you. NOW you’re sounding the alarm? Too little too late you feckless bloat.
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Bren Holiday @sunnyblondie.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
DOGE employee Alexandra Beynon runs MindBloom ..it's his Ketamine dealer! You cant make it up! @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @ewarren.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov @baldwin.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov DO SOMETHING!
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Orddu, Orwen, or Orgoch @troynovaunt.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Roses are red Violets are blue
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Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing what they do
The administration officials didn't seem to know the agency oversees the country's nuclear weapons, sources say
• CNN Exclusive: FEMA firings reveal roiling tension and confusion within the Department of Homeland Security
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is definitely one of the good ones. Today he HAMMERED Trump with a detailed list of all the prices that are going up because of Trump's trade wars. Make sure everyone sees this.
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Susan K Barnett #buildtheresistance @susankbarnett.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Out of Chaos and Corruption, a Revelation and a Reckoning open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
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Out of Chaos and Corruption, a Revelation and a Reckoning
Welcome back to Lucid
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Hey the show is up on Apple Podcasts! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com
The Jim Acosta Show
Politics Podcast · 7 Episodes · Updated Weekly
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Remember the Republicans fearmongering about "Death Panels." Well, they are the ones putting together Death Panels, with draconian cuts that will kill Americans! Congress is putting tax breaks for billionaires over care for families. Stop Medicaid cuts—call 202-224-3121 now! #HandsOffOurMedicaid
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Jamie Carter @jctheresistance.demcast.com · 07/02/2025
This is how the world views the US. Australia calling out fascism, then adding that "Trump is a disaster for humanity and he belongs behind bars, not the oval office."
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🇺🇸Boston Brian🇺🇦 @bostonbrian.com · 07/02/2025
The richest asshole in the world, a private fucking apartheid loving citizen, with connections to both Russia and China, now has direct access to U.S treasury data and more, as he continues to receive government subsidies to bolster his shit companies.. How is this not treasonous?
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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Max Fisher: "Wielding the power of the state to intimidate news agencies against reporting on the government's illegal abuses of power is literal authoritarianism. I'm not speaking figuratively, I'm not calling it a warning sign. It's authoritarianism. It's here."
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
JD Vance, whose wife is the daughter of Indian immigrants, advocated today for the rehiring of a DOGE engineer who was accused of posting “normalize Indian hate” on Twitter. What a pathetic, spineless coward!!
thedailybeast.com
Vance Calls for ‘Normalize Indian Hate’ DOGE Guy’s Rehiring
Elon Musk has suggested he might rehire the 25-year-old engineer at his Department of Government Efficiency.
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Susan K Barnett #buildtheresistance @susankbarnett.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
If you read one thing today, PLEASE READ THIS: robertreich.substack.com/p/doge-poop?...
robertreich.substack.com
Musk’s rats
They’re burrowing into every data system in the federal government, although many wouldn’t pass a security test
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Linda Marie 🕊️ @lindam174.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Paramus, NJ #buildtheresistance
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Stay peaceful💙 Go make some change today! #BuildTheResistance
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Right out of the gate they are detaining U.S. citizens and saying their “papers”are fake. It was always a lie.
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Free Speech For People @fsfp.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Trump is not a monarch. He cannot be allowed to erase this insurrection from our history simply to flatter his image. Join us in calling on Congress to hold him accountable for these and other abuses of power: ImpeachTrumpNow.org
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
"'It’s hard to imagine a bigger public diplomacy win for China than going forward with this kind of clumsy destruction of U.S. credibility'...” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
washingtonpost.com
Funds for fight against HIV/AIDS paused in Trump aid freeze
The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, is credited with saving 25 million lives worldwide and has long enjoyed bipartisan support.
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
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Susan K Barnett #buildtheresistance @susankbarnett.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Sharing my op-ed in The Philadelphia Inquirer: share.inquirer.com/atXUxz with a story that will make those who know me chuckle. Then please take the easy actions noted near the end. Biden can be the president to constitutionally protect gender before Trump takes office. Help pressure him!
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Inquirer.com: Philadelphia local news, sports, jobs, cars, homesfaXfaFacebookfaInstagram
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Andy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Elon Musk's maternal grandparents relocated from Canada to South Africa in the early 1900s, where they were in the German Nazi Party. They supported Hitler and then went to South Africa, a stronghold of support for Nazism outside of Germany. Musk was an anti-semite and an apartheid lover.
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Chris Kelly @raceabilene.com · 22/11/2024
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
There have been a lot of times where I feel like we need to have honest discussions on the left about what has worked and what hasn’t, share observations without judgement, but it feels like there isn’t much space for it. I think it’s holding us back. I wonder how and where we can accomplish that.
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 22/11/2024
This will be common in our new era. Republicans fail at governing and they will attempt to hide their failure by ending the gathering of data.
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Defend Democracy @finalreckoning.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Contact your Senators, even if they are red, you have the right to have your voice heard! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell your Senators: Don't allow Trump's recess appointments
Please contact Congress now!
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Susan K Barnett #buildtheresistance @susankbarnett.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Here's a piece I wrote a few years' back because I thought the #FoxNews audience should know. Seems worth sharing now given #petehegseth can't even defend against germs: dailycaller.com/2019/02/11/b...
dailycaller.com
OPINION: The Dirtiest Part Of An Airport May Be Pete Hegseth’s Hands
The Fox host announced that he hasn't washed his hands in 10 years
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Susan K Barnett #buildtheresistance @susankbarnett.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Hide your pets. www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...
forbes.com
‘She Wants To Accumulate Power’: South Dakota Democrat Slams Trump’s DHS Secretary Pick Kristi Noem
On “Forbes Newsroom,” Jessica Meyers, Vice Chair of the South Dakota Democratic Party, expressed “deep concern” about Trump picking Gov. Kristi Noem to be DHS Secretary.
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 13/11/2024
Just documenting before Fox and the Republicans claim it's Trump.
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