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Susan McPherson

@susanmcp.bsky.social
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Passionate connector who believes biz can be a force for good. Author, "The Lost Art of Connecting." Sustainability and Impact Leader. Founder. CEO. Philanthropist. Angel Investor. Pup Lover. Substack: susanmcpherson.substack.com

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 1h
"After measles swept through her household, the young woman wanted to get vaccinated. Her doctor said she couldn't because she had leukemia and the treatments had weakened her immune system" @bachynski.bsky.social
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A 20-year-old Amish woman with leukemia got measles and died in Pa.’s largest outbreak in three decades
After measles swept through her household, the young woman wanted to get vaccinated. Her doctor said she couldn't because she had leukemia and the treatments had weakened her immune system.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 4h
President Donald Trump's promise of about $100 checks for certain seniors drew backlash from some of his own supporters on Truth Social, where several called the amount insulting.
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Furious MAGA fans rebel against Trump over his new 'bribe': 'Won't even fill my tank'
President Donald Trump's promise of about $100 checks for certain seniors drew backlash from some of his own supporters on Truth Social, where several called the amount insulting.On Friday night, Trump announced that his administration would "immediately" start sending "Checks" of "nearly $100" to m...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h
A chart covering the latest Kushner/Witkoff grift.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 2h
NYC is opening 160 car-free (but treat-filled) streets and plazas to enjoy fun and safe fall festivities this spooky season. Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets.
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 4h
Another must read in @atrupar.com’s PN! This one by @schaller67.bsky.social. And I just re-upped my annual PN subscription and you should too! open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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Diesel Don is tanking the GOP
Record high prices are one of Trump’s defining political failures.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 20h
Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18h
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 17h
The Trump administration knows abortion bans are politically toxic: 81% of voters oppose government intervention in our pregnancies. Via @jessicavalenti.bsky.social jessica.substack.com/p/abortion-2...
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The White House’s Promise to Attack Abortion After the Midterms
The White House has “instructed the Justice Department to move slowly on any abortion-related actions ahead of the midterm elections,” The Washington Sun reports.
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 23h
This corruption must be investigated.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I missed this in the Constitution.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How do you defeat a president who’s trying to sabotage the midterms? 1. Use drop boxes. 2. Vote EARLY in person. 3. If mailing in your ballot, put it in the mail AT LEAST two weeks before Election Day. 4. Vote in person on Election Day. 5. Share these instructions with everyone you know.
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"I realized something recently, and so did you. So did everyone. Posting is not fun anymore. It's formulaic. It's butter yellow text on an image with whatever the week's buzz word is." Truth from @akilahhughes.com and I couldn't agree more. www.patreon.com/thespitestac...
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Posting is Embarrassing | The Spite Stack
The algorithm's influence on internet dread. I realized something recently, and so did you. So did everyone. Posting is not fun anymore. It'
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A brilliant move, @governor.ny.gov. Thank you! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
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Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case (Gift Article)
Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the New York State attorney general to investigate allegations by a former Cornell University student that several men sexually assaulted her.
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Once they start getting hauled in front of the cameras — and perhaps some of them, hauled away in handcuffs — we can begin to restore some respect for the law.” Can’t wait! By @paulwaldman.bsky.social in PN open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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Scenes from a personality cult
Trump’s taxpayer-funded agitprop is clearly illegal — and that’s the point.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most powerful animating force in my former political party is white Christian Nationalism.👇
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I never ever thought I would see such a dangerous unhinged psychopath running the US military. We’ve had some bad ones, but never like this.
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Think about this: The 0.1% now control about $28 trillion, or about 15% of the nation’s total wealth, which amounts to nearly $186 trillion. www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
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The Gap Between the Rich and the Very, Very Rich Is Getting Wider
The 0.1% are worth $28 trillion, or about 15% of the nation’s total wealth. The average wealth for a household in this group is over $200 million.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, I'm establishing the Office of Religious Affairs. It will report straight to the top -- a direct line to the secretary ... as Psalm 33:12 extolls us, blessed is the nation in which God is the Lord"
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Everything that is wrong with everything. Last I checked the U.S. population is 50.9% percent female. And look at this image. What a travesty. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Who Attended Trump’s AI Luncheon, and Who Sat Where
A seating chart of the meeting illustrated growing divisions within the artificial intelligence industry and how it is viewed by the White House.
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"We must continue to advocate to change outdated investigative practices and preconceptions about rape around the country, modernize our criminal laws and give everyone involved — victims and potential defendants alike — the process they are due." Via the brilliant @mimirocah1.bsky.social.
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Opinion | How the Tompkins County DA set itself up for failure in the Cornell rape case
It appears the Tompkins County district attorney’s office failed to properly follow up with standard practices for cases involving sexual assault allegations when the initial complaint was made in 202...
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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The moment a drone or missile whistles nearby, 🇺🇦 women instantly become a shield for their children—covering them with their bodies, holding them tightly, covering their eyes and ears, comforting them. Every Ukrainian mother, sister, & grandmother is always ready to become a shelter. Thread 1/5🧵
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The GOP playbook relies on an absolute lack of shame, and so Schmitt dutifully bellied up to the microphone to celebrate his flawless victory with the chuds keeping the grift alive in Charlie Kirk’s old studio." Boom from @lizdye.bsky.social in @atrupar.com's PN: open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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Schmitt happens all over effort to perjury trap Jack Smith
When gotchas go disastrously wrong.
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A must read from the brilliant @jillfilipovic.bsky.social: slate.com/life/2026/09...
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The “Cornell Seven” Rape Case Has Ignited the Country. Let’s Talk About What We’re Actually Talking About Here.
The district attorney has reopened the criminal case.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 29/09/2026
Exclusive: Donald Trump supports a new plan to offer Russia sanctions relief in exchange for the release of political prisoners—a move likely to outrage Ukraine, Europe, and even some of his allies in Congress, @shustry.bsky.social reports. theatln.tc/pV4oxIGu
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury, claiming he had evidence Smith secretly went to an Atlanta Hawks game. Then it all backfired in real-time.
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GOP Senator’s Jack Smith ‘Gotcha’ Blows Up in His Face
Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over supposed evidence placing him at an Atlanta Hawks game. There was just one problem: It was the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Monsters in human form
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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
”Well, there's this illusion, I think, in American politics that our institutions are this like literal brick wall that protects us from bad things. The institutions are only as strong as the people. Only as strong as the people.” Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social • I've Had It 🎧 Thread 1/5🧵
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Critically important words from @sulliview.bsky.social at 5 weeks out from the 2026 midterm elections. margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/how-you-ca...
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How you can demand better media coverage as the midterms loom
Examples of what is working and what must stop. Plus: some great reporting and two scary developments
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Raunch, vulgarity, a boorish entitlement to women’s sexual service, and the aesthetics – and, indeed, the business – of pornography are being embraced by the right." @moiradonegan.bsky.social nails it in @theguardian.com! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In its push to subordinate women, the American right is embracing raunch
Conservatives long promoted a politics of sexual prohibition. Now such morals have been shed in favor of male domination
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Trump thinks that his arbitrariness and indifference to others demonstrates strength. In fact, though, it just means he alienates actual allies and rushes to lick Xi’s boots even as those boots are kicking him and his country in the face." By @nberlat.bsky.social in @atrupar.com's PN latest PN:
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Trump loves Xi because he wants to be him
Kowtowing to tyrants makes him think he’s strong.
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It is part of the broader disintegration of the international order that has glued the world together since 1945. In its place, something new is taking shape — a system that is more transactional, more arbitrary and crueler, and one in which, more and more, everyone is on his or her own.
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“The president reportedly considered sizzle reels of candidates’ cable news hits; the focus was not on who was most qualified to do the job, but who managed to best dazzle dear leader.” @mollyjongfast.bsky.social at her sizzling best 💥 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/o...
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Opinion | The Mean Girls Presidency (Gift Article)
Our government is being run by a clique of middle-aged guys.
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The Weekend on MS NOW @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The number one concern is they are going to roll back access to medication abortion." @mintimm.bsky.social shares the outcomes if the Senate confirms President Trump's FDA nominee, who holds a record of attacking reproductive rights.
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A genius campaigner! @jamestalarico.bsky.social leaves Paxton a voice mail inviting him to debate on Fox News. x.com/jamestalaric...
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James Talarico (@jamestalarico) on X
Ken Paxton keeps dodging debates. So I called his cell to invite him to a debate on Fox News. He didn’t pick up.
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The president and the first lady of the United States of America were threatening to sue me. Me. A single mother of two in New Jersey." Read THIS from @jojofromjerz.bsky.social! jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/be-best-be...
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Be Best. Be Quiet. Or Be Bankrupted.
Melania Trump is selling a story about lifting women up. I’m the mother of two she tried to frighten into submission.
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Brava @patagonia.com! Let's see other companies step up and do the same! Voting is NOT partisan. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/b...
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Patagonia Offers $100 to Customers Who Help Others Plan to Vote (Gift Article)
The outdoor apparel brand, which sued the Trump administration this month, is ramping up its environmental activism before the midterm elections.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Paying expensive healthcare premiums but never using the insurance is a odd way to commit fraud.
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ms. Pike’s neurological immaturity was compounded by childhood trauma. She was raped at ages 17 and 11 and as a toddler. Her father beat her so severely when she struggled with homework it caused permanent scars. Her mother left her hungry. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
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Opinion | Brain Science Shows Why 18 Is Too Young for the Death Penalty (Gift Article)
Our brains don’t finish developing until we’re well into our 20s. That matters when deciding who gets the death penalty.
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
At stake is not just the UN itself but the broader global architecture. Trump’s swipes at NATO are a gift to Russia. His assault on the International Criminal Court is a gift to warlords. His withdrawal from the WHO is a gift to viruses. By @nickkristof.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/o...
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Opinion | The U.N. Is Terrible. We Need the U.N. (Gift Article)
Trump’s attack on global institutions leaves us helpless before a growing array of challenges.
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Imagine him being asked to settle if the US was invaded. What a crackpot!
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wow! "84 percent of Canadians regard relations with the U.S. as negative, which is worse than the public opinion on Canadian-Chinese relations (64 percent negative) and on a par with Russia (85 percent negative)." Don't blame them! By @brynntannehill.bsky.social via @atrupar.com's PN:
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The view from Canada: Make America Think Again
Rebuilding trust will take generations.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hegseth continues to manipulate the numbers of dead and wounded in the Iran War. The tally of troops wounded during the Iran war was quietly increased by 37 without explanation from DOD. That includes 29 Navy sailors and eight Marines, according to the Pentagon’s database.
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Pentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid Iran war
With the addition of 29 U.S. sailors and eight Marines, the total number of personnel wounded since the start of hostilities has risen to 861, a Pentagon database shows.
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