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@susijohnston.bsky.social
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buddhist art historian, author, activist, anomaly indonesia, pacific northwest, europe, universal

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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Very important. Must read. Vought is perhaps THE lynchpin behind this regime's success at doing bad stuff. I clocked that well before the 2024 election. If you understand who he is, and why he's been placed in this particular role, you'll wish you knew earlier. He's why the sh*t keeps happening.
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Is the Angine de Poitrine effect really everywhere now? Or is it just a Baader–Meinhof phenomenon? I crank up ADP on headphones at least an hour a day, love the music, and what it does to my ADHD brain. But I'm seeing spots! Am I going dotty? #AnginedePoitrine #mathrock #AnginedePoitrineEffect #ADHD
A collage of photos showing striking, modern, polka-dot wedding cakes. They are decorated with black and white spots, quite unusual, and very artistic in appearance, like Angine de Poitrine. The photos are from wedding cake makers' and wedding planners' content online.
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Mata Zyklek in the Poitrinese language = Motorcycle. These two, especially Khn, love ripping around Québec on trail bikes. Notice how Khn signals the song with his hands up gripping "handlebars", revving the engine by turning the throttle with his right hand? (Read more below ⬇︎⬇︎) #anginedepoitrine
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Angine de Poitrine - Mata Zyklek (Live) @ Denver, 8/13/2026
YouTube video by Rock & Metal From The Front Row
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
That hideous "Arc de Trump" is about to rise in DC. In case you were wondering what's inside, here are the designer's drawings. Whaddyall think?
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Lisa Fung @lisafung.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
'Subjects that were dominating the news last week are brushed aside. Instead, it’s all war, all the time.' @sulliview.bsky.social reminds readers not to lose sight of the (many, many) topics that Trump doesn't want you to pay attention to margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/when-the-m...
margaretsullivan.substack.com
When the media covers war, every other topic fades
Trump will do anything to distract from the political damage of the Epstein files
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
US troops in the Iran conflict are complaining that commanders say their mission is to hasten a Biblical apocalypse. One officer told them, "President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth." Yikes! 😬
newrepublic.com
Military Leaders Say Iran War Is So Trump Can Bring About “Armageddon”
Troops have logged more than 110 complaints about such comments with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
You must read this short piece. Sensemaking for 28 February 2026, a day that defies logic.
theatlantic.com
The Death of Khamenei and the End of an Era
His life’s work was to preserve a revolution that is heading for the ash heap.
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Astute assessment.
spiegel.de
(S+) U.S. Historian Robert Kagan: "We Are Watching a Country Fall Under Dictatorship Almost Without Resistance"
The Cold War? Child's play compared to what lies ahead, according to U.S. historian Robert Kagan. Trump, he says, is leading the world into the most dangerous era since 1945.
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Judge removes risk of death sentence for Luigi Mangione!
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Speaking of missing video footage at a detention facility, here is a big old smelly fish tale that's making me nauseous. (P.S. Release the Epstein files.)
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
🙏🏻☮️🙏🏻
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Chicago rose up in protest on Sunday despite blizzard conditions. Huge respect for the spirit of this great city.
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
So impressed by the protest march and huge rally in snowy Chicago today. 🙏🏻💙🙏🏻
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Protestors finger blown apart by ICE gestapo at Alex Pretti protest in Minneapolis
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Ingrassia! Ingrassia! Ingrassia! [ Disgusting. ]
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
🤔 I wonder what the odds are that the DHS Minnesota operations would happen to match a recipe for civil war exactly? What a funny fluke!
theguardian.com
We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start | Claire Finkelstein
Developments in Minnesota closely mirror a scenario explored in a 2024 exercise conducted at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, which I direct
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Ya think? 🤔 Weird, huh? Almost like somebody planned it that way.
futurism.com
Simulation Found Civil War Could Be Triggered by Exactly What ICE Is Doing Right Now
Researchers found a civil war between state and federal troops could start as a result of events similar to those unfolding in Minneapolis.
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
"It has never been about the victims. It’s about powerful men covering up for each other, and that cover-up continues. Shame on all those who are obstructing the victims getting the full release of all the files that they deserve.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Epstein victims’ advocates express outrage over slow release of files
Deadline mandated by Epstein Files Transparency Act long past, but millions of documents have still not been released
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Healing Nation @healingnation.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
They said he would burn down America before releasing Epstein files. They were right.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/01/2026
i think it is simply true that for all intents and purposes stephen miller is the president of the united states
theatlantic.com
The Wrath of Stephen Miller
The man who turns President Trump’s most incendiary impulses into policy
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
(ICE) and (CBP) agencies are now stealing cash from Somali-Americans 1/19/26
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On January 18, HSI St. Paul and @CBP seized $14,135 from two Somali-born U.S. citizens who were departing on international flights from MSP.
ICE and CBP remain vigilant in detecting and preventing the illegal movement of funds across borders to protect national security.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Well, I really wish now that I had finished my report on this from months ago. I repeatedly wrote on social media that this is what was happening, and it was. All the evidence was there that this had nothing to do with a ballroom. I will still publish my report, which includes lots of new details.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/01/2026
“I’m watching the military becoming co-opted by politicians, and where that leads is some really troubling places. If that happens, the roots of our democracy are in extreme danger.”
motherjones.com
"Madness": A retired brigadier general slams Trump’s military power grab
On this week’s “More To The Story,” a former National Guard officer discusses the perils of politicizing the military and why the Insurrection Act needs reform.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
OPINION: If you can’t see it now, you’re the problem.
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Now Is the Time to Admit it, America: He’s a Dangerous, Lunatic Moron
If you can’t see it now, you’re the problem.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 19/01/2026
Isaiah Blackwell used his body as a shield in guiding Jake Lang away from counterprotesters before two Black women were his unexpected getaway drivers. Former Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak said, “Lang saw that Black man as less than him. The Black man saw Lang as a human being.”
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The Black man and women who rescued right-wing influencer Jake Lang from protesters in Minneapolis
Isaiah Blackwell used his body as a shield in guiding Lang away from counterprotesters before two Black women were his unexpected getaway drivers.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 20/01/2026
Leading economist teaches Europe how to cripple Trump
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Leading economist teaches Europe how to cripple Trump
The leading French economist Gabriel Zucman is urging European governments to inflict financial pain on American billionaires in response to US President Donald Trump’s effort to seize control of Greenland, a mineral-rich island that some of Trump’s rich campaign donors see as a potentially massive ...
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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
When the Survivors Lead, Justice Has No Choice but to Follow 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...
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When the Survivors Lead, Justice Has No Choice but to Follow
Most days, we report on breaking legal news.
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 19/01/2026
ICE is now bragging about money they stole from Somalis
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UNDECLARED CASH SEIZED AT MSP

On January 18, HSI St. Paul and @CBP seized
$14,135 from two Somali-born U.S. citizens who
were departing on international flights from MSP.

ICE and CBP remain vigilant in detecting and
preventing the illegal movement of funds across
borders to protect national security.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Guarantee you we spent more than $14,000 on ICE and CBP overtime at MSP airport today to seize … $14,135.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 20/01/2026
Damning new polling revealed Monday that the vast majority of the country believes the federal government is deliberately withholding explosive information about the Jeffrey Epstein case.
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Trump admin hit with damning new poll on Epstein files
Damning new polling revealed Monday that the vast majority of the country believes the federal government is deliberately withholding explosive information about the Jeffrey Epstein case.The CNN/SSRS survey found a whopping two-thirds of Americans believe Washington is intentionally sitting on files...
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Disgusting. The Board of Peace looks like a cabal of rapacious oligarchs, on a rabid run to develop Gaza as a grotesque gilded Trump-branded mega-resort. Its ruling execs? The likes of Tony Blair, Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff of Signalgate fame and Jared Kushner. (Hurl.)
independent.co.uk
Trump wants to hold a ceremony to recognize his ‘peace board’ at Davos this week
President has described it as ‘the most impressive and consequential Board ever assembled’, but many world leaders are skeptical of its $1bn membership fee and domination by Trump allies
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Futurism @futurism.com · 18/12/2025
"There was zero plan, except causing pain."
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A Huge Number of People Starved to Death After Elon Musk Cut USAID's Funding
After Elon Musk cut off the rest of the world by shutting USAID, the World Food Program's operations in Kenya were left in shambles.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 14/11/2025
Hank Green has made a living riding the algorithmic waves of the social web. He joins @cwarzel.bsky.social to discuss the early promise of the internet—and what went wrong. Listen to the inaugural episode of “Galaxy Brain”:
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Galaxy Brain: The Internet Is a Misery Machine
Hank Green on outrage, creativity, and what, exactly, went wrong with the internet.
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
"Use of force shocks the conscience." But the President, Mr. Miller, Ms. Noem, and "The Border Czar" have none. And their rent-a-thugs were chosen for their lack of one, too.
nytimes.com
Judge Criticizes Immigration Agents in Chicago: ‘Use of Force Shocks the Conscience’
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Think back to how you felt a year ago when Trump was reelected. Now think about how you feel after last night's election. You volunteered. You went to protests. You didn't check out. You put in the work required for our democracy — and it's paying off. Remember this.
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Hey @indivisiblebux.bsky.social! Four months ago I reposted your "Die In" because it was awesome. I see you, Bucks County, and today I applaud you with all my heart. Yesterday you rocked the vote and saved your schools and the impartial rule of law under which all people are equal! Bravo!!!!
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
[This is for all my GenAlpha friends and those who strive to understand them.] The main resto at the iconic Edgewater Inn in Seattle is called: THE SIX SEVEN ! ! ! The Edgewater. The hotel where all those amazing pics of Kurt Cobain were taken. Is very proud of its SIX SEVEN RESTAURANT.
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
This image says it all!
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
There are two articles today that I consider our "must-reads". Here's the second one, which so perfectly mirrors my thoughts, it made me feel like I was reading something I'd just written myself.
theatlantic.com
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Today there are two articles I consider to be our "must-reads". Number 1 is on how stupid it is for Trump to target Jack Smith. He's waking a sleeping tiger with this one, and I for one hope we get to hear it roar.
nytimes.com
Jack Smith, Trump’s Target, Shifts From Defense to Counterattack
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Shutting it down Stay safe and keep resisting. ✊ ✌️
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Salute Gesundheit @meltedplasticman.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Speaker of the house Johnson would not exist without gerrymandering.
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
And rightly so. It's probably a wise policy choice for any nation to uniformly reject anything that comes out of that orange clown's mouth, or out of his socials! Bring it!
politico.com
Nigeria rejects US military threat over alleged Christian killings
The African nation denied that Christians are being persecuted.
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Rob Reiner Fan @rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
New York Times Op-Ed one year ago
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
That's how he rolls, though. In case you hadn't noticed. There's utter impunity for malfeasance, high crimes and misdemeanors when you axe all the watchdogs, inspectors general, regulators, unsympathetic prosecutors, oversight agencies, and the rest. Formulaic dictator schtick.
forbes.com
White House Reportedly Fires Commissioners Expected To Review Ballroom, Arch Construction Projects
The agency was expected to review the president’s construction projects, including a recently announced “Independence Arch” near the Lincoln Memorial.
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
🏆Winner🏆: Best Headline for the Breaking Bolton Indictment News
axios.com
Bolton likens Trump administration to Stalin's secret police after indictment
"I have become the latest target in weaponizing the Justice Department to charge those he deems to be his enemies."
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Hits different . . . . [ My morning screen. ] 🫣
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Today's Important Read: And check what Andreessen's role in government is right now after you read it.
futurism.com
Tech Billionaires Accused of Quietly Working to Implement "Corporate Dictatorship"
A consortium of the world's most powerful moguls are plotting to rule the world by oligopoly, according to tech industry analyst Gil Duran.
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susi johnston @susijohnston.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
GOT NEWS OVERWHELM? (No. 4) It's too much. We know that. A head full of headlines in a tangle is a mental health hairball, so I tried a hella hacks. This works for me. Clip the headlines, put em all on one page and arrange until some kind of order emerges. I do it daily. Here's today's (3 pages).
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