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Susan Milton

@susmilton.bsky.social
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News hawk, ret. Cape Cod journalist who loves gardening, reading, oystering, spending time with friends and family - Life is Good!

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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 9h
Stop what you are doing because you need to read this. Billions of dollars in oil trades were perfectly timed to Trump’s decision to back off attacking Iranian power plants. Trump announced the reversal just 15 minutes after those trades were placed.
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CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades
Chairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h
(Reuters) - The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter. @reuters.com 🇺🇦 www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 18h
Quite an essay by Lee Pelton, who writes about his Alzheimer's diagnosis. "As an opaque gloom creeps in, beginning to lay waste to who I am and who I hoped I would always be, I’ve been asking myself a question: When Alzheimer’s takes even more, will I still be the person I have tried to be?"
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I have Alzheimer’s disease. Here’s what I’d like you to know. - The Boston Globe
An essay by Lee Pelton, the former president and CEO of The Boston Foundation.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 17h
Zelensky says Ukraine was directly ordered not to strike Russian oil refineries, with problems and the blocking of US intelligence threatened. He also says he told Trump that opening Starlink over Russia would allow Ukraine to destroy Russian ballistic missile launchers. #Ukraine
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 10/10/2026
❗️Germany will not follow the US in easing sanctions on Russian fuel and will continue enforcing its existing restrictions, Reuters reports. Germany’s Economy Ministry said the country is fully independent of Russian fuel and is working on additional restrictions against Moscow. #Russia
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
Putin throws lifeline to try to save Trump in the midterms. In return, American dollars go to Russia and get put toward killing innocent Ukrainians. Trump/Russia right out in the open. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
dailymail.com
Putin throws Trump midterm lifeline as Russia agrees to supply diesel
Donald Trump announced today that Vladimir Putin has agreed to supply the US with hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This thing has made me go do a lot of reading tonight, and the Wikipedia page about the last public execution in the United States is well-written. It was Rainey Bethea, a Black man hanged in front of a crowd of 20,000 in 1936, a spectacle which embarrassed Kentucky enough that they ended hangings.
Hanna placed the noose around Bethea's neck, adjusted it, and then signaled to Hash to pull the trigger. Instead, Hash, who was drunk, did nothing. Hanna shouted at Hash, "Do it!" A deputy then leaned onto the trigger, which sprang the trap door. citation needed! Bethea fell 8 feet (2.4 m), and his neck was instantly broken.
Afterward, two doctors confirmed he was dead.
His body was taken to Andrew & Wheatley
Funeral Home. Icitation needed! He wanted his body to be sent to his sister in South Carolina so that she could arrange for him to be interred next to his father, but against these wishes, he was buried in a pauper's grave at Owensboro Cemetery (also known as City Cemetery and
"Potter's Field") in Owensboro. 14]It was estimated that a crowd of about 20,000 people gathered to watch the execution.!9! One man, 36-year-old Leonard A. Peters, was killed in a car accident while driving to Owensboro to witness the hanging. Three others, including his wife, were injured. 15. Afterwards, Hanna complained that Hash should not have been allowed to perform the execution in his drunken
condition. Hanna further said it was the worst display he experienced in the 70 hangings he had supervised. citation needed]
The spot where the scaffold stood
(approximately 37.775248° -87.116462°) is now part of a drop-off/pick-up lane in front of the Owensboro Convention Center. citation needed]へ
End of public executions in
Kentucky
As the Kentucky General Assembly had been meeting in its biennial sessions at the time, the media circus surrounding the Bethea execution embarrassed members of the Kentucky
legislature. In spite of the humiliation, they could not amend laws regarding executions until the next session in 1938. However, the trial judges in two separate Kentucky rape cases ordered that the hangings of John "Pete" Montjoy and Harold Van Venison be conducted privately. Montjoy, age 23, was privately hanged in Covington on December 17, 1937.On January 17, 1938, William R. Attkisson of the Kentucky State Senate's 38th District (representing Louisville), introduced Senate Bill 69, repealing the requirement in Section 1137 that executions for convicted rapists be conducted by hanging in the county seat where they raped their victims. The bill was promoted in the Kentucky House of Representatives by Representative Charles W. Anderson Jr., one of the attorneys who assisted Bethea in his post-conviction relief motions.
After both houses approved the bill, Governor Chandler signed it into law on March 12, 1938; it became effective on May 30 of that year.
Chandler later expressed regret at having approved the repeal, claiming, "Our streets are no longer safe." The last person ever legally hanged in Kentucky was Harold Van Venison, a
33-year-old African-American singer, who was privately executed in Covington on June 3, 1938.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
Q: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Anna Lind-Guzik @alindguzik.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hard to think of anything less abstract and more materially consequential than being pregnant
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In the history of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most. SMH. Politicians lie. These politicians lie so often it seems like breathing.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
Americans deserve lower costs and lower interest rates, but Donald Trump is standing in the way. Let’s talk about it:
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Judge Questions Secrecy Around Trump Administration’s Memo on Boat Strikes The judge also ordered the Justice Department to privately show the court the contested document, which blesses the disputed killings at sea. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u... w/ Ben Weiser
nytimes.com
Judge Questions Secrecy Around Trump Administration’s Memo on Boat Strikes
The judge also ordered the Justice Department to privately show the court the contested document, which blesses the disputed killings at sea.
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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wow!!! What a full house in Maine! Thanks to @hcrichardson.bsky.social for promoting Troy Jackson. Maine peeps, it is time to vote for someone who cares for you!
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DaughterOfDefiance @z-buck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I really, really hate this timeline... Also, why the hell was this NOT reported on when it happened (Mar 2026)???
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/09/2026
The Justice Department said on Thursday it had ended its watchdog role in more than 50 cases enforcing racial desegregation in schools, mostly in the South. The changes are the latest in the Trump administration’s bid to overhaul civil rights enforcement in the U.S.
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Justice Department Scraps Dozens of School Desegregation Cases
Critics said the changes, mostly in the South, moved the nation “back toward the Jim Crow era.” Justice Department officials said the decrees were outdated.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
She was an FBI agent. She started an investigation of the murder of Renee Good. Trump forced her to reclassify it as an ICE agent assault. She was then forced to resign. Her evidence confirms that a cover-up of the homicide has been undertaken, directed from the highest levels.
cnn.com
FBI agent who initially investigated fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis has resigned | CNN Politics
The FBI agent who initially began working with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to investigate the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, two sources familiar with...
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Dr. K @katekaynak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
apnews.com
AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A million thanks to @hcrichardson.bsky.social for writing about the 350th anniversary of the burning of Jamestown and helping a larger audience understand this still very relevant history. I say this as Executive Director of the Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation but also as a historian & a citizen.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Duval. Miami-Dade. Apopka. West Palm. Sanford. 🩷 Folks are out knocking doors all across Florida because this is how we organize: one door, one conversation, one neighbor at a time. Come knock some doors with us. Find a canvass near you: angie4us.com/knock #Angie4FL
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/09/2026
ProPublica’s analysis of CDC data found that the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies has nearly doubled. The spike alarmed many experts. One said it should “be a never event.”
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Novoselivka, Oleksandrivka, Yarova, and the outskirts of Korovii Yar were cleared of Russian infiltration.
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Why is the President censoring the press? Trump dragged the US into a forever war, and he's increased the cost of everything from gas to groceries. Trump wants to hide his failures. Voters will hold him accountable.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 18/09/2026
Donald Trump and every member of Congress should be working for the American people — NOT their stock portfolio.
TRUMP HAS MADE MORE TRADES THAN ALL OF CONGRESS COMBINED. TRUMP: 28,700. HOUSE: 19,400. SENATE: 2,900
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The judge asked the govt if the Kennedy Center is going bankrupt. You should've seen them backpedal Why so fast? If it's broke, a court puts someone else in charge & they lose control of it @cnn.com👇 -TN
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Was Freedom 250 just a commemoration of America’s founding, or yet another slush fund opportunity for wealthy corporations and insiders to buy influence with the White House? I'm investigating.
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Senators demand Trump’s Freedom 250 group disclose corporate donors
A group of Senate Democrats is questioning whether donors “may have received any favors or special treatment.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/09/2026
When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients. (Published Oct. 2024 with @capitolforum.bsky.social)
propublica.org
Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Treatments
When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
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HCR HQ @hcrhq.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Thank you for being here. From today's Politics Chat. Watch now on YouTube. www.youtube.com/live/1figRUiJ4ew?si…
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Local cops working with ICE for the cash are turning east-central Pa. into a police state where no brown person is safe. You gotta figure there are a whole lot of other places like this that no one knows about because there's only one @willbunch.bsky.social. Gift link: share.inquirer.com/FCor2L
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In Pa. coal country, local police join with ICE to bring arrests, fear | Will Bunch
Schuylkill County is the new face of Trump’s mass deportation, as local cops, lured by federal cash, bust scores of migrants.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I'm Angie Nixon, and I'm running to be your next United States Senator. ✊🏾 Our campaign is people-powered, built by working class Floridians, for working class Floridians. We on GO! Join us → angie4us.com/jointhefight #AngieForFlorida #ChangeCantWait
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 04/09/2026
Rick Wilson says forget impeaching Trump directly — the Senate math doesn't work. Instead, Dems should go after the STAFFERS first: Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Susie Wiles, Jared Kushner. WATCH NOW: youtu.be/2Z2-ixAUqOo
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Just imagine the collective meltdown that would have occurred at Fox News if Obama said anything close to this. But, of course, nothing matters LOL.
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
WIN: Virginia Democrats have officially banned convicted domestic abusers from purchasing firearms. Nearly every Republican voted against it.
GREAT NEWS
Virginia Democrats pass law banning convicted domestic abusers from purchasing firearms
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Philipp Markolin @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026
Quite the story. Free speech and journalistic issues aside, getting immediately fired for a critical Charlie Kirk comment, and suddenly the higher ups don't recall who told them to fire... is sus af. That needs a real investigation.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/09/2026
NEW: Over the “strongest possible” objections of a federal prosecutor handling the case, Trump DOJ officials quashed plans to bring civil rights charges against an ICE agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant and then lying about it.
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Trump’s DOJ Blocked Serious ICE Shooting Charge Over Federal Prosecutor’s “Strongest Possible” Objections
A prosecutor planned to file civil rights charges — similar to those brought against the officers who killed George Floyd — against an ICE agent. In an email we exclusively obtained, he reveals that T...
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 03/09/2026
❗️Danish intelligence says Russian services are actively preparing sabotage operations against Denmark's defense industry, including companies linked to military aid for Ukraine. PET says it has identified concrete Russian plans and attempts to recruit ordinary Danes online for reconnaissance tasks.
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Trump is dismantling our government—and it's harming people. Gutted the Department of Ed. → families can't afford college Slashed food safety agencies → cyclospora outbreak Decimated the IRS → billionaires stop paying taxes We need to hold him accountable in November.
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Nicole Rifkin @nicolerifkin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
thank you the new yorker and françoise for having me do this cover for the late, great dolly parton
dolly parton new yorker cover
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
#Climate impacts can derail our efforts to mitigate emissions, delaying decarbonisation, thus leading to more warming. "According to energy intelligence firm Montel, inflows to reservoirs and run-of-river hydropower plants in Austria and Switzerland were nearly 50 per cent below average in July"
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Europe’s drought is draining hydropower in the Alpine region
“We are simply missing one-third of the water volume that our hydropower plants would normally process.”
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/08/2026
I hope everyone caught this Lancet study confirming that Elon Musk & DOGE are responsible for genocidal levels of suffering & death.
thelancet.com
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
You gotta hand it to Exxon for killing two birds -- the labor market AND Planet Earth -- with one stone
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/08/2026
Stephen Miller said a Chicago apartment building raided by immigration agents was “filled with terrorists.” So why is it that not a single person arrested that night was charged with a crime? 🎧 This is the real story behind the midnight raid. Listen on “Paper Trail”:
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The True Story of Why Immigration Agents Raided a Chicago Apartment Building
Trump officials claimed they successfully arrested members of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in a dramatic midnight raid. We uncovered a very different story.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 23/08/2026
Why would Trump end a program that saves you money by letting you file your taxes for free with the IRS? Maybe because TurboTax's parent company donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration. Call it out for what it is: corruption.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 12/08/2026
What happened when Donald Trump gutted the IRS? - Paper returns took longer to be processed - Fewer calls got answered - Less in-person help was available - Call wait times got longer I’ve been warning this would happen. Now a new government watchdog report confirms it.
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john.in.chicago @john-in-chicago.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I remember watching this when it aired live in September, 1976, the Muppet Show's first season. I didn't know who Rita Moreno was, only that she was amazing. She won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. Happy Sunday Funday! 🥵
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 01/08/2026
❗️The Pentagon will hand leadership of the NATO Security Assistance Group for Ukraine to another ally, Politico reported. The transition is expected to take up to a year, with the US remaining involved through a deputy commander while NATO takes over the mission. #Ukraine
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