Susan Rinkunas
@susanrinkunas.com
Journalist and cofounder @autonomynews.co. Seen in: Jezebel, The New Republic, The Guardian, Slate, The Nation, Democracy Docket. WGAE Council. From PA, now in BK
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Susan Rinkunas
@susanrinkunas.com
· Jun 4
Hello world! We are Autonomy News, a new worker-owned reproductive justice news outlet cofounded by @garnethenderson.com and @susanrinkunas.com.
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Welcome to Autonomy News
Welcome to Autonomy News, a new publication created and owned by two reproductive rights and justice journalists.
We write about bodily autonomy and the attacks levied by politicians and activists wh...
www.autonomynews.co
Good morning, internet, and welcome to a new publication that @garnethenderson.com and I have been working on for months
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Let me say as an amuse bouche: crisis pregnancy centers hate to see us coming
JUICY STORY INCOMING from me tomorrow at @autonomynews.co. Subscribe to read it first
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January 21, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Let me say as an amuse bouche: crisis pregnancy centers hate to see us coming
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This is one of those times when a journalist writes "casting doubt on" instead of just saying outright that a politician is failing to do the thing they promised to do. Happens all the time for no particularly good reason.
January 20, 2026 at 3:53 AM
This is one of those times when a journalist writes "casting doubt on" instead of just saying outright that a politician is failing to do the thing they promised to do. Happens all the time for no particularly good reason.
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Lol, no way
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Newsom plans no new journalism funding despite $175-million funding deal with Google
It’s a significant walkback from an August 2024 deal between California leaders and Google to jointly spend $175 million over five years to fund local journalism.
www.latimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Lol, no way
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Right on cue, here are the push alerts from the 3 major newspapers lmao
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Right on cue, here are the push alerts from the 3 major newspapers lmao
Y’all this story is wild 👀
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A worker-owned reproductive rights and justice publication.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Y’all this story is wild 👀
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“why are you still on twitter” -> whiny, makes you sound like a scold
“oh you post on the pedophile app” -> makes them sound like a pedophile
“oh you post on the pedophile app” -> makes them sound like a pedophile
January 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
“why are you still on twitter” -> whiny, makes you sound like a scold
“oh you post on the pedophile app” -> makes them sound like a pedophile
“oh you post on the pedophile app” -> makes them sound like a pedophile
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BREAKING: The Greg Bovino Bitch Fund Benefiting Immigrant Rights in Minnesota has just donated $10,000 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, an essential org working on the frontlines to protect people from ICE's terror.
January 21, 2026 at 2:27 AM
BREAKING: The Greg Bovino Bitch Fund Benefiting Immigrant Rights in Minnesota has just donated $10,000 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, an essential org working on the frontlines to protect people from ICE's terror.
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here's the number for the ICE tip line, folks
January 20, 2026 at 8:57 PM
here's the number for the ICE tip line, folks
But the poor widdle hospitals say they can’t afford a fair union contact. @nynurses.bsky.social
NYC Hospitals Pay Up to $9,000 a Week to Nurses Willing to Cross Picket Line
New York City hospitals are paying as much as $9,000 a week to nurses willing to cross picket lines, creating an expense for medical centers that further strains their struggling budgets.
www.bloomberg.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:00 AM
But the poor widdle hospitals say they can’t afford a fair union contact. @nynurses.bsky.social
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You cannot overstate how startling it is to see a politician just say the thing with clarity and poise. No fearful hemming. No overwrought qualifying down til it’s meaningless. No lingering sense that there is a loyalty to a donor class or an ideology of stasis that they’d never admit to.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 6:17 PM
You cannot overstate how startling it is to see a politician just say the thing with clarity and poise. No fearful hemming. No overwrought qualifying down til it’s meaningless. No lingering sense that there is a loyalty to a donor class or an ideology of stasis that they’d never admit to.
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As I've said before, we don't need to feel bad for Usha, fam. She knows exactly who he is and she wants to be there.
JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, are expecting their fourth child this summer.
JD And Usha Vance Announce Pregnancy
JD And Usha Vance Announce Pregnancy
www.huffpost.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:07 PM
As I've said before, we don't need to feel bad for Usha, fam. She knows exactly who he is and she wants to be there.
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Well I’m not a senator, so my powers of calling it into question are pretty much limited to writing and protest. But you could make an issue of it on the US Senate floor every legislative day.
This is not a rational person. And this is deeply disturbing coming from an American President. NATO is not our enemy—they are unequivocally our closest friends and allies.
At this point, how can you not call into question the mental fitness of this President?
At this point, how can you not call into question the mental fitness of this President?
January 21, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Well I’m not a senator, so my powers of calling it into question are pretty much limited to writing and protest. But you could make an issue of it on the US Senate floor every legislative day.
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I think people underestimate how big this is. Like a city-wide strike is not something that has happened in the US for nearly 100 years
there are a bunch of big names on this list, including multiple beard award winners, and some places i never would have guessed in a hundred years (the malt shop?!) and i'm genuinely floored and delighted to see so many participants
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
List of Minnesota businesses closing for Jan. 23 anti-ICE strike
First announced by faith leaders and unions on Jan. 13, Minnesota businesses have begun announcing plans to join the action.
bringmethenews.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:37 PM
I think people underestimate how big this is. Like a city-wide strike is not something that has happened in the US for nearly 100 years
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I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
JD probably grateful that this might quiet some of the divorce speculation but I gotta say re his presidential aspirations: being rich enough to have a fourth child in the year of our lord 2026 is not relatable
JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, are expecting their fourth child this summer.
JD And Usha Vance Announce Pregnancy
JD And Usha Vance Announce Pregnancy
www.huffpost.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:44 PM
JD probably grateful that this might quiet some of the divorce speculation but I gotta say re his presidential aspirations: being rich enough to have a fourth child in the year of our lord 2026 is not relatable
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Hopefully this ends the people in the "save Usha" movement.
January 20, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Hopefully this ends the people in the "save Usha" movement.
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“There will be nothing left” is the reason why Democrats should be throwing sand in the gears of everything they can in Congress. Block unanimous consent, filibuster all the time, stage sit-ins at agencies, actually be an opposition party
January 20, 2026 at 9:31 PM
“There will be nothing left” is the reason why Democrats should be throwing sand in the gears of everything they can in Congress. Block unanimous consent, filibuster all the time, stage sit-ins at agencies, actually be an opposition party
I've said plenty already, but I'll add that the quote posts sure are interesting!
Thousands of people read this newsletter hoping to stay informed about reproductive rights, yet time and time again, there are glaring factual errors.
This Alabama woman is still in prison as the linked release plainly explained. Getting to a point where folks need to double check what’s printed
This Alabama woman is still in prison as the linked release plainly explained. Getting to a point where folks need to double check what’s printed
January 20, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I've said plenty already, but I'll add that the quote posts sure are interesting!
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The fact that so many people have bought into the fiction that there is only one abortion "reporter," and it's a person who makes constant mistakes, should scare you even if you don't care what I think
Thousands of people read this newsletter hoping to stay informed about reproductive rights, yet time and time again, there are glaring factual errors.
This Alabama woman is still in prison as the linked release plainly explained. Getting to a point where folks need to double check what’s printed
This Alabama woman is still in prison as the linked release plainly explained. Getting to a point where folks need to double check what’s printed
January 20, 2026 at 7:59 PM
The fact that so many people have bought into the fiction that there is only one abortion "reporter," and it's a person who makes constant mistakes, should scare you even if you don't care what I think
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"More than 150 tech workers so far have signed a petition asking for their company CEOs to call the White House, demand that ICE leave US cities, and speak out publicly against the agency’s recent violence."
www.wired.com/story/backla...
www.wired.com/story/backla...
Tech Workers Are Condemning ICE Even as Their CEOs Stay Quiet
The killing of George Floyd in 2020 prompted a wave of statements from tech companies and CEOs. Today, pushback against ICE is largely coming from employees, not executives.
www.wired.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:57 PM
"More than 150 tech workers so far have signed a petition asking for their company CEOs to call the White House, demand that ICE leave US cities, and speak out publicly against the agency’s recent violence."
www.wired.com/story/backla...
www.wired.com/story/backla...
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NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 20, 2026 at 6:53 PM
NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
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3. ICE’s failure to pay its bills for months has caused some medical providers to deny services to ICE detainees, an administration source told Popular Information. In other cases, detainees have allegedly been denied essential medical care by ICE.
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
3. ICE’s failure to pay its bills for months has caused some medical providers to deny services to ICE detainees, an administration source told Popular Information. In other cases, detainees have allegedly been denied essential medical care by ICE.
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This being in People magazine is why the Trump administration is fucked
“A group of immigration agents sat down to eat lunch at a family-owned Mexican restaurant in Minnesota — and then returned hours later to detain the restaurant's employees.” people.com/ice-agents-a...
ICE Agents Ate at a Mexican Restaurant in a Small Town. After Their Meal, They Detained Employees
A group of ICE agents sat down to eat lunch at El Tapatio, a family-owned Mexican restaurant in Willmar, Minn., and then returned hours later to detain the restaurant's employees.
people.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:41 PM
This being in People magazine is why the Trump administration is fucked
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When I was in school we’d have posters of Shaq and Vince Carter drinking milk and now it’s like hey want to see this weird looking person who gets paid to make your uncle racist
"Drink whole milk, you'll come in 5th place" is an incredible ad campaign.
January 20, 2026 at 4:11 PM
When I was in school we’d have posters of Shaq and Vince Carter drinking milk and now it’s like hey want to see this weird looking person who gets paid to make your uncle racist