@suzannenotsusan.bsky.social
My parents had a name picked out for me before my birth, and my mom went rogue and went with a name they briefly considered. Told my dad after they brought me home.
🚫DM’s
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This is bracing and thorough, and it brings the receipts. I also appreciate the acknowledgement that “America has never lived up to the egalitarian promise is has often claimed as reality.”
We aren’t looking to regain some promised land. We’re looking to try again, as a nation, to be better.
We aren’t looking to regain some promised land. We’re looking to try again, as a nation, to be better.
Trumpism Is at War with the Idea of a Citizenry of Equals
The regime’s latest racist fury is tied to the Right’s much broader attempt to redefine citizenship and national identity in service of an exclusionary white nationalist vision.
New piece:
The regime’s latest racist fury is tied to the Right’s much broader attempt to redefine citizenship and national identity in service of an exclusionary white nationalist vision.
New piece:
Trumpism Is at War with the Idea of a Citizenry of Equals
The regime’s latest racist fury is tied to the Right’s much broader attempt to redefine citizenship and national identity in service of an exclusionary white nationalist
steady.page
December 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is bracing and thorough, and it brings the receipts. I also appreciate the acknowledgement that “America has never lived up to the egalitarian promise is has often claimed as reality.”
We aren’t looking to regain some promised land. We’re looking to try again, as a nation, to be better.
We aren’t looking to regain some promised land. We’re looking to try again, as a nation, to be better.
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“Is it Too Late?”
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
December 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“Is it Too Late?”
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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December 12, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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The thing about Trump's National Security Strategy is it boasts of his competence while listing 6 ways Trump has made America worse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-E-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-E-...
Stephen Miller Lectures Europe about His Incompetence
YouTube video by emptywheel
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The thing about Trump's National Security Strategy is it boasts of his competence while listing 6 ways Trump has made America worse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-E-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-E-...
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Ok this is funny
“Jenn Budd, a former Border Patrol senior agent, calls Bovino ‘the Liberace of the Border Patrol’ for his flamboyant behavior and the camera crews that trail him on raids.”
“Jenn Budd, a former Border Patrol senior agent, calls Bovino ‘the Liberace of the Border Patrol’ for his flamboyant behavior and the camera crews that trail him on raids.”
Greg Bovino's the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
www.wbez.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Ok this is funny
“Jenn Budd, a former Border Patrol senior agent, calls Bovino ‘the Liberace of the Border Patrol’ for his flamboyant behavior and the camera crews that trail him on raids.”
“Jenn Budd, a former Border Patrol senior agent, calls Bovino ‘the Liberace of the Border Patrol’ for his flamboyant behavior and the camera crews that trail him on raids.”
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A sitting Republican Congressman in good standing said this, tweeted it out from his own account, and not a peep of outrage.
Imagine if he had said this about any other religious group. Why would it be tolerated? Why is this condoned?
Imagine if he had said this about any other religious group. Why would it be tolerated? Why is this condoned?
December 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
A sitting Republican Congressman in good standing said this, tweeted it out from his own account, and not a peep of outrage.
Imagine if he had said this about any other religious group. Why would it be tolerated? Why is this condoned?
Imagine if he had said this about any other religious group. Why would it be tolerated? Why is this condoned?
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Maybe I get Trump’s attacks on Ilhan Omar. She came on a rare Einstein visa, had an anchor baby & has no public service record since 2006.
Wait. That’s Melania.
Ilhan Omar became a citizen in 2000 after 8 years of vetting and has decades of public service fighting for working people and democracy.
Wait. That’s Melania.
Ilhan Omar became a citizen in 2000 after 8 years of vetting and has decades of public service fighting for working people and democracy.
December 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Maybe I get Trump’s attacks on Ilhan Omar. She came on a rare Einstein visa, had an anchor baby & has no public service record since 2006.
Wait. That’s Melania.
Ilhan Omar became a citizen in 2000 after 8 years of vetting and has decades of public service fighting for working people and democracy.
Wait. That’s Melania.
Ilhan Omar became a citizen in 2000 after 8 years of vetting and has decades of public service fighting for working people and democracy.
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🚨BOMBSHELL: Federal judges caught the U.S. government lying in over 35 court cases; falsified records, fake declarations, and sworn statements built on fiction.
This isn't clerical error. It's institutional deceit.
Even legal scholars now say it looks intentional.
📺60 Minutes
This isn't clerical error. It's institutional deceit.
Even legal scholars now say it looks intentional.
📺60 Minutes
December 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
🚨BOMBSHELL: Federal judges caught the U.S. government lying in over 35 court cases; falsified records, fake declarations, and sworn statements built on fiction.
This isn't clerical error. It's institutional deceit.
Even legal scholars now say it looks intentional.
📺60 Minutes
This isn't clerical error. It's institutional deceit.
Even legal scholars now say it looks intentional.
📺60 Minutes
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LaMonica McIver, who was assaulted and then charged by Noem's agents, is reading from a speech, including about congressional oversight.
December 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
LaMonica McIver, who was assaulted and then charged by Noem's agents, is reading from a speech, including about congressional oversight.
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Noem leaves the hearing and is heckled as she departs the room
December 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Noem leaves the hearing and is heckled as she departs the room
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MAGAZINER: A hardworking man w/no criminal record who raised 3 sons to be Marines -- ICE agents tackled him while he was mowing lawn & imprisoned him. Will you consider him for parole?
NOEM: Everyone in this country illegally has an opportunity to voluntarily go home
M: He raised 3 Marines
NOEM: Everyone in this country illegally has an opportunity to voluntarily go home
M: He raised 3 Marines
December 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
MAGAZINER: A hardworking man w/no criminal record who raised 3 sons to be Marines -- ICE agents tackled him while he was mowing lawn & imprisoned him. Will you consider him for parole?
NOEM: Everyone in this country illegally has an opportunity to voluntarily go home
M: He raised 3 Marines
NOEM: Everyone in this country illegally has an opportunity to voluntarily go home
M: He raised 3 Marines
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Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
December 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
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Before even taking office, New York's newly elected Mayor is spending his political capital trying to defeat Rep Goldman, a former impeachment prosecutor of Trump and one of the most effective newer members of NY's congressional delegation. What a waste of political capital.
GOLDMAN: If your department deports anyone with an ongoing asylum application, you are violating the law, correct?
KRISTI NOEM: Joe Biden left us--
GOLDMAN: I'm not asking about Joe Biden
NOEM: *keeps talking over him*
GOLDMAN: The answer is yes
KRISTI NOEM: Joe Biden left us--
GOLDMAN: I'm not asking about Joe Biden
NOEM: *keeps talking over him*
GOLDMAN: The answer is yes
December 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Before even taking office, New York's newly elected Mayor is spending his political capital trying to defeat Rep Goldman, a former impeachment prosecutor of Trump and one of the most effective newer members of NY's congressional delegation. What a waste of political capital.
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The Overlords would like for us to believe that "affordability crisis" is a hoax.
December 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The Overlords would like for us to believe that "affordability crisis" is a hoax.
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""Affordability" is therefore different from official economic indicators because people see it firsthand and have direct, unmediated knowledge of their own personal finances--they know how much they make and how much they spend..."
December 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
""Affordability" is therefore different from official economic indicators because people see it firsthand and have direct, unmediated knowledge of their own personal finances--they know how much they make and how much they spend..."
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"People know things about affordability that no one else can know: how much they owe, and to who. They know about their bills and monthly payments. Each person is an expert in their own personal "affordability" index."
December 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"People know things about affordability that no one else can know: how much they owe, and to who. They know about their bills and monthly payments. Each person is an expert in their own personal "affordability" index."
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Finnish FM Valtonen at UN: “Putin respects the military power of the United States but despises the American way of life: granting freedom to all individuals.
This is the way of life we Europeans — including the Ukrainians — defend. And it’s why we must stick together.”
This is the way of life we Europeans — including the Ukrainians — defend. And it’s why we must stick together.”
December 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Finnish FM Valtonen at UN: “Putin respects the military power of the United States but despises the American way of life: granting freedom to all individuals.
This is the way of life we Europeans — including the Ukrainians — defend. And it’s why we must stick together.”
This is the way of life we Europeans — including the Ukrainians — defend. And it’s why we must stick together.”
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There is to much anti-fascism in this country according to the Trumped FBI.
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
There is to much anti-fascism in this country according to the Trumped FBI.
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Ron Johnson is one of the biggest woo fish in the Senate.
Quacks put out their woo bait and snaps it up like he hadn’t just finished a meal.
Quacks put out their woo bait and snaps it up like he hadn’t just finished a meal.
NEW: Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is endorsing a book by a discredited doctor promoting an unproven and dangerous treatment for autism and a host of ailments: chlorine dioxide, a chemical used for disinfecting and bleaching. By @megomatz.bsky.social
Senator Endorses Discredited Doctor’s Book on a Chemical He Claims Treats Everything From Autism to Cancer
Wisconsin's Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation. Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer. “It i...
www.propublica.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Ron Johnson is one of the biggest woo fish in the Senate.
Quacks put out their woo bait and snaps it up like he hadn’t just finished a meal.
Quacks put out their woo bait and snaps it up like he hadn’t just finished a meal.
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You've been hit by a car and you're fading in and out. You ask the EMTs to price the ambulance ride. You get to the ER and tell the docs you'll need a price on each service before it's done. You get cancer so it's time to put treament out to competitive bid. I can keep going...
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
You've been hit by a car and you're fading in and out. You ask the EMTs to price the ambulance ride. You get to the ER and tell the docs you'll need a price on each service before it's done. You get cancer so it's time to put treament out to competitive bid. I can keep going...
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i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
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LOLOL. @dfriedman.bsky.social found that the Goodreads page tied to an email of a key Whiskey Pete advisor: it sandwiched Whiskey Pete's book between books about wife swapping!
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
LOLOL. @dfriedman.bsky.social found that the Goodreads page tied to an email of a key Whiskey Pete advisor: it sandwiched Whiskey Pete's book between books about wife swapping!
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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We are not safe under this administration.
December 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
We are not safe under this administration.
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Trump’s America.
Mubashir is a 20-year-old Minneapolis resident and a U.S. citizen. ICE assaulted him and grabbed him off the street anyway.
Cruelty and incompetence, and an unlawful detention. A kidnapping. ICE gets to do this with zero accountability.
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Mubashir is a 20-year-old Minneapolis resident and a U.S. citizen. ICE assaulted him and grabbed him off the street anyway.
Cruelty and incompetence, and an unlawful detention. A kidnapping. ICE gets to do this with zero accountability.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Trump’s America.
Mubashir is a 20-year-old Minneapolis resident and a U.S. citizen. ICE assaulted him and grabbed him off the street anyway.
Cruelty and incompetence, and an unlawful detention. A kidnapping. ICE gets to do this with zero accountability.
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Mubashir is a 20-year-old Minneapolis resident and a U.S. citizen. ICE assaulted him and grabbed him off the street anyway.
Cruelty and incompetence, and an unlawful detention. A kidnapping. ICE gets to do this with zero accountability.
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One thing I've learned as a media critic involves scale. The tools of criticism work within certain boundaries like the metaphor in use here: five-alarm fire. Our imaginations can handle that. The PR team will respond. "I'm running my ideas for CNN past the president" is too huge to be criticizable.
December 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
One thing I've learned as a media critic involves scale. The tools of criticism work within certain boundaries like the metaphor in use here: five-alarm fire. Our imaginations can handle that. The PR team will respond. "I'm running my ideas for CNN past the president" is too huge to be criticizable.