Susan
@alohazen.bsky.social
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Perhaps lost in all the other terrible news:
Today the United States formally withdrew from the World Health Organization.
Today the United States formally withdrew from the World Health Organization.
January 22, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Perhaps lost in all the other terrible news:
Today the United States formally withdrew from the World Health Organization.
Today the United States formally withdrew from the World Health Organization.
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In just one year, Trump has used the pardon power to forgive over $1.5 billion in debts owed to crime victims and taxpayers. I have more details—and a comparison to Biden’s pardons—in this post. For the full accounting and receipts, visit my Substack: www.lawyeroyer.com. youtube.com/shorts/OoPCK...
Trump’s year-one pardons forgave over $1.5B in criminal debts
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
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January 22, 2026 at 6:44 PM
In just one year, Trump has used the pardon power to forgive over $1.5 billion in debts owed to crime victims and taxpayers. I have more details—and a comparison to Biden’s pardons—in this post. For the full accounting and receipts, visit my Substack: www.lawyeroyer.com. youtube.com/shorts/OoPCK...
Trump's year-one pardons have erased over $1.5 billion in penalties for fraud and other crimes
open.substack.com/pub/lizoyer/...
open.substack.com/pub/lizoyer/...
Trump's year-one pardons have erased over $1.5 billion in penalties for fraud and other crimes
In just one year, Donald Trump has used the clemency power to wipe out restitution, fines, and forfeitures totaling over $1.5 billion. This includes sums owed to fraud victims and taxpayers.
open.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Trump's year-one pardons have erased over $1.5 billion in penalties for fraud and other crimes
open.substack.com/pub/lizoyer/...
open.substack.com/pub/lizoyer/...
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I cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
Newsom: "It was remarkably boring. It was remarkably insignificant. He was never going invade Greenland. It was never real."
January 21, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
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ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old and sent him alone to a facility in Texas. Hell isn't hot enough.
January 21, 2026 at 11:14 PM
ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old and sent him alone to a facility in Texas. Hell isn't hot enough.
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Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.
His not being impeached by the end of the business day as a result of this threat is as much a problem as the threat itself. It’s not just Trump that the world has to worry about, it’s a GOP that supports him and Democrats who suck their thumbs and refuse to even discuss pushing to remove him
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.
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“agents told hospital staff that Castaneda Mondragon was “laying down in handcuffs when he attempted to flee, and then, for unknown reasons, purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.’”
sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
Minn. man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after ICE arrest
Alberto Castaneda Mondragon, who is in ICE custody while hospitalized at Hennepin County Medical Center, alleges in a lawsuit that federal agents are interfering in his medical care and that he was so...
sahanjournal.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:46 AM
“agents told hospital staff that Castaneda Mondragon was “laying down in handcuffs when he attempted to flee, and then, for unknown reasons, purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.’”
sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
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Re-upping this @mcsweeneys.net piece that doesn’t seem to go out of style. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/new...
January 19, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Re-upping this @mcsweeneys.net piece that doesn’t seem to go out of style. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/new...
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The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
But Americans who want to save the alliance with Europe must have no illusions about how bad a condition this transatlantic partnership is in.
January 18, 2026 at 10:05 PM
The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
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"There comes a point where we have to start questioning whether or not he’s actually aware of what’s happening around him & the harm he’s doing. It’s similar to historical figures like Nero or Caligula. Their madness took over & they started doing wildly destructive things. Trump is in that place."
Simon Rosenberg on Trump’s no good, very bad year
"It’s grotesque. He’s become a grotesque figure."
www.publicnotice.co
January 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
"There comes a point where we have to start questioning whether or not he’s actually aware of what’s happening around him & the harm he’s doing. It’s similar to historical figures like Nero or Caligula. Their madness took over & they started doing wildly destructive things. Trump is in that place."
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Who did this> 🤣
January 16, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Who did this> 🤣
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Read your comment section, NYT.
January 15, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Read your comment section, NYT.
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The Supreme Court only cleared the way for Kavanaugh Stops four months ago and ICE now openly engages in violent racial profiling, snatching anyone who looks non-white and treating them as presumptively guilty of a crime. Remarkable how quickly our liberties can be crushed when courts go along.
Can confirm I have personally seen three attempts just today of agents in a convoy of ICE vehicles trying to snatch random POCs along Central Ave - and then being chased off by neighbors with whistles. It's blatant racial profiling.
Minneapolis city council member says POC should stay home:
Minneapolis city council member says POC should stay home:
Dear neighbor,
HIGH ALERT‼️ If you are vulnerable to deportation please stay home today. I’m sorry to say this but it’s not safe to be outside. ICE is tearing families apart.
Children of immigrants please keep your family safe.
Jason Chavez 1/
HIGH ALERT‼️ If you are vulnerable to deportation please stay home today. I’m sorry to say this but it’s not safe to be outside. ICE is tearing families apart.
Children of immigrants please keep your family safe.
Jason Chavez 1/
January 14, 2026 at 4:29 PM
The Supreme Court only cleared the way for Kavanaugh Stops four months ago and ICE now openly engages in violent racial profiling, snatching anyone who looks non-white and treating them as presumptively guilty of a crime. Remarkable how quickly our liberties can be crushed when courts go along.
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WE GOT MORE VIDEO OF ICE FALLING ON ICE
January 14, 2026 at 2:17 PM
WE GOT MORE VIDEO OF ICE FALLING ON ICE
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Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
January 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
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I want these fuckers prosecuted. I will not vote for a candidate who shies away from this.
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I want these fuckers prosecuted. I will not vote for a candidate who shies away from this.
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CALL TO ACTION: DOJ won’t investigate Renee Good’s killer, but they ARE investigating her widow. This is horrifyingly wrong. Make your voice heard by calling DOJ’s civil rights office at (202) 514-3847. Together, we can make a difference. #justiceforrenee #begood youtube.com/shorts/Ef4p9...
DOJ investigating Renee Good’s widow
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
youtube.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:21 PM
CALL TO ACTION: DOJ won’t investigate Renee Good’s killer, but they ARE investigating her widow. This is horrifyingly wrong. Make your voice heard by calling DOJ’s civil rights office at (202) 514-3847. Together, we can make a difference. #justiceforrenee #begood youtube.com/shorts/Ef4p9...
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You can press 2 to bypass the long recorded message. If no answer, leave a message stating your name and state of residence, and asking for (1) a full investigation of the shooting of Renee Good, (2) accountability for her killer, and (3) respect for her widow.
January 13, 2026 at 10:22 PM
You can press 2 to bypass the long recorded message. If no answer, leave a message stating your name and state of residence, and asking for (1) a full investigation of the shooting of Renee Good, (2) accountability for her killer, and (3) respect for her widow.
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After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up.
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
January 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up.
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
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We cannot become numb to the outrage of this. The wife of the President’s Senior Advisor threatens a sovereign nation.
January 4, 2026 at 11:45 PM
We cannot become numb to the outrage of this. The wife of the President’s Senior Advisor threatens a sovereign nation.
Palette cleansing essay about the role of nature in Sweden.
www.outsideonline.com/adventure-tr...
www.outsideonline.com/adventure-tr...
Why People in Sweden Do Nature Right
During a monthlong stay in Sweden, I realized that my Americanized relationship with the outdoors was off track. Here’s what I learned.
www.outsideonline.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Palette cleansing essay about the role of nature in Sweden.
www.outsideonline.com/adventure-tr...
www.outsideonline.com/adventure-tr...
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The same editorial board described Seattle’s mayor raising taxes to pay for childcare as a totalitarian power grab
The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro
January 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM
The same editorial board described Seattle’s mayor raising taxes to pay for childcare as a totalitarian power grab
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Lee: As a Black woman, there’s no way I don’t have hope. I’ve seen a lot in my life, and we have these moments of backward steps. But we have hope. I see hope. I see our young people—they have hope. I see them fighting hard for our democracy and for a better life.
January 2, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Lee: As a Black woman, there’s no way I don’t have hope. I’ve seen a lot in my life, and we have these moments of backward steps. But we have hope. I see hope. I see our young people—they have hope. I see them fighting hard for our democracy and for a better life.
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This is transnational repression
"‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock Intl Criminal Court judge out of daily life. Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards or access everyday services (Uber, Alexa, Ticketmaster...) in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary." www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:14 AM
This is transnational repression