Susan Eaton
susaneaton338.bsky.social
Susan Eaton
@susaneaton338.bsky.social
Nonfiction author (the children in room e4; other boston busing story, integration nation), mama of grown boys, philanthropist-helper-advisor, yoga girlie, pro democracy/anti-oligarchy.
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.

www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams
Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....
www.commondreams.org
February 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Call them want they really are: HACKERS

This "DOGE engineers" thing is bullshit!

They are boy hackers! Plain and simple

This is 2016 Cambridge Analytics bullshit on steroids
February 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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"The president has given Mr. Musk vast power over the bureaucracy that regulates his companies and awards them contracts"

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government
The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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How could this not possibly violate a slew of federal laws?
January 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Last summer, @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social and I produced a short podcast series, Autocracy in America. We talked about the changed that preceded an assault on democracy in other countries, and we found them here. Perhaps useful background for the current moment.
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/aut...
Autocracy in America
There are authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States. To root them out, you have to know where to look.
www.theatlantic.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Insanity: The deportation flights Trump used military jets for—that Mexico refused to accept—cost the U.S. up to $852,000 per flight to attempt to deport just 80 migrants at a time.

To compare, flights directly chartered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement cost just $8,577.
January 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Hi! Friends, who is here?
January 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM