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Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · Sep 7

🧵 An open letter to the US Open and USTA:

Trump will attend the #USOpen as a guest of ROLEX. Yesterday, Trump declared 'WAR' on Chicago. The USTA has called for media censorship of dissent against Trump today.

I played NCAA tennis many years ago and still play. Today I resign my #USTA membership.

Nancy Levine Stearns U Albany college tennis

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Susan Grundberg @susangrundberg.bsky.social · Aug 22

Chilling example of the damage done by DOGE’s recklessness. Great thread. The @propublica.org article is worth a read.

ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 22

On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.

On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.

This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.

Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵

Photo of DOGE staffer Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old white man in a blue pullover, carrying a black backpack.

Photo of 53-year-old Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi. He is sitting, wearing white pants and shirt with a brown vest.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · Jul 17

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jul 16

RFK Jr. just fired thousands of federal workers at crucial health agencies, including the FDA, CDC, and NIH.

These are the people who inspect our food, track infectious diseases, and research life-saving treatments and cures.

How is this "Making America Healthy Again"?

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Susan Grundberg @susangrundberg.bsky.social · Jul 16

These people are monsters. Heartless monsters.

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Jul 15

The Trump administration has promised to distribute food aid before it spoils. But 500 tons of emergency food in a U.S. warehouse are about to expire and are slated for the incinerator, @hana-kiros.bsky.social reports.

The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food

Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.

bit.ly

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Susan Grundberg @susangrundberg.bsky.social · Jul 16

I’ve just never understood why MAGA ever thought Trump and his minions would ever release the files. The million photos of Trump and Epstein together weren’t a clue?

What am I missing?

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Susan Grundberg @susangrundberg.bsky.social · Jul 16

The sex pest did so many horrible things. I didn’t know this one to forget it. I need to dig this up.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Jul 16

Government should work for the people, not whichever giant company or foreign government can dump the most money into the president's future library.

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Susan Grundberg @susangrundberg.bsky.social · Jul 16

Overwhelmingly, even toxic twitter proves we’re still just not that into you, Andrew.

Not big fans of the corruption, the bullying and the abuse of women. And we don’t need more cops.

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Susan Grundberg @susangrundberg.bsky.social · Jul 10

This is going to hurt the red states a lot. 🤔

Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · Jul 7

One in four nursing homes have said they’ll close facilities because of the “Big, Beautiful Bill” – and they passed it anyway.

Talk to, essentially, ANY families who have moved someone into long term care recently. There’s not exactly a surplus of facilities around today…

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · Jul 9

NEW: House Republicans in damage control mode after voting to gut Medicaid and it's getting weird.

Their new lie: We didn't cut $1 trillion from Medicaid, we gave it more money! www.huffpost.com/entry/house-...

The GOP Is Doing Damage Control After Cutting Medicaid — And It's Getting Weird

“We are increasing Medicaid expenditures by $200 billion,” Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.) falsely said of Trump’s tax law, which will strip health care from millions.

www.huffpost.com

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Susan Grundberg @susangrundberg.bsky.social · Jul 9

This will get much worse as Medicaid cuts decrease access to critical upstream services.

And no parent should have to relinquish custody to get the help they need.

The Imprint @theimprintnews.bsky.social · Jul 9

A 'crisis' of youth landing in emergency rooms or juvenile detention is exacerbated by treatment facility closures.
https://imprintnews.org/child-welfare-2/when-minnesota-parents-give-up-their-kids-to-foster-care-an-imprint-look-at-a-nationwide-predicament/261820

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hey @MarshaBlackburn any update on this? 🧐

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Susan Grundberg @susangrundberg.bsky.social · Jul 9

Teen Vogue with the best coverage and most important reads, per usual.

www.teenvogue.com/story/trumps...

Congress Traded Your Pap Smear for a Billionaire’s Tax Break

Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill," argues Kierra Jones, is part of "conservatives’ political crusade to ban abortion and gender-affirming care, and to deprive Americans of their reproductive and bodily aut...

www.teenvogue.com

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Susan Grundberg @susangrundberg.bsky.social · Jul 5

These people are heartless idiots. Deport everyone but me. Leopards will be leopards.

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Amy Colleen (sewistwrites) @amycolleen.bsky.social · Jul 3

PLEASE consider the valid concerns of those who voted this administration into power. Yes, millions of people are going to lose their health insurance and/or jobs now but what if a trans person had won a swim meet?? What if pronouns in bio came to life and bit people who could afford medical care???

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Susan Grundberg @susangrundberg.bsky.social · Jul 3

Monsters. They are all monsters.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Jul 2

It’s costing taxpayers $450/M annually & Alligator Alcatraz concentration camp is already flooding. Imagine a hurricane. People are going to die.

There’s always enough money to hurt folks, but when it comes to public transit, low-income housing, schools, or public healthcare, “Sorry, we’re broke.”

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Susan Grundberg @susangrundberg.bsky.social · Jul 3

We knew this regime was going to be bad. But still, the daily and ever intensifying cruelties leave me in a constant state of astonishment.

Inconceivable betrayal.

I guess they think their own kids and families (and parents) are safe. We’ll see.

Bruce Lesley @brucelesley.bsky.social · Jul 3

H.R. 1 Puts Children Last: An Unprecedented Betrayal of America’s Future brucelesley.substack.com/p/hr-1-puts-...

H.R. 1 Puts Children Last: An Unprecedented Betrayal of America’s Future

A Moment of Moral Reckoning

brucelesley.substack.com

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · Jul 3

As someone on SSDI, Medicare, Medicaid and SNAP who is chronically ill and disabled, my heart breaks for our country. Medicaid pays for my 38 meds. This is NOT America. The big UGLY Bill that will now be signed into law is cruel, costly, and people will die. I will keep fighting and never give up.🙏💜

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Susan Grundberg @susangrundberg.bsky.social · Jul 3

If only the Dems could learn from this. 🤔

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jun 29

Wow. The single biggest voting bloc in the NYC mayoral primary was 18-24 year olds.

I’m not sure that has ever happened anywhere.

(📸 Vote Hub US via NYT)

Age distribution of voters in New York
City mayoral elections

Includes 2025 mail ballots processed through Thursday morning

2025 Democratic primary

The largest bloc goes in order from 18-24, then 25-29, then 30-34.

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Susan Grundberg @susangrundberg.bsky.social · Jul 3

I don’t want him as mine anymore, either. Let’s do it.

Susan Grundberg @susangrundberg.bsky.social · Jul 3

Brisport is my senator. He’s excellent!

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Susan Grundberg @susangrundberg.bsky.social · Jul 3

“In total, nearly 60 percent of voters backed Jones, Rivera, or Niou, although Goldman was surely the second choice for some of them.”

I hope someone does it.

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Susan Grundberg @susangrundberg.bsky.social · Jul 3

Which district does Brad Lander live in?

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