Susie Q
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The Met Gala raised a record $31 million this year, museum officials announced on Monday, the biggest gross in the event’s 77-year history. But the lavish event comes with a price tag of its own. nyti.ms/44oCggR
May 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The Met Gala raised a record $31 million this year, museum officials announced on Monday, the biggest gross in the event’s 77-year history. But the lavish event comes with a price tag of its own. nyti.ms/44oCggR
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Mark Carney winning is a huge middle finger to Donald Trump and MAGA —
Well done, Canada! 🇨🇦
Well done, Canada! 🇨🇦
April 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Mark Carney winning is a huge middle finger to Donald Trump and MAGA —
Well done, Canada! 🇨🇦
Well done, Canada! 🇨🇦
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"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat."
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat (Gift Article)
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat."
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“One of the top MS-13 members”?
This woman is an officer of the court and the Attorney General of the United States.
She knows that she wields immense power and responsibility.
Yet here she is on national TV, making baseless claims about a guy her boss wrongly sent to a gulag in El Salvador.
This woman is an officer of the court and the Attorney General of the United States.
She knows that she wields immense power and responsibility.
Yet here she is on national TV, making baseless claims about a guy her boss wrongly sent to a gulag in El Salvador.
Bondi is escalating the rhetoric against Abrego Garcia, who she calls "one of the top MS-13 members" and "a terrorist"
April 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
“One of the top MS-13 members”?
This woman is an officer of the court and the Attorney General of the United States.
She knows that she wields immense power and responsibility.
Yet here she is on national TV, making baseless claims about a guy her boss wrongly sent to a gulag in El Salvador.
This woman is an officer of the court and the Attorney General of the United States.
She knows that she wields immense power and responsibility.
Yet here she is on national TV, making baseless claims about a guy her boss wrongly sent to a gulag in El Salvador.
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I have at least one interaction daily which reminds me of how oblivious most average Americans are to the aggressive destruction of public health & the unravelling of protections for their health happening in real time.
That really scares me because it will be too late when realization sets in.
That really scares me because it will be too late when realization sets in.
April 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I have at least one interaction daily which reminds me of how oblivious most average Americans are to the aggressive destruction of public health & the unravelling of protections for their health happening in real time.
That really scares me because it will be too late when realization sets in.
That really scares me because it will be too late when realization sets in.
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Some Utah students have not been given an explicit reason for why their visas were revoked. In some cases, the stated reason has been a criminal record check, but others have simply been “failure to maintain nonimmigrant status.”
(via @kuer.org)
(via @kuer.org)
Utah colleges confirm dozens of international student visas terminated
Colleges across the U.S. are reporting that some of their international students are unexpectedly having their visas revoked by the Trump Administration.
www.kuer.org
April 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Some Utah students have not been given an explicit reason for why their visas were revoked. In some cases, the stated reason has been a criminal record check, but others have simply been “failure to maintain nonimmigrant status.”
(via @kuer.org)
(via @kuer.org)
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Bondi on Boasberg: "Those inmates, those violent gang members, those violent alien enemies will remain in El Salvador. He cannot get them back, so his jurisdiction is over ... going forward, these terrorists better look out."
April 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Bondi on Boasberg: "Those inmates, those violent gang members, those violent alien enemies will remain in El Salvador. He cannot get them back, so his jurisdiction is over ... going forward, these terrorists better look out."
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are they fucking concussed? “rising sway”? his entire cabinet is made up of people just like her
April 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
are they fucking concussed? “rising sway”? his entire cabinet is made up of people just like her
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Trump isn’t just playing with fire — he’s lighting the whole damn thing up. Ruining our economy, raising costs for everyday working Americans, causing stock markets to fall, and slapping tariffs on 185 countries.
This is not leadership.
This is not leadership.
April 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Trump isn’t just playing with fire — he’s lighting the whole damn thing up. Ruining our economy, raising costs for everyday working Americans, causing stock markets to fall, and slapping tariffs on 185 countries.
This is not leadership.
This is not leadership.
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Staff that administer programs to help the elderly, disabled people and poor families with basic needs lost their jobs amid the Trump administration's layoffs.
HHS layoffs hit Meals on Wheels and other services for seniors and disabled
Staff that administer programs to help the elderly, disabled people and poor families with basic needs lost their jobs amid the Trump administration's layoffs.
www.npr.org
April 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Staff that administer programs to help the elderly, disabled people and poor families with basic needs lost their jobs amid the Trump administration's layoffs.
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Aww my eyes are burning.
He broke the record, y'all.
He broke it.
He broke the record, y'all.
He broke it.
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Aww my eyes are burning.
He broke the record, y'all.
He broke it.
He broke the record, y'all.
He broke it.
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something to be said about cory booker seizing senate proceedings to explicitly implore americans to rise up against fascist authoritarianism because the political class is insufficient in combatting it and for everyone’s response to that to treat his filibustering like a must-watch long podcast.
April 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
something to be said about cory booker seizing senate proceedings to explicitly implore americans to rise up against fascist authoritarianism because the political class is insufficient in combatting it and for everyone’s response to that to treat his filibustering like a must-watch long podcast.
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What Senator Booker is doing is historic. And important. Oher Democrats have joined in. www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
April 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
What Senator Booker is doing is historic. And important. Oher Democrats have joined in. www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
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Leavitt: "There have been bureaucrats at some of these agencies that have been trying to act independent. They need to remember who they work for. It's the executive of the executive branch. You look at the US Institute of Peace for example ... "
April 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Leavitt: "There have been bureaucrats at some of these agencies that have been trying to act independent. They need to remember who they work for. It's the executive of the executive branch. You look at the US Institute of Peace for example ... "
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In emails that began arriving late Monday, senior leaders across the Department of Health and Human Services were put on administrative leave and offered reassignment to remote locations at the Indian Health Service as other employees began receiving layoff notices.
Massive layoffs, purge of leadership underway at U.S. health agencies
The move comes after Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announcement of a sweeping reduction of the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In emails that began arriving late Monday, senior leaders across the Department of Health and Human Services were put on administrative leave and offered reassignment to remote locations at the Indian Health Service as other employees began receiving layoff notices.
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REPORTER: What is a woman?
TRUMP: Well it's sort of easy to answer for me because a woman is someone who can have a baby under certain circumstances ... a woman is a person that in many cases has been treated very badly
TRUMP: Well it's sort of easy to answer for me because a woman is someone who can have a baby under certain circumstances ... a woman is a person that in many cases has been treated very badly
March 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
REPORTER: What is a woman?
TRUMP: Well it's sort of easy to answer for me because a woman is someone who can have a baby under certain circumstances ... a woman is a person that in many cases has been treated very badly
TRUMP: Well it's sort of easy to answer for me because a woman is someone who can have a baby under certain circumstances ... a woman is a person that in many cases has been treated very badly
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Faculty, postdocs, and other grad students are going to have to protect your international colleagues. We certainly can't expect most universities to do so.
March 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Faculty, postdocs, and other grad students are going to have to protect your international colleagues. We certainly can't expect most universities to do so.
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Trump: "We're gonna have tremendous goodies in the bag for women too. The women, between the fertilization and all the other things we're talking about, it's gonna be great. Fertilization. I'm still very proud of it, I don't care. I'll be known as the fertilization president and that's okay."
March 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Trump: "We're gonna have tremendous goodies in the bag for women too. The women, between the fertilization and all the other things we're talking about, it's gonna be great. Fertilization. I'm still very proud of it, I don't care. I'll be known as the fertilization president and that's okay."
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Very fun to explain the signal scandal to my 13 year old who truly understands the catastrophe of adding the wrong person to the group chat and absolutely fell out when I showed her the Mike Waltz emojis.
March 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Very fun to explain the signal scandal to my 13 year old who truly understands the catastrophe of adding the wrong person to the group chat and absolutely fell out when I showed her the Mike Waltz emojis.
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In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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What Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said during their Colorado stops
What Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said during their Colorado stops
Sanders said his Denver rally had the highest attendance of any rally he's ever had
coloradosun.com
March 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
What Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said during their Colorado stops
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And that’s on that 😌
AOC: One thing I love about Arizonans is that you all have shown that if a US Senator isn’t fighting hard enough for you, you’re not afraid to replace her with one who will.
March 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
And that’s on that 😌
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Trump: "Canada doesn't pay for military. They give us nothing. And they are the worst people to negotiate with of everybody ... they cheat."
March 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Trump: "Canada doesn't pay for military. They give us nothing. And they are the worst people to negotiate with of everybody ... they cheat."
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Hayes to Schumer: "All those things you enumerated are the kinds of things you'd be doing if Mitt Romney is president. There's this weird asymmetry right now."
March 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Hayes to Schumer: "All those things you enumerated are the kinds of things you'd be doing if Mitt Romney is president. There's this weird asymmetry right now."
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KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
March 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!