Susan R. Bates
@susanrae1.bsky.social
Resister, feminist, empath, Arabian horse owner, widowed mid November.
I will miss my husband, soulmate, and best friend for all my remaining days. No replacement wanted!
Mom, grandma, great grandma.
X refugee. NO DM's from strangers!
I will miss my husband, soulmate, and best friend for all my remaining days. No replacement wanted!
Mom, grandma, great grandma.
X refugee. NO DM's from strangers!
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
(sound)
DAY 18 DECEMBER 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
Today we saw more photos & clips from the #EpsteinFiles
Some really vile stuff
And all I could do was wipe tears as I just constantly thought of the SURVIVORS
They were young girls
TOMORROW, JUSTICE MUST BEGIN
(sound)
DAY 18 DECEMBER 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
Today we saw more photos & clips from the #EpsteinFiles
Some really vile stuff
And all I could do was wipe tears as I just constantly thought of the SURVIVORS
They were young girls
TOMORROW, JUSTICE MUST BEGIN
December 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
(sound)
DAY 18 DECEMBER 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
Today we saw more photos & clips from the #EpsteinFiles
Some really vile stuff
And all I could do was wipe tears as I just constantly thought of the SURVIVORS
They were young girls
TOMORROW, JUSTICE MUST BEGIN
(sound)
DAY 18 DECEMBER 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
Today we saw more photos & clips from the #EpsteinFiles
Some really vile stuff
And all I could do was wipe tears as I just constantly thought of the SURVIVORS
They were young girls
TOMORROW, JUSTICE MUST BEGIN
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I really enjoyed this conversation with Harvard Law Professor Nicholas Bowie. I think you will too.
We unpacked how the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is dismantling decades of voting rights, campaign finance law, and congressional authority. youtu.be/LHv8zFi1bPk?...
We unpacked how the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is dismantling decades of voting rights, campaign finance law, and congressional authority. youtu.be/LHv8zFi1bPk?...
The Supreme Court's Secret Plan to Reshape America | Professor Nikolas Bowie
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I really enjoyed this conversation with Harvard Law Professor Nicholas Bowie. I think you will too.
We unpacked how the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is dismantling decades of voting rights, campaign finance law, and congressional authority. youtu.be/LHv8zFi1bPk?...
We unpacked how the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is dismantling decades of voting rights, campaign finance law, and congressional authority. youtu.be/LHv8zFi1bPk?...
Amen!
I’m not trying to be judgmental, but I feel that the people who now say they regret voting for Trump should have had a decent idea what he was all about before Nov 2024.
December 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Amen!
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While many Republicans running for Congress in swing districts are going to try to distance themselves from Trump, Miller, Kash, Hegseth, RFK Jr, et al, they enabled ALL of it. They all supported Mike Johnson for Speaker, who abdicated all oversight and congressional authority.
December 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
While many Republicans running for Congress in swing districts are going to try to distance themselves from Trump, Miller, Kash, Hegseth, RFK Jr, et al, they enabled ALL of it. They all supported Mike Johnson for Speaker, who abdicated all oversight and congressional authority.
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The death of the Reiners and his vile comments.
The nonstop name calling of female journalists.
The destruction of the East Wing.
The fake narrative RE Venezuela
The open support of Russia
The disastrous economy
Trump and MAGA are a Disease
#DefendersOfDemocracy
#DV1
The nonstop name calling of female journalists.
The destruction of the East Wing.
The fake narrative RE Venezuela
The open support of Russia
The disastrous economy
Trump and MAGA are a Disease
#DefendersOfDemocracy
#DV1
December 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The death of the Reiners and his vile comments.
The nonstop name calling of female journalists.
The destruction of the East Wing.
The fake narrative RE Venezuela
The open support of Russia
The disastrous economy
Trump and MAGA are a Disease
#DefendersOfDemocracy
#DV1
The nonstop name calling of female journalists.
The destruction of the East Wing.
The fake narrative RE Venezuela
The open support of Russia
The disastrous economy
Trump and MAGA are a Disease
#DefendersOfDemocracy
#DV1
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Trump busy bringing back measles, farm bailouts, ISIS, tax cuts for the rich, out of control military spending, conflicts with allies, millions without health insurance, food stamp cuts, military parades, pardons for drug traffickers, pollution, and foreign wars.
December 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Trump busy bringing back measles, farm bailouts, ISIS, tax cuts for the rich, out of control military spending, conflicts with allies, millions without health insurance, food stamp cuts, military parades, pardons for drug traffickers, pollution, and foreign wars.
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Rob and Michele Reiner's murders are a tragedy.
All Trump had to do was keep his f*cking mouth shut and let people grieve in peace. Instead, he made it much worse for so many, exacerbating pain, stoking division, centering himself.
It's a microcosm of what this POS has done for the past ten years.
All Trump had to do was keep his f*cking mouth shut and let people grieve in peace. Instead, he made it much worse for so many, exacerbating pain, stoking division, centering himself.
It's a microcosm of what this POS has done for the past ten years.
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Rob and Michele Reiner's murders are a tragedy.
All Trump had to do was keep his f*cking mouth shut and let people grieve in peace. Instead, he made it much worse for so many, exacerbating pain, stoking division, centering himself.
It's a microcosm of what this POS has done for the past ten years.
All Trump had to do was keep his f*cking mouth shut and let people grieve in peace. Instead, he made it much worse for so many, exacerbating pain, stoking division, centering himself.
It's a microcosm of what this POS has done for the past ten years.
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Let’s face it. That people chose a man with no morals, ethics, values or decency over a highly qualified woman (twice) is what destroyed the White House.
We could rebuild the East Wing, the Rose Garden and purge all his gaudy ornaments…but the stench of Donald Trump will persist for generations.
We could rebuild the East Wing, the Rose Garden and purge all his gaudy ornaments…but the stench of Donald Trump will persist for generations.
December 16, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Let’s face it. That people chose a man with no morals, ethics, values or decency over a highly qualified woman (twice) is what destroyed the White House.
We could rebuild the East Wing, the Rose Garden and purge all his gaudy ornaments…but the stench of Donald Trump will persist for generations.
We could rebuild the East Wing, the Rose Garden and purge all his gaudy ornaments…but the stench of Donald Trump will persist for generations.
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#GVerse via @captmarkkelly.bsky.social
"Tonight, we learned the Pentagon is escalating its review of me into "an official command investigation."
If #Shit4Brains or #WhiskyLeaks think they can stop me from doing my job and serving the American people, they've got the wrong guy."
"Tonight, we learned the Pentagon is escalating its review of me into "an official command investigation."
If #Shit4Brains or #WhiskyLeaks think they can stop me from doing my job and serving the American people, they've got the wrong guy."
December 16, 2025 at 5:54 AM
#GVerse via @captmarkkelly.bsky.social
"Tonight, we learned the Pentagon is escalating its review of me into "an official command investigation."
If #Shit4Brains or #WhiskyLeaks think they can stop me from doing my job and serving the American people, they've got the wrong guy."
"Tonight, we learned the Pentagon is escalating its review of me into "an official command investigation."
If #Shit4Brains or #WhiskyLeaks think they can stop me from doing my job and serving the American people, they've got the wrong guy."
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Hero, this is the guy all those Americans with their guns claim they'll be during a mass shooting, but never are. This man actually disarmed the mass shooting terrorist loser while being himself unarmed
Bless the Muslim man who disarmed a terrorist shooter in Australia!
Bless The Muslim Man Who Disarmed a Terrorist Shooter in Australia
So shines a good deed in a weary world.
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Hero, this is the guy all those Americans with their guns claim they'll be during a mass shooting, but never are. This man actually disarmed the mass shooting terrorist loser while being himself unarmed
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"Donald must learn to adjust to a lower standard of living. He must give up having some things, like pencils. And ballrooms."
December 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"Donald must learn to adjust to a lower standard of living. He must give up having some things, like pencils. And ballrooms."
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As it turns out, the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun *isn’t* a good guy with a gun—it can be a good guy *without* a gun. Just another NRA lie.
December 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
As it turns out, the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun *isn’t* a good guy with a gun—it can be a good guy *without* a gun. Just another NRA lie.
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I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
Seven Voting Laws Every Blue State Should Enact Right Now
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
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Measles didn’t make a comeback on its own.
This is RFK Jr’s anti-vax movement and his disinformation campaign. And equally as disturbing, some people are perfectly fine with this outcome.
This is RFK Jr’s anti-vax movement and his disinformation campaign. And equally as disturbing, some people are perfectly fine with this outcome.
December 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Measles didn’t make a comeback on its own.
This is RFK Jr’s anti-vax movement and his disinformation campaign. And equally as disturbing, some people are perfectly fine with this outcome.
This is RFK Jr’s anti-vax movement and his disinformation campaign. And equally as disturbing, some people are perfectly fine with this outcome.
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It’s genuinely sad that county mayors have to beg @GovBillLee to do the right thing when it comes to feeding kids — especially when it doesn’t save the state money and all it does is feed 675,000 fewer kids. open.substack.com/pub/theeduca...
December 15, 2025 at 12:56 AM
It’s genuinely sad that county mayors have to beg @GovBillLee to do the right thing when it comes to feeding kids — especially when it doesn’t save the state money and all it does is feed 675,000 fewer kids. open.substack.com/pub/theeduca...
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After this weekend’s antisemitic terror attack in Australia, it is more important than ever that people assemble for Hanukkah.
May the Festival of Lights shine brightly in Jewish homes and communities throughout the world.
May the Festival of Lights shine brightly in Jewish homes and communities throughout the world.
December 15, 2025 at 1:48 AM
After this weekend’s antisemitic terror attack in Australia, it is more important than ever that people assemble for Hanukkah.
May the Festival of Lights shine brightly in Jewish homes and communities throughout the world.
May the Festival of Lights shine brightly in Jewish homes and communities throughout the world.
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A federal judge has ordered the Trump Justice Department to return data it seized and obtained in 2017 from a longtime friend of James Comey, concluding that prosecutors had violated Daniel Richman's constitutional rights and misused his material in their quest to indict Comey.
Court orders DOJ to return data seized from Comey friend
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled the material obtained from law professor Daniel Richman was handled with “callous disregard” for his rights.
www.politico.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A federal judge has ordered the Trump Justice Department to return data it seized and obtained in 2017 from a longtime friend of James Comey, concluding that prosecutors had violated Daniel Richman's constitutional rights and misused his material in their quest to indict Comey.
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After our last post, MAGA voices rushed to claim that Trump had nothing to do with the traffic stop involving Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s son, where federal agents demanded proof of his citizenship. Let’s be clear about why this is not a coincidence.
December 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
After our last post, MAGA voices rushed to claim that Trump had nothing to do with the traffic stop involving Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s son, where federal agents demanded proof of his citizenship. Let’s be clear about why this is not a coincidence.
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🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
December 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
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We have a sexual predator in the WH. 👹
Ghislaine Maxwell is a pedophile sex trafficker who must remain in prison.
Survivors deserve justice.
Predators and their accomplices need consequences.
We the people deserve the truth.
#ReleaseTheFiles
Ghislaine Maxwell is a pedophile sex trafficker who must remain in prison.
Survivors deserve justice.
Predators and their accomplices need consequences.
We the people deserve the truth.
#ReleaseTheFiles
December 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We have a sexual predator in the WH. 👹
Ghislaine Maxwell is a pedophile sex trafficker who must remain in prison.
Survivors deserve justice.
Predators and their accomplices need consequences.
We the people deserve the truth.
#ReleaseTheFiles
Ghislaine Maxwell is a pedophile sex trafficker who must remain in prison.
Survivors deserve justice.
Predators and their accomplices need consequences.
We the people deserve the truth.
#ReleaseTheFiles
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🚨 Unarmed residents formed a human shield, demanded a warrant, and refused to move until ICE backed down.
That is what real community looks like.
www.instagram.com/reel/DSL0M_P...
That is what real community looks like.
www.instagram.com/reel/DSL0M_P...
December 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🚨 Unarmed residents formed a human shield, demanded a warrant, and refused to move until ICE backed down.
That is what real community looks like.
www.instagram.com/reel/DSL0M_P...
That is what real community looks like.
www.instagram.com/reel/DSL0M_P...
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#ResistanceUnited
Almost 550,000 American workers are over 80. It's one of the fastest-growing demographics in the workforce. Many were unable to save enough to retire, or had a health emergency, or had to care for adult children. Many barely get by.
www.businessinsider.com/working-at-8...
Almost 550,000 American workers are over 80. It's one of the fastest-growing demographics in the workforce. Many were unable to save enough to retire, or had a health emergency, or had to care for adult children. Many barely get by.
www.businessinsider.com/working-at-8...
America's oldest workers can't retire. Here's how they're getting by.
For America's oldest workers, retirement isn't possible. Workers in their 80s live paycheck to paycheck, use Social Security, and dip into savings.
www.businessinsider.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
#ResistanceUnited
Almost 550,000 American workers are over 80. It's one of the fastest-growing demographics in the workforce. Many were unable to save enough to retire, or had a health emergency, or had to care for adult children. Many barely get by.
www.businessinsider.com/working-at-8...
Almost 550,000 American workers are over 80. It's one of the fastest-growing demographics in the workforce. Many were unable to save enough to retire, or had a health emergency, or had to care for adult children. Many barely get by.
www.businessinsider.com/working-at-8...