Susan Strasser

@sustras.bsky.social

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Historian of American consumer culture. Hiker. Knitter. Redhead. Aunt.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 23h

Merry Christian Nationalism Day

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 23h

"The first written mention of Jews eating Chinese food on Christmas Day comes from 1935, when, according to The New York Times, a man named Eng Shee Chuck brought chow mein and toys to a New Jersey Jewish orphanage." fortune.com/2025/12/24/w...

American Jews, Chinese food and Christmas: The first connection was a 1935 gift of chow mein to a New Jersey orphanage | Fortune

Elena Kagan was asked where she was on Christmas during her Supreme Court confirmation: “Like all Jews, I was probably at a Chinese restaurant.”

fortune.com

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City of Minneapolis @minneapolismn.gov · 3d

Private property owners and leaseholders: You can post a notice saying you do not authorize certain immigration enforcement activities, such as staging for an operation. ➡️ Read more: www.minneapolismn.gov/government/programs-initiatives/city-federal-response/business-owners-common-questions

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 3d

For my last Buying Power of the year, I wrote about one way to think about the divergence in consumer sentiment (bad) and behavior (free-spending) this year: It’s the YOLO economy, typified by the expanding popularity of services like Klarna and Affirm. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The United States of Klarna

Want to understand the state of the economy? Just look to all the shoppers flocking to “buy now, pay later” services.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

News Team,
Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier.
I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity.
Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.
We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed
to kill the story.
If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we

have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient.
If the standard for airing a story becomes
"the government must agree to be
interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast.
We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state.
These men risked their lives to speak with us.
We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.
CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.

We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it.
When it fails to air without a credible
explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet.
I care too much about this broadcast to watch
it be dismantled without a fight.
Sharyn

Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 4d

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica

YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official

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Susan Strasser @sustras.bsky.social · 4d

Bartleby offers the right answer to so many things.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 5d

Surveillance pricing is a term that sounds right out of some dystopia, but that’s exactly what instacart’s “smart rounding” is.

It’s more than inflation, imagine pretty soon having surge pricing for shopping at the grocery store

We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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Susan Strasser @sustras.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you, @lmacthompson1.bsky.social! I have the flu (despite vax) and confess that I was hoping I wouldn't have to rouse myself to write a letter. I so appreciate that you caught this and spread the word.

Susan Strasser @sustras.bsky.social · 5d

Haha. I haven't spent any energy missing WordPerfect for awhile, now, but now that you mention it...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5d

Wayback Machine grabbed the original Epstein files dump before that photo of Trump got pulled.

You can't get to the individual PDF page for the missing image, but if you click "download all files" and download it locally you can find the now-deleted file in: IMAGES / 0001 / EFTA00000468.pdf

Data Set 1 Files

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mspwhistles.bsky.social @mspwhistles.bsky.social · 5d

It's Day 19 of the ICE occupation of MSP.

Today thousands of Minnesotans poured onto Lake Street to rally in support of our immigrant neighbors and against ICE.

Take a moment to look at this crowd of you and your neighbors rallying in below zero windchill.

📸 @roblevine82.bsky.social

Drone photo of a crowd of thousands of anti-ICE protesters stretching into the distance on Lake Street. There's no end to the crowd in the photo.

Susan Strasser @sustras.bsky.social · 5d

I had to think hard about reposting this. Contribute to spreading it far and wide? I don't think so. But "DHS just shared" suggests that this is funded by our taxes, and we should know about it.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5d

DHS just shared this video to X with the caption "This Christmas, our hearts grow as our illegal population shrinks."

The video is set to a version of Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and has text that reads "Christmas after mass deportations." The end reads "Mirthnuke."

Evil shit.

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Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 5d

Hey OAH members. There's a post on Facebook that requires us to object. I did. Screenshot of post below and screenshots of email I sent to OAH leadership following.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5d

Susan Strasser @sustras.bsky.social · 6d

Um, so was the East Wing.

Susan Strasser @sustras.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, we had different last names. But so many women don't change their names that it seems inexcusable, especially with 2 keys and my name on the account.

Susan Strasser @sustras.bsky.social · 6d

Oh, absolutely. And, given my state of mind at the time, pretty much immediately.

Susan Strasser @sustras.bsky.social · 6d

After my husband died, they wouldn’t let me into our safe deposit box, though I had 2 keys and my name was on the account. Eventually I got in, but grief is bad enough without stuff like that.

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 6d

"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase

CBS News/Free Press program "Has feminism failed women" brought to you by bank of america and hosted by Liz Plank and Allie Beth Stuckey

Rep. Joyce Beatty @repbeatty.bsky.social · 7d

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 7d

I spoke to people who are standing up to ICE - from a real estate appraiser chasing ICE on his bike to a fetish shop owner distributing whistles and an undocumented social worker putting money in detainees’ commissary accounts

Whistles, Signal and school patrols: how ordinary Americans are fighting back against ICE

As Trump carries out his mass deportation operation, residents are banding together to block raids and distribute groceries

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 16d

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 16d

Students walked out of school at Burnsville High School in Minnesota to protest Trump’s ICE gestapo terrorizing their community….the kids are alright 💪!

"NO MORE ICE! NO MORE ICE!"

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17d

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Is It Too Late?

No. But We Must Better Understand the Nature of the Battle

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Susan Strasser @sustras.bsky.social · 17d

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Is It Too Late?

No. But We Must Better Understand the Nature of the Battle

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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 20d

I had somehow missed that USC fired more than 900 (!) people

www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

University Of Southern California Layoffs Now Total More Than 900

Since July, the University of Southern California has laid off more than 900 employees, as it attempts to reduce a deficit that exceeded $200 million in Fiscal Year 2025.

www.forbes.com

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 23d

"I am waiting the hour of my public murder with great composure of mind and cheerfulness, feeling the strong assurance that in no other possible way could I be used to so much advantage to the cause of good and of humanity..." John Brown to his family, Nov. 30, 1859
famous-trials.com/johnbrown/61...

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Kristen Chapman @kristenchapman.bsky.social · 23d

If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:

Reposted by Margot C. Finn, Mary L. Dudziak, Susan Strasser , and 3 more Margot C. Finn, Mary L. Dudziak, Susan Strasser, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Kathleen Kennedy, Karin Wulf

Sara Georgini @sarageorgini.bsky.social · 25d

🔔 We’re honored to open a new round in the @susih.bsky.social -IU Community Scholars Program, which unlocks onsite + remote library access for 3 years for contingent scholars + historians working beyond the academy. Please apply + share! CFP due 2/1. Onward! 🗃️ s-usih.org/2025/12/cfp-...

CFP: USIH-IU Community Scholars Program | Society for US Intellectual History

In partnership with the Institute for American Thought at Indiana University, the Society for U.S. Intellectual History is pleased to announce the continuation of a new opportunity to support continge...

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