Sue Hornik
@hornik10.bsky.social
Native of the Live-Free-or-Die state, erstwhile journalist, fan of all things Hawaiian. Fighting for a better New York.
Translation. Business suitability=The best deal the Saudis could get from Trump. Didn’t this used to be called bribery?
None of this is surprising really. Glad there is reporting on it.
#momsky
#momsky
An Emirati investment fund used a Trump-family cryptocurrency in a $2 billion deal. The cryptocurrency had been on the market for five weeks. The Emiratis tell 60 Minutes they chose World Liberty crypto for “business suitability.” cbsn.ws/4r3epvX
November 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Translation. Business suitability=The best deal the Saudis could get from Trump. Didn’t this used to be called bribery?
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NC Gov. Josh Stein (D):
“The vast majority of people they have detained have no criminal convictions, and some are American citizens. [...] When we see injustice, we bear witness. If you see any inappropriate behavior, use your phones to record and notify local law enforcement”
#USDemocracy #MomSky
“The vast majority of people they have detained have no criminal convictions, and some are American citizens. [...] When we see injustice, we bear witness. If you see any inappropriate behavior, use your phones to record and notify local law enforcement”
#USDemocracy #MomSky
NC Governor urges citizens to remain peaceful but vigilant as Border Patrol arrives in Charlotte • NC Newsline
The veteran Democratic congresswoman said she has heard from numerous constituents worried about how immigration enforcement will unfold in the Queen City.
ncnewsline.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
NC Gov. Josh Stein (D):
“The vast majority of people they have detained have no criminal convictions, and some are American citizens. [...] When we see injustice, we bear witness. If you see any inappropriate behavior, use your phones to record and notify local law enforcement”
#USDemocracy #MomSky
“The vast majority of people they have detained have no criminal convictions, and some are American citizens. [...] When we see injustice, we bear witness. If you see any inappropriate behavior, use your phones to record and notify local law enforcement”
#USDemocracy #MomSky
Retirees have shown up in huge numbers at rallies because they have the freedom to demonstrate and speak out publicly against Trump without fear of losing jobs or related benefits. But there are many other ways to make noise like this!
Some of the most respected Chicago journalists in modern history came together to pen a letter decrying the terror being waged by the federal government against area residents.
Source: open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
The letter: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Source: open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
The letter: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Retired journalists raise the alarm about state sponsored terror in Chicago
"It is without precedent that the biggest names in Chicago journalism have come together to condemn a public action"
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Retirees have shown up in huge numbers at rallies because they have the freedom to demonstrate and speak out publicly against Trump without fear of losing jobs or related benefits. But there are many other ways to make noise like this!
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NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Hey, we can flip this!!
🚨 TN-7 shifts 👀👇🏽
Van Epps hearing those @aftynbehn.bsky.social footsteps, no wonder Trump is trying to help him out tonight
Van Epps hearing those @aftynbehn.bsky.social footsteps, no wonder Trump is trying to help him out tonight
As Republicans fret about low base enthusiasm, the special election in #TN07 shifts from Solid to Likely Republican.
Read more from Matthew Klein:
Read more from Matthew Klein:
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Hey, we can flip this!!
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It should be bigger news on bluesky that we could possibly flip a House seat blue in Tennessee next month imo.
Let's help elect @aftynbehn.bsky.social
Let's help elect @aftynbehn.bsky.social
As Republicans fret about low base enthusiasm, the special election in #TN07 shifts from Solid to Likely Republican.
Read more from Matthew Klein:
Read more from Matthew Klein:
2026 Tennessee House Analysis: Music City Mayhem
Three years after Republicans used redistricting to split Nashville across several seats, the party is getting its first real test of how Tennessee’s gerrymander will withstand an unfriendly cycle. Th...
www.cookpolitical.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
It should be bigger news on bluesky that we could possibly flip a House seat blue in Tennessee next month imo.
Let's help elect @aftynbehn.bsky.social
Let's help elect @aftynbehn.bsky.social
Why the Day 2 stories that end up on p. 19 are often the real news. Let’s make sure this gets the front page attention it deserves!
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Why the Day 2 stories that end up on p. 19 are often the real news. Let’s make sure this gets the front page attention it deserves!
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Citizens United.
a man handing another man a stack of money with a zees download now advertisement in the background
Alt: a man handing another man a stack of money with a zees download now advertisement in the background
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Citizens United.
Wow! Awesome reality check!!
Everyone acting like Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social proposing city-run groceries is “radical” must be new here.
NYC has been subsidizing healthy food for 20 years. #Pinks #Momsky
open.substack.com/pub/gissellr...
NYC has been subsidizing healthy food for 20 years. #Pinks #Momsky
open.substack.com/pub/gissellr...
This Isn’t Radical, It’s History: Mayor Mamdani’s Grocery Plan Is the Next Step in What NYC Has Always Done
New York has been subsidizing healthy food for decades.
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Wow! Awesome reality check!!
Next November, remember what Reps. Garbarino and LaLota did.
Clark: So what are we doing here today? You have already voted to dismantle medicaid, the largest health care program in America. A program that covers 40% of all births in this country. 40% of children in this country. 40% of disabled people in this country.
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Next November, remember what Reps. Garbarino and LaLota did.
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#Pinks #ProudBlue
While trump gets up there and acts like he cares about veterans, I think it’s important we acknowledge the pain he and ICE are causing some of them and their family members. Immigrants serve in the military too.
americasvoice.org/press_releas...
While trump gets up there and acts like he cares about veterans, I think it’s important we acknowledge the pain he and ICE are causing some of them and their family members. Immigrants serve in the military too.
americasvoice.org/press_releas...
FACT SHEET: Trump's Deportation Machine Is Betraying Veterans and Tearing Their Families Apart. - America's Voice
On Veterans Day, America honors the courage and sacrifice of all who wore our nation’s uniform – including the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have defended our freedom. Yet even as the milita...
americasvoice.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
#Pinks #ProudBlue
While trump gets up there and acts like he cares about veterans, I think it’s important we acknowledge the pain he and ICE are causing some of them and their family members. Immigrants serve in the military too.
americasvoice.org/press_releas...
While trump gets up there and acts like he cares about veterans, I think it’s important we acknowledge the pain he and ICE are causing some of them and their family members. Immigrants serve in the military too.
americasvoice.org/press_releas...
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I've said it over and over again; these are not normal times.
Trump is illegally refusing to fund SNAP and is now asking states to UNDO any work to feed hungry Americans amidst the funding lapse.
There is nothing normal about a regime that fights to keep its people hungry.
Trump is illegally refusing to fund SNAP and is now asking states to UNDO any work to feed hungry Americans amidst the funding lapse.
There is nothing normal about a regime that fights to keep its people hungry.
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I've said it over and over again; these are not normal times.
Trump is illegally refusing to fund SNAP and is now asking states to UNDO any work to feed hungry Americans amidst the funding lapse.
There is nothing normal about a regime that fights to keep its people hungry.
Trump is illegally refusing to fund SNAP and is now asking states to UNDO any work to feed hungry Americans amidst the funding lapse.
There is nothing normal about a regime that fights to keep its people hungry.
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Beloved KNOXVILLE falafel restaurant owner Yassin posts that his high health care costs are going up even higher — which Dems are fighting to stop. (@RepTimBurchett & @MarshaBlackburn could not care less)
“The system is broken.” 🎯 #MedicareForAllNOW
www.facebook.com/share/17YHdH...
“The system is broken.” 🎯 #MedicareForAllNOW
www.facebook.com/share/17YHdH...
November 3, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Beloved KNOXVILLE falafel restaurant owner Yassin posts that his high health care costs are going up even higher — which Dems are fighting to stop. (@RepTimBurchett & @MarshaBlackburn could not care less)
“The system is broken.” 🎯 #MedicareForAllNOW
www.facebook.com/share/17YHdH...
“The system is broken.” 🎯 #MedicareForAllNOW
www.facebook.com/share/17YHdH...
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50% of workers can't afford healthcare.
People are using buy now, pay later apps to go into debt to buy groceries.
GoFundMe has 250k pages for medical bills and 40k for tuition.
… and Elon Musk gets a $1 trillion pay out.
And people think moms getting SNAP are the problem.
People are using buy now, pay later apps to go into debt to buy groceries.
GoFundMe has 250k pages for medical bills and 40k for tuition.
… and Elon Musk gets a $1 trillion pay out.
And people think moms getting SNAP are the problem.
November 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
50% of workers can't afford healthcare.
People are using buy now, pay later apps to go into debt to buy groceries.
GoFundMe has 250k pages for medical bills and 40k for tuition.
… and Elon Musk gets a $1 trillion pay out.
And people think moms getting SNAP are the problem.
People are using buy now, pay later apps to go into debt to buy groceries.
GoFundMe has 250k pages for medical bills and 40k for tuition.
… and Elon Musk gets a $1 trillion pay out.
And people think moms getting SNAP are the problem.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Jim Comey's appendix of Trump attacks was 60 pages (tho it did not claim to be comprehensive).
Tish James' is 113 pages.
Tish James' is 113 pages.
![Appendix of Public Statements of President Donald J. Trump About or Concerning AG James or this Case 1
No. Date/Time
(ET)
Location Speaker Comment / Post Link
2019–20212
1 3/13/2019
10:26 AM
X (formerly
Twitter)
Trump All part of the Witch Hunt Hoax. Started by little Eric Schneiderman &
Cuomo. So many leaving New York! [Replying to @GOP statement: The
NY Attorney General called President Trump an “illegitimate president.”
She has proven to have a vendetta against @realDonaldTrump & is using
her position of power to baselessly smear the President & the work he’s done
for the American people.]
https://perma.c
c/4NS6-UGEV
2 3/13/2019
10:26 AM
X (formerly
Twitter)
Trump RT @DiamondandSilk: AG Letitia James of New York is abusing her power
by targeting the POTUS. Using the Attorney General office as a weapon to
deliberately target the President because of Political Bias should be against
the Law and a violation of the Hatch Act!
https://perma.c
c/553N-C2GE
3 4/29/2019
8:18 AM
X (formerly
Twitter)
Trump The NRA is under siege by Cuomo and the New York State A.G., who are
illegally using the State’s legal apparatus to take down and destroy this very
important organization, & others. It must get its act together quickly, stop the
internal fighting, & get back to GREATNESS - FAST!
https://perma.c
c/6RA9-DE98
4 7/1/2019
12:10 PM
X (formerly
Twitter)
Trump It is very hard and expensive to live in New York. Governor Andrew Cuomo
uses his Attorney General as a bludgeoning tool for his own purposes. They
sue on everything, always in search of a crime. I even got sued on a
Foundation which took Zero rent & expenses & gave away...
https://perma.c
c/Q477-7HSN
5 7/1/2019
12:10 PM
X (formerly
Twitter)
Trump ....more money than it had. Going on for years, originally brought by
Crooked Hillary’s Campaign Chair, A.G. Eric Schneiderman, until forced to
https://perma.c
c/89EZ-UP7B
1 This appendix reflects the best efforts of counsel to compile all of the President’s statements relevant to…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreifytqdmsve5ggk4sft62qf7l55rkqv5wjq7zrjumzb4a3p4w73r5u@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Jim Comey's appendix of Trump attacks was 60 pages (tho it did not claim to be comprehensive).
Tish James' is 113 pages.
Tish James' is 113 pages.
Democracy eroding.
House Speaker Dan Hawkins stripped three Republicans of committee chairmanships for refusing to sign a petition calling for a special legislative session to redraw congressional boundaries #ksleg with @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/07/k...
Kansas House speaker punishes GOP colleagues for not supporting special session • Kansas Reflector
Kansas House speaker uses unilateral power to strip fellow Republicans of committee assignments for blocking a special session on U.S. House redistricting.
kansasreflector.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Democracy eroding.
I always find it interesting how the story changes when a lawyer gets to court. They can say anything they want outside of court without accountability but the rules are vastly different in court where you can get seriously penalized for lying.
November 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
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Well of course he wants to get rid of it. He's already grifted as much as he can from it. So as far as he's concerned it's useless.
November 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Well of course he wants to get rid of it. He's already grifted as much as he can from it. So as far as he's concerned it's useless.
Wow! Judge says government officials lied in their testimony about threats that Chicago protesters posed.
“I find the government’s evidence to be simply not credible.”
“I find the government’s evidence to be simply not credible.”
Federal judge cracks down on Bovino & his thugs, while surfacing the lies coming from him, DHS & DOJ.
From the Chicago Tribune. Gift link.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
From the Chicago Tribune. Gift link.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
‘The use of force shocks the conscience’: Judge issues sweeping injunction on Chicago tactics of immigration agents
The incoming preliminary injunction replaces a temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis in early October that was set to expire at 11:30 a.m.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Wow! Judge says government officials lied in their testimony about threats that Chicago protesters posed.
“I find the government’s evidence to be simply not credible.”
“I find the government’s evidence to be simply not credible.”
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I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
Wow!
Less reported, but I would argue equally significant, news: Virginia Dems flipped 10 - TEN! - seats in the State House.
Very glad to be a Virginian this morning, knowing that the Commonwealth will have the backs of children, families, teachers, vets and everyone.
#MomSky
Very glad to be a Virginian this morning, knowing that the Commonwealth will have the backs of children, families, teachers, vets and everyone.
#MomSky
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Wow!
Reality check.
"Since Hurricane Helene devastated the community in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, the county government has spent nearly $50 million on cleanup and recovery — while getting reimbursed only $4 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency..."
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
N.C. counties that busted budgets after Helene still waiting for FEMA to pay them back
A year after Hurricane Helene, FEMA hasn’t reimbursed millions of dollars spent on cleanup and recovery, upending local budgets and hindering reconstruction.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Reality check.