Sister Sue
@onemoretime24.bsky.social
Trying to avoid X, but it's hard to do if your main interest is MENA issues.
Jack Lew, Secretary of Treasury under Obama, has blood on his hands.
#ApocalypticWasteland
www.reuters.com/world/early-...
#ApocalypticWasteland
www.reuters.com/world/early-...
US envoys to Israel blocked early warning of 'Apocalyptic Wasteland' in Gaza
U.S. Agency for International Development staffers in early 2024 drafted a warning to senior officials in Joe Biden’s administration: Northern Gaza had turned into an “Apocalyptic Wasteland” with dire...
www.reuters.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Jack Lew, Secretary of Treasury under Obama, has blood on his hands.
#ApocalypticWasteland
www.reuters.com/world/early-...
#ApocalypticWasteland
www.reuters.com/world/early-...
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The link to this file is back up so you can read it yourself. Warning: The actions described of this monster are beyond disgusting. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
January 30, 2026 at 7:42 PM
The link to this file is back up so you can read it yourself. Warning: The actions described of this monster are beyond disgusting. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
While all of @ronanfarrow.bsky.social's thread is critical information, I think this is the key post.
History shows a pattern here.
When governments begin criminalizing the observation of dissent—using technical oversteps as justification—it’s often a warning sign. We’ve seen similar patterns precede press crackdowns in countries like Turkey, Russia, and Myanmar.
When governments begin criminalizing the observation of dissent—using technical oversteps as justification—it’s often a warning sign. We’ve seen similar patterns precede press crackdowns in countries like Turkey, Russia, and Myanmar.
January 31, 2026 at 6:51 PM
While all of @ronanfarrow.bsky.social's thread is critical information, I think this is the key post.
I wouldn't know about Dr. Bradley Tamler's suit against local Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula but for this from @montereycountynow.com. Without Tamler's very thorough explanation for treating cancer, my husband might not be the healthy man he is today. We support his brave efforts.
A former CHOMP radiation oncologist files a breach of contract and whistleblower lawsuit against the hospital.
A former CHOMP radiation oncologist sues, alleging breach of contract and retaliation for prioritizing patients over profits.
www.montereycountynow.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:35 AM
I wouldn't know about Dr. Bradley Tamler's suit against local Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula but for this from @montereycountynow.com. Without Tamler's very thorough explanation for treating cancer, my husband might not be the healthy man he is today. We support his brave efforts.
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Important update: a federal judge has ruled that Russ Vought & OMB were breaking the law & must tell the public exactly how they are spending (or not spending) funds appropriated by Congress.
I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.
I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.
BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reveal how it apportions taxpayer money, including information it apparently tried to hide through spend plans in footnotes.
This is a huge win for transparency and accountability!
This is a huge win for transparency and accountability!
Court once again shuts down OMB attempts to keep spending secret - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
A federal judge ordered the Trump admin to reveal legally binding plans to spend congressionally appropriated funds today in a lawsuit brought by CREW against OMB and OMB's Director Russell Vought.
www.citizensforethics.org
January 30, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Important update: a federal judge has ruled that Russ Vought & OMB were breaking the law & must tell the public exactly how they are spending (or not spending) funds appropriated by Congress.
I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.
I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.
I'm as curious as George Sánchez-Tello and @lofgren.house.gov to know who's been detaining people in Monterey County down in Fort Hunter Liggett, whether CA laws are being followed and if military police are collaborating with immigration agents.
voicesofmontereybay.org/2026/01/29/i...
voicesofmontereybay.org/2026/01/29/i...
Immigration detentions on Fort Hunter Liggett raise questions about military involvement – Voices of Monterey Bay
voicesofmontereybay.org
January 29, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I'm as curious as George Sánchez-Tello and @lofgren.house.gov to know who's been detaining people in Monterey County down in Fort Hunter Liggett, whether CA laws are being followed and if military police are collaborating with immigration agents.
voicesofmontereybay.org/2026/01/29/i...
voicesofmontereybay.org/2026/01/29/i...
Why would David Cameron meet with #TreasuryDevil James Eadie,
Dominic West & Chris Ruddy, but not with Int'l Criminal Court Karim Khan?Dania Akkad @declassifieduk.org wants to know.
www.declassifieduk.org/cameron-met-...
Dominic West & Chris Ruddy, but not with Int'l Criminal Court Karim Khan?Dania Akkad @declassifieduk.org wants to know.
www.declassifieduk.org/cameron-met-...
Cameron met top government lawyer while dodging ICC prosecutor
David Cameron sought advice from government’s top lawyer in Israel arms sales case a day after pencilled-in meeting with Karim Khan, new data show
www.declassifieduk.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Why would David Cameron meet with #TreasuryDevil James Eadie,
Dominic West & Chris Ruddy, but not with Int'l Criminal Court Karim Khan?Dania Akkad @declassifieduk.org wants to know.
www.declassifieduk.org/cameron-met-...
Dominic West & Chris Ruddy, but not with Int'l Criminal Court Karim Khan?Dania Akkad @declassifieduk.org wants to know.
www.declassifieduk.org/cameron-met-...
"It’s been a rough, dangerous week. One of those weeks in which you could almost hear the world shudder."
I agree with @iandunt.bsky.social: Trump was sane-washed the media. It's good to see Europeans realizing this was a breaking point.
iandunt.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
I agree with @iandunt.bsky.social: Trump was sane-washed the media. It's good to see Europeans realizing this was a breaking point.
iandunt.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
Breaking Trump
It was a week in which you could almost feel the world shudder. But Europe held firm.
iandunt.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:15 PM
"It’s been a rough, dangerous week. One of those weeks in which you could almost hear the world shudder."
I agree with @iandunt.bsky.social: Trump was sane-washed the media. It's good to see Europeans realizing this was a breaking point.
iandunt.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
I agree with @iandunt.bsky.social: Trump was sane-washed the media. It's good to see Europeans realizing this was a breaking point.
iandunt.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
And now Dania Akkad and Phil Miller @declassifieduk.org have travelled to RAF Lakenheath to understand protocol on who controls UK bases in light of US #Greenland or #Iran threats: Donald Trump or Kier Starmer?
youtu.be/P89XmWdn5Vw?...
youtu.be/P89XmWdn5Vw?...
January 23, 2026 at 2:28 AM
And now Dania Akkad and Phil Miller @declassifieduk.org have travelled to RAF Lakenheath to understand protocol on who controls UK bases in light of US #Greenland or #Iran threats: Donald Trump or Kier Starmer?
youtu.be/P89XmWdn5Vw?...
youtu.be/P89XmWdn5Vw?...
"It is British sovereign territory and the British government has banned certain arms exports to Israel. This goes against that. Who is actually in control of that base?”
Is using a UK base to transfer F-35s to 🇮🇱 legal?
Dania Akkad @declassifieduk.org reports.
Is using a UK base to transfer F-35s to 🇮🇱 legal?
Dania Akkad @declassifieduk.org reports.
US air base in Suffolk, Mildenhall, has been used to transfer three new F-35 warplanes to Israel.
Is this legal?
www.declassifieduk.org/campaigners-...
Is this legal?
www.declassifieduk.org/campaigners-...
Legality of fighter jet transfer from UK to Israel questioned
Three F-35 jets were delivered from Britain to Nevatim airbase despite a ban on exporting the aircraft's parts directly to Israel
www.declassifieduk.org
January 22, 2026 at 7:27 PM
"It is British sovereign territory and the British government has banned certain arms exports to Israel. This goes against that. Who is actually in control of that base?”
Is using a UK base to transfer F-35s to 🇮🇱 legal?
Dania Akkad @declassifieduk.org reports.
Is using a UK base to transfer F-35s to 🇮🇱 legal?
Dania Akkad @declassifieduk.org reports.
How many $$ do these tech bros need? 5% of $1B still leaves each of them rolling in greenbacks. They've all benefitted from California's entrepreneurial climate and now have become greedy.
9/technology/google-founders-california-wealth-tax.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
9/technology/google-founders-california-wealth-tax.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Google Guys Say Bye to California
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM
How many $$ do these tech bros need? 5% of $1B still leaves each of them rolling in greenbacks. They've all benefitted from California's entrepreneurial climate and now have become greedy.
9/technology/google-founders-california-wealth-tax.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
9/technology/google-founders-california-wealth-tax.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Is your MP listed as having received ££/ support from Labour Friends of Israel? I wonder if % taking funds in Parliament is comparable to % of US members of Congress receiving $$ from @aipac1.bsky.social? Maybe someone @declassifieduk.org can satisfy my curiosity?
January 10, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Is your MP listed as having received ££/ support from Labour Friends of Israel? I wonder if % taking funds in Parliament is comparable to % of US members of Congress receiving $$ from @aipac1.bsky.social? Maybe someone @declassifieduk.org can satisfy my curiosity?
It's a shame BBC staff didn't do their due diligence by interviewing Jack Smith or @joycewhitevance.bsky.social when putting together sloppily edited #6January documentary.
joycevance.substack.com/p/january-6-...
joycevance.substack.com/p/january-6-...
January 6 Again
Donald Trump is the President no one has ever said “no” to in a big way.
joycevance.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:43 AM
It's a shame BBC staff didn't do their due diligence by interviewing Jack Smith or @joycewhitevance.bsky.social when putting together sloppily edited #6January documentary.
joycevance.substack.com/p/january-6-...
joycevance.substack.com/p/january-6-...
Who gets to decide who is a legitimate leader?
Could this be end of int'l law, U.N. charter, any kind of legal limits on the use of force, if POTUS can do that, so could Russian or Chinese leader?
Could this be end of int'l law, U.N. charter, any kind of legal limits on the use of force, if POTUS can do that, so could Russian or Chinese leader?
The Brazen Illegality of Trump’s Venezuela Operation
A scholar of international law on the implications of the U.S. arrest of President Nicolás Maduro.
www.newyorker.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Who gets to decide who is a legitimate leader?
Could this be end of int'l law, U.N. charter, any kind of legal limits on the use of force, if POTUS can do that, so could Russian or Chinese leader?
Could this be end of int'l law, U.N. charter, any kind of legal limits on the use of force, if POTUS can do that, so could Russian or Chinese leader?
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BREAKING
U.S. officials have confirmed that President Donald Trump ordered military strikes inside Venezuela, including strikes on Venezuelan military facilities.
U.S. officials have confirmed that President Donald Trump ordered military strikes inside Venezuela, including strikes on Venezuelan military facilities.
January 3, 2026 at 8:07 AM
BREAKING
U.S. officials have confirmed that President Donald Trump ordered military strikes inside Venezuela, including strikes on Venezuelan military facilities.
U.S. officials have confirmed that President Donald Trump ordered military strikes inside Venezuela, including strikes on Venezuelan military facilities.
This particular @rbreich.bsky.social article should be read and saved so that if we're ever on the other side of this era, a new government corrects these current failures in financial transparency and honesty.
robertreich.substack.com/p/if-the-mar...
robertreich.substack.com/p/if-the-mar...
Five ways to make more than a billion dollars
None have anything to do with “free market” capitalism
robertreich.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This particular @rbreich.bsky.social article should be read and saved so that if we're ever on the other side of this era, a new government corrects these current failures in financial transparency and honesty.
robertreich.substack.com/p/if-the-mar...
robertreich.substack.com/p/if-the-mar...
"And so it is worth asking, do you know anyone quite as malevolent?"
"Have you ever in your life encountered a character as wretched as Donald Trump?"
No and neither does David Remnick.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
"Have you ever in your life encountered a character as wretched as Donald Trump?"
No and neither does David Remnick.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Donald Trump’s Remarks on the Death of Rob Reiner Are Next-Level Degradation
On a weekend of terrible violent events, you would not expect a President of the United States to make matters even worse. But, of course, he did.
www.newyorker.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM
"And so it is worth asking, do you know anyone quite as malevolent?"
"Have you ever in your life encountered a character as wretched as Donald Trump?"
No and neither does David Remnick.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
"Have you ever in your life encountered a character as wretched as Donald Trump?"
No and neither does David Remnick.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
"But we have reached a point where any mix of solutions to our nation’s economic problems is going to involve the wealthiest Americans’ contributing more." Senator Mitt Romney
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
Opinion | Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"But we have reached a point where any mix of solutions to our nation’s economic problems is going to involve the wealthiest Americans’ contributing more." Senator Mitt Romney
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
In other words, the Trump puppeteers don't think Trump on the stump is working these days, since they're subbing Vance and Bessant for the dear leader? Won't that make one man pretty 😤?
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
‘Never going to be pitch perfect’: Trump loyalists see an imperfect messenger
Trump's Pennsylvania speech demonstrated that his return to the trail is a gamble: It’s just as likely to provide Democrats campaign fodder as it is to motivate his MAGA base heading into the midterm ...
www.politico.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
In other words, the Trump puppeteers don't think Trump on the stump is working these days, since they're subbing Vance and Bessant for the dear leader? Won't that make one man pretty 😤?
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
What was an American plane doing flying out of an RAF base in Cyprus bound for Gaza? I'd like to see the #GazaFootage. Alex Morris and Phil Miller of @declassifieduk.org ask the right questions.
www.declassifieduk.org/release-gaza...
www.declassifieduk.org/release-gaza...
‘Release Gaza footage,’ British victim demands in new spy flight documentary
Father of former Royal Marine killed in Gaza says footage captured by opaque UK surveillance programme could clarify what happened to his son.
www.declassifieduk.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
What was an American plane doing flying out of an RAF base in Cyprus bound for Gaza? I'd like to see the #GazaFootage. Alex Morris and Phil Miller of @declassifieduk.org ask the right questions.
www.declassifieduk.org/release-gaza...
www.declassifieduk.org/release-gaza...
This is pretty cool: @mbarinews.bsky.social's
Biodiversity and Bio-optics Team aboard the #RachelCarson vessel has observed a Haliphron Atlanticus, a 7 legged octopus, munching on a jellyfish. These creatures have only been seen 4 x in past 4 decades!
youtu.be/4_ltojepN-g?...
Biodiversity and Bio-optics Team aboard the #RachelCarson vessel has observed a Haliphron Atlanticus, a 7 legged octopus, munching on a jellyfish. These creatures have only been seen 4 x in past 4 decades!
youtu.be/4_ltojepN-g?...
Fresh from the deep: Rarely encountered seven-arm octopus in Monterey Bay
YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
This is pretty cool: @mbarinews.bsky.social's
Biodiversity and Bio-optics Team aboard the #RachelCarson vessel has observed a Haliphron Atlanticus, a 7 legged octopus, munching on a jellyfish. These creatures have only been seen 4 x in past 4 decades!
youtu.be/4_ltojepN-g?...
Biodiversity and Bio-optics Team aboard the #RachelCarson vessel has observed a Haliphron Atlanticus, a 7 legged octopus, munching on a jellyfish. These creatures have only been seen 4 x in past 4 decades!
youtu.be/4_ltojepN-g?...
How far over did @politico.com and Dasha Burns need to bend in order to get this irrelevant sit-down with Trump?
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Full transcript: POLITICO's interview with Donald Trump
The president sat for an in-depth interview with POLITICO's Dasha Burns.
www.politico.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
How far over did @politico.com and Dasha Burns need to bend in order to get this irrelevant sit-down with Trump?
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
"Friends can do mergers; foes can’t. Indeed, the indifferent and uncommitted can’t either. You need to get right with the Trump family."
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/team-...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/team-...
Team Oligarch Suits Up to Torpedo Netflix/WBD Merger
Simply extraordinary stuff coming out this morning about the battle over what...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
"Friends can do mergers; foes can’t. Indeed, the indifferent and uncommitted can’t either. You need to get right with the Trump family."
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/team-...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/team-...
Even #CHATGPT can't believe the reality of American life! Thanks Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ailes for your Dairy Queen/Orchestra Pit strategy that Steve Bannon uses to flood the zone with ever more extreme false versions of reality. Watch out @cnn.com!
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-9...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-9...
December 9, 2025
When G.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Even #CHATGPT can't believe the reality of American life! Thanks Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ailes for your Dairy Queen/Orchestra Pit strategy that Steve Bannon uses to flood the zone with ever more extreme false versions of reality. Watch out @cnn.com!
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-9...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-9...
Of everything I'm reading today about Trump's new #NSS, what @rikefranke.bsky.social states in this thread stands out and frightens me the most.
A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Of everything I'm reading today about Trump's new #NSS, what @rikefranke.bsky.social states in this thread stands out and frightens me the most.