Susan Perkins
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Susan Perkins
@superkins.bsky.social
Mom, Quaker, liberal, peace activist, traveler, thinker/seeker, glass artist
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People in Serbia are rising up.

Beautiful to see.
March 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Bernie out there working.
March 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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BREAKING:

Trump's comment during his address that DOGE "is headed by Elon Musk, who is in the gallery tonight" has already landed in federal court.

DOC buff.ly/K7puA1o
March 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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“America doesn’t owe Ukraine anything”

You sure about that?
March 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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I stand with Ukraine.
February 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
February 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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“Guys, get her," the sheriff said to a group of men who refused to identify themselves.
'Foreboding sign': 'Known Democrat' violently hauled out of Idaho GOP meeting
An Idaho woman was violently removed by private security guards from a town hall organized by a local Republican committee in an incident that was described as a "foreboding sign."A legislative town h...
www.rawstory.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Please. No more speeches in the Senate about “freedom” until one Republican has the guts to stand up to Trump’s lies about Ukraine & Putin. Ukraine did not start this horrific war. Russia did. Zelensky isn't a dictator. Putin is. The US must not enter into an alliance with Putin.
February 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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URGENT: The House is set to vote tomorrow on whether to advance $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid — eviscerating essential programs that provide lifesaving services for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more.

Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.
Congress: Save Medicaid Now
Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.
action.aclu.org
February 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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They want us to think we’re alone. We are not. The Resistance is Everywhere.

Welcome to Resist List. Your online hub of the ongoing resistance to the growth of authoritarianism in the United States.
February 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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What can I do to fight this coup? “We will succeed because millions of people do a couple things well, not because one person does a million things.” [choosedemocracy.us]
What can I do to fight this coup?
If you look, there are people resisting at every level. Blockades of freeways. American Bar Association urging an end to…
choosedemocracy.us
February 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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From Harvard Kennedy’s Erica Chenoweth & Zoe Marks

Pro-democracy Organizing against Autocracy in the United States: A Strategic Assessment & Recommendations

www.hks.harvard.edu/publications...
Pro-democracy Organizing against Autocracy in the United States: A Strategic Assessment & Recommendations
Many groups in the US are focused on preventing the further rise of authoritarian forces by raising alarms about authoritarian power-grabs in key states; by building financial, legal, and electoral st...
www.hks.harvard.edu
December 14, 2024 at 6:54 AM
Why is the US so unhappy and otherwise doing so poorly despite its wealth? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/b...
The U.S. Economy Is Racing Ahead. Almost Everything Else Is Falling Behind. (Gift Article)
The gap between Americans’ prosperity and quality of life has grown since the 1990s.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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It’s official: Elon Musk’s staffers have now illegally obtained classified information from the USAID office.

Here’s a recap of what’s happening:
February 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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The USAID website is offline. www.usaid.gov
www.usaid.gov
February 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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WIRED has been doing vital work.

If you’re looking to support good journalism right now, subscriptions are cheap.
February 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.

HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻

archive.org/details/2025...
February 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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BREAKING: We're suing to stop the Trump administration’s attempt to massively expand fast-tracked deportations without due process.

This policy was illegal when Trump enacted it in his first term and it’s illegal now.
January 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Denying citizenship to U.S.-born children is unconstitutional. Full stop.

We won't let President Trump's anti-immigrant attacks go unchallenged.
January 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Another tray made with smooshed vitrigraph embellishments.
January 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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On 27 January #InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay, it's 80 yrs since #Auschwitz was liberated. Otto Frank was among them. 'Anne Frank The Exhibition' opens on 27 January in New York City. It features a full-scale Annex reconstruction, original items including the cotton bag that Otto carried home.
January 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM