Susalaesq
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Practicing lawyer. Wife, Mom and Democrat. Johns Hopkins Grad; #BodilyAutonomy.✡️ 🚫DMs. Hate 🍊💩. I will not follow someone who has posted 0 posts.
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In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
February 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
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MAGA's hair-trigger outrage at anything that doesn't align with their narrow set of values, Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show with TPUSA's own "English"-language mediocrity fest, to the president setting a new racism high score, to dressing down a U.S. Olympic skier.
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Trump Defends Racist Obama Meme & MAGA Rages Over Bad Bunny’s Spanish Halftime Show | The Daily Show
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February 12, 2026 at 4:30 PM
MAGA's hair-trigger outrage at anything that doesn't align with their narrow set of values, Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show with TPUSA's own "English"-language mediocrity fest, to the president setting a new racism high score, to dressing down a U.S. Olympic skier.
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Where there's SMOKE there IS FIRE! In 2016 I read the depositions from the woman who said she was violently raped by Trump when she was 13 and he was 51 plus the woman who was Epstein's recruiter, who recruited her (false promises) who witnessed it! You won't convince me Trump's not a Pedophile!
February 12, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Where there's SMOKE there IS FIRE! In 2016 I read the depositions from the woman who said she was violently raped by Trump when she was 13 and he was 51 plus the woman who was Epstein's recruiter, who recruited her (false promises) who witnessed it! You won't convince me Trump's not a Pedophile!
I did not delete, just corrected it.
February 12, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I did not delete, just corrected it.
And let’s not forget that that particular “washed up lawyer“ was Jaime Raskin, who graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School and was editor of the Harvard Law Review and a constitutional law professor at American University Law School.
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
And let’s not forget that that particular “washed up lawyer“ was Jaime Raskin, who graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School and was editor of the Harvard Law Review and a constitutional law professor at American University Law School.
Thank you for this correction. It makes sense, as he is in DC for work and lives in Maryland.
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Thank you for this correction. It makes sense, as he is in DC for work and lives in Maryland.
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Bondi didn’t answer any questions, just yelled, lied, and filibustered, just as Jamie Raskin said. It was a shameful performance by a corrupt stooge who make’s Nixon’s felonious AG, John Mitchell, look like a Boy Scout.
February 12, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Bondi didn’t answer any questions, just yelled, lied, and filibustered, just as Jamie Raskin said. It was a shameful performance by a corrupt stooge who make’s Nixon’s felonious AG, John Mitchell, look like a Boy Scout.
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Tuesday was the ICE oversight hearing. Today was Pam Bondi’s. I watched them both for you. The bottom line: There are (mostly Democratic) members of Congress who understand how important the moment is & they are standing up and showing courage. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Two Days On The Hill: ICE & Pam Bondi
Writing this newsletter isn’t always easy.
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February 12, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Tuesday was the ICE oversight hearing. Today was Pam Bondi’s. I watched them both for you. The bottom line: There are (mostly Democratic) members of Congress who understand how important the moment is & they are standing up and showing courage. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Lawrence: Ignoring Epstein survivors, Bondi showed a Trumpian level of heartless, soulless depravity 2/11/26 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff6-...
Lawrence: Ignoring Epstein survivors, Bondi showed a Trumpian level of heartless, soulless depravity
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February 12, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Lawrence: Ignoring Epstein survivors, Bondi showed a Trumpian level of heartless, soulless depravity 2/11/26 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff6-...
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This is crazy.
Why the fuck did she have a list of the Epstein files that Jayapal accessed?
Why the fuck did she have a list of the Epstein files that Jayapal accessed?
NEW: A page from Bondi's burn book. This is a list of the searches by Rep Jayapal of the unredacted Epstein files. That means the DOJ grabbed her search terms from the computers they set up for members of congress to view the Epstein files to use as ammunition. The photo is from Reuters.
February 12, 2026 at 1:28 AM
This is crazy.
Why the fuck did she have a list of the Epstein files that Jayapal accessed?
Why the fuck did she have a list of the Epstein files that Jayapal accessed?
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Thinking of Surya Bonaly this week while watching the backflip return to Olympic ice. She was the first to land it on one blade in Olympic competition in Nagano in 1998. I will never forget how I jumped up and screamed seeing her do it live.
February 12, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Thinking of Surya Bonaly this week while watching the backflip return to Olympic ice. She was the first to land it on one blade in Olympic competition in Nagano in 1998. I will never forget how I jumped up and screamed seeing her do it live.
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From @wired.com: “Federal records reveal ICE is secretly expanding into 150+ facilities across nearly every state — many near schools, medical offices, and places of worship… DHS asked the General Services Administration to hide lease listings and bypass normal procedures…”🤔
February 12, 2026 at 3:52 AM
From @wired.com: “Federal records reveal ICE is secretly expanding into 150+ facilities across nearly every state — many near schools, medical offices, and places of worship… DHS asked the General Services Administration to hide lease listings and bypass normal procedures…”🤔
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Attorney General Pam Bondi tells a member of a co-equal branch of government during a public hearing: “You don’t tell me anything, you washed-up loser lawyer.” The disdain for our own government is appalling. This administration is destroying our democracy.
February 12, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Attorney General Pam Bondi tells a member of a co-equal branch of government during a public hearing: “You don’t tell me anything, you washed-up loser lawyer.” The disdain for our own government is appalling. This administration is destroying our democracy.
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I honestly can’t remember any prior AG being this overtly disrespectful in a Congressional hearing.
They really think they’re never going to be in the minority.
Maybe I memory holed it, but personal attacks on members of Congress during testimony just seems so out of bounds.
They really think they’re never going to be in the minority.
Maybe I memory holed it, but personal attacks on members of Congress during testimony just seems so out of bounds.
February 11, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I honestly can’t remember any prior AG being this overtly disrespectful in a Congressional hearing.
They really think they’re never going to be in the minority.
Maybe I memory holed it, but personal attacks on members of Congress during testimony just seems so out of bounds.
They really think they’re never going to be in the minority.
Maybe I memory holed it, but personal attacks on members of Congress during testimony just seems so out of bounds.
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It’s ironic that there are now reports of Epstein trying to pass on info about DJT to Russian intelligence. Obviously didn’t know that the KGB knew ALL they needed about him already.
#TrumpEpsteinFiles
#TrumpEpsteinFiles
February 10, 2026 at 9:29 PM
It’s ironic that there are now reports of Epstein trying to pass on info about DJT to Russian intelligence. Obviously didn’t know that the KGB knew ALL they needed about him already.
#TrumpEpsteinFiles
#TrumpEpsteinFiles
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February 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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This is an authoritarian power grab, full stop.
Nationalizing elections would put the executive branch in control of who votes and how. That’s how dictators rig outcomes, crush opposition, and assault democratic self-government.
This should alarm everyone: www.ms.now/news/trump-s...
Nationalizing elections would put the executive branch in control of who votes and how. That’s how dictators rig outcomes, crush opposition, and assault democratic self-government.
This should alarm everyone: www.ms.now/news/trump-s...
Trump suggests federal control of elections in ‘some areas’
In a lengthy interview with NBC, the president said he will accept the results of the midterm elections if they are “honest.”
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February 5, 2026 at 10:46 PM
This is an authoritarian power grab, full stop.
Nationalizing elections would put the executive branch in control of who votes and how. That’s how dictators rig outcomes, crush opposition, and assault democratic self-government.
This should alarm everyone: www.ms.now/news/trump-s...
Nationalizing elections would put the executive branch in control of who votes and how. That’s how dictators rig outcomes, crush opposition, and assault democratic self-government.
This should alarm everyone: www.ms.now/news/trump-s...
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Which means Trump is abusing power to fleece America.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent admits that if Trump successfully sues the IRS for $10 billion, that money would come from taxpayers.
February 6, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Which means Trump is abusing power to fleece America.
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JUST IN: A federal judge has barred ICE and DHS from using taxpayer information provided by the IRS.
Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights — combined with ICE use of administrative warrants — is a recipe for abuse.
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Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights — combined with ICE use of administrative warrants — is a recipe for abuse.
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February 5, 2026 at 9:55 PM
JUST IN: A federal judge has barred ICE and DHS from using taxpayer information provided by the IRS.
Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights — combined with ICE use of administrative warrants — is a recipe for abuse.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights — combined with ICE use of administrative warrants — is a recipe for abuse.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Warnock to Bessent: "Manufacturers shed workers in each of the eight months after President Trump unveiled his tariffs on 'liberation day.' I would submit it's a strange liberation and a curious freedom that leaves you unemployed."
February 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Warnock to Bessent: "Manufacturers shed workers in each of the eight months after President Trump unveiled his tariffs on 'liberation day.' I would submit it's a strange liberation and a curious freedom that leaves you unemployed."
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He knows he can't win unless he cheats
February 5, 2026 at 9:23 PM
He knows he can't win unless he cheats
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I’m betting Comer will suddenly lose interest in this hearing.
February 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I’m betting Comer will suddenly lose interest in this hearing.
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February 5, 2026 at 3:13 AM