Susan McCourt
@susanmccourt.bsky.social
Cats mom, grandma, birdwatcher, The Artist’s Way, cozy games, journaling, art, reiki, yoga nidra, live music and dancing.
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It's time to pick up our buckets and put out the fires of fascism. Together. #50501movement #politicalrevolution
It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It's time to pick up our buckets and put out the fires of fascism. Together. #50501movement #politicalrevolution
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There's already a tension in the administration between the people who realize (at least to some basic degree) that certain positions can't just be cut without seriously endangering Americans, and those who don't care and just blindly keep swinging the sledgehammers.
Unfortunately firings have continued at the National Nuclear Safety Administration.
I’ve been contacted by an NNSA worker who was fired, then told her termination was paused, then told she was fired again. She says there were numerous others at NNSA treated the same way.
These people keep us safe.
I’ve been contacted by an NNSA worker who was fired, then told her termination was paused, then told she was fired again. She says there were numerous others at NNSA treated the same way.
These people keep us safe.
Days after "accidentally" firing nuclear safety workers, Trump and Musk have "accidentally" fired the people racing to protect the American public from bird flu.
This is stupid beyond belief. A better president would intentionally fire DOGE and everyone involved with it.
This is stupid beyond belief. A better president would intentionally fire DOGE and everyone involved with it.
February 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
There's already a tension in the administration between the people who realize (at least to some basic degree) that certain positions can't just be cut without seriously endangering Americans, and those who don't care and just blindly keep swinging the sledgehammers.
The plaintiffs in the case need to put this in front of the judge, stat
The President is again defying court orders via executive action.
This is a full-blown constitutional crisis that will have a disastrous impact on universities, the people who staff them, the life-saving research they do, and local economies across the US.
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...
This is a full-blown constitutional crisis that will have a disastrous impact on universities, the people who staff them, the life-saving research they do, and local economies across the US.
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...
February 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Correct. He’s not capable of playing multidimensional chess. Or chess. Or checkers. Or tic-tac-toe. As one of his aides put it during Shit Show I, “he’s just eating the pieces” on the board.
Nothing he does is strategic. He’s purely guided by narcissistic, sociopathic impulses at all times.
Nothing he does is strategic. He’s purely guided by narcissistic, sociopathic impulses at all times.
Bingo. I keep telling people I know that there’s no grand plan here, or to anything he does. He’s not playing 4D chess. He’s a fascistic sociopath that seeks adoration and applause for everything he does, and he wants to be the focus of EVERYTHING.
It’s that simple, folks, don’t overthink it.
It’s that simple, folks, don’t overthink it.
February 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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The work of @joshcowenmsu.bsky.social is key to understanding the voucher issue:
“The widespread adoption of vouchers, Cowen explains, was a policy coup staged by billionaires who were libertarians or religious zealots or both.”
Yet vouchers don’t work.
So honored by The Privateers review from the great @dianeravitch.bsky.social @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Yet vouchers don’t work.
So honored by The Privateers review from the great @dianeravitch.bsky.social @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Selling Out Our Public Schools | Diane Ravitch
Donald Trump promised that he will make public funds available to private as well as religious schools in every state, and this is what his party wants,
www.nybooks.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The work of @joshcowenmsu.bsky.social is key to understanding the voucher issue:
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84% HUD staff cuts will cause irreversible harm to towns still recovering & trying to rebuild from recent disasters. Trump is giving tax breaks to his rich friends over ensuring HUD can deliver resources to you.
Hear 👏🏾 Me 👏🏾 Clearly 👏🏾
He doesn't care about you!
Hear 👏🏾 Me 👏🏾 Clearly 👏🏾
He doesn't care about you!
February 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
84% HUD staff cuts will cause irreversible harm to towns still recovering & trying to rebuild from recent disasters. Trump is giving tax breaks to his rich friends over ensuring HUD can deliver resources to you.
Hear 👏🏾 Me 👏🏾 Clearly 👏🏾
He doesn't care about you!
Hear 👏🏾 Me 👏🏾 Clearly 👏🏾
He doesn't care about you!
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The Mar-a-Lago crew might not care about hurricanes in Florida.
But gutting disaster recovery will hurt the same people Donald Trump promised to help.
But gutting disaster recovery will hurt the same people Donald Trump promised to help.
Trump Team Plans Cuts at HUD Office That Funds Disaster Recovery
Staff at the office, a branch of the U.S. housing department that Congress uses to address the worst catastrophes, would be reduced by 84 percent.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The Mar-a-Lago crew might not care about hurricanes in Florida.
But gutting disaster recovery will hurt the same people Donald Trump promised to help.
But gutting disaster recovery will hurt the same people Donald Trump promised to help.
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Tonight, Senate Republicans are charging ahead with their budget proposal.
They’re making clear who matters to them: billionaires and giant corporations.
And who does not: working families.
They’re making clear who matters to them: billionaires and giant corporations.
And who does not: working families.
February 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Tonight, Senate Republicans are charging ahead with their budget proposal.
They’re making clear who matters to them: billionaires and giant corporations.
And who does not: working families.
They’re making clear who matters to them: billionaires and giant corporations.
And who does not: working families.
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“transactional” is such a sweet way of saying “extortive”
i said it many times before the election. american businesses are not prepared for the transactional nature of a trump presidency
"Spend more on Elon Musk’s social-media platform, or else."
"A lawyer at advertising conglomerate Interpublic Group fielded a phone call ... from a lawyer at X. The message was clear ... Get your clients to spend more on Elon Musk’s social-media platform, or else." A merger could be tanked.
Gift!
"A lawyer at advertising conglomerate Interpublic Group fielded a phone call ... from a lawyer at X. The message was clear ... Get your clients to spend more on Elon Musk’s social-media platform, or else." A merger could be tanked.
Gift!
February 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“transactional” is such a sweet way of saying “extortive”
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BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: While the Trump Justice Department is telling a federal court that Elon Musk has nothing to do with DOGE, Republican members of Congress are telling their constituents that DOGE is “led by Elon Musk.”
See below 👇
See below 👇
February 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: While the Trump Justice Department is telling a federal court that Elon Musk has nothing to do with DOGE, Republican members of Congress are telling their constituents that DOGE is “led by Elon Musk.”
See below 👇
See below 👇
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The Trump presidency is a threat to the well being of the American people.
The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs.
Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)
Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)
Ax falls on elite group of Ph.D.s training to lead U.S. public health labs
Most of the fellows in CDC’s highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend
www.science.org
February 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The Trump presidency is a threat to the well being of the American people.
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New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
February 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
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Um.
It’s almost like they’re trying to control the news.
It’s almost like they’re trying to control the news.
The Pentagon is doubling the number of media outlets losing their workspaces.
OUT: The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC, CNN,
Politico, The Hill, The War Zone, and NPR.
IN: New York Post, The Washington Examiner, OANN, Newsmax, The Free Press, The Daily Caller, and Breitbart.
OUT: The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC, CNN,
Politico, The Hill, The War Zone, and NPR.
IN: New York Post, The Washington Examiner, OANN, Newsmax, The Free Press, The Daily Caller, and Breitbart.
February 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Um.
It’s almost like they’re trying to control the news.
It’s almost like they’re trying to control the news.
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Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings.
But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
Direct Economic Contributions
NIH directly supports the economy through investments in research institutions and job formation.
www.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings.
But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
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FACT: USAID funded projects in 120 countries - fighting epidemics, educating children, providing clean water, supporting life saving work.
Now nurses laid off, clinics closed in 25 countries where 2/3 of all child deaths occur.
All because of Trump’s inflated ego.
Now nurses laid off, clinics closed in 25 countries where 2/3 of all child deaths occur.
All because of Trump’s inflated ego.
February 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
FACT: USAID funded projects in 120 countries - fighting epidemics, educating children, providing clean water, supporting life saving work.
Now nurses laid off, clinics closed in 25 countries where 2/3 of all child deaths occur.
All because of Trump’s inflated ego.
Now nurses laid off, clinics closed in 25 countries where 2/3 of all child deaths occur.
All because of Trump’s inflated ego.
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Remember that the people have the power: we are the country, we are the economy. They need us far more than we need them
#USProtests
#Shutdown315
#r50501
#USProtests
#Shutdown315
#r50501
February 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Remember that the people have the power: we are the country, we are the economy. They need us far more than we need them
#USProtests
#Shutdown315
#r50501
#USProtests
#Shutdown315
#r50501
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❌ ECONOMIC BLACKOUT 2/28
❌ TOTAL SHUTDOWN 3/15
TWO massive blackouts are planned!
1. Buy NOTHING on 2/28 - no gas, no food, nothing online. Stock up at Costco before.
2. Total SHUTDOWN on 3/15 - no work, no travel, no shopping.
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Hashtags: #blackout228 #shutdown315 #buildtheresistance
❌ TOTAL SHUTDOWN 3/15
TWO massive blackouts are planned!
1. Buy NOTHING on 2/28 - no gas, no food, nothing online. Stock up at Costco before.
2. Total SHUTDOWN on 3/15 - no work, no travel, no shopping.
‼️‼️SHARE‼️‼️
Hashtags: #blackout228 #shutdown315 #buildtheresistance
February 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
❌ ECONOMIC BLACKOUT 2/28
❌ TOTAL SHUTDOWN 3/15
TWO massive blackouts are planned!
1. Buy NOTHING on 2/28 - no gas, no food, nothing online. Stock up at Costco before.
2. Total SHUTDOWN on 3/15 - no work, no travel, no shopping.
‼️‼️SHARE‼️‼️
Hashtags: #blackout228 #shutdown315 #buildtheresistance
❌ TOTAL SHUTDOWN 3/15
TWO massive blackouts are planned!
1. Buy NOTHING on 2/28 - no gas, no food, nothing online. Stock up at Costco before.
2. Total SHUTDOWN on 3/15 - no work, no travel, no shopping.
‼️‼️SHARE‼️‼️
Hashtags: #blackout228 #shutdown315 #buildtheresistance
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Here’s one thing that I’m watching with Donald Trump’s tariffs:
Which billionaires and giant corporations will buy themselves loopholes?
In his 1st term, well-connected insiders got tariff waivers.
This is one more way to make corporate CEOs kiss Trump's ring.
Which billionaires and giant corporations will buy themselves loopholes?
In his 1st term, well-connected insiders got tariff waivers.
This is one more way to make corporate CEOs kiss Trump's ring.
February 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Here’s one thing that I’m watching with Donald Trump’s tariffs:
Which billionaires and giant corporations will buy themselves loopholes?
In his 1st term, well-connected insiders got tariff waivers.
This is one more way to make corporate CEOs kiss Trump's ring.
Which billionaires and giant corporations will buy themselves loopholes?
In his 1st term, well-connected insiders got tariff waivers.
This is one more way to make corporate CEOs kiss Trump's ring.
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The cost to run NOAA is 0.8% of the budget for the Dept of Defense. Numbers worth keeping in mind when these efforts are pitched as accomplishing "efficiency" rather than ideological goals
February 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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The policy lead for CDC's H5N1 response has abruptly resigned.
Sources tell me CDC's response to the bird flu pandemic has been severely hobbled by the chaos of the past two weeks.
Sources tell me CDC's response to the bird flu pandemic has been severely hobbled by the chaos of the past two weeks.
February 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The policy lead for CDC's H5N1 response has abruptly resigned.
Sources tell me CDC's response to the bird flu pandemic has been severely hobbled by the chaos of the past two weeks.
Sources tell me CDC's response to the bird flu pandemic has been severely hobbled by the chaos of the past two weeks.
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Robert Reich: This is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans: It’s a coup.
As Trump talks about taking over Gaza (“beautiful shoreline”), Greenland (“great minerals”), Panama (“very strategic”), and making Canada the 51st state, the media has gone ape-shite wild.
Meanwhile, Trump’s goons…
As Trump talks about taking over Gaza (“beautiful shoreline”), Greenland (“great minerals”), Panama (“very strategic”), and making Canada the 51st state, the media has gone ape-shite wild.
Meanwhile, Trump’s goons…
Robert Reich: This is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans
It’s a coup.
As Trump talks about taking over Gaza (“beautiful shoreline”), Greenland (“great minerals”), Panama (“very strategic”), and making Canada the 51st state, the media has gone ape-shite wild.
Meanwhile, Trump’s goons are taking over the…
www.alternet.org
February 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Robert Reich: This is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans: It’s a coup.
As Trump talks about taking over Gaza (“beautiful shoreline”), Greenland (“great minerals”), Panama (“very strategic”), and making Canada the 51st state, the media has gone ape-shite wild.
Meanwhile, Trump’s goons…
As Trump talks about taking over Gaza (“beautiful shoreline”), Greenland (“great minerals”), Panama (“very strategic”), and making Canada the 51st state, the media has gone ape-shite wild.
Meanwhile, Trump’s goons…
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Squirrel Alert!
The US is not taking over Gaza.
Musk is taking over NOAA and the Department of Labor.
Let's not miss the real story, one that will affect Americans.
The US is not taking over Gaza.
Musk is taking over NOAA and the Department of Labor.
Let's not miss the real story, one that will affect Americans.
February 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Squirrel Alert!
The US is not taking over Gaza.
Musk is taking over NOAA and the Department of Labor.
Let's not miss the real story, one that will affect Americans.
The US is not taking over Gaza.
Musk is taking over NOAA and the Department of Labor.
Let's not miss the real story, one that will affect Americans.
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Losing NOAA would be devastating. Project 2025 authors want to get rid of it because it monitors climate change, and privatize the information it currently provides for free, so you'll have to buy information about the weather and the winds (imperative for mariners).
I have covered NOAA and it’s work for like 15 years and this is brutal. If you’re there and want to chat or share anything, signal is davelevitan.26
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Losing NOAA would be devastating. Project 2025 authors want to get rid of it because it monitors climate change, and privatize the information it currently provides for free, so you'll have to buy information about the weather and the winds (imperative for mariners).