Susan McPherson
@susanmcp.bsky.social
Passionate connector who believes biz can be a force for good. Author, "The Lost Art of Connecting." Sustainability and Impact Leader. Founder. CEO. Philanthropist. Angel Investor. Pup Lover.
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Susan McPherson
@susanmcp.bsky.social
· Nov 24
“If these clowns can’t even get the American public to support a war, do we really think they’ll be able to manage an infinitely more difficult task of nation-building?”
@paulwaldman.bsky.social on what will most likely unfold in days and weeks to come via @atrupar.com's PN:
@paulwaldman.bsky.social on what will most likely unfold in days and weeks to come via @atrupar.com's PN:
Trump's Venezuela adventure is already a propaganda disaster
Nobody is buying it, and we don't even know what they're trying to sell.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
“If these clowns can’t even get the American public to support a war, do we really think they’ll be able to manage an infinitely more difficult task of nation-building?”
@paulwaldman.bsky.social on what will most likely unfold in days and weeks to come via @atrupar.com's PN:
@paulwaldman.bsky.social on what will most likely unfold in days and weeks to come via @atrupar.com's PN:
Reposted by Susan McPherson
Trump just said "all" of Venezuela's oil must be made accessible to US oil companies. Trump wants to emulate Putin's model: Authoritarian, expansionist rulers carving up their regions and distributing the spoils of conquest to friendly oligarchs. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
Trump Blurts Out Dark Truth about Venezuela Plan—and about MAGA Voters
To some critics, it’s about plunder. To others, it’s about hemispheric hegemony. Actually, it’s about both.
newrepublic.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Trump just said "all" of Venezuela's oil must be made accessible to US oil companies. Trump wants to emulate Putin's model: Authoritarian, expansionist rulers carving up their regions and distributing the spoils of conquest to friendly oligarchs. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
Reposted by Susan McPherson
Hegseth is a Christian Nationalist. He’s the last type of person who should be occupying his position. It’s due to extreme jealousy that he’s committing this unwarranted act and abuse of power. He’s a full on traitor by now.
"I will not be quiet about the dishonorable efforts of Hegseth, nor should any of you.
We are in this fight with you, Senator Kelly, and we’re not backing down.
It’s the very least we can do for someone who has so consistently done the same for us."
Words from @charlotteclymer.bsky.social
We are in this fight with you, Senator Kelly, and we’re not backing down.
It’s the very least we can do for someone who has so consistently done the same for us."
Words from @charlotteclymer.bsky.social
The Extraordinary Military Career of Mark Kelly
Good lord, has this man done a lot.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Hegseth is a Christian Nationalist. He’s the last type of person who should be occupying his position. It’s due to extreme jealousy that he’s committing this unwarranted act and abuse of power. He’s a full on traitor by now.
And remember, Cassidy could have stopped this madness!
Cassidy rips RFK Jr. vaccine schedule change, says it's 'based on no scientific input' thehill.com/policy/healt...
Cassidy rips RFK Jr. vaccine schedule change, says it’s ‘based on no scientific input’
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who cast a critical vote to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, on Monday blasted the reduction of the childhood immun…
thehill.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:43 AM
And remember, Cassidy could have stopped this madness!
Reposted by Susan McPherson
@libradunn1.bsky.social reflects on 1/6: Nearly five years after the Jan. 6 attack, former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, a key figure in defending the Capitol on January 6, 2021, joins The Weeknight.
January 6, 2026 at 3:47 AM
@libradunn1.bsky.social reflects on 1/6: Nearly five years after the Jan. 6 attack, former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, a key figure in defending the Capitol on January 6, 2021, joins The Weeknight.
"I will not be quiet about the dishonorable efforts of Hegseth, nor should any of you.
We are in this fight with you, Senator Kelly, and we’re not backing down.
It’s the very least we can do for someone who has so consistently done the same for us."
Words from @charlotteclymer.bsky.social
We are in this fight with you, Senator Kelly, and we’re not backing down.
It’s the very least we can do for someone who has so consistently done the same for us."
Words from @charlotteclymer.bsky.social
The Extraordinary Military Career of Mark Kelly
Good lord, has this man done a lot.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:31 AM
"I will not be quiet about the dishonorable efforts of Hegseth, nor should any of you.
We are in this fight with you, Senator Kelly, and we’re not backing down.
It’s the very least we can do for someone who has so consistently done the same for us."
Words from @charlotteclymer.bsky.social
We are in this fight with you, Senator Kelly, and we’re not backing down.
It’s the very least we can do for someone who has so consistently done the same for us."
Words from @charlotteclymer.bsky.social
The headline says it all:
"The F*ck-Around-and-Find-Out Presidency"
This is where we are.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
"The F*ck-Around-and-Find-Out Presidency"
This is where we are.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
The Fuck-Around-and-Find-Out Presidency
Truman, Reagan, and Monroe wouldn’t approve of the language, but a doctrine is a doctrine, even if it’s only five words long.
www.theatlantic.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:21 AM
The headline says it all:
"The F*ck-Around-and-Find-Out Presidency"
This is where we are.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
"The F*ck-Around-and-Find-Out Presidency"
This is where we are.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Reposted by Susan McPherson
Trumpian imperialism in action: kidnap the head of the regime, leaving the rest of it in place so as to access the oil reserves for the US companies. Then realize the oil is actually quite expensive to extract, so go ahead and SUBSIDIZE the oil companies. Perfect.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump says the U.S. is not at war with Venezuela
In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Trump discussed the path forward in Venezuela, including when there will be elections, the opportunities for oil companies and Congress' role.
www.nbcnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Trumpian imperialism in action: kidnap the head of the regime, leaving the rest of it in place so as to access the oil reserves for the US companies. Then realize the oil is actually quite expensive to extract, so go ahead and SUBSIDIZE the oil companies. Perfect.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Reposted by Susan McPherson
im genuinely curious if this resonates with voters. this naked appeal to imperialism from a shrieking, shrill man
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 6, 2026 at 12:04 AM
im genuinely curious if this resonates with voters. this naked appeal to imperialism from a shrieking, shrill man
Reposted by Susan McPherson
OUT: Helping you pay for health care.
IN: Helping oil companies pay for their infrastructure in a foreign country.
IN: Helping oil companies pay for their infrastructure in a foreign country.
January 6, 2026 at 12:14 AM
OUT: Helping you pay for health care.
IN: Helping oil companies pay for their infrastructure in a foreign country.
IN: Helping oil companies pay for their infrastructure in a foreign country.
Reposted by Susan McPherson
Stephen Miller went on TV and bragged that we invaded a sovereign country, it was a military invasion, and the U.S. now controls that sovereign country’s economy. And, to date, the administration hasn’t articulated any legal authority for what they did. www.mediaite.com/opinion/step...
Stephen Miller Went on CNN and Admitted the U.S. Invaded Venezuela
Stephen Miller went on CNN and described a U.S. invasion of Venezuela, including combat, casualties, and U.S. control.
www.mediaite.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Stephen Miller went on TV and bragged that we invaded a sovereign country, it was a military invasion, and the U.S. now controls that sovereign country’s economy. And, to date, the administration hasn’t articulated any legal authority for what they did. www.mediaite.com/opinion/step...
Reposted by Susan McPherson
"The future of the free world, Jake, depends on America being able to assert ourselves and our interests without apology"
That doesn't sound like a very free world
That doesn't sound like a very free world
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 6, 2026 at 12:07 AM
"The future of the free world, Jake, depends on America being able to assert ourselves and our interests without apology"
That doesn't sound like a very free world
That doesn't sound like a very free world
Reposted by Susan McPherson
Of course this is the case if you only remove the regime leader and not the actual regime. So you get the Maduro regime without Maduro.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | CIA Concluded Regime Loyalists Were Best Placed to Lead Venezuela After Maduro
President Trump was briefed on an intelligence report that found the country’s opposition would struggle to lead a temporary government.
www.wsj.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Of course this is the case if you only remove the regime leader and not the actual regime. So you get the Maduro regime without Maduro.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Reposted by Susan McPherson
Trump tells the world that this is all a law-enforcement, not military exercise. He then tells the Senate law-enforcement oversight committee that it's a military, not a law-enforcement matter. He can't even keep his lies straight.
January 5, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Trump tells the world that this is all a law-enforcement, not military exercise. He then tells the Senate law-enforcement oversight committee that it's a military, not a law-enforcement matter. He can't even keep his lies straight.
Reposted by Susan McPherson
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 5, 2026 at 11:26 PM
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
“The abrupt change to the entire U.S. childhood vaccine schedule is alarming, unnecessary and will endanger the health of children in the United States.”
Public health advocates are rightly alarmed!
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
Public health advocates are rightly alarmed!
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:37 PM
“The abrupt change to the entire U.S. childhood vaccine schedule is alarming, unnecessary and will endanger the health of children in the United States.”
Public health advocates are rightly alarmed!
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
Public health advocates are rightly alarmed!
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
A critically important read from the brilliant @anneapplebaum.bsky.social:
"Far from making us more powerful, the pursuit of American dominance will make us weaker, eventually leaving us with no sphere, and no influence, at all."
GIFTED: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
"Far from making us more powerful, the pursuit of American dominance will make us weaker, eventually leaving us with no sphere, and no influence, at all."
GIFTED: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s ‘American Dominance’ May Leave Us With Nothing
The president’s moves in Venezuela foretell a new global system.
www.theatlantic.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:34 PM
A critically important read from the brilliant @anneapplebaum.bsky.social:
"Far from making us more powerful, the pursuit of American dominance will make us weaker, eventually leaving us with no sphere, and no influence, at all."
GIFTED: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
"Far from making us more powerful, the pursuit of American dominance will make us weaker, eventually leaving us with no sphere, and no influence, at all."
GIFTED: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
"We now have a sociopath in the White House who only cares about what is good for him in terms of power, fame and wealth. And look what we’ve seen from Trump in less than a year in office—who alarmingly appears more dangerous and lawless with each day."
No truer words @deanobeidallah.bsky.social
No truer words @deanobeidallah.bsky.social
The straight line between Trump’s Jan. 6 terrorist attack and his attack on Venezuela
Trump is what happens when crimes go unpunished
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:31 PM
"We now have a sociopath in the White House who only cares about what is good for him in terms of power, fame and wealth. And look what we’ve seen from Trump in less than a year in office—who alarmingly appears more dangerous and lawless with each day."
No truer words @deanobeidallah.bsky.social
No truer words @deanobeidallah.bsky.social
Want to know what's coming in the world of tech? Highly recommend you listen to this brilliant interview with @karaswisher.bsky.social via @bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Kara Swisher on the Blind Spot That Broke Big Tech
The host of On with Kara Swisher and Pivot talks about the industry’s Trump pivot, Elon Musk’s unraveling, and the uneasy economics behind the AI boom.
www.bloomberg.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Want to know what's coming in the world of tech? Highly recommend you listen to this brilliant interview with @karaswisher.bsky.social via @bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Reposted by Susan McPherson
Hegseth knows a court martial would fail, so he’s cutting Kelly’s pension. For what? Reminding troops of their duty to not follow unlawful orders: www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/p...
Pentagon to cut Sen. Mark Kelly's military retirement pay over 'seditious' video: Hegseth
Sen. Mark Kelly and other members of Congress on the video reminded members of the U.S. military that they can refuse to follow illegal orders.
www.cnbc.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Hegseth knows a court martial would fail, so he’s cutting Kelly’s pension. For what? Reminding troops of their duty to not follow unlawful orders: www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/p...
Americans are in a sour mood heading into 2026. Latest @gallup.com polling:
news.gallup.com/poll/700448/...
news.gallup.com/poll/700448/...
Americans Predict Challenging 2026 Across 13 Dimensions
Americans expect a difficult 2026, expressing pessimism about most economic, political and global matters — with the stock market a notable exception.
news.gallup.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Americans are in a sour mood heading into 2026. Latest @gallup.com polling:
news.gallup.com/poll/700448/...
news.gallup.com/poll/700448/...
Spot on in @atrupar.com’ s PN:
“We have the foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship” — and the dictator’s personal preference is to watch TV shows in which the US military blows things up at his whim. What could go wrong? Unfortunately, we’re about to find out.
By @nberlat.bsky.social
“We have the foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship” — and the dictator’s personal preference is to watch TV shows in which the US military blows things up at his whim. What could go wrong? Unfortunately, we’re about to find out.
By @nberlat.bsky.social
Trump's Venezuela coup sends America down a dark path
He got a taste of violence and clearly wants more.
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Spot on in @atrupar.com’ s PN:
“We have the foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship” — and the dictator’s personal preference is to watch TV shows in which the US military blows things up at his whim. What could go wrong? Unfortunately, we’re about to find out.
By @nberlat.bsky.social
“We have the foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship” — and the dictator’s personal preference is to watch TV shows in which the US military blows things up at his whim. What could go wrong? Unfortunately, we’re about to find out.
By @nberlat.bsky.social
"Whatever the word, President Donald Trump now has his very own oil empire."
By @javierblas.bsky.social:
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
By @javierblas.bsky.social:
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Trump Now Has His Very Own Oil Empire
Let’s do the math. Start with the oil production of the US and add Canada. Then include Venezuela and the rest of Latin America, from Mexico to Argentina and everywhere else in between: Brazil, Guyana...
www.bloomberg.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:44 PM
"Whatever the word, President Donald Trump now has his very own oil empire."
By @javierblas.bsky.social:
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
By @javierblas.bsky.social:
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Reposted by Susan McPherson
Is it not clear that a muted response to Venezuela—a failure to push back by those with powerful platforms—will further convince Trump he can keep going & invade another country?
Did we not learn the pattern in 2016? “When you’re a star, they let you do it.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/this-is-wh...
Did we not learn the pattern in 2016? “When you’re a star, they let you do it.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/this-is-wh...
This Is What Happens When America Goes Mad
Vote in Donald Trump, surround him with sycophants, expect an insane circus. The lawlessness and chaos was so knowable, alas.
www.americaamerica.news
January 5, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Is it not clear that a muted response to Venezuela—a failure to push back by those with powerful platforms—will further convince Trump he can keep going & invade another country?
Did we not learn the pattern in 2016? “When you’re a star, they let you do it.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/this-is-wh...
Did we not learn the pattern in 2016? “When you’re a star, they let you do it.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/this-is-wh...