Susan
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Susan
@susanoca25.bsky.social
· Jan 6
Opinion | Joe Biden: What Americans should remember about Jan. 6
Four years ago, our democracy was put to the test — and prevailed.
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"We should never forget it is our democracy that makes everything possible — our freedoms, our rights, our liberties, our dreams. And that it falls to every generation of Americans to defend and protect it."
"We should never forget it is our democracy that makes everything possible — our freedoms, our rights, our liberties, our dreams. And that it falls to every generation of Americans to defend and protect it."
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The problems with AI are primarily ones of corporate power and governance—a tiny handful of billionaires are deciding the future of this increasingly powerful technology.
I tend to believe the whistleblowers here; but whether you do or not, the real problem is that the public doesn’t decide.
I tend to believe the whistleblowers here; but whether you do or not, the real problem is that the public doesn’t decide.
Anthropic safety researcher quits, warning ‘world is in peril’
Other AI safety researchers have also left leading firms, citing concerns about potentially catastrophic risks.
www.semafor.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:39 PM
The problems with AI are primarily ones of corporate power and governance—a tiny handful of billionaires are deciding the future of this increasingly powerful technology.
I tend to believe the whistleblowers here; but whether you do or not, the real problem is that the public doesn’t decide.
I tend to believe the whistleblowers here; but whether you do or not, the real problem is that the public doesn’t decide.
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The SAVE Act would require Americans to show a passport or birth certificate in person just to register to vote.
Millions of Americans don’t have access to these documents. This is voter suppression, plain and simple.
Call your senators to urge them to vote no: (202) 224-3121
Millions of Americans don’t have access to these documents. This is voter suppression, plain and simple.
Call your senators to urge them to vote no: (202) 224-3121
February 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The SAVE Act would require Americans to show a passport or birth certificate in person just to register to vote.
Millions of Americans don’t have access to these documents. This is voter suppression, plain and simple.
Call your senators to urge them to vote no: (202) 224-3121
Millions of Americans don’t have access to these documents. This is voter suppression, plain and simple.
Call your senators to urge them to vote no: (202) 224-3121
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I'm headed to the @munsecconf.bsky.social in Germany to stand up for California as a trusted, reliable partner on climate action, green energy, and innovation.
By strengthening our partnerships and alliances, California is proving that we will always be a trusted ally.
By strengthening our partnerships and alliances, California is proving that we will always be a trusted ally.
February 13, 2026 at 1:32 AM
I'm headed to the @munsecconf.bsky.social in Germany to stand up for California as a trusted, reliable partner on climate action, green energy, and innovation.
By strengthening our partnerships and alliances, California is proving that we will always be a trusted ally.
By strengthening our partnerships and alliances, California is proving that we will always be a trusted ally.
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It's our constitutional right to criticize the government without facing retaliation.
Judge blocks Pentagon from downgrading Sen. Mark Kelly's military rank, pay
A judge banned the Trump administration from taking adverse action against Kelly after he and other Democratic lawmakers urged military members to "refuse illegal orders."
www.cbsnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:52 AM
It's our constitutional right to criticize the government without facing retaliation.
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Another shooting case falls apart (this time ICE, not CBP).
These are the Venezuelans that ICE excused shooting by claiming they beat him w/shovels.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
These are the Venezuelans that ICE excused shooting by claiming they beat him w/shovels.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 13, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Another shooting case falls apart (this time ICE, not CBP).
These are the Venezuelans that ICE excused shooting by claiming they beat him w/shovels.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
These are the Venezuelans that ICE excused shooting by claiming they beat him w/shovels.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The construction of the bulldozed section of the White House (The East Wing) has now come to a complete halt and it’s estimated to be finished in 3 years.
The $400M that was allocated for this disastrous demolition is now “unaccounted for.”
Another fraud scheme.
The $400M that was allocated for this disastrous demolition is now “unaccounted for.”
Another fraud scheme.
February 13, 2026 at 1:49 AM
The construction of the bulldozed section of the White House (The East Wing) has now come to a complete halt and it’s estimated to be finished in 3 years.
The $400M that was allocated for this disastrous demolition is now “unaccounted for.”
Another fraud scheme.
The $400M that was allocated for this disastrous demolition is now “unaccounted for.”
Another fraud scheme.
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Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
www.pbs.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
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Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
Goldman’s Top Lawyer Departs Amid Revelations About Her Ties to Epstein www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b... About time.
Goldman’s Top Lawyer Departs Amid Revelations About Her Epstein Ties
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Goldman’s Top Lawyer Departs Amid Revelations About Her Ties to Epstein www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b... About time.
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Honoring President Lincoln’s birthday in Illinois today.
February 12, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Honoring President Lincoln’s birthday in Illinois today.
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Of course 🤦♂️
Breaking WSJ:
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Of course 🤦♂️
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Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue
Wantagh, NY, 11793
Handsome German shepherd named FRITZ looking for a forever home
💙👇💙👇💙👇💙👇💙👇💙👇
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(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue
Wantagh, NY, 11793
Handsome German shepherd named FRITZ looking for a forever home
💙👇💙👇💙👇💙👇💙👇💙👇
www.facebook.com/reel/1635817...
375 reactions · 54 comments | Almost 100 days in a town shelter and not one person has come to meet Fritz. If you walk past his kennel without saying hi, he gets so upset because he’s desperate for hu...
Almost 100 days in a town shelter and not one person has come to meet Fritz. If you walk past his kennel without saying hi, he gets so upset because he’s desperate for human attention. Outside in the....
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February 12, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue
Wantagh, NY, 11793
Handsome German shepherd named FRITZ looking for a forever home
💙👇💙👇💙👇💙👇💙👇💙👇
www.facebook.com/reel/1635817...
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue
Wantagh, NY, 11793
Handsome German shepherd named FRITZ looking for a forever home
💙👇💙👇💙👇💙👇💙👇💙👇
www.facebook.com/reel/1635817...
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Trump appointee Judge Nancy Brasel determined that the Trump administration violated the rights of detainees in an MN ICE holding facility, and has ordered they provide noncitizens with accurate instructions on their legal rights before being transferred.
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February 13, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Trump appointee Judge Nancy Brasel determined that the Trump administration violated the rights of detainees in an MN ICE holding facility, and has ordered they provide noncitizens with accurate instructions on their legal rights before being transferred.
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under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime
February 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime
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According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
February 12, 2026 at 3:28 AM
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
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Goldman: "Will the survivors and victims who are here please stand up one more time. By show of hands, how many of you or your loved ones actually have met with the DOJ? None ... How many of you were ignored by the DOJ? All of them." (Bondi responds by smearing Goldman.)
February 11, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Goldman: "Will the survivors and victims who are here please stand up one more time. By show of hands, how many of you or your loved ones actually have met with the DOJ? None ... How many of you were ignored by the DOJ? All of them." (Bondi responds by smearing Goldman.)
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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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It’s the Epstein Administration.
No wonder Bondi spent the entire hearing screeching and deflecting.
H/T: @aaronparnas.bsky.social
No wonder Bondi spent the entire hearing screeching and deflecting.
H/T: @aaronparnas.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
It’s the Epstein Administration.
No wonder Bondi spent the entire hearing screeching and deflecting.
H/T: @aaronparnas.bsky.social
No wonder Bondi spent the entire hearing screeching and deflecting.
H/T: @aaronparnas.bsky.social
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AG Keith Ellison: "The surge is contributing to violent crime. Two of the three homicides committed in Minneapolis in 2026 have come at the hands of federal immigration agents."
February 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
AG Keith Ellison: "The surge is contributing to violent crime. Two of the three homicides committed in Minneapolis in 2026 have come at the hands of federal immigration agents."
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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 11, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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.
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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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Every time they turn the page on the Epstein Files, his name is there, too.
February 11, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Every time they turn the page on the Epstein Files, his name is there, too.
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.