Susan Wabuda
@susanwabuda.bsky.social
Susan Wabuda, Ph.D. (Cantab.), F.R.Hist.S., FSA. Historian. My opinions are mine. A recent book on Thomas Cranmer. Fordham University. Connecticut farms. Democracy. DMs discouraged.
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Susan Wabuda
@susanwabuda.bsky.social
· Feb 6
We, the people, are the checks and balances. Each one of us. Today, every day, and always.
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BREAKING: The Senate just blocked a bill that would have renewed ICE's budget without real, enforceable changes.
This is a direct result of hundreds of thousands of people across the nation demanding that our Senators vote no.
This is a direct result of hundreds of thousands of people across the nation demanding that our Senators vote no.
January 29, 2026 at 6:26 PM
BREAKING: The Senate just blocked a bill that would have renewed ICE's budget without real, enforceable changes.
This is a direct result of hundreds of thousands of people across the nation demanding that our Senators vote no.
This is a direct result of hundreds of thousands of people across the nation demanding that our Senators vote no.
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This message is for EVERY Republican.
Save me your self righteous speeches when you refuse to stand up to tyranny,
#ICEoffOurStreets
Save me your self righteous speeches when you refuse to stand up to tyranny,
#ICEoffOurStreets
January 29, 2026 at 6:26 PM
This message is for EVERY Republican.
Save me your self righteous speeches when you refuse to stand up to tyranny,
#ICEoffOurStreets
Save me your self righteous speeches when you refuse to stand up to tyranny,
#ICEoffOurStreets
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Is Susan Collins going to get this man and the rest of the kidnapped Mainers back from her new BFF Kristi Noem?
She got her headlines today - and that's usually her primary goal but trusting Collins is risky business and trusting Noem is even worse
She got her headlines today - and that's usually her primary goal but trusting Collins is risky business and trusting Noem is even worse
Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Is Susan Collins going to get this man and the rest of the kidnapped Mainers back from her new BFF Kristi Noem?
She got her headlines today - and that's usually her primary goal but trusting Collins is risky business and trusting Noem is even worse
She got her headlines today - and that's usually her primary goal but trusting Collins is risky business and trusting Noem is even worse
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👀 Keep it up. We win in numbers.
Senate Democrats have blocked budget approval of DHS & the other depts in the bill. Great job everyone. Your letters, emails, phone calls, office visits, or catching ypur rep at the restaurant. We won this round. Do not stop. Keep the pressure up.
January 29, 2026 at 6:24 PM
👀 Keep it up. We win in numbers.
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At the very least, Senate Democrats must use their leverage to disarm ICE, prohibit it from using racial or ethnic profiling, end arrest quotas, and remove agents’ immunity from criminal prosecution and civil lawsuits.
Please call your senators now at 202-224-3121 and say NO more funding for ICE.
Please call your senators now at 202-224-3121 and say NO more funding for ICE.
January 29, 2026 at 4:18 PM
At the very least, Senate Democrats must use their leverage to disarm ICE, prohibit it from using racial or ethnic profiling, end arrest quotas, and remove agents’ immunity from criminal prosecution and civil lawsuits.
Please call your senators now at 202-224-3121 and say NO more funding for ICE.
Please call your senators now at 202-224-3121 and say NO more funding for ICE.
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Almost every suggestion by William Wolfe to `restore the American family' is aimed to punish young women, and to deny them their health, their autonomy, their children, and their future.
27/ I almost forgot to include this tweet, which William Wolfe has since deleted. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
23/ NatCon signatory William Wolfe—a Doug Wilson admirer and former fellow of Russ Vought’s organization—wants to end abortion, end same-sex marriage (eg, by having SCOTUS reverse Obergefell), reduce access to birth control, end sex education in public schools, & end no-fault divorce.
January 29, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Almost every suggestion by William Wolfe to `restore the American family' is aimed to punish young women, and to deny them their health, their autonomy, their children, and their future.
Almost every suggestion by William Wolfe to `restore the American family' is aimed to punish young women, and to deny them their health, their autonomy, their children, and their future.
27/ I almost forgot to include this tweet, which William Wolfe has since deleted. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
23/ NatCon signatory William Wolfe—a Doug Wilson admirer and former fellow of Russ Vought’s organization—wants to end abortion, end same-sex marriage (eg, by having SCOTUS reverse Obergefell), reduce access to birth control, end sex education in public schools, & end no-fault divorce.
January 29, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Almost every suggestion by William Wolfe to `restore the American family' is aimed to punish young women, and to deny them their health, their autonomy, their children, and their future.
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“Ghislaine Maxwell has claimed that 29 friends of Jeffrey Epstein were shielded through 'secret settlements' by the Justice Department.”
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Stunning Epstein twist as Maxwell claims 29 friends cut deals with DOJ
Maxwell alleges that 25 men reached undisclosed settlements, while four alleged co-conspirators were known to investigators but never charged.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 6:15 PM
“Ghislaine Maxwell has claimed that 29 friends of Jeffrey Epstein were shielded through 'secret settlements' by the Justice Department.”
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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27/ I almost forgot to include this tweet, which William Wolfe has since deleted. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
23/ NatCon signatory William Wolfe—a Doug Wilson admirer and former fellow of Russ Vought’s organization—wants to end abortion, end same-sex marriage (eg, by having SCOTUS reverse Obergefell), reduce access to birth control, end sex education in public schools, & end no-fault divorce.
January 29, 2026 at 6:17 PM
27/ I almost forgot to include this tweet, which William Wolfe has since deleted. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
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Huddersfield railway station by James Piggott Pritchett, opened 1847. 'Imagine a stately home, but with trains inside' enthused Ian Nairn.
January 29, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Huddersfield railway station by James Piggott Pritchett, opened 1847. 'Imagine a stately home, but with trains inside' enthused Ian Nairn.
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"The 30 listed individuals have been charged with a wide litany of crimes, including gunpoint sexual assault, child sex trafficking, aggravated assault, robbery, rape, torture, kidnapping, sexual abuse of a minor, and possession and production of child sexual abuse materials."
January 29, 2026 at 5:15 PM
"The 30 listed individuals have been charged with a wide litany of crimes, including gunpoint sexual assault, child sex trafficking, aggravated assault, robbery, rape, torture, kidnapping, sexual abuse of a minor, and possession and production of child sexual abuse materials."
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Republicans are including military pay, head start funding in their ICE bill. This is who they are. They are willing to hurt others to get their way so ICE can continue to kill Americans.
January 29, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Republicans are including military pay, head start funding in their ICE bill. This is who they are. They are willing to hurt others to get their way so ICE can continue to kill Americans.
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Senate Democrats showed real leadership. They blocked a reckless spending bill that would have handed DHS a blank check after federal agents killed another American citizen.
No rubber stamps.
No funding abuse.
Hold the line until there is accountability.
Lives come first. #ICEoffOurStreets
No rubber stamps.
No funding abuse.
Hold the line until there is accountability.
Lives come first. #ICEoffOurStreets
January 29, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Senate Democrats showed real leadership. They blocked a reckless spending bill that would have handed DHS a blank check after federal agents killed another American citizen.
No rubber stamps.
No funding abuse.
Hold the line until there is accountability.
Lives come first. #ICEoffOurStreets
No rubber stamps.
No funding abuse.
Hold the line until there is accountability.
Lives come first. #ICEoffOurStreets
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"In theater" is a military term that refers to a wartime theater of operations. ICE and CBP agents are in Minnesota, which is one of the United States. The enemy in this military operation are citizens of Minnesotans and the United States.
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 5:59 PM
"In theater" is a military term that refers to a wartime theater of operations. ICE and CBP agents are in Minnesota, which is one of the United States. The enemy in this military operation are citizens of Minnesotans and the United States.
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Ho hum. The mad Don is still not releasing the Epstein files.
Tick tock....
Tick tock....
January 29, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Ho hum. The mad Don is still not releasing the Epstein files.
Tick tock....
Tick tock....
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Kansas bills creating bounties to go after trans people in bathrooms, Texas bills creating bounties to go after people using and transporting abortion pills—the desired outcome is clear: harassment and surveillance curtailing the movement and bodily autonomy of women and LGBTQ people everywhere.
January 29, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Kansas bills creating bounties to go after trans people in bathrooms, Texas bills creating bounties to go after people using and transporting abortion pills—the desired outcome is clear: harassment and surveillance curtailing the movement and bodily autonomy of women and LGBTQ people everywhere.
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WOW! 👏Philly DA Larry Krasner:
“This is a small bunch of wannabe Nazis in a country of 350 million. We outnumber them. If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will. We will find you. We will achieve justice.”
#ICEoffOurStreets
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
“This is a small bunch of wannabe Nazis in a country of 350 million. We outnumber them. If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will. We will find you. We will achieve justice.”
#ICEoffOurStreets
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
January 29, 2026 at 6:14 PM
WOW! 👏Philly DA Larry Krasner:
“This is a small bunch of wannabe Nazis in a country of 350 million. We outnumber them. If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will. We will find you. We will achieve justice.”
#ICEoffOurStreets
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
“This is a small bunch of wannabe Nazis in a country of 350 million. We outnumber them. If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will. We will find you. We will achieve justice.”
#ICEoffOurStreets
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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VOTE IN EVERY ELECTION.
Keep up the pressure on this administration and our elected officials. The president and his people are beginning to show real weakness, as well as fear of the midterm elections.
January 29, 2026 at 6:18 PM
VOTE IN EVERY ELECTION.
VOTE IN EVERY ELECTION.
Keep up the pressure on this administration and our elected officials. The president and his people are beginning to show real weakness, as well as fear of the midterm elections.
January 29, 2026 at 6:18 PM
VOTE IN EVERY ELECTION.
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Keep up the pressure on this administration and our elected officials. The president and his people are beginning to show real weakness, as well as fear of the midterm elections.
January 29, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Keep up the pressure on this administration and our elected officials. The president and his people are beginning to show real weakness, as well as fear of the midterm elections.
Keep up the pressure on this administration and our elected officials. The president and his people are beginning to show real weakness, as well as fear of the midterm elections.
January 29, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Keep up the pressure on this administration and our elected officials. The president and his people are beginning to show real weakness, as well as fear of the midterm elections.
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Forty years after the Challenger disaster, engineers who fought to stop the launch still grapple with the guilt of "what if." The tragedy remains a definitive lesson in the danger of prioritizing management goals over engineering truths and the fatal cost of silencing dissenting voices.
40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned
The space shuttle Challenger lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 28, 1986, in a cloud of smoke with a crew of seven aboard. The shuttle exploded shortly after this photo.
Thom Baur/AP
www.npr.org
January 28, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Forty years after the Challenger disaster, engineers who fought to stop the launch still grapple with the guilt of "what if." The tragedy remains a definitive lesson in the danger of prioritizing management goals over engineering truths and the fatal cost of silencing dissenting voices.