Suzanne Cope
@suzannecope.bsky.social
Narrative journalist, professor. Author of upcoming WOMEN OF WAR: The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the Nazis (4/2025) & POWER HUNGRY: Women of the Black Panther Party and Their Fight to Feed a Movement. suzannecope.com
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This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.
Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman remembered as funny, savvy and 'a true leader'
Friends and colleagues remembered her as grounded, kind and compassionate.
www.pbs.org
September 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.
2/2
Hibiscus, rose, fig.
When we get to school you turn your still-freckled face upward to mine like a flower toward the sun and give me a hug.
I love you mama
I love you too sweet darling.
And off you go, penguin stuffy clutched tight, and you don’t look back.
🩵
Hibiscus, rose, fig.
When we get to school you turn your still-freckled face upward to mine like a flower toward the sun and give me a hug.
I love you mama
I love you too sweet darling.
And off you go, penguin stuffy clutched tight, and you don’t look back.
🩵
September 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
2/2
Hibiscus, rose, fig.
When we get to school you turn your still-freckled face upward to mine like a flower toward the sun and give me a hug.
I love you mama
I love you too sweet darling.
And off you go, penguin stuffy clutched tight, and you don’t look back.
🩵
Hibiscus, rose, fig.
When we get to school you turn your still-freckled face upward to mine like a flower toward the sun and give me a hug.
I love you mama
I love you too sweet darling.
And off you go, penguin stuffy clutched tight, and you don’t look back.
🩵
Thoughts after school drop off:
On this gorgeous late summer day, despite the ugliness in the world and the work- so much work- there is to do, I will choose to remember:
Walking to school hand in hand, pointing out the colorful fire hydrant, naming the trees and plants we walk by… 1/2
On this gorgeous late summer day, despite the ugliness in the world and the work- so much work- there is to do, I will choose to remember:
Walking to school hand in hand, pointing out the colorful fire hydrant, naming the trees and plants we walk by… 1/2
September 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Thoughts after school drop off:
On this gorgeous late summer day, despite the ugliness in the world and the work- so much work- there is to do, I will choose to remember:
Walking to school hand in hand, pointing out the colorful fire hydrant, naming the trees and plants we walk by… 1/2
On this gorgeous late summer day, despite the ugliness in the world and the work- so much work- there is to do, I will choose to remember:
Walking to school hand in hand, pointing out the colorful fire hydrant, naming the trees and plants we walk by… 1/2
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Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
August 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Food Stamps ADDS to the economy - cutting this program hurts everyone. See comment where I wrote about this during first term cuts
Food Stamp Cuts Could Deal a Blow to Small Grocers www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
Food Stamp Cuts Could Deal a Blow to Small Grocers www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
Food Stamp Cuts Could Deal a Blow to Small Grocers
www.nytimes.com
August 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Food Stamps ADDS to the economy - cutting this program hurts everyone. See comment where I wrote about this during first term cuts
Food Stamp Cuts Could Deal a Blow to Small Grocers www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
Food Stamp Cuts Could Deal a Blow to Small Grocers www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
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If you need to read an inspirational story about four women (and others) who resisted
fascism in Italy, I recommend Women of War by @suzannecope.bsky.social
fascism in Italy, I recommend Women of War by @suzannecope.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
If you need to read an inspirational story about four women (and others) who resisted
fascism in Italy, I recommend Women of War by @suzannecope.bsky.social
fascism in Italy, I recommend Women of War by @suzannecope.bsky.social
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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On the left: Malliotakis giddily high fiving after voting to steal healthcare & food from her constituents while megasizing ICE.
On the right: how she “listens” to her constituents.
We cannot wait to vote this shameful ghoul out of office.
@indivisible.org @1199seiu.org
On the right: how she “listens” to her constituents.
We cannot wait to vote this shameful ghoul out of office.
@indivisible.org @1199seiu.org
July 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
On the left: Malliotakis giddily high fiving after voting to steal healthcare & food from her constituents while megasizing ICE.
On the right: how she “listens” to her constituents.
We cannot wait to vote this shameful ghoul out of office.
@indivisible.org @1199seiu.org
On the right: how she “listens” to her constituents.
We cannot wait to vote this shameful ghoul out of office.
@indivisible.org @1199seiu.org
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The economy got half a percentage point smaller last quarter
July 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The economy got half a percentage point smaller last quarter
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Horrifying, but NYT fails to mention the sculptor's ties to the KKK and also the desecration this monument represents to the Lakota Sioux at what had been a sacred site. These facts should be part of the conversation whenever we talk about this monument. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Room for One More on Mount Rushmore? (The President Wants to Know.) (Gift Article)
Let’s review how we got here, and closely examine what the rock would allow.
www.nytimes.com
June 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Horrifying, but NYT fails to mention the sculptor's ties to the KKK and also the desecration this monument represents to the Lakota Sioux at what had been a sacred site. These facts should be part of the conversation whenever we talk about this monument. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Hope and solidarity won tonight, and will win again in November.
Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Hope and solidarity won tonight, and will win again in November.
Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
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Shut the Senate down. Stop unanimously consenting. NOW.
EXCLUSIVE — The Onion has a full-page ad in today’s NYT featuring part of an editorial calling out congressional fecklessness towards Trump. They also sent a copy of their latest issue to every lawmaker.
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
June 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Shut the Senate down. Stop unanimously consenting. NOW.
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I had a good chat recently with a friend who works in AI who also reminded me that AI results will get dumber over time, as more AI results are used to create more AI results.
It’s not just our brains being destroyed.
It’s not just our brains being destroyed.
Amazing: MIT researchers revealed how ChatGPT etc are destroying our brains and booby-trapped the report to expose those who want to use AI to ostensibly summarize the results.
t.co/JXeTALBPds
t.co/JXeTALBPds
June 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I had a good chat recently with a friend who works in AI who also reminded me that AI results will get dumber over time, as more AI results are used to create more AI results.
It’s not just our brains being destroyed.
It’s not just our brains being destroyed.
Amazing DIY political education bibliography here. Read, reflect, educate yourself and others (see original post for 🧵) Thank you @profsaunders.bsky.social
🧵IR scholars, let's start a thread of what we know that's relevant for a US attack on Iran. Won't change any minds, but might help us teach this crisis and learn new angles. Please add (incl. your own work!), forgive/correct omissions. Nobody can cover everything and it's great to find new work. 1/?
June 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Amazing DIY political education bibliography here. Read, reflect, educate yourself and others (see original post for 🧵) Thank you @profsaunders.bsky.social
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Censure now
June 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Censure now
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I’m already hearing the #NoKings rallies across the country have surpassed expectations. The largest protest in American history. Incredible!
June 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I’m already hearing the #NoKings rallies across the country have surpassed expectations. The largest protest in American history. Incredible!
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Thanks to @suzannecope.bsky.social and Lizzie Wade for an enlightening week of podcasting.
Upcoming episodes:
6/3: John Kenney
6/10: @jesswalter.bsky.social
FMC 6/13: @jmjournalist.bsky.social
6/17: Ivy Pochoda
Subscribe and tune in: apple.co/3XMnpcc
Upcoming episodes:
6/3: John Kenney
6/10: @jesswalter.bsky.social
FMC 6/13: @jmjournalist.bsky.social
6/17: Ivy Pochoda
Subscribe and tune in: apple.co/3XMnpcc
May 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thanks to @suzannecope.bsky.social and Lizzie Wade for an enlightening week of podcasting.
Upcoming episodes:
6/3: John Kenney
6/10: @jesswalter.bsky.social
FMC 6/13: @jmjournalist.bsky.social
6/17: Ivy Pochoda
Subscribe and tune in: apple.co/3XMnpcc
Upcoming episodes:
6/3: John Kenney
6/10: @jesswalter.bsky.social
FMC 6/13: @jmjournalist.bsky.social
6/17: Ivy Pochoda
Subscribe and tune in: apple.co/3XMnpcc
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Italy’s underground press was responsible for not only informing but galvanizing an ad hoc army and its supporters after more than 20 years under fascist oppression, @suzannecope.bsky.social writes.
The Secret Newspapers That Helped Defeat Fascism
The women behind Italy’s underground press during World War II offer important lessons for democracies today.
foreignpolicy.com
June 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Italy’s underground press was responsible for not only informing but galvanizing an ad hoc army and its supporters after more than 20 years under fascist oppression, @suzannecope.bsky.social writes.
In an article for Foreign Policy mag, adapted from my book Women of War, I wrote about the power of the independent press - & mentioned you all Bluesky-ers! Read here shorturl.at/pxY8j
The Secret Newspapers That Helped Defeat Fascism
The women behind Italy’s underground press during World War II offer important lessons for democracies today.
shorturl.at
May 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In an article for Foreign Policy mag, adapted from my book Women of War, I wrote about the power of the independent press - & mentioned you all Bluesky-ers! Read here shorturl.at/pxY8j
Thanks for having me! ❤️
New episode!
@suzannecope.bsky.social chats with me about her book Women of War: The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the Nazis.
Listen: www.writersbone.com/podcastsarch...
@suzannecope.bsky.social chats with me about her book Women of War: The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the Nazis.
Listen: www.writersbone.com/podcastsarch...
May 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Thanks for having me! ❤️
Thanks so much for the conversation!
Story behind the story of @suzannecope.bsky.social's new book about four anti-fascist Italian women who found their agency and became members of the resistance during World War II:
joepompeo.substack.com/p/suzanne-co...
joepompeo.substack.com/p/suzanne-co...
Suzanne Cope on WOMEN OF WAR
"Four anti-fascist Italian women who found their agency and became members of the resistance"
joepompeo.substack.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Thanks so much for the conversation!
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It's not just work requirements-much of the bill adds pointless burdens. As we argue in the NYT, "Republicans are opting for opaque cuts, which will shed millions of eligible beneficiaries by overwhelming them with pointless paperwork and other needlessly complicated administrative requirements."
From @pamherd.bsky.social & I @nytimes.com: How Republicans plan to use administrative burdens to kick eligible people off of Medicaid, all to pay for a regressive tax cut.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/o...
Opinion | Republicans Will Use Paperwork to Kick Americans Off Health Care
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It's not just work requirements-much of the bill adds pointless burdens. As we argue in the NYT, "Republicans are opting for opaque cuts, which will shed millions of eligible beneficiaries by overwhelming them with pointless paperwork and other needlessly complicated administrative requirements."
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I appreciate that Erwin gets near the end to the blatant Byrd Rule problem with the provision. I think it's extremely likely to drop out of the bill in the Senate on Byrd grounds.
The GOP wants to take away the contempt power from federal judges which basically neuters their judgments. I think judicial power is way out of control but this is a terrible idea which could have terrible consequences.
Ugg.
www.justsecurity.org/113529/terri...
Ugg.
www.justsecurity.org/113529/terri...
A Terrible Idea
Dean Chemerinsky discusses the reconciliation bill’s provision that would restrict federal courts’ authority to hold government officials in contempt for violating court orders
www.justsecurity.org
May 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I appreciate that Erwin gets near the end to the blatant Byrd Rule problem with the provision. I think it's extremely likely to drop out of the bill in the Senate on Byrd grounds.