Asawin Suebsaeng
@swin24.bsky.social
senior political correspondent @ Zeteo // contributing writer @ Rolling Stone // co-author of ‘Sinking in the Swamp’ // adjunct professor @ University of Cincinnati // volunteer @ St. Vincent de Paul // “a deranged hack,” according to the Trump White House
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"The campaign of terror that Trump is waging against Minnesota, and the United States, isn’t ending yet. It's evolving."
Swin Suebsaeng and Andrew Perez for Zeteo detail how Trump officials frame Minnesota as a warzone amid plans to reduce operations.
Read here: zeteo.com/p/trump-minn...
Swin Suebsaeng and Andrew Perez for Zeteo detail how Trump officials frame Minnesota as a warzone amid plans to reduce operations.
Read here: zeteo.com/p/trump-minn...
February 14, 2026 at 7:24 PM
"The campaign of terror that Trump is waging against Minnesota, and the United States, isn’t ending yet. It's evolving."
Swin Suebsaeng and Andrew Perez for Zeteo detail how Trump officials frame Minnesota as a warzone amid plans to reduce operations.
Read here: zeteo.com/p/trump-minn...
Swin Suebsaeng and Andrew Perez for Zeteo detail how Trump officials frame Minnesota as a warzone amid plans to reduce operations.
Read here: zeteo.com/p/trump-minn...
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Last week, the Trump administration:
- terminated temporary protected status for Yemenis
- passed the SAVE Act which could block married women from voting
- continued to deport migrants
Read more about the dangerous actions Trump and his administration have taken: zeteo.com/p/this-week-...
- terminated temporary protected status for Yemenis
- passed the SAVE Act which could block married women from voting
- continued to deport migrants
Read more about the dangerous actions Trump and his administration have taken: zeteo.com/p/this-week-...
February 14, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Last week, the Trump administration:
- terminated temporary protected status for Yemenis
- passed the SAVE Act which could block married women from voting
- continued to deport migrants
Read more about the dangerous actions Trump and his administration have taken: zeteo.com/p/this-week-...
- terminated temporary protected status for Yemenis
- passed the SAVE Act which could block married women from voting
- continued to deport migrants
Read more about the dangerous actions Trump and his administration have taken: zeteo.com/p/this-week-...
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"[AIPAC's failed intervention in the New Jersey's 11th District race] is an indication of just how poisonous support for Israel has become in Democratic politics."
Ryan Cooper explains how AIPAC’s intervention in New Jersey backfired.
Read: zeteo.com/p/aipac-own-...
Ryan Cooper explains how AIPAC’s intervention in New Jersey backfired.
Read: zeteo.com/p/aipac-own-...
February 15, 2026 at 3:26 PM
"[AIPAC's failed intervention in the New Jersey's 11th District race] is an indication of just how poisonous support for Israel has become in Democratic politics."
Ryan Cooper explains how AIPAC’s intervention in New Jersey backfired.
Read: zeteo.com/p/aipac-own-...
Ryan Cooper explains how AIPAC’s intervention in New Jersey backfired.
Read: zeteo.com/p/aipac-own-...
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‘I’ve been deported 10 times’: Mahmoud Khalil speaks to Zeteo.
Zeteo’s @premthakker.bsky.social sat down with Columbia University graduate and former ICE detainee Mahmoud Khalil as he approaches one year since his arrest.
Watch the full conversation: open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
Zeteo’s @premthakker.bsky.social sat down with Columbia University graduate and former ICE detainee Mahmoud Khalil as he approaches one year since his arrest.
Watch the full conversation: open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
‘I’ve Been Deported 10 Times’: Mahmoud Khalil Speaks to Zeteo Nearly One Year After ICE Arrest
The Columbia graduate discusses the status of his case, Gaza, midterm elections, and answers audience questions.
open.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:30 PM
‘I’ve been deported 10 times’: Mahmoud Khalil speaks to Zeteo.
Zeteo’s @premthakker.bsky.social sat down with Columbia University graduate and former ICE detainee Mahmoud Khalil as he approaches one year since his arrest.
Watch the full conversation: open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
Zeteo’s @premthakker.bsky.social sat down with Columbia University graduate and former ICE detainee Mahmoud Khalil as he approaches one year since his arrest.
Watch the full conversation: open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
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“In the view of the [Trump] administration – and Miami neocons – deepening Cuba’s crisis while increasing the cost of emigration should finally provoke regime change via popular uprising.”
@rojasrjuand.bsky.social reports on Miami elites’ role in Cuba’s crisis.
Read here: zeteo.com/p/why-is-tru...
@rojasrjuand.bsky.social reports on Miami elites’ role in Cuba’s crisis.
Read here: zeteo.com/p/why-is-tru...
February 16, 2026 at 8:23 PM
“In the view of the [Trump] administration – and Miami neocons – deepening Cuba’s crisis while increasing the cost of emigration should finally provoke regime change via popular uprising.”
@rojasrjuand.bsky.social reports on Miami elites’ role in Cuba’s crisis.
Read here: zeteo.com/p/why-is-tru...
@rojasrjuand.bsky.social reports on Miami elites’ role in Cuba’s crisis.
Read here: zeteo.com/p/why-is-tru...
this was a gamble but… I put on we are Charlie kirk and asked my four year old what he thought:
He didn’t make eye contact and immediately started screaming NOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He didn’t make eye contact and immediately started screaming NOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 16, 2026 at 9:12 PM
this was a gamble but… I put on we are Charlie kirk and asked my four year old what he thought:
He didn’t make eye contact and immediately started screaming NOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He didn’t make eye contact and immediately started screaming NOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In case you’re wondering: “I saw a reply to me of yours that amused me so I follow you” is my bar on this website
You put in the effort, then I can’t help it
You put in the effort, then I can’t help it
February 16, 2026 at 9:04 PM
In case you’re wondering: “I saw a reply to me of yours that amused me so I follow you” is my bar on this website
You put in the effort, then I can’t help it
You put in the effort, then I can’t help it
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Don’t think I know any but fwiw @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social is one of the best in our profession and she’s a former librarian!
Q: do you have former librarians who are switching careers? I’m wondering if there are folks who go the opposite directions from all the journalists I knew in my MLIS program in 2010-2011
February 16, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Don’t think I know any but fwiw @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social is one of the best in our profession and she’s a former librarian!
Some of you may hate that I play the “I’m an Ohio educator, technically” card as much as I do but I as an adjunct journalism professor in a comparable Ohio city and as someone who lives in Ohio, had worked in Ohio as a professional journalist at multiple national publications while here, and…
A conscientious journalism grad withdraw from a job when she learned the Cleveland Plain Dealer uses AI to write its stories.
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
February 16, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Some of you may hate that I play the “I’m an Ohio educator, technically” card as much as I do but I as an adjunct journalism professor in a comparable Ohio city and as someone who lives in Ohio, had worked in Ohio as a professional journalist at multiple national publications while here, and…
There is a really annoying q that maga and right wing people do - Stephen miller does a version of this - during alleged debates where they say: ok then what is the right number for the cap for asylum and other legal immigration then?
I mean this; this is my position: whatever number those people…
I mean this; this is my position: whatever number those people…
February 16, 2026 at 8:41 PM
There is a really annoying q that maga and right wing people do - Stephen miller does a version of this - during alleged debates where they say: ok then what is the right number for the cap for asylum and other legal immigration then?
I mean this; this is my position: whatever number those people…
I mean this; this is my position: whatever number those people…
After some days away:
Toddler: I’m so happy to be home
Me: me too there’s no place like home!
Toddler: *smiles. Gives me a high five. Goes to playing with his animal toys* but then: “well… there probably IS a place like home, we just haven’t been there yet”
Toddler: I’m so happy to be home
Me: me too there’s no place like home!
Toddler: *smiles. Gives me a high five. Goes to playing with his animal toys* but then: “well… there probably IS a place like home, we just haven’t been there yet”
February 16, 2026 at 8:35 PM
After some days away:
Toddler: I’m so happy to be home
Me: me too there’s no place like home!
Toddler: *smiles. Gives me a high five. Goes to playing with his animal toys* but then: “well… there probably IS a place like home, we just haven’t been there yet”
Toddler: I’m so happy to be home
Me: me too there’s no place like home!
Toddler: *smiles. Gives me a high five. Goes to playing with his animal toys* but then: “well… there probably IS a place like home, we just haven’t been there yet”
I think the movie The Wrestler hit harder for me than it may have otherwise is because the marketing campaign made u think you were in for a movie that actually was about redemption
February 16, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I think the movie The Wrestler hit harder for me than it may have otherwise is because the marketing campaign made u think you were in for a movie that actually was about redemption
the point of this seems to be to get across the point that AOC is dumb which she clearly isn’t. It’s like arguing that John Thune is stupid; u can disagree with either of them and a normal, fair person is not gonna think they are dumb as a rock
Quoting Clay Higgins like this, that would make sense
Quoting Clay Higgins like this, that would make sense
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 7:51 PM
the point of this seems to be to get across the point that AOC is dumb which she clearly isn’t. It’s like arguing that John Thune is stupid; u can disagree with either of them and a normal, fair person is not gonna think they are dumb as a rock
Quoting Clay Higgins like this, that would make sense
Quoting Clay Higgins like this, that would make sense
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If I were the student I'd highlight this incident on my resume.
February 16, 2026 at 3:57 PM
If I were the student I'd highlight this incident on my resume.
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A conscientious journalism grad withdraw from a job when she learned the Cleveland Plain Dealer uses AI to write its stories.
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
February 16, 2026 at 12:16 PM
A conscientious journalism grad withdraw from a job when she learned the Cleveland Plain Dealer uses AI to write its stories.
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
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A New York Times op-ed last week boasted libertarians "told you so" about Trump.
But it was only a few, since politically exiled, who saw Trump's rise and said: “You know what? I think he and a lot of his followers mean it with the racism, violence and fascism.”
(new @ms.now column)
But it was only a few, since politically exiled, who saw Trump's rise and said: “You know what? I think he and a lot of his followers mean it with the racism, violence and fascism.”
(new @ms.now column)
Opinion | Libertarians warned about executive power. Only a few actually warned about Trump.
Anthony L. Fisher: A recent New York Times op-ed showed the blind spot many libertarians still have for President Donald Trump.
www.ms.now
February 16, 2026 at 2:43 PM
A New York Times op-ed last week boasted libertarians "told you so" about Trump.
But it was only a few, since politically exiled, who saw Trump's rise and said: “You know what? I think he and a lot of his followers mean it with the racism, violence and fascism.”
(new @ms.now column)
But it was only a few, since politically exiled, who saw Trump's rise and said: “You know what? I think he and a lot of his followers mean it with the racism, violence and fascism.”
(new @ms.now column)
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I thought this was a little funny but just figured he meant microbial life somewhere else is highly probable, not that he'd personally met an alien, lol
Should've known it would be a Thing
Should've known it would be a Thing
On Valentine’s Day, Barack Obama appeared on a podcast and said aliens are real. On February 15, he clarified that he meant they’re probably out there, but he hasn’t seen any.
Obama Walks Back ‘Aliens Are Real’ Statement on Podcast
On Valentine’s Day, Barack Obama appeared on a podcast and said aliens are real. On February 15, he clarified that he meant they’re probably out there, but he hasn’t seen any.
www.vulture.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:27 PM
I thought this was a little funny but just figured he meant microbial life somewhere else is highly probable, not that he'd personally met an alien, lol
Should've known it would be a Thing
Should've known it would be a Thing
This but also the headline screams “lol gonna get even shittier, whos to say whose fault this is”
lmao what break
February 16, 2026 at 4:11 PM
This but also the headline screams “lol gonna get even shittier, whos to say whose fault this is”
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It really annoys me this idiot white lady’s last name is Wu
February 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
It really annoys me this idiot white lady’s last name is Wu
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medical miracle: this 75 year old man was born yesterday
Schumer on DHS reforms: "I believe Republicans will have no choice but to go along with us because it's so common sense"
February 15, 2026 at 2:51 PM
medical miracle: this 75 year old man was born yesterday
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"Lies and Dirty Tricks: How the Starmer-Mandelson-McSweeney Project Was Always Doomed to Fail"
Great piece from author Paul Holden for Zeteo on the political shitshow in the UK:
Great piece from author Paul Holden for Zeteo on the political shitshow in the UK:
Lies and Dirty Tricks: How the Starmer-Mandelson-McSweeney Project Was Always Doomed to Fail
Labour is hemorrhaging support, ex-chief of staff McSweeney is out, and in the most recent blow, the UK's High Court ruled Starmer's proscription of Palestine Action as a terror group was unlawful.
zeteo.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:51 PM
"Lies and Dirty Tricks: How the Starmer-Mandelson-McSweeney Project Was Always Doomed to Fail"
Great piece from author Paul Holden for Zeteo on the political shitshow in the UK:
Great piece from author Paul Holden for Zeteo on the political shitshow in the UK:
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Still true!
Minnesota still needs your attention
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 15, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Still true!