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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Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
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February 17, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
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Unbearable.
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Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE
According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.
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February 17, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Unbearable.
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A Little Prayer is such a fantastic little movie
February 17, 2026 at 3:59 AM
A Little Prayer is such a fantastic little movie
I think about this line a lot but I truly believe no actor could have delivered “she’s not asking for god’s help, she’s asking for mine” the way it was meant to be except for Clint Eastwood. He was made for that.
February 17, 2026 at 2:47 AM
I think about this line a lot but I truly believe no actor could have delivered “she’s not asking for god’s help, she’s asking for mine” the way it was meant to be except for Clint Eastwood. He was made for that.
I’ve made the point before but it infuriates me when Some people try to guilt you by saying “oh you said George bush was fascist, bet you feel stupid now”…do u mean that liberal and left critiques of the party were wrong when fuller throated fascism happened with literally the party’s next president
February 17, 2026 at 1:58 AM
I’ve made the point before but it infuriates me when Some people try to guilt you by saying “oh you said George bush was fascist, bet you feel stupid now”…do u mean that liberal and left critiques of the party were wrong when fuller throated fascism happened with literally the party’s next president
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THIS MAN CREATED ICE
February 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
THIS MAN CREATED ICE
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FOX insisted that the 300th episode be scheduled specifically on February 16, 2003 so that there was time to plan a huge promotion for the episode. However, the actual 300th episode had already aired two weeks prior. (Marge's response here was a reference to this.)
February 17, 2026 at 1:49 AM
FOX insisted that the 300th episode be scheduled specifically on February 16, 2003 so that there was time to plan a huge promotion for the episode. However, the actual 300th episode had already aired two weeks prior. (Marge's response here was a reference to this.)
I am of the opinion that this period was actually still very good. It would be sadly not that many months after this aired that the show fell off a gigantic cliff quality wise
23 years ago today, February 16, 2003: “Barting Over”, the 300th-ish episode of #TheSimpsons, first aired on Fox.
February 17, 2026 at 1:51 AM
I am of the opinion that this period was actually still very good. It would be sadly not that many months after this aired that the show fell off a gigantic cliff quality wise
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Why the hottest new pro wrestling chant is "Fuck ICE" defector.com/why-the-hott...
Why The Hottest New Pro Wrestling Chant Is "Fuck ICE" | Defector
The most intriguing storyline in pro wrestling this month is not a title chase or a bloody feud, but whether or not fans are going to keep chanting “Fuck ICE” at shows. I am more than happy to…
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February 16, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Why the hottest new pro wrestling chant is "Fuck ICE" defector.com/why-the-hott...
Even in schools in chile, you could conceivably do the both sides thing where: “yes he tortured a ton of people and killed democracy for decades, but if you look at the economic ‘Miracle’ and…”
With trump, what is the other side in the lesson plan? That he kept dooming the economy for fun and then…
With trump, what is the other side in the lesson plan? That he kept dooming the economy for fun and then…
If you just write, to teach in a good but completely nonpartisan history course in a public high school , what trump did and does, and just teach that, you will a thousand percent get a bunch of phone calls about parents yelling about you for being CRT DEI or w/e. Impossible to do in a real way
February 17, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Even in schools in chile, you could conceivably do the both sides thing where: “yes he tortured a ton of people and killed democracy for decades, but if you look at the economic ‘Miracle’ and…”
With trump, what is the other side in the lesson plan? That he kept dooming the economy for fun and then…
With trump, what is the other side in the lesson plan? That he kept dooming the economy for fun and then…
That will immediately be read as partisan because I’m sorry, it sort of is right now and that is not the fault of anyone except the ruling party
Easy. You teach the constitution and let kids draw their own conclusions. They do, and it is wonderful to see
February 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM
That will immediately be read as partisan because I’m sorry, it sort of is right now and that is not the fault of anyone except the ruling party
I do sympathize with people trying to teach history and current events in high schools who are instructed to do it in nonpartisan ways because mother fucker, how do u do that with trump, it will only be possible with the passage of time
February 17, 2026 at 12:52 AM
I do sympathize with people trying to teach history and current events in high schools who are instructed to do it in nonpartisan ways because mother fucker, how do u do that with trump, it will only be possible with the passage of time
Did George w bush do a substack
February 17, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Did George w bush do a substack
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We've joked for years about how posting isn't activism but now that the government is a gang of social media-obsessed fascists it actually is
Posting about ICE on Instagram is now enough to get you an “administrative subpoena.” 👀
@nytimes.com #$META
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@nytimes.com #$META
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February 16, 2026 at 3:32 PM
We've joked for years about how posting isn't activism but now that the government is a gang of social media-obsessed fascists it actually is
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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.
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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.
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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…