kusuma.bsky.social
@kusuma.bsky.social
Mother, writer, social justice activist, feminist, artist, musician, anti-fascist, animal and climate advocate, economic democracy socialist
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NEW: Unbelievable. A seemingly endless line of tanks & other military vehicles arrive in DC ahead of next week's parade.
They departed Texas 5 days ago.
What a colossal waste of time, money & military resources. All for a President who has shown zero respect for service personnel.
(🎥 DW)
They departed Texas 5 days ago.
What a colossal waste of time, money & military resources. All for a President who has shown zero respect for service personnel.
(🎥 DW)
June 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
NEW: Unbelievable. A seemingly endless line of tanks & other military vehicles arrive in DC ahead of next week's parade.
They departed Texas 5 days ago.
What a colossal waste of time, money & military resources. All for a President who has shown zero respect for service personnel.
(🎥 DW)
They departed Texas 5 days ago.
What a colossal waste of time, money & military resources. All for a President who has shown zero respect for service personnel.
(🎥 DW)
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Trump has pardoned multiple convicted fraudsters — including a former GOP Congressman and two reality TV stars.
He's also dropped or halted 100+ enforcement actions against corporate offenders — including 34 companies that funded his inauguration.
Is this being "tough on crime"?
He's also dropped or halted 100+ enforcement actions against corporate offenders — including 34 companies that funded his inauguration.
Is this being "tough on crime"?
June 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Trump has pardoned multiple convicted fraudsters — including a former GOP Congressman and two reality TV stars.
He's also dropped or halted 100+ enforcement actions against corporate offenders — including 34 companies that funded his inauguration.
Is this being "tough on crime"?
He's also dropped or halted 100+ enforcement actions against corporate offenders — including 34 companies that funded his inauguration.
Is this being "tough on crime"?
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This comes from one of my favorite sections in the Copaganda book. It's such an important point for understanding how the New York Times (and, indeed, all mainstream news) covers police violence and subsequent meaningless gestures at "reform."
May 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This comes from one of my favorite sections in the Copaganda book. It's such an important point for understanding how the New York Times (and, indeed, all mainstream news) covers police violence and subsequent meaningless gestures at "reform."
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Trump math: $1M dinner + lots of kissing up = 1 pardon + erasing a $4.4M penalty.
To Trump, it doesn't matter that Walczak stole millions from the paychecks of nurses and doctors to pay for a yacht. All that matters is how much money his family paid Trump.
To Trump, it doesn't matter that Walczak stole millions from the paychecks of nurses and doctors to pay for a yacht. All that matters is how much money his family paid Trump.
Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Trump math: $1M dinner + lots of kissing up = 1 pardon + erasing a $4.4M penalty.
To Trump, it doesn't matter that Walczak stole millions from the paychecks of nurses and doctors to pay for a yacht. All that matters is how much money his family paid Trump.
To Trump, it doesn't matter that Walczak stole millions from the paychecks of nurses and doctors to pay for a yacht. All that matters is how much money his family paid Trump.
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RFK Jr. is reportedly going to forbid government scientists from publishing in the world’s most respected medical journals — the Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, etc.
It’s going to take decades to repair the damage done by this administration.
It’s going to take decades to repair the damage done by this administration.
May 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
RFK Jr. is reportedly going to forbid government scientists from publishing in the world’s most respected medical journals — the Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, etc.
It’s going to take decades to repair the damage done by this administration.
It’s going to take decades to repair the damage done by this administration.
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"The degree of the new U.S. administration's political naivety, moral indifference and diplomatic dilettantism, during its first four months in office, has been astonishing."
kyivindependent.com/why-washingt...
kyivindependent.com/why-washingt...
Why Washington failed to end the Russo-Ukrainian War
In the early 19th century, one of the founding fathers of modern war studies, the Prussian general and military historian Carl von Clausewitz, commented on the Napoleonic Wars: "The conqueror is alway...
kyivindependent.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"The degree of the new U.S. administration's political naivety, moral indifference and diplomatic dilettantism, during its first four months in office, has been astonishing."
kyivindependent.com/why-washingt...
kyivindependent.com/why-washingt...
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I’ve been told a few times by engineers in the space launch industry that the problems with this rocket are much more fundamental than most of the red coverage suggests. How many of them are supposed to blow up?
May 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I’ve been told a few times by engineers in the space launch industry that the problems with this rocket are much more fundamental than most of the red coverage suggests. How many of them are supposed to blow up?
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Yes, Harry Dunn said it best...
May 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Yes, Harry Dunn said it best...
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Today I write about the Autocrats Rulebook and three things you can do today to counter it:
1) Learn the Seven Rules for Fighting Autocrats.
2) Choose Unity over Purity
3) Tell Someone Else What You Now Understand.
Thanks for all the Support!
open.substack.com/pub/trygveol...
1) Learn the Seven Rules for Fighting Autocrats.
2) Choose Unity over Purity
3) Tell Someone Else What You Now Understand.
Thanks for all the Support!
open.substack.com/pub/trygveol...
The Autocrat’s Rulebook
Divide, Distract, Destroy:
open.substack.com
May 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Today I write about the Autocrats Rulebook and three things you can do today to counter it:
1) Learn the Seven Rules for Fighting Autocrats.
2) Choose Unity over Purity
3) Tell Someone Else What You Now Understand.
Thanks for all the Support!
open.substack.com/pub/trygveol...
1) Learn the Seven Rules for Fighting Autocrats.
2) Choose Unity over Purity
3) Tell Someone Else What You Now Understand.
Thanks for all the Support!
open.substack.com/pub/trygveol...
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They're taking each other down.
Rand Paul Stuns MAGA After Slamming Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' In Rare Rebuke
They're eating their own.
www.comicsands.com
May 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
They're taking each other down.
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This is exactly what I was looking for - a script for calling your senators to demand that they defend trans healthcare!
action.transequality.org/a/stopmedica... our action portal is here! It makes it super easy to contact your senators, and for folks to get connected with us to fight for trans people and gender freedom for all.
URGENT: Tell Congress to Defend Trans Health Care NOW
action.transequality.org
May 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This is exactly what I was looking for - a script for calling your senators to demand that they defend trans healthcare!
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Around the world — from Rutgers University, to Cambridge University in the U.K. to University of Doha for Science and Technology in Qatar — students have chanted “Free Palestine” or held Palestinian flags while crossing the graduation stage, sometimes to threats of arrest.
Read more here ⤵️
Read more here ⤵️
Students Are Protesting For Palestine — And Being Punished — At Graduations
“There was just never any point where I was not going to say something,” one punished student told their student paper.
www.teenvogue.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Around the world — from Rutgers University, to Cambridge University in the U.K. to University of Doha for Science and Technology in Qatar — students have chanted “Free Palestine” or held Palestinian flags while crossing the graduation stage, sometimes to threats of arrest.
Read more here ⤵️
Read more here ⤵️
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You look at this post and tell me this isn’t a 4chan incel President:
May 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
You look at this post and tell me this isn’t a 4chan incel President:
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This is an amazing article abt an amazing breakthrough use of an old and discredited drug and about how one company was able to raise the price without limit because it was the only treatment for a fatal disease and they cld basically raise it to as high a price as they wanted.
I have written many healthcare stories, but never before have I written about my own health. I decided to do so after learning one of my drugs costs nearly $1,000 a pill and just 25 cents to make. What I found was an incredible story of discovery and exploitation. www.propublica.org/article/revl...
The Price of Remission
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
www.propublica.org
May 23, 2025 at 4:45 AM
This is an amazing article abt an amazing breakthrough use of an old and discredited drug and about how one company was able to raise the price without limit because it was the only treatment for a fatal disease and they cld basically raise it to as high a price as they wanted.
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Hard not to notice that ICE isn't breaking up drug rings or gangs (because we would ABSOLUTELY hear about it if they were), but instead are dressing up like bank robbers and doing the laziest shit possible, like hanging out at immigration court or grabbing people for busted taillights. Worthless
May 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Hard not to notice that ICE isn't breaking up drug rings or gangs (because we would ABSOLUTELY hear about it if they were), but instead are dressing up like bank robbers and doing the laziest shit possible, like hanging out at immigration court or grabbing people for busted taillights. Worthless
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100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion in the 2024 election.
70% of these donations went to Republicans.
Now, Republicans in Congress are gearing up to slash essential programs to pay for another round of tax cuts predominantly for the rich.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
70% of these donations went to Republicans.
Now, Republicans in Congress are gearing up to slash essential programs to pay for another round of tax cuts predominantly for the rich.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
May 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion in the 2024 election.
70% of these donations went to Republicans.
Now, Republicans in Congress are gearing up to slash essential programs to pay for another round of tax cuts predominantly for the rich.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
70% of these donations went to Republicans.
Now, Republicans in Congress are gearing up to slash essential programs to pay for another round of tax cuts predominantly for the rich.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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New: All five new appointees to an obscure Trump Tower-based holding company's advisory board are Trump Organization execs—including Don Jr. and Eric Trump.
They’ve already been granted millions in stock.
me, for @forbes.com
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They’ve already been granted millions in stock.
me, for @forbes.com
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Don Jr. And Eric Trump Joined By Three Trump Org Executives On Revived Advisory Board At Little-Known Firm
The CEO of Dominari Holdings defended the appointments, saying the longstanding advisory board reflects “a broad range of industries and areas of expertise.”
www.forbes.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
New: All five new appointees to an obscure Trump Tower-based holding company's advisory board are Trump Organization execs—including Don Jr. and Eric Trump.
They’ve already been granted millions in stock.
me, for @forbes.com
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They’ve already been granted millions in stock.
me, for @forbes.com
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The first story from ProPublica and @texastribune.org’s collaboration with five newsrooms across Texas is now live.
From the @houstonchronicle.com, a look at how a Houston megadonor is losing in the Texas Legislature after 30 years of wins:
From the @houstonchronicle.com, a look at how a Houston megadonor is losing in the Texas Legislature after 30 years of wins:
A Houston megadonor is losing in the Texas Legislature after 30 years of wins
Dick Weekley's lobbying group, Texans for Lawsuit Reform, has fierce opposition and lost allies in a clash with Attorney General Ken Paxton.
www.houstonchronicle.com
May 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The first story from ProPublica and @texastribune.org’s collaboration with five newsrooms across Texas is now live.
From the @houstonchronicle.com, a look at how a Houston megadonor is losing in the Texas Legislature after 30 years of wins:
From the @houstonchronicle.com, a look at how a Houston megadonor is losing in the Texas Legislature after 30 years of wins:
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The Trump Justice Department is failing to hold Boeing accountable.
After two planes crashes and 346 deaths, Boeing gets a slap on the wrist.
This deal sends a dangerous message that, under President Trump, corporate executives can put profit over safety and never face justice.
After two planes crashes and 346 deaths, Boeing gets a slap on the wrist.
This deal sends a dangerous message that, under President Trump, corporate executives can put profit over safety and never face justice.
Boeing Strikes Deal to Avoid Criminal Responsibility for 737 Max Crashes
www.nytimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The Trump Justice Department is failing to hold Boeing accountable.
After two planes crashes and 346 deaths, Boeing gets a slap on the wrist.
This deal sends a dangerous message that, under President Trump, corporate executives can put profit over safety and never face justice.
After two planes crashes and 346 deaths, Boeing gets a slap on the wrist.
This deal sends a dangerous message that, under President Trump, corporate executives can put profit over safety and never face justice.
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
May 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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Musk’s team was caught using a customized version of the Grok chatbot, without approval, to sift through sensitive government data inside the Department of Homeland Security. They used a modified version in an attempt to hide the fact that they were doing it.
May 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Musk’s team was caught using a customized version of the Grok chatbot, without approval, to sift through sensitive government data inside the Department of Homeland Security. They used a modified version in an attempt to hide the fact that they were doing it.
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The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is Robin Hood in reverse: it takes from the poor to give to the rich.SNAP (used to be Food Stamps…which Tabby and I used back in 1972) is gone. Medicare is going.
May 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is Robin Hood in reverse: it takes from the poor to give to the rich.SNAP (used to be Food Stamps…which Tabby and I used back in 1972) is gone. Medicare is going.
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Pregnant Missouri women are not allowed to finalize a divorce…until they deliver.
Ask me how I know.
Ask me how I know.
May 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Pregnant Missouri women are not allowed to finalize a divorce…until they deliver.
Ask me how I know.
Ask me how I know.