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Susan J. Demas
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Executive Editor at @lincolnsquare.media. Founding Editor of @michiganadvance.com. Former Inside Michigan Editor + Publisher. Hiker, Photographer, Wife + Mom.

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ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social sat down with @karinejean-pierre.bsky.social to discuss her new book Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines, out now!

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November 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social, @samosterhout.bsky.social and guest Andra Watkins discussed those emails…

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About that Epstein 'Bubba' Email ... | The Weekly Assignment with Susan Demas, Sam Osterhout, & Andra Watkins
Public pressure matters now—this vote is a line between transparency and authoritarian obedience.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social welcomes @shadihamid.bsky.social for this weeks episode of First Draft to discuss his new book The Case for American Power, out now!

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November 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social and @eisendrath.net went live to discuss how the administration's assault on freedom is coordinated and deliberate.

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November 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social and @eisendrath.net had their weekly sit down to discuss the Senate Dems capitulating to the GOP and taking first steps towards ending the shutdown.

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Are Dems Playing 14D Chess or ... No? | Edwin Eisendrath & Susan Demas
And Trump’s latest pardon spree underscores a presidency without limits or shame.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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@theintellectualist.bsky.social joined @sjdemas.bsky.social and @samosterhout.bsky.social on the Weekly Assignment to talk grassroots movements to AI driven inequality.

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November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social was joined by Washington Post reporters/writers @carolleonnig.bsky.social and Aaron Davis to discuss the current state of the Department of Justice (and how we got to this state).

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Trump's Attacks on Justice | Pulitzer Prize Winners Carol Leonnig & Aaron Davis Join Susan Demas
Career DOJ staff have been purged, leaving deep institutional scars and a chilling effect across federal law enforcement.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social and @samosterhout.bsky.social were joined by @The Intellectualist (Brian D.) to discuss Senate Democrats’ shutdown cave reveals a moral and strategic failure, not a compromise.

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WTF Are Senate Democrats Even Doing?!?! | The Weekly Assignment
Senate Democrats’ shutdown cave reveals a moral and strategic failure, not a compromise.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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ICYMI @sjdemas.bsky.social welcomed author and historian Richard Bell to discuss his new book The American Revolution and the Fate of the World, which shows The American Revolution was a global conflict, not a local uprising.

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Lessons from the American Revolution | First Draft with Susan Demas & Historian Richard Bell
In a time of resurgent nationalism and mythmaking, we still need to take an honest look at history if we want to understand where we are today.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Pulitzer Prize winners Carol Leonnig & Aaron Davis join @sjdemas.bsky.social to reveal new details on ignored intelligence before January 6th and the DOJ’s internal breakdown.

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November 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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ICYMI: Paul Starr traced how America’s old contradictions built our current crisis in his new book American Contradiction: Revolution and Revenge from the 1950s to Now, with @sjdemas.bsky.social!

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Going from Obama to Trump: How Did America Get Here? | Susan Demas & Pulitzer Prize Winner Paul Starr
From freedom and slavery to Fox and X — Paul Starr traces how America’s old contradictions built our current crisis.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Last week @sjdemas.bsky.social discussed Trump’s quiet rollback of reproductive rights with author Irin Carmon.

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November 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social and @eisendrath.net went live to discuss how the current administration’s policies are nothing but cruelty—from weaponizing ICE to food.

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November 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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ICYMI: @eisendrath.net hosted @jaimeharrison.bsky.social on It's the Democracy, Stupid.

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November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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ICYMI: Andrew Wilson joined @sjdemas.bsky.social and @samosterhout.bsky.social on the Weekly Assignment to break down the latest polling before Tuesday's elections.

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November 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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LIVE TODAY AT 10 AM ET - @sjdemas.bsky.social and @samosterhout.bsky.social take a look at Trump’s most recent Marie Antonette-esq move: throwing a Gatsby themed party over the weekend!

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November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social had author @irincarmon.bsky.social on First Draft to discuss Irin’s new book UNBEARABLE and The Trump administration’s rollback of reproductive rights.

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The Forgotten War on Women's Health | First Draft with Susan Demas & Author Irin Carmon
The Trump administration’s quiet rollback of reproductive rights continues under the guise of 'health' and 'states’ rights.'
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October 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social and @samosterhout.bsky.social hosted campaign guru @joetrippi.bsky.social and veteran journalist Joe Klein (hosts of the Two Joes Show) for this week’s edition of The Weekly Assignment!

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Trump Won't OK Disaster Relief for Blue States | The Weekly Assignment with Special Guests Joe Trippi & Joe Klein
And why the Democratic Party’s language and messaging habits are often a roadblock to connecting to voters.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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LIVE AT 2:20 PM ET - Executive Editor @sjdemas.bsky.social welcomes Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social (D-CA) to discuss the Epstein Files and the fight against the worst cover-up attempt in history.

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October 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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LIVE AT 10 AM ET: The Weekly Assignment with @sjdemas.bsky.social and @samosterhout.bsky.social, with @joetrippi.bsky.social and Joe Klein of the Two Joes podcast, joining live!

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October 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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ICYMI: @johnfabianwitt.bsky.social joined @sjdemas.bsky.social on First Draft to discuss his new book The Radical Fund and the lessons of a century ago that can guide real social change today.

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October 25, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Yale Professor @johnfabianwitt.bsky.social went back a century and found our present

The Radical Fund tells the story of Charles Garland who refused his inheritance to see it fuel resistance

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A 1920s Roadmap for Today's Resistance | First Draft with Susan Demas and author John Fabian Witt
Author and Yale Law Professor John Fabian Witt wanted distance from the chaos of the present, so he went back a century — and found its mirror image.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social sat down with @jaketapper.bsky.social to talk about his new book, Race Against Terror: Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever War -plus Trump’s personal revenge tour against journalism!
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October 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social welcomed @jaketapper.bsky.social to discuss his new book Race Against Terror: Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever War plus Trump’s personal revenge tour against journalism!

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October 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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If you ever start to think this fight is lost remember that it isn’t

ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social and @eisendrath.net were back with their weekly discussion this time looking at this past weekend with the No Kings 2.0 Protests

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Trump Wasn't Ready for No Kings 2.0 | Edwin Eisendrath & Susan Demas LIVE
If you ever start to think this fight is lost, remember that it isn’t.
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October 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM