Susan Albert
@susanwalbert.bsky.social
Writer, citizen, news junkie, reader, gardener. Leads Guerrilla Readers on Substack. Latest in Hidden Women series: Someone Always Nearby Susanalbert.com, SusanWittigAlbert.substack.com
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I’m watching a live stream
August 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’m watching a live stream
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You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
April 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
THIS.
A tiny, easy thing you can do: wherever you’re traveling, buy the local paper and boost the news of how fascism is trickling down and how everyday people are pushing back. From today’s Caledonian-Record of St. Johnsbury, VT.
March 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
THIS.
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Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million. Note That Number.
A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...
By Matthew Haag and Katherine Rosman
A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...
By Matthew Haag and Katherine Rosman
Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million. Note That Number. (Gift Article)
A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million. Note That Number.
A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...
By Matthew Haag and Katherine Rosman
A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...
By Matthew Haag and Katherine Rosman
THIS.
NEWS: An Indian national teaching at Georgetown was arrested by immigration authorities in Rosslyn, Va. Monday.
His lawyers say he's being targeted for his pro-Palestinian views. His U.S. citizen wife's father was a Hamas adviser.
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
His lawyers say he's being targeted for his pro-Palestinian views. His U.S. citizen wife's father was a Hamas adviser.
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
March 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
THIS.
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The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right.
The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.
Everyone must choose which side they’re on.
The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.
Everyone must choose which side they’re on.
March 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right.
The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.
Everyone must choose which side they’re on.
The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.
Everyone must choose which side they’re on.
Thanks, Dahlia--helpful!
I had been dying to ask @dahlialithwick.bsky.social about Amy Coney Barrett’s recent defections from the right and the growing gender divide on the court that they reflect. She had a lot of thoughts. slate.com/news-and-pol...
March 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Thanks, Dahlia--helpful!
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All of the Republicans who for years railed about "unelected bureaucrats" destroying the government are awfully quiet as an unelected bureaucrat destroys the government.
March 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
All of the Republicans who for years railed about "unelected bureaucrats" destroying the government are awfully quiet as an unelected bureaucrat destroys the government.
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NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
kyivindependent.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
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www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
Your public lands are in danger. Keep calling your reps. Keep showing up at their offices.
Your public lands are in danger. Keep calling your reps. Keep showing up at their offices.
www.americanprogress.org
February 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
Your public lands are in danger. Keep calling your reps. Keep showing up at their offices.
Your public lands are in danger. Keep calling your reps. Keep showing up at their offices.
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💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes.
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
February 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes.
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
Resistance to Trump's coup is growing and there's a new place to follow along, thanks to Rebecca Solnit, Choose Democracy and a small team of organizers and volunteers. Pls follow @resistlist.bsky.social
More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they refused to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.”
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Live updates: 21 employees resign from DOGE, refusing to 'dismantle critical public services'
More than 20 civil service employees resigned from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they refused to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.”
apnews.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Resistance to Trump's coup is growing and there's a new place to follow along, thanks to Rebecca Solnit, Choose Democracy and a small team of organizers and volunteers. Pls follow @resistlist.bsky.social
Scariest, most appalling thing I've heard in the past . . . oh, 30 minutes.
‘A true free-speech emergency’: alarm over Trump’s ‘chilling’ attacks on media
Warning comes as FCC, chaired by Trump ally and Project 2025 author, orders investigations into US media groups
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Scariest, most appalling thing I've heard in the past . . . oh, 30 minutes.
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Welcome to the RFK Jr Era of Public Health.
February 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Welcome to the RFK Jr Era of Public Health.
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NEW: “The first nationwide database tracking misconduct by federal police officers has been shut down by President Donald Trump, the Justice Department confirmed.”
Because who cares about accountability in law enforcement, amirite?
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Because who cares about accountability in law enforcement, amirite?
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Justice Department deletes database tracking federal police misconduct
The Trump administration has removed a nationwide database of federal police officers’ misconduct, launched by the Biden administration to keep bad cops from jumping from job to job.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
NEW: “The first nationwide database tracking misconduct by federal police officers has been shut down by President Donald Trump, the Justice Department confirmed.”
Because who cares about accountability in law enforcement, amirite?
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Because who cares about accountability in law enforcement, amirite?
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Georgia and the Butch. An important play about two incredible women and the relationship that fueled an art and built an iconic house. thetanknyc.org/calendar-1/2...
Georgia and the Butch — The Tank
Who was the butch who took Georgia O’Keeffe camping, was an intimate friend for nine years, designed and built the internationally renowned house in Abiquiu—and did it all for love?
thetanknyc.org
February 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Georgia and the Butch. An important play about two incredible women and the relationship that fueled an art and built an iconic house. thetanknyc.org/calendar-1/2...
Just added 2 more books (April, May) to Guerrilla Readers, a reading group for people who want to understand how and why we got where we are today—and maybe (not guaranteed) figure out where we’re going. Idea-driven books by unflinching writers for intrepid readers. If that's you, please join us.
About Guerrilla Readers
Reading from the Margins in 2025
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February 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Just added 2 more books (April, May) to Guerrilla Readers, a reading group for people who want to understand how and why we got where we are today—and maybe (not guaranteed) figure out where we’re going. Idea-driven books by unflinching writers for intrepid readers. If that's you, please join us.
Georgia and the Butch. An important play about two incredible women and the relationship that fueled an art and built an iconic house. thetanknyc.org/calendar-1/2...
Georgia and the Butch — The Tank
Who was the butch who took Georgia O’Keeffe camping, was an intimate friend for nine years, designed and built the internationally renowned house in Abiquiu—and did it all for love?
thetanknyc.org
February 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Georgia and the Butch. An important play about two incredible women and the relationship that fueled an art and built an iconic house. thetanknyc.org/calendar-1/2...
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Could someone place an order for 100 more Jasmine Crocketts for overnight delivery to the Democratic Party
thx in advance
thx in advance
Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"
February 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Could someone place an order for 100 more Jasmine Crocketts for overnight delivery to the Democratic Party
thx in advance
thx in advance
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About Guerrilla Readers
A reading group for people who want to understand how and why we got where we are today—and maybe (not guaranteed) figure out where we’re going. Idea-driven books for intrepid readers by unflinching writers.
A reading group for people who want to understand how and why we got where we are today—and maybe (not guaranteed) figure out where we’re going. Idea-driven books for intrepid readers by unflinching writers.
About Guerrilla Readers
Reading from the Margins in 2025
open.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
About Guerrilla Readers
A reading group for people who want to understand how and why we got where we are today—and maybe (not guaranteed) figure out where we’re going. Idea-driven books for intrepid readers by unflinching writers.
A reading group for people who want to understand how and why we got where we are today—and maybe (not guaranteed) figure out where we’re going. Idea-driven books for intrepid readers by unflinching writers.
About Guerrilla Readers
A reading group for people who want to understand how and why we got where we are today—and maybe (not guaranteed) figure out where we’re going. Idea-driven books for intrepid readers by unflinching writers.
A reading group for people who want to understand how and why we got where we are today—and maybe (not guaranteed) figure out where we’re going. Idea-driven books for intrepid readers by unflinching writers.
About Guerrilla Readers
Reading from the Margins in 2025
open.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
About Guerrilla Readers
A reading group for people who want to understand how and why we got where we are today—and maybe (not guaranteed) figure out where we’re going. Idea-driven books for intrepid readers by unflinching writers.
A reading group for people who want to understand how and why we got where we are today—and maybe (not guaranteed) figure out where we’re going. Idea-driven books for intrepid readers by unflinching writers.