Susan Barnes
@susrbarnes.bsky.social
Educational historian, liberal democracy super fan, righteously angry Texan, baseball junkie, Astros apologist, Nittany Lion, Aggie
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We are in a bizarre moment of diplomatic history. The purported "peace plan" that appeared a few days ago beings in Russian unreality and American weakness. Demanding everything of Ukraine and nothing of Russia, its purpose is imperialism and profiteering.
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Russian Unreality and American Weakness
Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history
snyder.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We are in a bizarre moment of diplomatic history. The purported "peace plan" that appeared a few days ago beings in Russian unreality and American weakness. Demanding everything of Ukraine and nothing of Russia, its purpose is imperialism and profiteering.
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Restrictions on weapons and the army should be imposed on the aggressor.
The aggressor is Russia.
The attacker is Russia.
The one posing a danger is Russia.
The aggressor is Russia.
The attacker is Russia.
The one posing a danger is Russia.
To me, the current situation is very similar to February 2025: pressure, rigid deadlines, ultimatums for Ukraine as a "plan to end the war."
If we look at the 28 point plan that appeared in the media as a whole, it shows very clearly who's paying and who's collecting dividends.
If we look at the 28 point plan that appeared in the media as a whole, it shows very clearly who's paying and who's collecting dividends.
November 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Restrictions on weapons and the army should be imposed on the aggressor.
The aggressor is Russia.
The attacker is Russia.
The one posing a danger is Russia.
The aggressor is Russia.
The attacker is Russia.
The one posing a danger is Russia.
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I’d love to hear a Trumpist explain to me why Donald Trump tried to force Ukraine to sign a plan that wasn’t his
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I’d love to hear a Trumpist explain to me why Donald Trump tried to force Ukraine to sign a plan that wasn’t his
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Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?
Predictable and shameful. Alito should be remembered as nothing by a mean, partisan hack who was better suited as a talking head on Fox.
BREAKING: Justice Alito grants an administrative stay of the Texas redistricting decision below, while ordering the response due by Monday.
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Predictable and shameful. Alito should be remembered as nothing by a mean, partisan hack who was better suited as a talking head on Fox.
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Dear Rest of the World Leaders,
You don’t have to respond to everything Mr Trump says, much less immediately or according to his arbitrary timetables.
A little temporary deafness can work wonders sometimes
#strategy101
You don’t have to respond to everything Mr Trump says, much less immediately or according to his arbitrary timetables.
A little temporary deafness can work wonders sometimes
#strategy101
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Dear Rest of the World Leaders,
You don’t have to respond to everything Mr Trump says, much less immediately or according to his arbitrary timetables.
A little temporary deafness can work wonders sometimes
#strategy101
You don’t have to respond to everything Mr Trump says, much less immediately or according to his arbitrary timetables.
A little temporary deafness can work wonders sometimes
#strategy101
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Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
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I wonder who could be behind all of this......
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I wonder who could be behind all of this......
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”I just don't understand this world anymore.”
• Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social •
International Center for Ukrainian Victory | ICUV
Anti-corruption Action Center (AntAC)
#DemocracyDefender 🇺🇦
7/7🧵
• Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social •
International Center for Ukrainian Victory | ICUV
Anti-corruption Action Center (AntAC)
#DemocracyDefender 🇺🇦
7/7🧵
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
”I just don't understand this world anymore.”
• Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social •
International Center for Ukrainian Victory | ICUV
Anti-corruption Action Center (AntAC)
#DemocracyDefender 🇺🇦
7/7🧵
• Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social •
International Center for Ukrainian Victory | ICUV
Anti-corruption Action Center (AntAC)
#DemocracyDefender 🇺🇦
7/7🧵
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Will say it one more time: Student-run college papers really are leading the way right now.
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Will say it one more time: Student-run college papers really are leading the way right now.
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This. This all day.
Donald Trump could have just kept his mouth shut about Jamal Khashoggi.
But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile.
Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open.
Cretin behavior.
But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile.
Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open.
Cretin behavior.
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This. This all day.
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This is frankly magnificent.
The piece i've been waiting for.
The piece i've been waiting for.
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is frankly magnificent.
The piece i've been waiting for.
The piece i've been waiting for.
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You know what media is NOT bending the knee in the Trump era? College journalists! The Harvard Crimson's brutal takedown of the lecherous ex-prez Larry Summers is just the latest example of students showing a failing 'grown-up' media how it's done
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
College journalism exposes the rot of ‘grown-ups’ | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus a history lesson on the real ‘Charlotte’s Web,’ and fascism,
www.inquirer.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
You know what media is NOT bending the knee in the Trump era? College journalists! The Harvard Crimson's brutal takedown of the lecherous ex-prez Larry Summers is just the latest example of students showing a failing 'grown-up' media how it's done
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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This is Dino. He is not just "going through a dinosaur phase." Obviously, it is a lifestyle. 12/10 (IG: dinoandluka)
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is Dino. He is not just "going through a dinosaur phase." Obviously, it is a lifestyle. 12/10 (IG: dinoandluka)
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Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
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Wow. That was fast. I'm actually impressed.
Statement from the Texas Department of Public Safety:
"The DPS Trooper involved has been sent home from the game. DPS’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) is also aware of the incident and will be further looking into the matter."
Story on the Nyck Harbor incident: www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
"The DPS Trooper involved has been sent home from the game. DPS’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) is also aware of the incident and will be further looking into the matter."
Story on the Nyck Harbor incident: www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
November 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Wow. That was fast. I'm actually impressed.
Great piece by Tomlinson. Enraging stuff.
Gov. Greg Abbott is promising to destroy public schools by making it almost impossible for districts to raise taxes. He also said voters should have the power to reduce or eliminate school funding entirely. #txlege www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...
Tomlinson: Abbott promises to starve public schools of tax revenues
Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to cut property taxes will starve public schools while he sends state money to private schools.
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Great piece by Tomlinson. Enraging stuff.
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Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."
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People who make primary source documents easily accessible to the public are the best
Thank you @paulgp.com
Thank you @paulgp.com
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
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splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
People who make primary source documents easily accessible to the public are the best
Thank you @paulgp.com
Thank you @paulgp.com
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Media standards:
1) No Democratic scandal on par with Trump-Epstein, so it’d be biased and unfair to five it much attention.
2) Trump wouldn’t be shamed into resigning and his cult of personality wouldn’t abandon him, so Trump-Epstein wasn’t worth pursuing.
Way too many think that’s journalism.
1) No Democratic scandal on par with Trump-Epstein, so it’d be biased and unfair to five it much attention.
2) Trump wouldn’t be shamed into resigning and his cult of personality wouldn’t abandon him, so Trump-Epstein wasn’t worth pursuing.
Way too many think that’s journalism.
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Media standards:
1) No Democratic scandal on par with Trump-Epstein, so it’d be biased and unfair to five it much attention.
2) Trump wouldn’t be shamed into resigning and his cult of personality wouldn’t abandon him, so Trump-Epstein wasn’t worth pursuing.
Way too many think that’s journalism.
1) No Democratic scandal on par with Trump-Epstein, so it’d be biased and unfair to five it much attention.
2) Trump wouldn’t be shamed into resigning and his cult of personality wouldn’t abandon him, so Trump-Epstein wasn’t worth pursuing.
Way too many think that’s journalism.
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Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"
![From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Starr, Ken
8/22/2018 7:17:35 PM
jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com]
Re: Jed Rubenfeld
Importance: High
Wise counsel. The!
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 22, 2018, at 1:49 PM, jefirey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
I think scholarly but not too much so. no one above the law.. we began leaving a kingdom. . unlikely to give king like powers to a president. on one above the law.
I would like lunch pail joe to come away and
think, this guy is smart. I understood. lets see what he writes about the clintons. someone suggested that trump could shoot someone on fifth avenue and not lose a vote. that is true, but would make little sense for him not to suffer an immediate consequence. the allowed civil depo setting precedent for criminal process, is a lawyers outline I might think of dumbing it down, again, and suggesting that you can sue your neighbor, even if you neighbor is the president. makes little sense that the you can be indicted for assaulting him but he cannot if he assaults you.
low bar for civil higher bar for criminal. . at
some point on your book tour I might point out how disappointed you were that the clinton and betty curries' trashean story, was reopened. .
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 2:08 PM, jeffrey E. < jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
i vote yes as it makes you relevant to today rather than merely re- reciting an old tale. :) or tail?
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 12:07 PM, Starr, Ken < Can you talk? Impt.
WrOte:
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 17, 2018, at 9:18 AM, jeftrey E. -jeevacation@gmail.com› wrote:
tha
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:14 AM, Starr, Ken
wrote:
Good morning!
Jed teaches crim law at Yale. Outspokenly strong on the need for procedural fairness in campus adjudicatory proceedings. Relevant to your friend's unhappy situation? If so, happy to make the connection.
Hugs, Ken
Sent from my iPhone
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November 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"
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the biggest lesson from the emails today is that powerful people are so unafraid of consequences for crimes as bad as “raping children” that they will just talk about it openly in emails
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
the biggest lesson from the emails today is that powerful people are so unafraid of consequences for crimes as bad as “raping children” that they will just talk about it openly in emails
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
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BREAKING: Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) just signed the discharge petition to force a vote on making the DOJ release all of its Jeffrey Epstein files.
She was the 218th signature, which means the petition is now frozen and no member can remove their name.
She was the 218th signature, which means the petition is now frozen and no member can remove their name.
Discharge Petition No. 9, Bill Number: H.Res. 581, 119th Congress
SPONSOR: Thomas Massie DESCRIPTION: Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XV, I, Thomas Massie, move to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of the resolution entitled, a resolution providi...
clerk.house.gov
November 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
BREAKING: Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) just signed the discharge petition to force a vote on making the DOJ release all of its Jeffrey Epstein files.
She was the 218th signature, which means the petition is now frozen and no member can remove their name.
She was the 218th signature, which means the petition is now frozen and no member can remove their name.