That old America is gone

March 11, 2025March 10, 2025 ~ susie

We’ve already reached the point where the U.S. is actively insisting that a dictator who invaded a peaceful neighbor be rewarded for resorting to violence.
— Julian Sanchez (@normative.bsky.social) 2025-03-10T20:56:53.992Z

Oh sure, that’s normal

February 28, 2025February 27, 2025 ~ susie ~ 3 Comments

#ProudBlueNot to ruin your day, but anytime you hear the names Erik Prince, Blackwater, and Gestapo, I tend to tense up because I know the news isn’t goodPlease see the information contained in this link below 👇This changes nothing – Let's work harderyoutu.be/8DfNCRlbwok
— Maggie (@sbh08mae.bsky.social) 2025-02-27T12:56:03.238Z

Opportunistic piece of shit

February 19, 2025February 18, 2025 ~ susie

I guess now he skips the Bible verses about feeding the poor?

MARCO RUBIO IN 2017: "Foreign Aid is not charity. We must make sure it is well spent, but it is less than 1% of budget & critical to our national security.”MARCO RUBIO IN 2025: "USAID is a global charity."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-02-18T17:31:24.047Z

Here we go

February 18, 2025February 17, 2025 ~ susie

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has launched an investigation into a San Francisco radio station after it broadcasted details about ICE activity in San Jose, a development that has sounded the alarm for press freedom advocates.
— Truthout (@truthout.org) 2025-02-10T18:10:22.141Z

Gotta click on it to see it

February 17, 2025February 16, 2025 ~ susie

Following in authoritarian footsteps

February 17, 2025February 16, 2025 ~ susie

Vance is much more dangerous than Trump.

JD Vance's speech in Munich sounds like it was literally written by the Kremlin
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-02-14T14:51:02.831Z

Betch they will

February 17, 2025February 16, 2025 ~ susie

I don't see any good reason why college & university presidents shouldn't respond to this with an emphatic and unified "absolutely not."At the very least, the presidents of rich privates should not comply, and should be loud about it. There's no scenario where complying here reduces risk later.
— Daniel Laurison (@daniellaurison.bsky.social) 2025-02-16T15:43:18.453Z

Yup

February 17, 2025February 16, 2025 ~ susie

Utter failure to grasp what we are facing www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u…1. People lack the framework to recognize an attempt to overthrow the constitutional order2. The lack of elites *acting* like point 1 is true makes it illegible. Without Ds behaving as if it's a crisis, it's not a crisis.
— Brendan Nyhan (@brendannyhan.bsky.social) 2025-02-15T22:48:26.708Z

Uh huh

February 17, 2025February 15, 2025 ~ susie

USAID Dismantler Peter Marocco Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy www.propublica.org/article/usai…Christians? These people are anything but Christian!
— Must love 🐶 (@rojorurba002.bsky.social) 2025-02-16T02:25:13.119Z

Oy

February 14, 2025February 14, 2025 ~ susie

I’m old enough to remember when this would have been an actual scandal. But we don’t have norms anymore, so…

How long before some Stormfront shitposter is made Deputy Secretary of Defensewww.washingtonpost.com/national-sec…
— Paul Waldman (@paulwaldman.bsky.social) 2025-02-14T13:34:50.637Z