auldtwa
@auldtwa.bsky.social
aka susan L... on FB and Substack. Retired lawyer, also taught English at both high school and university. Hopeful there is a way around trump. Scared for Ukraine and Palestinians and my grandkids.
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This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
October 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
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If Congress shuts down and stops working, how will we be able to tell?
September 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If Congress shuts down and stops working, how will we be able to tell?
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If you must lower the American flag, do it over the murder of free speech, not a fascist.
September 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If you must lower the American flag, do it over the murder of free speech, not a fascist.
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It’s giving “makes law abridging the freedom of the press”
NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It’s giving “makes law abridging the freedom of the press”
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I just sent myself an angry email demanding I be fired from writing my posts for writing my posts
September 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I just sent myself an angry email demanding I be fired from writing my posts for writing my posts
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“White man fight back” is a natural reaction to a white man getting shot by another white man in the whitest state in the union.
In Huntington Beach, California: a neo-Nazi rally has erupted in honor of Charlie Kirk's death They're chanting "white man, fight back"
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
“White man fight back” is a natural reaction to a white man getting shot by another white man in the whitest state in the union.
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This is the story of the government's unlawful effort to deport migrant children under the cover of night during a holiday weekend.
It’s also the story of how district court judges are watching each other grapple with the administration—and adapting in response: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
It’s also the story of how district court judges are watching each other grapple with the administration—and adapting in response: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
September 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is the story of the government's unlawful effort to deport migrant children under the cover of night during a holiday weekend.
It’s also the story of how district court judges are watching each other grapple with the administration—and adapting in response: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
It’s also the story of how district court judges are watching each other grapple with the administration—and adapting in response: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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Now: Union Station in Washington, D.C.
August 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Now: Union Station in Washington, D.C.
perfect
just saw a group of masked men stuffing masked ICE agents into an unmarked car, who were saying "we're ICE we're ICE!" but the abductors shouted to the crowd "no we're ICE!" no one knew who was ICE, so no one in the crowd said anything.
June 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
perfect
why does my entire feed tell me I REALLY don't want to check the news after my nap....
June 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
why does my entire feed tell me I REALLY don't want to check the news after my nap....
Everyone with access to the NYT needs to send this to its tipline: "There were some sizeable protests Saturday. You don't seem to have noticed. "
June 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Everyone with access to the NYT needs to send this to its tipline: "There were some sizeable protests Saturday. You don't seem to have noticed. "
It's too bad Noem didn't have her security forces with her when she encountered her dog. It might have lived. At least she didn't shoot Padilla.
June 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
It's too bad Noem didn't have her security forces with her when she encountered her dog. It might have lived. At least she didn't shoot Padilla.
Right. Waiting at a stoplight gets you tear gassed. I hope his girl friend is OK.
Shameful. This guy is so earnest and patient in describing what happened—something truly un-American. I hope his girlfriend and the family behind them are okay.
ICE crossed a line in LA
June 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Right. Waiting at a stoplight gets you tear gassed. I hope his girl friend is OK.
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"This is what we were voting for!"
From a friend in academia:
>>I was with a public health professor from [major university] last weekend and he said that NIH is now euthanizing whole cohorts of animals from animal studies because there is nobody around to feed them<<
Great work.
From a friend in academia:
>>I was with a public health professor from [major university] last weekend and he said that NIH is now euthanizing whole cohorts of animals from animal studies because there is nobody around to feed them<<
Great work.
May 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"This is what we were voting for!"
From a friend in academia:
>>I was with a public health professor from [major university] last weekend and he said that NIH is now euthanizing whole cohorts of animals from animal studies because there is nobody around to feed them<<
Great work.
From a friend in academia:
>>I was with a public health professor from [major university] last weekend and he said that NIH is now euthanizing whole cohorts of animals from animal studies because there is nobody around to feed them<<
Great work.
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Seems to me that if there’s a senile guy doing nothing in particular the usual way and a senile guy setting everything on fire, the fire guy is the one who should be the focus of media inquiry
May 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Seems to me that if there’s a senile guy doing nothing in particular the usual way and a senile guy setting everything on fire, the fire guy is the one who should be the focus of media inquiry
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from another bsky account stolen
April 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
from another bsky account stolen
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I have some breaking news: a list of all the countries with which the Trump administration has failed to make a tariff deal.
April 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I have some breaking news: a list of all the countries with which the Trump administration has failed to make a tariff deal.
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Vance's Easter visit to Rome clogged its streets with a 40-vehicle entourage. He also demanded the Coliseum be closed so he and his family could tour it alone. Tourists who properly booked slots in advance got screwed.
He's apparently the first to make that demand. Then he didn't bother to show up.
He's apparently the first to make that demand. Then he didn't bother to show up.
JD Vance and his forty 4x4s visit the Vatican during trip to Rome
The US vice-president, a self-styled ‘baby Catholic’ who was baptised in 2019, and his family met senior officials from the Catholic Church
www.thetimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Vance's Easter visit to Rome clogged its streets with a 40-vehicle entourage. He also demanded the Coliseum be closed so he and his family could tour it alone. Tourists who properly booked slots in advance got screwed.
He's apparently the first to make that demand. Then he didn't bother to show up.
He's apparently the first to make that demand. Then he didn't bother to show up.
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In case you hadn't noticed:
April 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In case you hadn't noticed:
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CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs www.cbsnews.com/news/milwauk...
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
The CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.
www.cbsnews.com
April 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs www.cbsnews.com/news/milwauk...
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Seriously? Because we were told they were going to deport violent criminals.
April 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Seriously? Because we were told they were going to deport violent criminals.
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I just want to reiterate that the White House Press Secretary — predictably but notably — lied through her teeth about this when asked.
April 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I just want to reiterate that the White House Press Secretary — predictably but notably — lied through her teeth about this when asked.