Suzanne McCain
@mccainsuzanne.bsky.social
Democrat. Battling Lupus for 25 years. I'm autistic and so is my son. Animal lover. In Houston. Everyone is loved and safe in my feed. Help with medication and other expenses is greatly appreciated: paypal.me/McCainSuzanne NO DMs
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NEW: The recent government shutdown, with families skipping meals and babies unfed, could have been a preview of what’s to come when Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill shifts billions in costs for the SNAP program to states that may not be able to afford them.
How State Tax Cuts Could Lead to a SNAP Crisis
President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states. But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, they may not have the money to continue the programs.
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The recent government shutdown, with families skipping meals and babies unfed, could have been a preview of what’s to come when Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill shifts billions in costs for the SNAP program to states that may not be able to afford them.
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President Trump
if Europe keeps going the way it's going, in my opinion, many of those countries will not be viable countries any longer.
if Europe keeps going the way it's going, in my opinion, many of those countries will not be viable countries any longer.
December 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
President Trump
if Europe keeps going the way it's going, in my opinion, many of those countries will not be viable countries any longer.
if Europe keeps going the way it's going, in my opinion, many of those countries will not be viable countries any longer.
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www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Almost zero carbon by 2030! They kind of buried the lede.
Almost zero carbon by 2030! They kind of buried the lede.
‘Zombie’ electricity projects in Britain face axe to ease quicker grid connections
Backlog delaying ‘shovel-ready’ ventures will be cleared with aim of building virtually zero-carbon power system by 2030
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Almost zero carbon by 2030! They kind of buried the lede.
Almost zero carbon by 2030! They kind of buried the lede.
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Caving to a bully invites more bullying, not respect.
December 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Caving to a bully invites more bullying, not respect.
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🚨Across two presidencies, Trump has granted about 100 drug-related clemencies, including second-term relief for prosecutors’ major traffickers, as U.S. deadly strikes on boats near Venezuela killed some 87 suspected smugglers.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trump-free...
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Trump Frees Convicted Drug Traffickers as U.S. Strikes Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers
Post tally: Trump has granted about 100 drug clemencies across two terms as U.S. boat strikes near Venezuela have killed at least 87 suspected smugglers.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🚨Across two presidencies, Trump has granted about 100 drug-related clemencies, including second-term relief for prosecutors’ major traffickers, as U.S. deadly strikes on boats near Venezuela killed some 87 suspected smugglers.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trump-free...
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Trump:
Well, I think he'd like to see a weak Europe.
To be honest with you, he's getting that. That has nothing to do with me.
I have no vision for Europe. All I want to see is a strong Europe.
Well, I think he'd like to see a weak Europe.
To be honest with you, he's getting that. That has nothing to do with me.
I have no vision for Europe. All I want to see is a strong Europe.
December 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Trump:
Well, I think he'd like to see a weak Europe.
To be honest with you, he's getting that. That has nothing to do with me.
I have no vision for Europe. All I want to see is a strong Europe.
Well, I think he'd like to see a weak Europe.
To be honest with you, he's getting that. That has nothing to do with me.
I have no vision for Europe. All I want to see is a strong Europe.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Along with brokering deals for Putin and taking over Gaza, Jared and his Saudi Partners have also been busy working on Paramount's hostel bid to take over Warner Bros... I wonder which way the deal will go with Daddy-in-Law at the helm🤔
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Along with brokering deals for Putin and taking over Gaza, Jared and his Saudi Partners have also been busy working on Paramount's hostel bid to take over Warner Bros... I wonder which way the deal will go with Daddy-in-Law at the helm🤔
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
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The next Democratic administration should expand the court.
There’s no other way to redeem SCOTUS at this point.
There’s no other way to redeem SCOTUS at this point.
December 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The next Democratic administration should expand the court.
There’s no other way to redeem SCOTUS at this point.
There’s no other way to redeem SCOTUS at this point.
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Millions of women have experienced sexual violence from acquaintances, classmates, or colleagues, to strangers.
Stigma, shame, and fear keep many silent. But abuse is never the survivor’s shame.
🗣️ Believe and support survivors
⚖️ Hold perpetrators accountable
✅ Every sexual act requires consent
Stigma, shame, and fear keep many silent. But abuse is never the survivor’s shame.
🗣️ Believe and support survivors
⚖️ Hold perpetrators accountable
✅ Every sexual act requires consent
December 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Millions of women have experienced sexual violence from acquaintances, classmates, or colleagues, to strangers.
Stigma, shame, and fear keep many silent. But abuse is never the survivor’s shame.
🗣️ Believe and support survivors
⚖️ Hold perpetrators accountable
✅ Every sexual act requires consent
Stigma, shame, and fear keep many silent. But abuse is never the survivor’s shame.
🗣️ Believe and support survivors
⚖️ Hold perpetrators accountable
✅ Every sexual act requires consent
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Breaking down Indiana’s redistricting fight: Where does it stand, and are these tactics even legal?
Election law scholar Luis Fuentes-Rohwer answers these questions and forecasts the future of gerrymandering in our latest Q&A👇
Election law scholar Luis Fuentes-Rohwer answers these questions and forecasts the future of gerrymandering in our latest Q&A👇
Indiana’s GOP Shows Us the Future of Gerrymandering — And It’s Grim: A Conversation With Election Law Expert Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Breaking down Indiana’s redistricting fight: Where does it stand, and are these tactics even legal?
Election law scholar Luis Fuentes-Rohwer answers these questions and forecasts the future of gerrymandering in our latest Q&A👇
Election law scholar Luis Fuentes-Rohwer answers these questions and forecasts the future of gerrymandering in our latest Q&A👇
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These are the people in charge of Pandemics, Vaccines, Cancer, Meds... and Planes, Trains & Automobiles 😳🚗
✈️ 😷 💊💉
✈️ 😷 💊💉
Wild that the Secretary of Transportation is out here pretending pull-ups are policy while the rest of us are just trying to make sure bridges don’t collapse and planes don’t fall out of the sky.
December 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
These are the people in charge of Pandemics, Vaccines, Cancer, Meds... and Planes, Trains & Automobiles 😳🚗
✈️ 😷 💊💉
✈️ 😷 💊💉
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NEW: Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay.
But ProPublica found at least five across the country filing lawsuits and garnishing paychecks to collect unpaid bills.
But ProPublica found at least five across the country filing lawsuits and garnishing paychecks to collect unpaid bills.
These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.
Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay. But ProPublica found at least five across the country garnishing patients’ paychecks to collect unpaid bills.
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
NEW: Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay.
But ProPublica found at least five across the country filing lawsuits and garnishing paychecks to collect unpaid bills.
But ProPublica found at least five across the country filing lawsuits and garnishing paychecks to collect unpaid bills.
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The latest script: Prices are high? Must be “big business.”
Need a Trump-y twist? Make it “foreign businesses.”
It’s like political Mad Libs: just fill in the villain and skip the economics.
Add in the President's solution — a task force(!)— and you'll understand my fear nothing goo will happen.
Need a Trump-y twist? Make it “foreign businesses.”
It’s like political Mad Libs: just fill in the villain and skip the economics.
Add in the President's solution — a task force(!)— and you'll understand my fear nothing goo will happen.
December 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The latest script: Prices are high? Must be “big business.”
Need a Trump-y twist? Make it “foreign businesses.”
It’s like political Mad Libs: just fill in the villain and skip the economics.
Add in the President's solution — a task force(!)— and you'll understand my fear nothing goo will happen.
Need a Trump-y twist? Make it “foreign businesses.”
It’s like political Mad Libs: just fill in the villain and skip the economics.
Add in the President's solution — a task force(!)— and you'll understand my fear nothing goo will happen.
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Trump has pardoned or granted clemency to at least 10 people for drug-related crimes this year alone, and nearly 90 others during his first term.
December 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Trump has pardoned or granted clemency to at least 10 people for drug-related crimes this year alone, and nearly 90 others during his first term.
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TRUMP: THE DRUG TRAFFICKER’S FRIEND
Why is he blowing up boats with low-level drug runners,
and letting the kingpins go free?
Despite his anti-drug rhetoric, Donald Trump has issued more pardons to drug dealers than any president in history.
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Why is he blowing up boats with low-level drug runners,
and letting the kingpins go free?
Despite his anti-drug rhetoric, Donald Trump has issued more pardons to drug dealers than any president in history.
1/2
December 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
TRUMP: THE DRUG TRAFFICKER’S FRIEND
Why is he blowing up boats with low-level drug runners,
and letting the kingpins go free?
Despite his anti-drug rhetoric, Donald Trump has issued more pardons to drug dealers than any president in history.
1/2
Why is he blowing up boats with low-level drug runners,
and letting the kingpins go free?
Despite his anti-drug rhetoric, Donald Trump has issued more pardons to drug dealers than any president in history.
1/2
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When given a choice between the oligarch class (like chip makers who want to sell to China) & the long-term security of the US & national interest as a whole, Trump ALWAYS chooses oligarchs because everything he does as president is for them. If only his supporters could see it.
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
When given a choice between the oligarch class (like chip makers who want to sell to China) & the long-term security of the US & national interest as a whole, Trump ALWAYS chooses oligarchs because everything he does as president is for them. If only his supporters could see it.
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Leavitt dodges a question about if Trump will release the video of the second strike against a disabled boat that killed two survivors of the first one
December 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Leavitt dodges a question about if Trump will release the video of the second strike against a disabled boat that killed two survivors of the first one
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The reason we don’t sell H200, and other advanced chips to China is that they have dual-use (military and civilian) capability.
These will help China improve their AI, surveillance, and cyber espionage capability.
The export controls existed strictly for NatSec purposes.
These will help China improve their AI, surveillance, and cyber espionage capability.
The export controls existed strictly for NatSec purposes.
December 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The reason we don’t sell H200, and other advanced chips to China is that they have dual-use (military and civilian) capability.
These will help China improve their AI, surveillance, and cyber espionage capability.
The export controls existed strictly for NatSec purposes.
These will help China improve their AI, surveillance, and cyber espionage capability.
The export controls existed strictly for NatSec purposes.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take a case that could require mail ballots to arrive by the close of polls on Election Day.
via @stateline.org
via @stateline.org
Voting by mail faces uncertain moment ahead of midterm elections
Derrin Robinson has worked in Oregon elections for more than 30 years, long enough to remember when voters in the state cast their ballots at physical polling sites instead of by mail.As the…
www.newsfromthestates.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take a case that could require mail ballots to arrive by the close of polls on Election Day.
via @stateline.org
via @stateline.org
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On live TV, President Donald Trump repeatedly shut his eyes during a Dec. 2 Cabinet meeting, with The Washington Post counting nine eye-closure episodes totaling nearly six minutes over about 75 minutes.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
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December 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
On live TV, President Donald Trump repeatedly shut his eyes during a Dec. 2 Cabinet meeting, with The Washington Post counting nine eye-closure episodes totaling nearly six minutes over about 75 minutes.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...