Susan Caulfield
@susanc1906.bsky.social
Retired reference librarian, not related to Holden. In libris libertas
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Susan Caulfield
@susanc1906.bsky.social
· Feb 13
"The layers of intellectual confusion here are hard to parse..." --WSJ Editorial
Trump on any subject, every day.
Trump on any subject, every day.
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
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A US Drug Enforcement Administration agent said the DEA made “high-level arrests” of 171 Sinaloa Cartel members across New England in August.
A Globe investigation found that many of the DEA’s targets were addicts, low-level dealers, shoplifters, and homeless people.
A Globe investigation found that many of the DEA’s targets were addicts, low-level dealers, shoplifters, and homeless people.
The DEA said they arrested 171 ‘high ranking’ Sinaloa Cartel members. A Spotlight investigation found that’s not true. - The Boston Globe
A Globe investigation found that the federal agency misrepresented the stature of its targets, claiming cartel ties at a time when the Trump administration is taking lethal military action against such groups.
trib.al
October 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A US Drug Enforcement Administration agent said the DEA made “high-level arrests” of 171 Sinaloa Cartel members across New England in August.
A Globe investigation found that many of the DEA’s targets were addicts, low-level dealers, shoplifters, and homeless people.
A Globe investigation found that many of the DEA’s targets were addicts, low-level dealers, shoplifters, and homeless people.
In case the press sanewashes this insane #Trump speech, let the record show that he is currently rambling to our military leaders about the autopen and the "big beautiful firm paper" he uses. "I love my signature," he adds.
September 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
In case the press sanewashes this insane #Trump speech, let the record show that he is currently rambling to our military leaders about the autopen and the "big beautiful firm paper" he uses. "I love my signature," he adds.
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The Third Reich didn't last 1,000 years.
Pinochet was ousted with a referendum.
And the US isn't exactly dealing with the smartest, most competent fascists.
Those of you insisting that 2025 is forever need to read a book, touch grass, go to therapy, anything other than trying to make others quit.
Pinochet was ousted with a referendum.
And the US isn't exactly dealing with the smartest, most competent fascists.
Those of you insisting that 2025 is forever need to read a book, touch grass, go to therapy, anything other than trying to make others quit.
September 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Third Reich didn't last 1,000 years.
Pinochet was ousted with a referendum.
And the US isn't exactly dealing with the smartest, most competent fascists.
Those of you insisting that 2025 is forever need to read a book, touch grass, go to therapy, anything other than trying to make others quit.
Pinochet was ousted with a referendum.
And the US isn't exactly dealing with the smartest, most competent fascists.
Those of you insisting that 2025 is forever need to read a book, touch grass, go to therapy, anything other than trying to make others quit.
Jannik Sinner showing Trump how to be a gracious loser and congratulate your opponent for his success.
#usopen #janniksinner
#usopen #janniksinner
September 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Jannik Sinner showing Trump how to be a gracious loser and congratulate your opponent for his success.
#usopen #janniksinner
#usopen #janniksinner
I'm so glad that Elizabeth Warren is my Senator. Thank you @warren.senate.gov!
ELIZABETH WARREN: What Zohran is saying is 'I want people to be able to afford to live in NYC'
FABER: But raising taxes in order to do it?
WARREN: Oh my goodness! Oh dear! Are you worried that billionaires are going to go hungry?
FABER: But raising taxes in order to do it?
WARREN: Oh my goodness! Oh dear! Are you worried that billionaires are going to go hungry?
August 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I'm so glad that Elizabeth Warren is my Senator. Thank you @warren.senate.gov!
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Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
July 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
Happy Fourth of July! Read the Declaration of Independence. No Kings!
Rep. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, during his nearly-six-hour-long speech on the House floor (which is still going) opposing Trump's Medicaid-cutting-deficit-busting-billionaires-enriching tax-and-spending mega-bill, just suggested people should read the grievances. Well, we did that for you.
NEW: In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson listed 27 grievances to prove that King George III was a tyrant. We looked at how many of those now apply to Donald Trump. Have a good Fourth of July and pass this on.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
July 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Happy Fourth of July! Read the Declaration of Independence. No Kings!
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I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
July 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
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I asked ICE where the “413% increase in assaults” justification for its officers using masks came from. They didn’t answer. So I dug into it, and what I found … did not boost their argument.
Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch
Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch
Opinion | Parsing ICE’s mixed-up, hard-to-believe assault claims
ICE officials keep touting a 413 percent increase in assaults on officers to justify officers masking their identities.
wapo.st
June 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I asked ICE where the “413% increase in assaults” justification for its officers using masks came from. They didn’t answer. So I dug into it, and what I found … did not boost their argument.
Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch
Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch
@jtkantor.bsky.social
Tim and I are here tonight. Happy Pride! If you haven't already played it, could you play Burt Bacharach, What the World Needs Now is Love?
Tim and I are here tonight. Happy Pride! If you haven't already played it, could you play Burt Bacharach, What the World Needs Now is Love?
June 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
@jtkantor.bsky.social
Tim and I are here tonight. Happy Pride! If you haven't already played it, could you play Burt Bacharach, What the World Needs Now is Love?
Tim and I are here tonight. Happy Pride! If you haven't already played it, could you play Burt Bacharach, What the World Needs Now is Love?
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900% increase in ICE budget proposal from the GOP. Going from $9 billion to $90 billion.
$45 BILLION for detention facilities alone.
But they’re cutting school lunches.
$45 BILLION for detention facilities alone.
But they’re cutting school lunches.
April 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
900% increase in ICE budget proposal from the GOP. Going from $9 billion to $90 billion.
$45 BILLION for detention facilities alone.
But they’re cutting school lunches.
$45 BILLION for detention facilities alone.
But they’re cutting school lunches.
@jtkantor.bsky.social Tim and I were here early today--great opening numbers, especially Runaround Sue! 🏃♀️
April 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
@jtkantor.bsky.social Tim and I were here early today--great opening numbers, especially Runaround Sue! 🏃♀️
@jtkantor.bsky.social First game this year for Rep. Horrigan and me! If you haven't already played it, how about "Revolution" by Los Beetlemen? Seems timely.
April 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
@jtkantor.bsky.social First game this year for Rep. Horrigan and me! If you haven't already played it, how about "Revolution" by Los Beetlemen? Seems timely.
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Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants.
History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
🧵
March 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants.
History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
🧵
History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
🧵
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They called him Sleepy Joe because we could sleep at night.
March 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
They called him Sleepy Joe because we could sleep at night.
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Only in America could a Ketamine-infused South African oligarch call a navy captain, astronaut and sitting US senator "a traitor" for supporting our allies and standing up to Russia...
March 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Only in America could a Ketamine-infused South African oligarch call a navy captain, astronaut and sitting US senator "a traitor" for supporting our allies and standing up to Russia...
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My senator, Roger Wicker of Mississippi deleted his tweet from this morning supporting President Zelenskyy.
February 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
My senator, Roger Wicker of Mississippi deleted his tweet from this morning supporting President Zelenskyy.
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All we need for peace in Ukraine is for Russian soldiers to return to Russia.
February 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
All we need for peace in Ukraine is for Russian soldiers to return to Russia.
Republican budget horror:
So House Republicans voted on a budget tonight that would cut ~$800B+ from Medicaid. Among other things, but it’s important to understand how much that will hurt every single one of us. (Spoiler: they know all of this - but they hate you.)
February 26, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Republican budget horror:
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Crockett: "If feels as if y'all have just decided that y'all are gonna castrate your constitutional duty & hand it over to someone who was unelected. It doesn't matter how many cheerleaders he had on the field campaigning for him. That doesn't mean he gets to go in and sit atop any of our agencies"
February 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Crockett: "If feels as if y'all have just decided that y'all are gonna castrate your constitutional duty & hand it over to someone who was unelected. It doesn't matter how many cheerleaders he had on the field campaigning for him. That doesn't mean he gets to go in and sit atop any of our agencies"
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If only we had a body, one with democratic legitimacy and powers conferred by a Constitution, that had the authority to overrule a president who seeks to impose arbitrary tariffs and deport people who fled here to escape oppression.
It could be called the Congress of the United States.
It could be called the Congress of the United States.
oppression.in
February 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
If only we had a body, one with democratic legitimacy and powers conferred by a Constitution, that had the authority to overrule a president who seeks to impose arbitrary tariffs and deport people who fled here to escape oppression.
It could be called the Congress of the United States.
It could be called the Congress of the United States.
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Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
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So when all was said and done, the only country that opened it's prisons and sent crazy murderous criminals to prey upon innocent American citizens, was us.
January 22, 2025 at 7:25 AM
So when all was said and done, the only country that opened it's prisons and sent crazy murderous criminals to prey upon innocent American citizens, was us.
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Happy MLK Jr. Day, my friends. In 1968, Dr. King spoke the following words, which are equally true today:
"The nation is sick. Trouble is in the land; confusion all around.... But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars."
We must find & feed the points of light.
"The nation is sick. Trouble is in the land; confusion all around.... But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars."
We must find & feed the points of light.
January 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Happy MLK Jr. Day, my friends. In 1968, Dr. King spoke the following words, which are equally true today:
"The nation is sick. Trouble is in the land; confusion all around.... But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars."
We must find & feed the points of light.
"The nation is sick. Trouble is in the land; confusion all around.... But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars."
We must find & feed the points of light.