Susan McAfee 🇺🇸 🏳️🌈 🌻 🇺🇦
@wimberleysusan.bsky.social
Paycheck POPULIST. For democracy policies that work for ALL the People of this country and the planet. Follower of Jesus's way (red-letter scriptures). Advocate for media policy that supports democracy. Framing fan. RWB. DU. Texan. Neighbor and ally.
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“By attempting to impose a single nationwide standard and threatening to punish providers who adhere to well-established, evidence-based care, HHS is unlawfully interfering in decisions that should be made by doctors and their patients,” said the NY AG's office.
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19 States Sue to Block White House Plan to End Gender-Related Care for Minors
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:01 AM
“By attempting to impose a single nationwide standard and threatening to punish providers who adhere to well-established, evidence-based care, HHS is unlawfully interfering in decisions that should be made by doctors and their patients,” said the NY AG's office.
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Ed Martin is the DOJ's "weaponization" director and Pardon Attorney, he is using the justice system to carry out Trump's revenge agenda. He's dangerously unqualified yet wields enormous power.
Please spread the word. Urge your reps to demand Martin's resignation.
youtu.be/wv0G98hE2zo?...
Please spread the word. Urge your reps to demand Martin's resignation.
youtu.be/wv0G98hE2zo?...
Ed Martin: One of America's most dangerous men
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
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December 23, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Ed Martin is the DOJ's "weaponization" director and Pardon Attorney, he is using the justice system to carry out Trump's revenge agenda. He's dangerously unqualified yet wields enormous power.
Please spread the word. Urge your reps to demand Martin's resignation.
youtu.be/wv0G98hE2zo?...
Please spread the word. Urge your reps to demand Martin's resignation.
youtu.be/wv0G98hE2zo?...
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Liz Oyer is a great example of an honorable public servant and lawyer. I worked on a state level with victims of criminal activities, and this list, along with the 1,600 pardoned J-6 defendants makes me sick to my stomach. Oh, the irony of Trump suing everyone in sight.
December 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Liz Oyer is a great example of an honorable public servant and lawyer. I worked on a state level with victims of criminal activities, and this list, along with the 1,600 pardoned J-6 defendants makes me sick to my stomach. Oh, the irony of Trump suing everyone in sight.
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🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
December 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
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The Trump Epstein Cover-up Is Already Failing
The Trump Administration's Cover-up of the Epstein Scandal Cover-up is falling apart, as Deputy AG Todd Blanche offers no plausible or believable explanations for redactions and lack of transparency.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The Trump Administration's Cover-up of the Epstein Scandal Cover-up is falling apart, as Deputy AG Todd Blanche offers no plausible or believable explanations for redactions and lack of transparency.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
December 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The Trump Epstein Cover-up Is Already Failing
The Trump Administration's Cover-up of the Epstein Scandal Cover-up is falling apart, as Deputy AG Todd Blanche offers no plausible or believable explanations for redactions and lack of transparency.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The Trump Administration's Cover-up of the Epstein Scandal Cover-up is falling apart, as Deputy AG Todd Blanche offers no plausible or believable explanations for redactions and lack of transparency.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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“If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient,” 60 Minutes Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi wrote.
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO."
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO."
December 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
“If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient,” 60 Minutes Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi wrote.
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO."
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO."
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When we can no longer rely on 60 Minutes to do the right thing, CBS News is dead, joining the Washington Post and the LA Times.
www.thedailybeast.com/60-minutes-s...
www.thedailybeast.com/60-minutes-s...
'60 Minutes' Suddenly Drops Segment on Major Trump Controversy
The show announced a programming change just before its Sunday night timeslot.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
When we can no longer rely on 60 Minutes to do the right thing, CBS News is dead, joining the Washington Post and the LA Times.
www.thedailybeast.com/60-minutes-s...
www.thedailybeast.com/60-minutes-s...
Trump Isn’t Building a Ballroom.
Or at least not merely a ballroom. He's building much, much more.
Well-researched – read the transcript for the sources.
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Or at least not merely a ballroom. He's building much, much more.
Well-researched – read the transcript for the sources.
open.substack.com/pub/thedreyd...
Trump Isn’t Building a Ballroom
When Trump announced a $300 million ballroom at the White House, something went off in my brain.
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December 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Trump Isn’t Building a Ballroom.
Or at least not merely a ballroom. He's building much, much more.
Well-researched – read the transcript for the sources.
open.substack.com/pub/thedreyd...
Or at least not merely a ballroom. He's building much, much more.
Well-researched – read the transcript for the sources.
open.substack.com/pub/thedreyd...
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I spent the morning at an ICE Detention Center and I don’t think I will ever be the same.
If you’d like to read it in full, I’ve put it in the comments below.
My Day at an ICE Detention Center: open.substack.com/pub/zachwlam...
If you’d like to read it in full, I’ve put it in the comments below.
My Day at an ICE Detention Center: open.substack.com/pub/zachwlam...
My Day at an ICE Detention Center
“Do not mistreat or oppress an immigrant." Exodus 22:21
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December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I spent the morning at an ICE Detention Center and I don’t think I will ever be the same.
If you’d like to read it in full, I’ve put it in the comments below.
My Day at an ICE Detention Center: open.substack.com/pub/zachwlam...
If you’d like to read it in full, I’ve put it in the comments below.
My Day at an ICE Detention Center: open.substack.com/pub/zachwlam...
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Trump is reducing America to rubble.
I've tried and failed a couple times to write a post explaining how serious this would be. NCAR is globally essential to our climate change response. This can't just be replaced. Every scientist in the world will be doing climate research with one hand tied behind their back for at least a decade
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
December 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Trump is reducing America to rubble.
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"…just think of what the streets and cities would look like right now if we never stood up like we did. Just as Putin taught, it was a blitz which gained territory. But just as the Ukrainian people taught, the American people pushed back.
Don’t give in."
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Don’t give in."
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Next time you question if protesting helps, just think of what the streets and cities would look like right now if we never stood up like we did. Just as Putin taught, it was a blitz which gained territory. But just as the Ukrainian people taught, the American people pushed back.
Don’t give in.
Don’t give in.
December 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
"…just think of what the streets and cities would look like right now if we never stood up like we did. Just as Putin taught, it was a blitz which gained territory. But just as the Ukrainian people taught, the American people pushed back.
Don’t give in."
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Don’t give in."
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Private prisons are plantations
🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
December 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Private prisons are plantations
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That brings the ratio to what? 4,000 children killed for every 1 Hamas member?
Yes, genocide eventually kills the people you want to kill, along with everybody else.
Yes, genocide eventually kills the people you want to kill, along with everybody else.
December 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
That brings the ratio to what? 4,000 children killed for every 1 Hamas member?
Yes, genocide eventually kills the people you want to kill, along with everybody else.
Yes, genocide eventually kills the people you want to kill, along with everybody else.
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Hundreds quarantined. There was a time before our collective PTSD that this would cause great alarm.
"The virus can lead to brain swelling, which can cause lasting damage, including blindness, deafness and intellectual disabilities..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...
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December 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Hundreds quarantined. There was a time before our collective PTSD that this would cause great alarm.
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I think it’s past time to return pepper spray with spray paint. Take away the ability to hide ICE’s hate from their family and friends. Kidnappers uniforms, vehicles, and visible skin gets marked for the world to see.
December 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I think it’s past time to return pepper spray with spray paint. Take away the ability to hide ICE’s hate from their family and friends. Kidnappers uniforms, vehicles, and visible skin gets marked for the world to see.
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Mike Johnson is a lickspittle who only serves Trump, but his devotion to uninsuring millions of Americans may tear the GOP caucus apart. Trump would be fine with them being renewed. Johnson wants to see the suffering.
12/16/25 ☀️ AM:
PRESENTED BY IN THIS EDITION House GOP’s health care week goes awry Is a Jan. 30 shutdown in the cards? The Vault: Tribal advocates push for prediction
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December 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Mike Johnson is a lickspittle who only serves Trump, but his devotion to uninsuring millions of Americans may tear the GOP caucus apart. Trump would be fine with them being renewed. Johnson wants to see the suffering.
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Someone wake Grover Norquist!
With no extension of enhanced tax credits, ACA enrollees are going to start the year with premium payments increasing by an average of 114%, or over $1,000 a year per person. Some will find a way to pay it, some have switched to higher deductibles, and some have dropped coverage.
December 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Someone wake Grover Norquist!
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"For five months, Epstein has remained at least a low-level burn undermining Trump’s ability to manage the public’s focus and his own policy goals. The Epstein thing was the first thing that led Republicans to defect, and now they’re defecting left and right."
December 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"For five months, Epstein has remained at least a low-level burn undermining Trump’s ability to manage the public’s focus and his own policy goals. The Epstein thing was the first thing that led Republicans to defect, and now they’re defecting left and right."
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Tech fascists seek to dismantle the "Cathedral" of democracy.
Christian Nationalists want to conquer the "Seven Mountains" and impose theocracy.
The bridge between them? JD Vance
My talks with @matthewboedy.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:
www.thenerdreich.com/jd-vances-th...
Christian Nationalists want to conquer the "Seven Mountains" and impose theocracy.
The bridge between them? JD Vance
My talks with @matthewboedy.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:
www.thenerdreich.com/jd-vances-th...
JD Vance's Theo Bro Network: Silicon Valley Meets ‘God’
JD Vance links Silicon Valley extremists & Christian nationalists. From Curtis Yarvin to Seven Mountains—inside the authoritarian alliance.
www.thenerdreich.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Tech fascists seek to dismantle the "Cathedral" of democracy.
Christian Nationalists want to conquer the "Seven Mountains" and impose theocracy.
The bridge between them? JD Vance
My talks with @matthewboedy.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:
www.thenerdreich.com/jd-vances-th...
Christian Nationalists want to conquer the "Seven Mountains" and impose theocracy.
The bridge between them? JD Vance
My talks with @matthewboedy.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:
www.thenerdreich.com/jd-vances-th...
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A significant meltdown, and a sign of unraveling.
Wiles is distancing herself, trying to create the impression that she tried to restrain Trump's worst impulses. You do this when you expect your side to fail and you want to preserve your reputation and be celebrated by silly liberals who watch CNN
Wiles is distancing herself, trying to create the impression that she tried to restrain Trump's worst impulses. You do this when you expect your side to fail and you want to preserve your reputation and be celebrated by silly liberals who watch CNN
December 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A significant meltdown, and a sign of unraveling.
Wiles is distancing herself, trying to create the impression that she tried to restrain Trump's worst impulses. You do this when you expect your side to fail and you want to preserve your reputation and be celebrated by silly liberals who watch CNN
Wiles is distancing herself, trying to create the impression that she tried to restrain Trump's worst impulses. You do this when you expect your side to fail and you want to preserve your reputation and be celebrated by silly liberals who watch CNN
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How best to think about the Trump Enterprise? - perhaps the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) ?
Understanding that framework—is the first step toward ensuring that public institutions do not slide toward becoming rackets in all but name.
steadystate1.substack.com/p/when-publi...
Understanding that framework—is the first step toward ensuring that public institutions do not slide toward becoming rackets in all but name.
steadystate1.substack.com/p/when-publi...
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
How best to think about the Trump Enterprise? - perhaps the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) ?
Understanding that framework—is the first step toward ensuring that public institutions do not slide toward becoming rackets in all but name.
steadystate1.substack.com/p/when-publi...
Understanding that framework—is the first step toward ensuring that public institutions do not slide toward becoming rackets in all but name.
steadystate1.substack.com/p/when-publi...
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2/. because Reiner had what Trump calls 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' and ‘angered people.’ This fits a broader authoritarian pattern of public cruelty meant to intimidate opponents. Steve notes that maybe it’s time that Americans on both sides of the aisle say “enough.” #holdfast #getsmart
December 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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The Wars That Donald Trump Didn't Stop: Assessing The 'Master Dealmaker’s' Grandiose Claims open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
The Wars That Donald Trump Didn't Stop: Assessing The 'Master Dealmaker’s' Grandiose Claims
The Steady State | by Charles A. Ray
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December 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The Wars That Donald Trump Didn't Stop: Assessing The 'Master Dealmaker’s' Grandiose Claims open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
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2/ It’s not about stopping violence. It’s about redefining who counts as dangerous, treating beliefs, associations, and lawful protest as “terrorism indicators.” Once speech becomes suspicion, surveillance follows, and a First Amendment line is crossed.
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"Countering Domestic Terrorism And Organized Political Violence:" Trump and Bondi Strike at the Core of the First Amendment”
The Steady State | Author's Name Withheld
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December 16, 2025 at 7:33 AM
2/ It’s not about stopping violence. It’s about redefining who counts as dangerous, treating beliefs, associations, and lawful protest as “terrorism indicators.” Once speech becomes suspicion, surveillance follows, and a First Amendment line is crossed.
steadystate1.substack.com/p/countering...
steadystate1.substack.com/p/countering...
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Kelly notes it should send a shiver down the spine of any patriotic American that Trump and Hegseth would so corruptly abuse their power to come after him or anyone else this way. Kelly will not back down. Will you? Or will you also stand up for democracy? #EnoughIsEnough
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We learned the Pentagon is escalating its review of me into "an official command investigation"
YouTube video by Senator Mark Kelly
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December 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Kelly notes it should send a shiver down the spine of any patriotic American that Trump and Hegseth would so corruptly abuse their power to come after him or anyone else this way. Kelly will not back down. Will you? Or will you also stand up for democracy? #EnoughIsEnough
youtu.be/NyF9dZQu5K8?...
youtu.be/NyF9dZQu5K8?...