Susan Wachtman
@suewrite.bsky.social
Hard of hearing old white lady who can imagine being different. SFF writer, she/her. "Tell me, where do the children play?"
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They're literally running out of lawyers in a state where the district judges are practically at war with the administration.
BREAKING: 8 more U.S. Attorneys in MN resign from Trump’s DOJ in protest as backlash grows.
This isn’t normal; isn’t routine reshuffling. It’s a rebellion.
Last month, 6 veteran prosecutors quit in protest. Normal staffing for the MN DOJ’s office is around 50 attorneys. They’re down to just 9.
This isn’t normal; isn’t routine reshuffling. It’s a rebellion.
Last month, 6 veteran prosecutors quit in protest. Normal staffing for the MN DOJ’s office is around 50 attorneys. They’re down to just 9.
February 3, 2026 at 5:16 AM
They're literally running out of lawyers in a state where the district judges are practically at war with the administration.
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Muslim university students were arrested and expelled for protesting genocide. Let's see if college Republicans get even a slap on the wrist for advocating extrajudicial killings.
University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini
In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."
dailyillini.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Muslim university students were arrested and expelled for protesting genocide. Let's see if college Republicans get even a slap on the wrist for advocating extrajudicial killings.
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If a university student group had celebrated Charlie Kirk being killed, complete with a graphic made from an actual picture of the killing, the whole lot of them would have been expelled before the ink on the digital story was dry.
University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini
In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."
dailyillini.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:03 PM
If a university student group had celebrated Charlie Kirk being killed, complete with a graphic made from an actual picture of the killing, the whole lot of them would have been expelled before the ink on the digital story was dry.
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A group of people, appointed by Presidents who lost the popular vote and confirmed by Senators representing a minority of Americans are unhappy that their ideas are so unpopular and are reverting to secrecy. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:41 PM
A group of people, appointed by Presidents who lost the popular vote and confirmed by Senators representing a minority of Americans are unhappy that their ideas are so unpopular and are reverting to secrecy. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
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I’m convinced this is why they killed covid aid so quickly
It was breaking the narrative of government inability
It was breaking the narrative of government inability
How many times in your life have you heard a member of Congress or someone on TV say “we can’t afford it” when talking about something small but very important? It’s been happening my entire life. We can’t afford it? They’re putting seven times the annual budget of the EPA into immigrant detention.
February 2, 2026 at 5:27 AM
I’m convinced this is why they killed covid aid so quickly
It was breaking the narrative of government inability
It was breaking the narrative of government inability
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Everyone should read this analysis by @stevevladeck.bsky.social :
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Everyone should read this analysis by @stevevladeck.bsky.social :
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we could stop electing so many pedophiles if we started voting for women
February 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
we could stop electing so many pedophiles if we started voting for women
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Every single Democrat that voted for, or worse, signed onto Laken Riley knew exactly what they were doing:
Collaborating.
They thought Trump's win was a sign of a generational shift in the electorate.
They were wrong. And it's had devastating consequences.
They should admit it.
Collaborating.
They thought Trump's win was a sign of a generational shift in the electorate.
They were wrong. And it's had devastating consequences.
They should admit it.
Getting pretty tired of Angie Craig supporters pretending like the Laken Riley Act wasn't a starter's pistol for Trump's anti-immigrant agenda. This was the headline on Fox News:
February 2, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Every single Democrat that voted for, or worse, signed onto Laken Riley knew exactly what they were doing:
Collaborating.
They thought Trump's win was a sign of a generational shift in the electorate.
They were wrong. And it's had devastating consequences.
They should admit it.
Collaborating.
They thought Trump's win was a sign of a generational shift in the electorate.
They were wrong. And it's had devastating consequences.
They should admit it.
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The hidden money behind deep-sea mining
Destroying the last pristine place on Earth
Hundreds of millions of dollars are flowing into companies racing to extract nickel, cobalt, and copper
Deutsche Bank, UBS, Credit Suisse, Credit Agricole and BNP Paribas
www.dw.com/en/the-hidde...
Destroying the last pristine place on Earth
Hundreds of millions of dollars are flowing into companies racing to extract nickel, cobalt, and copper
Deutsche Bank, UBS, Credit Suisse, Credit Agricole and BNP Paribas
www.dw.com/en/the-hidde...
The hidden money behind deep-sea mining
A DW investigation traces the hidden financial web behind deep-sea mining — an industry scientists say remains poorly understood, yet capable of causing irreversible harm to oceans worldwide.
www.dw.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:51 AM
The hidden money behind deep-sea mining
Destroying the last pristine place on Earth
Hundreds of millions of dollars are flowing into companies racing to extract nickel, cobalt, and copper
Deutsche Bank, UBS, Credit Suisse, Credit Agricole and BNP Paribas
www.dw.com/en/the-hidde...
Destroying the last pristine place on Earth
Hundreds of millions of dollars are flowing into companies racing to extract nickel, cobalt, and copper
Deutsche Bank, UBS, Credit Suisse, Credit Agricole and BNP Paribas
www.dw.com/en/the-hidde...
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He’s going to tear it down
February 1, 2026 at 11:29 PM
He’s going to tear it down
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Absolutely losing my mind over Ava, THE ROCK'S DAUGHTER, quitting WWE despite them offering her a raise to keep working a pretty cushy kayfabe general manager gig and then the day after her contract ends she posts this
February 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Absolutely losing my mind over Ava, THE ROCK'S DAUGHTER, quitting WWE despite them offering her a raise to keep working a pretty cushy kayfabe general manager gig and then the day after her contract ends she posts this
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It will be a long line of perps in that walk. Royalty. Billionaires. Tech bros. Restaurateurs. Sheikhs. Dignitaries. Electeds. Nepo babies. Celebrities. Directors. Elites. Men. So many filthy rich men.
It's like we can clearly see the source of our oppression and suffering in this society.
It's like we can clearly see the source of our oppression and suffering in this society.
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: “How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.”
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
February 1, 2026 at 8:29 PM
It will be a long line of perps in that walk. Royalty. Billionaires. Tech bros. Restaurateurs. Sheikhs. Dignitaries. Electeds. Nepo babies. Celebrities. Directors. Elites. Men. So many filthy rich men.
It's like we can clearly see the source of our oppression and suffering in this society.
It's like we can clearly see the source of our oppression and suffering in this society.
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Here’s Epstein after being told he has “permission to kill” an unidentified man: “whoops”
Epstein after being told Mary Kennedy was found dead in her backyard: “whoops”
Follow along this short thread…
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Epstein after being told Mary Kennedy was found dead in her backyard: “whoops”
Follow along this short thread…
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January 31, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Here’s Epstein after being told he has “permission to kill” an unidentified man: “whoops”
Epstein after being told Mary Kennedy was found dead in her backyard: “whoops”
Follow along this short thread…
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Epstein after being told Mary Kennedy was found dead in her backyard: “whoops”
Follow along this short thread…
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Please don’t turn the Epstein files into a joke.
This is real for survivors.
Many former victims are realizing for the first time they were used by a system.
How this is discussed online matters.
Tread carefully.
This is real for survivors.
Many former victims are realizing for the first time they were used by a system.
How this is discussed online matters.
Tread carefully.
February 1, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Please don’t turn the Epstein files into a joke.
This is real for survivors.
Many former victims are realizing for the first time they were used by a system.
How this is discussed online matters.
Tread carefully.
This is real for survivors.
Many former victims are realizing for the first time they were used by a system.
How this is discussed online matters.
Tread carefully.
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Please don’t make jokes about Trump and Epstein.
The survivors are still waiting for justice.
They were children who experienced unspeakable horrors and abuse.
They’ve been ignored, gaslit, threatened and re-traumatized.
It’s not a joke and every predator must be punished.
The survivors are still waiting for justice.
They were children who experienced unspeakable horrors and abuse.
They’ve been ignored, gaslit, threatened and re-traumatized.
It’s not a joke and every predator must be punished.
February 1, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Please don’t make jokes about Trump and Epstein.
The survivors are still waiting for justice.
They were children who experienced unspeakable horrors and abuse.
They’ve been ignored, gaslit, threatened and re-traumatized.
It’s not a joke and every predator must be punished.
The survivors are still waiting for justice.
They were children who experienced unspeakable horrors and abuse.
They’ve been ignored, gaslit, threatened and re-traumatized.
It’s not a joke and every predator must be punished.
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If you think that what ICE is doing is bad, you should see how many people the cops murder every year, then come to the realization that those two things are connected.
2025 Police Violence Report
Comprehensive review of killings by police in 2025.
policeviolencereport.org
February 1, 2026 at 3:50 AM
If you think that what ICE is doing is bad, you should see how many people the cops murder every year, then come to the realization that those two things are connected.
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we cannot afford more democrats who want to pretend our democracy doesn't need major structural reforms to survive or that prosecuting those who have committed egregious crimes against the people would be 'too divisive'
February 1, 2026 at 5:55 AM
we cannot afford more democrats who want to pretend our democracy doesn't need major structural reforms to survive or that prosecuting those who have committed egregious crimes against the people would be 'too divisive'
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I witnessed ICE using tear gas on children.
They shattered a window of low-income housing where a disabled vet lives. He got gassed in his own home.
They shattered a window of low-income housing where a disabled vet lives. He got gassed in his own home.
This was the kind of treatment the union activists got today from Oregon’s largest unions alongside coalitions like @jwjpdx.bsky.social. They fired projectiles and injured many demonstrators and broke out neighbors windows. Gas for a half dozen miles in each direction. #iceout
February 1, 2026 at 3:26 AM
I witnessed ICE using tear gas on children.
They shattered a window of low-income housing where a disabled vet lives. He got gassed in his own home.
They shattered a window of low-income housing where a disabled vet lives. He got gassed in his own home.
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The fact that there is no real organised effort to inflict consequences on those in the Epstein files and they are instead just being used as political entertainment should tell you that none of our current democratic or justice systems are fit for purpose. Not one.
February 1, 2026 at 6:21 AM
The fact that there is no real organised effort to inflict consequences on those in the Epstein files and they are instead just being used as political entertainment should tell you that none of our current democratic or justice systems are fit for purpose. Not one.
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Right now they're banking on the former. I'm serious. That's the strategy unless we cause hell. It's primary season. The people are enraged and we have the numbers. You have to bend the establishment to your will.
February 1, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Right now they're banking on the former. I'm serious. That's the strategy unless we cause hell. It's primary season. The people are enraged and we have the numbers. You have to bend the establishment to your will.
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1/ Ian Austin has since been re-arrested along with Don Lemon, which he believes is bc the video we made of him (below) criticizing the Trump regime and encouraging fellow vets to wake up had gotten millions of views.
It's not just journalists. It's ANYONE. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
It's not just journalists. It's ANYONE. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
January 31, 2026 at 8:28 PM
1/ Ian Austin has since been re-arrested along with Don Lemon, which he believes is bc the video we made of him (below) criticizing the Trump regime and encouraging fellow vets to wake up had gotten millions of views.
It's not just journalists. It's ANYONE. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
It's not just journalists. It's ANYONE. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Elon Musk is looking to merge SpaceX which gets much of it's funding from the government, with X-Ai which includes Grok and twitter. Grok is being integrated into the US military, while SpaceX is working on Star Shield
The marriage of state, corporations, and social influence.
The marriage of state, corporations, and social influence.
Exclusive: Musk's SpaceX in merger talks with xAI ahead of planned IPO, source says
The merger would bring Musk’s rockets, Starlink satellites, the X social media platform and Grok AI chatbot under one roof and could boost his efforts to launch data centers into orbit.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Elon Musk is looking to merge SpaceX which gets much of it's funding from the government, with X-Ai which includes Grok and twitter. Grok is being integrated into the US military, while SpaceX is working on Star Shield
The marriage of state, corporations, and social influence.
The marriage of state, corporations, and social influence.