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SusanB💜🌏🌍🌎
@verbostratis.bsky.social
Mental wanderer but grounded in Wisconsin.
2025: Regenerative Unity.
Every student should get into their food: grow it, pick it, cook it, share. Views my own. #HSM4A

https://substack.com/@verbostratis
Pinned
This whole thing deserved a deeper dive on my part.

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At the Top of the World, a Fault Line Is Opening
The land we steward. The future we shape. The reason global politics matter here at home.
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European leaders are growing confident they will reach a deal to use frozen Russian assets before the end of the year, even as Europe and the U.S. remain divided on providing security guarantees for Kyiv.
Europe nears deal on Russian assets after talks in London
Ukraine’s allies are under growing pressure to find fresh sources of financing after U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration largely stopped aid to the war-ravaged country.
ebx.sh
December 9, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Texas, let’s win this thing.
#JasmineForUS #TexasTough
December 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Anyone else thinking that just using a Bluesky account is probably enough for this administration to qualify us for the naughty list and subject to punishment?

Not that I'll change or anything. I have nothing to hide and won't bow.

<3

www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
FBI Making List of American “Extremists,” Leaked Memo Reveals
Are you on Trump's naughty list?
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Anyone in Wisconsin ag knows equipment prices aren’t rising b/c of environmental regs.

It’s Deere’s monopoly, software locks, and dealer-only repair rules.

What will go up by removing regs?

Asthma rates. Nitrates. Soil loss across.

Farmers deserve solutions rooted in reality — not slogans.
Trump on John Deere: "We're gonna say, 'you're gonna reduce the prices.' They're gonna have to reduce their prices. Because farming equipment has gotten too expensive ... in many cases, you need about a 185 IQ to turn on a lawnmower."
December 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I've said it locally but perhaps not here:

We need coalitions like we've never coalitioned before. Ever.

As many as possible for the looooong game.

Anyone who grew up with "we don't talk about" I'm focused on you.

Thanks for reminding me @drshushan.bsky.social

❤️
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Same Supreme Court said Biden was overreaching when he tried to cancel student loan debt.

This Court must be reformed.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Supreme Court poised to expand Trump’s power over independent agencies
A ruling in favor of Trump’s position has been expected by legal experts because the justices have been chipping away at a precedent known as Humphrey’s Executor.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Please, oh please, don't be a fascist."

- @wajali.bsky.social

Yup, this is where we're at, everyone.
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Contempt turducken"

Indeed.

Thank you, @muellershewrote.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I don't want year-end lists of the top 10 richest people.

I want the top 10 nicest people.
Top 10 connector people.
Top 10 regenerative people.
Top 10 uplifting people.

#Monday
December 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Mark Kelly: "They are not silencing me. I'm still speaking out. I still am going to do my job every single day regardless of whether this president wants to kill me, hang me, execute me, or shut me up. I'm not gonna shut up."
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
People in Waukesha County Wisconsin are jumping into local elections as candidates.

2026 will see far fewer uncontested seats.

Let's keep it up.

What do we really want.
How are we going to get there.

Together.
December 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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It’s worth remembering that the phrase: ‘Release the Epstein Files’ actually means: ‘Stop hiding evidence to protect child rapists in powerful positions.’
December 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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For those who thankfully have left Twitter, just know the site under Musk now fully belongs to Nazis and white nationalists.

This the present and future of the GOP btw. White supremacy, misogyny, cruelty & a delight in violence.

It's going to be an ugly rough road ahead but we have the majority.
December 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Who all wrote about the NSS thing? I finally finished my own. Views from another European-DNA lady aged between you and @hcrichardson.bsky.social, @wajali.bsky.social. Keep doing your great work!! So needed!!😊

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December 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I ended my Friday musings with @wajali.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social.

So good!

A high note after the racist, sexist, nationalist ancient thinking in the National Security Strategy...thing...

How many people wrote pieces of that thing? Be honest. 😅
December 6, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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December 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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@npr it’s not a principle. It is a constitutional guarantee.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 3d
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Who has read the new National Security Strategy plan?

Was working on a reflection w these sections:

The Creepy
The Shallow
The Dangerous
The Misleading

Still WIP but my main take-homes are they view "Western Hemisphere" like a gerrymandered voting map and think we're #1.
December 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The White House surrenders at 138 million views. Sabrina wins.
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Congress used to have the power of the purse and the power to declare war.
December 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Kagan: “this Court’s eagerness to playact a district court here has serious consequence.”

Yes.
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM