Sister Sue
@onemoretime24.bsky.social
Trying to avoid X, but it's hard to do if your main interest is MENA issues.
"... it appears that Google is sacrificing the inbox sanity of its customers simply to placate a false, bad faith narrative from Republicans claiming partisan spam bias" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...
Google Just Made It Easier for Campaigns to Send You Fund-Raising Emails
Republicans previously sued Google claiming its spam filter was biased, but the case was dismissed. The company will now allow verified campaigns to more easily bypass the spam filter.
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"[s]ounds to me like experts telling us that Iran has a strategy that they are executing very effectively......What is the U.S. strategy?" "Trump can nap his way through Lindsey Graham’s funeral, but he won’t be able to sleep through the war he cannot end." @lktiv.bsky.social
What we don’t know can hurt us, but it’s killing Trump
It has been nearly three months since a press briefing was held at the Pentagon. During this time, the United States has been in a protracted war with Iran. American soldiers have died. Hundreds have ...
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“It goes back to the basic idea of society and of the Nation itself that people acting in a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could even hope to bring about.” No, definitely not Trump's message! It was FDR 7/24/33. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
July 24, 2026
Tony Romm and Brad Plumer of the New York Times reported this afternoon that the Trump administration’s claim last October that it was cutting programs in order to protect taxpayers against waste was,...
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It's time to re-read Eric Hoffer's True Believer. Then, check out what @repmcgovern.bsky.social has to say. "How dare that party lecture anyone?" open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
July 22, 2026
“The Republican Party’s new favorite talking point is calling Democrats communists,” Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) said yesterday on the floor of the U.S.
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"Rogan is no Cronkite ..... When future historians search for a moment when Middle America fell out of love with this war and with Israel, Rogan’s interview with Vance would be a good candidate." Does David Hearst @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social know more abt US than most Americans?
Iran war: Trump must change course now to avoid another Vietnam
As Tehran raises the stakes across the region, the US and Israel appear stuck in a doom loop of their own making
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New PM @andyburnham.bsky.social could start boldly. @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social sent msg to at least one friend: "Israel is committing war crimes before our eyes." Dania Akkad @declassifieduk.org reports there are 2 issues to face b4 MOD Secretary can act on his convictions. Will he?
Wes Streeting said Israel was committing war crimes. What now?
Andy Burnham’s new defence secretary is now responsible for the military treaty with a country he believes exhibits “rogue state behaviour”
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"The second Trump administration is forcing the American people to define how they think the United States government should spend their tax dollars." Pay attention and vote accordingly. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
July 21, 2026
The front page of yesterday’s New York Times featured some of the 440,000 Americans from Arizona alone who have lost Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits since the Republicans’ On...
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Chaos continues to reign in the US. "Trump appears to be becoming less and less relevant to actual governance." open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
July 20, 2026
On Friday an Iranian attack on a U.S.
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Stats don't lie when @pkrugman.bsky.social includes them in articles. We get no *R E S P E C T* for obvious reasons. But, "none of what Trump says is really about persuasion. It’s all about laying the groundwork for his attempt to destroy democracy." Good coda today!
Trump Can’t Get No Respect
His biggest lie wasn’t about elections
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"... deciding to be a democratic socialist because you care about universal health care is like ditching a Toyota for a Rolls-Royce because you want your car to have a steering wheel." @jonathanbchait.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
You Don’t Need to Vote for Socialists to Get Universal Health Care
Critics on the left and the right are, for different reasons, obscuring the Democratic Party’s long commitment to this cause.
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Seems there's nothing Blanche won’t do to please Trump. Has he signed the largest cover-up of presidential wrongdoing/illegality in American history? He should not be AG. Good analysis by @robertreich.substack.com.web.brid.gy (202) 224-3121: Senate switchboard open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Wanna Know Why Todd Blanche Should Never, Ever Become Attorney General?
Now is the time to phone your senator
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"Clacton candidates: an absurd, over-the-top cartoon villain with garbage for ideas who is obsessed with aliens…and Count Binface." @brianklaas.bsky.social bringing a smile, along with facts, on a Friday morning! open.substack.com/pub/briankla...
The Garden of Forking Paths | Brian Klaas | Substack
Wandering around an infinitely complex, ever-changing world. Click to read The Garden of Forking Paths, by Brian Klaas, a Substack publication.
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“It will be a long oscillation between cold war and low-level hot war.” If this isn't reason to vote 🔵 in 2026 and 2028, I don't know what is. Trump is way out of his depth and surrounded by equally unqualified people at every level. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/u...
As Iran Cease-Fire Frays, Trump Faces a Muddled War and Unpalatable Options
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From @pkrugman.bsky.social: "okay this guy is non compos mentis" From @govpritzker.illinois.gov: "Donald Trump is suffering from dementia. Someone needs to step in before it’s too late.” It's time for this to become viral. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
July 8, 2026
After the U.S.
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I could not agree more with @lktiv.bsky.social: "old and tired and broken and corrupt". open.substack.com/pub/luciantr...
What I feel after our 250th Fourth of July: We need a young, vibrant, and sane president
The 250th Anniversary of this country should have been a joyous affair, all of it, from the celebrations of our founding documents in the runup to the day itself, to the symbols in Washington D.C.
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A Brit urges Americans to vote!! @iandunt.bsky.social loves the "better America." But, with his unique cheeky Brit humor, says while others love #WorldCup US, that feel good era is transitory: "Sad, tawdry reality" of the Trump era of "vicious victimhood and unconcealed aggression" returns July 19.
Ice, Ice Baby: America's national decline
The 250th anniversary is corrupt, embarrassing and an utter failure. It's the perfect encapsulation of Trump's US.
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PS, per @hcrichardson.bsky.social: I am America! #WeAreAmerica250
Sister Sue@onemoretime24.bsky.social · 3mo agoAdministration officials & their cronies are turning the country we worked hard to build into a vehicle for building their own power & wealth. Republicans in Congress have steadfastly refused to stop the looting or even to investigate. Elections cannot come soon enough IF they're allowed.
Administration officials & their cronies are turning the country we worked hard to build into a vehicle for building their own power & wealth. Republicans in Congress have steadfastly refused to stop the looting or even to investigate. Elections cannot come soon enough IF they're allowed.
June 27, 2026
Observers are noting that the reflecting pool fiasco, in which Trump created the idea there was an emergency, ignored experts, bypassed normal procedures to give a wildly inflated contract to a crony,...
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Humblebrag kind of book with a bit of declaration of independence from Trump thrown in are good descriptions of JD Vance's Communion. @paulelie.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Can J. D. Vance Serve Both God and Donald Trump?
The Vice-President has written a book about his faith that leaves out the most important questions.
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PETERS: If a state refuses to turn their absentee voter list to the federal govt, will Postal Service still mail their ballots under this proposed rule? STEINER: No PETERS: So it basically coerces states to hand over their absentee voter rolls or face consequences of not being able to vote by mail
Warner: Pulte could claim, whether there’s a source of intelligence or not, that China is going to do X. He could claim that there might be a terrorist threat around polling stations. All of it could be used as an excuse to try to shut down the election.
If one Republican wailed "He's having a f**king tantrum," why aren't all of them up in arms also screaming about how this man is f**king up our entire country? Enough already with these cowards. www.notus.org/final-notus-...
'A F--king Tantrum’
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"...what we’re seeing may not be so much disappointment in what AI can do as realizing that this extremely compute-intensive AI is not essential." @pkrugman.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
The Chips Are Down
What, if anything, are the markets telling us?
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You cannot fully appreciate the significance of Russia Editor @BBCNews' @bbcstever.bsky.social without listening to @therestpolitics.bsky.social 6/21 episode. Great interview. youtu.be/cw7Q60X76tM?...
Valentina's Song (Tomorrow Will Be Better Than Today).
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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There's one thing you have to admit about @jonswaine.bsky.social: he's doggedly thorough in documenting what appears to be a case of a cultish fanatic trying to control a #ManchurianCandidate to high places political places. Congratulations! www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Tulsi Gabbard, her guru and the mysterious messages that helped shape her political career
I obtained hundreds of confidential memos detailing politics and policy guidance for Gabbard from her years in Congress, then embarked on a quest to identify who was behind them.
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I had no idea Title IV was renamed after it's chief sponsor, Patsy Mink. Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social for these informative #WeAreAmerica250 videos! #GenderEquality open.substack.com/pub/250to250...
Patsy Mink, Narrated by Senator Mazie Hirono
Senator Mazie K.
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Read @montereycountynow.com to understand why many on the Monterey Peninsula no longer consider CHOMP as their go-to hospital. Thanks, Pam Marino, for your important reporting and, Dr. Erin Sullivan, for doing yr job. www.montereycountynow.com/news/local_n...
A 2023 mistake leads to a nearly $50,000 fine and a federal warning for CHOMP.
A mistake administering medicine at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula in September 2023 nearly cost a 57-year-old stroke patient their life, but the incident was only made public
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"It’s one more over-the-top lie from a regime that swims in a stinky green algae pool of falsehoods." Trump's agents can't criminalize dissent as Owwellian thoughtcrime. #FirstAmendment www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
The ‘Minneapolis 15′ ICE-protester indictments are meant to shut you up | Will Bunch
An outrageous federal conspiracy case against 15 anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota really seeks to silence all dissent.
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