Susan Bodnar, PhD
@susanbodnarphd.bsky.social
Psychologist, life warrior and writer. "Few are guilty but all are responsible" AJ Heschel. PI https://www.dewlab.org/. Book - Unmoored: Ecopsychology for a Changing World (Wiley).
Another great account if you want to keep up with the war in Ukraine and (now) Russia. Maks is someone who law I’ve been following since my Twitter days. 🇺🇦
MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · 8h ago🇺🇦🇺🇸 American MIM-23 HAWK air defense systems eliminate enemy targets in the South. The complexes received by Ukraine have shown high efficiency against both cruise missiles and drones.
Families deserve fairness from even the most powerful corporations. During a nationwide affordability crisis, Illinoisans have demanded answers, transparency, and relief to help them make ends meet. We are responding in Illinois.
Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...
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“This is deeply wrong. We will rue the day that we let this this man have this much power under a corrupt President” #DefendOurDemocracy #Pinks
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayBooker: "Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in the lowest possible confinement after giving no information that helped us get one more investigation started and has been silent, and the man responsible for that we're about to make the attorney general of the US ... this is farcical."
Those who ensure the wine gets made deserve our respect. #UFW ✊️
United Farm Workers@ufw.bsky.social · yesterdayWA workers under UFW contract are clearing off leaves for better growth and production of the wine grapes. "Miguel" says: Chateau Ste Michelle cares about us. When temps reach 95° we're sent home. In hot weather they bring us in early so we can work when it's safer." #WeFeedYou
The Obama/Biden administration had exemplary leadership, abundance of camaraderie and humility. It's what bound the country together and gave us HOPE. Wishing President Obama a very Happy Birthday! 🎂💖@barackobama.bsky.social #HappyBirthdayObama #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
We need an American Gretta Thumberg here before the endangered species get lost: #Blues www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump’s push to build data centers for the US military
Claims about national security are running into widespread backlash.
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Trump is ending the $3.6 billion in Part D subsidies that kept drug costs down for 11 million Americans, and they’ll find out this fall, right before the midterms. Corrupt Republicans are betting seniors won’t notice or won’t vote. We bet they will. #RepublicanMedicareCuts
🚨BREAKING: A pro-democracy legal group sued Tuesday for access to public records that could shed light on a federal immigration agency’s involvement in President Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine the 2026 midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Lawsuit seeks evidence of federal immigration agency’s role in Trump’s voter purge plans
Democracy Forward went to court after USCIS failed to disclose the public records, despite multiple Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests about the agency’s involvement in Trump’s unprecedented a...
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WE NEED 4 SEATS TO FLIP THE SENATE. JOSH TUREK SHOULD BE ONE OF THEM. I was researching Josh and came across one of his signature issues: Right to Repair. I had no idea how important this was. Most people in big cities probably don’t either. 🧵
Now the whiny baby is upset because of a slope. Was it vandals again? The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that Trump had ordered contractors to redo weeks of work on the project, unhappy that the helipad — like the South Lawn it sits on — had a noticeable slope. #WasteFraudAbuse #Blues
Parts of Trump’s New White House Helipad Disassembled, Photos Show (Gift Article)
Last week, construction workers had begun to decorate the new South Lawn helipad with a giant presidential seal. By Tuesday, the design was gone.
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Cool, cool. We’re basically out of ATACMS and PrSM, and we used half our *global* TLAM supply… all for the Strait of Hormuz to still be closed?
Not sure if everyone appreciates the difference. Rooftop solar hardwires into your main panel via a dedicated breaker, so it requires a permit, an installer, an electrician, and a utility agreement. Balcony solar just plugs into a wall outlet, sharing an existing circuit with no permits or rewiring.
A new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the US
Plug-in panels can lower your bills. To boost the American market for the tech, nonprofit Bright Saver is selling kits with no markup, starting at around…
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"Today's vote to advance Todd Blanche is a slap in the face to the rule of law ... the senators with concerns about the slush fund & the Epstein files asked for a legally binding commitment & settled for a pinky promise." Our full @democracydefendersaction.org statement👇 -TN
Judiciary Committee Vote Advancing Blanche’s Nomination Is Deeply Troubling for Rule of Law | Democracy Defenders Action
Following is a statement from Amb. Norm Eisen (ret.), on the Judiciary Committee’s vote today advancing Todd Blanche’s nomination to attorney general.
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Senator Corey Booker (D-NJ) absolutely destroyed Blanche during the Senate Confirmation hearing today. Proud of my Senator from NJ.
🧵While Republicans indicate "there is nothing they can do" and Dems stand idly by, the Kleptocracy we are witnessing is astounding. This not just an authoritarian regime but an organized criminal enterprise, built for money laundering and bribery. #ImpeachIndictRemove #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
7 civilians murdered and 123+ injured by #Russia attacks across #Ukraine over the past day Air defenses downed 117 of 136 drones launched by Russia overnight #UkraineWar #RussiaWarCrimes
Scott Lucas@scottlucas.bsky.social · 2d ago#UkraineWar, Days 1,621-1,623: #Kyiv Strikes More #Russia Bases, Refineries and #Wildberries Hubs #Ukraine eaworldview.com/2026/08/ukra...
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) lashed out at his Republican colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee for ignoring what he called a mountain of evidence of corruption involving President Donald Trump and his family.
'Insane!' GOP nailed by shouting senator for ignoring Trump's 'mountain of excrement'
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) lashed out at his Republican colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee for ignoring what he called a mountain of evidence of corruption involving President Donald Trump and his family.Moments before acting Attorney General Blanche was approved by a party-line vote to advan...
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Transportation secretary Sean Duffy benefited from millions in corporate donations to make a show about road trips. But two months after Duffy said the show would premiere, it doesn't appear to exist at all. My latest False Flag @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-the-h...
What the Hell Happened to Sean Duffy’s Road-Trip TV Show?
Three months after it was announced, the secretary of transportation’s summer show—funded by companies he regulates—hasn’t aired a single episode.
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The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
We disgrace ourselves as a nation each and every day Donald Trump remains in office. The drafters of the United States Constitution provided a remedy for a criminally insane president like the one we have—impeachment and removal ...