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Susan Brooks-Young
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This is where I openly express my lefty political views and occasional other topics. If you find that offensive, but still want to follow me, go to Facebook where my public profile leans toward unicorns, rainbows, and sparkly stuff.
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What would we do?
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September 12, 2026
On Thursday, in The New Republic, conservative judge J.
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September 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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Lest we think Americans have only recently become so xenophobic.
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August 29, 2026
On Thursday, August 27, Tolouse Olorunnipa reported on the attempts of Republican lawmakers to restrict the ability of naturalized and dual citizens to run for office.
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August 30, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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The "Law & Order" Republican party of TX releases a jailed ICE agent, instead of extraditing him the face legitimate murder charges in MN.

www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/u...
ICE agent Christian Castro Released From Texas Jail After Minnesota Loses Court Fight (Gift Article)
The state had sought to have the agent extradited from Texas to answer charges in Minneapolis related to an on-duty shooting that wounded an immigrant.
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August 27, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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WTF??? Supreme Court Allows Trump Plan to Restrict Mail-In Voting, for Now. If I was in DC, I'd be standing in front of the Supreme Court bldg. right this minute with a protest sign.

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Supreme Court Allows Trump Plan to Restrict Mail-In Voting, for Now (Gift Article)
The administration asked the court to clear the way for President Trump’s order that creates “state citizenship lists” and directs the Postal Service to decide who gets a mail-in ballot.
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August 24, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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I hadn't realized the parallels between America in the 1890s and America today.

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August 16, 2026
“There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold.”
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August 17, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Recalling the days when some members of the Republican party had spines.

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August 8, 2026
At 4:00 this morning, just before they left for a five-week recess, Senate Republicans confirmed Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the position of Attorney General of the United States.
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August 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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The promises made by Todd Blanche are meaningless.

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August 3, 2026
Just before midnight last night, news broke that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche had rescinded the order of May 18, 2026, establishing a $1.776 billion slush fund for those who claimed that the D...
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August 4, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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Cornyn and Tillis were never true hold-outs. This is all just Kabuki.
August 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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Yesterday was the 60th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid going into effect. I cannot fathom people who begrudge healthcare for all.

Heather Cox Richardson's letter from last night discusses healthcare as a human right. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-30-2026
July 30, 2026
Sixty years ago today, on July 30, 1966, Medicare and Medicaid went into effect.
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August 1, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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Finally reading Isabel Wilkerson's book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. HCR's 7/27 letter aligns so very well with Wilkerson's book.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-27-2026
July 27, 2026*
The Trump administration is trying to rewrite the history of the United States.
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July 29, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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Although it feels like spitting into the wind, I will say again: members of Congress, do your job.

Read HCR's letter from last night for a lowdown on FOTUS' complete lack of regard for the constitution.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-26-2026
July 26, 2026
From the time he took office in January 2025, Trump and his cronies have not simply challenged laws or constitutional provisions.
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July 27, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Taxpayers spend an estimated $2 billion annually on Medicaid for Amazon and Walmart employees — subsidizing low wages that let each company's executives pocket outsized compensation. Without that public support, their labor model doesn't work
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Taxpayers spend about $2 billion annually on Medicaid for Amazon and Walmart employees
American taxpayers are spending billions every year providing Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands of employees of Amazon and Walmart, a new analysis by Popular Information reveals.
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July 27, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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What fresh hell is this?
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-25-2026
July 26, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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Google: Your new Android storage policies may be what finally tips me over to another type of mobile phone. I am so done with you!
July 18, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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Just what we need. Another Graham in the Senate. Not!

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Trump Backs Lindsey Graham’s Sister to Finish His Senate Term in South Carolina
Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina will name a replacement for Senator Lindsey Graham, who died on Saturday.
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July 13, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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On May 3, 2016, Senator Lindsey Graham posted on social media: “If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed…….and we will deserve it.”
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-12-2026
July 12, 2026
The United States is currently in the grip of an outbreak of the Cyclospora parasite, which causes severe diarrhea and has sickened more than 3,000 people across the U.S.
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July 13, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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Graham was a staunch Trump supporter. He urged Trump not to concede the 2020 presidential election because “[i]f Republicans don’t challenge and change the U.S. election system, there will never be another Republican president elected again.” heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-12-2026
July 12, 2026
The United States is currently in the grip of an outbreak of the Cyclospora parasite, which causes severe diarrhea and has sickened more than 3,000 people across the U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
July 13, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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The latest on GOP efforts to manipulate the 2026 midterm elections.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-10-2026
July 10, 2026
Presumably afraid of investigations into his actions, President Donald J.
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July 11, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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Ethnic cleansing has now been endorsed by the Supreme Court.
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Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio (updated)
Thanks to the Supreme Court
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June 29, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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And the grifting goes on...just keeps getting bigger and 'better.'

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-27-2026
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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June 28, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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Why is millions of people losing health insurance a cause for celebration for Republicans? Disgusting.

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5 million have dropped ACA insurance after Trump and the GOP let prices skyrocket
The number of people who signed up for a health plan and then didn't pay their premium fell much more sharply than it has in years past. Trump officials blame fraud. Health policy experts blame costs.
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June 27, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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Feeling discouraged? Don't. We're stronger than you may think!
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/o...
Opinion | The State of American Resistance Is Stronger Than You Think
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June 17, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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Check out this litany of questionable actions taken by regime officials. Can you imagine where we would be today if these people weren't such buffoons?
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-16-2026
June 16, 2026
A Reuters/Ipsos poll showed that even before a fighter launched a slur at former First Lady Michelle Obama, and even before the sight of the corporate branding at the event, only 16% of Americans thou...
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June 17, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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Looks like FB is on the fritz.
June 12, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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The Department of Defense list of recognized religious faiths and belief systems is a violation of the 1st amendment.
June 9, 2026 at 3:48 PM