Susan McAfee 🇺🇸 🏳️🌈 🌻 🇺🇦
@wimberleysusan.bsky.social
Paycheck POPULIST. For democracy policies that work for ALL the People of this country and the planet. Follower of Jesus's way (red-letter scriptures). Advocate for media policy that supports democracy. Framing fan. RWB. DU. Texan. Neighbor and ally.
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In a major win for voting rights, election integrity, and democracy, SCOTUS today left in place a preliminary injunction that blocks the USPS from enforcing key parts of a new rule that would have significantly restricted mail voting: https://bit.ly/4r9jwLE
US Supreme Court Blocks Postal Service From Restricting Mail Ballots | League of Women Voters
In a major win for voting rights, election integrity, and democracy, the US Supreme Court today left in place a preliminary injunction that blocks the US Postal Service (USPS) from enforcing key parts...
www.lwv.org
September 15, 2026 at 12:42 AM
In a major win for voting rights, election integrity, and democracy, SCOTUS today left in place a preliminary injunction that blocks the USPS from enforcing key parts of a new rule that would have significantly restricted mail voting: https://bit.ly/4r9jwLE
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It's National Voter Registration Day!!! For over 100 years, the League of Women Voters has believed democracy works best when everyone participates. Are you registered to vote?
#BeATexasVoter #NoMoreExcuses #TexasSizedTurnout #NationalVoterRegistrationDay #VoteReady
#BeATexasVoter #NoMoreExcuses #TexasSizedTurnout #NationalVoterRegistrationDay #VoteReady
September 15, 2026 at 3:16 PM
It's National Voter Registration Day!!! For over 100 years, the League of Women Voters has believed democracy works best when everyone participates. Are you registered to vote?
#BeATexasVoter #NoMoreExcuses #TexasSizedTurnout #NationalVoterRegistrationDay #VoteReady
#BeATexasVoter #NoMoreExcuses #TexasSizedTurnout #NationalVoterRegistrationDay #VoteReady
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A multi-billion-dollar federal program that helps schools and libraries afford broadband internet is under review by the Trump administration, leaving education officials and advocates worried about potentially significant cuts.
Alarm bells sound as Trump targets $3 billion lifeline that keeps schools online
A multi-billion-dollar federal program that helps schools and libraries afford broadband internet is under review by the Trump administration, leaving education officials and advocates worried about potentially significant cuts.The E-Rate program provides about $3 billion annually for internet acces...
bit.ly
September 14, 2026 at 2:00 AM
A multi-billion-dollar federal program that helps schools and libraries afford broadband internet is under review by the Trump administration, leaving education officials and advocates worried about potentially significant cuts.
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Looks like a certain petulant brat got his saggy ass handed to him by a strong woman. You know how much he must have delighted in that. Thank you, President Connolly!
September 12, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Looks like a certain petulant brat got his saggy ass handed to him by a strong woman. You know how much he must have delighted in that. Thank you, President Connolly!
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Ossoff calls Mike Collins "a crumbling little bigot"
September 13, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Ossoff calls Mike Collins "a crumbling little bigot"
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Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
September 13, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
Brilliant. THIS is why science and the scientific method are so necessary. Refutes all that “I do my own research” bs. Great debunking of the conspiratorial claim that scientific researchers are just out to gain fame and $$. Loved the whole article.
substack.com/@summerintx/...
substack.com/@summerintx/...
Susan Raybuck (@summerintx)
This has to be the best definition of the scientific method and its necessity I’ve ever read. TY, Jen!
substack.com
September 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Brilliant. THIS is why science and the scientific method are so necessary. Refutes all that “I do my own research” bs. Great debunking of the conspiratorial claim that scientific researchers are just out to gain fame and $$. Loved the whole article.
substack.com/@summerintx/...
substack.com/@summerintx/...
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Showing strength as a plan in action to escalate a situation, and then escalate a situation
People overlook the hard work that politicians are doing to give clear examples of when people need to just get out of toxic personal relationships, it's a real shame that so many innocent people need to die
People overlook the hard work that politicians are doing to give clear examples of when people need to just get out of toxic personal relationships, it's a real shame that so many innocent people need to die
September 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Showing strength as a plan in action to escalate a situation, and then escalate a situation
People overlook the hard work that politicians are doing to give clear examples of when people need to just get out of toxic personal relationships, it's a real shame that so many innocent people need to die
People overlook the hard work that politicians are doing to give clear examples of when people need to just get out of toxic personal relationships, it's a real shame that so many innocent people need to die
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To lose one strait may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness
Trump Loses the Other Strait
https://politicalwire.com/2026/09/12/trump-loses-the-other-strait/
https://politicalwire.com/2026/09/12/trump-loses-the-other-strait/
September 12, 2026 at 4:34 PM
To lose one strait may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness
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The Musk in Maine
is making me less sane
is making me less sane
Elon Musk's PAC adds Maine 2nd District race to electioneering bid
Musk's America PAC is already spending on the high-profile Maine U.S. Senate race. Now it's sending text and phone messages hoping to boost Republican Paul LePage in his contest against Democrat Matt ...
www.mainepublic.org
September 12, 2026 at 1:35 PM
The Musk in Maine
is making me less sane
is making me less sane
This excerpt from James Talarico’s interview with Jimmy Kimmel shows his deepest beliefs and provides a dose of the “living water” that Jesus brought.
No wonder Republicans are so terrified that they’re throwing everything at him. It destroys their toxic heresy.
substack.com/@chrisarmita...
No wonder Republicans are so terrified that they’re throwing everything at him. It destroys their toxic heresy.
substack.com/@chrisarmita...
Christopher Armitage (@chrisarmitage1)
An excerpt from the James Talarico interview that scared the GOP so much they wouldn't let it air on TV.
I'm not surprised it scared the GOP.
Being a decent human is radical, a sure-fire way to ge...
substack.com
September 12, 2026 at 1:48 PM
This excerpt from James Talarico’s interview with Jimmy Kimmel shows his deepest beliefs and provides a dose of the “living water” that Jesus brought.
No wonder Republicans are so terrified that they’re throwing everything at him. It destroys their toxic heresy.
substack.com/@chrisarmita...
No wonder Republicans are so terrified that they’re throwing everything at him. It destroys their toxic heresy.
substack.com/@chrisarmita...
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Little about the case has been revealed since Villegas González was shot by an immigration agent in Franklin Park on Sept. 12, 2025 — four days after the Trump administration launched Operation Midway Blitz. His supporters are grappling with painful, unanswered questions.
A year of silence follows ICE killing of Silverio Villegas González, despite calls for justice
www.wbez.org
September 12, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Little about the case has been revealed since Villegas González was shot by an immigration agent in Franklin Park on Sept. 12, 2025 — four days after the Trump administration launched Operation Midway Blitz. His supporters are grappling with painful, unanswered questions.
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No election fraud to be seen here.
September 11, 2026 at 7:42 AM
No election fraud to be seen here.
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A Republican state senator in Indiana who crossed President Trump is advancing to the general election after the state Supreme Court found he’d won his primary by three votes.
GOP state senator who defied Trump named winner, four months after close election
The Indiana state Senate election was held in May but was close, prompting a challenge.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
A Republican state senator in Indiana who crossed President Trump is advancing to the general election after the state Supreme Court found he’d won his primary by three votes.
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"We have a party of ordinary governance and a personality cult party. Those are the two options we are now offered every general election, and it really is that simple.
"That does not mean the party of ordinary governance is always admirable, or its average member all that appealing." (from April)
"That does not mean the party of ordinary governance is always admirable, or its average member all that appealing." (from April)
Vote Blue No Matter Who: Party Politics as Political Agency
Politics is a collective enterprise aimed at controlling the state, and requires working together as co-partisans.
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 12, 2026 at 1:15 AM
"We have a party of ordinary governance and a personality cult party. Those are the two options we are now offered every general election, and it really is that simple.
"That does not mean the party of ordinary governance is always admirable, or its average member all that appealing." (from April)
"That does not mean the party of ordinary governance is always admirable, or its average member all that appealing." (from April)
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9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."
September 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM
9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."
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Halfway through Trumpz-A-Loser, and the empty seats are clearly the most enthusiastic attendees.
September 10, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Halfway through Trumpz-A-Loser, and the empty seats are clearly the most enthusiastic attendees.
An amazing community of activists has risen up and organized to implement Christopher Armitage’s ideas. Six states allow citizens to move for criminal grand juries. In 3 states it has begun working to hold DOGE accountable. https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/four-people-have-begun-the-process
Four People Have Begun the Process to Convene Grand Juries Over DOGE, the Make Corrupt Politicians Pay Act Is in the Mail to 1,519 Legislators, the Calls Start This Week, and More
Also: the Sign-Up Form for New Petitioners, the Oppositional Federalism Paper Free on SSRN, a New Form for Your Questions, and the First ER Designs Retiring September 30.
cmarmitage.substack.com
September 9, 2026 at 1:51 PM
An amazing community of activists has risen up and organized to implement Christopher Armitage’s ideas. Six states allow citizens to move for criminal grand juries. In 3 states it has begun working to hold DOGE accountable. https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/four-people-have-begun-the-process
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Nazi policies???
Horrific new policy from the Trump regime: only states that report undocumented immigrants (and ensuring their hospitals and teachers do too) will be eligible to receive funds to provide food assistance.
Forcing people of conscience to snitch – or starve kids.
substack.com/@milestaylor...
Forcing people of conscience to snitch – or starve kids.
substack.com/@milestaylor...
Miles Taylor (@milestaylor)
DOJ announced new guidance yesterday.
If states don’t turn their employees (DMV, teachers, nurses) into ICE snitches against illegal immigrants, they’ll lose billions in welfare money use to feed po...
substack.com
September 6, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Nazi policies???
Ahh, of course!!
Voter suppression tactics DO NOT WORK w/ mail-in ballots. They can't be kept waiting in line all day because the local government has removed many polling locations (Tarrant County, TX, I'm looking at you). Whether voting machines work doesn't matter.
substack.com/@glassempire...
Voter suppression tactics DO NOT WORK w/ mail-in ballots. They can't be kept waiting in line all day because the local government has removed many polling locations (Tarrant County, TX, I'm looking at you). Whether voting machines work doesn't matter.
substack.com/@glassempire...
W. A. Lawrence (@glassempires)
substack.com
September 6, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Ahh, of course!!
Voter suppression tactics DO NOT WORK w/ mail-in ballots. They can't be kept waiting in line all day because the local government has removed many polling locations (Tarrant County, TX, I'm looking at you). Whether voting machines work doesn't matter.
substack.com/@glassempire...
Voter suppression tactics DO NOT WORK w/ mail-in ballots. They can't be kept waiting in line all day because the local government has removed many polling locations (Tarrant County, TX, I'm looking at you). Whether voting machines work doesn't matter.
substack.com/@glassempire...
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"In 2026, there’s no greater luxury for billionaires than owning the algorithms that feed our brains pellets of titillation. Except having a human being—preferably a blonde of childbearing years who exudes a slavish devotion to your every whim—who personally acts as an algorithm for you."
The Human Binky and the Dangers of Fascist Audience Capture | LOLGOP Studios
Arendt warned us about the bureaucrats of evil. She couldn't have predicted Natalie Harp's printer. Melania Trump won't be at the GOP's Dall
www.patreon.com
September 6, 2026 at 12:17 AM
"In 2026, there’s no greater luxury for billionaires than owning the algorithms that feed our brains pellets of titillation. Except having a human being—preferably a blonde of childbearing years who exudes a slavish devotion to your every whim—who personally acts as an algorithm for you."
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why is he so weird. every day, weird. in every way, weird. such a weirdo. and weird hair. and otherwise also weird hair. and so weird. i wish it would go away.
The hair????
If I hadn’t pulled the photos from Getty Images myself, I wouldn’t have believed it.
If I hadn’t pulled the photos from Getty Images myself, I wouldn’t have believed it.
September 5, 2026 at 11:39 PM
why is he so weird. every day, weird. in every way, weird. such a weirdo. and weird hair. and otherwise also weird hair. and so weird. i wish it would go away.
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These guys love to pretend they care about borders, but nothing makes our lives more permeable to the world than climate change combined with aggressively rejecting science.
September 6, 2026 at 12:34 AM
These guys love to pretend they care about borders, but nothing makes our lives more permeable to the world than climate change combined with aggressively rejecting science.
Horrific new policy from the Trump regime: only states that report undocumented immigrants (and ensuring their hospitals and teachers do too) will be eligible to receive funds to provide food assistance.
Forcing people of conscience to snitch – or starve kids.
substack.com/@milestaylor...
Forcing people of conscience to snitch – or starve kids.
substack.com/@milestaylor...
Miles Taylor (@milestaylor)
DOJ announced new guidance yesterday.
If states don’t turn their employees (DMV, teachers, nurses) into ICE snitches against illegal immigrants, they’ll lose billions in welfare money use to feed po...
substack.com
September 6, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Horrific new policy from the Trump regime: only states that report undocumented immigrants (and ensuring their hospitals and teachers do too) will be eligible to receive funds to provide food assistance.
Forcing people of conscience to snitch – or starve kids.
substack.com/@milestaylor...
Forcing people of conscience to snitch – or starve kids.
substack.com/@milestaylor...