Susan Strasser

Susan Strasser

@sustras.bsky.social

Historian of American consumer culture. Hiker. Knitter. Redhead. Aunt.

183 Followers 212 Following 87 Posts Joined Nov 2024
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Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab

“In a social media post in December, Russell Vought, the White House budget director, called the Colorado center “one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country.””

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/c...

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No Kings As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
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March 28th, 2026, in 3000+ towns and cities around the world. Down with the tyrant, up with the people

Check the link below to see which protests are happening near you!

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The Fate of the First Amendment The Defense Department announced is barring press photographers from the briefings it holds on the war in Iran.

When the President decides photojournalists can’t take pictures at Sec’y Hegseth’s Iran briefings, it’s not a small thing. We’re connecting the dots to the larger efforts to erode our 1st Amendment rights, just when we need them the most. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Several Senate Democrats have NOT ruled out voting in favor of this additional funding. They include:
‼️Sens. Elissa Slotkin and Gary Peters of Michigan
‼️Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island
‼️Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia
‼️Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
‼️Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware

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We have always been at war with Eastasia.

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BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests One billion board feet per year... 30 days to make your voice heard.

open.substack.com/pub/morethan...

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No Kings As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

Well, this should be a record-breaking day nokings.org

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Anthropic refuses Pentagon’s new terms, standing firm on lethal autonomous weapons and mass surveillance The Pentagon’s “threats do not change our position,” Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wrote.

Anthropic refuses Pentagon’s new terms, standing firm on lethal autonomous weapons and mass surveillance www.theverge.com/news/885773/... I think this is the right thing to do. #safety

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The hidden ICE blueprint that should horrify every American | Will Bunch An internal Department of Homeland Security document shows how ICE plans to cram thousands of detained human beings inside a Georgia warehouse.

What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses?

Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards

My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

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State of Florida's new mandate for public college Intro Sociology curriculum:

"The following should not be included in any course content...

"Discussions arguing a causal association between institutional sexism and unequal outcomes between men and women"

Indoctrination, not education nor science

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Let's try this again 👋

Hi Bluesky - I'm Massachusetts' Attorney General. You might know me from suing President Trump nearly 50 times, beating Uber and Lyft in court, or being the first woman of color elected to statewide office in MA.

I officially left X today - help me find my MA people?

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Opinion | What Exactly Is a ‘Concentration Camp’?

Great and informative interview of @andreapitzer.bsky.social by @jamellebouie.net.

The term "concentration camp" has become calcified into a single referent, but as Andrea makes clear, it is more useful to think of it as a process, and its history begins well before Nazi Germany.

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U.S. Kills 3 in Latest Boat Strike

Trump's and Hegseth's summary executions continue: US military blew up a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three people. The strike raised the death toll in Trump’s campaign against people accused of drug smuggling at sea to at least 147—each a murder.

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Trump:

"The court has given me the unquestioned right to... destroy foreign countries."

The US Supreme Court has done no such thing.

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OK where were we? Ah yes Trump photos stuck in piles of dog excrement, that’s right - PoPville Thanks to N. for sending from Adams Morgan: "My husband saw these yesterday on all the dog poop. As seen on 19th street NW near Mintwood Place." Signs stuck in dog excrement are trending...

OK where were we? Ah yes Trump photos stuck in piles of dog excrement, that’s right... www.popville.com/2026/02/trum...

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Seven Billion Reasons for Facebook to Abandon its Face Recognition Plans Meta’s analysis that it can avoid scrutiny by releasing a privacy invasive product during a time of political crisis is craven and morally bankrupt. It is also dead wrong.

"According to an internal Meta document, the company may launch the product 'during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.'” www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

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Meidas Touch Network & MoveOn present
the PEOPLE'S STATE of the UNION
FEB 24 8:00 PM est
MOVEON.ORG/LIVE

SEN. ED MARKEY
SEN. JEFF MERKLEY
SEN. CHRIS MURPHY 
SEN. TINA SMITH 
SEN. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN 
REP. YASSAMIN ANSARI 
REP. BECCA BALINT 
REP. GREG CASAR 
REP. VERONICA ESCOBAR 
REP. JIM HIMES
REP. SARA JACOBS 
REP. PRAMILA JAYAPAL 
REP. JOHN B. LARSON 
REP. SYDNEY KAMLAGER-DOVE 
REP. CHELLIE PINGREE 
REP. EMILY RANDALL 
REP. MARY GAY SCANLON 
REP. DELIA RAMIREZ 
REP. BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN
& MORE 

HOSTED BY KATIE PHANG & JOY REID

Instead of listening to Trump’s litany of lies on Tuesday night, tune into the People’s State of the Union with @moveon.org and @meidastouch.com: www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...

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Montgomery County, Maryland busses became free last year. It’s so great.

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Milwaukee Police had big plans for facial recognition tech. Then the community found out It was a rocky 10-month effort by the Milwaukee police who attempted to convince the public getting facial recognition was a positive.

In an April meeting, “police officials outlined a plan to trade 2.5 million mugshots for two free licenses with the company Biometrica. The company’s technology, called Umbra, would allow police to search a database of mugshot for matches on an uploaded photo.”

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Redlining across Los Angeles predicts bird segregation half a century later! Racial segregation is for the birds.

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Obama Presidency Oral History The Obama Presidency as told by 450+ officials, activists, organizers, and extraordinary people from all walks of life.

So the Obama administration oral history project went live today. An extraordinary resource for historians and teachers, and a great credit to the team of folks who compiled them all, including Evan McCormick, @pastpunditry.bsky.social and many others.

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Wow.

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US judge orders Trump administration to restore Philadelphia slavery exhibit In ruling, judge cited quote from Orwell’s novel 1984 describing process by which authoritarians rewrite history

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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i love a good piece of business history and this is a great read

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If you are ever turned away at the polls, your LEGAL response must be:

“Please give me a provisional ballot, with a receipt, as required by law.”

🗳️ Spread the word! 🗳️

go.bsky.app/NC1vFF9

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Devastated to learn that Univ of Texas at Austin is closing the American Studies dept. The years I spent there earning my PhD were formative, making me the teacher, thinker, and writer I am today. I've passed on what I learned at UT to thousands of students over the past 20 years. Just awful.

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When life gives flu that cancels the family Hanukkah get together, make latkes for Valentinukkah with @sustras.bsky.social

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The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.

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Activists keep up heat on Roxbury to block ICE detention center Activists and residents are pressuring the Morris County town to do more to block a proposed immigrant detention center. Here's what they want.

Roxbury, New Jersey:

www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/l...

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