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Susan McPherson

@susanmcp.bsky.social

Passionate connector who believes biz can be a force for good. Author, "The Lost Art of Connecting." Sustainability and Impact Leader. Founder. CEO. Philanthropist. Angel Investor. Pup Lover.

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Latest posts by susanmcp.bsky.social on Bluesky

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she's looking to redraw the state's legislative lines in response to the Texas gerrymander โ€” even going so far as to suggest amending the state constitution to move up the timeline.

04.08.2025 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4783    ๐Ÿ” 1054    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 210    ๐Ÿ“Œ 132
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The looming Trumpcession Orange man bad (for the economy).

"Of course, the numbers were not phony. They were actually exactly what youโ€™d expect given Trumpโ€™s relentless effort to destroy the robust economy left to him by Biden."

By @nberlat.bsky.social in today's PN.

www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-jobs...

04.08.2025 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Middle-Aged Manson Girls The MAGA bossbabes and their theater of cruelty.

"Pam Bondi, Tulsi Gabbard, Linda McMahon, & Kristi Noem take orders from a supremely nasty felon. But they have vile streaks all their own. The vileness blends their private and public actions in a filthy smoothie."

By @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/virginia...

04.08.2025 15:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nayib Bukele could now rule El Salvador for life His supermajority in the legislative assembly has removed the constitutional barriers to unlimited re-election

The descent into authoritarianism by Nayib Bukele has been swift. Support from one of the worldโ€™s most powerful men, Donald Trump, has been helpful

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โ€œ.. Sure, weโ€™ve seen an explosion in AI capital spending in recent years. But this increasingly looks like the only game in town for growth. Housing, consumption and government spending โ€” nearly 90% of the economy โ€” are now stagnant at best.โ€

@conorsen.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

04.08.2025 12:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 819    ๐Ÿ” 258    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 46    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38
LIVE: Governor Pritzker issues ANNOUNCEMENT amid Texas walkout
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen LIVE: Governor Pritzker issues ANNOUNCEMENT amid Texas walkout

"America we have a problem. The largest democracy in the world and yet a Texas governor would bend a knee to Donald Trump because he's afraid to lose an election fair and square."

04.08.2025 02:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5333    ๐Ÿ” 1461    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 111    ๐Ÿ“Œ 39

When on earth will news organizations start to push back on such preposterous claims?

04.08.2025 01:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Week Ahead Sunday August 3, 2025

This week marks the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, but thereโ€™s not a lot to celebrate. There is, however, a positive action that you can take, right now, to help.

open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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"Another is that it is in the most literal sense not news โ€“ there are tides of hatred and violence against other groups that ebb and flow, but violence against women is global and enduring, a constant rather than an event."

By @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

04.08.2025 00:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump And Miller Compel Colleges Not To Enroll International Students Trump officials are using rules, policies and agreements to compel and discourage U.S. universities from enrolling international students.

Wow. Had not realized that Columbiaโ€™s settlement with Trump admin included a commitment to decrease international student enrollment. In what way does this help โ€œcombat antisemitism,โ€ which is supposedly the administrationโ€™s objective?
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

03.08.2025 14:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2781    ๐Ÿ” 934    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 164    ๐Ÿ“Œ 131
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Applebaum on Autocracy Anne Applebaum warns that Sudanโ€™s descent into chaos shows what happens when institutions failโ€”and why a free press is essential to prevent America from following the same path.

Don't miss @oliverdarcy.bsky.social's pressing interview on our growing U.S. autocracy with @anneapplebaum.bsky.social:

"In any slide towards dictatorship, individual decisions matter because they create precedents."

www.status.news/p/anne-apple...

04.08.2025 00:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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White House economist calls for 'fresh set of eyes at the BLS' after weak jobs report | Fox Business Video National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett discusses the latest jobs report, the firing of the labor statistics chief and the consumer impact of tariffs on 'Fox News Sunday.'

Hassett went on TV and claimed you canโ€™t trust the economic data anymore because all the recent revisions are partisan.
A bald-faced lie.
Every serious economist still in this administration should resign. They are actively underminding the US economy by lending their credibility to this horse****

03.08.2025 21:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4741    ๐Ÿ” 1376    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 270    ๐Ÿ“Œ 66
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Supreme Court poised to permanently entrench Republican rule The latest move by SCOTUS is a "five alarm fire"

"If SCOTUS guts the Voting Rights Act, the prospect of Republicans stealing only 5 seats in Texas will feel quaint. While California must counteract what the GOP is doing in Texas, we donโ€™t have enough seats to counteract what they could do if the VRA if gutted. It cement permanent GOP rule."

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Google has dropped more than 50 DEI-related organizations from one of its funding lists The dropped groups had mission statements that included the words "diversity, "equity," "inclusion," or "race," "activism," and "women."

Bending the knee.

www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/g...

03.08.2025 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When public media disappears, so do the stories that bring us together.

With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection.

If that matters to you, nowโ€™s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq

03.08.2025 15:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14557    ๐Ÿ” 5677    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 477    ๐Ÿ“Œ 243
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Colorado deputies disciplined for helping federal immigration agents Two Colorado deputies have been disciplined for violating state law by helping federal agents make immigration arrests.

Two Colorado deputies have been disciplined for violating state law by helping federal agents make immigration arrests, and their sheriff says officers from other agencies have done the same.

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Surely thereโ€™s no one on the planet to whom this makes logical sense

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Trumpโ€™s Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...

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Poignant read by the brilliant @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social.

03.08.2025 06:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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For once, America can agree on what cruelty is And it has a name: Jeffrey Epstein.

โ€œThe inhumane paradigm that consolidated this current overclass, embodied in Jeffrey Epstein & expressed in a range of institutions, is responsible for enormous, incalculable cruelty. And, for once in a very long time, we all oppose the same cruelty.โ€
virginiaheffernan.substack.com/p/for-once-a...

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Senate confirms Jeanine Pirro as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia The Senate on Saturday approved the nomination of Jeanine Pirroโ€‹, confirming the cable news personality to a top prosecutor post in Washington, D.C.

This timeline sucks.

www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-...

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Democrats need to gerrymander the crap out of every Blue state before the 2026 midterm! The stakes demand this!

"This is why Democrats who control Blue states must gerrymander the crap out of the congressional maps to net more Democratic seats before the midterm!"

Spot on, @deanobeidallah.bsky.social/

open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...

02.08.2025 19:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Elizabeth Spiers rightfully predicted IT three months ago!

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It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.

02.08.2025 02:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21948    ๐Ÿ” 4416    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1195    ๐Ÿ“Œ 266

Here we go again.

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Just saying:

@gregkellyusa has gone ALL in on a disgraceful narrative that a woman who helped Epstein traffic and rape over 1,000 girls AND abused many of them herself in extremely deviant sadistic ways herself, is now a VICTIM.

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NEW: The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has kept in place a Los Angeles federal judge's ruling that bars immigration agents from using a person's spoken language or job, like day laborer, as the sole pretext to detain them.

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I Am Suing the Department of Justice for the Epstein Files Training Videos On July 20th, I was the first to report the existence of training videos instructing FBI personnel how to flag mentions of Trump and others in the Epstein files. Today, I'm suing for those videos.

BREAKING: I am suing the Department of Justice for the training videos instructing FBI personnel to flag mentions of Donald Trump in the Epstein files. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/i-am-suing...

02.08.2025 17:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18109    ๐Ÿ” 4949    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 482    ๐Ÿ“Œ 186

Beautiful!

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We Can Save Public Radio and Television Viewers and listeners like us.

"No matter where I lived, I knew this was guaranteed because after moving into a new place, weโ€™d plug in our old box television, adjust the shitty little antenna just so, and voila, like magic, there was PBS. It was free."

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