Susan McPherson

A Distric Court judge has ruled that Kari Lake was not legally in charge of the US Agency for Global Media, and that actions she took while claiming to be in that role are also not legal, including her attempts to fire people

Another example proving when we fight, we win 🙌🏼

Living in a Time of Lunatics and Monsters Let's be honest about the roots, costs and consequences of the Iran War

We are living in a time of absolute, utter madness...and too many people are unwilling to acknowledge it. My latest.
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Opinion | The Mistake That Iranians Make About America

A critically important read by Reza Aslan as an Iranian American:

FREE link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...

Thank you so much, @keshiajanay.bsky.social 🙏🏼🩵

For America, the Iran war has been 50 years in the making Donald Trump is of a generation still scarred by the embassy hostage crisis in 1979 that defined US-Iranian enmity. It was a humiliation he has never forgotten

Ben MacIntyre documents Trump's four decade obsession with the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. It is not impossible that this explains the war

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Today, Michelle and I are proud to announce that we will be hosting the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on June 18th in Chicago, and welcoming the public on June 19th.

We can’t wait for you to visit. Go to obama.org to learn more.

Russia's war against Ukraine is completely illegal, utterly immoral, and replete with systematic war crimes that the russian state encourages, rather than punishes. Calling it a war like any other is a whitewashing position.

Thank you 🙏🏼🩷

Much of my professional work is about lifting up others so this was such a unique joy to have the tables turned today!

Thank you ever so much for this tremendous opportunity, @out5p0ken.bsky.social 💕

Thank you for this crucial reminder 🙏🏼

What Qualities Do You Want in a Leader? A Saturday Prompt

“As cruel and violent, as sadistic and deadly, as hateful and bigoted as these times are, it becomes even more important to remember what we value and what ideals we need to regain our democratic society.”

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This is not the best part of the firing, but it’s in the Top 10.

The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...

An absolute must read from @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social on the "intellectually insecure reactionaries" around Epstein.

Just wow!

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Outrageous‼️ Trump does not care about anyone Except himself‼️

What Does Russia Have on Trump? Americans Deserve an Answer As Russia reportedly shares intelligence with Iran that could endanger American forces, the White House chooses to ease pressure on Moscow instead of confronting it.

Ukraine offers to help defend the West from Iranian drones.

Russia helps Iran track American forces.

And the White House eases sanctions on Russian oil.

Explain that to the families of U.S. troops. My latest:
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Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery Breeding is getting more competitive, suggesting the population is growing, a new study shows.

Sharing this because the one good news story i come across per month makes me cry www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

If we survive this, I really hope parents take a long look at how they are teaching empathy to their children. It's so obvious that that is the missing ingredient in huge chunks of the population, amplified by social media algorithms and cultural rewards for reactions rather than thoughtfulness.

As he sends soldiers to die…

The video of a United States Senator joining the violent removal of U.S. marine from a hearing and hideously breaking his arm in a door is an example of what has been unleashed in this country. They’re tapping in to get in on the violence.
And then he bragged about it on X later.

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RIP to Jesse Jackson. His funeral is today. I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.

“War-a-Lago”

By Barry Blitt @newyorker.com

Republican senators are calling it "special operations," "combat operation," he's calling it "war." We're going to be there—it's going to be regime change—no, it's not going to be regime change. This could be over in five days, we'll stay as long as we need to.

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U.S. payrolls unexpectedly fell by 92,000 in February; unemployment rate rises to 4.4% Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase 50,000 in February while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%.

Thank you, Trump 😡

Payrolls falling. Unemployment rising.

The winning continues.

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"Death and Destruction ... All Day Long" What a glorious time to be Pete Hegseth. He can openly revel in killing, cheered on by his carnage-loving boss.

"Quiet death," words from Hegseth on those Iranian sailors who lost their lives.

Pause and think about that for a moment: Quiet for whom? Not for the families of the dead soldiers. Not for the survivors. Not for clapping Pete.

Via @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social

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Opinion | Trump’s Fantasy Is Crashing Down

"If war is God’s way of teaching Americans geography, perhaps it will also serve as a lesson to Trump. It should be a simple one: Other places and other people are real, possessing their own agendas and agency, and America’s actions have consequences it cannot control."

Via @polgreen.bsky.social

Noem's bungling proves too much even for Trump Accountability is still possible.

“With Trump’s numbers in the ditch and only getting worse — a Fox News poll released Wednesday showed him 14 points underwater — Noem may be the first high-profile firing of Trump 2.0, but she almost certainly won’t be the last.”

Latest from @atrupar.com in PN:

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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Reuters Exclusive

"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

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