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Sarah Kendzior • 4m I've been suspended from BlueSky. I don't know why. I wasn't online much today, and the last things I posted were excerpts from my substack newsletter articles. The suspension followed without explanation. It seems there's a crackdown. If you enjoy my work and want to make sure you can access it, subscribe! It's free - I would never paywall in times of peril — and voluntary paying subscribers keep it going. It would be great to have your support at this time. Thanks!

In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social

Does he not know that the gov is still shut down?

Oscar Isaac Was ‘Not So Open to Working With Disney’ After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, Said He’d Return to ‘Star Wars’ if Disney Does ‘Not Succumb to Fascism’ Oscar Isaac was not open to working with Disney after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and will only return to 'Star Wars' if the studio avoids fascism.

OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":

".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."

@variety.com $DIS
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Honestly kinda insulting. Trump has repeatedly said we have made $18 trillion from tariffs. That's $54,545.50 for every American ( assuming population is 330 million ).

Just send everyone a $50,000 check.

Keep his word to who? Trump? Vought? Leo? Definitely not Durbin

Democrat Senators caved, but the gov is still shut down, SNAP is still being withheld, and flights are still being cancelled?

@democrats.org you guys suck

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.

Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.

This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

People who don't get in car accidents at least once a year are defrauding their auto insurance

People who fail to burn down their house annually and clearly committing fraud

It also helps if you understand the influence of "the Family" and of course, unlimited money

US: Trump pardons Giuliani, other former aides – DW – 11/10/2025 US President Donald Trump pardonend a series of officials who supported his unfounded claims of the 2020 elections being rigged. The US administration said the pardons are part of a "national reconcil...

Trump Pardoned J6 insurrection leaders. 76 in total including Guiliani, Mark Meadows, Sydney Powell, and John Eastman.

I'm looking for a full list

The Senate capitulation is Chuck Schumer's revenge for Mamdani being elected.

“Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election.” A day before we honor U.S. military veterans, Trump makes clear who he considers patriots, as opposed to those he once called “suckers” and “losers.”

Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous

I still don't think the house will reconvene. Johnson is the Heritage Foundation's toady, not Trump's.

I'VE JUST MADEA DEAL THAT WILL KEEP THE EMPIRE OUT OF HERE FOREVER.

Totally believable that Schumer would eff this up, but the House reeeeaaallly doesn't want to go back into session

A hit dog hollers

Trump's first term was a stress test for our democracy. When Biden, Schumer, and Pelosi regained power they did nothing to shore up the gaps that had been exposed.

FYI: Gutting SNAP benefits is outlined in Chapter 10 of Project 2025.
Remember, this is all by design.
ALL OF IT.

With Trump babbling about 50 year mortgages a new generation is about to learn that Mortgage is a french word that means "Death Pledge"

I suspect that a lot of people don't realize that a shut down government is in line with how the Heritage Foundation thinks the country should operate normally.

'Maybe it will happen today' styled as a Mamdani campaign poster. 'Maybe' is a large, gold, serif font with a red drop shadow, and 'it will happen today' is set below that in a gold all-caps, sans-serif font, all on an ultramarine blue background.

No Republican will do anything Trump doesn't want them to do

50 year mortgages mean fewer people will ever fully own their homes and that real estate investors will have lower payments and higher profits.

Sign that copies the style of Mamdani's campaign the says "guillotines for fun and profit

Libertarians are just Anarchists that are too chicken shit to admit it

Wasting millions of dollars?

It would only take 4 Republicans to cross the isle

Biden says Trump has ‘taken a wrecking ball’ to democracy in sharp criticism | CNN Politics Former President Joe Biden delivered a strong critique of his successor Friday, arguing to a room of supporters that President Donald Trump has “taken a wrecking ball” to democracy.

Maybe the guy who failed to prosecute Trump for his crimes or release the Epstein files should stay out of this.