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Susan Marquis

@slmwrite.bsky.social

Teacher, writer, Nats fan. Author “I Am Not A Tractor”; “Unconventional Warfare.” CFR. Not a bad cook, eh? Princeton Univ

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I’ve read Kim Kelly’s work on labor for years. She’s treated her readers, teenagers and professors, with respect, while breaking it all down so it made sense. Thank you. A travesty to end the very thing, writing on politics and labor, that set Teen Vogue apart from all the others.

08.11.2025 13:00 — 👍 175    🔁 35    💬 5    📌 1
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Vogue guts Teen Vogue Politics team Vogue.com is merging with Teen Vogue, eliminating its politics section. Just one woman of color remains on Teen Vogue’s editorial staff.

Teen Vogue had become one of the most credible politics a s labor reporting outlets for Millennials and Gen Z. The gutting of this department is a travesty. @kimkelly.bsky.social objectivejournalism.org/2025/11/vogu...

07.11.2025 20:48 — 👍 178    🔁 43    💬 8    📌 1
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NSL4A (@nslforamerica) Our statement on the continued use of kinetic military strikes against suspected drug smugglers.

National Security Leaders speak out @nsl4a substack.com/@nslforameri...

24.10.2025 20:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The East Wing Obscenity Trump's Ballroom Is a Tumor On The People's House

You must read this The story and meaning of the East Wing. Thank you @therickwilson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

24.10.2025 01:26 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Calling for a boycott of Clark Construction and the demolition contractor Aceco. The DMV needs to hold them accountable for working without approvals #whitehousedemolition

22.10.2025 20:56 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nailed it.

21.10.2025 00:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The universities are finding their footing. #courageiscontagious

21.10.2025 00:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Not a single mention of this across the Sunday shows as far as I could tell

19.10.2025 15:35 — 👍 9831    🔁 2801    💬 1355    📌 343
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Happened in DC. #NoKings

19.10.2025 03:24 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Joyful, patriotic, and determined. We saw humor and caring across all of the DC #NoKings

19.10.2025 03:19 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Standing up for the First Amendment

16.10.2025 19:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Exclusive: Graham Platner Makes the Case for Doing ‘Something Different’ Watch now | Maine’s upstart Senate candidate tells The Bulwark he is a different breed of Democrat than Gov. Janet Mills—but not a progressive.

Want a vision for the future? Here you go….https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/exclusive-graham-platner-maine-democrat-senate-interview?r=alp4v&utm_medium=ios

16.10.2025 11:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

For the love of America, NoKings.org.

14.10.2025 23:35 — 👍 2863    🔁 789    💬 35    📌 30
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Previewing the New Jersey and Virginia Governor Races: Part One With the 2024 presidential election increasingly in the rearview mirror and the 2026 midterms still more than a year away, political observers right now have their sights set on a handful of odd-year ...

In depth, thoughtful analysis of these two, statewide elections in 2025 First in a series open.substack.com/pub/theliber...

14.10.2025 13:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

09.10.2025 11:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Real Reason Trump Wants To Invade Chicago and Portland
YouTube video by Robert Reich The Real Reason Trump Wants To Invade Chicago and Portland

Robert Reich lays out the administration’s plan. Reich could not be more serious about the urgency of understanding youtube.com/watch?v=31X8...

09.10.2025 11:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“There’s a baby!”

Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)

05.10.2025 12:11 — 👍 15910    🔁 8417    💬 1847    📌 1047

It is not just “what if?” These things are happening.

04.10.2025 23:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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First Woman Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury

All blessings and prayers for new Archbishop Sarah Mullally and the Anglican Church www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/w...

03.10.2025 11:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A new try at the administration’s goal to control universities.

02.10.2025 01:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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National Security Leaders for America Condemns Trump’s Call to Use U.S. Cities as Military Training Grounds NSL4A's Statement on comments made by the President at Quantico

Statement from National Security Leaders for America in yesterdays’s speeches at Quantico open.substack.com/pub/nsl4a/p/...

02.10.2025 01:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Out in the open

30.09.2025 14:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Tells Top Brass American Cities Should Be ‘Training Grounds’ for Military www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

30.09.2025 14:42 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Pete Hegseth Is Out of His Depth On the alarm bells currently going off.

open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...

30.09.2025 12:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mass shootings you may have missed this weekend:

3 killed, 8 wounded in N.C.
2 killed, 8 wounded in Michigan
2 killed, 5 wounded in Texas
1 killed, 3 wounded in New Orleans
4 wounded in Louisiana
4 wounded in N.C.

via Gun Violence Archive

29.09.2025 03:24 — 👍 218    🔁 134    💬 13    📌 11

I’m not the first to repost but it’s vital we understand what is going on in our communities. Absolutely heartbreaking and unacceptable.

26.09.2025 16:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Learned something!

26.09.2025 16:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Standing up

26.09.2025 00:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

Watch all the way through. Lessons for all youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...

24.09.2025 21:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Gov Pritzker once again explains the takeover of cities. Please do not just nod your head. Commiserating will not change anything. Not only must we listen, we must act.

23.09.2025 14:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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