Susan Solomon

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Lawyer. Writer. Mom. Peace Corps Volunteer, Senegal (‘87-98). Michigan Law. White House Legal Intern (‘92). Jumped in when The Resistance started and haven’t stopped since.

The amount of money Trump and his family have received from Saudi Arabia in the last few years is honestly staggering.

And we probably don't even know the full extent of it.

The silver lining to the #TwitterMigration: maybe this will result in more funding, more people willing to develop the Fediverse to its full potential.

As I keep telling you, there's more to this endeavour than being a Twitter replacement!

We have the chance to entirely re-make the Internet!

Russians who believe the future can be different will keep trying to change their country, and someday they will succeed. In the meantime, no one should ever concede to Putin the right to define what it means to be Russian. He doesn’t have that power.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/12/putin-russia-must-lose-ukraine-war-imperial-future/671891/
The Russian Empire Must Die

A better future requires Putin’s defeat—and the end to imperial aspirations.

The Atlantic
The leading Republican candidate for President in 2024 is amassing a small fortune from the Saudi government. Mohammed Bin Salman is cultivating the Trump/Kushner family to do his bidding should they return to power. Yet, how many stories, if any, have you seen about this democratic emergency?
Another #MastodonTip I've learned is that if you're posting a long thread then make the first one public (with the 🌍Public: Post to public timelines) but make the rest of them unlisted (with the 🔓Unlisted: Do not show in public timelines) which means the replies don't appear on people's timelines but the first post does! ☺️

NEW: Trump’s lawyers, including Alina Habba, get Rule 11-sanctioned by federal judge and must pay $50,000 in sanctions, plus attorney’s fees and costs, due to bringing bad faith litigation in Florida.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.610157/gov.uscourts.flsd.610157.284.0_1.pdf

-Russia withdraws from Kherson
-No GOP “red wave”
-Positive data on the economy
-Trump slammed by Fox
-No negative reaction after my Covid/Flu booster shots
-Survived hurricane Nicole
-Going to see Hamilton (again) this weekend

Pretty good week, I’d say…and it’s only Thursday!

"We are tracking recent developments at Twitter with deep concern. No CEO or company is above the law, and companies must follow our consent decrees."
— statement from FTC regarding #ElonsHusk
Steve Bannon's final message before the midterms: Mail-in ballots and Democratic votes are illegitimate

Media Matters for America

RT @[email protected]

After the election dust settles, a few certainties:

1. We'll still have a right-wing Supreme Court bound and determined to shift U.S. political economy in a more oligarchic, less democratic direction, much like the Court of 100 years ago.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/joeyfishkin/status/1589989559550742529

Joseph Fishkin on Twitter

“After the election dust settles, a few certainties: 1. We'll still have a right-wing Supreme Court bound and determined to shift U.S. political economy in a more oligarchic, less democratic direction, much like the Court of 100 years ago.”

Twitter