Sadie S
@sadiesmiles2.bsky.social
NP, mom, cat wrangler. Passionate about progressing politics, mental health, clinical education, safety/quality, mid mod furniture, board games, live music. She/her.
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If you're in the DC area, make your way out to the Capitol steps! History in the making!
Still growing in numbers! Way to go, everyone! Thank you to all involved keep making good trouble!
April 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
If you're in the DC area, make your way out to the Capitol steps! History in the making!
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BREAKING: The constitutional crisis has arrived. We knew it was coming, just not when.
April 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
BREAKING: The constitutional crisis has arrived. We knew it was coming, just not when.
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They’re going to keep pushing until something stops them.
Deeply concerning: US citizen lawyer getting detained and his phone searched on reentering the U.S. at Customs. www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family
Dearborn lawyer says feds tried to seize his cellphone at Detroit Metro Airport as he returned from spring break trip with his family.
www.freep.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
They’re going to keep pushing until something stops them.
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69M married women could lose their voting rights if the SAVE Act is passed. Transgender individuals too.
Why? Absent a valid passport, you must present a birth certificate *with the same name as your registration* to be registered.
This is insane!
Hands Off Her Vote
Why? Absent a valid passport, you must present a birth certificate *with the same name as your registration* to be registered.
This is insane!
Hands Off Her Vote
April 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Donald Trump and his cronies want you to be tired and afraid. That's their goal.
If we give up, that means they win. We can't do that.
If we give up, that means they win. We can't do that.
March 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Donald Trump and his cronies want you to be tired and afraid. That's their goal.
If we give up, that means they win. We can't do that.
If we give up, that means they win. We can't do that.
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Exclusive: Get ready for worse health care and more medical errors unless this ongoing illegal impoundment is stopped and quickly reversed. www.offmessage.net/p/the-trump-...
The Trump Administration Goes To War With Health-Care Quality
Inside its plan to destroy a small agency that keeps you safe.
www.offmessage.net
March 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Exclusive: Get ready for worse health care and more medical errors unless this ongoing illegal impoundment is stopped and quickly reversed. www.offmessage.net/p/the-trump-...
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If court orders are being ignored, we’re having that constitutional crisis that everyone’s been worried about.
We’re there, folks.
We’re there, folks.
March 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If court orders are being ignored, we’re having that constitutional crisis that everyone’s been worried about.
We’re there, folks.
We’re there, folks.
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Getting measles is especially bad because it wipes out your entire immune system. Immune amnesia. When this was first studied and confirmed, the next conclusion was that measles indirectly killed a lot more children than previously counted.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
March 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Getting measles is especially bad because it wipes out your entire immune system. Immune amnesia. When this was first studied and confirmed, the next conclusion was that measles indirectly killed a lot more children than previously counted.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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NEW from me -
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
Tim Walz to launch national tour of town halls in Republican House districts | CNN Politics
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans, some of whom have stopped holding town halls amid the raucous receptions their colleagues...
www.cnn.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
NEW from me -
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
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BREAKING: The European Union announced countermeasures — worth about $28 billion — in response to Trump's tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports will start on April.
The EU retaliates against Trump's trade moves and slaps tariffs on produce from Republican states
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said as the United States is “applying tariffs worth 28 billion dollars, we are responding with countermeasures worth 26 billion euros,” or about $28...
apnews.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
BREAKING: The European Union announced countermeasures — worth about $28 billion — in response to Trump's tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports will start on April.
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I will tell you that I was unironically thrilled by this news.
EAT US, SALTIE. EAT US ALL.
EAT US, SALTIE. EAT US ALL.
Northern Territory’s growing saltwater crocodile population gorging on nine times more prey than 50 years ago
Northern Territory’s growing saltwater crocodile population gorging on nine times more prey than 50 years ago
Research shows apex predators are increasing in numbers and excreting important nutrients into Top End waterways
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The growing…
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March 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I will tell you that I was unironically thrilled by this news.
EAT US, SALTIE. EAT US ALL.
EAT US, SALTIE. EAT US ALL.
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The United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, due to declining civil liberties.
I repeat…
U.S. Added to Global Human Rights Watchlist Over Declining Civil Liberties
time.com/7266334/us-h...
I repeat…
U.S. Added to Global Human Rights Watchlist Over Declining Civil Liberties
time.com/7266334/us-h...
U.S. Is Added to Human Rights Watchlist
The United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, due to declining civil liberties.
time.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, due to declining civil liberties.
I repeat…
U.S. Added to Global Human Rights Watchlist Over Declining Civil Liberties
time.com/7266334/us-h...
I repeat…
U.S. Added to Global Human Rights Watchlist Over Declining Civil Liberties
time.com/7266334/us-h...
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holy shit -- Trump was reading from a literal Tesla sales pitch, complete with pricing, during his White House event with Elon Musk. (Andrew Harnik/Getty)
March 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
holy shit -- Trump was reading from a literal Tesla sales pitch, complete with pricing, during his White House event with Elon Musk. (Andrew Harnik/Getty)
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"non-MH [mental health] VA staff around my cubicle can hear my sessions." The therapist said they were "worried about issues of licensure [and] ethics code violations related to confidentiality."
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Veterans Administration therapists forced to provide mental health counseling in open cubicles
As part of the Trump administration's frenzied push to end remote work arrangements for federal government workers, the Veterans Administration (VA) is forcing therapists to provide mental health coun...
popular.info
March 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"non-MH [mental health] VA staff around my cubicle can hear my sessions." The therapist said they were "worried about issues of licensure [and] ethics code violations related to confidentiality."
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The president turned the south lawn of the white house into a tesla dealership and musk promised him $100 million in donations on the same day.
March 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The president turned the south lawn of the white house into a tesla dealership and musk promised him $100 million in donations on the same day.
Falling for a grift, indeed.
You’ve allowed yourself to be fooled by a campaign that is nothing but a wedge issue by bad actors.
You’re falling for a grift.
And maybe don’t call trans people locusts. You can block me now. www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/15/h...
You’re falling for a grift.
And maybe don’t call trans people locusts. You can block me now. www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/15/h...
March 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Falling for a grift, indeed.
This
For me, fighting fascism has nothing to do with thinking I’ll win. I don’t fight because there’s an inevitable outcome, I fight because I couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t do something.
March 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This
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An excellent conversation about the real-world impacts of cutting Nat’l Weather Service.
For four bucks a person we get life-saving emergency weather alerts and constant monitoring that keeps air travel safe and comfortable. That gets our packages delivered.
www.thebulwark.com/p/national-w...
For four bucks a person we get life-saving emergency weather alerts and constant monitoring that keeps air travel safe and comfortable. That gets our packages delivered.
www.thebulwark.com/p/national-w...
National Weather Service Cuts Hundreds, Disaster Could Loom
Atmospheric scientist Matthew Cappucci joins Sam Stein to talk the hundreds of firings at NOAA, and how the cuts will affect weather forecasting, air travel, and natural disasters.
www.thebulwark.com
March 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
An excellent conversation about the real-world impacts of cutting Nat’l Weather Service.
For four bucks a person we get life-saving emergency weather alerts and constant monitoring that keeps air travel safe and comfortable. That gets our packages delivered.
www.thebulwark.com/p/national-w...
For four bucks a person we get life-saving emergency weather alerts and constant monitoring that keeps air travel safe and comfortable. That gets our packages delivered.
www.thebulwark.com/p/national-w...
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Voice of America is reviewing the social media posts of a reporter for possible bias against the Trump Administration. The review is sparking concerns of political meddling.
Voice of America bias inquiry sparks concerns of political meddling
Voice of America is reviewing the social media posts of a reporter for possible bias against the Trump Administration. The review is sparking concerns of political meddling.
www.npr.org
March 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Voice of America is reviewing the social media posts of a reporter for possible bias against the Trump Administration. The review is sparking concerns of political meddling.
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Horrific: One of the USAID programs Trump just terminated was set to deliver lifesaving treatment to hundreds of thousands of starving kids abroad. Much of it is now sitting in a Georgia warehouse.
Rubio's promise to preserve urgent assistance was a lie.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1921...
Rubio's promise to preserve urgent assistance was a lie.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1921...
Musk’s Purges Suddenly Take a Horrific Turn—and Wreck an Ugly MAGA Lie
We can now be depressingly confident that their mass cuts are killing people.
newrepublic.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Horrific: One of the USAID programs Trump just terminated was set to deliver lifesaving treatment to hundreds of thousands of starving kids abroad. Much of it is now sitting in a Georgia warehouse.
Rubio's promise to preserve urgent assistance was a lie.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1921...
Rubio's promise to preserve urgent assistance was a lie.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1921...
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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
February 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵