Sarah Burris
@sarahburris.bsky.social
Writer @alternet.org some at RawStory ex: @salon
*opinions might be jokes*
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Oklahomie in Washington, D.C.
Animal lover
Recovering social media expert
*opinions might be jokes*
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Email: sarah at alternet.org
Oklahomie in Washington, D.C.
Animal lover
Recovering social media expert
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Georgia elections raid comes week after FBI replaced top agent: AP source
The FBI raided an elections office in Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday, but last week it replaced the top agent in the field office. According to the report, "agents were seen entering the Fulton Count...
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BUT WAIT - there's more!
Georgia elections raid comes week after FBI replaced top agent: AP source www.alternet.org/fbi-georgia-...
Georgia elections raid comes week after FBI replaced top agent: AP source www.alternet.org/fbi-georgia-...
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“Upon arrival at the center — which is the same where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was held with his father, Adrian Conejo Arias — Amalia's health worsened quickly, the lawsuit said, and on Jan. 1, she developed a fever that peaked at 104 degrees and would not break.”
Amalia, 18 months, "nearly died" at Dilley migrant family jail, a lawyer for her family said in a statement to @people.com: people.com/toddler-hosp...
Toddler, Hospitalized with Life-Threatening Respiratory Failure, Was Returned to ICE Detention and Denied Prescribed Meds
A toddler at an ICE detention center in Texas was rushed to the hospital with respiratory failure, pneumonia and more, and when the 18-month-old and her parents had to return to the center, ICE office...
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February 13, 2026 at 4:55 PM
“Upon arrival at the center — which is the same where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was held with his father, Adrian Conejo Arias — Amalia's health worsened quickly, the lawsuit said, and on Jan. 1, she developed a fever that peaked at 104 degrees and would not break.”
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Does Meta talk to regular degular people to find out what they want (if anything)?
We used AI to find the moment of social unrest most optimized to distract from our launch of the Torment Nexus
@kashhill.bsky.social @kalleyhuang.bsky.social @mikeisaac.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
@kashhill.bsky.social @kalleyhuang.bsky.social @mikeisaac.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Does Meta talk to regular degular people to find out what they want (if anything)?
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You can't handle the truth!
You can't handle the truth!
Kristi Noem: "I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the security blanket of the very freedom that I travel with and then questions the manner in which I travel with it."
February 13, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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You can't handle the truth!
You can't handle the truth!
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He should have no regrets. The rest of the world - and the IOC "leadership" - should.
"From day one, I told you that I think I'm right," Heraskevych said. "I don't have any regrets."
"From day one, I told you that I think I'm right," Heraskevych said. "I don't have any regrets."
Ukrainian hopes to win helmet appeal, knows Olympic shot over
The Court of Arbitration for Sport heard the appeal of Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych surrounding his disqualification from the Milan Cortina Games, though the slider knows he won't ...
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February 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
He should have no regrets. The rest of the world - and the IOC "leadership" - should.
"From day one, I told you that I think I'm right," Heraskevych said. "I don't have any regrets."
"From day one, I told you that I think I'm right," Heraskevych said. "I don't have any regrets."
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The NFL must suspend Steve Tisch immediately. It's mindblowing that we're now demanding a football league act against direct involvement with a child sex-trafficking ring, only because nothing and no one else will.
Dan Bernstein Unfiltered on @312sportschi.bsky.social. Links below.
Dan Bernstein Unfiltered on @312sportschi.bsky.social. Links below.
February 12, 2026 at 5:38 PM
The NFL must suspend Steve Tisch immediately. It's mindblowing that we're now demanding a football league act against direct involvement with a child sex-trafficking ring, only because nothing and no one else will.
Dan Bernstein Unfiltered on @312sportschi.bsky.social. Links below.
Dan Bernstein Unfiltered on @312sportschi.bsky.social. Links below.
Every time they sue, they open themselves up to discovery. And they keep suing and I don't understand why. Is it crap lawyering or is it just the dumbest clients EVER
Melania walked straight into a trap to uncover Epstein details: Trump biographer www.msn.com/en-in/news/w...
Melania walked straight into a trap to uncover Epstein details: Trump biographer www.msn.com/en-in/news/w...
February 13, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Every time they sue, they open themselves up to discovery. And they keep suing and I don't understand why. Is it crap lawyering or is it just the dumbest clients EVER
Melania walked straight into a trap to uncover Epstein details: Trump biographer www.msn.com/en-in/news/w...
Melania walked straight into a trap to uncover Epstein details: Trump biographer www.msn.com/en-in/news/w...
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OK everyone who is making fun of Kristi Noem over the blanket thing has OBVIOUSLY never had a toddler who was elevated to a Cabinet position
February 13, 2026 at 3:14 PM
OK everyone who is making fun of Kristi Noem over the blanket thing has OBVIOUSLY never had a toddler who was elevated to a Cabinet position
This was even more amusing given the new EPA thingie....
Trump administration finally 'admits gravity exists' with policy about-face: economic expert www.alternet.org/trump-trade-...
Trump administration finally 'admits gravity exists' with policy about-face: economic expert www.alternet.org/trump-trade-...
Trump administration finally 'admits gravity exists' with policy about-face: economic expert
Cato Institute vice president Scott Lincicome cited a Financial Times report indicating President Donald Trump's administration is finally beginning to back away from some of his disastrous economic p...
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February 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
This was even more amusing given the new EPA thingie....
Trump administration finally 'admits gravity exists' with policy about-face: economic expert www.alternet.org/trump-trade-...
Trump administration finally 'admits gravity exists' with policy about-face: economic expert www.alternet.org/trump-trade-...
I don't know, my favorite is that she and Corey Lewandowski have their own special DHS plan with a bedroom for them in the back
Kristi Noem had Coast Guard pilot fired for leaving her blanket on a plane: report www.alternet.org/kristi-noem-...
Kristi Noem had Coast Guard pilot fired for leaving her blanket on a plane: report www.alternet.org/kristi-noem-...
Kristi Noem had Coast Guard pilot fired for leaving her blanket on a plane: report
New details are emerging about turmoil inside the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the leadership of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem — and her rumored paramour, Corey Lewandowski.The Wall Street ...
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February 13, 2026 at 1:44 PM
I don't know, my favorite is that she and Corey Lewandowski have their own special DHS plan with a bedroom for them in the back
Kristi Noem had Coast Guard pilot fired for leaving her blanket on a plane: report www.alternet.org/kristi-noem-...
Kristi Noem had Coast Guard pilot fired for leaving her blanket on a plane: report www.alternet.org/kristi-noem-...
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You can get a rifle at 18.
ID is not necessarily required for private, face to face sales of firearms.
If you don’t have a viable ID to purchase a firearm, there is no timing issue on you getting one and coming back. You can’t “come back to vote” weeks after an election.
ID is not necessarily required for private, face to face sales of firearms.
If you don’t have a viable ID to purchase a firearm, there is no timing issue on you getting one and coming back. You can’t “come back to vote” weeks after an election.
Rep. Zach Nunn: "Look, you gotta be 21 to drink, you gotta be 21 to get a gun. You use a driver's license. We should use a driver's license or voter ID to make sure when you show up to vote, one of the most important things you can do as Americans, it's taken care of."
February 13, 2026 at 1:19 PM
You can get a rifle at 18.
ID is not necessarily required for private, face to face sales of firearms.
If you don’t have a viable ID to purchase a firearm, there is no timing issue on you getting one and coming back. You can’t “come back to vote” weeks after an election.
ID is not necessarily required for private, face to face sales of firearms.
If you don’t have a viable ID to purchase a firearm, there is no timing issue on you getting one and coming back. You can’t “come back to vote” weeks after an election.
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This really is the equivalent of Chris Rufo posting that he was going to redefine critical race theory and then doing exactly that
well, there it is
February 13, 2026 at 1:22 PM
This really is the equivalent of Chris Rufo posting that he was going to redefine critical race theory and then doing exactly that
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One thing the ICE masks do is hide that Stephen Miller's white supremacist project relies on brown labor.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTSe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTSe...
Behind the Masks
YouTube video by emptywheel
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February 13, 2026 at 1:24 PM
One thing the ICE masks do is hide that Stephen Miller's white supremacist project relies on brown labor.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTSe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTSe...
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To paraphrase the great Dean Vernon Wormer of Animal House -- Blonde, dishonest, and fascist as the day is long, is no way to go through life, Karoline.
February 13, 2026 at 1:25 PM
To paraphrase the great Dean Vernon Wormer of Animal House -- Blonde, dishonest, and fascist as the day is long, is no way to go through life, Karoline.
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I did Nazi that coming.
Current state of things: One Fox News host casually declares that Epstein’s money comes from “Jewish billionaires” and a “Jewish banking family,” another responds that he was a “sex rabbi.” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/jes...
February 13, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I did Nazi that coming.
Well, this is awkward.
Republicans fail to qualify for US Senate ballot after committing massive blunder
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Republicans fail to qualify for US Senate ballot after committing massive blunder
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Republicans fail to qualify for US Senate ballot after committing massive blunder
Republican candidates messed up in New Mexico for the 2026 senate race. The conservative Washington Examiner reported Thursday that no GOP candidate will appear on the ballot for the U.S. Senate race...
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February 13, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Well, this is awkward.
Republicans fail to qualify for US Senate ballot after committing massive blunder
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Republicans fail to qualify for US Senate ballot after committing massive blunder
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The other word not in this 3,600-word compendium of attacks on Kristi Noem is the word "balloon." There's no mention of the party balloon fiasco in El Paso.
This is a 3,600-word piece airing every bit of dirt Noem's detractors have aired in the last year, presumably to try to get her (and Corey) ousted.
2 words that don't appear anywhere? "Stephen Miller."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
2 words that don't appear anywhere? "Stephen Miller."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
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February 13, 2026 at 10:34 AM
The other word not in this 3,600-word compendium of attacks on Kristi Noem is the word "balloon." There's no mention of the party balloon fiasco in El Paso.
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Donald Trump is nominating actual N*zis and white narcissists to the State Department. This isn’t unprecedented. Sadly, it’s a revival of the centuries of racism that has infected our country. youtube.com/shorts/cosmu...
White supremacist can’t explain why white people are supreme
YouTube video by Qasim Rashid
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February 13, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Donald Trump is nominating actual N*zis and white narcissists to the State Department. This isn’t unprecedented. Sadly, it’s a revival of the centuries of racism that has infected our country. youtube.com/shorts/cosmu...
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Okay I just watched the Daily Show clip mocking this guy, and can I just say:
(1) that's not a fucking song, it's a guy making a speech with a guitar in his hand; and
(2) what is WITH this "I have an extremely cramped conception of the good life and I'm proud of it" shtick???
(1) that's not a fucking song, it's a guy making a speech with a guitar in his hand; and
(2) what is WITH this "I have an extremely cramped conception of the good life and I'm proud of it" shtick???
i just wanna
drive my truck
mow this grass
drink my beer
dress like ass
drive my truck
mow this grass
drink my beer
dress like ass
February 13, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Okay I just watched the Daily Show clip mocking this guy, and can I just say:
(1) that's not a fucking song, it's a guy making a speech with a guitar in his hand; and
(2) what is WITH this "I have an extremely cramped conception of the good life and I'm proud of it" shtick???
(1) that's not a fucking song, it's a guy making a speech with a guitar in his hand; and
(2) what is WITH this "I have an extremely cramped conception of the good life and I'm proud of it" shtick???
Ex-Army lawyer: Judge cut Trump attack on vet’s First Amendment rights 'off at the knees'
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Ex-Army lawyer: Judge cut Trump attack on vet’s First Amendment rights 'off at the knees'
Former Army lawyer and New York Times columnist David French said that the judicial branch isn't going to save the country, but it's certainly protecting it for now. Such was the case on Thursday, whe...
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February 13, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Ex-Army lawyer: Judge cut Trump attack on vet’s First Amendment rights 'off at the knees'
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Middle schoolers FTW
Hundreds of Richmond middle schoolers join student-led anti-ICE protest
Hundreds of Richmond middle schoolers join student-led anti-ICE protest
Hundreds of students gathered outside their Richmond middle school to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Thursday.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Middle schoolers FTW
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Seems like there should be consequences for the affiant.
I mean, I assume cops usually get in trouble when they lie in affidavits to get search warrants and suchlike. Right, @gregdoucette.bsky.social?
I mean, I assume cops usually get in trouble when they lie in affidavits to get search warrants and suchlike. Right, @gregdoucette.bsky.social?
BREAKING: DOJ moves to drop criminal charges in alleged shovel/broom attack in Minneapolis that led ICE to open fire. "Newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations in the Complaint Affidavit," prosecutors say. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 13, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Seems like there should be consequences for the affiant.
I mean, I assume cops usually get in trouble when they lie in affidavits to get search warrants and suchlike. Right, @gregdoucette.bsky.social?
I mean, I assume cops usually get in trouble when they lie in affidavits to get search warrants and suchlike. Right, @gregdoucette.bsky.social?
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Vote to fund ICE or ICE will kill more people, says cross-wearing psychopath
Katie Britt on DHS officers: "There are significant guardrails that have been put in place already in the bipartisan piece of legislation we negotiated. I think Democrats will vote that down, which means people are gonna continue this enforcement, but they're not gonna have the guardrails."
February 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Vote to fund ICE or ICE will kill more people, says cross-wearing psychopath
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These two assholes are having a conversation like things are just totally normal with ICE and all we need is to have some administrative recommendations on improved training and standard operating procedures. “How can we fix the Gestapo” is a ridiculous tack. ICE must be abolished.
Rand Paul to ICE officials on Pretti's killing: "Because people within the government made conclusions immediately that he was a terrorist and an assassin, people aren't believing that it's gonna be an honest investigation ... there has to ultimately be repercussions ... it's inexcusable."
February 12, 2026 at 5:26 PM
These two assholes are having a conversation like things are just totally normal with ICE and all we need is to have some administrative recommendations on improved training and standard operating procedures. “How can we fix the Gestapo” is a ridiculous tack. ICE must be abolished.
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Todd Lyons claimed in Homeland Security hearing that ICE goons are only using their phones to collect evidence against so-called agitators.
Except the guy who arrested Nekima Armstrong Levy clearly used it for propaganda purposes.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Except the guy who arrested Nekima Armstrong Levy clearly used it for propaganda purposes.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 12, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Todd Lyons claimed in Homeland Security hearing that ICE goons are only using their phones to collect evidence against so-called agitators.
Except the guy who arrested Nekima Armstrong Levy clearly used it for propaganda purposes.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Except the guy who arrested Nekima Armstrong Levy clearly used it for propaganda purposes.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Minnesota needs to start a buddy program where local folks help train folks in other states on what they did
Minnesota may gain some respite. But it is left with wounds. Meanwhile, the size of Trumpers' marauding, badly trained militias is growing by the day. They will strike other cities soon.
Gov. Tim Walz: "They left us with deep damage. Generational trauma. Economic ruin in some cases. The left us with many unanswered questions. Where are our children? Where and what is the process of the investigation into those that were responsible for the deaths of Renee and Alex?"
February 12, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Minnesota needs to start a buddy program where local folks help train folks in other states on what they did