Sarah Buttenwieser
@sarahbutten.bsky.social
writer/connector/reproductive justice organizer/old swiftie/pure barre person/tries to sleep/believer in us
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Ex-farm worker here.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
July 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Ex-farm worker here.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
Fair point friends.
Let’s see Donald Trump’s admissions data.
July 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Fair point friends.
Actual hope
June 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Actual hope
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I am heartbroken by the news from Colorado where Karen Diamond, a victim of the vicious attack earlier this month, has passed away.
May Karen’s memory be a blessing and a reminder that we must constantly work to eradicate hatred and violence.
May Karen’s memory be a blessing and a reminder that we must constantly work to eradicate hatred and violence.
Victim of Boulder Firebombing Attack Dies of Wounds
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I am heartbroken by the news from Colorado where Karen Diamond, a victim of the vicious attack earlier this month, has passed away.
May Karen’s memory be a blessing and a reminder that we must constantly work to eradicate hatred and violence.
May Karen’s memory be a blessing and a reminder that we must constantly work to eradicate hatred and violence.
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Chris Murphy: "This is the most deeply immoral piece of legislation I have ever voted on in my entire time in Congress."
June 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Chris Murphy: "This is the most deeply immoral piece of legislation I have ever voted on in my entire time in Congress."
You’d think those senators would care about their constituents
In SC, 1,310,000 children & adults are enrolled in Medicaid. That’s 18.8% of the state's population. A significant portion of these enrollees are children, with 2 in 5 (45%) being children, according to KFF. Additionally, 22% of Medicaid beneficiaries in South Carolina live in rural areas.
June 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
You’d think those senators would care about their constituents
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let's talk more about the shell game that is the Supreme Court's decision Trump v. CASA, the birthright citizenship case
for starters, it's about birthright citizenship
just neither the Court nor the admin wanted to say that aloud bc they know they're dead wrong
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/amy-c...
for starters, it's about birthright citizenship
just neither the Court nor the admin wanted to say that aloud bc they know they're dead wrong
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/amy-c...
June 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
let's talk more about the shell game that is the Supreme Court's decision Trump v. CASA, the birthright citizenship case
for starters, it's about birthright citizenship
just neither the Court nor the admin wanted to say that aloud bc they know they're dead wrong
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/amy-c...
for starters, it's about birthright citizenship
just neither the Court nor the admin wanted to say that aloud bc they know they're dead wrong
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/amy-c...
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Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated.
The cost of the shot? $1,400.
The cost of the shot? $1,400.
A Texas boy needed protection from measles. The vaccine cost $1,400.
Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated. The cost of the shot? $1,400.
wapo.st
June 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated.
The cost of the shot? $1,400.
The cost of the shot? $1,400.
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It hurts my heart every day that this is happening in America.
I believed our country was a place where if you called 911 you got help.
How have we lost our humanity?
I believed our country was a place where if you called 911 you got help.
How have we lost our humanity?
“Is there any sign of life?”
“Have we heard a heartbeat?”
“Does she feel any kicking?”
“We don’t have the equipment to do that.”
That’s the full 911 audio from a nurse inside an ICE detention center near Denver, calling for help as a four-months-pregnant woman bled and cried out in pain.
“Have we heard a heartbeat?”
“Does she feel any kicking?”
“We don’t have the equipment to do that.”
That’s the full 911 audio from a nurse inside an ICE detention center near Denver, calling for help as a four-months-pregnant woman bled and cried out in pain.
June 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
It hurts my heart every day that this is happening in America.
I believed our country was a place where if you called 911 you got help.
How have we lost our humanity?
I believed our country was a place where if you called 911 you got help.
How have we lost our humanity?
If you left NY that would mean you still have a choice in that which as we’ve seen is a huge privilege in 2025.
I’ve seen lots of nonsense since Mamdani’s primary victory but the most irritating thread is people claiming they will leave NY if he is mayor. First of all,
Go! It’s fine. It’s FINE. Go swelter in FL or wherever. No one cares. And secondly shut up. You’re lying. You aren’t going anywhere.
Go! It’s fine. It’s FINE. Go swelter in FL or wherever. No one cares. And secondly shut up. You’re lying. You aren’t going anywhere.
June 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
If you left NY that would mean you still have a choice in that which as we’ve seen is a huge privilege in 2025.
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Look, if you're Muslim and choosing to run for public office in this profoundly Islamophobic country, you do not scare easily. If you're Muslim and are in any public position in this country, you do not scare easily. The death threats are CONSTANT. Look at how unhinged white racists are.
June 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Look, if you're Muslim and choosing to run for public office in this profoundly Islamophobic country, you do not scare easily. If you're Muslim and are in any public position in this country, you do not scare easily. The death threats are CONSTANT. Look at how unhinged white racists are.
Agree.
NOT A SINGLE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR should confirm Emil Bove for the 3d Circuit Court of Appeals.
June 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Agree.
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NEWS: Kenneth Chesebro, "architect" of the 2020 fake electors plot who pleaded to criminal charges in Georgia, has been disbarred from the practice of law in New York, per order issued today by New York appellate court.
![ORDERED that respondent is disbarred and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law of the State of New York, effective immediately; and it is
further
ORDERED that respondent is commanded to desist and refrain from the practice of law in any form in the State of New York, either as principal or as agent, clerk or employee of another; and respondent is hereby forbidden to appear as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, judge, justice, board, commission or other public
authority, or to give to another an opinion as to the law or its application, or any advice in
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PM-143-25 relation thereto, or to hold himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law in
this State; and it is further
ORDERED that respondent shall comply with the provisions of the Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters regulating the conduct of disbarred attornevs and shal duly certify to the same in his affidavit of compliance (see Rules for Atty Disciplinary
Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.15).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t4x2ruk2qmob2b2cx55h4v7r/bafkreifbf53i3pe57eehlm7thqfhfczzuaxqftpcip6unmfgfuni47bq54@jpeg)
June 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
NEWS: Kenneth Chesebro, "architect" of the 2020 fake electors plot who pleaded to criminal charges in Georgia, has been disbarred from the practice of law in New York, per order issued today by New York appellate court.
That was a great day!
June 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
That was a great day!
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I won't apologize for the fact that I will be posting lots of entertaining NYC Mayoral race content over the next few weeks along with my usual rants. HOWEVER I completely understand if you need to unfollow or block me or mute me. I will not be offended. Do what you must.
June 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I won't apologize for the fact that I will be posting lots of entertaining NYC Mayoral race content over the next few weeks along with my usual rants. HOWEVER I completely understand if you need to unfollow or block me or mute me. I will not be offended. Do what you must.
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Guys, the final deadline for being shocked that Mamdani’s mom is Mira Nair is next Monday, June 30th, write it down
June 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Guys, the final deadline for being shocked that Mamdani’s mom is Mira Nair is next Monday, June 30th, write it down
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How is MAGA doing with Usha Vance and her children? Any calls for citizenship revocation and deportation for them? [I know they were born in the U.S. but they are brown so...]
June 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
How is MAGA doing with Usha Vance and her children? Any calls for citizenship revocation and deportation for them? [I know they were born in the U.S. but they are brown so...]
That seems to hold zero sway for this administration. If anything it’s a lure.
Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.
June 22, 2025 at 3:23 AM
That seems to hold zero sway for this administration. If anything it’s a lure.
Yup
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
June 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Yup
Sage advice that’ll be hard to follow
We live in a rogue and dangerous country.
Do what you need to do to maintain your internal peace. Hold the core of your spirit. Pray for peace. Commit yourself to justice. And just rest.
Do what you need to do to maintain your internal peace. Hold the core of your spirit. Pray for peace. Commit yourself to justice. And just rest.
June 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Sage advice that’ll be hard to follow
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Truly.
Congress? You awake?
June 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Truly.
I’m old enough to remember and I was strongly opposed then (& now) to war.
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I’m old enough to remember and I was strongly opposed then (& now) to war.
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In a risky, escalatory move, Trump bombed 3 Iranian nuclear sites—including Fordow.
This comes in spite of US Intel finding Iran is not within imminent reach of a nuclear weapon.
Iran’s proxies could retaliate against US bases in the region.
This is dangerously destabilizing.
This comes in spite of US Intel finding Iran is not within imminent reach of a nuclear weapon.
Iran’s proxies could retaliate against US bases in the region.
This is dangerously destabilizing.
June 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
In a risky, escalatory move, Trump bombed 3 Iranian nuclear sites—including Fordow.
This comes in spite of US Intel finding Iran is not within imminent reach of a nuclear weapon.
Iran’s proxies could retaliate against US bases in the region.
This is dangerously destabilizing.
This comes in spite of US Intel finding Iran is not within imminent reach of a nuclear weapon.
Iran’s proxies could retaliate against US bases in the region.
This is dangerously destabilizing.
A fucking nightmare
🚨 So, Trump, the most incompetent insane president in history, just bombed Iran without Congressional approval.
Now what? 🤦🏽♀️
The implications of this are vast…God help us.
Now what? 🤦🏽♀️
The implications of this are vast…God help us.
June 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
A fucking nightmare