Sarah Pinkelman
@sarahpinkelman.bsky.social
Reader, writer, knitter. Living in Michigan, where there's good weather for writing, reading, and knitting.
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This is because Nate Silver has 300K subscribers on Substack and Heather Cox Richardson has 2.7M. Mediocre men CAN'T STAND successful women, and even blame them for their own failures. Pathetic.
December 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is because Nate Silver has 300K subscribers on Substack and Heather Cox Richardson has 2.7M. Mediocre men CAN'T STAND successful women, and even blame them for their own failures. Pathetic.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Julie Brown was for the Miami Herald. She actually cared about the victims, not the powerful.
And it is inexcusable she didn't win a Pulitzer for her work.
And it is inexcusable she didn't win a Pulitzer for her work.
Watching people pour through the released Epstein files and just thinking how much better things would be if reputible, responsible, morally centered journalists had been fully engaged with the Epstein story from the beginning.
November 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Julie Brown was for the Miami Herald. She actually cared about the victims, not the powerful.
And it is inexcusable she didn't win a Pulitzer for her work.
And it is inexcusable she didn't win a Pulitzer for her work.
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NEW—US Park Police w/ DHS officers near DC are increasingly pulling over Black and brown men, leaving their work vans on the side of the parkway + immediately calling a local towing company to take them. Families who just lost their breadwinner are stuck with the bill.
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
Families of DC-area immigrant drivers snatched by feds stuck with tow bill
Elected officials and activists note work vehicles removed lightning fast, resulting in hundreds in fees.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
NEW—US Park Police w/ DHS officers near DC are increasingly pulling over Black and brown men, leaving their work vans on the side of the parkway + immediately calling a local towing company to take them. Families who just lost their breadwinner are stuck with the bill.
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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The great journalists at @propublica.org did the hard work to compile a list of US citizens who have been detained by ICE.
Kristi Noem is a liar.
And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?)
And a fool.
And a puppy killer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Kristi Noem is a liar.
And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?)
And a fool.
And a puppy killer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The great journalists at @propublica.org did the hard work to compile a list of US citizens who have been detained by ICE.
Kristi Noem is a liar.
And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?)
And a fool.
And a puppy killer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Kristi Noem is a liar.
And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?)
And a fool.
And a puppy killer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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Today, Oct.2nd, is the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by Saudi agents.
October 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Today, Oct.2nd, is the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by Saudi agents.
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So Hegseth. One, I told y’all it was a meeting that could have been an email and I really want my credits.
Two, when all you have is a tv face, you have to turn your job into a tv show.
It’s a theme of this administration.
Two, when all you have is a tv face, you have to turn your job into a tv show.
It’s a theme of this administration.
September 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
So Hegseth. One, I told y’all it was a meeting that could have been an email and I really want my credits.
Two, when all you have is a tv face, you have to turn your job into a tv show.
It’s a theme of this administration.
Two, when all you have is a tv face, you have to turn your job into a tv show.
It’s a theme of this administration.
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I gave my heart and soul to that place. Built entire sections for journalists pushed out of their home countries.
When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.
I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.
When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.
I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.
weird that neither of these articles two main stories decrying censorship mention WaPo's firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social I guess democracy really does die in darkness
September 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I gave my heart and soul to that place. Built entire sections for journalists pushed out of their home countries.
When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.
I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.
When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.
I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.
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I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".
September 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".
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The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
September 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
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I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?
May 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?
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Disappearing an elected official.
Alina Habba tells Fox News that Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested and is being held in a secret location right now.
Martha MacCallum: "Where is he being held?"
Habba: 'I'm not going to speak to that right now. He's obviously in New Jersey."
Martha MacCallum: "Where is he being held?"
Habba: 'I'm not going to speak to that right now. He's obviously in New Jersey."
May 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Disappearing an elected official.
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As mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka has a responsibility to ensure that facilities operating in the city are adhering to laws that protect the safety and wellbeing of occupants and residents.
May 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
As mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka has a responsibility to ensure that facilities operating in the city are adhering to laws that protect the safety and wellbeing of occupants and residents.
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If you hate the idea of abortions, men:
Don't fuck.
Wear a condom.
Get a vasectomy.
Find a woman who also doesn't want abortions. Plenty exist.
You're 50% of the conception process. You're empowered to make choices for your turgid sperm rocket.
You're just not empowered to make MY choices.
Don't fuck.
Wear a condom.
Get a vasectomy.
Find a woman who also doesn't want abortions. Plenty exist.
You're 50% of the conception process. You're empowered to make choices for your turgid sperm rocket.
You're just not empowered to make MY choices.
May 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If you hate the idea of abortions, men:
Don't fuck.
Wear a condom.
Get a vasectomy.
Find a woman who also doesn't want abortions. Plenty exist.
You're 50% of the conception process. You're empowered to make choices for your turgid sperm rocket.
You're just not empowered to make MY choices.
Don't fuck.
Wear a condom.
Get a vasectomy.
Find a woman who also doesn't want abortions. Plenty exist.
You're 50% of the conception process. You're empowered to make choices for your turgid sperm rocket.
You're just not empowered to make MY choices.
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Well yes that’s the plan. Also, not a secret. Also, never been so close to achieving it before.
Wealthy, powerful people are generally such because they never, ever let a good crisis pass without breaking their enemies and stealing their stuff.
Wealthy, powerful people are generally such because they never, ever let a good crisis pass without breaking their enemies and stealing their stuff.
I've been thinking that, if there really is a big recession (as it looks like there will be), the resulting conditions will enable universities to get closer to their goal of fully eliminating expensive tenure-track faculty in favor of large pools of less expensive adjunct instructors
May 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Well yes that’s the plan. Also, not a secret. Also, never been so close to achieving it before.
Wealthy, powerful people are generally such because they never, ever let a good crisis pass without breaking their enemies and stealing their stuff.
Wealthy, powerful people are generally such because they never, ever let a good crisis pass without breaking their enemies and stealing their stuff.
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NEW — I wrote about Beker Rengifo, a Montana resident from Venezuela who was taken by ICE on Thursday after a routine traffic stop, and how local law enforcement is working with the feds to ensnare people with legal status.
ICE abducts Montana resident with legal humanitarian status
Beker Rengifo is the latest victim of Trump's reckless and illegal war on migrants.
www.thehandbasket.co
April 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
NEW — I wrote about Beker Rengifo, a Montana resident from Venezuela who was taken by ICE on Thursday after a routine traffic stop, and how local law enforcement is working with the feds to ensnare people with legal status.
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"No republic has ever survived this level of inequality for long and remained a republic."
- Pete Buttigieg
- Pete Buttigieg
April 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
"No republic has ever survived this level of inequality for long and remained a republic."
- Pete Buttigieg
- Pete Buttigieg
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I am beginning to wonder whether Gavin Newsom is trying to win back Kimberley Guilfoyle
April 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I am beginning to wonder whether Gavin Newsom is trying to win back Kimberley Guilfoyle