Sarah Posner
@sarahposner.bsky.social
Investigative journalist, columnist, expert on the Christian right.
Author, Unholy. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605774/unholy-by-sarah-posner/
More info, links: https://www.sarahposner.com/portfolio
Author, Unholy. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605774/unholy-by-sarah-posner/
More info, links: https://www.sarahposner.com/portfolio
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Sarah Posner
@sarahposner.bsky.social
· Sep 5
I'm here for all manner of publishing trends and literary takes. Bring it on! (Or maybe I'll start something...?)
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Levin responds: “I also want you to be thinking of the fascists and the neofascists. … Fuentes and Bannon and Alex Jones and Tucker”
Fox News host Mark Levin lashes out at supporters of “Fuentes and Bannon and Alex Jones and Tucker”
www.mediamatters.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Levin responds: “I also want you to be thinking of the fascists and the neofascists. … Fuentes and Bannon and Alex Jones and Tucker”
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In a joint hearing in the Jim Comey and Letitia James cases, Judge Cameron McGowan Currie gave no indication that she thinks Lindsey Halligan was lawfully appointed as interim U.S. attorney. But it wasn’t at all clear what Currie will do about it now. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/pam-b...
Pam Bondi Takes a Beating in Court Over Lindsey Halligan’s Dubious Appointment
I was in federal court this morning in Alexandria, Virginia, for a...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
In a joint hearing in the Jim Comey and Letitia James cases, Judge Cameron McGowan Currie gave no indication that she thinks Lindsey Halligan was lawfully appointed as interim U.S. attorney. But it wasn’t at all clear what Currie will do about it now. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/pam-b...
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My daughter is 15, a child with a baby face whom I won’t even put in an Uber by herself. Just utterly disgusting from the same people who have spent years demonizing trans people as predators for daring even to exist. What are we even doing right now?
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My daughter is 15, a child with a baby face whom I won’t even put in an Uber by herself. Just utterly disgusting from the same people who have spent years demonizing trans people as predators for daring even to exist. What are we even doing right now?
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Jesus Christ, I would have been fired into the sun by the US Attorney if I pulled this shit
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Jesus Christ, I would have been fired into the sun by the US Attorney if I pulled this shit
I keep thinking about this bit in @hunterw.bsky.social's piece on Rod Dreher's tete-a-tete with Vance, and how it connects with Christian Zionists being furious with Kevin Roberts. 🧵
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/jd-vanc...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/jd-vanc...
November 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I keep thinking about this bit in @hunterw.bsky.social's piece on Rod Dreher's tete-a-tete with Vance, and how it connects with Christian Zionists being furious with Kevin Roberts. 🧵
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/jd-vanc...
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when your example of 'barely legal' is just literally illegal
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
when your example of 'barely legal' is just literally illegal
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pedophilia is the president's worst issue
Enten: "Trump is 39 below water on the Epstein case. 39 points in the negative! My goodness gracious. What Trump has been selling on the Epstein files, the Epstein case, the American people have not been buying at all ... less than half of Republicans are buying it. This is his worst issue by far"
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
pedophilia is the president's worst issue
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Republicans have been trying to deflect and diminish Trump’s close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein by delaying the release of the Epstein files.
But now they can’t hide.
It’s time for the truth to come to light and for the DOJ to release the files.
But now they can’t hide.
It’s time for the truth to come to light and for the DOJ to release the files.
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Republicans have been trying to deflect and diminish Trump’s close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein by delaying the release of the Epstein files.
But now they can’t hide.
It’s time for the truth to come to light and for the DOJ to release the files.
But now they can’t hide.
It’s time for the truth to come to light and for the DOJ to release the files.
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Rod Dreher's warnings about the Groyper takeover are completely devoid of self-reflection or awareness. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/jd-vanc...
JD Vance Received A Dire Warning About The Groyper Takeover Of The GOP From A Strange Source
The call warning of a dangerous tide of extremism in Donald Trump’s...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Rod Dreher's warnings about the Groyper takeover are completely devoid of self-reflection or awareness. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/jd-vanc...
*he* has PTSD
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he still has “PTSD” from the GOP’s failed effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act during President Trump’s first term.
Now, the party is about to plunge back into the tricky policy debate that once cost them seats in the House.
Now, the party is about to plunge back into the tricky policy debate that once cost them seats in the House.
As health insurance bills rise, Republicans are still seeking an Obamacare alternative
Premiums for millions of Americans in red and blue states are expected to more than double on average next year unless Congress finds a solution.
nbcnews.to
November 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
*he* has PTSD
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Amazing reporting from @chalkbeat.org: Christian Nationalist law firm Alliance Defending Freedom was involved in setting up Colorado's first "Christian public school" specifically so it could get another case to the Supreme Court over whether public money can fund religious schools
After the Supreme Court tied on religious charters, Alliance Defending Freedom asked a Colorado school district lawyer to initiate a "parallel case," according to emails obtained by Chalkbeat. A self-described Christian public school opened a few months later. www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...
Christian law firm sought Colorado test case for religious public schools, emails suggest
Alliance Defending Freedom approached a Colorado lawyer about starting a school in Colorado to spark a legal test of publicly funded religious education, according to an email authored by the lawyer.
www.chalkbeat.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Amazing reporting from @chalkbeat.org: Christian Nationalist law firm Alliance Defending Freedom was involved in setting up Colorado's first "Christian public school" specifically so it could get another case to the Supreme Court over whether public money can fund religious schools
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An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
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New: Judge in Jim Comey proceeding says part of grand jury proceeding is still missing. There is a gap from about 4:38pm to when the grand jury handed down the indictment later that evening. Judge again demands full transcript.
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
New: Judge in Jim Comey proceeding says part of grand jury proceeding is still missing. There is a gap from about 4:38pm to when the grand jury handed down the indictment later that evening. Judge again demands full transcript.
Interesting. Christian right leader hosts Rep. Randy Fine (R FL) on podcast to condemn Fuentes and Carlson as "most dangerous antisemite in America"
myemail.constantcontact.com/Tucker-Carls...
myemail.constantcontact.com/Tucker-Carls...
Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and the Rising Antisemitism in America with Congressman Randy Fine
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November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Interesting. Christian right leader hosts Rep. Randy Fine (R FL) on podcast to condemn Fuentes and Carlson as "most dangerous antisemite in America"
myemail.constantcontact.com/Tucker-Carls...
myemail.constantcontact.com/Tucker-Carls...
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The magic numbers on the Epstein Files petition are 290 and 67. That's what it takes to override a presidential veto.
The petition needs 72 more House Republicans and 20 Senate Republicans willing to defy Trump.
(That has not happened all year.)
Trump had a veto overridden once: NDAA 1/1/21.
The petition needs 72 more House Republicans and 20 Senate Republicans willing to defy Trump.
(That has not happened all year.)
Trump had a veto overridden once: NDAA 1/1/21.
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The magic numbers on the Epstein Files petition are 290 and 67. That's what it takes to override a presidential veto.
The petition needs 72 more House Republicans and 20 Senate Republicans willing to defy Trump.
(That has not happened all year.)
Trump had a veto overridden once: NDAA 1/1/21.
The petition needs 72 more House Republicans and 20 Senate Republicans willing to defy Trump.
(That has not happened all year.)
Trump had a veto overridden once: NDAA 1/1/21.
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Kevin Roberts, the fascist president of the Heritage Foundation, is claiming he only follows sports media and that he doesn't know much of anything about Nick Fuentes, the neo-Nazi he said belongs in Republican politics archive.is/Ysxtm
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Kevin Roberts, the fascist president of the Heritage Foundation, is claiming he only follows sports media and that he doesn't know much of anything about Nick Fuentes, the neo-Nazi he said belongs in Republican politics archive.is/Ysxtm
Did you find them before or after you tried to starve them
Brooke Rollins: "SNAP is a broken program. SNAP is full of corruption. We found 186,000 dead people."
November 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Did you find them before or after you tried to starve them
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ICE/CBP terrorized this woman, the kids, teachers & families at the daycare where she worked. She should have never been targeted in the first place. #chicago
NEWS: Diana Santillana, the beloved Rayito De Sol daycare teacher arrested with children present, was freed after a federal judge ruled her mandatory detention was illegal. She will be back teaching soon. “I am so grateful,” she said. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/c...
Chicago day care teacher arrested by ICE released: ‘I am so grateful’
Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano was arrested from a North Center preschool in the early morning hours of Nov. 5, prompting widespread backlash.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
ICE/CBP terrorized this woman, the kids, teachers & families at the daycare where she worked. She should have never been targeted in the first place. #chicago
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Raskin: "The DOJ hasn't released any of these emails that mention Trump's name & identify his role in all these activities. Those came from the Epstein estate. So this is a demonstration the govt is deliberately withholding the info everybody is actually looking for & could be damaging to Trump"
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Raskin: "The DOJ hasn't released any of these emails that mention Trump's name & identify his role in all these activities. Those came from the Epstein estate. So this is a demonstration the govt is deliberately withholding the info everybody is actually looking for & could be damaging to Trump"
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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One reason you need a public editor, representing the readers and their rights.
The question everyone is asking right now is this: NYT had deep access into all of this in real time and reported none of it. Why? In consequence, no NYT reporting on this subject is trustworthy.
After Trump Split, Epstein Said He Could ‘Take Him Down’
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 AM
One reason you need a public editor, representing the readers and their rights.
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Speaking as a government worker:
The paper that our whole professional class reads doesn’t know that it is not normal to end whole agencies lawlessly, shred the Constitution based on laughable legal justification, and kill cancer and Alzheimer’s research???
Either we have failed or they have.
The paper that our whole professional class reads doesn’t know that it is not normal to end whole agencies lawlessly, shred the Constitution based on laughable legal justification, and kill cancer and Alzheimer’s research???
Either we have failed or they have.
Quick — someone tell the New York Times that the situation in early October, when the shutdown began, was not “normal.”
November 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Speaking as a government worker:
The paper that our whole professional class reads doesn’t know that it is not normal to end whole agencies lawlessly, shred the Constitution based on laughable legal justification, and kill cancer and Alzheimer’s research???
Either we have failed or they have.
The paper that our whole professional class reads doesn’t know that it is not normal to end whole agencies lawlessly, shred the Constitution based on laughable legal justification, and kill cancer and Alzheimer’s research???
Either we have failed or they have.
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Apples-to-apples, the Clinton email server dump had so much boring, banal email compared to this. But that didn't stop Trump and the GOP from running around in 2016 like it was Watergate. Other lesson: the news media has/had no discernible methodology for document dumps and proportional coverage.
Wild to watch playbook run cover for this particular Trump scandal
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Apples-to-apples, the Clinton email server dump had so much boring, banal email compared to this. But that didn't stop Trump and the GOP from running around in 2016 like it was Watergate. Other lesson: the news media has/had no discernible methodology for document dumps and proportional coverage.
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This comes as part of an extended chat between Epstein and Larry Summers, in which Summers is defending Trump, and notorious pedophile ring leader Jeffrey Epstein says no, Trump is a very bad person.
Still working our way through approx. 23,000 pages of Epstein related documents released by House Oversight Cmte.
In another email.. this one from Feb. 2017.. Epstein references Trump
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In another email.. this one from Feb. 2017.. Epstein references Trump
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November 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This comes as part of an extended chat between Epstein and Larry Summers, in which Summers is defending Trump, and notorious pedophile ring leader Jeffrey Epstein says no, Trump is a very bad person.
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"There is a lot more." Rep. Garcia shares the DOJ is hoarding files from federal Epstein investigations. "Photographs, possibly videos, they have information we need to actually bring justice to the survivors and to implicate the wealthy and powerful men that abused and raped children and women."
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"There is a lot more." Rep. Garcia shares the DOJ is hoarding files from federal Epstein investigations. "Photographs, possibly videos, they have information we need to actually bring justice to the survivors and to implicate the wealthy and powerful men that abused and raped children and women."