sarah thankam mathews
@smathewss.bsky.social
writer, fun guy 🍄. ✍🏾 novel ALL THIS COULD BE DIFFERENT, shortlisted for the national book award, and some other stuff. work in a bunch of places. organizes sometimes.
newsletter: http://smathewss.substack.com
newsletter: http://smathewss.substack.com
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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Very exciting to see activists launching a new nonprofit today to keep building on the community of volunteers that came together to get Mamdani elected.
Our Time is a 501(c)(4) and plans to start events in December.
Our Time is a 501(c)(4) and plans to start events in December.
Our Time
A campaign for an affordable NYC
ourtime.nyc
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Very exciting to see activists launching a new nonprofit today to keep building on the community of volunteers that came together to get Mamdani elected.
Our Time is a 501(c)(4) and plans to start events in December.
Our Time is a 501(c)(4) and plans to start events in December.
no but why did I wake up to this
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
no but why did I wake up to this
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
November 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
new newsletter: Zohran Mamdani, once elected, will not be the first socialist mayor of a major American city smathewss.substack.com/p/zohran-and...
zohran and the sewer socialists, my friends made a 76-slide powerpoint about curtis sliwa
listen it's important
smathewss.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
new newsletter: Zohran Mamdani, once elected, will not be the first socialist mayor of a major American city smathewss.substack.com/p/zohran-and...
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A multi-day freakout about Mamdani's chances apparently happened because Millennials were waiting to vote until they could get the special Halloween-themed "I voted" stickers
A detailed analysis of who voted early, and where, from @haidee.bsky.social. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/02/e...
November 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A multi-day freakout about Mamdani's chances apparently happened because Millennials were waiting to vote until they could get the special Halloween-themed "I voted" stickers
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Someone give Lex $2 million so they can launch a politics version of Teen Vogue. Do it now. No strings attached.
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Someone give Lex $2 million so they can launch a politics version of Teen Vogue. Do it now. No strings attached.
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I kept telling @chrysaora.bsky.social and @smathewss.bsky.social new sliwa facts and eventually this happened
Was honored to help @chana.bsky.social edit this deep dive compilation of Curtis Sliwa lore gathered over weeks. There is so much jaw-dropping material, we simply could not bear to make it shorter than 76 slides.
I’m sorry but you still don’t know enough about Curtis Sliwa
I’m sorry but you still don’t know enough about Curtis Sliwa
docs.google.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I kept telling @chrysaora.bsky.social and @smathewss.bsky.social new sliwa facts and eventually this happened
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I would not be me without libraries. An inspiring and devastating read—with helpful action ideas.
I wrote about public libraries as spaces of civic solidarity, common knowledge, and public infrastructure — all endangered by commercial and federal saboteurs
Extralibrary Loan: Making the Civic Infrastructure We Need
Amid a war on public knowledge, libraries are pushing outward, enlarging the commons through new configurations of civic and creative life.
placesjournal.org
November 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I would not be me without libraries. An inspiring and devastating read—with helpful action ideas.
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Can you help @nurseeehamam.bsky.social today? A bathroom, a tent.
October 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Can you help @nurseeehamam.bsky.social today? A bathroom, a tent.
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"Anurima, who has cycled through the same humiliations as many others, put it this way: '...If more of us stop accepting bad terms, we might see the strength we actually have, instead of being pitted against each other.'"
Sarah Thankam Mathews does such a great job here - inc scale/big-picture.
Sarah Thankam Mathews does such a great job here - inc scale/big-picture.
The Job Search Has Become a Humiliation Ritual
“It feels like I’m trying to make my robots talk to their robots.”
www.thecut.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"Anurima, who has cycled through the same humiliations as many others, put it this way: '...If more of us stop accepting bad terms, we might see the strength we actually have, instead of being pitted against each other.'"
Sarah Thankam Mathews does such a great job here - inc scale/big-picture.
Sarah Thankam Mathews does such a great job here - inc scale/big-picture.
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a rare crossover event:
1) bring back shame
2) I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
1) bring back shame
2) I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
After racist texts among members of the New York State Young Republicans were made public, the party’s state leaders were slated to meet Friday and vote to disband the group, people familiar with the matter said.
After Racist Texts, New York G.O.P. Is Set to Disband Young Republicans
State party leaders are expected to eliminate the charter of the Young Republicans group, allowing them to reconstitute the organization with new leaders.
nyti.ms
October 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
a rare crossover event:
1) bring back shame
2) I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
1) bring back shame
2) I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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"Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:14 AM
"Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties."
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Deranged ICE Trump regime trooper in Washington, D.C. points a gun at civilian bystanders for filming him drop it, as two other troopers brutalize a man in the background who is screaming "help! help! help me!" and "I am American!."
September 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Deranged ICE Trump regime trooper in Washington, D.C. points a gun at civilian bystanders for filming him drop it, as two other troopers brutalize a man in the background who is screaming "help! help! help me!" and "I am American!."
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Unbreaking has been an ideal worrystone / container for my doom-research impulses, and a dream opportunity to work with some of the people I admire most in these internet streets. DM me if you’re curious about joining us or partnering in some way!
👋 Hi, we’re Unbreaking, a volunteer-run collective working to document our current moment of institutional collapse and its human costs—as well as the pushback and resilience work already underway. We believe this is critical work for building and retaining political agency.
May 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Unbreaking has been an ideal worrystone / container for my doom-research impulses, and a dream opportunity to work with some of the people I admire most in these internet streets. DM me if you’re curious about joining us or partnering in some way!
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I edited together all the social interactions from the Cuomo campaign relaunch video and it became a short film about clinical depression
July 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I edited together all the social interactions from the Cuomo campaign relaunch video and it became a short film about clinical depression
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In case you are looking for a good article from a mainstream outlet that lays out what's actually in the murder bill, I sent this USA today one to my family members: www.usatoday.com/story/graphi... - Most of them said that it was really helpful for them.
Big Beautiful Bill 101: What you need to know about the new law
President Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill just became law. Here are the basics you need to know about it.
www.usatoday.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
In case you are looking for a good article from a mainstream outlet that lays out what's actually in the murder bill, I sent this USA today one to my family members: www.usatoday.com/story/graphi... - Most of them said that it was really helpful for them.
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Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican from Tennessee, has sent a letter to Pam Bondi calling for Zohran Mamdani to be stripped of his citizenship and deported.
June 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican from Tennessee, has sent a letter to Pam Bondi calling for Zohran Mamdani to be stripped of his citizenship and deported.
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Comrades, if Zohran wins in Nov, please release a first 100 days Zine IMMEDIATELY. Y'all have our addresses. Hard copies mailed to us & then social media sharing. Lay out the immediate plans, the obstacles to those plans, and CALLS TO ACTION THAT YOU NEED FROM RESIDENTS especially to pressure Hochul
June 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Comrades, if Zohran wins in Nov, please release a first 100 days Zine IMMEDIATELY. Y'all have our addresses. Hard copies mailed to us & then social media sharing. Lay out the immediate plans, the obstacles to those plans, and CALLS TO ACTION THAT YOU NEED FROM RESIDENTS especially to pressure Hochul
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“The argument that many prominent people seem to be making these days is that Mario Cuomo’s son is a bad person but a good executive.
I understand that amnesia is very in and chic these days. But this is crazy to me.”— @smathewss.bsky.social
I understand that amnesia is very in and chic these days. But this is crazy to me.”— @smathewss.bsky.social
tomorrow: M-A-M-D-A-N-I
because we’ve got to get it right
smathewss.substack.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
“The argument that many prominent people seem to be making these days is that Mario Cuomo’s son is a bad person but a good executive.
I understand that amnesia is very in and chic these days. But this is crazy to me.”— @smathewss.bsky.social
I understand that amnesia is very in and chic these days. But this is crazy to me.”— @smathewss.bsky.social
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NEW: Gov. Hochul announces that the state is dedicating $50 million for legal assistance for immigrants like those who may be targeted by ICE when leaving the federal courthouse
June 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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honestly one of the most encouraging recent developments is the naked opportunism of Governor Gavin Newsom, and I pray that there are copycats
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
‘Come and get me’: Gavin Newsom has entered the meme war
Locked in an online showdown with Trump over the L.A. protests, Newsom is styling himself as an internet-era champion of the left.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
honestly one of the most encouraging recent developments is the naked opportunism of Governor Gavin Newsom, and I pray that there are copycats
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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If anyone present for ICE activity in **public spaces** can be accused of "obstructing," as Brad Lander is here, isn't the legal implication that no one can witness, protest, or document ICE activity in real time? Isn't that a 1st Amendment issue? (genuine question) apnews.com/article/brad...
Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate, is arrested outside immigration court
New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander has been arrested at a federal building in Manhattan as he was trying to accompany a person out of an immigration courtroom.
apnews.com
June 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
If anyone present for ICE activity in **public spaces** can be accused of "obstructing," as Brad Lander is here, isn't the legal implication that no one can witness, protest, or document ICE activity in real time? Isn't that a 1st Amendment issue? (genuine question) apnews.com/article/brad...
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what’s next, making the police wear badges with numbers on them
Fox News host Will Cain: "The 'No Secret Police Act' would ban local, state, and federal law enforcement from covering their faces when interacting with the public. Officers would also have to wear identifying information on them, like name tags. Hard to believe this is real!"
June 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
what’s next, making the police wear badges with numbers on them
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NEW: Gov. Hochul announces that the state is dedicating $50 million for legal assistance for immigrants like those who may be targeted by ICE when leaving the federal courthouse
June 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
NEW: Gov. Hochul announces that the state is dedicating $50 million for legal assistance for immigrants like those who may be targeted by ICE when leaving the federal courthouse