Sara Gaiser
akrazia.bsky.social
Sara Gaiser
@akrazia.bsky.social
Bay Area Journalist
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Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress

"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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California quietly opened the door to one of the largest geographic expansions of autonomous ride-hailing the state has ever seen after the DMV approved an enlargement of Waymo’s operating territory.
Waymo secures approval to expand driverless service across much of California
The new permit covers the entire Bay Area, Sacramento and a Southern California corridor stretching from Santa Clarita to San Diego.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Two Department of Homeland Security officers showed up to an East Bay elementary school Friday seeking more information about a former student, according to a district official.
DHS officers enter East Bay elementary school, serve subpoena seeking info about a former student
Two Department of Homeland Security officers showed up to an East Bay elementary school Friday seeking more information about a former student, according to a district official.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Immigration agents swept into North Carolina this week. “They came in, they made a splash, they terrorized, and they left,” the mayor of Durham tells @dgraham.bsky.social in The Atlantic Daily:
Border Patrol’s Chaotic Week in North Carolina
Agents swept in and left residents to sort through fear, fact, and fiction.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Trump admin moves to resume sharing Medicaid data with ICE
Trump admin moves to resume sharing Medicaid data with ICE
States will have a chance to block the move before it takes full effect.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Florida Republicans oppose Trump offshore oil leasing plan reut.rs/48u1lbG
Florida Republicans oppose Trump offshore oil leasing plan
Florida Republicans, including Governor Ron DeSantis, said they oppose a Trump administration plan that could allow new oil and gas drilling in waters off the state's Gulf Coast.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas' 2026 congressional map likely racially discriminatory.
Supreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biased
The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court court ruling that found Texas’ 2026 congressional redistricting plan likely discriminates on the basis of race.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis found examples of agents lobbing tear gas into crowds of protesters while exclaiming ‘f--- yeah!”, slamming their brakes while being tailed to cause car accidents and using ChatGPT to write their reports.
Judge hands down critical review of federal immigration agents' 'unprecedented' use of force
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November 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Rep. Eugene Vindman, Democrat of Virginia, called on Friday for the declassification of what he described as a “highly disturbing” 2019 phone call between President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia after the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Had ‘Disturbing’ Call After Khashoggi’s Murder, Lawmaker Says
Representative Eugene Vindman of Virginia said he reviewed a classified transcript of the 2019 conversation that would “shock” Americans.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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California’s second-largest insurer will no longer limit the number of new homeowners, condo and rental home policies it writes in California. It also wants to raise rates.
California's 2nd-largest home insurer seeks rate increase, lifts policy cap
California’s second-largest insurer will no longer limit the number of new homeowners, condo and rental home policies it writes in California. It also wants to raise rates.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Scoop w/ @peard33.bsky.social and @mzeff.bsky.social: OpenAI locked down its San Francisco offices today after receiving a threat from an activist previously associated with Stop AI: www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI Locks Down San Francisco Offices Following Alleged Threat From Activist
A message on OpenAI’s internal Slack claimed the activist in question had expressed interest in “causing physical harm to OpenAI employees.”
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November 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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WIRED is hiring for a senior politics reporter who will write our weekly newsletter; detailed job description below. This role will be based in New York or DC and report to me; the salary range is $95,000 - $132,000. condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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The Salt Lake Tribune, which went from for-profit to non-profit 6 years ago, is about to drop its paywall. "The Tribune cannot afford to limit who has access to independent and trusted news."

Meanwhile, it just launched a new newspaper in southern Utah.

www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11...
The Salt Lake Tribune will drop its paywall next year, CEO tells donors at NewsMakers gala
After years of requiring people to pay for online news content, The Tribune announced an upcoming change during its 2025 annual NewsMakers Gala.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...

... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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everyone who spent the 90s laboriously and lovingly making mixtapes just dissolved into ancient dust
My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
The party recruited and invested in school board races to oust Republicans. It worked.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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After the removal of small dams and the addition of fish ladders, salmon have been seen swimming further up a Bay Area creek than at anytime in decades.
'Epic': Salmon seen far upstream in Bay Area creek for first time in 70 years
After the removal of small dams and the addition of fish ladders, salmon have been seen swimming further up a Bay Area creek than at anytime in decades.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM