Dara (she/her)
@daraepstein.bsky.social
queer New Yorker, lover of musicals and cats (but not the musical Cats)
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Taking a break from my child sex trafficking scandal to condemn the lack of manners among starving kids these days
July 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Taking a break from my child sex trafficking scandal to condemn the lack of manners among starving kids these days
I hope every single one of these motherfuckers gets voted out. TWO House Republicans voted against this bill. TWO.
The most infuriating thing about all this is that these cowards are caving in fear of Trump, on issues he himself has *no idea* he’s demanding. Because he’s a moron and his closest allies have been too afraid to tell him the truth. www.notus.org/congress/rec...
July 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I hope every single one of these motherfuckers gets voted out. TWO House Republicans voted against this bill. TWO.
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There is only one possible ending to this story, and sports aren't the last chapter. I guarantee that if you haven't lost five decades of rights in two weeks, you have no idea what this feels like, so I'm begging you: protect trans kids right now with everything you've got.
July 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
There is only one possible ending to this story, and sports aren't the last chapter. I guarantee that if you haven't lost five decades of rights in two weeks, you have no idea what this feels like, so I'm begging you: protect trans kids right now with everything you've got.
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"Ho ho, Jeeves, you'll be quite pleased when you learn of the little windfall we have planned for you. Now be a dear and carry this dead bear cub to my suite."
Mike Johnson touts that "bellhops" will keep their tips as a result of the Republican bill
July 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"Ho ho, Jeeves, you'll be quite pleased when you learn of the little windfall we have planned for you. Now be a dear and carry this dead bear cub to my suite."
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Medicaid can be funded again, food stamps and clean energy can be funded, taxes can be increased progressively. But an immigrant prison network with no resources for due process will be very hard to dislodge, and could easily be turned against the citizenry. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
July 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Medicaid can be funded again, food stamps and clean energy can be funded, taxes can be increased progressively. But an immigrant prison network with no resources for due process will be very hard to dislodge, and could easily be turned against the citizenry. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
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at least he didn't do something truly reckless like try to forgive student loans
June 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
at least he didn't do something truly reckless like try to forgive student loans
I have a vivid memory of sitting in my 7th grade homeroom and watching tanks rolling into Baghdad when we invaded Iraq. I feel like 34 years old is too young to be in my second round of “the US is possibly starting WWIII.”
it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
June 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I have a vivid memory of sitting in my 7th grade homeroom and watching tanks rolling into Baghdad when we invaded Iraq. I feel like 34 years old is too young to be in my second round of “the US is possibly starting WWIII.”
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I clicked play because I thought surely no, this is being misrepresented. Naif that I am.
June 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I clicked play because I thought surely no, this is being misrepresented. Naif that I am.
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NEW statement from NY Attorney General Tish James on Brad Lander's arrest, calling it a "grotesque escalation of tensions."
June 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
NEW statement from NY Attorney General Tish James on Brad Lander's arrest, calling it a "grotesque escalation of tensions."
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anyone who's gonna go "it sucks but you gotta win over people first, slowly build the case for rights" for trans people should tell me, without looking it up, when they think interracial marriage reached majority approval in america
June 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
anyone who's gonna go "it sucks but you gotta win over people first, slowly build the case for rights" for trans people should tell me, without looking it up, when they think interracial marriage reached majority approval in america
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June 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
this man meant to kill Jews. a lot of Jews. when are we going to take this shit seriously?
We were *this close* to mass murder. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
June 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
this man meant to kill Jews. a lot of Jews. when are we going to take this shit seriously?
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I feel safer already.
June 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I feel safer already.
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Yes, you did vote to deport moms.
May 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Yes, you did vote to deport moms.
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I asked my four-year-old about this idea today and I can report that this is not landing well in the four-year-old community
Trump: "I don't think a beautiful baby girl that's 11 years old needs to have 30 dolls. I think they can have three dolls or four dolls ... they don't need to have 250 pencils. They can have five."
May 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I asked my four-year-old about this idea today and I can report that this is not landing well in the four-year-old community
absolutely wild response
WELKER: Your secretary of state says everyone who's here, citizens and non-citizens, deserve due process. Do you agree?
TRUMP: I don't know. I'm not a lawyer. I don't know.
WELKER: Don't you need to uphold the Constitution?
TRUMP: I don't know
TRUMP: I don't know. I'm not a lawyer. I don't know.
WELKER: Don't you need to uphold the Constitution?
TRUMP: I don't know
May 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
absolutely wild response
we’re like half a breath away from a new red scare/lavender scare/HUAC so. fun things to look forward to.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed that there’s so much communism in the air at the Panama Canal you can “feel it.”
Pete Hegseth Says He Could ‘Feel’ The Communism During Panama Canal Trip
The U.S. Defence Secretary warned China has “too much influence” over the vital waterway and that the Trump administration “is gonna take it back.”
www.thedailybeast.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
we’re like half a breath away from a new red scare/lavender scare/HUAC so. fun things to look forward to.
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Touching grass is not enough I need to get stuck in a hollow log
April 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Touching grass is not enough I need to get stuck in a hollow log
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When you are one hundred percent committed to battling anti-semitism:
April 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
When you are one hundred percent committed to battling anti-semitism:
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i have argued before that MAGA is recapitulating antebellum pro-slavery ideas about citizenship and bodily autonomy. one thing i am also thinking about, when it comes to the rendition of people to a foreign gulag, is the way it is reminiscent of the kidnapping of free blacks for sale into slavery
Team Trump Is Gaming Out How to Ship U.S. Citizens to El Salvador
Donald Trump’s administration is talking internally about denaturalizing American citizens — and potentially sending some to El Salvador.
www.rollingstone.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
i have argued before that MAGA is recapitulating antebellum pro-slavery ideas about citizenship and bodily autonomy. one thing i am also thinking about, when it comes to the rendition of people to a foreign gulag, is the way it is reminiscent of the kidnapping of free blacks for sale into slavery
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what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
April 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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A total abdication of moral & political responsibility. The Columbia & Khalil responses — unforgivable malpractice & ineptitude. Fighting fascism by giving cover to gutting the universities & illegal detentions? Among other things: he must know nothing about Jewish history.
‘The Interview’: Chuck Schumer on Democrats, Antisemitism and His Shutdown Retreat
The Senate minority leader discusses the backlash to his vote on the Republican spending bill, how he sees his role within the party and his new book.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A total abdication of moral & political responsibility. The Columbia & Khalil responses — unforgivable malpractice & ineptitude. Fighting fascism by giving cover to gutting the universities & illegal detentions? Among other things: he must know nothing about Jewish history.
very normal and fine things going on rn
the vice president of the united states follows this guy on twitter!
Geoff Martin, aka captive dreamer, may be identified, but he’s lost none of his wit or charm
March 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
very normal and fine things going on rn