Sarah
@essayarayaich.bsky.social
MSP. Living on a dangerously warming planet with all of you.
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Every parent in America must make sure their kids aren't being brain-poisoned online. What are they seeing in chats? Who are they talking to? What about their friends? What do those random nonsense things they're saying actually mean?
This is our job now. Lives depend on it.
This is our job now. Lives depend on it.
September 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Every parent in America must make sure their kids aren't being brain-poisoned online. What are they seeing in chats? Who are they talking to? What about their friends? What do those random nonsense things they're saying actually mean?
This is our job now. Lives depend on it.
This is our job now. Lives depend on it.
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One of the first things Vladimir Putin did on becoming president was take over NTV, the TV channel that hosted a satirical puppet show because he didn't like the Putin doll and how he was portrayed. He arrested NTV's owner and only released him when he signed the channel over. #Colbert
July 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
One of the first things Vladimir Putin did on becoming president was take over NTV, the TV channel that hosted a satirical puppet show because he didn't like the Putin doll and how he was portrayed. He arrested NTV's owner and only released him when he signed the channel over. #Colbert
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I don't expect Ketterling or the people who have made both-sides-need-to-calm-down their whole career to change; but the story is the violent radicalization of the american right driven by anti-abortion rhetoric in churches. that's the story. decades of domestic terrorism fueled by this rhetoric.
June 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I don't expect Ketterling or the people who have made both-sides-need-to-calm-down their whole career to change; but the story is the violent radicalization of the american right driven by anti-abortion rhetoric in churches. that's the story. decades of domestic terrorism fueled by this rhetoric.
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The most serious Nazi shit in this extremely Nazi shit executive order may be the idea, just slipped in there, that one of the "divisive narratives that distort our shared history" is that "race is not a biological reality but a social construct." www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The most serious Nazi shit in this extremely Nazi shit executive order may be the idea, just slipped in there, that one of the "divisive narratives that distort our shared history" is that "race is not a biological reality but a social construct." www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Veep, Season 5, Episode 3.
WALTZ: “I just talked to Elon on the way here. We’ve got the best technical minds looking at how this happened.”
Mike Waltz smears Goldberg as “the bottom scum of journalists.”
March 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Veep, Season 5, Episode 3.
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NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
March 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
CDFIs are an incredible American success story. Banks, credit unions, loan funds creating successful markets that would otherwise be ignored. Federal investment in this sector pays off many times over.
New EO just out there saying “we aren’t technically eliminating these entire agencies but we are going to make them inoperable”
CDFI Fund is on the list.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
CDFI Fund is on the list.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
March 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
CDFIs are an incredible American success story. Banks, credit unions, loan funds creating successful markets that would otherwise be ignored. Federal investment in this sector pays off many times over.
Martin: And what did he engage in that constitutes terrorist activity?
Edgar: I mean, Michel, have you watched it on TV? It's pretty clear.
Michel: No, it isn't. Well, explain it to those of us who have not or perhaps others have not. What exactly did you do?
Edgar: I mean, Michel, have you watched it on TV? It's pretty clear.
Michel: No, it isn't. Well, explain it to those of us who have not or perhaps others have not. What exactly did you do?
This is an absolute masterclass in how to interview people in power.
DHS official defends Mahmoud Khalil arrest, but offers few details on why it happened
Homeland Security deputy secretary Troy Edgar offered few details on the Trump administration's legal reasoning to deport Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.
www.npr.org
March 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Martin: And what did he engage in that constitutes terrorist activity?
Edgar: I mean, Michel, have you watched it on TV? It's pretty clear.
Michel: No, it isn't. Well, explain it to those of us who have not or perhaps others have not. What exactly did you do?
Edgar: I mean, Michel, have you watched it on TV? It's pretty clear.
Michel: No, it isn't. Well, explain it to those of us who have not or perhaps others have not. What exactly did you do?
This conspiracy narrative, because it is true (and also truthy), could unite the fact-oriented and paranoid factions of our country.
Walz: I think they hate public education because it’s easier to run an authoritarian government if you don’t have a population that knows.
March 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This conspiracy narrative, because it is true (and also truthy), could unite the fact-oriented and paranoid factions of our country.
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As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
NH’s new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates
The law requires all new voters to show proof of their U.S. citizenship. For some, that meant making multiple trips to and from the polls before finally casting a ballot on Tuesday.
www.nhpr.org
March 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
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This should terrify every person in this country. The use of machine learning systems to approximate an individuals views on war and then, if they are here lawfully on a visa, tag them for deportation is about as sci-fi dystopian as it gets.
www.axios.com/2025/03/06/s...
www.axios.com/2025/03/06/s...
Scoop: State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear "pro-Hamas"
The effort includes AI-assisted reviews of tens of thousands of student visa holders' social media accounts and marks a dramatic escalation in the U.S. government's policing of foreign nationals' cond...
www.axios.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This should terrify every person in this country. The use of machine learning systems to approximate an individuals views on war and then, if they are here lawfully on a visa, tag them for deportation is about as sci-fi dystopian as it gets.
www.axios.com/2025/03/06/s...
www.axios.com/2025/03/06/s...
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Per this post (which is admittedly from yesterday), neither Senator from Minnesota has said yet which way she will be voting on the Trump/Musk Continuing Resolution. Clearly they both need to hear from us. (By phone or e-mail, do not waste your time tagging them on Bluesky.)
@joshtpm.bsky.social is recording Senators' positions on supporting the Trump/Musk bill. Many Democrats appear to be in support.
If you follow us, please make your voice heard to your D Senator. Click the link below for more info.
If you follow us, please make your voice heard to your D Senator. Click the link below for more info.
We're up to 29 D Senators positions recorded; 6 Nos, 1 Yes, 22 with no position. Tomorrow's going to be a big day when a lot is going to shake loose. Less than 48 left to make your voice heard. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/tally-3
March 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Per this post (which is admittedly from yesterday), neither Senator from Minnesota has said yet which way she will be voting on the Trump/Musk Continuing Resolution. Clearly they both need to hear from us. (By phone or e-mail, do not waste your time tagging them on Bluesky.)
Happy March 8!
"National Women's Day will be held on March 8. Formerly—and badly—known as 'International Women’s Day,' President Trump has patriotically renamed this holiday to honor the best women on the planet: the women of the United States of America."
Happy National Women’s Day from the White House
The White House proudly announces that the first-ever National Women’s Day will be held on March 8. Formerly—and badly—known as “International Wome...
buff.ly
March 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Happy March 8!
Flooding the zone with shit is usually a metaphor, but also... It's not.
The Supreme Court's first and only opinion today is San Francisco v. EPA. The majority substantially weakens the Clean Water Act's limitations on raw sewage discharge. It is 5–4 in relevant part, with Barrett, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissenting. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
March 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Flooding the zone with shit is usually a metaphor, but also... It's not.
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*TRUMP SEEKS TO PUT 443 FEDERAL PROPERTIES UP FOR SALE
*PROPERTIES INCLUDE HHS AND HUD HEADQUARTERS IN DC
Listed properties here: www.gsa.gov/real-estate/...
*PROPERTIES INCLUDE HHS AND HUD HEADQUARTERS IN DC
Listed properties here: www.gsa.gov/real-estate/...
Non-core property list
Learn about our lease cost avoidance plan and its successes.
www.gsa.gov
March 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
*TRUMP SEEKS TO PUT 443 FEDERAL PROPERTIES UP FOR SALE
*PROPERTIES INCLUDE HHS AND HUD HEADQUARTERS IN DC
Listed properties here: www.gsa.gov/real-estate/...
*PROPERTIES INCLUDE HHS AND HUD HEADQUARTERS IN DC
Listed properties here: www.gsa.gov/real-estate/...
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I need Sara to say no because they’re very incompatible and his inability to say “gay” is not a flag it is a full volume siren six inches from her face, BUT if she goes through with it, this will be what she deserves because the signs were there and she refused them
March 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I need Sara to say no because they’re very incompatible and his inability to say “gay” is not a flag it is a full volume siren six inches from her face, BUT if she goes through with it, this will be what she deserves because the signs were there and she refused them
"...the majority of Americans support Republicans and Democrats working together on legislation that would enable Dreamers to earn legal status and eventual citizenship"
thelatinonewsletter.org/p/pathway-to...
thelatinonewsletter.org/p/pathway-to...
House Democrats, With One Republican, Bring Back Pathway to Citizenship Bill
This is the same bill that the House passed in 2021
thelatinonewsletter.org
February 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"...the majority of Americans support Republicans and Democrats working together on legislation that would enable Dreamers to earn legal status and eventual citizenship"
thelatinonewsletter.org/p/pathway-to...
thelatinonewsletter.org/p/pathway-to...
"What do you call people who are officially not there?"
2014: www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
2014: www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
February 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
"What do you call people who are officially not there?"
2014: www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
2014: www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
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Also, not for nothing, but Zelensky was an enormously successful comedian, the star of the country’s biggest hit, which got much higher ratings than The Apprentice www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
February 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Also, not for nothing, but Zelensky was an enormously successful comedian, the star of the country’s biggest hit, which got much higher ratings than The Apprentice www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
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The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs minority letter begins: "We are deeply alarmed and troubled by reports that you terminated hundreds of probationary employees on Friday and are planning to cut HUD's workforce by 50 percent or nearly 4,300 staff.”
www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/min...
www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/min...
Warren, Murray, Gillibrand, Smith, and Schumer Demand Trump & Musk Halt Cuts to HUD Workforce, Warn that Cuts Could Jeopardize Seniors, Homeless Veterans, and HUD’s Capacity to Address the Nation’s H...
The Official website of The United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
www.banking.senate.gov
February 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs minority letter begins: "We are deeply alarmed and troubled by reports that you terminated hundreds of probationary employees on Friday and are planning to cut HUD's workforce by 50 percent or nearly 4,300 staff.”
www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/min...
www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/min...
trump sell country
(h/t @mtsw.bsky.social )
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Trump’s appeasement of Putin is a disgraceful surrender to Russia, an outright betrayal of Ukraine, and a stark warning to the world that America under Trump is no longer the defender of democracy but a willing collaborator with a terrorist state.
My latest...
My latest...
Trump Capitulates to Russia, Betraying Ukraine and the West
Trump’s appeasement of Putin is a disgraceful surrender to Russia, an outright betrayal of Ukraine, and a stark warning to the world that America under Trump is no longer the defender of democracy but...
olgalautman.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
trump sell country
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Helpful reference on #housing policy changes www.housingwire.com/articles/upd...
Updated list of all Trump's actions that impact housing
Here are the actions the Trump administration or Congress have taken that impact housing since President Trump took office on Jan. 20, 2025.
www.housingwire.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Helpful reference on #housing policy changes www.housingwire.com/articles/upd...