sandra fish
@fishnette.bsky.social
independent data journo, kinda retired; past prez
@womenjournos; fishnette@mastodon.online; RTs = Hey, look over there! she/her
@womenjournos; fishnette@mastodon.online; RTs = Hey, look over there! she/her
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sandra fish
@fishnette.bsky.social
· Nov 15
just gonna spend my time watching live sports, listening to The Linda Lindas and crafting for the foreseeable future.
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It was always a lie that the focus would be deporting the worst of the worst. To get Dreamer/DACA status basically meant you were a Girl Scout or Boy Scout. And it's silly because many of these people got educated here since 2012 and now we're losing that talent and skill. 🤷🏾♀️
Dreamers were once obvious candidates for a path to citizenship. Now, they’re getting picked up, detained, and set for potential deportation.
Then they came for the Dreamers
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
www.motherjones.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
It was always a lie that the focus would be deporting the worst of the worst. To get Dreamer/DACA status basically meant you were a Girl Scout or Boy Scout. And it's silly because many of these people got educated here since 2012 and now we're losing that talent and skill. 🤷🏾♀️
Got out my phone on the deck. Pretty cool.
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Got out my phone on the deck. Pretty cool.
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The thing is that if you get your data from DoorDash, it might be more convenient but the costs add up in the long run, because it’s really better and cheaper to just go directly to the data place and pick it up yourself.
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The thing is that if you get your data from DoorDash, it might be more convenient but the costs add up in the long run, because it’s really better and cheaper to just go directly to the data place and pick it up yourself.
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[guy who’s read all the caro LBJ biographies] do you know who could’ve gotten his senate votes in line and wouldn’t have been a little bitch about it
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
[guy who’s read all the caro LBJ biographies] do you know who could’ve gotten his senate votes in line and wouldn’t have been a little bitch about it
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On a call with reporters just now, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet ducked a question about whether Sen. Schumer should stay on as minority leader: “That’s not where I’m focused today.”
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Funding alert: @grist.org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for reporting on rural climate issues and environmental justice in the United States. Newsrooms and freelancers are welcome to apply. Please share! grist.org/updates/gris...
Grist opens applications for new rural reporting grants on climate and environmental justice
Applicants can request up to $5,000 per project.
grist.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Funding alert: @grist.org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for reporting on rural climate issues and environmental justice in the United States. Newsrooms and freelancers are welcome to apply. Please share! grist.org/updates/gris...
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Accountability matters.
Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Accountability matters.
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46 years ago today at Mile High Stadium...Broncos won
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
46 years ago today at Mile High Stadium...Broncos won
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Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: ‘It’s heartbreaking as a mom’
Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Wow
NEW: Jan 6 riot defendant arrested outside a Burger King in Cicero, Illinois.
Prosecutors allege a DNA test in August linked him to 2018 kidnapping and sex assault
Just filed:
www.cbsnews.com/news/high-pr...
Prosecutors allege a DNA test in August linked him to 2018 kidnapping and sex assault
Just filed:
www.cbsnews.com/news/high-pr...
High-profile Jan. 6 defendant facing charges of kidnapping and sexually assaulting woman
John Banuelos' case was unique among Capitol riot prosecutions because he was the only defendant accused of pulling and firing a gun while on Capitol grounds.
www.cbsnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Wow
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NEW: The lame duck conservative majority on the DougCo School Board plans to use its last meeting Tuesday to pass a 10-year extension for all charter schools without a review of their performance and finances. @marshallglasses.bsky.social reports:
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
NEW: The lame duck conservative majority on the DougCo School Board plans to use its last meeting Tuesday to pass a 10-year extension for all charter schools without a review of their performance and finances. @marshallglasses.bsky.social reports:
Also you can’t sign petitions for candidates if you belong to their party #copolitics
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Also you can’t sign petitions for candidates if you belong to their party #copolitics
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I'm so psyched about @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy's work on making the open social internet good for real communities by putting in the culture work right from the very beginning. I'm a scavenger and a pragmatist *and also* I think the way we do things matters.
www.wrecka.ge/sparks-fly-up/
www.wrecka.ge/sparks-fly-up/
Sparks fly up
Once you’ve seized the tools of political life to build communal power, it’s hard to forget what a hammer feels like in your hand.
www.wrecka.ge
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I'm so psyched about @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy's work on making the open social internet good for real communities by putting in the culture work right from the very beginning. I'm a scavenger and a pragmatist *and also* I think the way we do things matters.
www.wrecka.ge/sparks-fly-up/
www.wrecka.ge/sparks-fly-up/
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@colinbphoto.bsky.social caught federal immigration agents in an apparent photo shoot at the Bean this morning and I guess this happened:
While Border Patrol photographers snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’”
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
While Border Patrol photographers snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’”
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
@colinbphoto.bsky.social caught federal immigration agents in an apparent photo shoot at the Bean this morning and I guess this happened:
While Border Patrol photographers snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’”
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
While Border Patrol photographers snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’”
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
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The U.S. Air Force Academy's academic accreditation is under review following a formal complaint that the institution no longer has sufficient Ph.D.-level faculty as the federal government reduces its civilian workforce // Story by @thenoellephillips.bsky.social
Air Force Academy’s accreditation under review after cuts to civilian faculty
Concerned alumni and former faculty told The Denver Post they believe the academy is losing too many civilian Ph.D.-level instructors without the ability to replace them with qualified military mem…
www.denverpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The U.S. Air Force Academy's academic accreditation is under review following a formal complaint that the institution no longer has sufficient Ph.D.-level faculty as the federal government reduces its civilian workforce // Story by @thenoellephillips.bsky.social
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Senate on path to end government shutdown www.cpr.org/2025/11/09/s... #copolitics
Senate on path to end government shutdown
Colorado’s Senators opposed the deal because it did not address rising health care costs.
www.cpr.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Senate on path to end government shutdown www.cpr.org/2025/11/09/s... #copolitics
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Fight don’t fold.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Fight don’t fold.
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Sens Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper on their No votes to advance the package to reopen the government. But cited what was not included - an extension of the enhanced tax credit. #copolitics
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Sens Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper on their No votes to advance the package to reopen the government. But cited what was not included - an extension of the enhanced tax credit. #copolitics
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Millions of Democratic voters on Tuesday: Fight these guys. Fight them.
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Millions of Democratic voters on Tuesday: Fight these guys. Fight them.
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
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CO Sens Michael Bennet & John Hickenlooper are No votes on this deal -- CR to Jan 30, minibus. #copolitics
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
CO Sens Michael Bennet & John Hickenlooper are No votes on this deal -- CR to Jan 30, minibus. #copolitics
I’d go for both tbh
seems like the easier solution is to give everyone free healthcare and pay for it by like buying 17 less missiles or taxing 53 dudes 1.8 percent more
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I’d go for both tbh
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seems like the easier solution is to give everyone free healthcare and pay for it by like buying 17 less missiles or taxing 53 dudes 1.8 percent more
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
seems like the easier solution is to give everyone free healthcare and pay for it by like buying 17 less missiles or taxing 53 dudes 1.8 percent more