Rachel Joy Sherman
@rj4change.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Pizza dough. I love it when it goes rogue! #pizzadough #italianamericanmama
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Pizza dough. I love it when it goes rogue! #pizzadough #italianamericanmama
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It's no longer left versus right or even Democrat versus Republican.
It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong.
Millions hit the streets this weekend in solidarity with each other and to affirm the foundations of the common good.
It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong.
Millions hit the streets this weekend in solidarity with each other and to affirm the foundations of the common good.
October 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It's no longer left versus right or even Democrat versus Republican.
It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong.
Millions hit the streets this weekend in solidarity with each other and to affirm the foundations of the common good.
It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong.
Millions hit the streets this weekend in solidarity with each other and to affirm the foundations of the common good.
October 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
While pregnant I took Tylenol gelcaps rapid release the Epstein files! #tylenol #howdoyoupronounceacetominephin? #epsteinfiles
September 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
While pregnant I took Tylenol gelcaps rapid release the Epstein files! #tylenol #howdoyoupronounceacetominephin? #epsteinfiles
Need more reporting on this.
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Need more reporting on this.
People ask me what I think of the assassination from yesterday. I barely think of it. But here’s what I think when I do think of it.
Harper Moyski &
Fletcher Merkel.
8 and 10 year old kids killed by gun violence at their school last month.
Harper Moyski &
Fletcher Merkel.
8 and 10 year old kids killed by gun violence at their school last month.
September 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
People ask me what I think of the assassination from yesterday. I barely think of it. But here’s what I think when I do think of it.
Harper Moyski &
Fletcher Merkel.
8 and 10 year old kids killed by gun violence at their school last month.
Harper Moyski &
Fletcher Merkel.
8 and 10 year old kids killed by gun violence at their school last month.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...
Tell Costco: Don't Cave to Extremists—Dispense Mifepristone Now!
Costco has announced that its pharmacies will NOT dispense mifepristone—a safe, FDA-approved abortion pill used in the majority of abortions nationwide. This dangerous decision is a concession to anti...
sign.moveon.org
September 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...
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Ithaca Falls today. Each waterfall in the area is more beautiful than the next. Goodness. #Exploring #NewYork
August 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Ithaca Falls today. Each waterfall in the area is more beautiful than the next. Goodness. #Exploring #NewYork
Incompetence takes many forms. Including not knowing what year you are in. Or that you are serving a despot. If you know Marco Rubio, can you help him? Since he is our Secretary of State—let’s take pity on him. Someone help. #littlemarco #marcorubio #doeshehaveasoul #anyshame? #anyatall?
July 31, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Incompetence takes many forms. Including not knowing what year you are in. Or that you are serving a despot. If you know Marco Rubio, can you help him? Since he is our Secretary of State—let’s take pity on him. Someone help. #littlemarco #marcorubio #doeshehaveasoul #anyshame? #anyatall?
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Sitting here with an advance copy of this and it is hard to imagine a more timely book!
I think this book from @akpress.org/edited by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social will save lives, and I encourage you all to preorder and nudge your local library about it. #BookSky
www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...
I think this book from @akpress.org/edited by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social will save lives, and I encourage you all to preorder and nudge your local library about it. #BookSky
www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...
July 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Sitting here with an advance copy of this and it is hard to imagine a more timely book!
I think this book from @akpress.org/edited by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social will save lives, and I encourage you all to preorder and nudge your local library about it. #BookSky
www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...
I think this book from @akpress.org/edited by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social will save lives, and I encourage you all to preorder and nudge your local library about it. #BookSky
www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...
Horrible.
“We got a beating for breakfast. We got a beating for lunch. We got a beating for dinner.”
The horror stories are already emerging from the Venezuelan deportees' time in El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The horror stories are already emerging from the Venezuelan deportees' time in El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"We were kidnapped"
On Friday, more than 200 Venezuelans disappeared to a megaprison in El Salvador returned home. The horror stories are already emerging.
www.motherjones.com
July 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Horrible.
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Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large
Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning
CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.
www.motherjones.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large
I'm attending, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
www.mobilize.us
July 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I'm attending, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Jesus said that the poor widow, who put in only a penny, gave more than the rich people. Let’s get to justice using God’s economic principles.
July 14, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Jesus said that the poor widow, who put in only a penny, gave more than the rich people. Let’s get to justice using God’s economic principles.
Gorgeous.
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Gorgeous.
This. There is no equivalence.
Both sides news coverage is killing democracy and there is no place where it is more dangerous that in how legacy media covers the GOP attacks on free and fair elections.
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June 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This. There is no equivalence.
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For Trump, a military conflict with Iran would distract from:
-Sinking poll numbers
-A devastating (and unpopular) budget bill
-Harmful trade wars
-Unleashing the military on American soil
-Millions of people protesting his authoritarianism
We must remain on high alert.
-Sinking poll numbers
-A devastating (and unpopular) budget bill
-Harmful trade wars
-Unleashing the military on American soil
-Millions of people protesting his authoritarianism
We must remain on high alert.
June 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
For Trump, a military conflict with Iran would distract from:
-Sinking poll numbers
-A devastating (and unpopular) budget bill
-Harmful trade wars
-Unleashing the military on American soil
-Millions of people protesting his authoritarianism
We must remain on high alert.
-Sinking poll numbers
-A devastating (and unpopular) budget bill
-Harmful trade wars
-Unleashing the military on American soil
-Millions of people protesting his authoritarianism
We must remain on high alert.
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Breaking News: Gov. Gavin Newsom asked Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, to rescind the National Guard deployment in L.A., calling it a “breach of state sovereignty.” Follow live updates.
LA Protests Live Updates: Tensions Flare as National Guard Arrives After Trump Order
Federal agents clashed with protesters near a detention center in downtown Los Angeles, as confrontations stretched into a third day. Several hundred National Guard troops were deployed across the city.
trib.al
June 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Breaking News: Gov. Gavin Newsom asked Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, to rescind the National Guard deployment in L.A., calling it a “breach of state sovereignty.” Follow live updates.
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Despite that worry, I cannot stop standing up for what is right. I cannot turn a blind eye to injustice. I cannot ignore what Trump is doing to our democracy and our country. Or more precisely, I will not. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-wo...
I Worry, but I Fight
From Marc | Despite that worry, I cannot stop standing up for what is right. I cannot turn a blind eye to injustice.
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May 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Despite that worry, I cannot stop standing up for what is right. I cannot turn a blind eye to injustice. I cannot ignore what Trump is doing to our democracy and our country. Or more precisely, I will not. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-wo...
Despite reforms since the Minneapolis police murdered George Floyd, police killings of civilians has gone up in the last 5 years.
Since a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd in 2020, the number of people killed by the police each year has continued to rise — and Black Americans are still killed in disproportionate numbers. Our data reporter explains his findings. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...
May 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Despite reforms since the Minneapolis police murdered George Floyd, police killings of civilians has gone up in the last 5 years.
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My take on the consequences of the media's "original sin."
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May 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
My take on the consequences of the media's "original sin."
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It’s totally normal that visitors to the president would wear masks to hide their identity. Nothing to see here. #cryptobribery
May 24, 2025 at 5:14 AM
It’s totally normal that visitors to the president would wear masks to hide their identity. Nothing to see here. #cryptobribery
Evil. No other word.
The Trump Administration is reportedly discussing a goal of deporting a million people this year. It treats people “like pawns who can be moved at will around a global chessboard, to countries that sound less hospitable,” Jon Allsop writes.
The Real Audience for Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Spectacles
A plan to deport people to countries that aren’t their home is cruel, performative politics—whether it works or not.
www.newyorker.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Evil. No other word.
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Trump’s attempted takeover of the LOC may also be a test case to see how susceptible congressional Republicans are to his power grab. If they let him install ideologues throughout the LOC, maybe they’d let him do the same to other indispensable legislative entities.
Trump Is Trying to Control Congress by Taking Over Its Library
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Trump’s attempted takeover of the LOC may also be a test case to see how susceptible congressional Republicans are to his power grab. If they let him install ideologues throughout the LOC, maybe they’d let him do the same to other indispensable legislative entities.