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Sarah Burris
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Writer @alternet.org some at RawStory ex: @salon
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Oklahomie in Washington, D.C.
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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 27d
I took this pic during the Obama administration.

It appeared on the East Wing of the White House - the actual structure of the building itself, when it was built.

Does anyone know if this is in the trash pile or if someone grabbed it?
A cornerstone of the East Wing reading "Erected 1942 after the declaration of war"
sarahburris.bsky.social
Finally!! What took so long?! Should he really have paid access to young women??
November 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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junlper.beer
some type of shit you’d make 2 years ago making fun of rightwingers
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
sarahburris.bsky.social
AMEN

'Where's our White House meeting?' 9/11 victim's son furious with Trump over Saudi visit www.alternet.org/saudi-arabia...
'Where's our White House meeting?' 9/11 victim's son furious with Trump over Saudi visit
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (MBS) met with President Donald Trump at the White House this week, infuriating family members of 9/11 victims.Speaking to CNN on Wednesday, Brett Eagles...
www.alternet.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
Repeatedly! When I was researching for my article on Trump and the Supreme Court's latest threat to the Clean Water Act, I learned the Cuyahoga River caught on fire not once, not twice, but over a dozen times

ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
I'm sure it is just an oversight, but somehow Washington Examiner didn't call @ninajankowicz.com for comment on this story about DHS rolling out efforts to combat disinformation.

www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3...
The Department of Homeland Security is stepping up efforts to combat fake news stories, viral artificially generated videos, and misinformation online that claim Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are abusing and kidnapping illegal immigrants, as well as Americans. Asked on Tuesday if the federal department should contact Facebook and social media companies to do more to stop the rampant misinformation and disinformation circulating online, DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin told the Washington Examiner it would do just that. Recommended Stories Joe Concha laments Thomas Matthew Crooks still ‘most undercovered story of this century’ Charlotte 'under siege' as Border Patrol agents descend on city Map: Trump administration's deployment of federal troops in US cities “Yes and we are also putting resources forward to ensure DHS combats this,” McLaughlin wrote in an email. “It’s like an hourly game of whack-a-mole debunking the scourge of lies, smears and AI deepfakes that are designed to deceive Americans,” McLaughlin added. “These fake stories don’t slow us down — they just finish off the last shreds of credibility the mainstream media has left.”
November 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
sarahburris.bsky.social
So basically just rewrite the injunction to say - you can't shoot people with pepper balls or other harmful projectiles while they are protesting ICE kidnapping people ?
jonseidel.bsky.social Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 5h
#BREAKING The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has stayed Judge Sara Ellis' preliminary injunction, which restricted the feds' use of force in Chicago.

The appeals court says her order is "overbroad" but warns "do not overread today's order."
ORDER On November 6, 2025, the district court ordered a preliminary injunction forbidding defendants from using certain crowd control techniques and imposing additional requirements on law enforcement activities. Dist. Ct. DE 250. Defendants seek a stay pending appeal, and plaintiffs oppose. A stay is appropriate if the movant demonstrates a likelihood of success on the merits and irreparable injury. Nken v. Holder, 556 U.S. 418, 434 (2009); Camelot Banquet Rooms, Inc. v. Small Bus. Admin, 14 F.4th 624, 628 (7th Cir. 2021) (per curiam). And “[i]n close cases ... [a court] will balance the equities and weigh the relative harms to the applicant and to the respondent.” Hollingsworth v. Perry, 558 U.S. 183, 190 (2010) (per curiam). Defendants are likely to succeed on the merits. The preliminary injunction entered by the district court is overbroad. In no uncertain terms, the district court’s order enjoins an expansive range of defendants, including the President of the United States, the entire Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, and anyone acting in concert with them. The practical effect is to enjoin all law enforcement officers within the Executive Branch. Further, the order requires the enjoined parties to submit for judicial review all current and future internal guidance, policies, and directives regarding efforts to implement the order—a mandate impermissibly infringing on principles of separation of powers on this record. Finally, the district court’s order is too prescriptive. For example, it enumerates and proscribes the use of scores of riot control weapons and other devices in a way that resembles a federal regulation. We also have reservations about Article III standing. Open questions remain whether plaintiffs have shown that the past harm they allegedly faced is likely to imminently happen to them in the future. City of Los Angeles v. Lyons, 461 U.S. 95, 105– 06 (1983). A fear that such harm will recur is insufficient, on its own, to show standing for injunctive relief. Id. at 107 n.8. And we are aware of public reporting suggesting that the enhanced immigration enforcement initiative may have lessened or ceased, which could affect both the justiciability of this case and the propriety of injunctive relief. Additionally, defendants face irreparable harm. Trump v. CASA, Inc., 606 U.S. 831, 860–61 (2025). “Any time that the Government is enjoined by a court from effectuating statutes enacted by representatives of its people, it suffers a form of irreparable injury.” Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, No. 25A169, 2025 WL 2585637, at *3 (U.S. Sept. 8, 2025) (citation modified); see also CASA, Inc., 606 U.S. at 861. And the balance of equities does not counsel against awarding defend…
November 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
sarahburris.bsky.social
Legal expert says Trump prosecutor 'going to need a presidential pardon'

www.alternet.org/james-comey-...
Legal expert says Trump prosecutor 'going to need a presidential pardon'
Court room reporters on Wednesday stunned political observers with the revelation that a grand jury convened to consider charges against former FBI Director James Comey was not shown the final indictm...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
sarahburris.bsky.social
Y'all what happened in court today with the James Comey case.... could Lindsey Halligan get disbarred over this?
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
sarahburris.bsky.social
DOJ may have violated attorney-client privilege rules in Comey case: legal expert www.alternet.org/doj-comey-ca...
DOJ violated attorney-client privilege rules in Comey case: legal expert
Longtime lawyer and foe of President Donald Trump, Norm Eisen, said that Justice Department prosecutors have made 11 blunders in the case against former FBI Director James Comey, including one stand-o...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
sarahburris.bsky.social
Navy officer sounds the alarm about US future in just five words

www.alternet.org/authoritaria...
Navy officer sounds the alarm about US future in just five words
Former U.S. Navy Officer Michael Bedenbaugh is sounding the alarm that the United States remains at risk of authoritarian rule if Americans stop fighting back. Bedenbaugh, who is now a historical pres...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
sarahburris.bsky.social
'Americans should be enraged': Anger as reports expose unprecedented corruption at Trump DOJ via @bwreed.bsky.social

www.alternet.org/trump-doj-26...
'Americans should be enraged': Anger as reports expose unprecedented corruption at Trump DOJ
Dozens of former US Department of Justice attorneys have now gone on record to describe the unprecedented corruption of federal law enforcement taking place during President Donald Trump’s second term...
www.alternet.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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bradmossesq.bsky.social
They didn't get mortgages.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
BARTIROMO: How do illegals get a mortgage?

SCOTT TURNER: Well, Maria, you know, during the Biden administration, there were over 12m illegal aliens that came over the border, straining our housing supply

(That's not an answer)
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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joedudekjd.bsky.social
On this World Toilet Day, I'm reflecting on how many people could have regular access to basic plumbing for the cost of one Lincoln Bedroom bathroom renovation.

www.un.org/en/observanc...
A picture of the new White House residence toilet. <img src="https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/fd81b6a4-22c7-4967-9051-b676f1d59811/lincoln-wh-3-ht-gmh-251031_1761932346047_hpMain.jpg" alt="President Trump shows off White House&#39;s Lincoln Bathroom renovated entirely in marble - ABC News"/>
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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charlottegarden.bsky.social
The woman in this story asked for an abortion to protect her health during the first trimester. If not for Dobbs, that choice would have been hers. Instead, she got increasingly sick for another 2 months, and then died.
caitlinkelly.bsky.social Caitlin Kelly @caitlinkelly.bsky.social · 14h
NEW:

In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.

She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.

Then she died.

www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
sarahburris.bsky.social
Trump hit with bill for 'ballroom bribery'

www.alternet.org/ballroom-bri...
Dems hit Trump with bill for 'ballroom bribery'
Amid concerns over President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom, a pair of Democratic US lawmakers on Tuesday introduced legislation “to root out apparent bribery and corruption” involving the $300 m...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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debgoldendc.bsky.social
Props to NPR for not hedging and straight up calling Nick Fuentes an antisemite
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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chancethelawyer.bsky.social
this has to be the last thing Earth needs: “an AI-driven replacement to Slack” 🫠
olivia.science Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 17h
I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.

COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?

ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.

conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs? ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons. COWEN: What’s stopping that? What’s the ultimate binding constraint? ALTMAN: We’re working on it really hard. COWEN: If you could have more of one thing to have more compute, what would the one thing be? ALTMAN: Electrons.
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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barbmcquade.bsky.social
Trump’s reference to a reporter as “insubordinate” is all you need to know about his view of the right to a free press.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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jamalgreene.bsky.social
The Crimson is genuinely independent media, and based on historical trends, a typical Crimson masthead has an astounding amount of journalistic talent.
willbunch.bsky.social Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d
You know what media is NOT bending the knee in the Trump era? College journalists! The Harvard Crimson's brutal takedown of the lecherous ex-prez Larry Summers is just the latest example of students showing a failing 'grown-up' media how it's done

My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
College journalism exposes the rot of ‘grown-ups’ | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus a history lesson on the real ‘Charlotte’s Web,’ and fascism,
www.inquirer.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
sarahburris.bsky.social
especially on effing pedophilia. like - no.... no.... being a pedo will never become "moral"

And if you look at the vote in the House today ......it sure changed in the last few weeks from where we were
michaelhobbes.bsky.social Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1d
Imagine looking around America in 2025 and thinking, "What we need less of is morality."
November 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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edgery.bsky.social
Welcome @sarahburris.bsky.social to @alternet.org — her reporting is precise, often witty, and well written.

'Everything he said is a lie': Epstein brother says he 'definitely had dirt on Trump'

www.alternet.org/donald-trump...
'Everything he said is a lie': Epstein brother says he 'definitely had dirt on Trump'
Accused trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's brother told NewsNation's Chris Cuomo that there is a lot of "dirt" on President Donald Trump from the information the estate has gathered since his death. Speakin...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
sarahburris.bsky.social
I just heard this comedian say glitter is the "herpes of crafts" and I'm dead.
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
sarahburris.bsky.social
This week's episode of @ricksmithshow.bsky.social we talked about, you guessed it, the Epstein files.

But also - do we believe MTG's conversion? Is she really committed? Or should she still BE committed?

freespeech.org/shows/rick-s...
November 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
sarahburris.bsky.social
I can totally see Trump trying to have the survivors at a signing of the Epstein bill - like not getting it AT ALL

Reporter predicts Epstein survivors may confront Trump 'to his face' if given opportunity www.alternet.org/trump-epstei...
Reporter predicts Epstein survivors may confront Trump 'to his face' if given opportunity
Reporters wondered during a CNN panel if President Donald Trump would want the "spectacle" of holding a press conference with survivors of convicted child predator Jeffrey Epstein at the White House. ...
www.alternet.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
sarahburris.bsky.social
‘Sundown’: Trump Shows ‘Shocking’ Noticeable Mental Decline Journalist Says ala @davidbadash.bsky.social

www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2025/11/sund...
‘Sundown’: Trump Shows ‘Shocking’ Noticeable Mental Decline Journalist Says
Author Jonathan V. Last, editor of the center-right news site The Bulwark, says President Donald Trump is exhibiting what he calls a “shocking” level of “noticeable mental decline,” citing the preside...
www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM