Sarah Christopherson
@sarahcgchris.bsky.social
Past: Congress 2005-2015. Current: tax lobbyist, but the poor kind
Home Depot chic in the Lincoln bathroom. Who says Trump isn’t a man of the people?
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Home Depot chic in the Lincoln bathroom. Who says Trump isn’t a man of the people?
Especially when…
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Especially when…
Who are these “informed observers”? Because this would be a truly horrible deal.
Option A won’t lower premiums if insurance companies think subsidies are gonna stop halfway thru the plan year.
Option B fucks over sm biz owners & other middle class ppl… you know, the people who vote.
Option A won’t lower premiums if insurance companies think subsidies are gonna stop halfway thru the plan year.
Option B fucks over sm biz owners & other middle class ppl… you know, the people who vote.
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Who are these “informed observers”? Because this would be a truly horrible deal.
Option A won’t lower premiums if insurance companies think subsidies are gonna stop halfway thru the plan year.
Option B fucks over sm biz owners & other middle class ppl… you know, the people who vote.
Option A won’t lower premiums if insurance companies think subsidies are gonna stop halfway thru the plan year.
Option B fucks over sm biz owners & other middle class ppl… you know, the people who vote.
This bit of conventional wisdom is repeated everywhere as gospel truth, but if you dig a little deeper, the shutdown party often wins significant concessions below the radar.
October 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This bit of conventional wisdom is repeated everywhere as gospel truth, but if you dig a little deeper, the shutdown party often wins significant concessions below the radar.
I know this (screen cap) is the conventional wisdom, but I’m not sure.
Rs didn’t repeal ACA in 2013…but they did thwart Dems on sequester by shifting the contours of the fight. Ditto Gingrich and others, losing on the marquee issue but winning on the quieter areas where the fight might have gone
Rs didn’t repeal ACA in 2013…but they did thwart Dems on sequester by shifting the contours of the fight. Ditto Gingrich and others, losing on the marquee issue but winning on the quieter areas where the fight might have gone
September 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I know this (screen cap) is the conventional wisdom, but I’m not sure.
Rs didn’t repeal ACA in 2013…but they did thwart Dems on sequester by shifting the contours of the fight. Ditto Gingrich and others, losing on the marquee issue but winning on the quieter areas where the fight might have gone
Rs didn’t repeal ACA in 2013…but they did thwart Dems on sequester by shifting the contours of the fight. Ditto Gingrich and others, losing on the marquee issue but winning on the quieter areas where the fight might have gone
💯 this. It’s cumulative and iterative, and guys like Yglesias and Klein absolutely know it, but it suits them to pretend otherwise.
September 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
💯 this. It’s cumulative and iterative, and guys like Yglesias and Klein absolutely know it, but it suits them to pretend otherwise.
Business Insider got it. But I'm supposed to believe that Schumer et al didn't? Nah.
August 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Business Insider got it. But I'm supposed to believe that Schumer et al didn't? Nah.
That's a weird reply that seems divorced from anything I said. Senate Dems could have voted against cloture on the hyper-partisan funding bill, forcing Rs to either shut down the govt or repeal the filibuster. 9 Dems chose to vote for the bill, greasing the wheels for later passage of the megabill
August 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
That's a weird reply that seems divorced from anything I said. Senate Dems could have voted against cloture on the hyper-partisan funding bill, forcing Rs to either shut down the govt or repeal the filibuster. 9 Dems chose to vote for the bill, greasing the wheels for later passage of the megabill
Last skeet(? bleat?) about the @robflaherty.bsky.social Politico piece:
OMFG YESSSS. Epstein IS a kitchen table economic issue. The whole sordid thing's a visceral, understandable proofpoint for how the ultra-rich no longer play by the same rules as the rest of us
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
OMFG YESSSS. Epstein IS a kitchen table economic issue. The whole sordid thing's a visceral, understandable proofpoint for how the ultra-rich no longer play by the same rules as the rest of us
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
August 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Last skeet(? bleat?) about the @robflaherty.bsky.social Politico piece:
OMFG YESSSS. Epstein IS a kitchen table economic issue. The whole sordid thing's a visceral, understandable proofpoint for how the ultra-rich no longer play by the same rules as the rest of us
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
OMFG YESSSS. Epstein IS a kitchen table economic issue. The whole sordid thing's a visceral, understandable proofpoint for how the ultra-rich no longer play by the same rules as the rest of us
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
For me, this is THE reason we have gone backwards over the last 8 years. Our party/outside funders have not invested long-term in shaping the media ecosystem (and have sometimes killed the progressive media outlets we had!). And so we're getting killed out there.
August 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
For me, this is THE reason we have gone backwards over the last 8 years. Our party/outside funders have not invested long-term in shaping the media ecosystem (and have sometimes killed the progressive media outlets we had!). And so we're getting killed out there.
Since we often use shorthand—eg “need 60 votes to pass a CR”—it’s easy to lose sight of the reality: Senate Dems don’t actually have the power to shut down govt, bc Rs could kill the filibuster
Instead, Ds are *protecting the device that hobbles their own power* when they’re in the majority
Instead, Ds are *protecting the device that hobbles their own power* when they’re in the majority
July 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Since we often use shorthand—eg “need 60 votes to pass a CR”—it’s easy to lose sight of the reality: Senate Dems don’t actually have the power to shut down govt, bc Rs could kill the filibuster
Instead, Ds are *protecting the device that hobbles their own power* when they’re in the majority
Instead, Ds are *protecting the device that hobbles their own power* when they’re in the majority
Not accurate to say Jeffries’ could’ve stopped the rescissions bill. The 45-day deadline is about privilege in the Senate, not related to the House. Once it passed the Senate, Johnson could’ve brought it to the floor anytime. But unlike this episode, Schumer really can block the CR and won’t.
July 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Not accurate to say Jeffries’ could’ve stopped the rescissions bill. The 45-day deadline is about privilege in the Senate, not related to the House. Once it passed the Senate, Johnson could’ve brought it to the floor anytime. But unlike this episode, Schumer really can block the CR and won’t.
I am one oversized margarita-in-a-can into this beach day and I am ready to price check how much it would cost to rent a plane trailing “Trump killed Epstein“ along the Jersey shore.
95% kidding
95% kidding
July 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I am one oversized margarita-in-a-can into this beach day and I am ready to price check how much it would cost to rent a plane trailing “Trump killed Epstein“ along the Jersey shore.
95% kidding
95% kidding
I’m joking but… instead of the affair seen ‘round the world, it’s rightwing propaganda being algorithmically fed to us and gobbled up by global audiences who are receptive to it for all of the other reasons mentioned
July 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I’m joking but… instead of the affair seen ‘round the world, it’s rightwing propaganda being algorithmically fed to us and gobbled up by global audiences who are receptive to it for all of the other reasons mentioned
After the bill's been read—great!—Senate Dems could, you know, force real votes during vote-a-rama on real legislative ideas to fix our broken tax code
@couriernewsroom.bsky.social's 6 amdts are a great place to start www.instagram.com/p/DLaInv4Odcx/
@taxgreed.bsky.social @4taxfairness.bsky.social
@couriernewsroom.bsky.social's 6 amdts are a great place to start www.instagram.com/p/DLaInv4Odcx/
@taxgreed.bsky.social @4taxfairness.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
After the bill's been read—great!—Senate Dems could, you know, force real votes during vote-a-rama on real legislative ideas to fix our broken tax code
@couriernewsroom.bsky.social's 6 amdts are a great place to start www.instagram.com/p/DLaInv4Odcx/
@taxgreed.bsky.social @4taxfairness.bsky.social
@couriernewsroom.bsky.social's 6 amdts are a great place to start www.instagram.com/p/DLaInv4Odcx/
@taxgreed.bsky.social @4taxfairness.bsky.social
When I read things like this, I hear @jamellebouie.net in my head asking why we pretend Republicans don’t have agency, like they aren’t human beings who respond to pressure. Maybe these attitudes are *why* Rs are able to get away with acting like the fire.
May 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
When I read things like this, I hear @jamellebouie.net in my head asking why we pretend Republicans don’t have agency, like they aren’t human beings who respond to pressure. Maybe these attitudes are *why* Rs are able to get away with acting like the fire.
I appreciate confirmation of what we could see in real time: his Wednesday speech was a lie, he made House Dems do the heavy lifting then abandoned them, he had no fallback plan if House Republicans didn’t implode.
March 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I appreciate confirmation of what we could see in real time: his Wednesday speech was a lie, he made House Dems do the heavy lifting then abandoned them, he had no fallback plan if House Republicans didn’t implode.
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice:
"Democrats gave away their power today instead of protecting their constituents by refusing to hand the President total control of our nation’s budget."
"Democrats gave away their power today instead of protecting their constituents by refusing to hand the President total control of our nation’s budget."
March 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice:
"Democrats gave away their power today instead of protecting their constituents by refusing to hand the President total control of our nation’s budget."
"Democrats gave away their power today instead of protecting their constituents by refusing to hand the President total control of our nation’s budget."
NWLC—like CAP—is about the most establishment-y org in its lane that Dems have.
NWLC Action Fund on CR Passage: "Shame on You"
“This was the moment for Senate Democrats to say ‘we hear you, and we have your backs’- but they did not deliver.”
NWLC Action Fund on CR Passage: "Shame on You"
“This was the moment for Senate Democrats to say ‘we hear you, and we have your backs’- but they did not deliver.”
March 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
NWLC—like CAP—is about the most establishment-y org in its lane that Dems have.
NWLC Action Fund on CR Passage: "Shame on You"
“This was the moment for Senate Democrats to say ‘we hear you, and we have your backs’- but they did not deliver.”
NWLC Action Fund on CR Passage: "Shame on You"
“This was the moment for Senate Democrats to say ‘we hear you, and we have your backs’- but they did not deliver.”
As a long-time House staffer, I should've started this doc years ago, but you've inspired me to start now.
March 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
As a long-time House staffer, I should've started this doc years ago, but you've inspired me to start now.
Except that this ISN'T what's happening because (I presume) Dems have a UC agreement to skip cloture before passage.
March 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Except that this ISN'T what's happening because (I presume) Dems have a UC agreement to skip cloture before passage.
No, ALL of the enforcement money is gone if this CR passes. Schumer put $20 billion in cuts in the FY24 law; every CR since has been an extension of that, and so those cuts got doubled, like a DNA mutation getting replicated. He meant to do $10 in fy24 and $10 in fy25, he ended up giving them $40.
March 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
No, ALL of the enforcement money is gone if this CR passes. Schumer put $20 billion in cuts in the FY24 law; every CR since has been an extension of that, and so those cuts got doubled, like a DNA mutation getting replicated. He meant to do $10 in fy24 and $10 in fy25, he ended up giving them $40.
