Sarah
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And yes, I was the last Black full-time columnist in the Opinion section.
Washington Post -- operating in a city which for a long time has been majority Black, is now without any full-time Black opinion writers.
Washington Post -- operating in a city which for a long time has been majority Black, is now without any full-time Black opinion writers.
September 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
And yes, I was the last Black full-time columnist in the Opinion section.
Washington Post -- operating in a city which for a long time has been majority Black, is now without any full-time Black opinion writers.
Washington Post -- operating in a city which for a long time has been majority Black, is now without any full-time Black opinion writers.
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Top *eight* articles on NYT devoted to Charlie Kirk, top one asks if he will be remembered like MLK. This is a man who only a tiny percent of Americans had even heard of before his death, whose views are too nasty for NYT to detail. But they are trying so hard to turn into martyr.
September 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Top *eight* articles on NYT devoted to Charlie Kirk, top one asks if he will be remembered like MLK. This is a man who only a tiny percent of Americans had even heard of before his death, whose views are too nasty for NYT to detail. But they are trying so hard to turn into martyr.
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"Not all homeless people deserve involuntary lethal injection" is one hell of an apology.
Brian Kilmeade apologized for his comments about homeless people getting lethal injections this morning on Fox & Friends, saying "so many homeless people deserve our empathy and compassion."
Here's the clip of his apology 👇
Here's the clip of his apology 👇
September 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"Not all homeless people deserve involuntary lethal injection" is one hell of an apology.
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The official language of Jamaica is....wait for it.... English.
These performances truly are targeted only at the stupidest people alive
These performances truly are targeted only at the stupidest people alive
Eric Trump: "As I showing up to the studio, there was an older Jamaican man who came up to me in very broken English and said, 'Mr Trump, I'm very sorry about Charlie Kirk. He was an amazing Christian. I am Charlie Kirk.'"
September 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The official language of Jamaica is....wait for it.... English.
These performances truly are targeted only at the stupidest people alive
These performances truly are targeted only at the stupidest people alive
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Just so we are all clear, you can see the bullet holes from the road, driving by. This is inSANE.
I took this picture myself at the CDC protest today. These are among the hundreds of bullet holes in CDC headquarters windows, visible from the street. I heard today that the admin has no urgent plan to fix these windows.
Imagine being a CDC employee going to work under these conditions
Imagine being a CDC employee going to work under these conditions
August 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Just so we are all clear, you can see the bullet holes from the road, driving by. This is inSANE.
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🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time.
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
August 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time.
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
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This is such a no-brainer that the lack of a coordinated response feels deeply damning. A Democratic leadership team that can't mobilize an instant all-hands-on-deck effort on RFK Jr. isn't a leadership team at all.
I know Democrats are overwhelmed (or rudderless, if you are less charitable) by the sheer volume of Trump authoritarian moves, but I’d like to see them unified behind specific goals like “RFK Jr is a threat to public health and needs to go.”
August 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This is such a no-brainer that the lack of a coordinated response feels deeply damning. A Democratic leadership team that can't mobilize an instant all-hands-on-deck effort on RFK Jr. isn't a leadership team at all.
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A patriotic and dedicated public servant who is outraged at the dangerous direction HHS and CDC have gone under Trump and RFK. Many more people will die.
It won’t fit in screen shots but linking here the full letter of resignation posted by one of the departing CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who ran the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and led efforts to fight COVID, monkeypox, and bird flu
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x.com/dr_demetre/s...
August 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
A patriotic and dedicated public servant who is outraged at the dangerous direction HHS and CDC have gone under Trump and RFK. Many more people will die.
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Many of the men deported to CECOT said they are permanently changed: struggling to sleep, drink water or leave their homes.
One man broke into tears describing how he had a panic attack the first time he walked down a busy Venezuelan street.
One man broke into tears describing how he had a panic attack the first time he walked down a busy Venezuelan street.
What I Witnessed as I Photographed the Disappearances and the Homecomings of My Countrymen
Over the past four months, a photojournalist documented the lives of five families whose sons had been imprisoned in El Salvador, including their long-awaited reunions. CECOT left a mark on the men, t...
www.propublica.org
August 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Many of the men deported to CECOT said they are permanently changed: struggling to sleep, drink water or leave their homes.
One man broke into tears describing how he had a panic attack the first time he walked down a busy Venezuelan street.
One man broke into tears describing how he had a panic attack the first time he walked down a busy Venezuelan street.
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If you’re a convicted felon and your character witness is your dear old friend, the convicted child sex trafficker and enabler of your other dear old friend, the most notorious raper of children in modern history, you’re definitely a total piece of shit.
August 23, 2025 at 4:40 AM
If you’re a convicted felon and your character witness is your dear old friend, the convicted child sex trafficker and enabler of your other dear old friend, the most notorious raper of children in modern history, you’re definitely a total piece of shit.
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That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal right now.
August 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal right now.
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What would it take for Democrats to prompt a headship change? Schumer in particular does not seem built for this moment.
August 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
What would it take for Democrats to prompt a headship change? Schumer in particular does not seem built for this moment.
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GREAT NEWS EVERYONE! Only 10 more days until we know exactly what causes autism!!
August 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
GREAT NEWS EVERYONE! Only 10 more days until we know exactly what causes autism!!
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"We've spent a lot of money on the military and now they have nothing to do so we might as well let the president use it domestically to satisfy his own petty grudges" is precisely why the Founders feared a standing army.
I mean, it's pretty much fucking verbatim.
I mean, it's pretty much fucking verbatim.
Comer: "We're gonna support doing this in other cities if it works out in Washington DC. We spend a lot on our military. Our military has been in many countries around the world for the past two decades walking the streets trying to reduce crime. We need to focus on the big cities in America now."
August 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"We've spent a lot of money on the military and now they have nothing to do so we might as well let the president use it domestically to satisfy his own petty grudges" is precisely why the Founders feared a standing army.
I mean, it's pretty much fucking verbatim.
I mean, it's pretty much fucking verbatim.
Zero forgiveness for the morons who voted for this.
Zeldin: "They'll say that carbon dioxide endangers public health, that carbon dioxide is a pollutant, and they'll never talk about anything that is good or important about it."
August 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Zero forgiveness for the morons who voted for this.
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Arby's brand manager
August 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
August 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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#ICYMI: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…
www.propublica.org
August 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
#ICYMI: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
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Todd Blanche: The sex trafficker said she didn't SEE Trump doing anything bad.
Ghislaine's former cell mate: Um.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Ghislaine's former cell mate: Um.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
August 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Todd Blanche: The sex trafficker said she didn't SEE Trump doing anything bad.
Ghislaine's former cell mate: Um.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Ghislaine's former cell mate: Um.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Deaf guy tried to show ICE his ID. An agent grabbed it and didn't return it.
So he tried to type a message about his disability but an agent grabbed his phone.
He was left w/ no way to communicate w/ the men seizing him.
He was a DACA recipient (a "dreamer"). He spent nearly a month in detention.
So he tried to type a message about his disability but an agent grabbed his phone.
He was left w/ no way to communicate w/ the men seizing him.
He was a DACA recipient (a "dreamer"). He spent nearly a month in detention.
Dreamers Face ‘Greatest Threat’ Yet in Trump Immigrant Crackdown
The DACA program has survived years of political siege—but recent arrests have dreamers shocked and worried.
www.thebulwark.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Deaf guy tried to show ICE his ID. An agent grabbed it and didn't return it.
So he tried to type a message about his disability but an agent grabbed his phone.
He was left w/ no way to communicate w/ the men seizing him.
He was a DACA recipient (a "dreamer"). He spent nearly a month in detention.
So he tried to type a message about his disability but an agent grabbed his phone.
He was left w/ no way to communicate w/ the men seizing him.
He was a DACA recipient (a "dreamer"). He spent nearly a month in detention.
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The student newspaper.
This fell. To the student. Newspaper.
This fell. To the student. Newspaper.
Stanford University’s student-run newspaper sued two senior Trump administration officials Wednesday, challenging Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ability to revoke student visas and deem an individual deportable based on the content of their speech.
Stanford newspaper sues Trump administration over student deportations
The lawsuit challenges Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ability to revoke student visas and deem an individual deportable based on the content of their speech.
wapo.st
August 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The student newspaper.
This fell. To the student. Newspaper.
This fell. To the student. Newspaper.
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‘Glitch’ at Library of Congress Shreds the Constitution Amid Trump Takeover Attempt
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Govt. Website 'Glitch' Removes Trump's Least Favorite Part of Constitution
Trump is trying to take over the Library of Congress, but its website already deleted a part of the Constitution that Trump officials don’t like.
www.rollingstone.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
‘Glitch’ at Library of Congress Shreds the Constitution Amid Trump Takeover Attempt
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Go, a college student, has a dependent visa (her mother, an Episcopal minister, is here on a religious worker visa), which doesn't expire until Dec. But when she tried to renew it early, ICE nabbed her and sent her halfway across the US to a detention center.
www.wthr.com/article/news...
www.wthr.com/article/news...
Purdue student detained by ICE and taken to troubled Louisiana holding facility
Yeonsoo Go, 20, was detained after her immigration hearing in Manhattan and taken away by ICE agents.
www.wthr.com
August 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Go, a college student, has a dependent visa (her mother, an Episcopal minister, is here on a religious worker visa), which doesn't expire until Dec. But when she tried to renew it early, ICE nabbed her and sent her halfway across the US to a detention center.
www.wthr.com/article/news...
www.wthr.com/article/news...