Sarah Savoy
@sarahsavoy.bsky.social
Philanthropy and Policy. Hang out with economists now, IR nerds are my true friends. Friend/Sister/Daughter/Mom. Wife/Editor. Think tank lifer, apparently. Brookings Dev.
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if I were a Democratic strategist, columnist, or politician, I would simply not be outflanked by Bill Kristol and this guy
January 25, 2026 at 5:45 AM
if I were a Democratic strategist, columnist, or politician, I would simply not be outflanked by Bill Kristol and this guy
There are so many things about this which are easy to mock. But what I am choosing to chuckle about is MAGA’s obsession with adverbs and inappropriate capitalization.
🚨🚨 Deranged letter from Education Secretary Linda McMahon to Harvard’s president, cutting off federal funding for any new grants.
Worth reading in full. It is NUTS.
Worth reading in full. It is NUTS.
May 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
There are so many things about this which are easy to mock. But what I am choosing to chuckle about is MAGA’s obsession with adverbs and inappropriate capitalization.
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love this for us
Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
love this for us
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I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
The Department of Homeland Security denied Mahmoud Khalil permission to attend the birth of his first child, who was delivered at a New York hospital on Monday, according to emails reviewed by The New York Times.
Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth
Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
This is…just not OK
An innocent man who committed no crime but is the same race as the person who murdered your daughter should have to spend the rest of his life in a concentration camp is the argument?
April 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This is…just not OK
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An innocent man who committed no crime but is the same race as the person who murdered your daughter should have to spend the rest of his life in a concentration camp is the argument?
April 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
An innocent man who committed no crime but is the same race as the person who murdered your daughter should have to spend the rest of his life in a concentration camp is the argument?
Instead of reading the news today, I baked (mini banana muffins, whole wheat sandwich bread, and hamburger buns). I prepped lunches, sat outside with a Bloody Mary while the kids rode bikes, and finished a book. The news is obviously still news-ing but I’m happier to have had a break from it.
March 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Instead of reading the news today, I baked (mini banana muffins, whole wheat sandwich bread, and hamburger buns). I prepped lunches, sat outside with a Bloody Mary while the kids rode bikes, and finished a book. The news is obviously still news-ing but I’m happier to have had a break from it.
Who could have predicted that letting these idiots have access to alllll the things wouldn’t end well.
Social Security numbers and other private information of more than 200 former congressional staffers and others were made public Tuesday in unredacted files related to the assassination of JFK. Many of these people are still alive and therefore now vulnerable to privacy theft and doxing
Social Security numbers and other private information unmasked in JFK files
The data belongs to more than 200 former congressional staffers and others with connections to decades-old investigations.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Who could have predicted that letting these idiots have access to alllll the things wouldn’t end well.
Seems bad.
@whitehouse.senate.gov @schatz.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @smith.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov @senatorheinrich.bsky.social @fetterman.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social @markey.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov
I can't access the USIP website anymore 😬
March 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Seems bad.
This means it’s working. Go to their offices next. These are public servants and the people they represent deserve to be heard.
March 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This means it’s working. Go to their offices next. These are public servants and the people they represent deserve to be heard.
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Oh, tariffs. Significant tariffs, just the threat alone, create chaos in trade. Tariffs increase prices, reduce employment, and -- as we've seen today with Canada, China, AND Mexico announcing retaliatory tariffs -- beget more chaos.
March 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Oh, tariffs. Significant tariffs, just the threat alone, create chaos in trade. Tariffs increase prices, reduce employment, and -- as we've seen today with Canada, China, AND Mexico announcing retaliatory tariffs -- beget more chaos.
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"Key congressional Republicans have powers they’re choosing not to use...
"Senator Susan Collins, for example, believes the White House and DOGE may be breaking the law. She doesn’t, however, seem eager to use her considerable influence..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
"Senator Susan Collins, for example, believes the White House and DOGE may be breaking the law. She doesn’t, however, seem eager to use her considerable influence..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
February 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"Key congressional Republicans have powers they’re choosing not to use...
"Senator Susan Collins, for example, believes the White House and DOGE may be breaking the law. She doesn’t, however, seem eager to use her considerable influence..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
"Senator Susan Collins, for example, believes the White House and DOGE may be breaking the law. She doesn’t, however, seem eager to use her considerable influence..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
This is the CTRL+F Presidency.
Just talked to a friend who works for the DoE and had 2 papers censored for violating an EO. One because it uses “toxicity” (about chemical leakage into drinking wells) & the other for “diversity” (as in “microbial diversity”).
We are at Soviet-level stupidity censorship.
We are at Soviet-level stupidity censorship.
February 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This is the CTRL+F Presidency.
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One really wonders where the Democrats are right now. We all understand the limits the minority faces in our system, but they are not powerless and they need to stand up for our system and the people who are are trying to dedicate their lives to something bigger.
We are wasting our federal talent pool for no good reason.
My wife chose it as not just very compatible with being a military spouse, but out of a deep desire to serve the country. Loves her job and has received nothing but praise…now likely to be let go because she had 3 months left to her one year mark.
February 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
One really wonders where the Democrats are right now. We all understand the limits the minority faces in our system, but they are not powerless and they need to stand up for our system and the people who are are trying to dedicate their lives to something bigger.
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In the three weeks Elon Musk has been in charge of unilaterally slashing government spending, the U.S. government has paid one of his companies, SpaceX, more than $43 million.
February 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
In the three weeks Elon Musk has been in charge of unilaterally slashing government spending, the U.S. government has paid one of his companies, SpaceX, more than $43 million.
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Musk is rumored to spend $40M on Super Bowl ads with his wildly distorted claims attacking USAID. Don’t believe them.
The last round are debunked below. wapo.st/3ErHBZM
And I'll unpack the reality in this 🧵, too. 1/13
The last round are debunked below. wapo.st/3ErHBZM
And I'll unpack the reality in this 🧵, too. 1/13
Analysis | The White House’s wildly inaccurate claims about USAID spending
Eleven out of 12 claims about the agency’s work are misleading, wrong or lack context.
wapo.st
February 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Musk is rumored to spend $40M on Super Bowl ads with his wildly distorted claims attacking USAID. Don’t believe them.
The last round are debunked below. wapo.st/3ErHBZM
And I'll unpack the reality in this 🧵, too. 1/13
The last round are debunked below. wapo.st/3ErHBZM
And I'll unpack the reality in this 🧵, too. 1/13
Say it louder for the back!
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms and businesses. U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans purchased as food aid.
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Say it louder for the back!
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“We’ve seen this sort of thing happen in evacuations of war zones,” one official said. “I just can’t believe we’re doing it for the flippant kind of political pageantry that this administration seems to be doing it for.”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Recall of USAID’s global workforce causes havoc and distress
USAID employees stationed overseas are struggling to navigate the sudden upheaval, having received little clear information from the Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
“We’ve seen this sort of thing happen in evacuations of war zones,” one official said. “I just can’t believe we’re doing it for the flippant kind of political pageantry that this administration seems to be doing it for.”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
They. Will. Do. Everything. They. Promised. To. Do.
Project 2025's Russell Vought will lead OMB. Remember when all the news orgs said that Trump had nothing to do with Project 2025?
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Senate confirms Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget
Russell Vought, 48, the architect of Project 2025, will lead the Office of Management and Budget, where he will oversee the president's budget.
www.usatoday.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
They. Will. Do. Everything. They. Promised. To. Do.
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USAID faces a slashing of its workforce to 290 employees. A lawsuit filed Thursday seeks injunctive relief to halt the cuts.
Federal workers sue to stop USAID's dismantling and the cutting of its workforce from 10,000 to 300 staff
USAID faces a slashing of its workforce to 290 employees. A lawsuit filed Thursday seeks injunctive relief to halt the cuts.
www.businessinsider.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
USAID faces a slashing of its workforce to 290 employees. A lawsuit filed Thursday seeks injunctive relief to halt the cuts.
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Mitch McConnell Vows To Continue Falling Down Stairs In Face Of Fascist Takeover
theonion.com/mitch-m...
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Mitch McConnell Vows To Continue Falling Down Stairs In Face Of Fascist Takeover
WASHINGTON—Rebuking President Trump’s decision to pardon Jan. 6 rioters, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) staunchly vowed this week to continue falling down stairs in the face of an apparent fascist takeover. “I can no longer physically stand upright for a party that excuses a violent insurrection that targeted our Capitol,” the 82-year-old lawmaker said as he […]
theonion.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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CRS rides in — but of course this has always been true. Rs on the Hill need to wake up and grow a coequal backbone.
The Congressional Research Service is telling Congress that Trump cannot shut down US AID. Will they - and more specifically Republicans - listen, and act?https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN12500
February 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
CRS rides in — but of course this has always been true. Rs on the Hill need to wake up and grow a coequal backbone.
My husband works for AID and I’ve long believed in its mission. I had to explain to our girls tonight why I was so sad and short tempered. We are abandoning both our moral obligation and the people who have chosen to serve their country. It’s a dark day, and the end of an era of US leadership.
“I am shocked by the gleeful assault perpetrated by our own government against U.S.A.I.D.’s programs and the public servants who work on them,” writes Samantha Power, the former head of the agency.
Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere
The attacks on the agency are cruel and counterproductive.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
My husband works for AID and I’ve long believed in its mission. I had to explain to our girls tonight why I was so sad and short tempered. We are abandoning both our moral obligation and the people who have chosen to serve their country. It’s a dark day, and the end of an era of US leadership.
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This whole effort was brazenly illegal. From the big picture down to innumerable individual acts. But even if course was shifted now, which is basically unimaginable, Musk likely has already essentially destroyed the organization. Under the best circs will take years or decades to rebuild.
USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency
February 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This whole effort was brazenly illegal. From the big picture down to innumerable individual acts. But even if course was shifted now, which is basically unimaginable, Musk likely has already essentially destroyed the organization. Under the best circs will take years or decades to rebuild.