Sandi Fox 🦊
@smartasafox.bsky.social
Left-leaning pragmatic idealist. New Mom. Digital and Mobile Strategy Consultant. Forever a NYer. Formerly of @PPact, @Amprog, @EnoughProject and @NLC. These views are my own 📣.
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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Situation on 14th St and W St. NW, with federal agents -- no specific agency identified -- pulling cars over for checks. They arrested a Black woman in this car.
BIG crowd of people shouting at police.
"Fuck you!"
"What is wrong with you!"
"You don't need to terrorize people like this!"
BIG crowd of people shouting at police.
"Fuck you!"
"What is wrong with you!"
"You don't need to terrorize people like this!"
August 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Situation on 14th St and W St. NW, with federal agents -- no specific agency identified -- pulling cars over for checks. They arrested a Black woman in this car.
BIG crowd of people shouting at police.
"Fuck you!"
"What is wrong with you!"
"You don't need to terrorize people like this!"
BIG crowd of people shouting at police.
"Fuck you!"
"What is wrong with you!"
"You don't need to terrorize people like this!"
Words cannot express how disgusted and pissed I am that this Big Bad 🐝 BEE-trayal Bill passed in the Senate. Every GOP Senator needs to be held accountable.
This is the largest transfer of wealth in history. $Billions$ for billionaires while millions will lose healthcare & starve.
Shame! 🤬😭
This is the largest transfer of wealth in history. $Billions$ for billionaires while millions will lose healthcare & starve.
Shame! 🤬😭
July 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Words cannot express how disgusted and pissed I am that this Big Bad 🐝 BEE-trayal Bill passed in the Senate. Every GOP Senator needs to be held accountable.
This is the largest transfer of wealth in history. $Billions$ for billionaires while millions will lose healthcare & starve.
Shame! 🤬😭
This is the largest transfer of wealth in history. $Billions$ for billionaires while millions will lose healthcare & starve.
Shame! 🤬😭
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Unpopular opinion today, but...
Getting rid of nationwide injunctions will be a good thing once a smart Democratic president is confronted by a lot of dumb Trump judge opinions.
Bye Northern District of Texas nationwide injunctions against mifepristone!
Getting rid of nationwide injunctions will be a good thing once a smart Democratic president is confronted by a lot of dumb Trump judge opinions.
Bye Northern District of Texas nationwide injunctions against mifepristone!
June 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Unpopular opinion today, but...
Getting rid of nationwide injunctions will be a good thing once a smart Democratic president is confronted by a lot of dumb Trump judge opinions.
Bye Northern District of Texas nationwide injunctions against mifepristone!
Getting rid of nationwide injunctions will be a good thing once a smart Democratic president is confronted by a lot of dumb Trump judge opinions.
Bye Northern District of Texas nationwide injunctions against mifepristone!
Activism works! Yesterday, Talia and I were lobbying on Capital Hill with MomsRising.org to fight against the 🐝 BEE-trayal Bill that would hurt babies & families across the country by cutting Medicaid & other essential programs like SNAP to give tax cuts to Billionaires.
Today the bill was pulled.
Today the bill was pulled.
June 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Activism works! Yesterday, Talia and I were lobbying on Capital Hill with MomsRising.org to fight against the 🐝 BEE-trayal Bill that would hurt babies & families across the country by cutting Medicaid & other essential programs like SNAP to give tax cuts to Billionaires.
Today the bill was pulled.
Today the bill was pulled.
If only today's birthright citizenship ruling applied retroactively. Then all Trump's kids who were all born to non-citizen mothers (except Tiffany) would be stateless.
Ivanka, Eric and Don Jr. And Baron all here illegally. Too bad their Dad is also saying fuck you to DREAMers.
Ivanka, Eric and Don Jr. And Baron all here illegally. Too bad their Dad is also saying fuck you to DREAMers.
June 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If only today's birthright citizenship ruling applied retroactively. Then all Trump's kids who were all born to non-citizen mothers (except Tiffany) would be stateless.
Ivanka, Eric and Don Jr. And Baron all here illegally. Too bad their Dad is also saying fuck you to DREAMers.
Ivanka, Eric and Don Jr. And Baron all here illegally. Too bad their Dad is also saying fuck you to DREAMers.
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- Religious exception rulings apply only to the plaintiffs.
- Environmental regulations continue to be enforced despite rulings against them (just not against plaintiffs).
- and on and on.
The left has to use this decision, not just criticize it.
It'll be chaos, but that's what the Justices get.
- Environmental regulations continue to be enforced despite rulings against them (just not against plaintiffs).
- and on and on.
The left has to use this decision, not just criticize it.
It'll be chaos, but that's what the Justices get.
June 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
- Religious exception rulings apply only to the plaintiffs.
- Environmental regulations continue to be enforced despite rulings against them (just not against plaintiffs).
- and on and on.
The left has to use this decision, not just criticize it.
It'll be chaos, but that's what the Justices get.
- Environmental regulations continue to be enforced despite rulings against them (just not against plaintiffs).
- and on and on.
The left has to use this decision, not just criticize it.
It'll be chaos, but that's what the Justices get.
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The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
June 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
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this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
June 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
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The House just passed a massive attack on trans people and literally NO MEDIA OUTLET is covering it
Transition care literally saves lives. This is an effective ban on transition care. It will literally kill people.
Transition care literally saves lives. This is an effective ban on transition care. It will literally kill people.
🚨 In addition to banning gender affirming medical treatment through Medicaid, Trump's reconciliation bill PROHIBITS health insurance purchased through Obamacare exchanges from offering transition care.
Detransition care, though, is specifically protected. CALL YOUR HOUSE REPS!
Detransition care, though, is specifically protected. CALL YOUR HOUSE REPS!
May 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The House just passed a massive attack on trans people and literally NO MEDIA OUTLET is covering it
Transition care literally saves lives. This is an effective ban on transition care. It will literally kill people.
Transition care literally saves lives. This is an effective ban on transition care. It will literally kill people.
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A federal court is about to decide whether to strike down Trump’s tariffs www.vox.com/economy/4114...
A federal court is about to decide whether to strike down Trump’s tariffs
We’re about to get our first window into whether the judiciary will allow Trump’s trade war to continue.
www.vox.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A federal court is about to decide whether to strike down Trump’s tariffs www.vox.com/economy/4114...
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So I hopped over to the r/TemuThings subreddit, and bargain shoppers not politically plugged in about the trade war are distressed at a big change at check out.
A new "Import charge" has appeared, thanks to the FELON. 🤡
$41.24 charge added to $27.97. #MAGA!
www.reddit.com/r/TemuThings...
A new "Import charge" has appeared, thanks to the FELON. 🤡
$41.24 charge added to $27.97. #MAGA!
www.reddit.com/r/TemuThings...
April 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
So I hopped over to the r/TemuThings subreddit, and bargain shoppers not politically plugged in about the trade war are distressed at a big change at check out.
A new "Import charge" has appeared, thanks to the FELON. 🤡
$41.24 charge added to $27.97. #MAGA!
www.reddit.com/r/TemuThings...
A new "Import charge" has appeared, thanks to the FELON. 🤡
$41.24 charge added to $27.97. #MAGA!
www.reddit.com/r/TemuThings...
I've lived here for 14 years. DC is my home. And I'm a first-time Mom with a newborn baby. You do not want to mess with me and the hormones running through my body right now. I am walking distance from the Senate and Schumer's offices. This NYer (born & raised) is ready to wreak hell on Schumer.
Senseless pain is about to be afflicted to D.C., a place that has no congressional representation. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
How Congress Could Force $1.1 Billion in Cuts on Washington, D.C.
District leaders say that a proposed cut to the city budget, part of a plan to avert a federal government shutdown, is unfair. The city raises most of its own money but cannot control how it is spent.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I've lived here for 14 years. DC is my home. And I'm a first-time Mom with a newborn baby. You do not want to mess with me and the hormones running through my body right now. I am walking distance from the Senate and Schumer's offices. This NYer (born & raised) is ready to wreak hell on Schumer.
At least the House has our backs! WTAF Schumer!
House Dems' text chains lighting up with apoplexy.
"Complete and utter meltdown," says one member.
Members floating marching onto the Senate floor.
Others urging primaries not just for Schumer, but any Senate Dem who votes for the GOP bill.
@Axios.com www.axios.com/2025/03/14/h...
"Complete and utter meltdown," says one member.
Members floating marching onto the Senate floor.
Others urging primaries not just for Schumer, but any Senate Dem who votes for the GOP bill.
@Axios.com www.axios.com/2025/03/14/h...
"People are furious": House Democrats have "complete meltdown" as Schumer folds on shutdown
Members have talked openly about backing primary challenges to Democratic senators who support the GOP's spending bill.
www.axios.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
At least the House has our backs! WTAF Schumer!
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I’m a lefty but my husband is a classic moderate liberal and we are both pissed as hell. Our families, Democrats across the spectrum of liberalism, conservatism, and left libertarian, are pissed as hell. This is not some lefty thing, it’s a “find a spine” thing, and Senate Dems need to understand
March 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I’m a lefty but my husband is a classic moderate liberal and we are both pissed as hell. Our families, Democrats across the spectrum of liberalism, conservatism, and left libertarian, are pissed as hell. This is not some lefty thing, it’s a “find a spine” thing, and Senate Dems need to understand
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This is basically an admission that the people Trump is appointing wouldn’t pass FBI background checks on their ethical standards and risk to national security.
Not that any of us thought otherwise.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/whi...
Not that any of us thought otherwise.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/whi...
'Highly unusual': White House halts FBI background checks for senior staff, shifts them to Pentagon: Sources
The White House has quietly told the FBI to halt background checks on dozens of the president's top staffers and has transferred the process to the Pentagon, sources say.
abcnews.go.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This is basically an admission that the people Trump is appointing wouldn’t pass FBI background checks on their ethical standards and risk to national security.
Not that any of us thought otherwise.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/whi...
Not that any of us thought otherwise.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/whi...
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CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
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You know people are furious when they show up at an 8am protest at @schumer.senate.gov house.
Chuck you are betraying us. It’s not too late to change your mind and actually fight back!
@indivisible.org @socialists.nyc @riseandresist.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social
Chuck you are betraying us. It’s not too late to change your mind and actually fight back!
@indivisible.org @socialists.nyc @riseandresist.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
You know people are furious when they show up at an 8am protest at @schumer.senate.gov house.
Chuck you are betraying us. It’s not too late to change your mind and actually fight back!
@indivisible.org @socialists.nyc @riseandresist.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social
Chuck you are betraying us. It’s not too late to change your mind and actually fight back!
@indivisible.org @socialists.nyc @riseandresist.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social
All I can say as a DC resident and forever NYer is fuck Schumer. The idea that any Dem would vote for this disgusting excuse for a funding bill, let alone the majority leader is just infuriating. The cuts to DC's budget alone will impact the city and our children for years to come.
They have managed to piss off EV. ERY. ONE.
Not just lefties. Blue MAGA. Resistance moms/grandmas. Neera Tanden. Susan Rice. The AFGE.
@schumer.senate.gov et al are setting themselves up to be Thanos in the Avengers Assemble scene from Endgame.
Not just lefties. Blue MAGA. Resistance moms/grandmas. Neera Tanden. Susan Rice. The AFGE.
@schumer.senate.gov et al are setting themselves up to be Thanos in the Avengers Assemble scene from Endgame.
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
All I can say as a DC resident and forever NYer is fuck Schumer. The idea that any Dem would vote for this disgusting excuse for a funding bill, let alone the majority leader is just infuriating. The cuts to DC's budget alone will impact the city and our children for years to come.
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They have managed to piss off EV. ERY. ONE.
Not just lefties. Blue MAGA. Resistance moms/grandmas. Neera Tanden. Susan Rice. The AFGE.
@schumer.senate.gov et al are setting themselves up to be Thanos in the Avengers Assemble scene from Endgame.
Not just lefties. Blue MAGA. Resistance moms/grandmas. Neera Tanden. Susan Rice. The AFGE.
@schumer.senate.gov et al are setting themselves up to be Thanos in the Avengers Assemble scene from Endgame.
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
They have managed to piss off EV. ERY. ONE.
Not just lefties. Blue MAGA. Resistance moms/grandmas. Neera Tanden. Susan Rice. The AFGE.
@schumer.senate.gov et al are setting themselves up to be Thanos in the Avengers Assemble scene from Endgame.
Not just lefties. Blue MAGA. Resistance moms/grandmas. Neera Tanden. Susan Rice. The AFGE.
@schumer.senate.gov et al are setting themselves up to be Thanos in the Avengers Assemble scene from Endgame.
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Federal employees have received a copy of the deferred resignation agreement.
Contains a lot of brow-raising lines such as, "Employee waives any claim that could be brought on Employee’s behalf by another entity, including Employee’s labor union."
Full text shared with me:
Contains a lot of brow-raising lines such as, "Employee waives any claim that could be brought on Employee’s behalf by another entity, including Employee’s labor union."
Full text shared with me:
![Deferred Resignation Agreement
This agreement is between [AGENCY] and the Employee identified below.
WHEREAS, on or about January 28, 2025, OPM circulated a memorandum to all [AGENCY] employees (Fork in the Road Memo) offering them a voluntary deferred resignation option. The offer allows those employees who accept the offer by February 6, 2025 to retain all pay and benefits and exempts them from all applicable in-person work requirements until September 30, 2025, or earlier if they choose to accelerate the resignation date for any reason (Deferred Resignation Program); and
WHEREAS, [AGENCY] has received Employee’s voluntary request to be included in the Deferred Resignation Program; and
WHEREAS, [AGENCY] accepts Employee’s request to be included in the Deferred Resignation Program; and
WHEREAS, the parties wish to express the terms and conditions of the agreement between the parties concerning Employee’s participation in the Deferred Resignation Program.
WHEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Employee is accepted into the Deferred Resignation Program.
Employee agrees to continue working through February 28, 2025, in an effort to ensure a smooth transition of Employee’s duties, responsibilities and work assignments to other staff. Employee is exempt from all in-person work requirements. Employee agrees to turn in all [AGENCY] equipment and property on or before February 28, 2025, as directed by Employee’s supervisor.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ejihld4sywvvqwe67cdkn4jq/bafkreigyjx7ee7ylajigg7e7judfiwf74nnnyz44plwn6ly5yoqolg63na@jpeg)
![By signing this agreement, the parties acknowledge that they have entered the agreement knowingly, voluntarily, and free from improper influence, coercion, or duress. Employee understands that this agreement cannot be rescinded, except in the sole discretion of the [AGENCY HEAD], which shall not be subject to review at the Merit Systems Protection Board or otherwise.
Employee acknowledges that [AGENCY], in conjunction with all other federal departments, agencies and units, will immediately rely on the terms of this agreement in consolidating and reassigning roles and otherwise taking steps to reform the agency workforce. Consequently, Employee understands that this agreement is final and Employee’s decision to resign effective September 30, 2025, unless Employee resigns or retires earlier as set forth above, is final. [AGENCY] shall comply with all terms of this agreement even if Employee’s position is eliminated or reassigned prior to September 30, 2025. Employee shall not be subject to furlough, termination, reduction –in force or layoff as a result of an OPM or federal government reorganization or reduction –in force. Employee agrees to cooperate with steps taken by [AGENCY] (such as reassignment to a different component) to exempt Employee from any reduction in force.
If there is a lapse in appropriations during the term of this agreement that requires Employee to be placed on furlough status, Employee shall be placed on furlough status during the lapse. Once the lapse is over, Employee shall be taken off furlough and shall receive back pay under the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ejihld4sywvvqwe67cdkn4jq/bafkreib2hqyhxv6qqfgjjq764ye5qhmcwbevyjnyr2e3bldjaycpediyce@jpeg)
February 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Federal employees have received a copy of the deferred resignation agreement.
Contains a lot of brow-raising lines such as, "Employee waives any claim that could be brought on Employee’s behalf by another entity, including Employee’s labor union."
Full text shared with me:
Contains a lot of brow-raising lines such as, "Employee waives any claim that could be brought on Employee’s behalf by another entity, including Employee’s labor union."
Full text shared with me:
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So we're just going to replicate Elon's Twitter takeover.
New: I got a copy of the OPM federal jobs buyout email. It was sent out directly to federal employees, and it appears the new system-wide email is working.
"If you wish to resign: Type the word 'Resign' into the body of this reply email. Hit 'Send'."
"If you wish to resign: Type the word 'Resign' into the body of this reply email. Hit 'Send'."
January 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
So we're just going to replicate Elon's Twitter takeover.
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Hearing from federal employees tonight who are getting messages via their agency’s emergency notification system, which is usually reserved for snow-related office closures, that’s like DO NOT RESPOND TO THAT EMAIL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, WE HAVE NO IDEA IF ANY OF THOSE PROMISES ARE REAL
January 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Hearing from federal employees tonight who are getting messages via their agency’s emergency notification system, which is usually reserved for snow-related office closures, that’s like DO NOT RESPOND TO THAT EMAIL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, WE HAVE NO IDEA IF ANY OF THOSE PROMISES ARE REAL