Sarah Jackson
@spirithorsetarot.bsky.social
Algorithm, please send smart, kind people with hot takes that make me think. Hold the hate.
Books, journalism, history, science, arts, law & justice. Child Forensic Interviewer and Drug Expert.
Books, journalism, history, science, arts, law & justice. Child Forensic Interviewer and Drug Expert.
I didn’t have Elon Musk giving a masterclass on ‘Recognizing the Narcissistic Abuse Coming From the White House’ on my 2025 bingo card, but I’m fully here for it.
July 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I didn’t have Elon Musk giving a masterclass on ‘Recognizing the Narcissistic Abuse Coming From the White House’ on my 2025 bingo card, but I’m fully here for it.
38% of Californians voted for Trump in 2024. 58% of us voted for Newsom.
Exactly why do we need Kristi Noem and Pete Hegseth to ‘liberate’ us from what we voted for??
Exactly why do we need Kristi Noem and Pete Hegseth to ‘liberate’ us from what we voted for??
June 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
38% of Californians voted for Trump in 2024. 58% of us voted for Newsom.
Exactly why do we need Kristi Noem and Pete Hegseth to ‘liberate’ us from what we voted for??
Exactly why do we need Kristi Noem and Pete Hegseth to ‘liberate’ us from what we voted for??
18 yr CA police officer here: It took a 6-month, live-in academy, a 4yr degree, & a 12 wk field training to be acceptable for use-of-force decisions against citizens. Even then it’s video’d and scrutinized by my command, releasable to public upon request.
Marines ‘are fully trained’ for this MY ASS.
Marines ‘are fully trained’ for this MY ASS.
June 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
18 yr CA police officer here: It took a 6-month, live-in academy, a 4yr degree, & a 12 wk field training to be acceptable for use-of-force decisions against citizens. Even then it’s video’d and scrutinized by my command, releasable to public upon request.
Marines ‘are fully trained’ for this MY ASS.
Marines ‘are fully trained’ for this MY ASS.
Totally not an authoritarian.
BREAKING: The US military is set to temporarily deploy about 700 Marines to Los Angeles while additional National Guard troops arrive in the city, a US official told Reuters, adding that for now the Insurrection Act is not expected to be invoked reut.rs/3TguBdG
Pentagon to deploy 700 Marines to Los Angeles, official says
The U.S. military is set to temporarily deploy about 700 Marines to Los Angeles while additional National Guard troops arrive in the city, a U.S. official told Reuters on Monday.
reut.rs
June 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Totally not an authoritarian.
It’s also the last time Trump was President. Imagine that.
June 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM
It’s also the last time Trump was President. Imagine that.
Of all the faces who thought they were safe from the leopard’s appetite:
apnews.com/article/trum... Trump, frustrated with some judges, lashes out at former ally and conservative activist Leonard Leo
apnews.com/article/trum... Trump, frustrated with some judges, lashes out at former ally and conservative activist Leonard Leo
Trump, frustrated with some judges, lashes out at former ally and conservative activist Leonard Leo
President Donald Trump has lashed out at Leonard Leo, the conservative legal activist who has worked to dramatically reshape the country’s courts.
apnews.com
June 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Of all the faces who thought they were safe from the leopard’s appetite:
apnews.com/article/trum... Trump, frustrated with some judges, lashes out at former ally and conservative activist Leonard Leo
apnews.com/article/trum... Trump, frustrated with some judges, lashes out at former ally and conservative activist Leonard Leo
@podsaveamerica.crooked.com just called Elon the Kato Kalen of the White House and I have to say, this Gen X is feeling very represented 🫶🏼👏🏼
May 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
@podsaveamerica.crooked.com just called Elon the Kato Kalen of the White House and I have to say, this Gen X is feeling very represented 🫶🏼👏🏼
Taking a break from worrying about democracy to share a Saturday car selfie. Smiling because there are plants and throw pillows back there and NO ONE CAN TELL ME NO.
May 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Taking a break from worrying about democracy to share a Saturday car selfie. Smiling because there are plants and throw pillows back there and NO ONE CAN TELL ME NO.
The $TRUMP coin just keeps growing, as the US trade policy goes on sale.
May 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The $TRUMP coin just keeps growing, as the US trade policy goes on sale.
Quick question: How does one ethically collect and analyze sperm counts from teenage boys? Asking for a friend, who might be a sexual assault investigator.
RFK Jr: An American teenager today has less testosterone than a 68 year old man. Sperm counts are down 50 percent.
WATTERS: Wait -- an American teenager has less testosterone than a 68 year old man?
RFK JR: That's right
WATTERS: Wait -- an American teenager has less testosterone than a 68 year old man?
RFK JR: That's right
April 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Quick question: How does one ethically collect and analyze sperm counts from teenage boys? Asking for a friend, who might be a sexual assault investigator.
The deportation of people legally here without due process to a dictatorship - followed by a refusal by the President to abide by a *unanimous* Supreme Court decision - is a Constitutional crisis sandwich.
We are there.
We are there.
The Trump administration on Sunday evening doubled down on its assertion that a federal judge cannot force it to bring back to the U.S. a Maryland man who was unlawfully deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador last month.
Trump officials renew opposition to ruling on Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador
The Justice Department’s latest legal filing asserted that courts cannot direct President Trump’s foreign policy by forcing the return of a man unlawfully sent to a Salvadoran prison.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The deportation of people legally here without due process to a dictatorship - followed by a refusal by the President to abide by a *unanimous* Supreme Court decision - is a Constitutional crisis sandwich.
We are there.
We are there.
I asked ChatGPT if it was possible to learn if Trump receives deposits to his $TRUMP coin in exchange for tariff relief. (Occam’s Razor). Here was the response:
Yes—and this is the uncomfortable truth about blockchain and power:
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Yes—and this is the uncomfortable truth about blockchain and power:
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April 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I asked ChatGPT if it was possible to learn if Trump receives deposits to his $TRUMP coin in exchange for tariff relief. (Occam’s Razor). Here was the response:
Yes—and this is the uncomfortable truth about blockchain and power:
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Yes—and this is the uncomfortable truth about blockchain and power:
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Is this what is called ‘Political Correctness’?
apnews.com/article/trum... Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with 'improper ideology'
apnews.com/article/trum... Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with 'improper ideology'
Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with 'improper ideology'
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
apnews.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Is this what is called ‘Political Correctness’?
apnews.com/article/trum... Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with 'improper ideology'
apnews.com/article/trum... Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with 'improper ideology'
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The arrogance, hubris, and stupidity of thinking that The Atlantic wouldn’t just publish the full thread if they tried to deny what was in it…
And the responsibility the Senate bears for confirming these yutzes to such important national security positions in the first place…
And the responsibility the Senate bears for confirming these yutzes to such important national security positions in the first place…
March 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The arrogance, hubris, and stupidity of thinking that The Atlantic wouldn’t just publish the full thread if they tried to deny what was in it…
And the responsibility the Senate bears for confirming these yutzes to such important national security positions in the first place…
And the responsibility the Senate bears for confirming these yutzes to such important national security positions in the first place…
I’m curious what opinions are on this.
thehill.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I’m curious what opinions are on this.
Ever wonder why civil servant protections are law in the US? Happy President’s Day:
How a Presidential Assassination Led to the End of the Spoils System | HISTORY
Before civil service reforms—introduced after President Garfield's assassination—federal employees could be fired for not making campaign donations.
www.history.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Ever wonder why civil servant protections are law in the US? Happy President’s Day:
Who do I need to tag to get a reprise of Team America for 2025???
a man stands in front of a large screen with a picture of a woman on it ..
ALT: a man stands in front of a large screen with a picture of a woman on it ..
media.tenor.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Who do I need to tag to get a reprise of Team America for 2025???
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Tell me I’m normal. Do you also weigh the noise level in restaurants as equal to the food quality in your choice of where to go?
February 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Tell me I’m normal. Do you also weigh the noise level in restaurants as equal to the food quality in your choice of where to go?
And not even then.
Officials involved in Jan. 6 prosecutions say the Trump administration isn't protecting them from threats. "We don't think they'll care — unless and until one of us gets killed," an official told NPR.
FBI agents, prosecutors fear retribution from Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump
Officials involved in Jan. 6 prosecutions say the Trump administration isn't protecting them from threats. "We don't think they'll care — unless and until one of us gets killed," an official told NPR.
www.npr.org
February 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
And not even then.
Re RFK and the few things I agree on:
I WILL NOT EAT A DOGSHIT BROWNIE JUST BECAUSE IT HAS SOME CHOCOLATE BITS.
I WILL NOT EAT A DOGSHIT BROWNIE JUST BECAUSE IT HAS SOME CHOCOLATE BITS.
February 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Re RFK and the few things I agree on:
I WILL NOT EAT A DOGSHIT BROWNIE JUST BECAUSE IT HAS SOME CHOCOLATE BITS.
I WILL NOT EAT A DOGSHIT BROWNIE JUST BECAUSE IT HAS SOME CHOCOLATE BITS.
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get comfortable calling it what it is
This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
February 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
get comfortable calling it what it is
Find your representatives and demand they take back the powers we voted them to have. Because this is frightening and illegal.
www.house.gov/representati...
www.house.gov/representati...
February 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Find your representatives and demand they take back the powers we voted them to have. Because this is frightening and illegal.
www.house.gov/representati...
www.house.gov/representati...
GISH GALLOP GOVERNANCE
A Gish gallop is a debate tactic equivalent to ‘flood the zone’. The way to counter it is 1) to identify it for what it is, 2)educate the audience of its dishonest nature, 3) pick the biggest 2 or 3 issues raised and dismantle.
A Gish gallop is a debate tactic equivalent to ‘flood the zone’. The way to counter it is 1) to identify it for what it is, 2)educate the audience of its dishonest nature, 3) pick the biggest 2 or 3 issues raised and dismantle.
January 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
GISH GALLOP GOVERNANCE
A Gish gallop is a debate tactic equivalent to ‘flood the zone’. The way to counter it is 1) to identify it for what it is, 2)educate the audience of its dishonest nature, 3) pick the biggest 2 or 3 issues raised and dismantle.
A Gish gallop is a debate tactic equivalent to ‘flood the zone’. The way to counter it is 1) to identify it for what it is, 2)educate the audience of its dishonest nature, 3) pick the biggest 2 or 3 issues raised and dismantle.
Seems safe. 💀
Ranking Members Larsen, Cohen Statements on Trump’s Dangerous Freeze of Air Traffic Control Hiring | The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
democrats-transportation.house.gov
January 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Seems safe. 💀