Stephanie Baker
@stephabaker.bsky.social
She/her/hers
Higher Ed policy team at New America. Opinions = own. Working on fed policy re: parenting students and child care access. Opinions on lots of things.
Parent/worker/baker/learner/gardener who believes in the power of the people.
Higher Ed policy team at New America. Opinions = own. Working on fed policy re: parenting students and child care access. Opinions on lots of things.
Parent/worker/baker/learner/gardener who believes in the power of the people.
Everyone should get billed $360K every time they try to take away someone else’s civil rights.
Kim Davis has been fighting to overturn gay marriage for years.
She’s been fighting to be absolved of denying a marriage license to a gay couple
Today she lost her last shot at an appeal.
The Supreme Court denied her request to hear her case and ordered her to pay $360,000!
She’s been fighting to be absolved of denying a marriage license to a gay couple
Today she lost her last shot at an appeal.
The Supreme Court denied her request to hear her case and ordered her to pay $360,000!
Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Everyone should get billed $360K every time they try to take away someone else’s civil rights.
Yesterday I overheard a parent explaining to a child, probably 4 years old, how her words didn’t matter if they didn’t match her actions.
That’s all.
That’s all.
Shaheen: So let me be clear. No one in the senate chamber wants to extend the ACA tax credits more than I do.
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Yesterday I overheard a parent explaining to a child, probably 4 years old, how her words didn’t matter if they didn’t match her actions.
That’s all.
That’s all.
Keep it up but maybe stop by the senate on your way out of the game to boo Dem senators who cave in exchange for… absolutely nothing for the people.
Trump just got massively booed and flipped off by the crowd at the Commanders game.
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Keep it up but maybe stop by the senate on your way out of the game to boo Dem senators who cave in exchange for… absolutely nothing for the people.
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Caving now means they literally did it for nothing and caused harm to people for nothing. Just absolute failure on every level.
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Caving now means they literally did it for nothing and caused harm to people for nothing. Just absolute failure on every level.
After Dems cave, republicans are gonna let ACA subsidies expire then blame the increase in people’s premiums on Dems and say it was because of the shutdown.
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
After Dems cave, republicans are gonna let ACA subsidies expire then blame the increase in people’s premiums on Dems and say it was because of the shutdown.
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Why has the government been closed at all if Senate Dems cave now? Didn't they say that they could not go along with throwing millions of people off health care?
What's materially changed? A *promise* is not action. ALSO fascists lie and I've been told by some Senate Dems that the GOP is fascist.
What's materially changed? A *promise* is not action. ALSO fascists lie and I've been told by some Senate Dems that the GOP is fascist.
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Why has the government been closed at all if Senate Dems cave now? Didn't they say that they could not go along with throwing millions of people off health care?
What's materially changed? A *promise* is not action. ALSO fascists lie and I've been told by some Senate Dems that the GOP is fascist.
What's materially changed? A *promise* is not action. ALSO fascists lie and I've been told by some Senate Dems that the GOP is fascist.
Excellent info from Durham County health dept. nearly 6 years in, there’s no reason info about long covid shouldn’t be widespread from health depts, docs, hospital systems and beyond.
The fight for ACA subsidies is connected- more ppl need more care due to long covid, and Rs don’t wanna pay for it
The fight for ACA subsidies is connected- more ppl need more care due to long covid, and Rs don’t wanna pay for it
Long COVID includes a wide range of symptoms and can affect anyone, no matter your age or other health conditions. Learn more, and prevent #LongCOVID by preventing COVID-19!
November 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Excellent info from Durham County health dept. nearly 6 years in, there’s no reason info about long covid shouldn’t be widespread from health depts, docs, hospital systems and beyond.
The fight for ACA subsidies is connected- more ppl need more care due to long covid, and Rs don’t wanna pay for it
The fight for ACA subsidies is connected- more ppl need more care due to long covid, and Rs don’t wanna pay for it
And you don’t have to say a lot. I’m asking my rep/senator to support this thing, or not support that thing, is really enough.
Sometimes people comment that they’ve never called a member of Congress and they are nervous about it.
I completely understand. My suggestion is to write down your thoughts first.
Then call and give them your name and zipcode, and immediately begin reading your statement all the way through.
I completely understand. My suggestion is to write down your thoughts first.
Then call and give them your name and zipcode, and immediately begin reading your statement all the way through.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
And you don’t have to say a lot. I’m asking my rep/senator to support this thing, or not support that thing, is really enough.
Sitting through some terrible kid content this am that glorifies monarchy while an abusive monarch imprisons his wife.
And honestly not shocked about where we are politically.
It never ceases to amaze me what we accept as content for kids. So violent, so pro authoritarianism.
And honestly not shocked about where we are politically.
It never ceases to amaze me what we accept as content for kids. So violent, so pro authoritarianism.
November 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Sitting through some terrible kid content this am that glorifies monarchy while an abusive monarch imprisons his wife.
And honestly not shocked about where we are politically.
It never ceases to amaze me what we accept as content for kids. So violent, so pro authoritarianism.
And honestly not shocked about where we are politically.
It never ceases to amaze me what we accept as content for kids. So violent, so pro authoritarianism.
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This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Democratic leaders who willingly look the other way (at best) or help facilitate (at worst) a genocide are not leaders who will defend democracy.
If your red line isn’t genocide, it certainly isn’t democracy.
If your red line isn’t genocide, it certainly isn’t democracy.
They knew. They knew it was genocide. And they helped Israel do it anyway.
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
Biden Discussed Potential Israeli War Crimes In Gaza. He Kicked The Can To Trump.
New intelligence shocked officials in late 2024, spurring heightened fear of U.S. liability, HuffPost has learned. The period saw Secretary of State Antony Blinken ask if Israel’s actions constituted ...
www.huffpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Democratic leaders who willingly look the other way (at best) or help facilitate (at worst) a genocide are not leaders who will defend democracy.
If your red line isn’t genocide, it certainly isn’t democracy.
If your red line isn’t genocide, it certainly isn’t democracy.
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Mamdani was elected and already NYC is transing the trains.
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Mamdani was elected and already NYC is transing the trains.
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People keep telling me that GenAI is the inevitable future but if that’s true, why does it need so many government subsidies and other assistance ? (rhetorical)
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
People keep telling me that GenAI is the inevitable future but if that’s true, why does it need so many government subsidies and other assistance ? (rhetorical)
Technology that kills is a violent flex to put alongside free speech + meritocracy
We need to organize against technofascists
“Karp lauded those who work for Palantir as supporting free speech and "fighting for the right side of what should work in this country — meritocracy, lethal technology”
We need to organize against technofascists
“Karp lauded those who work for Palantir as supporting free speech and "fighting for the right side of what should work in this country — meritocracy, lethal technology”
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Technology that kills is a violent flex to put alongside free speech + meritocracy
We need to organize against technofascists
“Karp lauded those who work for Palantir as supporting free speech and "fighting for the right side of what should work in this country — meritocracy, lethal technology”
We need to organize against technofascists
“Karp lauded those who work for Palantir as supporting free speech and "fighting for the right side of what should work in this country — meritocracy, lethal technology”
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I seem to remember whole congressional hearings about the terrible destructive force that is violence in video games and yet, there is a very strange quiet about an unregulated technology that coaches people to suicide.
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I seem to remember whole congressional hearings about the terrible destructive force that is violence in video games and yet, there is a very strange quiet about an unregulated technology that coaches people to suicide.
I didn’t wanna be your mayor anyway. I broke up with you, you didn’t break up with me
ADAMS: Now “I don't have to deal with you guys, man. I can fly private now, I can go on a cruise, I can hang out in St. Bart.”
(via @nypost.com)
(via @nypost.com)
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I didn’t wanna be your mayor anyway. I broke up with you, you didn’t break up with me
As someone who got (gets) worse from exercise and physical activity, please read and ask questions of your doctor if you’re experiencing long covid or ME/CFS symptoms and they suggest graded exercise. It really is not something to mess around with. I worry about this as more people realize they have
A new analysis shows that no evidence exists for using graded exercise therapy for #MECFS - an issue that has come to the forefront again with #LongCovid research, reports @medscape.com.
Read the full Medscape article here: wb.md/4oWpDRk
Read the full Medscape article here: wb.md/4oWpDRk
No Evidence Supports Using Graded Exercise for ME/CFS
Studies examining the effects of activity-based interventions haven’t required post-exertional malaise as a core criterion for the now-termed ‘myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.’
wb.md
November 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
As someone who got (gets) worse from exercise and physical activity, please read and ask questions of your doctor if you’re experiencing long covid or ME/CFS symptoms and they suggest graded exercise. It really is not something to mess around with. I worry about this as more people realize they have
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I think it’s only fair that we get a “Have men ruined society?” op-ed
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I think it’s only fair that we get a “Have men ruined society?” op-ed
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HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.
Reading these side by side is kinda hilarious
is conservative feminism fixing all the inequality women face in the workplace at the heritage foundation?
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is conservative feminism fixing all the inequality women face in the workplace at the heritage foundation?
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November 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Reading these side by side is kinda hilarious
is conservative feminism fixing all the inequality women face in the workplace at the heritage foundation?
bsky.app/profile/jaco...
is conservative feminism fixing all the inequality women face in the workplace at the heritage foundation?
bsky.app/profile/jaco...
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Did Knee-Jerk Contrarianism Ruin the New York Times?
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Did Knee-Jerk Contrarianism Ruin the New York Times?
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
Wow it seems like the same people who put out regressive gender policies and want women to not work outside the home are also assholes to women in the workplace.
Reporting this story, I heard near universal concern from Heritage staff of discrimination against unmarried women.
Then I obtained a letter to the Heritage board from anonymous staffers that alleged the same thing — and more.
Heritage is aware that alleged behavior could create legal trouble.
Then I obtained a letter to the Heritage board from anonymous staffers that alleged the same thing — and more.
Heritage is aware that alleged behavior could create legal trouble.
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Wow it seems like the same people who put out regressive gender policies and want women to not work outside the home are also assholes to women in the workplace.
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Cuomo, once again being reminded, in a ruinous fashion, that no means no.
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Cuomo, once again being reminded, in a ruinous fashion, that no means no.