Sara
@scederbe.com
- ypsilanti, michigan
- digital for progressive nonprofit causes & movements by day
- probably posting about music, politics, dogs, or kicking breast cancer's ass
- digital for progressive nonprofit causes & movements by day
- probably posting about music, politics, dogs, or kicking breast cancer's ass
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I have to hand it to Democrats. I'm one of the feds working and not getting paid and they manage to make reopening the government feel worse than the alternative.
Like, why did I miss 2.5 paychecks to end up right back where we were before the shutdown started?
Like, why did I miss 2.5 paychecks to end up right back where we were before the shutdown started?
Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
Sen. Angus King: "Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work"
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I have to hand it to Democrats. I'm one of the feds working and not getting paid and they manage to make reopening the government feel worse than the alternative.
Like, why did I miss 2.5 paychecks to end up right back where we were before the shutdown started?
Like, why did I miss 2.5 paychecks to end up right back where we were before the shutdown started?
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The FCC’s cap on prison phone and video rates is increasing, and costs for families in Oklahoma and all across the country are rising again.
No one should profit from a mother’s call to her child. It’s time for lasting #PhoneJustice.
No one should profit from a mother’s call to her child. It’s time for lasting #PhoneJustice.
Reduced phone rates in Oklahoma prisons are not returning
Phone calls from prisons will now be capped at 11 cents per minute, with up to 2 cents per minute going to corrections officials.
www.oklahoman.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The FCC’s cap on prison phone and video rates is increasing, and costs for families in Oklahoma and all across the country are rising again.
No one should profit from a mother’s call to her child. It’s time for lasting #PhoneJustice.
No one should profit from a mother’s call to her child. It’s time for lasting #PhoneJustice.
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One point worth emphasizing here: The punditry has been saying Sherrill (and Spanberger) represent the sane centrist wing of the party versus the left. Well, okay, but here Sherrill is urging more fight. Again, the results show that anti-Trump + affordability can *unite* the party. This shows how.
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
One point worth emphasizing here: The punditry has been saying Sherrill (and Spanberger) represent the sane centrist wing of the party versus the left. Well, okay, but here Sherrill is urging more fight. Again, the results show that anti-Trump + affordability can *unite* the party. This shows how.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
Update: I had actually unsubscribed from her primary email list in July at the same email address, so she's literally using Substack to email people who previously unsubscribed. Wild.
So @haleyformi.bsky.social just sent me a fundraising appeal in Substack. I am not subscribed to her email list.
October 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Update: I had actually unsubscribed from her primary email list in July at the same email address, so she's literally using Substack to email people who previously unsubscribed. Wild.
So @haleyformi.bsky.social just sent me a fundraising appeal in Substack. I am not subscribed to her email list.
October 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
So @haleyformi.bsky.social just sent me a fundraising appeal in Substack. I am not subscribed to her email list.
Really saddened to hear this. His 2015 show at the Royal Oak Music Theatre was one of the best I've seen.
And from cancer no less. Can I get a "FUCK CANCER"?
And from cancer no less. Can I get a "FUCK CANCER"?
D’Angelo, the neo-soul trailblazer and modern visionary whose three albums were all heralded as classic works of art, has died at age 51.
Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
October 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Really saddened to hear this. His 2015 show at the Royal Oak Music Theatre was one of the best I've seen.
And from cancer no less. Can I get a "FUCK CANCER"?
And from cancer no less. Can I get a "FUCK CANCER"?
This week’s episode of Task is what I call TELEVISION, folks!
a man with curly hair and a beard says you know it
ALT: a man with curly hair and a beard says you know it
media.tenor.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
This week’s episode of Task is what I call TELEVISION, folks!
Hey @bcbsm.bsky.social, care to explain why you’re denying coverage of a procedure for a breast cancer patient that could significantly lessen the chances their arm blowing up like a balloon for the rest of their life due to lymphedema caused by the removal of lymph nodes?
October 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hey @bcbsm.bsky.social, care to explain why you’re denying coverage of a procedure for a breast cancer patient that could significantly lessen the chances their arm blowing up like a balloon for the rest of their life due to lymphedema caused by the removal of lymph nodes?
Heartbreaking and infuriating.
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Heartbreaking and infuriating.
SIGNAL BOOST 🚨🚨🚨
If you're a resident of the state of michigan, now is the time to call governor Whitmer and ask her not to push forward the copper wood mine project which could destroy the Porcupine Mountains and kill every living thing in Lake Superior if the retaining wall breaks (1 of 2)
September 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
SIGNAL BOOST 🚨🚨🚨
I love Old Noby and fish tank!
This is doing numbers on social media right now and it's so depressing how people truly yearn for this shit and want to preserve that feeling indefinitely like a mausoleum of false memories.
September 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I love Old Noby and fish tank!
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened ABC affiliates over Jimmy Kimmel’s on-air comments. It’s not the first time networks have bowed to power—and history warns us what’s at stake.
Read our latest blog from UCC Media Justice board treasurer Sara Fitzgerald:
Read our latest blog from UCC Media Justice board treasurer Sara Fitzgerald:
Echoes of Fred Friendly: When networks bow to power
What is really concerning about Kimmel’s suspension is the role that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendon Carr—and by extension President Trump—played in threatening to pull the broadcas...
uccmediajustice.org
September 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened ABC affiliates over Jimmy Kimmel’s on-air comments. It’s not the first time networks have bowed to power—and history warns us what’s at stake.
Read our latest blog from UCC Media Justice board treasurer Sara Fitzgerald:
Read our latest blog from UCC Media Justice board treasurer Sara Fitzgerald:
IT’S MY LAST CHEMO AND IT’S OVER FOR YOU, BREAST CANCER!!!!!!
September 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
IT’S MY LAST CHEMO AND IT’S OVER FOR YOU, BREAST CANCER!!!!!!
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it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."
Regardless of the disgraceful nonsense we will likely hear from this administration in the coming days on vaccine “recommendations,” Americas healthcare insurers issued a joint statement tonight saying coverage for Covid and flu shots will remain unchanged from prior years.
Speaks for itself.
Speaks for itself.
September 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."
I spent a blissful 199 minutes offline to watch “Listers: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching” and I really cannot recommend this gonzo indie documentary enough. It’s hilarious, smart, and very well made for such a low budget production.
aaaaaand it’s streaming for free on YouTube!
aaaaaand it’s streaming for free on YouTube!
LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching
YouTube video by owen reiser
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I spent a blissful 199 minutes offline to watch “Listers: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching” and I really cannot recommend this gonzo indie documentary enough. It’s hilarious, smart, and very well made for such a low budget production.
aaaaaand it’s streaming for free on YouTube!
aaaaaand it’s streaming for free on YouTube!
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J.D. Vance and Stephen Miller want to use the horrifying murder of Charlie Kirk to target and dismantle pro-democracy groups.
Their comments call to mind some of the darkest periods in U.S. history. They're dividing people based on what box we ticked on our voter registration.
Their comments call to mind some of the darkest periods in U.S. history. They're dividing people based on what box we ticked on our voter registration.
September 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
J.D. Vance and Stephen Miller want to use the horrifying murder of Charlie Kirk to target and dismantle pro-democracy groups.
Their comments call to mind some of the darkest periods in U.S. history. They're dividing people based on what box we ticked on our voter registration.
Their comments call to mind some of the darkest periods in U.S. history. They're dividing people based on what box we ticked on our voter registration.
Frightening and infuriating.
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Frightening and infuriating.
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Could CNN be under the editorial direction of Bari Weiss, this time next year?
It's not out of the question—at all.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/david-elli...
It's not out of the question—at all.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/david-elli...
The Emerging Ellison Empire
The Ellisons are gearing up to bid for Warner Bros. Discovery—a move that could reshape media power and put CNN under Bari Weiss’ editorial direction.
www.status.news
September 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Could CNN be under the editorial direction of Bari Weiss, this time next year?
It's not out of the question—at all.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/david-elli...
It's not out of the question—at all.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/david-elli...
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Here we go. Trump just made it unmistakably clear that it will now be absolutely open season on whoever they decide to label "the left," and that this will be pursued with the full force of the government. This could get very, very bad.
September 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Here we go. Trump just made it unmistakably clear that it will now be absolutely open season on whoever they decide to label "the left," and that this will be pursued with the full force of the government. This could get very, very bad.
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This explains it better than I can
September 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This explains it better than I can
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For MAGA the violence has always been a feature rather than a bug. That won't change even when the violence comes for one of their own.
I'm sick and tired of living in this hell they've created for us all.
I'm sick and tired of living in this hell they've created for us all.
September 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
For MAGA the violence has always been a feature rather than a bug. That won't change even when the violence comes for one of their own.
I'm sick and tired of living in this hell they've created for us all.
I'm sick and tired of living in this hell they've created for us all.
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the trump administration response to this is going to be really bad
September 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
the trump administration response to this is going to be really bad
The way I felt *seen* when Mark Ruffalo’s character in Task used the Merlin app to ID a summer tanager and freaked out
September 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The way I felt *seen* when Mark Ruffalo’s character in Task used the Merlin app to ID a summer tanager and freaked out