Ashley Austrew
@ashleyaustrew.bsky.social
Writer + editor. Words at Insider, Romper, Cosmopolitan, Scary Mommy, and more. Cat mom and human mom.📍Portland, OR.
Always with the concepts of a plan. 🙄
Q: Can you explain how your healthcare plan will affect premiums?
TRUMP: It's a tremendous thing. It's called the great healthcare plan. And we're gonna get tremendous, uh, reductions through, uh, if you look at prescription drugs, they're gonna come down by numbers that have never been seen before
TRUMP: It's a tremendous thing. It's called the great healthcare plan. And we're gonna get tremendous, uh, reductions through, uh, if you look at prescription drugs, they're gonna come down by numbers that have never been seen before
January 16, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Always with the concepts of a plan. 🙄
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For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Stand With Minnesota: Resource Hub
Causes to Donate to in Minnesota to Help Our Communities Defend Themselves from ICE This list is now available/shareable at standwithminnesota.org *Note: I am from Minnesota, and these come from peo...
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January 15, 2026 at 2:48 AM
For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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hi community, i am fundraising for 5 Latino restaurant workers & their families in South Minneapolis who need financial help to be able to stay home from work. this is an effort being coordinated with several community members i trust.
Venmo: @allisonannecollage
Please write "MPLS" in memo
Venmo: @allisonannecollage
Please write "MPLS" in memo
January 13, 2026 at 10:21 PM
hi community, i am fundraising for 5 Latino restaurant workers & their families in South Minneapolis who need financial help to be able to stay home from work. this is an effort being coordinated with several community members i trust.
Venmo: @allisonannecollage
Please write "MPLS" in memo
Venmo: @allisonannecollage
Please write "MPLS" in memo
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I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.
January 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.
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"A doctor at the scene attempted to help the woman who was shot, but was kept away by federal agents. When an ambulance finally arrived, it was blocked from reaching her by law-enforcement vehicles, and paramedics had to reach her on foot. The woman has died." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
A Deadly Shooting in Minnesota
A federal immigration agent’s killing of a woman driving an SUV fits into a tragic pattern.
www.theatlantic.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:32 PM
"A doctor at the scene attempted to help the woman who was shot, but was kept away by federal agents. When an ambulance finally arrived, it was blocked from reaching her by law-enforcement vehicles, and paramedics had to reach her on foot. The woman has died." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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ICE just killed a legal observer—allegedly blocking her from medical care and letting her die.
This is horrifying. ICE is a rogue agency incapable of reform. Minneapolis Mayor Frey is calling for ICE to vacate the city and I echo that call.
This is horrifying. ICE is a rogue agency incapable of reform. Minneapolis Mayor Frey is calling for ICE to vacate the city and I echo that call.
January 7, 2026 at 6:35 PM
ICE just killed a legal observer—allegedly blocking her from medical care and letting her die.
This is horrifying. ICE is a rogue agency incapable of reform. Minneapolis Mayor Frey is calling for ICE to vacate the city and I echo that call.
This is horrifying. ICE is a rogue agency incapable of reform. Minneapolis Mayor Frey is calling for ICE to vacate the city and I echo that call.
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Called my Senators. Urged them to shut down the government on 1/30, to call for impeachment, and to refuse to cooperate with the administration's daily business.
Told Hick I don't want to see another fundraising text until he does and Bennet that I expect more than just an indignant speech.
Told Hick I don't want to see another fundraising text until he does and Bennet that I expect more than just an indignant speech.
January 3, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Called my Senators. Urged them to shut down the government on 1/30, to call for impeachment, and to refuse to cooperate with the administration's daily business.
Told Hick I don't want to see another fundraising text until he does and Bennet that I expect more than just an indignant speech.
Told Hick I don't want to see another fundraising text until he does and Bennet that I expect more than just an indignant speech.
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it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
January 3, 2026 at 2:24 PM
it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
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This is a stark reason—one of several—to be very cautious here. Others: Almost everyone involved is an unreliable narrator. It’s night. It’s the new year weekend and so still a holiday time for most journalism staffing operations.
People are getting calls now, and getting to work, but be cautious.
People are getting calls now, and getting to work, but be cautious.
Whatever the fuck is going on is clearly very bad and an era of fake/recirculated video making it very hard to tell what is real is making it even worse.
January 3, 2026 at 7:14 AM
This is a stark reason—one of several—to be very cautious here. Others: Almost everyone involved is an unreliable narrator. It’s night. It’s the new year weekend and so still a holiday time for most journalism staffing operations.
People are getting calls now, and getting to work, but be cautious.
People are getting calls now, and getting to work, but be cautious.
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What if the apocalypse didn’t hate us? What if it just wanted to help? Pluribus ends with a village deemed obsolete and an atom bomb delivered on request. Gilligan’s calmest horror about uniformity and AI.
www.waleed-shahid.com/p/pluribus-f...
www.waleed-shahid.com/p/pluribus-f...
Pluribus Finale, or The World’s Most Helpful Apocalypse
Gilligan's hive mind doesn’t conquer you. It politely completes your onboarding.
www.waleed-shahid.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:16 PM
What if the apocalypse didn’t hate us? What if it just wanted to help? Pluribus ends with a village deemed obsolete and an atom bomb delivered on request. Gilligan’s calmest horror about uniformity and AI.
www.waleed-shahid.com/p/pluribus-f...
www.waleed-shahid.com/p/pluribus-f...
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We don't need a New You in this New Year, we just need you. You in your fullness, you in all your messy beauty, you with all your creative joy and honest heartbreak. You. You are the only you we'll ever have, and we are not us without you.
December 31, 2025 at 11:37 PM
We don't need a New You in this New Year, we just need you. You in your fullness, you in all your messy beauty, you with all your creative joy and honest heartbreak. You. You are the only you we'll ever have, and we are not us without you.
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As we move into Hate Yourself Publicly Season, I also wish for us a year in which we have the courage to value ourselves for who we are & not hate ourselves for who we're not, a year in which we listen not to those who line their pockets with our insecurities, but to voices of tenderness & respect.
December 31, 2025 at 11:35 PM
As we move into Hate Yourself Publicly Season, I also wish for us a year in which we have the courage to value ourselves for who we are & not hate ourselves for who we're not, a year in which we listen not to those who line their pockets with our insecurities, but to voices of tenderness & respect.
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Hey journalism & media folks, please share this around: The AP is hiring for a senior position careers.ap.org/job/New-York...
Senior Director for APNews, editorial
Senior Director for APNews, editorial
careers.ap.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Hey journalism & media folks, please share this around: The AP is hiring for a senior position careers.ap.org/job/New-York...
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Tis the seasona and all that, so I put together a little gift guide of cool artists, makers, authors and other good stuff I like a lot. All rad, no bad. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
All Rad, No Bad | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Tis the seasona and all that, so I put together a little gift guide of cool artists, makers, authors and other good stuff I like a lot. All rad, no bad. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
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Honestly, this is one of my favorite pieces I've ever written, so go check it out if you missed it.
Featured story: On a stone slab by the cold waters of Austin’s Barton Springs, transgender Texans celebrate existence. Against the best efforts of the state, they’re still here, laughing and swimming in the heat of a late-August afternoon.
At Barton Springs, Trans Existence Becomes Resistance
Following a transphobic incident earlier this year, community members gathered to "protect trans joy."
www.texasobserver.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Honestly, this is one of my favorite pieces I've ever written, so go check it out if you missed it.
You ever listen to The Cranberries’ MTV Unplugged album with the windows open on a perfect fall day and think about how the evil goons who run our world will never know true joy or beauty or peace?
November 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
You ever listen to The Cranberries’ MTV Unplugged album with the windows open on a perfect fall day and think about how the evil goons who run our world will never know true joy or beauty or peace?
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I hope yall finally tell this party to kiss yall asses
Waiting for Democrat fundraising texts and emails to begin in 3… 2…1
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I hope yall finally tell this party to kiss yall asses
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
No health care, no deal.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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Me: Hey, dad and I need to go run a few errands. Wanna come with us?
Teenager: Mom, I mean this in the nicest way possible: I have never wanted to run an errand.
Teenager: Mom, I mean this in the nicest way possible: I have never wanted to run an errand.
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Me: Hey, dad and I need to go run a few errands. Wanna come with us?
Teenager: Mom, I mean this in the nicest way possible: I have never wanted to run an errand.
Teenager: Mom, I mean this in the nicest way possible: I have never wanted to run an errand.
HELP A REPORTER:
Looking for parents or child care providers in New Mexico to comment on how the new universal child care program will impact them. Please reply or email [email protected].
Looking for parents or child care providers in New Mexico to comment on how the new universal child care program will impact them. Please reply or email [email protected].
November 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
HELP A REPORTER:
Looking for parents or child care providers in New Mexico to comment on how the new universal child care program will impact them. Please reply or email [email protected].
Looking for parents or child care providers in New Mexico to comment on how the new universal child care program will impact them. Please reply or email [email protected].
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thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
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If you read an amazing article from Teen Vogue about politics in the last several years, chances are that Lex McMenamin wrote it. Any publication that is serious about meeting this moment would be lucky to have them.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
If you read an amazing article from Teen Vogue about politics in the last several years, chances are that Lex McMenamin wrote it. Any publication that is serious about meeting this moment would be lucky to have them.
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I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
To be asked to write about racism only to be racially aggressed in the editing process is a new level unlocked I have to say.
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/