Sarah Burris
@sarahburris.bsky.social
Reporter @RawStory some at @Alternet & @Salon
*opinions might be jokes*
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Email: sarah at rawstory.com
Oklahomie in Washington, D.C.
Animal lover
Recovering social media expert
Not ready for four more years
*opinions might be jokes*
Threads: @sarahburris
Spoutable: @sarahburris
Email: sarah at rawstory.com
Oklahomie in Washington, D.C.
Animal lover
Recovering social media expert
Not ready for four more years
Pinned
I took this pic during the Obama administration.
It appeared on the East Wing of the White House - the actual structure of the building itself, when it was built.
Does anyone know if this is in the trash pile or if someone grabbed it?
It appeared on the East Wing of the White House - the actual structure of the building itself, when it was built.
Does anyone know if this is in the trash pile or if someone grabbed it?
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JUST IN: Newly-released Justice Department OLC opinion backs Trump admin's temporary transfer of 100s of military JAG attorneys to DOJ to be immigration judges. No posse comitaus violation if they're under full DOJ control, Gaiser says. Doc:
www.justice.gov/olc/media/14...
www.justice.gov/olc/media/14...
www.justice.gov
November 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
JUST IN: Newly-released Justice Department OLC opinion backs Trump admin's temporary transfer of 100s of military JAG attorneys to DOJ to be immigration judges. No posse comitaus violation if they're under full DOJ control, Gaiser says. Doc:
www.justice.gov/olc/media/14...
www.justice.gov/olc/media/14...
And he’s managing the health of the country
RFK Jr. still uses psychedelics, & even smoked DMT, a powerful drug on which people are known to have what feel like near-death experiences, he told Olivia Nuzzi.
That’s just one of the revelations in her forthcoming book “American Canto.”
(I preordered)
That’s just one of the revelations in her forthcoming book “American Canto.”
(I preordered)
Olivia Nuzzi Did It All for Love
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
And he’s managing the health of the country
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Remember when OJ said he was going to find the "real killer"?
President Trump says he's asking the Justice Department to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's ties to high-profile figures, including political foes https://cnn.it/3M1ebp3
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Remember when OJ said he was going to find the "real killer"?
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The stopgap bill to reopen the govt included extra $$ for federal defenders, after funds for court-appointed attorneys ran out in July.
But defenders tell me while they're grateful for the money, it's still not enough to prevent a repeat next year. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
But defenders tell me while they're grateful for the money, it's still not enough to prevent a repeat next year. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Defender Funding in Stopgap May Still Tee Up Future Shortfall
Federal public defenders say the stopgap funding bill ending the US government shutdown will increase their funding and allow millions to be repaid to private defense attorneys but falls short of what...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The stopgap bill to reopen the govt included extra $$ for federal defenders, after funds for court-appointed attorneys ran out in July.
But defenders tell me while they're grateful for the money, it's still not enough to prevent a repeat next year. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
But defenders tell me while they're grateful for the money, it's still not enough to prevent a repeat next year. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Pam Bondi apparently issued a false "ratification" of Halligan's actions before the grand jury that indicted Jim Comey, claiming she had reviewed records of the proceedings that did not actually exist. Wow, what a non-surprise.
DOJ attorney Henry Whitaker: “She said she reviewed the proceedings."
Judge Currie: “She could not have."
DOJ, walking itself back: “She reviewed the witness testimony."
Judge Currie: “She could not have."
DOJ, walking itself back: “She reviewed the witness testimony."
November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Pam Bondi apparently issued a false "ratification" of Halligan's actions before the grand jury that indicted Jim Comey, claiming she had reviewed records of the proceedings that did not actually exist. Wow, what a non-surprise.
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I think it’s an understandable impulse to blame corporate greed (bc it’s there) but it also elides the desire for vengeance and pain and racism that really underlies it. No one actually cares about cost at the end of the day.
People pushing all of the sins of the carceral state on “private prisons” in order to shift the conversation around policing and prisons into one about greedy corporations has been a very counterproductive narrative.
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I think it’s an understandable impulse to blame corporate greed (bc it’s there) but it also elides the desire for vengeance and pain and racism that really underlies it. No one actually cares about cost at the end of the day.
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I read the Nuzzi piece in NYT. I don’t think it’s the puff piece some are claiming (rather direct in her own admission to how she wrecked her career). But certainly glossed over the ethics.
Only thing I learned was she switched to vaping. When I met her during Trump I, she always had a cigarette.
Only thing I learned was she switched to vaping. When I met her during Trump I, she always had a cigarette.
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I read the Nuzzi piece in NYT. I don’t think it’s the puff piece some are claiming (rather direct in her own admission to how she wrecked her career). But certainly glossed over the ethics.
Only thing I learned was she switched to vaping. When I met her during Trump I, she always had a cigarette.
Only thing I learned was she switched to vaping. When I met her during Trump I, she always had a cigarette.
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1. Yesterday, the State Department designated four Antifa-affiliated entities as global terrorist organizations. It’s part of the Trump regime’s effort to inflate the threat posed by “Antifa.” None of these supposed groups is even alleged to have attacked Americans.
www.state.gov/releases/202...
www.state.gov/releases/202...
Designations of Antifa Ost and Three Other Violent Antifa Groups - United States Department of State
Today, the Department of State announces the designation of Antifa Ost, Informal Anarchist Federation/International Revolutionary Front, Armed Proletarian Justice, and Revolutionary Class Self-Defense...
www.state.gov
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
1. Yesterday, the State Department designated four Antifa-affiliated entities as global terrorist organizations. It’s part of the Trump regime’s effort to inflate the threat posed by “Antifa.” None of these supposed groups is even alleged to have attacked Americans.
www.state.gov/releases/202...
www.state.gov/releases/202...
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The US Mint produced its last penny yesterday (here's a video of US treasurer Brandon Beach pressing the button). The one-cent coin, in circulation for more than 230 years, has fallen victim to digitisation and rising production costs.
A primer on the death of the penny, brought to you by #FTEdit 👇
A primer on the death of the penny, brought to you by #FTEdit 👇
November 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The US Mint produced its last penny yesterday (here's a video of US treasurer Brandon Beach pressing the button). The one-cent coin, in circulation for more than 230 years, has fallen victim to digitisation and rising production costs.
A primer on the death of the penny, brought to you by #FTEdit 👇
A primer on the death of the penny, brought to you by #FTEdit 👇
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Oh and yes! The Ken Starr helping out Epstein was the same Ken Starr who pursued Bill Clinton’s impeachment for lying under oath about Monica Lewinsky. The same Ken Starr who went on to lead Baylor University, a Christian University
Fall 2017: Then-NYT reporter literally warning Epstein that someone is "digging around again."
![From:
Thomas Jr., Landon
Sent:
9/27/2017 2:47:47 PM
To:
Subject:
Got another call from Connelly..
Importance:
High
Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com]
He is digging around again -- not clear if its another book/or expanded paperback version. Was asking me all sorts of questions about why you hired Ken Starr. I told him I had no idea - I think he is doing some Trump-related digging too.
Anyway, for what its worth...
Landon Thomas, Jr.
Financial Reporter
New York Times
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/t/landon_ir thomas/index.h
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November 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Oh and yes! The Ken Starr helping out Epstein was the same Ken Starr who pursued Bill Clinton’s impeachment for lying under oath about Monica Lewinsky. The same Ken Starr who went on to lead Baylor University, a Christian University
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THE SITUATION ROOM
Q: "Why are White House officials…meeting with Rep. Boebert in an effort to try to get her to not sign this petition calling for the release of the [Epstein] files?"
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
THE SITUATION ROOM
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Strong-arming Boebert meeting:
"..the planned meeting would include Bondi, Blanche, Patel and Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, who has wanted DOJ to release their trove of #EpsteinFiles & signed onto the effortto force the vote compelling their release" www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...
"..the planned meeting would include Bondi, Blanche, Patel and Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, who has wanted DOJ to release their trove of #EpsteinFiles & signed onto the effortto force the vote compelling their release" www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...
Exclusive: Trump administration plans meeting over House effort to force release of Epstein files | CNN Politics
Top Trump administration officials were planning to meet Wednesday about an effort in the US House to force a vote on releasing Justice Department case files related to Jeffrey Epstein, according to m...
www.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Strong-arming Boebert meeting:
"..the planned meeting would include Bondi, Blanche, Patel and Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, who has wanted DOJ to release their trove of #EpsteinFiles & signed onto the effortto force the vote compelling their release" www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...
"..the planned meeting would include Bondi, Blanche, Patel and Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, who has wanted DOJ to release their trove of #EpsteinFiles & signed onto the effortto force the vote compelling their release" www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...
And then bragged about it
On this Epstein stuff, just a reminder that multiple contestants in the Miss Teen USA pageant - to repeat, TEENAGERS - said that when Trump owned it, he would walk into the dressing room so he could watch them changing clothes
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kend...
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kend...
Teen Beauty Queens Say Trump Walked In On Them Changing
“Don’t worry, ladies, I’ve seen it all before.”
www.buzzfeednews.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
And then bragged about it
Unfortunately I think many do too
November 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Unfortunately I think many do too
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Better headline: "In a message obtained by Congress… MONTHS AGO that Republicans COVERED UP and that Democrats are finally releasing, there is EVEN MORE EVIDENCE that Trump raped kids and knew Epstein was, too."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
archive.is/202511121451...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
archive.is/202511121451...
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Better headline: "In a message obtained by Congress… MONTHS AGO that Republicans COVERED UP and that Democrats are finally releasing, there is EVEN MORE EVIDENCE that Trump raped kids and knew Epstein was, too."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
archive.is/202511121451...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
archive.is/202511121451...
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@france24.com has published a new article about Shahed interceptors — STING.
Yet another European country is impressed by the work of Ukrainian defenders and recognizes the effectiveness of Wild Hornets 🔥
www.france24.com/fr/europe/20...
Yet another European country is impressed by the work of Ukrainian defenders and recognizes the effectiveness of Wild Hornets 🔥
www.france24.com/fr/europe/20...
L’Ukraine mise sur le Sting, un intercepteur à bas coût pour contrer les drones russes
Face à l'intensification des attaques de drones russes, Kiev développe depuis plusieurs mois des programmes d'intercepteurs bon marché fabriqués localement. Parmi les options disponibles, le Sting sem...
www.france24.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
@france24.com has published a new article about Shahed interceptors — STING.
Yet another European country is impressed by the work of Ukrainian defenders and recognizes the effectiveness of Wild Hornets 🔥
www.france24.com/fr/europe/20...
Yet another European country is impressed by the work of Ukrainian defenders and recognizes the effectiveness of Wild Hornets 🔥
www.france24.com/fr/europe/20...
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"DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT"
I am dying.
I am dying.
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT"
I am dying.
I am dying.
“They’re cutting VA capabilities” @airborne1970.bsky.social says Richard Hudson has no business calling himself the “veteran’s representative” while he’s voting against the healthcare of veterans.
youtu.be/aRKYJ_7z6e0?...
youtu.be/aRKYJ_7z6e0?...
The REAL Veterans' Representative
YouTube video by Richard Ojeda for Congress
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
“They’re cutting VA capabilities” @airborne1970.bsky.social says Richard Hudson has no business calling himself the “veteran’s representative” while he’s voting against the healthcare of veterans.
youtu.be/aRKYJ_7z6e0?...
youtu.be/aRKYJ_7z6e0?...
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“What’s the point of standards?’”
is Bari’s yearbook quote
is Bari’s yearbook quote
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“What’s the point of standards?’”
is Bari’s yearbook quote
is Bari’s yearbook quote
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They fought for our freedom, but now some of those same veterans are being torn from their families and deported.
This is not how we honor their service. On #VeteransDay, we demand justice for our heroes. 🇺🇸
This is not how we honor their service. On #VeteransDay, we demand justice for our heroes. 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
They fought for our freedom, but now some of those same veterans are being torn from their families and deported.
This is not how we honor their service. On #VeteransDay, we demand justice for our heroes. 🇺🇸
This is not how we honor their service. On #VeteransDay, we demand justice for our heroes. 🇺🇸
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This is an awesome 😎 podcast. Kimberley @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social is an excellent, interviewer. This show is w Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social
Kimberley’s always fun, funny, passionate, and intelligent! Plus it’s free (I subscribe, so no ads for me ; )
www.patreon.com/posts/142984...
Kimberley’s always fun, funny, passionate, and intelligent! Plus it’s free (I subscribe, so no ads for me ; )
www.patreon.com/posts/142984...
Start Me Up: Reporter Sarah Burris - AD FREE | Kimberley A. Johnson
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November 9, 2025 at 4:19 AM
This is an awesome 😎 podcast. Kimberley @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social is an excellent, interviewer. This show is w Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social
Kimberley’s always fun, funny, passionate, and intelligent! Plus it’s free (I subscribe, so no ads for me ; )
www.patreon.com/posts/142984...
Kimberley’s always fun, funny, passionate, and intelligent! Plus it’s free (I subscribe, so no ads for me ; )
www.patreon.com/posts/142984...
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Big Tech is plotting a $100M lobbying and campaign spending blitz to block AI regulation at the state and federal level.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Big Tech is plotting a $100M lobbying and campaign spending blitz to block AI regulation at the state and federal level.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
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The DC fix appears to finally be in here as well. There was a glitch in the continuing resolution in March that screwed DC out of $1 billion.
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The DC fix appears to finally be in here as well. There was a glitch in the continuing resolution in March that screwed DC out of $1 billion.
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Cave bill text is out
www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.appropriations.senate.gov
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Cave bill text is out
www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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Are we still winning? I’m confused. 🤔
‘Nasdaq closes lower, capping its worst week since April’
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/s...
‘Nasdaq closes lower, capping its worst week since April’
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/s...
Nasdaq closes lower, capping its worst week since April
Stocks logged a losing week, bogged down by tech, as new economic data added to investors' fears of a slowdown.
www.cnbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Are we still winning? I’m confused. 🤔
‘Nasdaq closes lower, capping its worst week since April’
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/s...
‘Nasdaq closes lower, capping its worst week since April’
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/s...