Sasha Abramsky
@sashaabramsky.bsky.social
Freelance journalist, Nation magazine correspondent, teacher, book author, tennis fan and skier.
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Trump said of Jamal Khashoggi's killing "things happen." He also told a Bloomberg journalist to be "Quiet, Piggy." He called for the execution of six Democratic lawmakers. A particularly heinous week. My Nation column on all of this, and more: www.thenation.com/article/worl...
In Defending Mohammed bin Salman, Trump Sinks to a New Low
Trump was incandescent with anger that journalists would have the temerity to question his wealthy “guest” with the bottomless wallet.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Trump said of Jamal Khashoggi's killing "things happen." He also told a Bloomberg journalist to be "Quiet, Piggy." He called for the execution of six Democratic lawmakers. A particularly heinous week. My Nation column on all of this, and more: www.thenation.com/article/worl...
This is not only deranged, it is an incitement to murder. Disobeying illegal orders was declared to be a moral and legal imperative at the Nuremberg trials. Now Trump is saying people who urge military not follow illegal orders should be executed. This is pure fascism. www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
Trump accuses Democratic lawmakers who urged military to disobey illegal orders of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’ | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the arrest of Democratic lawmakers who urged service members and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders that might be issued by the administrati...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is not only deranged, it is an incitement to murder. Disobeying illegal orders was declared to be a moral and legal imperative at the Nuremberg trials. Now Trump is saying people who urge military not follow illegal orders should be executed. This is pure fascism. www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
And this is why Mobsters should never be presidents... Trump literally said "things happen" in response to a question about journalist Khashoggi's dismemberment by a Saudi hit squad.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/p...
Yet another new moral low.
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Yet another new moral low.
Trump claims slain journalist Khashoggi was ‘extremely controversial,’ defends Saudi crown prince | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Tuesday angrily dismissed a question about the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi, claiming the Saudi dissident journalist was “extremely controversial” and insisting the subject...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
And this is why Mobsters should never be presidents... Trump literally said "things happen" in response to a question about journalist Khashoggi's dismemberment by a Saudi hit squad.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/p...
Yet another new moral low.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/p...
Yet another new moral low.
My Santa Fe Reporter column on the escalating Trump campaign of assassinations in the Pacific and Caribbean. sfreporter.com/columns/lett...
Lethality Over Legality?
US murder campaign continues in the Pacific
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November 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My Santa Fe Reporter column on the escalating Trump campaign of assassinations in the Pacific and Caribbean. sfreporter.com/columns/lett...
Reposted by Sasha Abramsky
This crude reimagining of the role that government workers play in American life is devastating for those who rely on federal services, and it is catastrophic for those who built their careers providing these services, writes @sashaabramsky.bsky.social.
https://bit.ly/47NuKh1
https://bit.ly/47NuKh1
The Deliberate Decimation of the Federal Workforce
Systems built up over the last 120 years are being either eliminated or corroded at warp speed, with the implicit blessing of the US Supreme Court.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This crude reimagining of the role that government workers play in American life is devastating for those who rely on federal services, and it is catastrophic for those who built their careers providing these services, writes @sashaabramsky.bsky.social.
https://bit.ly/47NuKh1
https://bit.ly/47NuKh1
Look what arrived in mail today. First copies of my book on the DOGE purges... If you are interested in what has happened to America this past year, please consider buying -- and spreading the word about -- this book. And I hope to see you at my readings around the country in January and February.
November 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Look what arrived in mail today. First copies of my book on the DOGE purges... If you are interested in what has happened to America this past year, please consider buying -- and spreading the word about -- this book. And I hope to see you at my readings around the country in January and February.
Trump and the GOP seek to end affordable healthcare and food assistance for tens of millions of Americans. The public doesn't support it and also opposes most other MAGA priorities. My Nation column on Trump's growing unpopularity. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Trump’s Trashing of Liberty and Human Worth
The Republican Party has deliberately attempted to render healthcare unaffordable and deprive families of the ability to put food on the table.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Trump and the GOP seek to end affordable healthcare and food assistance for tens of millions of Americans. The public doesn't support it and also opposes most other MAGA priorities. My Nation column on Trump's growing unpopularity. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
A day afterTesla board unveils a ten year stock option package for Musk, worth up to one TRILLION dollars, or $275 million per day for ten years, Trump admin urges an appeals court to block the order to release SNAP payments to 42 million impoverished Americans. This is what oligarchy looks like.
November 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A day afterTesla board unveils a ten year stock option package for Musk, worth up to one TRILLION dollars, or $275 million per day for ten years, Trump admin urges an appeals court to block the order to release SNAP payments to 42 million impoverished Americans. This is what oligarchy looks like.
First review for my new book American Carnage: How Musk, Trump and DOGE Butchered the US Government.
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Please spread the word about this book, and the stories of the federal workers I profile in it, as well as their families, whose lives were upended in 2025.
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Please spread the word about this book, and the stories of the federal workers I profile in it, as well as their families, whose lives were upended in 2025.
AMERICAN CARNAGE | Kirkus Reviews
What DOGE destroyed.
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sasha-abramsky/american-carnage/#:~:text=Any%20organization%20employing%20hundreds%20of,moment%20of%20crisis%20and%20dislocation.”
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
First review for my new book American Carnage: How Musk, Trump and DOGE Butchered the US Government.
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Please spread the word about this book, and the stories of the federal workers I profile in it, as well as their families, whose lives were upended in 2025.
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Please spread the word about this book, and the stories of the federal workers I profile in it, as well as their families, whose lives were upended in 2025.
What happens when a fascist decides he is also an architectural genius? The East Wing of the WH gets demolished...
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Trump Dreams of Bringing Orwellian Nightmare to Life
White House Ballroom demolition, Triumphal Arch are a tribute to Big Orange
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November 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
What happens when a fascist decides he is also an architectural genius? The East Wing of the WH gets demolished...
sfreporter.com/columns/lett...
sfreporter.com/columns/lett...
The most extraordinary political speech I have heard in years. What a breath of fresh air.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOQT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOQT...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The most extraordinary political speech I have heard in years. What a breath of fresh air.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOQT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOQT...
My latest Nation column, on ICE forcing asylum seekers to report for hearings, and then arresting them at those hearings... And on the rise of an oligarchy that chooses to fund ballrooms but not foodstamps. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Trump Is Forcing Millions to Make Cruel Choices
Do you go to your asylum check-in and risk capture by ICE? Without SNAP, what will you give up to feed your kids? How will you pay for healthcare?
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October 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My latest Nation column, on ICE forcing asylum seekers to report for hearings, and then arresting them at those hearings... And on the rise of an oligarchy that chooses to fund ballrooms but not foodstamps. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Alternating between reading about summary executions -- aka war crimes -- US is carrying out on daily basis on High Seas, based on nebulous secret evidence; demolition of WH; and Trump's tamper tantrum (employing the syntax skills of a five-year-old) against Canada. The age of Fascist Idiocracy.
October 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Alternating between reading about summary executions -- aka war crimes -- US is carrying out on daily basis on High Seas, based on nebulous secret evidence; demolition of WH; and Trump's tamper tantrum (employing the syntax skills of a five-year-old) against Canada. The age of Fascist Idiocracy.
Thought experiment: Ponder how GOP would have reacted had Obama or Biden decided to demolish half of White House to build a soup kitchen or pre-school for poor kids in its place? Now ponder GOP silence as WH is destroyed to make way for a $300 million vanity project ballroom for DJ's oligarch pals.
October 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Thought experiment: Ponder how GOP would have reacted had Obama or Biden decided to demolish half of White House to build a soup kitchen or pre-school for poor kids in its place? Now ponder GOP silence as WH is destroyed to make way for a $300 million vanity project ballroom for DJ's oligarch pals.
When I lived in a historic house in Sacramento, we couldn't even replace windows without planning permission. In most cities, you can't add a floor to your house, or a granny flat in backyard without permitting process. So, how can DJ wake up one morning and simply decide to demolish half the W.H.?
October 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
When I lived in a historic house in Sacramento, we couldn't even replace windows without planning permission. In most cities, you can't add a floor to your house, or a granny flat in backyard without permitting process. So, how can DJ wake up one morning and simply decide to demolish half the W.H.?
Well, this is a pretty goddamn perfect metaphor for what Trump is doing to the country...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The East Wing is gone, and Trump turns to damage control
Demolition crews appeared to finish taking down the bulk of the White House wing Thursday, while President Donald Trump defended the project.
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October 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Well, this is a pretty goddamn perfect metaphor for what Trump is doing to the country...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The "kinetic strikes" that Hegseth and Trump are glorying in are nothing more than state-sanctioned assassinations. When the most powerful country on earth embraces and flaunts a policy of killing civilians, we are in truly fascist terrain. www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/p...
US military strikes 2 boats in Pacific in apparent expansion of campaign against alleged drug trafficking | CNN Politics
The US military conducted lethal strikes against two boats in the eastern Pacific this week, killing all people on board each vessel, according to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
www.cnn.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The "kinetic strikes" that Hegseth and Trump are glorying in are nothing more than state-sanctioned assassinations. When the most powerful country on earth embraces and flaunts a policy of killing civilians, we are in truly fascist terrain. www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/p...
The president is behaving like a brutal, churlish warlord, using the shutdown to punish "Democrat" agencies and Blue-leaning cities and states. This isn't how democracy is supposed to function. Here's my Santa Fe Reporter column on what is going on. sfreporter.com/columns/lett...
The Government Shutdown hits home
Furloughs loom for Sandia National Labs
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October 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The president is behaving like a brutal, churlish warlord, using the shutdown to punish "Democrat" agencies and Blue-leaning cities and states. This isn't how democracy is supposed to function. Here's my Santa Fe Reporter column on what is going on. sfreporter.com/columns/lett...
My Truthout article on how Trump, RFK Jr and Russell Vought are using the govt shutdown to further corrode public health agencies. truthout.org/articles/tru...
Trump Is Using the Government Shutdown to Wreck Public Health
The Trump administration is keeping the money flowing to ICE and the military while canning workers at health agencies.
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October 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My Truthout article on how Trump, RFK Jr and Russell Vought are using the govt shutdown to further corrode public health agencies. truthout.org/articles/tru...
Well, that's a kick in the teeth to history/heritage/respect for the past etc. It sure better be a beautiful ball room!!
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Well, that's a kick in the teeth to history/heritage/respect for the past etc. It sure better be a beautiful ball room!!
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Millions took to streets on Saturday in No Kings protests. It was a joyous, peaceful affirmation of democratic values. Trump responded with an AI-generated video of him wearing a crown, and bombing New York protestors with feces. My Nation column on all of this. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
No Kings Day Was a Joyous Carnival for Democracy
Millions of Constitution-loving Americans peacefully protested Trump’s authoritarian presidency. The GOP responded with military theatrics, threats, and scatological “jokes.”
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October 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Millions took to streets on Saturday in No Kings protests. It was a joyous, peaceful affirmation of democratic values. Trump responded with an AI-generated video of him wearing a crown, and bombing New York protestors with feces. My Nation column on all of this. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Trump ramps up his MAWA (Make America White Again) fanaticism. The sheer moral depravity of this proposal, the vandalism of replacing America's extraordinary refugee resettlement program with a grab-bag of favors for white supremacists, is hard to fathom. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People
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October 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Trump ramps up his MAWA (Make America White Again) fanaticism. The sheer moral depravity of this proposal, the vandalism of replacing America's extraordinary refugee resettlement program with a grab-bag of favors for white supremacists, is hard to fathom. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
My Nation column on how Trump wants to send more troops into Democratic cities and how populations on the ground are pushing back. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Resistance to Trump’s Military Occupations Just Keeps Growing
In Illinois, California, and Oregon, residents and attorneys general are pushing back against the deployment of federal troops in their cities. So far, it’s working.
www.thenation.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
My Nation column on how Trump wants to send more troops into Democratic cities and how populations on the ground are pushing back. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
As the militarization of civil society picks up steam, and as Chicago and Portland become testing grounds for martial law-in-all-but-name, in my latest Santa Fe Reporter column I write about what is happening.
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It is Happening Here
You have been warned
sfreporter.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
As the militarization of civil society picks up steam, and as Chicago and Portland become testing grounds for martial law-in-all-but-name, in my latest Santa Fe Reporter column I write about what is happening.
sfreporter.com/archives/op-...
sfreporter.com/archives/op-...