Sarah
@tahtah.bsky.social
Retired Child Psychiatric nurse. Huge fan D W Winnicott. Daughter of Holocaust survivor.
Anti-capitalist. Old. Love: What’s left of nature, music of all kinds, art, great fiction, smart and ethical independent journalists, dogs, cats & a few other people
Anti-capitalist. Old. Love: What’s left of nature, music of all kinds, art, great fiction, smart and ethical independent journalists, dogs, cats & a few other people
At last
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
At last
Reposted by Sarah
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Tell me one more time how women ruined everything
Sometimes I think about how many people were convinced that the Vice President of the United States lost the presidential election because she didn’t contort herself to do this show.
If it’s true it says a lot about this country.
If it’s true it says a lot about this country.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Tell me one more time how women ruined everything
Reposted by Sarah
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Sarah
Good 🧵🧪
Oh my gosh. This is... A thing. Please allow a microbiologist who has played with the microbe that makes this to waffle on for a bit in a short thread. (1)
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Good 🧵🧪
Reposted by Sarah
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
Reposted by Sarah
ICE detains 4 U.S. citizens in Oregon this week, advocacy group says
ICE detains 4 U.S. citizens in Oregon this week, advocacy group says
They included a 17-year-old high school student and two women filming ICE activity in Canby.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
ICE detains 4 U.S. citizens in Oregon this week, advocacy group says
“Since [Rousseau] was informed at least in part by colonial descriptions of indigenous Native American democracies, it may therefore be reasonable to conclude that indigenous peoples influenced American political thought (Grinde, Johansen, Examplar of Liberty, 1991)
Too bad not enough
Too bad not enough
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 AM
“Since [Rousseau] was informed at least in part by colonial descriptions of indigenous Native American democracies, it may therefore be reasonable to conclude that indigenous peoples influenced American political thought (Grinde, Johansen, Examplar of Liberty, 1991)
Too bad not enough
Too bad not enough
There is so much going on
And so much going wrong
But please dont lose sight of this shanda
It’s killing us
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
And so much going wrong
But please dont lose sight of this shanda
It’s killing us
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
The Democratic Party's Spam Machine
Podcast Episode · On the Media · 11/19/2025 · 22m
podcasts.apple.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
There is so much going on
And so much going wrong
But please dont lose sight of this shanda
It’s killing us
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
And so much going wrong
But please dont lose sight of this shanda
It’s killing us
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
Reposted by Sarah
It's also highly unusual for a sitting president to encourage the execution of members of Congress.
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It's also highly unusual for a sitting president to encourage the execution of members of Congress.
Reposted by Sarah
Here’s the real reason Trump went gaga for Zohran 😍
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Here’s the real reason Trump went gaga for Zohran 😍
NEW: Federal prison workers are jumping ship & heading to ICE for better pay + bonuses. Already BOP lost >1400 people this year, reversing all of 2024’s staffing gains. It’s an unintended consequence of Trump’s push for mass deportations
My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Reposted by Sarah
NEW: Federal prison workers are jumping ship & heading to ICE for better pay + bonuses. Already BOP lost >1400 people this year, reversing all of 2024’s staffing gains. It’s an unintended consequence of Trump’s push for mass deportations
My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
NEW: Federal prison workers are jumping ship & heading to ICE for better pay + bonuses. Already BOP lost >1400 people this year, reversing all of 2024’s staffing gains. It’s an unintended consequence of Trump’s push for mass deportations
My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
Reposted by Sarah
Bomb is sending out my interview by Kara Walker, one of my favorites
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
BOMB Magazine | Rabih Alameddine by Kara Walker
To write about his existential experiences among Syrian refugees, the author created a boundary-crossing narrator for his new novel, The Wrong End of the…
bombmagazine.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Bomb is sending out my interview by Kara Walker, one of my favorites
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
Reposted by Sarah
This post by @brianbeutler.bsky.social is spot on and should be required reading for everyone who cares about the survival of US democracy:
open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...
open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...
MAGA Disarray And The Accumulated Debt Of Corruption
They'd bring America down rather than face accountability, but accountability is not optional.
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This post by @brianbeutler.bsky.social is spot on and should be required reading for everyone who cares about the survival of US democracy:
open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...
open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...
Yesterday I went to see Nuremberg. Hits home especially in part as my Dad was a Holocaust survivor, and in part because we are repeating the blind cult-worshipping march toward fascism in real time…
Then came home and watched new Nuremberg doc, as one does.
Let’s talk.
Then came home and watched new Nuremberg doc, as one does.
Let’s talk.
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Yesterday I went to see Nuremberg. Hits home especially in part as my Dad was a Holocaust survivor, and in part because we are repeating the blind cult-worshipping march toward fascism in real time…
Then came home and watched new Nuremberg doc, as one does.
Let’s talk.
Then came home and watched new Nuremberg doc, as one does.
Let’s talk.
Reposted by Sarah
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Reposted by Sarah
Six more amazing people have donated to Unicorn Riot for #GTMD25! Thank you all!
Donate here: www.givemn.org/organization...
Donate here: www.givemn.org/organization...
SUPPORT UNICORN RIOT
Join our community of supporters on Give To The Max Day helping to sustain true independent frontline media!
www.givemn.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Six more amazing people have donated to Unicorn Riot for #GTMD25! Thank you all!
Donate here: www.givemn.org/organization...
Donate here: www.givemn.org/organization...
Reposted by Sarah
Reposted by Sarah
Reposted by Sarah
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
Reposted by Sarah
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Reposted by Sarah
Private equity firms should be illegal. Everything they do is immoral.
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Private equity firms should be illegal. Everything they do is immoral.