Sabrina Vourvoulias
@followthelede.bsky.social
Award-winning Latina journo, SFF writer & author. Editor on the Opinion desk at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Daughter, sister, wife, mother, sacerdotisa de la sagrada chingonez. Opinions my own. She/her/ella. www.sabrinavourvoulias.com.
Pinned
Actual fortune cookie fortune I got in 2021. More relevant than ever.
"If it wasn’t obvious before, the administration’s latest actions and hateful rhetoric make it abundantly clear that following the rules, personal merit, and character mean little.
In Trump’s America, racial hierarchy is everything."
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In Trump’s America, racial hierarchy is everything."
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Trump can no longer disguise the bigotry behind his administration’s immigration policies | Editorial
If you are an immigrant or even a naturalized citizen from a non-European country, you likely are included as those whom the president deemed “non-compatible with Western Civilization.”
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December 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"If it wasn’t obvious before, the administration’s latest actions and hateful rhetoric make it abundantly clear that following the rules, personal merit, and character mean little.
In Trump’s America, racial hierarchy is everything."
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In Trump’s America, racial hierarchy is everything."
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Starting my day with this lovely little song. youtu.be/o9hwc_2cfAo?...
Singing In The Dark By Carrie Newcomer (Written by Carrie Newcomer & John McCutcheon)
YouTube video by Carrie Newcomer
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December 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Starting my day with this lovely little song. youtu.be/o9hwc_2cfAo?...
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There are supposedly serious people who have argued that this *isn't* a white supremacist regime and they should not be taken seriously ever again.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
There are supposedly serious people who have argued that this *isn't* a white supremacist regime and they should not be taken seriously ever again.
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comemierdas, all of them
WV Sen Shelly Moore Capito
ND Sen Kevin Cramer
Missouri Sen Eric Schmidt
Fla Rep. Vern Buchanan
Tenn Sen Marsha Blackburn
Texas Sen Ted Cruz
Ohio Sen Bernie Moreno
Missouri Rep Sam Graves
Pa Rep Mike Kelly
Texas Rep Roger Williams
Ohio Rep Troy Bolderson
Michigan Rep. Lisa McClain
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ND Sen Kevin Cramer
Missouri Sen Eric Schmidt
Fla Rep. Vern Buchanan
Tenn Sen Marsha Blackburn
Texas Sen Ted Cruz
Ohio Sen Bernie Moreno
Missouri Rep Sam Graves
Pa Rep Mike Kelly
Texas Rep Roger Williams
Ohio Rep Troy Bolderson
Michigan Rep. Lisa McClain
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December 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
comemierdas, all of them
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comemierdas every one
OK I’ve put together the list. Shame on all of them:
Ford CEO Jim Farley
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa
General Motors plant manager John Urbanic
National Auto Dealers Association Chairman Tom Castriota
Transportation Sec Sean Duffy
Deputy transportation Sec Steven Bradbury
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Ford CEO Jim Farley
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa
General Motors plant manager John Urbanic
National Auto Dealers Association Chairman Tom Castriota
Transportation Sec Sean Duffy
Deputy transportation Sec Steven Bradbury
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December 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
comemierdas every one
So this anthology is out in the world now and I have a short story in it — "Perséfoni in the City." Put this on your holiday shopping list because many of these stories and essays are truly amazing. (I'm currently obsessed with Laia Asieo Odo's devastatingly moving "Where Memory Meets the Sea.")
WE WILL RISE AGAIN, an anthology of speculative fiction, essays, & interviews about activism co-edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social & yours truly, comes out TOMORROW which means today is the last day you can show the love by pre-ordering! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
So this anthology is out in the world now and I have a short story in it — "Perséfoni in the City." Put this on your holiday shopping list because many of these stories and essays are truly amazing. (I'm currently obsessed with Laia Asieo Odo's devastatingly moving "Where Memory Meets the Sea.")
I'm not much of a George Will fan, but this couple of sentences are dead on: "The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself."
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Opinion | A sickening moral slum of an administration
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I'm not much of a George Will fan, but this couple of sentences are dead on: "The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself."
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"That phrasing—”privilege, not a right”—represents a significant rhetorical shift in how the administration talks about American citizenship. [...] It’s granted at the administration’s discretion."
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Trump’s Flailing Deportation Frenzy Reaches Crisis Point Across Multiple Fronts
Fields go unharvested. Courts go unstaffed. Green cards under review. Somalis targeted ni Minnesota. The administration’s wantonly xenophobic enforcement machine hits overdrive.
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December 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"That phrasing—”privilege, not a right”—represents a significant rhetorical shift in how the administration talks about American citizenship. [...] It’s granted at the administration’s discretion."
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It is at the top of my list.
Rolling Stone didn't put Sinners on its top 20 list of films for this year and I'm appalled.
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
It is at the top of my list.
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30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women
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December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Libraries are probably the last free Third Space that you can use year-round, too. Librarians are there to help you, and they fight for your right to read, and your privacy. We connect people with services and ideas and experiences. Libraries are powerful and awesome.
Libraries aren't just books. They provide gathering places, free internet, and programs like story hours and classes and films. Using your library demonstrates to your local government its importance to your community and can affect funding decisions.
November 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Libraries are probably the last free Third Space that you can use year-round, too. Librarians are there to help you, and they fight for your right to read, and your privacy. We connect people with services and ideas and experiences. Libraries are powerful and awesome.
Reprehensible.
The White House just launched a "Media Bias" tracker to supposedly monitor fake news. It's really a hit list of reporters & outlets covering issues in ways Trump & the admin dislike. Flagrant attack on independent thought, freedom of the press & free speech. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
White House launches website to excoriate media for ‘biased’ stories
Trump administration lists reporting it objects to in latest escalation of attacks on US journalism
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Reprehensible.
It is the first Sunday of Advent, a time to reflect on hope — and standing up for justice for immigrants.
Read my column in print at the Philadelphia Inquirer, and online here: www.inquirer.com/opinion/livi...
Read my column in print at the Philadelphia Inquirer, and online here: www.inquirer.com/opinion/livi...
November 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
It is the first Sunday of Advent, a time to reflect on hope — and standing up for justice for immigrants.
Read my column in print at the Philadelphia Inquirer, and online here: www.inquirer.com/opinion/livi...
Read my column in print at the Philadelphia Inquirer, and online here: www.inquirer.com/opinion/livi...
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do you or someone you buy gifts for love speculative fiction? activism? HAVE I GOT THE BOOK FOR YOU! Getting fantastic reviews already! Out THIS TUESDAY!
Realistically if you follow me there's probably someone in your circle this would make a great gift for! Possibly that person is you!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
do you or someone you buy gifts for love speculative fiction? activism? HAVE I GOT THE BOOK FOR YOU! Getting fantastic reviews already! Out THIS TUESDAY!
I , too, want to know, @profanity.accountant
What the fucking shit is this? I thought I was way swearier.
Fuck.
Fuck.
@didichanoch.bsky.social has swears! They've used 704 profanities in their last 9,701 posts.
🥇 "shit" (121 times)
🥈 "fucking" (105 times)
🥉 "fuck" (96 times)
🥇 "shit" (121 times)
🥈 "fucking" (105 times)
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November 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I , too, want to know, @profanity.accountant
Guest commentaries in the Opinion section of @inquirer.com today
November 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Guest commentaries in the Opinion section of @inquirer.com today
In my new column two Philadelphia faith leaders talk about the role for religious communities right now: "We are the moral voice, and when we see Trump trample our faith teachings and our democracy, it is critical [that] faith communities speak out.”
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Faith communities are showing up at the ICE office for 40 weeks of prayer and protest | Sabrina Vourvoulias
It’s easy for small, quiet actions like these to get lost amid larger protests that draw millions of participants. But it would be a mistake to underestimate their power.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
In my new column two Philadelphia faith leaders talk about the role for religious communities right now: "We are the moral voice, and when we see Trump trample our faith teachings and our democracy, it is critical [that] faith communities speak out.”
www.inquirer.com/opinion/livi...
www.inquirer.com/opinion/livi...
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At what point will the press corps, as a chorus, in unison, just shout back, “THATS NOT TRUE”!
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
At what point will the press corps, as a chorus, in unison, just shout back, “THATS NOT TRUE”!
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
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Trump makes the outrageous claim that “most” immigrants, which include over 25 million U.S. citizens, “are on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels.”
As insulting as the “deplorables” comment, and on Thanksgiving day no less.
As insulting as the “deplorables” comment, and on Thanksgiving day no less.
November 28, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Trump makes the outrageous claim that “most” immigrants, which include over 25 million U.S. citizens, “are on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels.”
As insulting as the “deplorables” comment, and on Thanksgiving day no less.
As insulting as the “deplorables” comment, and on Thanksgiving day no less.
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This rhetoric is indistinguishable from the stuff you hear coming out of white nationalists. Completely identical language.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This rhetoric is indistinguishable from the stuff you hear coming out of white nationalists. Completely identical language.
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Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
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Coming VERY SOON (tuesday)! WE WILL RISE AGAIN, an anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about activism that @cxorlando.bsky.social called "An incredibly important book" - pre-order now!
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"Hope is stronger than despair."
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Father James Martin: This Thanksgiving, don’t feast on despair
In difficult times, it is tempting to say, “Thankful for what?” But the message of the Resurrection is that hope is stronger than despair.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"Hope is stronger than despair."
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A different perspective.
"Mr. Mamdani’s policy platform shares far less with centrally planned state socialism than with one of the foundational texts of Catholic social teaching: Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical 'Rerum Novarum.'”
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"Mr. Mamdani’s policy platform shares far less with centrally planned state socialism than with one of the foundational texts of Catholic social teaching: Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical 'Rerum Novarum.'”
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In Zohran Mamdani’s New York City, expect Catholic social teaching in action
Zohran Mamdani’s platform shares far less with state socialism than with a foundational text of Catholic social teaching: “Rerum Novarum.”
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November 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
A different perspective.
"Mr. Mamdani’s policy platform shares far less with centrally planned state socialism than with one of the foundational texts of Catholic social teaching: Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical 'Rerum Novarum.'”
www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2...
"Mr. Mamdani’s policy platform shares far less with centrally planned state socialism than with one of the foundational texts of Catholic social teaching: Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical 'Rerum Novarum.'”
www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2...