Sara Deirdre
@saradeirdre.bsky.social
Sailor, knitter, servant of cats.
This.
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
This.
I think this is what they call a Mamdate.
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I think this is what they call a Mamdate.
Wow, look at all of us!
October 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Wow, look at all of us!
The Times is being very charitable to their endorsed candidate with that “embellishment.” No way they would let Wilson get away with the plainly false counting used to arrive at this number.
Not to mention, even if it were true it is far fewer than needed.
Not to mention, even if it were true it is far fewer than needed.
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is seeking reelection partly based on the claim he’s responsible for adding 3,000 emergency housing units. A deeper look reveals that’s an embellishment.
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell says he added 3,000 housing units. Did he?
www.seattletimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Times is being very charitable to their endorsed candidate with that “embellishment.” No way they would let Wilson get away with the plainly false counting used to arrive at this number.
Not to mention, even if it were true it is far fewer than needed.
Not to mention, even if it were true it is far fewer than needed.
Reposted by Sara Deirdre
CHICAGO — WGN News editor/producer Debbie Brockman grabbed by Trump’s ICE goons.. who then intentionally ram a bystander’s car as they peel away.
More: www.fox32chicago.com/news/wgn-new...
More: www.fox32chicago.com/news/wgn-new...
October 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
CHICAGO — WGN News editor/producer Debbie Brockman grabbed by Trump’s ICE goons.. who then intentionally ram a bystander’s car as they peel away.
More: www.fox32chicago.com/news/wgn-new...
More: www.fox32chicago.com/news/wgn-new...
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Very bad sign.
October 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Very bad sign.
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October 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Netanyahu openly says he "supports the idea of a 'Greater Israel,' which is a batshit crazy idea, which some people used to say was a conspiracy theory on the far right."
Me to Piers Morgan on his show today.
Full show: youtube.com/watch?v=Kmdm...
Me to Piers Morgan on his show today.
Full show: youtube.com/watch?v=Kmdm...
October 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Netanyahu openly says he "supports the idea of a 'Greater Israel,' which is a batshit crazy idea, which some people used to say was a conspiracy theory on the far right."
Me to Piers Morgan on his show today.
Full show: youtube.com/watch?v=Kmdm...
Me to Piers Morgan on his show today.
Full show: youtube.com/watch?v=Kmdm...
How is Bill Kristol the one who distills today’s news perfectly?
Just FYI: Portland as a war zone is horseshit, and deploying federal troops is horseshit.
September 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
How is Bill Kristol the one who distills today’s news perfectly?
Useful thread.
As you think about how to respond to Portland news, maybe think about dif between rhetoric of Newsom & Pritzker. Newsom mirrored; Pritzker spoke clearly about just how dangerous the moment it is. Do you want to be glib? My argument is that the main agency we have now is precision of language. 1/
September 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Useful thread.
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If you don’t want to be called N*azis, don’t compare yourselves to N*azis. I don’t make the rules.
September 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
If you don’t want to be called N*azis, don’t compare yourselves to N*azis. I don’t make the rules.
We can’t be seen as portraying Palestinians as regular people who, were they not being systematically starved and driven from their homes, would be attending school or university. -Harvard, probably
July 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
We can’t be seen as portraying Palestinians as regular people who, were they not being systematically starved and driven from their homes, would be attending school or university. -Harvard, probably
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I’m seeing many reposts of Donald Trump’s demented distraction from the Jeffrey Epstein mess about Rosie O’Donnell. What I’m not seeing is her sassy response. Here it is:
July 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I’m seeing many reposts of Donald Trump’s demented distraction from the Jeffrey Epstein mess about Rosie O’Donnell. What I’m not seeing is her sassy response. Here it is:
Great thread, food for thought. (See what I did there?)
July 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Great thread, food for thought. (See what I did there?)
Yup.
Many of the most accurate descriptions of American politics can be found in the comments on Balloon Juice. This one, from commenter Davis X. Machina (from about 15 years ago), is particularly apt today.
July 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Yup.
An old cartoon from his first term. We can’t say we weren’t warned.
June 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
An old cartoon from his first term. We can’t say we weren’t warned.
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June 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Once again, it’s funny because it’s true.
“We found this individual possessed a second, far more lethal string of words locked and loaded, and I’m terrified to think how the situation would have shaken out if he’d been able to say even one of them aloud,” said Kristi Noem theonion.com/kristi-...
Kristi Noem: Sen. Padilla Had Even Deadlier Opinion That Failed To Go Off
LOS ANGELES—Stressing that she had significant reason to fear for her life during yesterday’s confrontation, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told reporters Friday that she believed Sen. Alex Padilla had an even deadlier opinion that failed to go off. “We found this individual possessed a second, far more lethal string of words locked and loaded, […]
theonion.com
June 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Once again, it’s funny because it’s true.
WTF?!
BREAKING
The President of California’s largest union has been detained during an ICE raid.
The President of California’s largest union has been detained during an ICE raid.
June 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
WTF?!
This. Today’s fireworks are fun to watch, but the result could blow up plenty of things we all rely on.
The national security and cybersecurity impacts of this Trump-Musk fallout are out of this world. Musk and the DOGE boys have their tentacles all up in just about every system that supports US government function…
June 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This. Today’s fireworks are fun to watch, but the result could blow up plenty of things we all rely on.
Thread on ICE activity today in Chicago. They’re just grabbing non-citizens regardless of the legality of detention. Yes, deportations are up. But they’re not targeting actual criminals at all; many detained have a legitimate path to citizenship or other status, not undocumented nor here illegally.
Outside immigration court in Chicago this morning, community rally in the rain in support of Ramon Morales-Reyes, a Milwaukee man snatched by ICE and accused of writing a letter threatening President Trump.
There's just one problem: the letter was fake. Another man is now accused of forging it.
There's just one problem: the letter was fake. Another man is now accused of forging it.
June 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Thread on ICE activity today in Chicago. They’re just grabbing non-citizens regardless of the legality of detention. Yes, deportations are up. But they’re not targeting actual criminals at all; many detained have a legitimate path to citizenship or other status, not undocumented nor here illegally.
Elon Musk got high and fed those kids into the wood chipper.
Republicans in Congress, led by Trump, let him do it. They could have stopped it before it even happened but they didn’t. Every day they don’t stop this madness is a policy decision.
Republicans in Congress, led by Trump, let him do it. They could have stopped it before it even happened but they didn’t. Every day they don’t stop this madness is a policy decision.
wow -- @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com chokes up while talking about how the Trump administration is killing kids who relied on USAID to get life-saving medicine
June 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Elon Musk got high and fed those kids into the wood chipper.
Republicans in Congress, led by Trump, let him do it. They could have stopped it before it even happened but they didn’t. Every day they don’t stop this madness is a policy decision.
Republicans in Congress, led by Trump, let him do it. They could have stopped it before it even happened but they didn’t. Every day they don’t stop this madness is a policy decision.
And there it is. The US government is in the process of being transformed into an openly white supremacist authoritarian regime.
For those not familiar, here's the opening paragraph in the Wikipedia entry for the term "remigration," a term which popped up in Europe over a decade ago and until very recently has not been part of the U.S. political discourse. It is NOT a neutral term.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remigra...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remigra...
May 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
And there it is. The US government is in the process of being transformed into an openly white supremacist authoritarian regime.
Holy f*ck, this person should never be in charge of any government agency, especially not one that regularly detains people.
WTF.
I know we’re all somewhat numb to the ridiculousness and the outrageousness of it all. But this is absolutely astonishing.
The level of idiocy, ignorance, and authoritarian impulse that is on display here is breathtaking.
This is so embarrassing for this country. And so dangerous.
I know we’re all somewhat numb to the ridiculousness and the outrageousness of it all. But this is absolutely astonishing.
The level of idiocy, ignorance, and authoritarian impulse that is on display here is breathtaking.
This is so embarrassing for this country. And so dangerous.
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Holy f*ck, this person should never be in charge of any government agency, especially not one that regularly detains people.
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
May 9, 2025 at 6:19 AM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.