Sarah E Myhre PhD
@sarahmyhre.bsky.social
Director of Partnerships, @DemocracyForward.org | 5th Generation Washingtonian | Climate and environmental expert | Philanthropic strategy | Views are my own | UC Davis, WWU alum
Yes!
BREAKING: We won a court order blocking Pres. Trump’s attempt to stifle First Amendment rights and gain political control over the University of California system.
The President can't force people to think or believe only the way he does. This is a key victory for our clients and the rule of law.
The President can't force people to think or believe only the way he does. This is a key victory for our clients and the rule of law.
November 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Yes!
This is what my faith looks like.
Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protest outside Chicago-area ICE facility reut.rs/49lQnWS
Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protest outside Chicago-area ICE facility
Nearly two dozen people were arrested as faith leaders protested on Friday outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago, authorities said, the latest sign of tensions over the Trump administration's aggressive enforcement push.
reut.rs
November 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is what my faith looks like.
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
A nation rejoices.
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A nation rejoices.
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BREAKING: A federal court blocked the Trump-Vance administration’s attempt to cut off food assistance for 42 million people during the ongoing government shutdown.
We'll keep fighting to ensure that federal programs serve their lawful purpose: to help, not harm, people and communities.
We'll keep fighting to ensure that federal programs serve their lawful purpose: to help, not harm, people and communities.
October 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
BREAKING: A federal court blocked the Trump-Vance administration’s attempt to cut off food assistance for 42 million people during the ongoing government shutdown.
We'll keep fighting to ensure that federal programs serve their lawful purpose: to help, not harm, people and communities.
We'll keep fighting to ensure that federal programs serve their lawful purpose: to help, not harm, people and communities.
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BREAKING: Federal court just GRANTED our court order to block Trump admin from shutting down SNAP. Order also issued in state AG case. Hope millions can breathe a sigh of relief. Incredible work to @democracyforward.org and our co-counsel.
October 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
BREAKING: Federal court just GRANTED our court order to block Trump admin from shutting down SNAP. Order also issued in state AG case. Hope millions can breathe a sigh of relief. Incredible work to @democracyforward.org and our co-counsel.
Redoubling my internal effort to respond to every coarse, selfish, cruel action though a deeper grace, faith, and service to others.
October 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Redoubling my internal effort to respond to every coarse, selfish, cruel action though a deeper grace, faith, and service to others.
So many lies. So many lies! My god.
October 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
So many lies. So many lies! My god.
Good lord this brought tears to my eyes this morning.
Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
Furloughed feds pick up Seattle beach trash to keep serving the public
Furloughed federal employees were out in the rain picking up cigarette butts, bottle caps, and other trash at Seattle’s Golden Gardens Park on Friday.
www.kuow.org
October 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Good lord this brought tears to my eyes this morning.
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
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Y’all here is a fun fact: Portland has a brand new volunteer organization called “operation inflation” that allows people to borrow inflatable costumes for protests. They just started a couple weeks ago and have like a 160 costume library (and counting because people keep donating).
OPERATION INFLATION
www.operationinflation.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Y’all here is a fun fact: Portland has a brand new volunteer organization called “operation inflation” that allows people to borrow inflatable costumes for protests. They just started a couple weeks ago and have like a 160 costume library (and counting because people keep donating).
Experts like: pediatricians, ER nurses, air traffic controllers, earthquake scientists, climate scientists, meteorologists, epidemiologists, gun violence experts, food safety experts and on and on and on.
All the people who keep and care for the safety of others and their broader community.
All the people who keep and care for the safety of others and their broader community.
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
October 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Experts like: pediatricians, ER nurses, air traffic controllers, earthquake scientists, climate scientists, meteorologists, epidemiologists, gun violence experts, food safety experts and on and on and on.
All the people who keep and care for the safety of others and their broader community.
All the people who keep and care for the safety of others and their broader community.
Disgusting.
Across the rubicon again and again.
This should be a career ending moment for Mike Davis. May he seek solace in a merciful god who can receive him as a deeply, profoundly broken human being.
Across the rubicon again and again.
This should be a career ending moment for Mike Davis. May he seek solace in a merciful god who can receive him as a deeply, profoundly broken human being.
Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).
In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.
In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.
October 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Disgusting.
Across the rubicon again and again.
This should be a career ending moment for Mike Davis. May he seek solace in a merciful god who can receive him as a deeply, profoundly broken human being.
Across the rubicon again and again.
This should be a career ending moment for Mike Davis. May he seek solace in a merciful god who can receive him as a deeply, profoundly broken human being.
Thank you so much Jane. We all have loved you and benefited from you presence on this earth.
October 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Thank you so much Jane. We all have loved you and benefited from you presence on this earth.
Duty, Honor, Integrity, Truth: what will you do today to uphold them?
How will you teach your children about what is right and just in this world?
How will you respect yourself and your ancestors in this crucible?
How will you teach your children about what is right and just in this world?
How will you respect yourself and your ancestors in this crucible?
September 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Duty, Honor, Integrity, Truth: what will you do today to uphold them?
How will you teach your children about what is right and just in this world?
How will you respect yourself and your ancestors in this crucible?
How will you teach your children about what is right and just in this world?
How will you respect yourself and your ancestors in this crucible?
100% The willingness of elite, wealthy people to debase themselves for a paycheck is astounding.
I continue to think that one of the reasons this country is falling apart is the wholesale abandonment of public virtue as a broadly shared aspiration. Or even something people should be embarrassed about if they don’t have it.
Fuckin yikes, man
September 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
100% The willingness of elite, wealthy people to debase themselves for a paycheck is astounding.
Praying for a politic that can see one another as simply, elementally children of God. We are not enemies, we are the human family. We are wasting so much capital and energy on fighting and hating one another.
September 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Praying for a politic that can see one another as simply, elementally children of God. We are not enemies, we are the human family. We are wasting so much capital and energy on fighting and hating one another.
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We’re putting democracy in print. On Constitution Day, We Hold These Truths is running full-page ads in the @wsj.com & @financialtimes.com — reminding the nation that our freedoms only survive if we defend them. Sign the pledge at weholdtruths.org.
September 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
We’re putting democracy in print. On Constitution Day, We Hold These Truths is running full-page ads in the @wsj.com & @financialtimes.com — reminding the nation that our freedoms only survive if we defend them. Sign the pledge at weholdtruths.org.
On #ConstitutionDay, we're clear: No one is above the law.
Government power must be checked by due process, judicial independence, and accountability – values enshrined in our founding document.
Join us to protect the Constitution, and the people it serves: weholdtruths.org.
Government power must be checked by due process, judicial independence, and accountability – values enshrined in our founding document.
Join us to protect the Constitution, and the people it serves: weholdtruths.org.
September 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
On #ConstitutionDay, we're clear: No one is above the law.
Government power must be checked by due process, judicial independence, and accountability – values enshrined in our founding document.
Join us to protect the Constitution, and the people it serves: weholdtruths.org.
Government power must be checked by due process, judicial independence, and accountability – values enshrined in our founding document.
Join us to protect the Constitution, and the people it serves: weholdtruths.org.
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The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.
DOEresponseSite
On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding...
sites.google.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.
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Washington fire crews - already operating with fewer resources after the State Legislature cut $60m from its Wildfire Response Account this year - are now suffering border patrol raids.
We all lose when local austerity echoes authoritarianism. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
We all lose when local austerity echoes authoritarianism. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire
Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.
www.seattletimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Washington fire crews - already operating with fewer resources after the State Legislature cut $60m from its Wildfire Response Account this year - are now suffering border patrol raids.
We all lose when local austerity echoes authoritarianism. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
We all lose when local austerity echoes authoritarianism. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Yes. An amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it. And these days it requires a whole lot of heart and courage to boot.
Our comment on the DOE CWG report is done. It tips the scales at 439 pages, approx. 3x longer than the DOE report.
This is related to Brandolini's law: The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
Example: refuting one sentence.
This is related to Brandolini's law: The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
Example: refuting one sentence.
August 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Yes. An amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it. And these days it requires a whole lot of heart and courage to boot.
A devastation of a day.
August 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
A devastation of a day.
Now it is a radical act to live your life in service to the happiness and wellbeing of other people and the world. Call me a radical.
I swear it used to seem like aspiring to be smart and morally good was broad-based, not a niche stance
August 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Now it is a radical act to live your life in service to the happiness and wellbeing of other people and the world. Call me a radical.