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Sarah Posner

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Investigative journalist, columnist, expert on the Christian right. Working on something new. Author, Unholy. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605774/unholy-by-sarah-posner/ More: https://www.sarahposner.com

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'm here for all manner of publishing trends and literary takes. Bring it on! (Or maybe I'll start something...?)

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 5h

NEW: A federal judge hands win to clergy (and others) who say ICE agents violated their religious freedom by, among other things, shooting them with pepper balls.

Also: a pastor tells me senior Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino personally shoved him last week. religionnews.com/2025/10/09/f...

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 5h

Our legacy news media institutions continue to fail us

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5h

The prosecutor put in office after the president who wants vengeance against his enemies told his AG that a WH lawyer was the person for the job — despite no prosecution experience — successfully sought an indictment against one of the named enemies, the second such indictment.

And you push this?

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Federal grand jury in Virginia charges Letitia James, the New York attorney general who investigated Trump's business practices, with bank fraud

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

"It's very funny when the government gets to decide who is a Real Jew and who is not! We are all laughing. It is funny, yes."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8h

Fascinating moment in the power of DC Think. Democrats are clearly *not* looking for an off ramp right now. They’re actually saying this. Which is a measure of how badly it’s going for the GOP. It’s the GOP that is actually looking for the offeamp.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 9h

If she has a baby in her placenta, she has bigger problems.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Casey Parks @caseyparks.bsky.social · 10h

Right now, the 9th Circuit is considering whether to allow troops to deploy to Portland's ICE facility. At this moment, looks like there are only Know Your Rights and a clergyperson outside.

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 9h

Two Trump judges (Nelson, Bade) on 9th circuit panel really trying to outperform each other in their eagerness to give Trump the ability to deploy the Guard to unwilling states based on events that occurred months earlier. Lotttt of beating up on Oregon's Judge Immergut, who blocked deployments

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 9h

Totally unhinged

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 9h

Trump credits his tariff policy (??) for Gaza deal. What exactly does he think we are importing from Hamas?
www.nbcnews.com/world/middle...

Trump suggests tariffs played a role in peace deal

Trump said during a Fox News interview tonight that his tariffs may have played a role in getting Israel and Hamas to sign off on the first phase of a peace

www.nbcnews.com

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dan, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈👋🏾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 9h

once again neighbors in Montgomery County are having a normal one

Greater Greater Washington @ggwash.org · 10h

As Montgomery County officials consider recommendations for safety improvements on one of Maryland's most dangerous roads, some neighbors have a need for speed.

Pro-speeding yard signs appear along University Boulevard

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Virginia Mercury @virginiamercury.com · 10h

Virginia Senate Democrats blasted the Trump administration’s proposal to tie UVA funding to its handling of campus protests, calling it “political extortion.”

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Va. Senate Dems call Trump admin's UVA funding proposal 'political extortion' • Virginia Mercury

Virginia Senate Democrats warned there would be significant consequences in future budget cycles for the University of Virginia if the school’s leadership accepts a proposed funding agreement with Pre...

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 10h

"Samantha [a Republican and military spouse] said that she was 'very disappointed in my party, and I’m very disappointed in you.' She pointed out that Johnson had the power to call the House back into session."

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 10h

A C-SPAN caller made an emotional plea to House Speaker Mike Johnson to end the government shutdown, saying that "my kids could die" if she can't afford their medication.

C-SPAN caller confronts House Speaker Mike Johnson about shutdown effects: 'My kids could die'

The caller, who identified herself as a Republican and military spouse, said she would not be able to afford her children's medication if the shutdown continues.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 10h

unreal

“Charlie only had 31 years,” Paxton said at Cooks Garage, a car-themed bar and venue in Lubbock. “It doesn’t matter that he only had 31 years, even though we’re sad that he’s gone, some of our most impactful people in the history of the world lived about the same amount of years. Matter of fact, Jesus Christ. 33 years…Look at history after Jesus.”

Paxton continued: “The turning point was the death and resurrection of Jesus. The turning point, I believe, for Charlie Kirk’s life, was not the 31 years. The turning point was the horrific death of Charlie Kirk.”

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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 10h

A majority of Americans disapprove of RFK Jr. and the federal government's evolving vaccine policy @kff.org found via @jennifershutt.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/10/09/m...

Majorities disapprove of RFK Jr. performance, doubt autism-Tylenol claims, KFF poll finds • Wisconsin Examiner

Most Americans surveyed disapprove of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the federal government’s evolving vaccine policy

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 10h

Blasts were heard and seen in Gaza from southern Israel, hours after Israel and Hamas said they had agreed to a long-awaited ceasefire and hostage deal, the first phase of President Trump's plan to end a war in Gaza.

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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 10h

"The court is required to continue its constitutional functions"

US judges so far have rejected the Justice Department’s requests to delay more than a dozen legal challenges to Trump administration policies as the government shutdown enters its second week:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h

This is lunacy: they had a health care plan, and they implemented it in H.R.1.
It includes work requirements for Medicaid, and the cutting of ACA subsidies that will cause millions to lose health insurance. That was the plan!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Mike Johnson: "It's about keeping Congress operating so we can get to healthcare. We always were going to. They're lying to you. Okay? The healthcare issues were always gonna be something discussed, deliberated, contemplated, and debated in October and November."

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 10h

is it Groundhog Day 2007

Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 10h

With friends like these..............

Alice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 11h

An anti-abortion group is fundraising off @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social's suggestion that Democrats run anti-abortion candidates in swing states.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 10h

Marge smells blood in the water

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11h

I complained earlier that WaPo's story on Trump inviting PizzaGate guy to the White House was insane. Not so this Independent story.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Not to be outdone, in came Jack Posobiec, one of the right’s weirdest hangers-on, who is perhaps most famous for the time he spread the “Pizzagate” theory and then got removed from the pizzeria in question by police for filming a child’s birthday party. Running with the major theme of the hour — that Antifa is definitely, certainly, really real despite all evidence to the contrary, and that everybody needs to stop saying it’s not real — Posobiec made a startling claim: Antifa is so clearly real that it “has been going on for almost 100 years ... going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany.”

And look, yes, it is absolutely true that there were anti-fascist protesters in the Weimar Republic. If you’ll remember, those were the people taking issue with the early versions of the Nazis. But it’s sort of difficult to position yourself as the good guys if you’re aligning yourself with the Nazis in your historical analogy. I’m just saying that, if I was Posobiec’s publicity guy, I might ask him to drop that soundbite from future public appearances.

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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 11h

The FBI purge continues: Kash Patel Fires Two F.B.I. Agents Who Worked on Trump Investigation www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Kash Patel Fires Two F.B.I. Agents Who Worked on Trump Investigation

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 11h

We'd all like to see it higher (judging from my replies) OF COURSE but come on, people, these are objectively terrible numbers for a president less than a year into his term

(Conjecture: SCOTUS allowing him to do so much probably gives a fair # of Americans the false sense that it's ok)

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11h

66 say Trump has used his Admin to punish those he does not like, but only 61 says he has used it to enrich himself.

Still high, but should be much higher, iMO.

Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 11h

These are terrible numbers for Trump (via @pewresearch.org)

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 11h

This is not good for the future of the country:

Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents overwhelmingly say Trump is pushing the power of the presidency beyond what other recent presidents did and that this is bad for the country.
Republicans and Republican leaners are more divided: About half (49%) say Trump is trying to exert more power – and among those who say this, more say it’s good for the country than say it’s bad.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 11h

These are terrible numbers for Trump (via @pewresearch.org)

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

"Majorities say trump has used his office improperly; fewer say he has improved government, U.S. standing" (graphs via Pew Research)

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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 11h

From the memory hole: There was a hostage release and ceasefire deal in place by the Biden administration 10 months ago. It was allowed to expire in March, under Donald Trump, and now it's been revived and rebranded, with Donald taking full credit like always.

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