Sara Luterman
@slooterman.bsky.social
Disabled disability and aging reporter at The 19th. Opinions are my own. Follows are not endorsements.
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Email: sluterman at 19thnews dot org
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Email: sluterman at 19thnews dot org
Reposted by Sara Luterman
NEW from me:
Towards the end of Trump's interview with 60 Minutes in November, Bari Weiss rushed into the room to introduce herself and the pair exchanged kisses on the cheek, leaving 60 Minutes staff stunned at the "overly chummy" embrace.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Towards the end of Trump's interview with 60 Minutes in November, Bari Weiss rushed into the room to introduce herself and the pair exchanged kisses on the cheek, leaving 60 Minutes staff stunned at the "overly chummy" embrace.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss and Trump exchanged kisses on the cheek following ‘60 Minutes’ interview
EXCLUSIVE: In a moment that sources said led to stunned reactions and dropped jaws, Bari Weiss excitedly introduced herself to the president and leaned in for a kiss on the cheek following his ‘60 Min...
www.independent.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 2:53 PM
NEW from me:
Towards the end of Trump's interview with 60 Minutes in November, Bari Weiss rushed into the room to introduce herself and the pair exchanged kisses on the cheek, leaving 60 Minutes staff stunned at the "overly chummy" embrace.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Towards the end of Trump's interview with 60 Minutes in November, Bari Weiss rushed into the room to introduce herself and the pair exchanged kisses on the cheek, leaving 60 Minutes staff stunned at the "overly chummy" embrace.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
A number of people in Minneapolis right now have been in wrong place, wrong time situations through no fault of their own. For example, a six month old baby is in the hospital after getting flash banged.
www.fox9.com/news/childre...
www.fox9.com/news/childre...
North Minneapolis ICE shooting: Children hospitalized after flash bang, tear gas hits van
www.fox9.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:49 PM
A number of people in Minneapolis right now have been in wrong place, wrong time situations through no fault of their own. For example, a six month old baby is in the hospital after getting flash banged.
www.fox9.com/news/childre...
www.fox9.com/news/childre...
“If not jungle gym, why jungle gym shaped?”
Yeah OK she’s got me there.
Yeah OK she’s got me there.
January 16, 2026 at 3:01 PM
“If not jungle gym, why jungle gym shaped?”
Yeah OK she’s got me there.
Yeah OK she’s got me there.
Right now I spend an inordinate amount of time parenting but my kid is turning one soon and we’re working on understanding that one shouldn’t touch the oven, even if it has a tantalizing handle that’s at just the right height to pull oneself up to a standing position and a reflective exterior.
January 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Right now I spend an inordinate amount of time parenting but my kid is turning one soon and we’re working on understanding that one shouldn’t touch the oven, even if it has a tantalizing handle that’s at just the right height to pull oneself up to a standing position and a reflective exterior.
I’m only sort of joking here, but I feel like when my daughter is older it should be fine for her to go to the park without me or my wife. Is this a choice people are making or are there consequences to letting your kids have more independence?
January 16, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I’m only sort of joking here, but I feel like when my daughter is older it should be fine for her to go to the park without me or my wife. Is this a choice people are making or are there consequences to letting your kids have more independence?
Question: If I don’t do this, am I gonna get arrested?
An underrated factor in "why don't people in wealthy societies have more kids" is changing societal norms that now expect even older kids to be chaperoned by an adult any time they are in public, and to be chauffeured by a parent as their only means of transportation
Older generations spent a lot less time parenting. Millennial dads spend nearly as much time parenting as Boomer moms did. Millennial and Gen X moms way more.
via The Economist
via The Economist
January 16, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Question: If I don’t do this, am I gonna get arrested?
Disabled people have political opinions and participate in activism and advocacy. Having a disability and does not preclude either of those things.
January 16, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Disabled people have political opinions and participate in activism and advocacy. Having a disability and does not preclude either of those things.
AP has reported she was on the way to an appointment for a traumatic brain injury. I assume they did something to confirm it, since they’re usually pretty thorough.
Casting aspersions and speculating without research or reporting is poor practice for someone calling herself a journalist.
Casting aspersions and speculating without research or reporting is poor practice for someone calling herself a journalist.
January 16, 2026 at 2:40 PM
AP has reported she was on the way to an appointment for a traumatic brain injury. I assume they did something to confirm it, since they’re usually pretty thorough.
Casting aspersions and speculating without research or reporting is poor practice for someone calling herself a journalist.
Casting aspersions and speculating without research or reporting is poor practice for someone calling herself a journalist.
Reposted by Sara Luterman
Second man shares horrific story of being blinded by officers at anti-ICE rally in Santa Ana
Second man shares horrific story of being blinded by officers at anti-ICE rally in Santa Ana
A second man says he was blinded by ICE agents shooting a projectile at a protest in Santa Ana. Britain Rodriguez, 31, a resident of Orange County, said he was standing at the bottom of a set up steps when federal officers above opened fire, hitting him in the eye.
www.latimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Second man shares horrific story of being blinded by officers at anti-ICE rally in Santa Ana
Reposted by Sara Luterman
The killing of Renee Nicole Good — and the viral video that followed — underscores the forceful tactics long used against marginalized women.
ICE violence against women is increasingly visible — and largely untracked
The killing of Renee Nicole Good — and the viral video that followed — underscores the forceful tactics long used against marginalized women.
19thnews.org
January 15, 2026 at 5:06 PM
The killing of Renee Nicole Good — and the viral video that followed — underscores the forceful tactics long used against marginalized women.
Reposted by Sara Luterman
These kinds of tactics are why medically vulnerable immigrants — especially those who are pregnant — have been skipping basic, essential health care and experiencing complications as a result
19thnews.org/2025/10/preg...
19thnews.org/2025/10/preg...
ICE's "presence is terrifying medical staff and raising concerns about patient care, according to five nurses at HCMC hospital in Minneapolis who asked to remain anonymous for fear of losing their jobs."
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE agents appear at Twin Cities hospitals, alarming health care workers
Health care workers in the Twin Cities report that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are entering hospitals with detained individuals, leaving some medical staff terrified and concerned ...
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:26 PM
These kinds of tactics are why medically vulnerable immigrants — especially those who are pregnant — have been skipping basic, essential health care and experiencing complications as a result
19thnews.org/2025/10/preg...
19thnews.org/2025/10/preg...
Reposted by Sara Luterman
What will the year in politics look like? Our political reporter @gracepanetta.bsky.social will discuss what she’s following, key issues, candidates and more as this midterm election year takes shape.
Join us for a Reddit AMA at 1 p.m. ET! https://bit.ly/3YEWX45
Join us for a Reddit AMA at 1 p.m. ET! https://bit.ly/3YEWX45
January 14, 2026 at 5:11 PM
What will the year in politics look like? Our political reporter @gracepanetta.bsky.social will discuss what she’s following, key issues, candidates and more as this midterm election year takes shape.
Join us for a Reddit AMA at 1 p.m. ET! https://bit.ly/3YEWX45
Join us for a Reddit AMA at 1 p.m. ET! https://bit.ly/3YEWX45
Reposted by Sara Luterman
A week after an agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) fatally shot a Minneapolis woman, half of American women are in favor of abolishing the law enforcement agency altogether, new polling shows.
Progressive Democratic women take the lead in reviving ‘abolish ICE’ messaging
The ramped-up rhetoric comes as polling shows a surge in support among women for dismantling the agency.
bit.ly
January 14, 2026 at 7:35 PM
A week after an agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) fatally shot a Minneapolis woman, half of American women are in favor of abolishing the law enforcement agency altogether, new polling shows.
Reposted by Sara Luterman
Many states have a key deadline today for people to enroll in an ACA plan. But Congress let expire the enhanced subsidies that helped make some of those plans more affordable. For small business owners and self-employed people, it’s created chaos: 19thnews.org/2026/01/affo...
What women business owners are poised to lose with health insurance cuts
The Affordable Care Act offered a practical pathway for more women to become self-employed. As a critical enrollment deadline expires with no subsidies, that could collapse.
19thnews.org
January 15, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Many states have a key deadline today for people to enroll in an ACA plan. But Congress let expire the enhanced subsidies that helped make some of those plans more affordable. For small business owners and self-employed people, it’s created chaos: 19thnews.org/2026/01/affo...
Reposted by Sara Luterman
This was my big concern with RFK Jr.'s fearmongering about autism: That it would lead to the rationalization of draconian quack "treatments" for autism. arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:33 PM
This was my big concern with RFK Jr.'s fearmongering about autism: That it would lead to the rationalization of draconian quack "treatments" for autism. arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
Sometimes being autistic and employed leads to funny situations. Today I didn’t understand if our head of HR was joking about having “operational resiliency” tattooed on his elbow.
January 15, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Sometimes being autistic and employed leads to funny situations. Today I didn’t understand if our head of HR was joking about having “operational resiliency” tattooed on his elbow.
Reposted by Sara Luterman
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January 15, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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Check out our Resource Hub:
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I was wrong. We need to RETVRN to when getting a weighted blanket involved getting a $300 custom product from some grandma in Idaho, whose promotional material exclusively depicted children. The drawbacks of being known to companies as a demographic is simply too great.
January 15, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I was wrong. We need to RETVRN to when getting a weighted blanket involved getting a $300 custom product from some grandma in Idaho, whose promotional material exclusively depicted children. The drawbacks of being known to companies as a demographic is simply too great.
Years ago, I wrote a piece about how marketing to autistic people was kind of nice because it means companies recognize we’re adults with money that is just as green as anyone else’s.
I take it back. Never mind.
I take it back. Never mind.
January 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Years ago, I wrote a piece about how marketing to autistic people was kind of nice because it means companies recognize we’re adults with money that is just as green as anyone else’s.
I take it back. Never mind.
I take it back. Never mind.
Not a *Canadian* national color, to be fair.
January 15, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Not a *Canadian* national color, to be fair.
It’s on a bunch of Arab countries’ flags, though.
January 15, 2026 at 5:13 PM
It’s on a bunch of Arab countries’ flags, though.
Reposted by Sara Luterman
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 14, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
I don’t think the undertone of these pieces is that women being horny is empowering. I think the undertone is that women being horny is unusual and requires extensive analysis as a result.
January 14, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I don’t think the undertone of these pieces is that women being horny is empowering. I think the undertone is that women being horny is unusual and requires extensive analysis as a result.
A million think pieces because a bunch of straight women find a relatively tame fantasy hot is just bananas. It’s not that interesting and not that deep.
January 14, 2026 at 2:47 PM
A million think pieces because a bunch of straight women find a relatively tame fantasy hot is just bananas. It’s not that interesting and not that deep.
That is… Not my point.
My point is that it’s absurd to write ten thousand think pieces about a horny gay hockey romance. You don’t see nearly the same amount of ink spilled about anything straight men find erotic (unless it’s VERY VERY weird and/or if there’s a body count).
My point is that it’s absurd to write ten thousand think pieces about a horny gay hockey romance. You don’t see nearly the same amount of ink spilled about anything straight men find erotic (unless it’s VERY VERY weird and/or if there’s a body count).
January 14, 2026 at 2:45 PM
That is… Not my point.
My point is that it’s absurd to write ten thousand think pieces about a horny gay hockey romance. You don’t see nearly the same amount of ink spilled about anything straight men find erotic (unless it’s VERY VERY weird and/or if there’s a body count).
My point is that it’s absurd to write ten thousand think pieces about a horny gay hockey romance. You don’t see nearly the same amount of ink spilled about anything straight men find erotic (unless it’s VERY VERY weird and/or if there’s a body count).