Sarah Christopherson
@sarahcgchris.bsky.social
Past: Congress 2005-2015. Current: tax lobbyist, but the poor kind
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The public has supported raising taxes on the ultrarich and corporations for years, but policymakers have failed to act.
→ Raising taxes on the rich makes good economic and political sense.
EPI’s latest report from @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social 1/
→ Raising taxes on the rich makes good economic and political sense.
EPI’s latest report from @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social 1/
Raising taxes on the ultrarich: A necessary first step to restore faith in American democracy and the public sector
Summary The public has supported raising taxes on the ultrarich and corporations for years, but policymakers have not responded. Small increases in taxes on the rich that were instituted during time...
www.epi.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The public has supported raising taxes on the ultrarich and corporations for years, but policymakers have failed to act.
→ Raising taxes on the rich makes good economic and political sense.
EPI’s latest report from @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social 1/
→ Raising taxes on the rich makes good economic and political sense.
EPI’s latest report from @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social 1/
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“There are some stories where there are no winners—only losers. This is one of those stories.”
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Epstein’s journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“There are some stories where there are no winners—only losers. This is one of those stories.”
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The consequences of this are going to play out for *decades* if not the rest of everyone living's lives, and I bet within a year or less it's going to be the hip thing to tell people to stop bringing it up, how long are you going to keep blaming this thing that happened during early Trump II.
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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DOGE did not fail in any way to accomplish its goals.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter reut.rs/4abeTdx
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
The Department of Government Efficiency claimed to have slashed tens of billions of dollars in expenditures, but it was impossible for outside financial experts to verify that because the unit did not provide detailed public accounting of its work.
reut.rs
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
DOGE did not fail in any way to accomplish its goals.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
I love the Mamdani visit for how it just neutered 1000 GOP midterm ads in the making… but David’s not wrong.
Same deal w/Biden’s chummy post-election mtg w/Trump.
That kind of thing has way more public impact than House Dems voting for a throwaway HRes about Stalin and Castro.
Same deal w/Biden’s chummy post-election mtg w/Trump.
That kind of thing has way more public impact than House Dems voting for a throwaway HRes about Stalin and Castro.
November 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I love the Mamdani visit for how it just neutered 1000 GOP midterm ads in the making… but David’s not wrong.
Same deal w/Biden’s chummy post-election mtg w/Trump.
That kind of thing has way more public impact than House Dems voting for a throwaway HRes about Stalin and Castro.
Same deal w/Biden’s chummy post-election mtg w/Trump.
That kind of thing has way more public impact than House Dems voting for a throwaway HRes about Stalin and Castro.
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I also know a thing or two about the American elite, ahem, and they are very good at ignoring, compartmentalizing, and overlooking the bad behavior of others to advance their own careers
Someday you, too, could have the moral fortitude to look upon a years-long rape circus organized by the nation's most powerful elites and declare, "The people upset about this are speaking about it the wrong way."
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I also know a thing or two about the American elite, ahem, and they are very good at ignoring, compartmentalizing, and overlooking the bad behavior of others to advance their own careers
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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Here are the 28 Democrats who voted to interfere in DC’s governance and bring back racist cash bail that’s been outlawed for decades.
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Here are the 28 Democrats who voted to interfere in DC’s governance and bring back racist cash bail that’s been outlawed for decades.
YES. Full stop.
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
YES. Full stop.
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I mean, it’s not criminal to ask a convicted pedophile’s advice on how to get in the pants of a mentee while calling her a racial slur, but maybe you should be shunned by decent society.
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I mean, it’s not criminal to ask a convicted pedophile’s advice on how to get in the pants of a mentee while calling her a racial slur, but maybe you should be shunned by decent society.
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Oh and like SIX HUNDRED people got FIRED for posting about Charlie Kirk's death so I really don't want to fucking hear it about cancel culture run amok with Larry Summers, thanks!
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Oh and like SIX HUNDRED people got FIRED for posting about Charlie Kirk's death so I really don't want to fucking hear it about cancel culture run amok with Larry Summers, thanks!
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Summers called a Chinese professor "peril" (horribly offensive) while describing in detail TO A CHILD RAPIST months' worth of manipulations & harassment of her.
Sometimes things don't have to be "criminal" to result in consequences. Perhaps a new concept for white dudes, but there it is.
Sometimes things don't have to be "criminal" to result in consequences. Perhaps a new concept for white dudes, but there it is.
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Summers called a Chinese professor "peril" (horribly offensive) while describing in detail TO A CHILD RAPIST months' worth of manipulations & harassment of her.
Sometimes things don't have to be "criminal" to result in consequences. Perhaps a new concept for white dudes, but there it is.
Sometimes things don't have to be "criminal" to result in consequences. Perhaps a new concept for white dudes, but there it is.
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Good. I'm guessing there's a strong chance he sexually harassed someone while they were actually at Harvard, given what the "peril" emails reveal about his behavior and attitudes. In which case tenure revocation and dismissal is necessary. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard To Launch New Investigation Into Epstein’s Ties to Summers, Other University Affiliates | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard will open a new probe into former University President Lawrence H. Summers’ connections with convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein, after newly released documents revealed the two ...
www.thecrimson.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Good. I'm guessing there's a strong chance he sexually harassed someone while they were actually at Harvard, given what the "peril" emails reveal about his behavior and attitudes. In which case tenure revocation and dismissal is necessary. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Single-tracking on red line, standing room only train, and some douchebag thinks his computer bag deserves its own seat and won’t move it (till I threatened to sit on it)
Anyway, Steven D Shipe, partner at Barnes & Thornburg, you can be an ass OR work on sensitive proprietary emails. But not both.
Anyway, Steven D Shipe, partner at Barnes & Thornburg, you can be an ass OR work on sensitive proprietary emails. But not both.
November 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Single-tracking on red line, standing room only train, and some douchebag thinks his computer bag deserves its own seat and won’t move it (till I threatened to sit on it)
Anyway, Steven D Shipe, partner at Barnes & Thornburg, you can be an ass OR work on sensitive proprietary emails. But not both.
Anyway, Steven D Shipe, partner at Barnes & Thornburg, you can be an ass OR work on sensitive proprietary emails. But not both.
Apropos of nothing at all, Mark Sanford‘s Argentinian mistress was also a journalist
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Apropos of nothing at all, Mark Sanford‘s Argentinian mistress was also a journalist
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That's Leo Gottlieb professor (emeritus) and senior Sen. Elizabeth Warren to Harvard administrators, to be clear. Pop me some popcorn.
Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
November 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
That's Leo Gottlieb professor (emeritus) and senior Sen. Elizabeth Warren to Harvard administrators, to be clear. Pop me some popcorn.
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WATCH LIVE | The Billionaire Takeover: Power, Greed, and the Fight for Democracy
Our panel with @prospect.org features @chuck77.bsky.social, @greenwell.bsky.social, @safiyanoble.bsky.social, and @adambecker.bsky.social for a conversation about America's unprecedented concentration of wealth.
Our panel with @prospect.org features @chuck77.bsky.social, @greenwell.bsky.social, @safiyanoble.bsky.social, and @adambecker.bsky.social for a conversation about America's unprecedented concentration of wealth.
The Billionaire Takeover: Power, Greed, and the Fight for Democracy
YouTube video by The American Prospect
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
WATCH LIVE | The Billionaire Takeover: Power, Greed, and the Fight for Democracy
Our panel with @prospect.org features @chuck77.bsky.social, @greenwell.bsky.social, @safiyanoble.bsky.social, and @adambecker.bsky.social for a conversation about America's unprecedented concentration of wealth.
Our panel with @prospect.org features @chuck77.bsky.social, @greenwell.bsky.social, @safiyanoble.bsky.social, and @adambecker.bsky.social for a conversation about America's unprecedented concentration of wealth.
Excellent piece that also alludes to just how deeply weird these tech overlord would-be authoritarians close to Vance are
The Vice President is an extremist, and he associates with extremists. That hasn't gotten a lot of attention from the mainstream press.
I wrote about that for my newsletter
I wrote about that for my newsletter
We need to talk about JD
Not nearly enough news coverage has focused on JD Vance's influences and his extreme views.
madness.ghost.io
November 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Excellent piece that also alludes to just how deeply weird these tech overlord would-be authoritarians close to Vance are
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Wait, how has Summers not been fired/let go/whatever yet?
This is absolutely disgusting. Larry Summers discussed wanting to fuck a former Harvard student who was Chinese with Epstein. He nick named her "peril" a reference to the racist "yellow peril."
Larry Summers needs to resign.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Larry Summers needs to resign.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Wait, how has Summers not been fired/let go/whatever yet?
Hey @americanprogress.bsky.social @budgetlab.bsky.social you gonna sever all ties with Larry Summers or do we have to start holding up signs with his emails at your events?
This is some horrifying predatory shit.
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Hey @americanprogress.bsky.social @budgetlab.bsky.social you gonna sever all ties with Larry Summers or do we have to start holding up signs with his emails at your events?
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Look, I know this weaponization of male academic interest is the oldest story in the book, but it’s just so, so pernicious. It’s awful to the women directly involved, but it’s also awful to *all* women in the academy, who have to live in its shadow all the time.
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Look, I know this weaponization of male academic interest is the oldest story in the book, but it’s just so, so pernicious. It’s awful to the women directly involved, but it’s also awful to *all* women in the academy, who have to live in its shadow all the time.
Compare the framing, headline, and linguistic choices in this piece with the NYT one. It turns out you *can* cover Epstein’s network without nostalgia porn for the lost clubby camaraderie of NYC’s rich pedophiles.
some notable things in this excellent Bloomberg story - www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
how much of it connects through Harvard, and how many of these people are now in the AI field.
how much of it connects through Harvard, and how many of these people are now in the AI field.
Jeffrey Epstein Leaned on His Elite Network for Help as Investigators Closed In
A cache of 18,000 messages shows the elite support the disgraced financier got in his “hour of terror.”
www.bloomberg.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Compare the framing, headline, and linguistic choices in this piece with the NYT one. It turns out you *can* cover Epstein’s network without nostalgia porn for the lost clubby camaraderie of NYC’s rich pedophiles.
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Larry Summers is still on multiple prestigious boards, a fellow at think tanks, etc. @americanprogress.bsky.social you going to do anything about this?
Larry Summers (World Bank/Clinton admin/Harvard president/Obama admin) yukking it up with Jeffrey Epstein about women being dumb and society coming down too hard on perverts makes me wonder how all women are not constantly Becoming The Joker
November 16, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Larry Summers is still on multiple prestigious boards, a fellow at think tanks, etc. @americanprogress.bsky.social you going to do anything about this?