Sarah C. Jones
@sarahcjones.bsky.social
seeker of truth | fan of the Constitution | proponent of community | writer, editor, PageSmythe | aspiring dragon slayer | inclined 2be hopeful | progressive | Episcopalian | fascinated by politics | fond of chickens & cats https://sarahcjones.substack.com
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Yes, Our Constitutional Republic Can Fall
We are well on the way
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Another love letter to my family and friends.
"[A]fter all this time, with everything that’s happened, and everything that’s been revealed, I have to wonder if you are (and am astonished that you may) still be standing by Mr. Trump and his administration."
"[A]fter all this time, with everything that’s happened, and everything that’s been revealed, I have to wonder if you are (and am astonished that you may) still be standing by Mr. Trump and his administration."
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***URGENT ACTION ITEM***
Call the senators who are in negotiations to cave to the GOP ***without*** solid extensions to the ACA. This is giving away our ONLY leverage. Make them abolish the filibuster!
Call the senators who are in negotiations to cave to the GOP ***without*** solid extensions to the ACA. This is giving away our ONLY leverage. Make them abolish the filibuster!
Sarah C. Jones (@sarahcjones)
***ACTION ITEM**** THEY ARE THINKING OF CAVING WITHOUT SOLID CONCESSIONS: Tell these senators—“Do not join Republicans on a clean or near-clean reopening that gives away ACA subsidies, SNAP protection...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
***URGENT ACTION ITEM***
Call the senators who are in negotiations to cave to the GOP ***without*** solid extensions to the ACA. This is giving away our ONLY leverage. Make them abolish the filibuster!
Call the senators who are in negotiations to cave to the GOP ***without*** solid extensions to the ACA. This is giving away our ONLY leverage. Make them abolish the filibuster!
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If we want to stop the kidnappings and these agents require anonymity to commit these actions, then we must remove the masks.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If we want to stop the kidnappings and these agents require anonymity to commit these actions, then we must remove the masks.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
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The father of four, who had settled in Colorado and gotten his commercial driver’s license, was driving a truck through Indiana when he was taken by masked ICE agents in October.
Afghan immigrant who helped U.S. military fight Taliban arrested by ICE
The father of four, who had settled in Colorado and gotten his commercial driver’s license, was driving a truck through Indiana when he was taken by masked ICE agents in October
coloradosun.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The father of four, who had settled in Colorado and gotten his commercial driver’s license, was driving a truck through Indiana when he was taken by masked ICE agents in October.
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This racist administration.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This racist administration.
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“I’ve been a minimum wage worker my whole life. I feel like my government is attacking their own people.”
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 AM
“I’ve been a minimum wage worker my whole life. I feel like my government is attacking their own people.”
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Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It newrepublic.com/article/2026... via @newrepublic.com
Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It
A government that flouts the Fourth Amendment and then lies about it to courts and the people has crossed a moral and legal frontier.
newrepublic.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It newrepublic.com/article/2026... via @newrepublic.com
This administration. So many swear words.
"Like a bunch of gangsters": 100+ nations were set to approve a historic plan to slash pollution from cargo ships. Then the US stepped in. Diplomats were stunned by “nasty” and “very personal” threats, including blacklisting, financial penalties, tariffs, sanctions, and the revocation of US visas.
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
This administration. So many swear words.
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I still can’t get over the 100,000+ patriots in Chicago who protested against the orange felon during the No Kings marches last month. More of this.
November 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I still can’t get over the 100,000+ patriots in Chicago who protested against the orange felon during the No Kings marches last month. More of this.
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Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
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The Spanberger-Sherrill-Mamdani axis hints at the outlines of an emerging Democratic coalition for the Trump 2.0 era. It can and should be organized around both anti-Trump and affordability politics.
Because they are often deeply complementary or even one and the same. trib.al/H2GGgET
Because they are often deeply complementary or even one and the same. trib.al/H2GGgET
Trump Humiliation Worsens as Fresh Info Reveals Scale of GOP Losses
The results showed that Democrats don’t have to choose between attacking Trump and highlighting the economy. In fact, they are often inseparable.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The Spanberger-Sherrill-Mamdani axis hints at the outlines of an emerging Democratic coalition for the Trump 2.0 era. It can and should be organized around both anti-Trump and affordability politics.
Because they are often deeply complementary or even one and the same. trib.al/H2GGgET
Because they are often deeply complementary or even one and the same. trib.al/H2GGgET
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What good is voting in the US if the Speaker won't swear in the person you voted for?
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
What good is voting in the US if the Speaker won't swear in the person you voted for?
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“as the…administration has rescinded its support for scientific research, restricted vaccine access, dismissed expert advisers, attacked doctors & scientists, & worked to curtail health-insurance coverage, researchers & health-care workers have had a surge of interest in running for office.”🧪🛟
The Epidemiologists Are Running for Office
Instead of trying to depoliticize their field, a swell of scientists want to become politicians.
www.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“as the…administration has rescinded its support for scientific research, restricted vaccine access, dismissed expert advisers, attacked doctors & scientists, & worked to curtail health-insurance coverage, researchers & health-care workers have had a surge of interest in running for office.”🧪🛟
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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... I never understood why ICE agents were allowed to be masked and unidentifable. They could be anyone and now it seems violent thug are impersonating them.
FBI wants masked ICE agents to ID themselves amid surge of criminal impersonators
FBI warned that anonymous agents harm ‘trust between the local community and law enforcement officers’
www.independent.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 AM
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... I never understood why ICE agents were allowed to be masked and unidentifable. They could be anyone and now it seems violent thug are impersonating them.
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Olivia Laing: ‘I’m interested in fluidity, complexity, ambivalence, and that’s true politically and socially too’
Olivia Laing: ‘I’m interested in fluidity, complexity, ambivalence, and that’s true politically and socially too’
The author on being publically nonbinary; their new book, The Silver Book; and how Pier Paolo Pasolini foresaw that the far right would rise again
www.irishtimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Olivia Laing: ‘I’m interested in fluidity, complexity, ambivalence, and that’s true politically and socially too’
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Succession and evolution in a pond environment. From my coming book PONDS: An Illustrated Guide, Yale University Press, ~January 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #succession #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #freshwater #ecology
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #succession #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #freshwater #ecology
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Succession and evolution in a pond environment. From my coming book PONDS: An Illustrated Guide, Yale University Press, ~January 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #succession #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #freshwater #ecology
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #succession #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #freshwater #ecology
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Well done, Los Angeles Times, for naming the real villains in this story- the Republican party.
#Shutdown
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
#Shutdown
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: The real reason Republicans shut down the government
They're still fighting against Obamacare and trying to erase the progress it made. To ensure that millions lose health coverage, the GOP is willing to starve children.
www.latimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Well done, Los Angeles Times, for naming the real villains in this story- the Republican party.
#Shutdown
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
#Shutdown
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Truth.
One thing that strikes me is just how fake all of our problems related to government are
The filibuster isn't in the Constitution, and every single Framer would be apoplectic that it exists.
The government shutdown was invented in 1980
The 9-justices limit was invented to stop the New Deal
The filibuster isn't in the Constitution, and every single Framer would be apoplectic that it exists.
The government shutdown was invented in 1980
The 9-justices limit was invented to stop the New Deal
November 8, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Truth.
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🚨BREAKING: Alabama Republicans are pushing a new law that would let the state redo its primaries if the U.S. Supreme Court weakens protections against racial gerrymandering — a move that would open the door for politicians to throw out election results after voters have already spoken.
Alabama GOP Wants Do-Over Elections if SCOTUS Weakens Protections for Black Voters
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
🚨BREAKING: Alabama Republicans are pushing a new law that would let the state redo its primaries if the U.S. Supreme Court weakens protections against racial gerrymandering — a move that would open the door for politicians to throw out election results after voters have already spoken.