Sarah M Leopold
@sarahml.bsky.social
Poverty-fighter and small batch spirits enthusiast, navigating motherhood in the wild west.
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
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People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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In his Oval Office address on political violence, Trump lists the attempt on his life, the Scalise shooting, and attacks on ICE agents.
He does not mention Jan 6th, the attack on the Pelosi family, the Hortman murders, the kidnapping attempt on Gretchen Whitmer, or the fire at Gov Shapiro’s house.
He does not mention Jan 6th, the attack on the Pelosi family, the Hortman murders, the kidnapping attempt on Gretchen Whitmer, or the fire at Gov Shapiro’s house.
Trump: "For years those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism we're seeing in our country & it must stop right now. My admin will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity"
September 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
In his Oval Office address on political violence, Trump lists the attempt on his life, the Scalise shooting, and attacks on ICE agents.
He does not mention Jan 6th, the attack on the Pelosi family, the Hortman murders, the kidnapping attempt on Gretchen Whitmer, or the fire at Gov Shapiro’s house.
He does not mention Jan 6th, the attack on the Pelosi family, the Hortman murders, the kidnapping attempt on Gretchen Whitmer, or the fire at Gov Shapiro’s house.
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ICYMI: The Senate today voted 52-48 to overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule limiting overdraft fees to $5. Score one for those plucky big banks and predatory fees!
All Democrats and Josh Hawley voted no.
Bill headed to the House. @5calls.org script @ 5calls.org/issue/overdr...
All Democrats and Josh Hawley voted no.
Bill headed to the House. @5calls.org script @ 5calls.org/issue/overdr...
Senate votes to overturn CFPB overdraft rule, in new blow for agency
The vote comes as the consumer bureau, long a target of Republicans’ ire, is facing dramatic cuts by the Trump administration.
www.politico.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
ICYMI: The Senate today voted 52-48 to overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule limiting overdraft fees to $5. Score one for those plucky big banks and predatory fees!
All Democrats and Josh Hawley voted no.
Bill headed to the House. @5calls.org script @ 5calls.org/issue/overdr...
All Democrats and Josh Hawley voted no.
Bill headed to the House. @5calls.org script @ 5calls.org/issue/overdr...
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He's running our country like one of his casinos, where the lights and the noise keep people from noticing the grime (and the crime) all around them, and where the free buffet and the chance at a big payoff are designed to make people forget that the house always wins.
February 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
He's running our country like one of his casinos, where the lights and the noise keep people from noticing the grime (and the crime) all around them, and where the free buffet and the chance at a big payoff are designed to make people forget that the house always wins.
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Trump’s tax agenda outlined by the White House today will add at least $5 trillion to the debt, potentially much more. Per new analysis by nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. www.crfb.org/blogs/trump-...
February 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Trump’s tax agenda outlined by the White House today will add at least $5 trillion to the debt, potentially much more. Per new analysis by nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. www.crfb.org/blogs/trump-...
This is not leadership.
Darren Beattie, Trump’s new acting Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, once posted, “Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work.” Beattie also posted I need to “learn” my “place” and “take a knee to MAGA.” 1/2
February 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This is not leadership.
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“But her emails!”
Arguably the biggest national security breach in U.S. history. Private employees downloading personnel data on every federal employee and tax and social security data on every American onto private unsecured servers. Needless to say, completely illegal and subject to major prison sentences.
3/ different pieces fit together. There also seems to be a significant amount of downloading government data onto private servers, etc, totally outside any cybersecurity regime. Additionally it’s unclear to the people inside whether the people doing these things actually work for the US govt…
February 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“But her emails!”
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So, Mexico has agreed to do what it is already doing?
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
February 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
So, Mexico has agreed to do what it is already doing?
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
The retaliation begins. Goes without saying this isn't good for American producers.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Ontario yanking U.S. alcohol from LCBO shelves in response to Donald Trump’s tariffs, Doug Ford says
The LCBO will be removing American products from shelves and its catalogue beginning Tuesday in response to U.S. tariffs on Canada.
www.thestar.com
February 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The retaliation begins. Goes without saying this isn't good for American producers.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
To what end?
Actual pic of me trying to print out information on pertussis for the patient I’m testing for it. So whooping cough is too political now??
February 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
To what end?
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It's striking how this latest edict --trying to drive K-12 curriculum from the White House--contradicts language in a Department of Ed press release just last week which professes total allegiance to LOCAL CONTROL in explaining its decision to rescind Biden's "book banning hoax."
January 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It's striking how this latest edict --trying to drive K-12 curriculum from the White House--contradicts language in a Department of Ed press release just last week which professes total allegiance to LOCAL CONTROL in explaining its decision to rescind Biden's "book banning hoax."
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I am one of these NSF postdocs. NSF has frozen everyone’s access to their salaries and research stipends (that were already awarded) with no information about when they might be expected to be unfrozen. It still appears like we are expected to continue doing our work though.
Apparently all the PhD researchers holding prestigious NSF-funded research fellowships are having their salaries withheld until some unspecified time when the leadership figures out how to eliminate any grant funding that doesn’t align with the president’s political ideology.
It’s official: all funding requests made on Tuesday by postdocs for their salaries have been unilaterally rejected by NSF.
January 31, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I am one of these NSF postdocs. NSF has frozen everyone’s access to their salaries and research stipends (that were already awarded) with no information about when they might be expected to be unfrozen. It still appears like we are expected to continue doing our work though.
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Kailee Buller was just appointed as Chief of Staff of the USDA.
She is President and CEO of a lobbying organization for canola and other seed oils.
You know…the oils that MAHA claims (without evidence) are the cause of chronic health conditions.
Cleaning up the corruption. Someone tell MAHA.
She is President and CEO of a lobbying organization for canola and other seed oils.
You know…the oils that MAHA claims (without evidence) are the cause of chronic health conditions.
Cleaning up the corruption. Someone tell MAHA.
January 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Kailee Buller was just appointed as Chief of Staff of the USDA.
She is President and CEO of a lobbying organization for canola and other seed oils.
You know…the oils that MAHA claims (without evidence) are the cause of chronic health conditions.
Cleaning up the corruption. Someone tell MAHA.
She is President and CEO of a lobbying organization for canola and other seed oils.
You know…the oils that MAHA claims (without evidence) are the cause of chronic health conditions.
Cleaning up the corruption. Someone tell MAHA.
Bright spots...
This thread will be stories of how people hold the line--continue to behave responsibly and ethically.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey pushed back Thursday on Trump administration plans to review a newly negotiated police-reform agreement with the city: “Regardless of the Trump administration’s announcement, we will be moving forward with the terms outlined in the consent decree.” buff.ly/3Eb8PE8
January 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Bright spots...
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Trump taxes Americans to retaliate at Colombia.
January 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Trump taxes Americans to retaliate at Colombia.
This is a good read.
As promised: a write-up of what it's like to sit 11 rows back from Trump's podium on the worst political day of your life
How Not To See
A Front Row Seat To The Inauguration
www.bannedinyourstate.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is a good read.
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H.R.792 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to arrange for the carving of the figure of President Donald J. Trump on Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
filed by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.)
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
filed by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.)
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
January 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
H.R.792 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to arrange for the carving of the figure of President Donald J. Trump on Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
filed by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.)
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
filed by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.)
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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My deeply reported story about the five-years-later impact of Trump gutting two research agencies got BURIED in all the news yesterday.
Please read and share it!
Please read and share it!
During Trump's first term, the USDA gave hundreds of expert agricultural economists and researchers an ultimatum: Relocate across the country on a few weeks' notice, or lose your job. The results were devastating – a generational brain drain. Trump's not done.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Trump Has A Plan To Sabotage The Government — And It Worked Perfectly His First Term
The first Trump administration's strategy caused a "brain drain" and a generational blow to American agricultural research. And Trump’s not finished.
www.huffpost.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
My deeply reported story about the five-years-later impact of Trump gutting two research agencies got BURIED in all the news yesterday.
Please read and share it!
Please read and share it!
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First post here. First day of heading to work in a practice where I care for many kids of immigrants, some here legally some not; and for trans young people. Caught somewhere between despondent and pissed that I can’t protect these kids but violent insurrectionists are protected by our president.
January 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
First post here. First day of heading to work in a practice where I care for many kids of immigrants, some here legally some not; and for trans young people. Caught somewhere between despondent and pissed that I can’t protect these kids but violent insurrectionists are protected by our president.
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Trump has rescinded a Biden executive order calling for the development of policies to lower drug costs for people in Medicare and Medicaid.
January 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Trump has rescinded a Biden executive order calling for the development of policies to lower drug costs for people in Medicare and Medicaid.
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Its a workers party now
January 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Its a workers party now
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Government website that outlines reproductive rights, abortion rights, and reproductive care is offline just hours after Trump takes office.
www.reproductiverights.gov
www.reproductiverights.gov
rights.gov
January 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Government website that outlines reproductive rights, abortion rights, and reproductive care is offline just hours after Trump takes office.
www.reproductiverights.gov
www.reproductiverights.gov