Sarah Valerio
@sarahssv.bsky.social
Corporate lawyer. Traveler / adventurer. Rescue animal advocate. Pittsburgh sports fan.
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The Texas chapter of the country’s second-largest teachers union sued state education officials, alleging their investigation of comments by 350 educators about Charlie Kirk’s killing last year violates free speech protections.
350 Texas teachers targeted for posts about Charlie Kirk, lawsuit says
A teachers union filed a lawsuit against Texas education officials, alleging violations of free speech protections for comments on the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The Texas chapter of the country’s second-largest teachers union sued state education officials, alleging their investigation of comments by 350 educators about Charlie Kirk’s killing last year violates free speech protections.
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There are several known instances of people developing dangerous delusions after extended conversations with artificial intelligence chatbots.
The key to recovering: learning to talk to other people again.
The key to recovering: learning to talk to other people again.
Recovering from AI delusions means learning to chat to humans again
People affected by AI-induced delusions, or “spiraling,” from intense chatbot interactions are finding help and community online.
wapo.st
January 5, 2026 at 5:00 AM
There are several known instances of people developing dangerous delusions after extended conversations with artificial intelligence chatbots.
The key to recovering: learning to talk to other people again.
The key to recovering: learning to talk to other people again.
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Democrats in Washington say primaries are simply part of life in a big-tent party. But privately, many see the surge in far-left challengers as an expensive headache that distracts from the party’s goal of seizing control of Congress next November. https://cnn.it/49nHmvN
December 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Democrats in Washington say primaries are simply part of life in a big-tent party. But privately, many see the surge in far-left challengers as an expensive headache that distracts from the party’s goal of seizing control of Congress next November. https://cnn.it/49nHmvN
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BREAKING: A group of soldiers has appeared on Benin’s state TV announcing the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup, the latest of many in West Africa.
Soldiers announce apparent military coup in Benin
A group of soldiers has appeared on Benin’s state TV announcing the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup, the latest of many in West Africa.
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December 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
BREAKING: A group of soldiers has appeared on Benin’s state TV announcing the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup, the latest of many in West Africa.
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Detroit Lions Rookie Asks For Thanksgiving Off
Detroit Lions Rookie Asks For Thanksgiving Off
DETROIT—Double-checking that he had approval before finalizing travel plans, Detroit Lions rookie Tate Ratledge reportedly approached head coach Dan Campbell on Monday to see if it might be possible f...
theonion.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Detroit Lions Rookie Asks For Thanksgiving Off
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Oregon is back in the top five and Miami leads pack of five ranked ACC teams in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday.
Oregon is back in the top five and Miami leads pack of five ranked ACC teams in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday.
November 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Oregon is back in the top five and Miami leads pack of five ranked ACC teams in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday.
Oregon is back in the top five and Miami leads pack of five ranked ACC teams in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday.
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Buried deep in the bill to end the government shutdown is a provision that would let Republican senators whose phone records were seized during the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection sue the federal government for damages.
Lawmakers outraged by provision allowing senators to sue over Jan. 6 records
The House won’t block the bill to reopen the government over the language, but Speaker Mike Johnson said he’ll seek to undo it next week.
wapo.st
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Buried deep in the bill to end the government shutdown is a provision that would let Republican senators whose phone records were seized during the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection sue the federal government for damages.
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More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.
Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century
More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.
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October 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.
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Breaking News: President Trump pardoned the billionaire founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, Changpeng Zhao. Zhao admitted in 2023 to money-laundering violations that allowed terrorists, drug traffickers and other criminals to move money on the platform. nyti.ms/3J9mazz
October 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Breaking News: President Trump pardoned the billionaire founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, Changpeng Zhao. Zhao admitted in 2023 to money-laundering violations that allowed terrorists, drug traffickers and other criminals to move money on the platform. nyti.ms/3J9mazz
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BREAKING: President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel said he is withdrawing from his confirmation hearing because he doesn't have the Republican votes "at this time."
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October 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
BREAKING: President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel said he is withdrawing from his confirmation hearing because he doesn't have the Republican votes "at this time."
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MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed the election technology company Smartmatic with false statements that its voting machines helped rig the 2020 presidential election, a federal judge in Minnesota ruled Friday.
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Judge rules 'MyPillow Guy' Mike Lindell defamed Smartmatic with false claims on voting machines
A federal judge in Minnesota has ruled that MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed election technology company Smartmatic by falsely claiming its voting machines helped rig the 2020 presidential electi...
apnews.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed the election technology company Smartmatic with false statements that its voting machines helped rig the 2020 presidential election, a federal judge in Minnesota ruled Friday.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to just over 4 years in prison, after a lengthy hearing during which Combs apologized to the ex-girlfriends who had accused him of sex trafficking.
“I hate myself right now. I’ve been stripped down to nothing,” he said.
“I hate myself right now. I’ve been stripped down to nothing,” he said.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was sentenced to over 4 years. Here’s what’s next.
The judge ordered Combs to pay a fine of $500,000 and imposed five years of supervised release once he completes his sentence. His defense is planning to appeal.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to just over 4 years in prison, after a lengthy hearing during which Combs apologized to the ex-girlfriends who had accused him of sex trafficking.
“I hate myself right now. I’ve been stripped down to nothing,” he said.
“I hate myself right now. I’ve been stripped down to nothing,” he said.
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First Woman Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/w...
First Woman Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
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October 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Robert Morris, the founder of a Texas megachurch with one of the nation’s largest congregations, pleaded guilty on Thursday to sexually abusing a girl in the 1980s, according to court documents.
Texas Megachurch Pastor Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Abuse
Robert Morris, the founder of Gateway Church, which has one of the nation’s largest congregations, admitted to sexually abusing a child in the 1980s.
nyti.ms
October 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Robert Morris, the founder of a Texas megachurch with one of the nation’s largest congregations, pleaded guilty on Thursday to sexually abusing a girl in the 1980s, according to court documents.
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President Trump told NBC News on Sunday that he believed it was possible that the Department of Justice could be investigating former FBI Director Christopher Wray. The statement came just days after the indictment of James Comey, another former FBI director and perceived foe of Trump’s.
Trump Raises Possibility of Inquiry Into Wray, Another Former F.B.I. Director
In a phone interview with NBC, Mr. Trump said an investigation of Christopher Wray could be underway, days after the Justice Department’s indictment of James B. Comey.
nyti.ms
September 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
President Trump told NBC News on Sunday that he believed it was possible that the Department of Justice could be investigating former FBI Director Christopher Wray. The statement came just days after the indictment of James Comey, another former FBI director and perceived foe of Trump’s.
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I remember Trump using the word “evil” to describe the opposition numerous times over the past months.
September 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I remember Trump using the word “evil” to describe the opposition numerous times over the past months.
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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Extraordinarily corrupt. I watched FCC chair Brendan Carr's full interview on Hannity. Carr basically said straight out that coverage of Trump he deems overly hostile can be decreed contrary to the "public interest," and thus grounds for yanking licenses:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
September 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Extraordinarily corrupt. I watched FCC chair Brendan Carr's full interview on Hannity. Carr basically said straight out that coverage of Trump he deems overly hostile can be decreed contrary to the "public interest," and thus grounds for yanking licenses:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
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we wrote about this WH tactic recently. they’re asking journalists for expert source names and then using them to look up political donations in FEC records to try to discredit those sources as biased.
www.npr.org/2025/08/18/n...
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I had this exact same experience this morning. Same reporter as Heidi.
This is *not* normal.
I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.
This is *not* normal.
I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.
September 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
we wrote about this WH tactic recently. they’re asking journalists for expert source names and then using them to look up political donations in FEC records to try to discredit those sources as biased.
www.npr.org/2025/08/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/18/n...
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I experienced this last week & refused, saying I had never before been asked to provide the names of any analysts I was planning to quote to get a comment. Spox replied that maybe they were D donors. (In that case, it was 3 retired top military JAG officers.) I guess that was not a weird oneoff.
we wrote about this WH tactic recently. they’re asking journalists for expert source names and then using them to look up political donations in FEC records to try to discredit those sources as biased.
www.npr.org/2025/08/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/18/n...
I had this exact same experience this morning. Same reporter as Heidi.
This is *not* normal.
I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.
This is *not* normal.
I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.
September 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I experienced this last week & refused, saying I had never before been asked to provide the names of any analysts I was planning to quote to get a comment. Spox replied that maybe they were D donors. (In that case, it was 3 retired top military JAG officers.) I guess that was not a weird oneoff.
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this is absolutely wild
the court *sua sponte* dismisses the case for violating Rule 8(a)
so that means the court, all on its own, looked at the complaint and said it's too long, too scattershot, too arbitrary to even count as a complaint. *never* seen this happen to a private party with counsel.
the court *sua sponte* dismisses the case for violating Rule 8(a)
so that means the court, all on its own, looked at the complaint and said it's too long, too scattershot, too arbitrary to even count as a complaint. *never* seen this happen to a private party with counsel.
September 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
this is absolutely wild
the court *sua sponte* dismisses the case for violating Rule 8(a)
so that means the court, all on its own, looked at the complaint and said it's too long, too scattershot, too arbitrary to even count as a complaint. *never* seen this happen to a private party with counsel.
the court *sua sponte* dismisses the case for violating Rule 8(a)
so that means the court, all on its own, looked at the complaint and said it's too long, too scattershot, too arbitrary to even count as a complaint. *never* seen this happen to a private party with counsel.
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The Senate is poised to confirm White House economic adviser Stephen Miran to a key role at the Federal Reserve.
It’s the first time in 90 years that a sitting White House official will have a role in setting monetary policy.
It’s the first time in 90 years that a sitting White House official will have a role in setting monetary policy.
Senate poised to confirm Trump adviser to top Fed role
The Senate is poised to confirm White House economic adviser Stephen Miran to the Fed, allowing him to join the independent central bank while remaining in the Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Senate is poised to confirm White House economic adviser Stephen Miran to a key role at the Federal Reserve.
It’s the first time in 90 years that a sitting White House official will have a role in setting monetary policy.
It’s the first time in 90 years that a sitting White House official will have a role in setting monetary policy.
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Britt Lower took home the #Emmy for best lead actress in a drama series for "Severance."
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September 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Britt Lower took home the #Emmy for best lead actress in a drama series for "Severance."
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Tramell Tillman took home the #Emmy for best supporting actor in a drama series for "Severance."
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September 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Tramell Tillman took home the #Emmy for best supporting actor in a drama series for "Severance."
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Hannah Einbinder took home the #Emmy for best supporting in a comedy series for "Hacks."
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September 15, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Hannah Einbinder took home the #Emmy for best supporting in a comedy series for "Hacks."
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