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Sawyer Hackett

@sawyerhackett.bsky.social

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Democratic strategist and consultant. Obama alumni. Senior Advisor - Sec. Julián Castro. Find me on Bluesky/IG/TikTok/Youtube.

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 3h

Trump’s deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Chicago is a national emergency

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 1d

What do Los Angeles, DC, Chicago, and Portland have in common?

They’re all cities where violent crime has plummeted over the last two years.

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Watch me make dumplings while I explain how Trump is trying to declare martial law

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 2d

ACA subsidies are important. Govt shutdowns are bad.

But at this point—if Democrats ever want power again—there shouldn’t be a cooperative vote on *anything* that moves in Congress until the masked police forces and troop deployments end.

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 5d

You need to know about NSPM-7: Trump’s new blueprint to police “pre-crime”

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 6d

Immigrants don’t get government health care—they subsidize ours.

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 7d

Here’s my messaging advice for Democrats during this shutdown: “go f*ck yourself”

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 8d

If Dems are weak on the shutdown fight, why are Trump and Republicans desperately lying to spin it?

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 9d

The government will shut down in less than 36 hours.

Time for Democrats to show they're not b*tches.

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 14d

They’ve created a situation where it’s impossible to trust the FBI and federal law enforcement in crisis situations.

They lie. Constantly. They spin before we know basic facts. They instantly politicize tragedies.

Why the fuck should we trust them?

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 14d

NEW: after shooting at ICE facility targeting DETAINEES—the Trump admin is trying to blame the left.

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 14d

They’re doing it again. Local news is reporting that all of the victims are DETAINEES—not ICE agents.

But instead of waiting for the facts—the DHS secretary is victimizing ICE agents. Pathetic.

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 15d

If ANY person in a Democratic admin—from a cabinet secretary to an intern—accepted a $50,000 bribe in a brown paper bag, it would be a nonstop story for weeks or months.

But for Trump, it’s a one-day story.

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 15d

By the end of the day, we’ll have the votes to release the Epstein files

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 15d

Have you noticed that Trump hasn’t fired any of his own staff since taking office?

Watch me make enchiladas while I explain why.

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 19d

No one is coming to save us.

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 19d

NEW AP poll: less than half of Republicans now feel the country is headed in the right direction—down from 70% in June.

Overall, just 24% of Americans say we’re headed in the right direction.

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 19d

I’m anti fascist. Come and get me bitch.

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 20d

Trump plans to label ‘Antifa’ as terrorists—that should scare you.

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 21d

Trump plans to sell TikTok to another right-wing billionaire ally.

…and China would keep the algorithm.

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 23d

Trump wants to use Charlie Kirk’s death for another authoritarian crackdown

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thank you @sawyerhackett.bsky.social for this.👇

Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · Aug 11

Trump’s military “takeover” of DC has nothing to do with law enforcement

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sallyforjustice @sallyforjustice.bsky.social · Sep 4

@sawyerhackett.bsky.social posts are concise, well researched, and excellent takes on the current important events in trump-world. Give him a watch! And his cooking looks yummy too!

Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · Aug 25

Watch me cook dinner while I explain how Trump has gone full dictator in 7 months

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 26d

It appears Charlie Kirk’s killer wasn’t a “radical leftist” at all

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 27d

Charlie Kirk’s assassination is a reminder: empathy is not the enemy.

Stay safe.

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