Sonja Riley-Swanbeck
@srileyswanbeck.bsky.social
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The voters, after 10 months of Republican government: holy fucking shit get me outta here
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The voters, after 10 months of Republican government: holy fucking shit get me outta here
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If I’m the president of npr and there is no federal funding…
Bring me Michelle Norris… and the swear words button
Bring me Michelle Norris… and the swear words button
a man is pointing up with his finger while holding a cell phone .
ALT: a man is pointing up with his finger while holding a cell phone .
media.tenor.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
If I’m the president of npr and there is no federal funding…
Bring me Michelle Norris… and the swear words button
Bring me Michelle Norris… and the swear words button
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Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
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People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
September 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
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A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
September 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
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In making unsupported claims about autism, the Trump administration is "pointing the finger" at parents and making them feel guilty, says autism community advocate Colin Killick.
Trump admin 'seems to care very little about autistic people,' says advocate
In making unsupported claims about autism, the Trump administration is "pointing the finger" at parents and making them feel guilty, says autism community advocate Colin Killick.
n.pr
September 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In making unsupported claims about autism, the Trump administration is "pointing the finger" at parents and making them feel guilty, says autism community advocate Colin Killick.
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I feel like news publications should put more energy into asking autistic people how they feel about all this because…
September 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I feel like news publications should put more energy into asking autistic people how they feel about all this because…
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This Kimmel thing is one of the first important blinks of the second Trump term. They have a tendency to breed others - so keep pushing.
September 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This Kimmel thing is one of the first important blinks of the second Trump term. They have a tendency to breed others - so keep pushing.
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Genuinely wild that basically every C-suite in America has forgotten why they were doing corporate pride stuff and anti-Trump signaling in 2017
US consumer facing brands when they realize the vast majority of consumption is done by white people with college degrees, a monolithically culturally liberal group
a cartoon pig with horns and a hat is being destroyed .
ALT: a cartoon pig with horns and a hat is being destroyed .
media.tenor.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Genuinely wild that basically every C-suite in America has forgotten why they were doing corporate pride stuff and anti-Trump signaling in 2017
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Lander does this shit when he's not even running for anything. The realest possible one
Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
September 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Lander does this shit when he's not even running for anything. The realest possible one
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Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
September 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
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WEIRD, HUH.
weird that neither of these articles two main stories decrying censorship mention WaPo's firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social I guess democracy really does die in darkness
September 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
WEIRD, HUH.
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This is what part of what it means to represent and fight for your people.
It's only going to get harder. We have to rely on each other and protect each other.
It's only going to get harder. We have to rely on each other and protect each other.
HAPPENING NOW: 11 lawmakers have been arrested by DHS on the tenth floor of 26 Federal Plaza after trying to gain access for over an hour.
September 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This is what part of what it means to represent and fight for your people.
It's only going to get harder. We have to rely on each other and protect each other.
It's only going to get harder. We have to rely on each other and protect each other.
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weird that neither of these articles two main stories decrying censorship mention WaPo's firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social I guess democracy really does die in darkness
September 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
weird that neither of these articles two main stories decrying censorship mention WaPo's firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social I guess democracy really does die in darkness
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I gave my heart and soul to that place. Built entire sections for journalists pushed out of their home countries.
When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.
I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.
When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.
I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.
weird that neither of these articles two main stories decrying censorship mention WaPo's firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social I guess democracy really does die in darkness
September 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I gave my heart and soul to that place. Built entire sections for journalists pushed out of their home countries.
When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.
I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.
When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.
I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.
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Just thinking about how the right made up an entirely fictional left wing character that resulted in so many bomb threats and the like and nobody will face consequences. But people on the left who accurately clocked the victim’s life work lost jobs.
September 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Just thinking about how the right made up an entirely fictional left wing character that resulted in so many bomb threats and the like and nobody will face consequences. But people on the left who accurately clocked the victim’s life work lost jobs.
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Kirk didn't serve in the military or hold office. The war hero treatment -- half-mast flags, military guard, Air Force Two escort, calls for a statue at the Capitol or to lie in the Rotunda -- shows that for MAGA, service to Trump has become the highest, most honorable form of service.
September 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Kirk didn't serve in the military or hold office. The war hero treatment -- half-mast flags, military guard, Air Force Two escort, calls for a statue at the Capitol or to lie in the Rotunda -- shows that for MAGA, service to Trump has become the highest, most honorable form of service.
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Everyone who sees Ezra Klein today should be like "what the fuck is wrong with you?"
September 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Everyone who sees Ezra Klein today should be like "what the fuck is wrong with you?"
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Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
September 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
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I understand that people who go to Ivy League schools are simply worth more than people who don’t but if it’s not too much trouble and you have the time perhaps one of our major news outlets could look into a major right-wing political operation being run at the ag science capital of the world
September 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I understand that people who go to Ivy League schools are simply worth more than people who don’t but if it’s not too much trouble and you have the time perhaps one of our major news outlets could look into a major right-wing political operation being run at the ag science capital of the world
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what an abhorrent day to be literate and have eyes
September 9, 2025 at 5:59 AM
what an abhorrent day to be literate and have eyes
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This graphic nails re the state of the Democratic Party/Leaders in Congress and they - specifically Senate Dems/Schumer - once again have a chance to reverse the narrative this month. Will they? www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
September 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This graphic nails re the state of the Democratic Party/Leaders in Congress and they - specifically Senate Dems/Schumer - once again have a chance to reverse the narrative this month. Will they? www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
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The literal opposite of what DC’s mayor has communicated. #FreeDC
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
September 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The literal opposite of what DC’s mayor has communicated. #FreeDC
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2 weeks after being violently attacked & arrested.
"Good job, Mayor Bowser. You're a Fascist, too.”
"Good job, Mayor Bowser. You're a Fascist, too.”
September 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
2 weeks after being violently attacked & arrested.
"Good job, Mayor Bowser. You're a Fascist, too.”
"Good job, Mayor Bowser. You're a Fascist, too.”