Sarah Darer Littman
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MG and YA novelist, INFLUENCED, Sydney Taylor Honor book SOME KIND OF HATE, DEEPFAKE, and many more. Teacher, dot connector, columnist. Leviticus 19:33 sarahdarerlittman.com
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Active, willful harm to the republic.
The Trump admin has decimated American science budgets, taking away life saving opportunities, and the potential for groundbreaking discoveries.
This is how you destroy American innovation.
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This is how you destroy American innovation.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump administration has cut or frozen $177 billion in grants across every state, analysis shows
An analysis finds that the Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term.
apnews.com
September 18, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Active, willful harm to the republic.
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ICE has lost count of how many of its detainees have suffered miscarriages, The Guardian reports:
Revealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant women
ICE says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025. Lawmakers, advocates and immigration attorneys have raised alarms that pregnant detainees are not receiving basic prenatal care and screenings
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2026 at 8:36 PM
ICE has lost count of how many of its detainees have suffered miscarriages, The Guardian reports:
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If you’ve been following my coverage of Katie Phang’s lawsuit, this is a big development.
September 18, 2026 at 5:16 PM
If you’ve been following my coverage of Katie Phang’s lawsuit, this is a big development.
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Props to whover asked this
Q: You posted that you intend to ban CNN, Politico, and MS Now from the White House. Every president takes an oath to uphold the Constitution, which includes the First Amendment. How do you justify this?
TRUMP: Because they're fake news. There may be others to join them.
TRUMP: Because they're fake news. There may be others to join them.
September 18, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Props to whover asked this
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When you require some residents to carry ID, you ultimately make everyone carry it and be prepared to show it. That's just how fascism works.
BASH: He's a US citizen
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: He wasn't arrested
BASH: He was arrested. He was later released, but he was arrested. Do Americans need to carry around proof of citizenship now?
MULLIN: If you're a citizen, you have no reason to fear
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: He wasn't arrested
BASH: He was arrested. He was later released, but he was arrested. Do Americans need to carry around proof of citizenship now?
MULLIN: If you're a citizen, you have no reason to fear
September 18, 2026 at 8:10 PM
When you require some residents to carry ID, you ultimately make everyone carry it and be prepared to show it. That's just how fascism works.
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Joe Rogan suddenly acting like he was an innocent bystander for years and had no idea what Trump was all about until now and did nothing to help get him elected is pretty weak and pathetic. Just own it.
September 18, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Joe Rogan suddenly acting like he was an innocent bystander for years and had no idea what Trump was all about until now and did nothing to help get him elected is pretty weak and pathetic. Just own it.
I already had Anthropic use nine of my books without permission or compensation. Now we have to worry about being cloned? F*ck no. www.wired.com/story/napste...
Napster Is Back, and It Wants to Digitally Clone Teachers
Once the music industry’s biggest headache, Napster’s next act is bringing AI to the classroom.
www.wired.com
September 18, 2026 at 11:55 AM
I already had Anthropic use nine of my books without permission or compensation. Now we have to worry about being cloned? F*ck no. www.wired.com/story/napste...
Murphy seeks to bar ICE enforcement at playgrounds, bus stops ctmirror.org/2026/09/17/m...
Murphy seeks to bar ICE enforcement at playgrounds, bus stops
Murphy's trio of bills comes in response to a four-day ICE operation in Danbury that resulted in 118 arrests. The bills face long odds.
ctmirror.org
September 18, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Murphy seeks to bar ICE enforcement at playgrounds, bus stops ctmirror.org/2026/09/17/m...
Crypto-billionaires buying up land to set up independent "network states" is the new colonialism.
Nevis is not for sale – the crypto-billionaires must go
AS A proud daughter of Nevis, whose Nevis-born parents came to Britain as part of the Windrush generation, I look toward September 19, when St Kitts and Nevis marks 43 years of independence from Brita...
morningstaronline.co.uk
September 18, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Crypto-billionaires buying up land to set up independent "network states" is the new colonialism.
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A federal immigration officer wanted on assault charges for shooting and wounding a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis has been arrested there, eight months after a confrontation that became a flashpoint over President Trump’s deportation sweeps.
ICE agent charged with assault, jailed in Minnesota
ICE agent Christian Castro was taken into custody in downtown Minneapolis and was booked into the Hennepin County jail.
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September 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
A federal immigration officer wanted on assault charges for shooting and wounding a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis has been arrested there, eight months after a confrontation that became a flashpoint over President Trump’s deportation sweeps.
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AFP photographer Brendan Smialowski's photo of Trump checking out a Pulte visual aid has now become a court exhibit in Joyce Beatty's heroic fight to save the Kennedy Center.
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September 17, 2026 at 1:11 PM
AFP photographer Brendan Smialowski's photo of Trump checking out a Pulte visual aid has now become a court exhibit in Joyce Beatty's heroic fight to save the Kennedy Center.
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When the Speaker of the House abdicates his responsibilities, putting party over country.
Congress Left Town & Trump Will Fill the Vacuum.
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Congress Left Town & Trump Will Fill the Vacuum.
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Congress Left Town & Trump Will Fill the Vacuum.
The House left Washington. The constitutional authority it declined to exercise didn’t disappear; it simply shifted to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
lcfrancis.substack.com
September 17, 2026 at 11:31 AM
When the Speaker of the House abdicates his responsibilities, putting party over country.
Congress Left Town & Trump Will Fill the Vacuum.
lcfrancis.substack.com/p/congress-l...
Congress Left Town & Trump Will Fill the Vacuum.
lcfrancis.substack.com/p/congress-l...
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Mike Johnson would rather shut down the House and send us all home than let members vote on Pete Hegseth’s impeachment.
This is what it looks like when you’re more interested in protecting your own than answering to the American people.
This is what it looks like when you’re more interested in protecting your own than answering to the American people.
September 16, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Mike Johnson would rather shut down the House and send us all home than let members vote on Pete Hegseth’s impeachment.
This is what it looks like when you’re more interested in protecting your own than answering to the American people.
This is what it looks like when you’re more interested in protecting your own than answering to the American people.
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Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional.
This is the first suit of its kind.
19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
This is the first suit of its kind.
19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
19thnews.org
September 16, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional.
This is the first suit of its kind.
19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
This is the first suit of its kind.
19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
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NEW: Trump claims he's “done more for religion than any other president."
But 81 religious plaintiffs (including clergy and entire denominations) have filed 21 lawsuits challenging his immigration policies since Jan 2025, most alleging religious freedom violations. religionnews.com/2026/09/16/r...
But 81 religious plaintiffs (including clergy and entire denominations) have filed 21 lawsuits challenging his immigration policies since Jan 2025, most alleging religious freedom violations. religionnews.com/2026/09/16/r...
RNS tracked the religious lawsuits against Trump’s immigration policies. Here’s what we found.
(RNS) — Eighty religious plaintiffs from 11 major faith traditions have joined lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s immigration policies, according a tracker developed by RNS with the Law, ...
religionnews.com
September 16, 2026 at 8:24 PM
NEW: Trump claims he's “done more for religion than any other president."
But 81 religious plaintiffs (including clergy and entire denominations) have filed 21 lawsuits challenging his immigration policies since Jan 2025, most alleging religious freedom violations. religionnews.com/2026/09/16/r...
But 81 religious plaintiffs (including clergy and entire denominations) have filed 21 lawsuits challenging his immigration policies since Jan 2025, most alleging religious freedom violations. religionnews.com/2026/09/16/r...
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Extremely prescient and a great simple explainer for the AI doomer in your family/rebuttal of the finance bro at the gym.
Reading proofs from book & remembering what I wrote in 2015:
"I am very concerned about the future of AI. Not because of the risk of rogue machines taking over. But because of the homogeneous, one-dimensional group of men who are currently involved in advancing the technology.”
"I am very concerned about the future of AI. Not because of the risk of rogue machines taking over. But because of the homogeneous, one-dimensional group of men who are currently involved in advancing the technology.”
September 16, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Extremely prescient and a great simple explainer for the AI doomer in your family/rebuttal of the finance bro at the gym.
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They can self-regulate, says the guy who shares a porn accountability app with his son.
Mike Johnson on OpenAI and Anthropic: "They can self-police. They can self-regulate."
September 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM
They can self-regulate, says the guy who shares a porn accountability app with his son.
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Scotland: We want to leave the UK
BBC: Huh?
Wales: We want to leave the UK
BBC: What?
Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK
BBC: Lolz
Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism
BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS
#Piddington
BBC: Huh?
Wales: We want to leave the UK
BBC: What?
Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK
BBC: Lolz
Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism
BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS
#Piddington
September 16, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Scotland: We want to leave the UK
BBC: Huh?
Wales: We want to leave the UK
BBC: What?
Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK
BBC: Lolz
Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism
BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS
#Piddington
BBC: Huh?
Wales: We want to leave the UK
BBC: What?
Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK
BBC: Lolz
Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism
BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS
#Piddington
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Did not see “British town with a name that sounds like a euphemism for urination runs back a dumber version of the Fort Sumter crisis” coming but probably should have
🚨 NEW: The village of Piddington has voted to leave the UK in a referendum over plans to house up to 1,256 asylum seekers in a nearby MoD site
September 16, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Did not see “British town with a name that sounds like a euphemism for urination runs back a dumber version of the Fort Sumter crisis” coming but probably should have
This is what in a normal world we would have called child abuse.
Electric Shocks for Kids and the Push to Militarize Schools
Electric-shock gloves used on students in Nebraska are the latest sign of how policing, surveillance, and military technology have entered American schools.
www.thenation.com
September 16, 2026 at 10:30 AM
This is what in a normal world we would have called child abuse.
You built this, Karl. Vote for the Democrat, but take a good hard look in the mirror and ask yourself how you paved the way for this. Karl Rove said he’ll break 30 years of only supporting Republicans to vote against “bigot” Bo French www.texastribune.org/2026/09/14/b...
Karl Rove will vote for Democrat over Bo French
Rove, a former adviser to President George W. Bush and longtime Texas GOP political consultant, made the comments at a private lunch in Austin, according to attendees.
www.texastribune.org
September 15, 2026 at 11:55 AM
You built this, Karl. Vote for the Democrat, but take a good hard look in the mirror and ask yourself how you paved the way for this. Karl Rove said he’ll break 30 years of only supporting Republicans to vote against “bigot” Bo French www.texastribune.org/2026/09/14/b...
There's a good reason protests against data centers are on the rise.
Data center spills 5K gallons of diesel into New Jersey Meadowlands
The spill affected a tributary of the Hackensack River. Authorities say cleanup is underway.
gothamist.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:44 AM
There's a good reason protests against data centers are on the rise.
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it’s a good piece but the basic takeaway is: class solidarity. wealthy liberals running elite institutions realized standing up to trump would cost them $ and make their boards mad at them and they cared much more about that than whatever they pretended to care about during the first term
September 15, 2026 at 11:30 AM
it’s a good piece but the basic takeaway is: class solidarity. wealthy liberals running elite institutions realized standing up to trump would cost them $ and make their boards mad at them and they cared much more about that than whatever they pretended to care about during the first term