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Tony Sarabia

@ruraltony.bsky.social
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Former host at Chicago Public Media(WBEZ radio). Now holding down the midday shift at Iowa Public Radio. I live with my husband on his family's farm in rural Iowa.

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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
@jjtindall.bsky.social #manhole Praha
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
@velshi.com perhaps this could help answer some questions re: Betancourt www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-just...
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Trump Just Did an IBGYBG
Anatomy of an oil heist.
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
RIP Ms. Wilson😞
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Say it ain't so.😔
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Well no wonder Carney walked away, the meddling of the Trump administration into a country’s sovereignty is beyond the pale. “The Americans also sought to restrict Canada’s ability to strike trade agreements with other countries and weaken its protections for language and culture, he said.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/08/2026
Fox News graphic claims falsely that the average price of gas one year ago was $4.13, lower than it is right now. It was actually $3.14!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/08/2026
Trump says he’ll “never apologize” for jacking up costs on Americans because in Iran he “did the right thing”
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
💯 margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/the-predic...
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Viva Espana!🇪🇸🇪🇸
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Wonder if ”prediction markets” are taking bets on which Senate Dems will vote to confirm Blanche as AG.
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
An important read: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026... The report in part bashes the inclusion of “exhibits dedicated to peoples and cultural traditions foreign to the United States.” "Suggesting the White House does not believe that such groups are a part of American culture." i.e Mex-Americans.
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A Huge Escalation in Trump’s Smithsonian Meddling
A White House report details what the administration wants to change in museums—and suggests that a crackdown could be coming.
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Christian Petersen @iwantyoustudio.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
July 4th, 2026, Washington DC. Patriot Front ride the metro to their hateful little march. Her face sums it all up to me. A mixture of defiance and weariness. Both born out of lifetimes of having to put up with this shit. She knows only too well that America never stopped being a racist country.
Patriot Front ride the metro in DC on July 4th. They surround a black woman seated in the carriage. With the words HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA.
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
guess which POTUS did this-"hiring a presidential staff assistant focused solely on bringing more qualified women into government who helped triple number of women in policymaking roles and recruited 1000 women into previously male middle management. Thx @vermontgmg.bsky.social -great piece!
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
A scathing appraisal from @theatlantic.com writer Elaine Godfrey : "Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin has demonstrated an almost impressive inability to reassure and reinvigorate his party after its devastating losses in the 2024 election. "
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/06/2026
Trump on Egyptian President el-Sisi: "He was in a hotel and I met him. We fell in love, deeply in love ... we didn't know each other before that. We had great chemistry, and I stayed twice as long as I was supposed to."
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The Trump at MSG story from @msnowreports.bsky.social has this line “… trying to hear above the noisy and disrespectful din.“ My folks taught me that respect is earned.
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
If you care about real transparency and accountability...take advantage of the the public comment opportunity. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Confidential Government Information Nondisclosure Agreement
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) requests comment on a draft nondisclosure agreement (NDA) for use by Federal agencies for both new and existing employees. The form is intended to document Fed...
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
www.contrariannews.org/p/trump-and-...
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Swamp Monster Emerges
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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Happy birthday to Grace Jones
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
@scifri.bsky.social loving the appliance composers interview, they're like the Betty Comden/ Adolph Green of appliance composing!
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 14/05/2026
Two police officers from Gratis, Ohio, an all-white town per the US census, showed up at a majority Latinx public school in Cincinnati—50 miles away—to search for kids for ICE, disguised as a “wellness check.”
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Unauthorized ICE ‘wellness checks’ by police at Ohio schools draw outrage
Community members and rights groups criticize police arriving at Cincinnati schools on behalf of ICE
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/05/2026
Q: Are you considering going back to Project Freedom now that gas prices are more than $4.50? TRUMP: No. Gas prices have come down today. Have you looked? They came down very substantially today. The stock market is way up.
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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From Res Publica to the United States of Trump
This president's vulgar self-glorification is revolting to a self-governing people and must not stand
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
According the @thebulwark.com this is what the inside of your future passport may look like, the one on the right would appear on the back.
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Maybe the President would prefer a Pope who's more like "The Bishop" youtu.be/JqG30j0FRW8?...
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The Bishop - Monty Python's Flying Circus - S02E04
YouTube video by Bugsy Power
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Super Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
"The Pope is incorrect on matters of theology" is excommunication time. H/t @jumulojimbus.bsky.social
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Um.
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Per CNN: “Trump admin preparing for in-person Iran talks likely involving Vance, US officials say.“ Yeah why not, involve Mr. Personality. What could go wrong?
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
POTUS will claim this as a win. But I don’t that washes
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
No, the rescue does not help POTUS in any substantial manner.
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
From @ms.now : “The president’s unorthodox Easter morning message was startling, even to those in Washington who have grown accustomed to his unconventional leadership. “ Really? It was an unhinged rant. “Unconventional“?
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
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Inside Trump's daily video montage briefing on the Iran war
The montage, which typically runs for about two minutes, has raised concerns among some of the president’s allies that he may not be receiving the complete picture of the war.
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
www.cato.org/blog/banned-...
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Government Defrauds Legal Immigrants and US Sponsors Who Paid $1 Billion in Fees
The US government is charging fees to immigrants and US sponsors for services it has no plans to provide. The government took their money, and now it won’t even adjudicate their applications—in many c...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Just a reminder that Trump hooked up with Stormy Daniels four months after Melania gave birth. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I mean…”Israeli officials said securing the [Strait of Hormuz] for energy shipments could become the war’s main goal now that regime change and ending Iran’s ability to obtain a nuclear weapon seem out of reach.”-via Wash.Post. Can this folly have been any more foolish.
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Imagine a world without the Sunday TV news shows.
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a cartoon of snoopy is jumping in the air on an orange background
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
CNN: ”As the US tries to decimate the Iranian regime militarily, it will simultaneously be allowing the regime to benefit financially (oil sales).” Isn’t this an example of giving aid and comfort to the enemy? Isn’t THAT a treasonous act? Just asking.
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
On this date 03-19-2003 then President GW Bush addressed the nation announcing the Invasion of Iraq. When will reporters adjacent to Pres. Trump ask him, "Mr. President why have you not yet formally addressed the nation re: the war?"
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Is POTUS now bullying NATO allies into joining his&Bibi’s war? They started this war-the US was not attacked so Article 5 does not apply here.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/03/2026
Wow -- as first spotted by @BadFoxGraphics on X, Fox & Friends this morning used *old footage of a previous dignified transfer* to mislead their audience about the fact that Trump wore a baseball cap during the one yesterday
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Crazy that the only address POTUS has made since he started bombing Iran is on his Truth Social cite. Is he trying to force people to subscribe?! I mean c'mon get on TV, tell the American people what you've done, what's left to be one, and what your objectives are. Ridiculous.
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
from @jvl.bsky.social in today's @thebulwark.com : AI is not a genie. It’s a machine. And society decides when and how it allows machines to be used. www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-na...
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How the National Media Failed Minnesota
And how Trump mastered the omniscandal.
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
"Hide the ketchup bottles!" - today's warning throughout the White House today.
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Cato Institute @cato.org · 03/02/2026
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2026
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo--- TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins says Rubio is capable of “a Boy Scouts earnest charm”. (?!?!) Was any of that charm on display today at his hearing?🤔
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
more from George PAcker at @theatlantic.com :"The federal government has never declared itself immune to the law and the Constitution while explicitly denying protection to peaceful opponents, until now."
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Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
From George Packer at the @theatlantic.com "Authoritarianism doesn’t disappear with the news cycle. The administration’s automatic lies about the killings and slander of the victims are less a cover-up of facts than a display of utter contempt for them. "
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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