Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonSynchronizing @synchronic-2000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Important to point out: if it wasn't for Amy Klobuchar standing up and pushing back, Republican Chuck Grassley would've just let the BULLSHIT go by without question, and Schmidt's Kabuki sound bit would be all over Trump controlled media. That's how it's done. 1269
Sarah Christopherson @sarahcgchris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There are so few feel-good stories in 2026 that when I find one, I immediately run to Bluesky to bathe in the schadenfreude  011
Sarah Christopherson @sarahcgchris.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Robert Kraft making a $2 million donation is the equivalent of me making a 3¢ donation. 010
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Political purges and a failing war of choice launched against generals’ advice has left the Army largely rudderless, while the war continues with no end in sight. Empowering political leaders who think international success comes from shallow bluster and white men doing war crimes has consequences. 315649
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonAmy Hanauer @amyhanauer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026We’ve heard this one before. 012
Sarah Christopherson @sarahcgchris.bsky.social · 07/08/2026My new piece for @itep.org on the déjà vu nature of the fight over IRS funding this fall.itep.orgIRS Cuts Could Cruise on Autopilot; New Bill Aims to Restore Funding to Help Taxpayers and Fight Tax CheatsThis fall, Congress could allow billions of dollars in IRS funding to disappear on autopilot. However, the Stop CHEATERS Act would restore the multi-year mandatory funding rescinded from the IRA and a... 021
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonDavid S. Mitchell @dsmitch28.bsky.social · 30/07/2026To summarize: the U.S. is not a broke household one missed paycheck from ruin! It's the wealthiest society in human history, one that has funneled an ever-larger share of its gains to the top and then told itself it can't afford to invest in everyone else. 132
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonDavid S. Mitchell @dsmitch28.bsky.social · 30/07/2026U.S. debt held by the public just topped 100% of GDP, and CBO says it'll break the WWII-era record (106%) before 2030. But measure debt against total private wealth instead, and it's only ~half its 1945 peak. A thread on why the yardstick matters. 🧵 344
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Doublethink: the state insists you believe the president is brilliant and commandingly in charge AND had no control of, nor responsibility for, the top public health official in his administration, who operated right under the president’s nose at the president’s discretion, victimizing him and you. 928373
Reposted by Sarah Christophersonchuckcbpp.bsky.social @chuckcbpp.bsky.social · 29/07/2026New: Even before the rise of AI, the case for raising the corporate tax rate was compelling. Now, I think it’s overwhelming. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...news.bloomberglaw.comRaise the Corporate Tax Rate to Stem AI-Related Economic InequityOpinion: AI’s economic impacts may include more inequity and job dislocations and losses. A higher corporate rate would raise substantial revenue from the wealthy without stifling innovation or growth... 12712
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/07/2026This is the real fruit of the 60-year RW propaganda war against Democrats & RW domination of media: no matter how bad & obviously a Republican fucks up, no matter how low their approval dips, people still don't like the other party, the one that keeps repairing the country after GOP fuckups.cnbc.comEconomic outlook is worsening and Trump is getting blamed, CNBC survey findsThe public is as depressed about the economy as it has been since the years just after the pandemic, according to the All-America Economic Survey. 9602137
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Absolutely deranged understanding of American government and the current times. The number of Justices isn't even in the Constitution, it's a statute from 1869! It is, in fact, not essential our Republic has a hyper-partisan GOP SCOTUS that makes sure its favored candidates and policies always win. 401288275
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonChristina Henderson @chenderson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I wish more journalists would point out that Sen. McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean (missed 4 months of work) are/were essentially on paid sick & medical leave. The same employment protection they’ve spent their careers blocking other Americans from having. 7086052967
Reposted by Sarah Christophersonringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I sure hope no one objects to filling those vacancies. 33615
Sarah Christopherson @sarahcgchris.bsky.social · 06/07/2026My kids have often heard me riff on the Churchill quote about democracy. Of the USA, I say "we're the worst country in the world, except for every other country." To embrace American patriotism—as opposed to blind nationalism—is to celebrate the very best parts of our country w/o denying the harm 100
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonLaura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 05/07/2026So, you know,, sorry to the individuals who wanted a nice thing but I wanted a nice thing too and instead I got thi Maybe, when you don't celebrate the whole country, EVERYONE who belongs here and lives here, the celebration should go to shit and everyone should be miserable 72519248
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonLaura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 05/07/2026This has been the most spiritually bankrupt celebration of anything I've ever seen and that's it, that's our 250th. We don't get to go back and redo it, this one's in the books: Temu Arch, cheesy architecture, horrible displays, AI everywhere. Far right propaganda. Jokes at our expense 323947774
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonLaura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I love this country. It's got a lot of problems, but it's my home and I want it to be good and I think it could be good. I love my country and I want to celebrate our 250th Independence Day too And all day--ALL DAY--the administration has made it clear that they don't consider me a real American 102547289
Sarah Christopherson @sarahcgchris.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Son came in to ask me if that was thunder he kept hearing and I said no it’s the fireworks on the Mall. He looked at his phone and said, “but it’s July 5???” Followed by: “he had one job! Fucking Trump.” Anyway, I’m raising that kid right. 1212
Sarah Christopherson @sarahcgchris.bsky.social · 01/07/2026My son asked me what Cuba was like when I studied there in 2003. I told him how shocking it had been to see every billboard, every wall, etc, not plastered w/ads for Coke or McDonald’s but w/the leader’s face. It was deeply unsettling, unlike anything I’d seen before… now it’s my regular DC commute 26412
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonZorka Milin @zorkamilin.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Microsoft tax report is a glimpse of offshore games. As I told @richardrubindc.bsky.social, "There is public interest in this information so there's definitely huge value in that. Companies are always free to provide their own context and their own narrative. Unfortunately very few of them do." 144
Sarah Christopherson @sarahcgchris.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I spoke to @newsweek.com about my own experience w/how IRS budget cuts inpacted this year’s filing season The piece cites call wait times. But I wasn’t even put in a queue, just hung up on! How does that get counted in call wait times? www.newsweek.com/irs-tax-refu... 131
Sarah Christopherson @sarahcgchris.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I finished my deep dive into WWI and am now working my way thru 1930s Germany. The parallels are disturbing. But it’s the victimhood that stands out time and again. Every invasion, every war of choice, every act of brutality was “forced” upon them by the victims. Even in their personal diaries. 32811
Sarah Christopherson @sarahcgchris.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Didn’t realize how old I am until someone at the game appreciated my “OG” Women’s March t-shirt from 2017 and marveled with genuine awe at this ancient artifact. 120
Sarah Christopherson @sarahcgchris.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Waiting to get into the congressional baseball game. There are soooo many pink-faced men in pink shirts and none of them are (openly) gay. I feel deeply uncomfortable. 000
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 12/05/2026If Trump follows through on his threat to invade Cuba, the Democrats who pushed for the release of the Epstein files will have even more blood on their hands. 764872
Reposted by Sarah Christophersonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/04/2026as long as john roberts has his majority, there is simply no pro democracy reform that will survive the supreme court. none. 360215414714
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Today is a reminder that except for a brief period running roughly from Brown v. Board to Roe v. Wade, throughout its history the Supreme Court has been a reactionary force protecting the wealth of the wealthy and the power of the powerful, almost always hostile to equality and justice. 6758601710
Sarah Christopherson @sarahcgchris.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Like I said before, forcing Rs to do ICE-CBP funding thru reconciliation is the best possible outcome. Maximalist opposition by Ds hasn’t changed the outcome but it imposing—and will continue to do so—real costs to Rs. 040
Sarah Christopherson @sarahcgchris.bsky.social · 30/04/2026“institutional and doctrinal continuity are load-bearing to his authority” YES! Perfectly put. 000
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 28/04/2026"we need a gilded luxury security bubble so DC elites can party in safety" hmmm yes there's that winning populist vibe 1249276
Sarah Christopherson @sarahcgchris.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Not a comment on the WHCA dinner, just a general response to “let the investigation play out.” Dude. Wut? We live in a world where DOJ is actively breaking the law to shield Trump’s involvement with Epstein, LE personnel who investigated Trump are being fired, DOJ is settling sham lawsuits. 141
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonJacob Rubashkin @rubashkin.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Burchett is right: the most DC thing ever *is* a member of Congress blaming the city for something he and his colleagues did themselves. 10995851664
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The Texas legislature rammed through a gerrymandering bill at the request of Trump. Virginia actually voted in favor of redistricting to counterbalance what Texas and other Republican-controlled states have done. Yet only one is considered a "power grab." Oligarch-owned media in a nutshell. 25850951788
Sarah Christopherson @sarahcgchris.bsky.social · 22/04/2026@emptywheel.bsky.social's post has inspired me to do a short thread on what we do (and don't gain) from Dems & Rs choosing this course of action Politically, there's an obvious benefit to Dems heading into November to not demoralize their base (any further, anyway) by voting for fig-leaf reforms. 273
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Rep. Balint brings up that a judge found that Vought had the admin had frozen funds for states because they voted against Trump. Vought quibbles with it, but Balint quotes the judge in saying that Vought had directly admitted it himself. Vought cut funds for states because they voted against Trump. 426772
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/04/2026A tax season reminder that Intuit TurboTax lobbied the government for years to block free public tax-filing. Trump then terminated the free IRS Direct File program established under Biden, just a year after the tax prep giant gave his inauguration fund $1M. Do you see how this works? 752203754
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonMike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 08/04/2026you can get to say slurs or you can have freedom of navigation, but it's one or the other boys 312483471
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonSFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 02/04/2026"Now, with no real management experience or strategic background, [Hegseth] has the chance to remake the US military in his image, an image and vision roughly equivalent to what you would expect from a 13-year-old boy who had logged too many hours playing Call of Duty on the couch." 07122
Sarah Christopherson @sarahcgchris.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Noem, Bondi, Patel… they were always going to be the admin’s scapegoats. That’s why they were hired. DEI, but for patsies. 140
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonDr. Scandal Piñata @dr-g.myatproto.social · 31/03/2026Plessy vs Ferguson bad? 071
Sarah Christopherson @sarahcgchris.bsky.social · 31/03/2026My hobbyhorse is how little the substance of the Dem message matters bc we have so few ways of getting it out there. But war w/Iran is fracturing the *GOP’s* propaganda machine w/major rightwing personalities deeply opposed & happy to scapegoat Israel to protect Trump 020
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonBilal Baydoun @bilalb.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Referring to this set of relations -- separate roads, separate legal systems, separate water systems, separate capital punishment, all based on race -- as democracy is thoroughly disqualifying for anyone seeking to lead a democracy. The word has to mean something. 011
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/03/2026A final thought: the most important, efficacious, & sizeable faction on the left is plain old normie Dems, "wine moms," "resistance libs," whatever condescending term you prefer. They're the ones doing the actual work. But they are largely ignored by media, because they're organized & led by women. 442516452
Reposted by Sarah ChristophersonKristin Wilson @kristin-wilson.bsky.social · 28/03/2026And if that passes, then they will adjourn, wait one minute and then gavel back in, but it'll magically BY THE POWER OF CONGRESS be a whole new day. Which means the Rule passed out of Rules yesterday even though it was only like 8 minutes ago. And now on the NEW today, they'll vote on the floor. 1203
