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Sara

@sarainatx.bsky.social
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Gen X progressive left Texan, here for news, politics, civil rights & public schools. I help local nonprofits & downballot candidates build community and help tech companies that don't suck do cool marketing stuff.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 10/02/2026
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
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Sara @sarainatx.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Congratulations tonight to Na'Cole Thompson, the new mayor of Leander, Texas!!
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Sara @sarainatx.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Oof. I forgot what a 💩show Facebook can be.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 05/02/2026
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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Sara @sarainatx.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
If you're a 🔵 thinking of running for a local office in Texas (city council, school board-level) and just getting started, reach out. 👋 I'd love to test a custom GPT and some templates I built & help a few people out at the same time.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/01/2026
This is testimony… 📌 Stella Carlson, “Pink coat lady”, speaks on the murder of Alex Pretti. “After the shooting, they (ICE) decided to just scatter and save themselves.”
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity
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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 25/01/2026
The Pretti family’s heartbreaking request to all of us: get the truth out about our son. Alex was an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA whose last act was to protect the woman next to him. We will not let this Administration spread lies.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
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Leander Pride 🌈 @leanderpride.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
🫸💥🫷We can’t wait to get working with all these wonderful folks! More info on Pride 2026 coming soon! #goodnews #volunteer #pride #lgbtqia #eventplanning
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 08/01/2026
The image of the blood-soaked airbag next to the glove compartment overflowing with stuffed animals is going to stick with me for a very long time.
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Sara @sarainatx.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
There's still time to support the Leander and Cedar Park Pride Holiday Auction! Every dollar helps cover the costs of the 2026 Pride festival!
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Sara @sarainatx.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
If you work for an inclusive company that would like to donate auction items, please check this out! ⬇️ Or make a direct donation or sign up to bid when the online auction begins! All funds go to Leander and Cedar Park Pride's 2026 festival. 🌈 leanderpride.com/leander-ceda...
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Leander and Cedar Park Pride Holiday Auction
Leander & Cedar Park Pride are hosting a Holiday Auction to celebrate community and support next year’s Pride Festival. Donate, bid, and help us spread holiday cheer!
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Sara @sarainatx.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Leander, Texas voters could vote 8 times between November 2025 & 2026. Even engaged voters are unlikely to know of this many opportunities & the general public will have no idea. It's time to build awareness about what election dates are coming & who's on the ballot! aimforimpact.com/election-dat...
Be a voter: City of Leander Place 3 Runoff Election December 13, 2025 with early voting December 1-9, City of Leander Mayor and Place 4 Election February 7, 2026 with early voting January 26-February 6, Texas Democratic Primary March 3, 2026 with early voting February 17-27, and Texas General Election November 3, 2026 with early voting October 19-30 2026.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels. The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
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Sara @sarainatx.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Challenge: how many elections of any kind will voters have an opportunity to vote on in your area between now & November 2026? If you don't know, check city, county, school district websites & ballotpedia.org Start a list & start educating people around you! Can anyone top 7 possible elections?
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Sara @sarainatx.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Travis County Texas voters: Polls are open Tuesday from 7 AM to 7 PM & you can find voting locations and wait times for Tuesday here: votetravis.gov/current-elec... Check your city website for any other local races and see info on the propositions below. Do your part and be a voter! 🗳️🙌
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Current Election – Travis County Clerk
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Leander Pride 🌈 @leanderpride.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
🌈✊ Let’s outnumber the drag protesters TOMORROW at North Lake Travis Pride’s first festival on October 26! Book a free ticket at bio.site/NorthLakeTravisPride. #dragisnotacrime #celebratepride #queerjoyisresistance #leandertx #jonestowntx #atx
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15/10/2025
A Portland mother was violently pushed to the ground and has since been transported across state lines. Her husband has no idea when they’ll hear from her again. trib.al/89dsyj8
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Woman Arrested While Playing “Ghostbusters” on Clarinet at ICE Protest
Oriana Korol has since been transported across state lines, and her husband has no idea when they’ll hear from her again.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/10/2025
Very straightforwardly detained by secret police for speech. I honestly don't know what establishment figures are telling themselves any more to avoid cognitive dissonance over this shit.
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Texas Public Radio @texaspublicradio.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Your right to read is being infringed upon, and librarians have become the first responders in the fight for democracy and First Amendment rights. Texas has become ground zero as sweeping book bans are adopted at an unprecedented rate. Read More👉 ebx.sh/hwlQaW
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...
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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 25/08/2025
The second amendment guarantees the right to a militia to guard against federal tyranny. But if a president can use that force against its own state, against the wishes of that state, then it is no militia at all and a clear violation of the second amendment.
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Sara @sarainatx.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
LOL. Talarico is amazing.
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Sara @sarainatx.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Candidates in other states need to replicate this.
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Sara @sarainatx.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I have only curse words
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Sara @sarainatx.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
What recent thing made you feel old? I'm on vacation with my kids and had to explain both the dial tone on a land line and the existence of phone books. ☎️😂
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Sara @sarainatx.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
This is so, so shady and it happens anytime there are election results that career politicians don't like.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
If it's produced, streamed, or owned by Paramount, I'm not watching it. They don't get a view from me. They don't get a dime from me. Call it a boycott. Call it whatever you want. Colbert is the only Paramount property I'll watch until May, and after that, I'm done with them.
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Sara @sarainatx.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
CBS: We're cancelling the #1 latenight show "purely for financial reasons." Everyone: Right, it's called a bribe.
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Sara @sarainatx.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Blatant racism from every direction about the NY primary is a thing to behold.
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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
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Sara @sarainatx.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
NYC Comptroller and mayoral candidate?! ⬇️
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Sara @sarainatx.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Thank you for speaking up @bucyfortexas.bsky.social 👏
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Sara @sarainatx.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Well done, y'all! 🙌
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
My god. "Service Employees International Union California President David Huerta was injured and detained while documenting an immigration enforcement raid in downtown Los Angeles Friday, labor union officials said — prompting protests and calls for his release." www.latimes.com/california/s...
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David Huerta, president of SEIU California, detained during L.A. ICE raids
David Huerta was detained while documenting an immigration enforcement raid in downtown Los Angeles. Federal authorities said he was arrested on suspicion of interfering with federal officers.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Trump is deploying 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles without the governor’s request or consent. Governor Newsom has publicly condemned the move, calling it “purposefully inflammatory.”
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 19/05/2025
The Rules Committee meets at 1 AM on Tuesday night/ Wednesday morning to ram through this disastrous bill. Why? Because they don't want you to see them ripping healthcare from millions of Americans. You do not hold a hearing for a bill at 1 AM unless you're completely ashamed of it.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
This part
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iWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 08/05/2025
staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch 🧢 @trumpfile.org
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Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Sesame Street had him pegged back in 1988.
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Rep. Jared Huffman @rephuffman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
In his first 100 days, Donald Trump has taken the Project 2025 playbook and ran with it. There are no bounds to what he and his authoritarian administration are willing to do, and we need to keep using every avenue we can to put a stop to this madness.
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How Donald Trump's first 100 days went "beyond" Project 2025
On the campaign trail, Trump had said he had no connection to the conservative manifesto.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Somehow, I completely missed Stephen Miller’s uncle taking him to the woodshed back in 2018. www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
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Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
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Sara @sarainatx.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
If you're buying a home, consider this and whether you want to use one of the title or mortgage companies owned by Fidelity National Financial. 👇
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
We have now arrived at the "arresting judges" level of fascism.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
One of the most shocking things I have read for a while: t.co/lg46ijHLDF
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20/04/2025
Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?" Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
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