Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026From the book of checks that can never be cashed: DOGE dividend, $5,000 if GOP wins... 010
Reposted by Sarah CohenDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 20/04/2026New: We found out how much money Nick Fuentes makes from "superchats": $900,000 since the start of Trump's second term. Here's the story of Kristine in Ohio, a food-truck operator who became his most frequent donor, despite not making much money herself: wapo.st/4mERkhv 23757266
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 03/04/2026In other contexts I've seen "unauthorized" as a replacement. Seems like it's a little more accurate 110
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 12/03/2026The only time I'll ever have the honor of being mentioned in the same breath as Alberto 030
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 22/02/2026No matter how incompetent these schlubs have to fight to the teeth to keep their jobs so they can continue to live like billionaires on the public's dime 030
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Perspective : $100 million annually for Bezos is the equivalent of tapping your $75,000 nest egg for a Chic Fil A meal for your family . Yes you can do it every year 020
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Real question - who's writing this stuff? It sounds like AI slop 010
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 03/09/2025To be fair there aren't any others that combine state and local or that are small in the center of a huge metro area // maybe San Francisco but most others have more of the regions population and businesses 000
Reposted by Sarah CohenDavid at FOIAball @foiaball.com · 25/07/2025Ever wonder about the VIP treatment Matthew McConaughey gets at the University of Texas? FOIAball, a new site covering college football through public records reporting, is coming next week. So subscribe now: foiaball.com 3153889
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 26/06/2025New rule: The truth is inversely related to the number of adjectives used in an official statement 020
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 30/05/2025LMK if I can help, Jake - I'm not working full time anymore and am a little obsessed with this as well but have done nothing productive with that obsession. I'm on vacation next week, but will be back after that 170
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Real question: how do customs officers figure out how much tariff is owed? Do they have a blinking light for each product / country combination that changes hourly? 010
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Anti deficiency act? There's a reason that you're it allowed to "volunteer" and "donate" to the feds 010
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Cmon publishers - join them : Wired and 404 media are "tipping the balance .... between public interest and business more toward the public interest. " 093
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Wow. The worst of earmarks and signing statements put together 010
Reposted by Sarah CohenMary Fissell @maryfissell.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Histories wanted! Are you a recently terminated federal employee? Historians want to record your story! There's so much you know; let's get it on the record. You may record anonymously if you wish. www.oah.org/2025/03/04/f...oah.orgOAH | Federal Employees Oral History ProjectOAH | Federal Employees Oral History Project 191141641
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 24/02/2025The same sophisticated keyword searches they've been using to shut down programs and data -- amazing the power AI can bring to just a few words 010
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 24/02/2025And on weekends when they shut off what few pollution controls they had at the steel mills 020
Reposted by Sarah CohenThe Poynter Institute @poynterinstitute.bsky.social · 24/02/2025“Anytime that whole FOIA offices are getting fired, it portends terrible things,” said Washington Post FOIA director Nate Jones. www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...poynter.orgFiring of FOIA officers leaves experts worried about public records access under Trump - Poynter‘Anytime that whole FOIA offices are getting fired, it portends terrible things’ 089
Reposted by Sarah CohenAmanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 19/02/2025This headline. This photo. Is it bad when people get what they want? 56958177
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025I would love to see the wheels turn as they try to decide between funneling taxpayer $ to their media supporters vs reaching their supposed audience www.semafor.com/article/02/1...semafor.comHomeland Security budgets $200m for new border ad campaignIn the ads, Kristi Noem praises President Trump and warns migrants in the US illegally that “we will find you.” 010
Reposted by Sarah CohenKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 15/02/2025It's not just fdr. One of the things the epa did not long after it was formed was document the nation's pollution via photography. That can seem frivolous, but generations of Americans have no idea why the EPA was necessary. This broke a million views when we published it in 2017popsci.comThis is what America looked like before the EPA cleaned it upA snapshot from America before the impact of the EPA and the effects of rules regulating clean water and air were felt. 8240631762
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Uh "fight off the left"?? Sorry I missed that in the sec def's job description. Sheesh 000
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 14/02/2025An incredibly stupid policy of 3 byline limit and no tag lines at the WSJ. A better idea: get rid of bylines altogether if there are too many, since reporting is a team effort. The union said it pretty well talkingbiznews.com/media-news/w... 010
Reposted by Sarah Cohenjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/02/2025i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane. 391260586438
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Glad to see the president using the awesome powers available to him to dictate plastic straw use. Guess they're running out of things to sign in the daily performance art part of governing 010
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Hear me out - some inefficiencies in gov are features not bugs. They're failsafes against failing or corrupt contractors; separate systems to prevent untrustworthy government officials from having too much power. If you distrust gov then you want this 000
Reposted by Sarah CohenJessica Silver-Greenberg @jsgatnyt.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Job training in West Virginia, unemployment help in Wisconsin, assistance for disabled kids. It's all been thrown into disarray because of Trump's federal funding freeze. Our story. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...nytimes.comTrump’s Attempt to Freeze Grant Funding Leaves Nonprofits Reeling (Gift Article)Some groups said their funding was still blocked, even after the freeze had been rescinded. Others saw their money reinstated but worried about future cuts. 17428
Reposted by Sarah CohenLeslie Root @lesja.bsky.social · 04/02/2025It is kind of funny to think about what a headache it is to get and maintain Special Sworn Status so that I can access a relatively small amount of completely de-identified administrative data in a cold room for use on pre-approved research projects 1323
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 02/02/2025This is a good time to settle down with a great read on - yes - civil servants (gift link, I think) wapo.st/4aHhMRIwapo.stOpinion | The CanaryMichael Lewis on Chris Mark of the Department of Labor. 5157
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 02/02/2025I haven't seen anyone say it simply - letting your credit card company decide whether it agrees with your purchases it likes and refusing to pay any others 050
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 30/01/2025That was me! I bought a pre tariff car that I needed anyway 110
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Finally got to hear part of the famous Superman series that took on the Kkk by publushing its secret words and symbols Change can come from unexpected places www.otrcat.com/p/superman-f...otrcat.comSuperman Fights the Ku Klux Klan | Old Time RadioThe Man of Steel was more than a guy in a cape, Superman became a symbol of the fight for Truth, Justice, and the American Way. After the WWII and the defeat of the Axis Powers, Superman ran out of ... 000
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Nah - as we know, the supporters are sure this is women's work and cutting off child care forces mothers back home where they belong 000
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 21/01/2025www.federalregister.gov/presidential...federalregister.govExecutive OrdersDisposition Tables contain information about Presidential Documents beginning with those signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and are arranged according to Presidential administration and year of signature... 060
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 06/01/2025www.nytimes.com/spotlight/lo... is a startnytimes.comLocal Investigations FellowshipFor local American newsrooms, the most ambitious and difficult work – investigative reporting – is often the hardest to do because of limited and resources. The Times has established a fellowship prog... 020
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 31/12/2024The definition of sunk cost fallacy - waiting to return one small item at Whole Foods after 1st Person returns an entire shopping cart of books. 130
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 15/12/2024I have a theory, albeit 4-dimensional chess: They knew of bad stuff in the discovery and didn't want this case to be the one that overturns Sullivan. 🤷 020
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 11/12/2024It was as if some occult hand had ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_o...en.wikipedia.orgOrder of the Occult Hand - Wikipedia 010
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Google is failing me, but a bet? Like the one in the 90s when reporters tried to get a specific sentence past their editors? I know you know what those words were 120
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 08/10/2024What a legacy for David Burnham, coming the week after his death 030
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social · 10/08/2024Right? I've been trying to find out if my grandfather was a citizen - he came as a kid the year before there was an immigration law. I guess u just showed up at a courthouse and they said ok. From what I can tell there are no federal records of it 000
