Sarah Burris
@sarahburris.bsky.social
Writer @alternet.org some at RawStory ex: @salon *opinions might be jokes* Threads: @sarahburris Spoutable: @sarahburris Email: sarah at alternet.org Oklahomie in Washington, D.C. Animal lover Recovering social media expert
In WSJ's ticktock of the Pirro flipflop, they reveal Pirro was PAYING AUSAs $25K bonuses. To stick around. 👀 Given pretty clear GJ misconduct laid out in Davey Hearn's response to the MTD, that looks really really suspect.
What Did Jeanine Pirro Know and When Did She Know It? emptywheel.net/2026/08/05/w...
Annnnnd pretty sure he’s gonna win.
When he was Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Mike Rogers (the Republican candidate for Senate in Michigan) publicly took the position that "you can't have your privacy violated if you don't know your privacy is violated." Colbert had some fun with that: crooksandliars.com/cltv/2013/10...
Three years ago, the Biden White House attacked me for saying "Democrats should be fighting on every possible front — filing a flurry of lawsuits and exerting public pressure through the media." "The president's team wants to be more selective in picking legal fights." I feel sadly vindicated.
'Highly likely' Trump replaces Pirro after she 'blindsided' him on Reflecting Pool case www.alternet.org/reflecting-p...
'Highly likely' Trump replaces Pirro after she 'blindsided' him on Reflecting Pool case
President Donald Trump is "furious" at Washington D.C. District Attorney Jeanine Pirro after she dismissed the case against Olympian David Hearn, who was charged with destroying the lining of the Refl...
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Trump: "Grass is like humans. You know, if you don't ... uh... it has life....This grass hasn't been changed in 100 years." About Washington, DC grass.
Trump: "I know Europe better than anybody. Better than the people who are running it"
Classified documents reveal Trump Pentagon committed 'murder': senator www.alternet.org/boat-strike/
Classified documents reveal Trump Pentagon committed 'murder': senator
A U.S. senator revealed that he's seen the official “execute order” signed by President Donald Trump that outlines the criteria for oat strikes in the Caribbean. In a letter to the White House, Sen. T...
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Well, that didn't take long. Bank of America warns Trump’s Fed Chair is losing credibility www.alternet.org/federal-rese...
Bank of America warns Trump’s Fed Chair is losing credibility
President Donald Trump's new Federal Reserve chairman is already losing credibility, and he's only been on the job for a few months. Kevin Warsh announced last week that the Fed would not raise or low...
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Todd Blanche... bringing people together.... Even conservative legal experts call Senate deal with Blanche 'inexcusable' www.alternet.org/todd-blanche...
Even conservative legal experts call Senate deal with Blanche 'inexcusable'
Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Monday issued a joint statement saying that they both believe that an agreement with President Donald Trump's attorney general nominee, Todd Bla...
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wow
2d Cir. holds that Deutsche Bank providing financial services at arms length to ISIL and ISL-affiliated banks in Iraq does not rise to the level of "participation" in terrorism. So estates and families of ISIL victims cannot recover damages from the bank. ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/OP...
DC visitors are doing 'tours of Trump's damage' www.alternet.org/reflecting-p...
DC visitors are doing 'tours of Trump's damage'
Former Fox host Jeanine Pirro announced the Justice Department was dropping charges against Olympian David Hearn for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after an investigation found all o...
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DOD is not letting trans service members attend their own separation hearings unless they conform with Whiskey Pete's notion of their gender. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Friday: Capital One reveals they debanked Trump debanked bc he was laundering money. Sunday: Acting Attorney General solidifies promise Trump's tax crimes won't be punished.
Hey remember that content creator doing non-consensual plane preaching? Yeah... she got kicked off a plane. Christian kicked off flight after bragging she preaches to 'captive audience' www.alternet.org/evangelical-...
Christian kicked off flight after bragging she preaches to 'captive audience'
The content creator who bragged that she likes to preach on planes when people are trapped and must hear her message has now been kicked off a flight. Whitney Lynn, a self-described singer and produce...
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Jim Jordan supporting an (alleged) abuser, and getting pissy about it? THAT Jim Jordan?!?! www.huffpost.com/entry/jim-jo...
Jim Jordan Melts Down On CNN When Confronted Over Support for Candidate Accused Of Abuse
The congressman bragged about recently campaigning for Max Miller while saying he hopes he wins reelection.
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If he really believes that the Post opinion page has become "more relevant, accessible and consequential," he is suffering delusions. If he doesn't, he shouldn't lie.
New: Washington Post Opinion editor Adam O’Neal is leaving, he announced in an internal memo Friday
It's Friday!!! Trump struggles to keep his eyes open as Cabinet showers him with praise www.alternet.org/trump-sleepy...
Trump struggles to keep his eyes open as Cabinet showers him with praise
President Donald Trump held a Cabinet meeting on Friday at Camp David, where each of his officials talked about what a great job he's doing. Still, the president appeared to have a difficult time keep...
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Quite telling how every argument for AI data centers is transparent bullshit. It creates no lasting jobs or population movement at all. Literally no reason for any place to allow it unless the community extracts massive perpetual cash payments in return.
Hassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."
A simple Google search says Jamie Raskin, Richard Blumenthal, & Gary Peters all took oversight actions last year re treatment of Tate brothers. Then Yassamin Ansari wrote a letter on July 23--again more oversight. None of those efforts made Moira Donegan's July 27 column claiming Dems were "silent."
Surrrre.... and I'm a 29-year-old princess of Genovia Fact-checker issues blistering audit of Trump's 'everything is cheaper' lie www.alternet.org/news-politic...
Fact-checker issues blistering audit of Trump's 'everything is cheaper' lie
President Donald Trump spoke this week about how he's saved the economy, falsely claiming that everything is cheaper thanks to him. CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale issued his own audit of Trump's rank ex...
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The most awkward moment on television since Kanye interrupted Taylor Swift's speech on the MTV Video Music Awards CNN’s Jennings stunned into silence as pundit challenges him to call McConnell on live TV www.alternet.org/mitch-mcconn...
CNN’s Jennings stunned into silence as pundit challenges him to call McConnell on live TV
A truly awkward moment unfolded on Thursday night during a panel discussion between Democrat Karen Finney and Republican Scott Jennings on Kaitlan Collins' CNN show. Jennings, who worked previously fo...
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This is what I was talking about with @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social Buried deep inside new CNN poll is the most brutal news yet for Trump www.alternet.org/trump-declin...
Buried deep inside new CNN poll is the most brutal news yet for Trump
A brutal new CNN poll reveals fracturing support as a majority of Americans say the former president lacks the stamina and sharpness to lead.
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Amaze, amaze convo with @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social about the DRAMA between Trump and the Senate today. Looks like everybody's ready to leave town for the August Recess.
Todd Blanche, GOP turmoil, and growing signs of political trouble for Trump and his allies. New #StartMeUp 👅 podcast with Reporter @sarahburris.bsky.social #MSWMedia Listen: www.patreon.com/startmeup/po...
Ya hate to see it.... Trump loses the fifth straight time on appeal — thanks to his own judge www.alternet.org/trump-legal-...
Trump loses the fifth straight time on appeal — thanks to his own judge
President Donald Trump has lost again at another appeals court over the mass detention policy he's pushed out over the past year. MS NOW producer Kyle Cheney reported that the 9th Circuit rejected U.S...
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yeah I think Collins is done... you can only screw up so many times
Georgia Senate: The Peach State Ripens for Democrats Sabato's Crystal Ball A combo of dominant fundraising, stable polling & favorable political environment has strengthened Ossoff’s chances for reelection in this purple state Running for reelection in state Trump carried in 2024 bit.ly/4yKaecB