Sarah Bryner

Democracy advocate and researcher. Lapsed Alaskan. Reluctant runner. Believer in transparency. Southsider.

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

plenty of liberal cash available to help The Lincoln Project Bros buy second beach mansions, but apparently no cash to preserve one of the few nonprofit groups that spotlights all the money buying elections

[Sarah Bryner @AKSarahB]

The Venn diagram of ‘people who worked in the service industry’ and ‘people who return their grocery cart no matter what’ is a circle.

[Sarah Bryner @AKSarahB]

Central time zone for the win

[Sophie Vershbow @svershbow]

East coasters staying up late all week to watch the DNC speeches.

[Sarah Bryner @AKSarahB]

‘None of them family by blood, but all of them family by love.’ Harris’ life story is that of so many others.

[Sarah Bryner @AKSarahB]

The air traffic above our house tonight (Chicago, southside) is loud and unusual. We are pretty sure it’s Kamala Harris in an Osprey. DNC bringing all the strange noises!

[Sarah Bryner @AKSarahB]

Each tornado warning takes years off my life and also makes me realize how many Apple products I own as I rush to find and silence them all.

[Sarah Bryner @AKSarahB]

We live in impossible times.

[Sarah Bryner @AKSarahB]

I really enjoyed my time on the @LurieFavors show. Always invigorating to talk about democracy with smart people. https://t.co/TstXBeDI8J

[Sarah Bryner @AKSarahB]

Enjoying glowering at the Cubs fan as I head to my first ever Crosstown classic at Wrigley. I expect the baseball quality to be somewhere between the little leagues and the minors.

[Adav Noti @AdavNoti]

This and the whole thread it's in are 100% wrong. Any contribution over $1000 in the last 20 days before an election must be publicly reported within 48 hours.

[Sarah Bryner @AKSarahB]

@russchoma I suppose unless he pardons himself. I guess. Uncharted territories here .

[Sarah Bryner @AKSarahB]

States Trump can't vote in: https://t.co/yHg0FbRiSH

[Sarah Bryner @AKSarahB]

Places Trump can't go: https://t.co/1erpO2me5S

[Sarah Bryner @AKSarahB]

After 40 years of flying regularly I have finally experienced a flight where they announced that it was the pilot’s first day. And yes, they waited until we landed to announce that.

[Sarah Bryner @AKSarahB]

This is a good thing. EU rules are lightyears ahead of the US on this front and it's about time we caught up.

[Secretary Pete Buttigieg @SecretaryPete]

Our department just issued rules to protect people from hidden airline fees and to require airlines to give passengers automatic cash refunds when owed. No more having to fend for yourself and jump through hoops to get your money back—airlines will have to automatically do this.

[Sarah Bryner @AKSarahB]

@seanmylessmith @RaviniaFestival Exactly the same experience

[C-SPAN Classroom @CSPANClassroom]

Thank you to OpenSecrets Director of Research & Strategy @AKSarahB and Oklahoma @LtGovPinnell for helping us to recognize Hendrik's 2nd Prize winning video about campaign finance.

Watch Hendrik's documentary here: https://t.co/cpEAzTFJn7

@CoxComm

[Sarah Bryner @AKSarahB]

Biden and Trump aren't setting records, but the money is definitely flowing in, and is likely accelerate as we get closer to November. I spoke with CBSB last week; clip is at 13:00 https://t.co/tzLajlhKZ4

[Daniel I. Weiner @DanWeiner329]

I’m looking forward to joining @1a @wamu885 @JWhitePubRadio this morning to talk money in politics and the 2024 election, alongside @AKSarahB of @OpenSecretsDC. Tune in at 10am eastern! https://t.co/b7ribRe1xM

[Sarah Bryner @AKSarahB]

No opposition! At all! Blows my mind every time.

[Sarah Bryner @AKSarahB]

In other "what kind of democracy is this?" news, 18% of the candidates "running" on March 5th have *no* opposition who filed preprimary financial paperwork. That means that not only do those 21 incumbents have no primary challengers, they are unlikely to have ANY challenger.

[Sarah Bryner @AKSarahB]

(That includes the members representing half the population of Arkansas and over 25% of the population of Texas).