Sarah Hertsted

HR professional in Chicago, Marquette University graduate, Berwyn resident, avid vegetable gardener, and proud AmeriCorps VISTA Alum!

[Shannon Halligan @ShanHalligan]

From bad to worse- a crash near the Jane Byrne Interchange has been moved out of the way- BUT the inbound Kennedy is a *parking lot* back to before Ogden. Plan on at least 1 hour 30 minutes IB and OB on the Kennedy 👀

[Institute for Policy Studies @IPS_DC]

“If McCarthy wanted to reduce the debt, he could simply pass Biden’s proposed budget, bringing down the deficit by taxing the ultra-rich fairly,” says @karendolan.

“Instead, the McCarthy plan would make the 2017 Trump tax cuts for the rich permanent.”
https://t.co/RlIIAN1oOC

[Institute for Policy Studies @IPS_DC]

Tell us you’re using the debt ceiling to attack poor people without telling us you’re using the debt ceiling to attack poor people

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

When a part breaks, the Department of Defense turns to contractors to replace them. Some companies have monopolies on needed parts. The government will pay subcontractor TransDigm $119 million for parts that should cost $28 million – an extra $91 million. https://t.co/fYZi66kQcz

[Center for Reproductive Rights @ReproRights]

Our new study of Oklahoma hospitals found “not a single hospital in Oklahoma appeared to be able to articulate clear, consistent policies for emergency obstetric care”. This is the result: patients left to bleed out in a hospital parking lot. UNACCEPTABLE.
https://t.co/UH8DsI1Ggx

[Chris Hayes @chrislhayes]

Just a random question, the answer to which should be in every piece on the debt ceiling nonsense: when Republicans had complete control of government in 2017-2018 did they cut or increase spending?

[Serve Illinois #ServeIL @ServeIllinois]

We have some aMAYzing volunteer opportunities for you this month!

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[Eric @EricG1247]

Republicans in office don't even trust teachers with books but want to give all teachers guns.

Make it make sense.

[Cicero Independiente @CiceroNoticias]

We seek individuals who are current students, recent bachelor's graduates in communications, marketing, media, or have related field experience (formal education is not required). Apply!
https://t.co/lXdKyeWNpB

[Jerry Mitchell @JMitchellNews]

#OnThisDay 1967, #CivilRights organizer Ben Brown was shot in the back with 3 shotgun blasts by a law enforcement officer near the @JacksonStateU campus. No one was ever arrested or prosecuted. #history
https://t.co/ijeTKawr1r

[Maxine Waters @RepMaxineWaters]

And so we have something called “Teacher Appreciation Week” but do we really appreciate teachers? Teachers are underfunded, under-supported, and really under-appreciated. States and unified school districts must pay our teachers, the pay they truly deserve, and then we can have a true Teacher Appreciation Week! #TeacherAppreciation

[Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlanta_press]

Atlanta City Council members have frequently said there's little they can do to #StopCopCity.

Documents received through an Open Records Request, however, show that the Council will have to vote in the near future to spend up to $33.5 million taxpayer dollars on the facility.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Hundreds of pounds of pasta — “15 wheelbarrow loads” — were dumped in mounds along a creek in New Jersey — and no one knows why.

An administrator of a local Facebook group called it the “Great Pasta-gate of 2023.” https://t.co/RYU2DpPdgp

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

CLARENCE THOMAS IS CORRUPT AS FUCK.

[Justin Elliott @JustinElliott]

NEW:

Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition.

The price tag could have exceeded $150,000.

https://t.co/jctO8RMscf

w/ @js_kaplan @Amierjeski

[Life's a Beach @hensnbitties]

@StevijoPayne Yep. Your tweet reminded me of this.

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

Could somebody please explain to me what the Judiciary Committee's plan is to address corruption on the Supreme Court? What's the play? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW! And I feel like I'd be one of the people to know IF THERE WAS A STRATEGY.
My latest in @thenation
https://t.co/ZbNhKRz9ev

[Congressman Chuy García @RepChuyGarcia]

Over the past decade Big Rail spent $165B on stock buybacks — far more than on safety improvements.

They use buybacks to ⬆️stock prices and enrich shareholders as they cut worker benefits and derailments become more frequent.

We must ban stock buybacks.
https://t.co/xyOO9m0z2x

[Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen]

that sound you hear is the entire Pacific Northwest losing their shit about Spring finally arriving