Maureen Sanders

Woman in tech, survivor of childhood sexual abuse, advocate for women and girls in STEM, Architect @Microsoft, she/her

[Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior]

In 2005, I wrote an article called "Inventing Akromiya" about how the government of Uzbekistan made up a group called Akromiya to justify a massacre of civilian protesters. 20 years later, the US is more like Uzbekistan, and I wrote "Inventing Antifa": https://t.co/NX3i1EYXfL

[Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior]

"We cannot afford to overcome. We are too busy doing GoFundMes for the funerals of our friends whose previous GoFundmes failed to cover their health care."

-- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)

[Maureen Sanders @RealMoSanders]

Sharon Chahal at Microsoft nominated for the #WomenTech Global Awards 2025! Share to raise awareness! #womenintech #womeninstem #womenwhocode #WTGA2025 @womentechnet https://t.co/Ub4vC2B5Z4

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

The problem isn’t government waste. The problem is that billionaires don’t pay taxes.

[Melissa Turkington @Leftovers_Movie]

You know it’s almost Election Day when the Sesame Street characters have to run a coordinated campaign to keep us from doing another Civil War.

[Em @hopeformaybe]

This is what integrity looks like.
I’m so very proud to cast my vote for @AndyKimNJ

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Oprah: "If we don't show up tomorrow, it is entirely possible that we will not have the opportunity to ever cast a ballot again."

[Amy McGrath @AmyMcGrathKY]

Doesn't it seem like it's almost always these types of men (who have to qualify themselves as "bros") who say these things? Blind in their own insecurity, they can't imagine anyone who is not a straight white male being competent and "strong" in a position of power and authority.

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

If this man doesn’t win, McConnell will not allow the Black lady to appoint any judges, even if Harris wins. McConnell does not believe in letting Black presidents exercise the full authority of their office.
If you care about the courts at all, Tester must win.

[David K Smith @professor_dave]

So she was first author on his key paper - in fact she's on most of his key papers, yet she didn't get the Nobel Prize, in spite of the fact they could have given 3 awards, not just 2. Explain to me how STEM is not institutionally sexist.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Denson: Donald Trump, for his entire administration, censored hundreds, if not thousands, of people from criticizing him. If it were not for my work in the courts, he would have been silencing them for the rest of their lives.

Let me portray the Trump NDA in a way I haven’t before. Imagine Kamala Harris right now and Tim Walz have every single staffer, contractor, and volunteer that works for their campaign sign a non-disclosure, non-disparagement agreement that says they cannot speak one word of criticism against her for the rest of their lives. This is North Korea-type stuff—demanding allegiance to a leader for the rest of their lives.

Not only can they not criticize Kamala Harris, but her stepchildren can’t be criticized either. Whatever business they’re engaged in, I think her stepdaughter is in the fashion business.. Any staffers on that campaign can’t criticize anything related to her stepchildren either. Anything remotely related to Kamala Harris. These people would be silenced for the rest of their lives.

So, I ask any Trump supporters out there: how would you feel about that? Because that’s exactly what Donald Trump did to every single one of the hundreds, if not thousands, of staffers, independent contractors, and volunteers who worked on his campaign in 2016.

I fought tooth and nail, starting with a lawsuit in 2018, to get these NDAs lifted. They were not fully lifted until almost one year ago today when we won a sweeping victory that freed every single one of them. Initially, even I didn’t get my full freedom despite speaking out until 2021. That means, for the entirety of Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, he was silencing hundreds, if not thousands, of people.

Talk about censorship. JD Vance, you’re damn right—censorship is a very serious threat to democracy. It’s why the First Amendment includes free speech because it’s at the core of a free society: the ability to criticize your leaders. And Donald J. Trump tried to strip American citizens of that right.

[FEMA @fema]

We do NOT take donations, money, or property for any reason. We do NOT ask for or accept cash donations or volunteers for disaster response. If you encounter someone claiming to represent FEMA asking for money, be careful as that is likely a scam.

👉 https://t.co/Z5vxuBTths

[Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec]

I am very tired of relatively wealthy middle-aged men thinking their own midlife crisis should plunge the nation into civil war.

[Anand Giridharadas @AnandWrites]

The Senate Republican conference has six times more white men named John than Black people of any gender and name.

https://t.co/XSsqa1PLZQ

[Eric Welch @EricWelchWCS]

Chew on this…. A family of four making $56K isn’t eligible for free & reduced school lunch in TN. But with Jack Johnson’s Voucher bill, a family of four making $560K can receive more than 14K in private school subsidies. #ReverseRobinHood #EntitlementsJack

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Recap of how giving civilians unfettered access to 500,000,000 guns has made us so much safer.

[Pam Keith, Esq. @PamKeithFL]

Do you know a decent lawyer who lives in or near Youngstown OH?

We need a pro-choice attorney to run against the prosecutor who tried to prosecute a woman for having a miscarriage.

He is currently unopposed in his reelection campaign. We MUST give OH a CHOICE to vote him out!

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

In 1994, I took a lot of heat for this speech warning that the American middle class was in danger. That was 29 years ago this week. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.

[Robert Downen @RobertDownen_]

After being swept by Democrats, a Pennsylvania school board backed by Moms For Liberty approved a $700,000 exit deal for a superintendent who backed their books bans and other far-right policies. https://t.co/eSu6eqdcAe