Democracy advocate and researcher. Lapsed Alaskan. Reluctant runner. Believer in transparency. Southsider.
Chicago, IL
Joined March 2012
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Sarah Bryner retweeted
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
SCOOP: OpenSecrets, the nonpartisan money-in-politics research nonprofit, laid off 10 employees yesterday due to financial difficulties. Much of the research team were among the casualties, which constituted around a third of the group’s total headcount. politico.com/newsletters/pla…
The Venn diagram of ‘people who worked in the service industry’ and ‘people who return their grocery cart no matter what’ is a circle. – at Cork, Ireland
‘None of them family by blood, but all of them family by love.’ Harris’ life story is that of so many others. – at Chicago, IL
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! – at Chicago, IL
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. – at Chicago, IL
I really enjoyed my time on the @LurieFavors show. Always invigorating to talk about democracy with smart people. art19.com/shows/this-is-luri… – at Chicago, IL
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. – at Chicago, IL
Sarah Bryner retweeted
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.
Places Trump can't go: infotracer.com/infocenter/wh…
States Trump can't vote in: theguardian.com/us-news/2023…
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. – at Chicago, IL
This is a good thing. EU rules are lightyears ahead of the US on this front and it's about time we caught up.
Sarah Bryner retweeted
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: studentcam.org/2024-2ndPrize…
@CoxComm
Congratulations to Hendrik DuBois from Jenks High School in Oklahoma who won 2nd Prize for the documentary, "Fractured: How SuperPACs Broke Campaign Finance."
It airs today on C-SPAN and you can watch it here:
studentcam.org/2024-2ndPrize…
@coxcomm
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 youtube.com/watch?v=EzjVw4JW…
Sarah Bryner retweeted
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! the1a.org/segments/if-you-ca…
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.
(That includes the members representing half the population of Arkansas and over 25% of the population of Texas).