@slooterman

Disability and aging reporter @19thnews. Opinions are my own. Send tips to: [email protected] or slooterman.18 on Signal.

 Washington DC
19thnews.org/author/sara-luterman/
Joined March 2011
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Voters in nursing homes are guaranteed the right to vote. They don’t always get it.
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Peter Baker
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RIP Caryle Murphy, who reported from inside occupied Kuwait in 1990, hiding from Iraqi troops. She would roll a typewritten story into a tube, dress as a jogger, run past an embassy and throw the tube over the wall to get the story out. @amcovarrubias washingtonpost.com/obituarie…

Caryle Murphy, who won the Pulitzer Prize reporting from Kuwait, dies at 79

A longtime Washington Post reporter and correspondent, Ms. Murphy was one of the only Western journalists to stay in Kuwait after the Iraqi invasion in 1990.

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David Weigel
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The total amount spent by Rs on trans-themed ads in 2024 was around $215 million. By next month I bet that much has been spent on trans-themed ads in Texas alone. xitter.cf/caseyparks/status/1853…
Jacob Rubashkin@JacobRubashkinOct 23
In NC-11, GOP nominee Jennifer Balkcom is airing an almost entirely AI-generated ad hitting opponent Jamie Ager for hosting drag performers at his farm in 2019. No AI disclaimers on the ad, which features fake footage of Ager dancing with a drag queen.
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Scott Simon
@nprscottsimonOct 22
Dia de la Muerte display at NPR to remember loved ones who’ve left us. Susan and Noah co-host again.
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I just learned Danny Saenz died earlier this week. May his memory be a blessing.
Dave Montgomery@daveymontgomery19 Feb 2019
Disabled Texans stage a protest in the Texas capitol rotunda to call for a pay raise for community attendants who care for them in their home. Danny Saenz, 59, shown foreground, says the current salary of $8 an hour is too low to keep qualified attendants.
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I know a couple people who just burned out under the weight of being The Disability Reporter and left journalism. Technically I should think of other journalists covering disability as competition, but really we’re working on different parts of the same group project.
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I *want* it to be a group project. I want people with different perspectives and political opinions. I want people to be able to take time off work or get sick or even leave and go do something else without it being a big deal.
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Is AOC the first potential 2028er to discuss Neurodivergence and #Neurodiversity? I know Tim Walz has talked about it with his son (I interviewed him about it in my next book) and Tina Smith has. She and Zohran Mamdani met with #ActuallyAutistic students in New York in Sept.
Winter@MsWinterrrrOct 22
As a neurodivergent person I want to thank AOC for seeing us. We love you!
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Shefali Luthra@shefalilOct 22
Three years ago, Maria Alejandra Valero Brinez experienced a stillbirth when she was 8 months pregnant. Now, she is 5 months pregnant and has been detained since August. She says she is having abnormal bleeding and not getting medical care she needs. 19thnews.org/2026/10/woman-p…

Woman with history of stillbirth fears losing another pregnancy in ICE detention

Maria Alejandra Valero Brinez, who is five months into a high-risk pregnancy, said she isn’t receiving regular prenatal care at an Arizona detention center, lawmakers exclusively told The 19th.

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We sought comment from you before publication. You didn't respond. A tweet almost 24 hours later is not a comment answering our questions.
HHS Rapid Response
@HHSResponseOct 22
The @nytimes article by @apoorva_nyc still says HHS “did not provide a comment.” We sent @SecKennedy’s response more than 24 hours ago and asked them to update the story. They haven’t. Readers deserve the full story. Here’s the response the Times has yet to include.
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Andrew Solender
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this is my bi-annual reminder to congressional campaigns: If you don't put your press email on your website and I'm not on your distribution list, the request for comment is going to your info@ email. So either check that inbox or put your press email on the website.
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