Abbie VanSickle

@AbbieVanSickle

Reporter. Lawyer. Writing for

Oakland, CA
Joined May 2013
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  1. Feb 6

    Psyched to finally try , now in Emeryville.

    1 reply 5 retweets 6 likes
  2. Feb 2

    me, 7 pm: lots of things to finish! better get offline! me, 12 am: or i suppose i could stare into the internet and worry

    12 replies 104 retweets 436 likes
  3. Feb 2

    Hundreds of Yemeni bodega owners and workers praying outside Borough Hall

    93 replies 3,942 retweets 10,261 likes
  4. Feb 1

    By the end of the week, we'll be allied with Russia in a war against Canada, Mexico, and Australia.

    34 replies 237 retweets 404 likes
  5. Feb 2

    Well, is not really president. Was President Bannon there?

    0:33
    Wow, says Trump was NOT in the Situation Room during Yemen raid.
    36 replies 386 retweets 454 likes
  6. Jan 25

    on the bright side donald trump is achieving my long-time goal of turning America into a dystopia book club handmaids tale next month guys!!

    George Orwell's 1984 hits #1 on Amazon
    18 replies 152 retweets 431 likes
  7. Jan 28

    remember when being proud to welcome refugees was one of the things that defined us as a country and we thought nazis were obviously bad

    29 replies 750 retweets 1,681 likes
  8. Jan 30

    This.

    Trump is definitely bringing jobs to America. But so far they're all in investigative reporting or at the ACLU.
    2 retweets 1 like
  9. Jan 30

    I'm disappointed in myself. I like to think of myself as a cynical person. But it turns out I'm wrong. I care deeply and am horrified.

    18 replies 552 retweets 1,622 likes
  10. Jan 20

    Oddly, this sort of sounds like the polka version of the Darth Vader theme song.

    0:38
    A band plays the Darth Vader theme amid a thousands-strong protest outside Trump Tower in Chicago.
  11. Jan 20

    Oh goodness.

    Day one.
  12. Jan 20

    Giving thanks today for Stanley Dunham, who studied economic anthropology & rural development (also we were born in same Wichita hospital 😎)

    31 retweets 51 likes
  13. Jan 19

    Obama had a farewell lunch with 5 of his favorite writers: Dave Eggers, Colson Whitehead, Zadie Smith, Barbara Kingsolver and Junot Díaz.

    39 replies 1,285 retweets 6,183 likes
  14. Jan 11

    ., author of "Without You, There Is No Us," joins the speakers of for panel on Undercover Reporting

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  15. Jan 11

    Who takes seriously unsubstantiated anonymous claims, anyways?

    214 replies 5,937 retweets 7,730 likes
  16. Jan 11

    Indeed.

    We are now fully immersed in the anonymous, the unverified, and the unverifiable. And he hasn't even taken office. Trumpism sure is fast
  17. 18 Dec 2016

    "Mr Trump’s antagonism towards China is a gamble without an upside. Mr Trump is no Nixon."

    2 replies 30 retweets 23 likes
  18. 18 Dec 2016

    Interesting piece by -- White Resentment on the Night Shift at Walmart

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      author of GULAG and IRON CURTAIN, among others. Washington Post columnist. Visiting Professor, LSE Institute of Global Affairs. CEPA fellow.

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  20. 8 Dec 2016

    “With more than 2,000 [eviction notices] a year, it makes sense that people are living in these precarious scenarios,” said Erin McElroy.

    On life after : fallen community pillars, tone-deaf officials, the undertow of displacement, survival
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