Eric Schmeltzer
@ericschmeltzer.com
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Eric Schmeltzer
@ericschmeltzer.com
· Feb 4
Here is the pre-RFK vaccination schedule for your kids. Please download it before he is confirmed and changes/deletes it.
Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on.
Making this my pinned post.
Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on.
Making this my pinned post.
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
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This is really telling! It doesn't work like that anymore, bud. None of it works like that — even if it did on Jan. 19.
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This is really telling! It doesn't work like that anymore, bud. None of it works like that — even if it did on Jan. 19.
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Making fun of our neighborhoods and communities is disgusting.
Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Making fun of our neighborhoods and communities is disgusting.
Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
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NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
The flipside of some Democrats folding and caving is the vast majority of others who are absolutely raging against it and them. And that includes a lot of party leaders, electeds and former electeds who still have influence.
So, hate seeing what happened happen. BUT liking the "F this!" from many.
So, hate seeing what happened happen. BUT liking the "F this!" from many.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The flipside of some Democrats folding and caving is the vast majority of others who are absolutely raging against it and them. And that includes a lot of party leaders, electeds and former electeds who still have influence.
So, hate seeing what happened happen. BUT liking the "F this!" from many.
So, hate seeing what happened happen. BUT liking the "F this!" from many.
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
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Dems. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Dems. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
Not to rub it in anyone's faces because he really did a great job conning folks, but I really am proud I supported @conorlambpa.bsky.social and have money sitting and waiting to donate to him if he primaries.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Not to rub it in anyone's faces because he really did a great job conning folks, but I really am proud I supported @conorlambpa.bsky.social and have money sitting and waiting to donate to him if he primaries.
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
This one wasn't shocking. It wasn't on merits. It was procedural. I still believe Obergefell hangs on by the thinnest of strands unless a Democratic president expands the court immediately.
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This one wasn't shocking. It wasn't on merits. It was procedural. I still believe Obergefell hangs on by the thinnest of strands unless a Democratic president expands the court immediately.
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NEVER FORGET: John Fetterman's reply to then President Joe Biden in 2021. The internet NEVER forgets & NEITHER DO WE!😡
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM
NEVER FORGET: John Fetterman's reply to then President Joe Biden in 2021. The internet NEVER forgets & NEITHER DO WE!😡
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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Ok.
Well.
Seat Adelita Grijalva and let’s finally have a vote to release the Epstein Files.
Well.
Seat Adelita Grijalva and let’s finally have a vote to release the Epstein Files.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Ok.
Well.
Seat Adelita Grijalva and let’s finally have a vote to release the Epstein Files.
Well.
Seat Adelita Grijalva and let’s finally have a vote to release the Epstein Files.
Based on texts* from friends and family, 100 percent of Democrats are opposed to Senate Dems agreeing to this deal.
(* MOE +/- 7500%)
(* MOE +/- 7500%)
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Based on texts* from friends and family, 100 percent of Democrats are opposed to Senate Dems agreeing to this deal.
(* MOE +/- 7500%)
(* MOE +/- 7500%)
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
This is why I am for ending the filibuster actually. Let people get what they, in reality, vote for. Then folks might stop believing both parties are the same.
Democrats have to stop bailing out Republicans from facing the consequences of their own policies. And yeah, that means they have to stop sparing voters from experiencing what GOP government truly means.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This is why I am for ending the filibuster actually. Let people get what they, in reality, vote for. Then folks might stop believing both parties are the same.
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Trump has been copiously booed by the crowd at today’s game. Make him feel unwelcome everywhere.
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Trump has been copiously booed by the crowd at today’s game. Make him feel unwelcome everywhere.
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Any Democrat in Congress who would accept a promise from a Republican in Congress should undergo a cognitive test.
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Any Democrat in Congress who would accept a promise from a Republican in Congress should undergo a cognitive test.
Butterfly Effect:
One day a young Donald Trump comes home hurt and upset. Fred Trump takes him out for ice cream and says, "I love you."
In 2025, we are all happier and more prosperous.
One day a young Donald Trump comes home hurt and upset. Fred Trump takes him out for ice cream and says, "I love you."
In 2025, we are all happier and more prosperous.
November 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Butterfly Effect:
One day a young Donald Trump comes home hurt and upset. Fred Trump takes him out for ice cream and says, "I love you."
In 2025, we are all happier and more prosperous.
One day a young Donald Trump comes home hurt and upset. Fred Trump takes him out for ice cream and says, "I love you."
In 2025, we are all happier and more prosperous.
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Karoline Leavitt is going wild with the photoshopping. 🥴
November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Karoline Leavitt is going wild with the photoshopping. 🥴
I can see how lonely men gravitate toward the GOP. They have real, fake and real fake women who will pretend to show you love that no real real women will.
It's SO PATHETIC
It's SO PATHETIC
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I can see how lonely men gravitate toward the GOP. They have real, fake and real fake women who will pretend to show you love that no real real women will.
It's SO PATHETIC
It's SO PATHETIC
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If I was writing a popular history this would be my pivot moment I think.
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If I was writing a popular history this would be my pivot moment I think.
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Multiple immigrants detained at the facility say ICE officer demanded that they sign deportation paperwork, refused to let them talk to lawyers, and threatened them when they wouldn't sign documents in English that they couldn't read.
Here's a representative example.
Here's a representative example.
November 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Multiple immigrants detained at the facility say ICE officer demanded that they sign deportation paperwork, refused to let them talk to lawyers, and threatened them when they wouldn't sign documents in English that they couldn't read.
Here's a representative example.
Here's a representative example.
Mamdani's transition team is stacked with experience and none of them are DSA. Former First Dep Mayor Torres-Springer, who resigned when Adams was indicted and wouldn't leave, former FTC chair Lina Khan, the United Way CEO, the Former Dep Mayor for Health and Human Services.
Strong start.
Strong start.
November 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Mamdani's transition team is stacked with experience and none of them are DSA. Former First Dep Mayor Torres-Springer, who resigned when Adams was indicted and wouldn't leave, former FTC chair Lina Khan, the United Way CEO, the Former Dep Mayor for Health and Human Services.
Strong start.
Strong start.