Erika Schmidt
@erika42.bsky.social
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In important news from history today, it is (although I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you) the joyful 10th birthday of this unimprovable tweet
November 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
In important news from history today, it is (although I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you) the joyful 10th birthday of this unimprovable tweet
Inconceivable!
On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
November 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Inconceivable!
Love my OG and Sabrina!!
I see this little argument about Wonder Woman being brunette…
Reminder! Wonder Woman is within all of us, and sometimes, she has blonde hair like Sabrina Carpenter! 💫
Reminder! Wonder Woman is within all of us, and sometimes, she has blonde hair like Sabrina Carpenter! 💫
November 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Love my OG and Sabrina!!
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The ones in the hats
were the fattest of cats,
and their honks and their hoots
Would grow in cahoots
In a place they all called Maralago!
Till the orange skinned fellow
Or it could have been yellow
Would bend at the knees
And release his foul breeze
In a curse he had cursed at Chicago
were the fattest of cats,
and their honks and their hoots
Would grow in cahoots
In a place they all called Maralago!
Till the orange skinned fellow
Or it could have been yellow
Would bend at the knees
And release his foul breeze
In a curse he had cursed at Chicago
November 1, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The ones in the hats
were the fattest of cats,
and their honks and their hoots
Would grow in cahoots
In a place they all called Maralago!
Till the orange skinned fellow
Or it could have been yellow
Would bend at the knees
And release his foul breeze
In a curse he had cursed at Chicago
were the fattest of cats,
and their honks and their hoots
Would grow in cahoots
In a place they all called Maralago!
Till the orange skinned fellow
Or it could have been yellow
Would bend at the knees
And release his foul breeze
In a curse he had cursed at Chicago
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“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.”
— G. Orwell, 1984
If you go to the website for Trump’s interagency DC Task Force—the personal Trump army designed to facilitate a *successful* January 6-style self-coup in 2029—this is its logo, I shit you not:
— G. Orwell, 1984
If you go to the website for Trump’s interagency DC Task Force—the personal Trump army designed to facilitate a *successful* January 6-style self-coup in 2029—this is its logo, I shit you not:
October 31, 2025 at 6:30 AM
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.”
— G. Orwell, 1984
If you go to the website for Trump’s interagency DC Task Force—the personal Trump army designed to facilitate a *successful* January 6-style self-coup in 2029—this is its logo, I shit you not:
— G. Orwell, 1984
If you go to the website for Trump’s interagency DC Task Force—the personal Trump army designed to facilitate a *successful* January 6-style self-coup in 2029—this is its logo, I shit you not:
So, why is the RR Foundation peeved about the Ontario tariff ad? Trump’s ire is well … par. I read the speech, and President Reagan spends a majority of it saying tariffs are bad and free and fair trade is good. Please read/listen to it yourself.
www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade
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www.reaganlibrary.gov
October 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
So, why is the RR Foundation peeved about the Ontario tariff ad? Trump’s ire is well … par. I read the speech, and President Reagan spends a majority of it saying tariffs are bad and free and fair trade is good. Please read/listen to it yourself.
www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
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Next week, he will be selling debris from the East Wing on Truth Social.
October 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Next week, he will be selling debris from the East Wing on Truth Social.
I’m a former journalist, and what Halligan did was bonkers! Off the record is not retroactive! I’m still carrying secrets from the many OTR convos I had over the years, but all of those were started with OTR.
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I’m a former journalist, and what Halligan did was bonkers! Off the record is not retroactive! I’m still carrying secrets from the many OTR convos I had over the years, but all of those were started with OTR.
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Also, a look back at our unpaywalled story:
Army intelligence analysts are monitoring civilian-made ICE tracking tools, treating them as potential threats, as immigration protests spread nationwide.
Army intelligence analysts are monitoring civilian-made ICE tracking tools, treating them as potential threats, as immigration protests spread nationwide.
'No Kings’ Protests, Citizen-Run ICE Trackers Trigger Intelligence Warnings
Army intelligence analysts are monitoring civilian-made ICE tracking tools, treating them as potential threats, as immigration protests spread nationwide.
www.wired.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Also, a look back at our unpaywalled story:
Army intelligence analysts are monitoring civilian-made ICE tracking tools, treating them as potential threats, as immigration protests spread nationwide.
Army intelligence analysts are monitoring civilian-made ICE tracking tools, treating them as potential threats, as immigration protests spread nationwide.
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You know what today marks? 3 WEEKS since @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social won her election to represent #AZ07 in Congress.
That is 3 weeks more that 700k Arizonans have gone without representation in the House because Speaker Mike Johnson won’t swear her in. Stop delaying and do your job.
That is 3 weeks more that 700k Arizonans have gone without representation in the House because Speaker Mike Johnson won’t swear her in. Stop delaying and do your job.
October 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
You know what today marks? 3 WEEKS since @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social won her election to represent #AZ07 in Congress.
That is 3 weeks more that 700k Arizonans have gone without representation in the House because Speaker Mike Johnson won’t swear her in. Stop delaying and do your job.
That is 3 weeks more that 700k Arizonans have gone without representation in the House because Speaker Mike Johnson won’t swear her in. Stop delaying and do your job.
I have loved this man since I was 5 and saw Star Wars. And then he became MY Joker. 😌
A reminder that I have "Arkham" embedded in my name.
(not that there's anything wrong with that...)
(not that there's anything wrong with that...)
October 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I have loved this man since I was 5 and saw Star Wars. And then he became MY Joker. 😌
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
October 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
This is a real leader! Mark Kelly for President?
Mr. President, it’s not spin — it’s real life for millions of American families. If their health care premiums go up, they’re going to feel the pain and a lot of them won’t be able to afford it. Let’s sit down and fix this
October 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is a real leader! Mark Kelly for President?
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In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
September 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kid …
The Rescuers (and at the end of the summer we saw Star Wars at the drive-in)
The Rescuers (and at the end of the summer we saw Star Wars at the drive-in)
Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kid
(I'm leaving the hilariously bad alt text, it's the "eating ice cream" scene from Days of Thunder)
(I'm leaving the hilariously bad alt text, it's the "eating ice cream" scene from Days of Thunder)
September 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kid …
The Rescuers (and at the end of the summer we saw Star Wars at the drive-in)
The Rescuers (and at the end of the summer we saw Star Wars at the drive-in)
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Phenomenal. In my 10 year update of A Brief History, I make the point that in the first edition, not one disease had been successfully treated using gene therapy. Today that number is at least 7.
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Phenomenal. In my 10 year update of A Brief History, I make the point that in the first edition, not one disease had been successfully treated using gene therapy. Today that number is at least 7.
I should like to add it also will see an increase in birth defects caused by rubella aka German measles. Once it was a scourge and killed and maimed children and the … gasp … unborn. If one is truly “pro-life,” one is pro vaccination!!! Fuck tRump!
When the most powerful man in the world goes about the place spreading very dangerous nonsense about paracetamol and vaccines, millions of people will sit up and listen.
It's consequence free for him but this is going to kill a lot of kids and make a lot more children very ill indeed.
It's consequence free for him but this is going to kill a lot of kids and make a lot more children very ill indeed.
September 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I should like to add it also will see an increase in birth defects caused by rubella aka German measles. Once it was a scourge and killed and maimed children and the … gasp … unborn. If one is truly “pro-life,” one is pro vaccination!!! Fuck tRump!
I am ANTIFA!! Or is it Antifa? Which should I spell it to get hauled away? I mean I am against facism. I’m not part of an organization, just like to be able to speak freely and not have someone telling me who is bad or good.😉 crazy
September 23, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I am ANTIFA!! Or is it Antifa? Which should I spell it to get hauled away? I mean I am against facism. I’m not part of an organization, just like to be able to speak freely and not have someone telling me who is bad or good.😉 crazy
Chappell Roan & Nancy Wilson: “Barracuda” (Heart)
YouTube video by bwaySHO
youtu.be
September 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
6? I thought it was down to 3 last week?
Newborn Loses Faith In Humanity After Record 6 Days https://theonion.com/newborn-loses-faith-in-humanity-after-record-6-days-1819573929/
September 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
6? I thought it was down to 3 last week?
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Roses are big
But their stems are quite narrow
But their stems are quite narrow
September 21, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Roses are big
But their stems are quite narrow
But their stems are quite narrow
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