Heidi Schuster
@heidischuster.bsky.social
Childless dog lady. Still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.
So many great points.
“Because freedom doesn't come with a new president: it comes when the state ceases to be a threat.”
“Because freedom doesn't come with a new president: it comes when the state ceases to be a threat.”
Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
January 4, 2026 at 1:59 AM
So many great points.
“Because freedom doesn't come with a new president: it comes when the state ceases to be a threat.”
“Because freedom doesn't come with a new president: it comes when the state ceases to be a threat.”
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It’s pretty wild that the most rabidly anti-immigrant administration in recent memory is comprised of a President married to an immigrant, a VP married to the daughter of immigrants, an assistant AG in charge of Civil Rights who’s an immigrant (Dhillon), & it was all funded by an immigrant (Musk).
December 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It’s pretty wild that the most rabidly anti-immigrant administration in recent memory is comprised of a President married to an immigrant, a VP married to the daughter of immigrants, an assistant AG in charge of Civil Rights who’s an immigrant (Dhillon), & it was all funded by an immigrant (Musk).
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Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
December 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
“Senators led by Ron Wyden (D-OR)— wrote to the Justice Dept and asked officials to explain why law enforcement never interviewed Epstein’s longtime attny Darren Indyke or his accountant Richard Kahn when the officers were investigating Epstein’s sex trafficking.”
Seems too sloppy to be an accident
Seems too sloppy to be an accident
December 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“Senators led by Ron Wyden (D-OR)— wrote to the Justice Dept and asked officials to explain why law enforcement never interviewed Epstein’s longtime attny Darren Indyke or his accountant Richard Kahn when the officers were investigating Epstein’s sex trafficking.”
Seems too sloppy to be an accident
Seems too sloppy to be an accident
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"Mary sees the big man in George from the first, because she is a big woman." TLDR: She's a spinster without George, because George is the only man she wants.
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"Mary sees the big man in George from the first, because she is a big woman." TLDR: She's a spinster without George, because George is the only man she wants.
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Fox News is VERY upset with politicians who make unrealistic promises
December 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Fox News is VERY upset with politicians who make unrealistic promises
Fascinating history of Santa in the United States. Definitely check out the pictures in the links.
December 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Fascinating history of Santa in the United States. Definitely check out the pictures in the links.
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This is insane
December 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is insane
I love the story of how NORAD started tracking Santa on Christmas Eve.
December 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I love the story of how NORAD started tracking Santa on Christmas Eve.
“In an illustration of the new battleship provided by the White House, the vessel sports an image of Trump on its upper deck.”
Hey Siri, what does narcissism look like?
Hey Siri, what does narcissism look like?
December 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“In an illustration of the new battleship provided by the White House, the vessel sports an image of Trump on its upper deck.”
Hey Siri, what does narcissism look like?
Hey Siri, what does narcissism look like?
“— the Navy really needs to invest more in its officers and sailors, and reduce the tempo of operations that are burning them out. The best ships in the world won’t mean much if their crews are fatigued and poorly trained.“
All kidding aside, this is the real problem facing the Navy.
All kidding aside, this is the real problem facing the Navy.
Trump’s press conference today was among his more haywire performances, and his slushy delivery and meandering answers will not halt speculation about his cognitive health.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Trump’s Vanity Fleet
The Trump-class ships are about branding, not strategy.
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“— the Navy really needs to invest more in its officers and sailors, and reduce the tempo of operations that are burning them out. The best ships in the world won’t mean much if their crews are fatigued and poorly trained.“
All kidding aside, this is the real problem facing the Navy.
All kidding aside, this is the real problem facing the Navy.
“Trump told a reporter today that he expects the first ship to arrive in two and a half years..”
And I expect Santa to come down my chimney on Christmas Eve.
And I expect Santa to come down my chimney on Christmas Eve.
Trump’s press conference today was among his more haywire performances, and his slushy delivery and meandering answers will not halt speculation about his cognitive health.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Trump’s Vanity Fleet
The Trump-class ships are about branding, not strategy.
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
“Trump told a reporter today that he expects the first ship to arrive in two and a half years..”
And I expect Santa to come down my chimney on Christmas Eve.
And I expect Santa to come down my chimney on Christmas Eve.
3,200 jobs in a town of 11,000 and the kicker…
“Tyson doesn’t pay city taxes due to a deal negotiated decades ago.”
“Tyson doesn’t pay city taxes due to a deal negotiated decades ago.”
December 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
3,200 jobs in a town of 11,000 and the kicker…
“Tyson doesn’t pay city taxes due to a deal negotiated decades ago.”
“Tyson doesn’t pay city taxes due to a deal negotiated decades ago.”
The next year, the states ratified the First Amendment to the Constitution. In order to ensure men had the right of conscience, it reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof….”
Seems clear to me.
Seems clear to me.
December 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The next year, the states ratified the First Amendment to the Constitution. In order to ensure men had the right of conscience, it reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof….”
Seems clear to me.
Seems clear to me.
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Right, this line Vance used was a very common line used by segregationists.
Here's Rep. Mendel Rivers (D-SC) reacting to the Brown decision, which he said "would bring mongrelization of the Caucasian race. He added that he for one won't apologize for being a white man."
Here's Rep. Mendel Rivers (D-SC) reacting to the Brown decision, which he said "would bring mongrelization of the Caucasian race. He added that he for one won't apologize for being a white man."
December 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Right, this line Vance used was a very common line used by segregationists.
Here's Rep. Mendel Rivers (D-SC) reacting to the Brown decision, which he said "would bring mongrelization of the Caucasian race. He added that he for one won't apologize for being a white man."
Here's Rep. Mendel Rivers (D-SC) reacting to the Brown decision, which he said "would bring mongrelization of the Caucasian race. He added that he for one won't apologize for being a white man."
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In the summer of 1950 most US newspapers ran an AP story about how race had become the main issue in the upcoming Georgia governor's race. Segregationist Herman Tallmadge, governor from '47 to '55 and then a Senator until 1981 made a name for himself by refusing to "apologize for being a white man."
December 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
In the summer of 1950 most US newspapers ran an AP story about how race had become the main issue in the upcoming Georgia governor's race. Segregationist Herman Tallmadge, governor from '47 to '55 and then a Senator until 1981 made a name for himself by refusing to "apologize for being a white man."
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That’s what these ‘debates’ are really about: framing old fashioned oppression as some kind of high-brow concern for women’s happiness.
You know what makes us happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage and not have a miscarriage kill us.
You know what makes us happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage and not have a miscarriage kill us.
December 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
That’s what these ‘debates’ are really about: framing old fashioned oppression as some kind of high-brow concern for women’s happiness.
You know what makes us happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage and not have a miscarriage kill us.
You know what makes us happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage and not have a miscarriage kill us.
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I find myself thinking about historian Robert Paxton’s 2004 definition of fascism far too often than I’d like these days. Note that these sentences were written back when Donald Trump was a NYC playboy libertine who donated to Democrats.
December 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered,” Paine wrote in that fraught moment, “yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.”
December 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered,” Paine wrote in that fraught moment, “yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.”
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December 17, 2025
December 17, 2025
This morning, four vulnerable Republicans signed onto the discharge petition all House Democrats have signed to force Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring a bill to extend the premium tax credits for ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
December 17, 2025
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A reminder tonight that Venezuela has nothing to do with fentanyl. The vast majority of the fentanyl supply begins as precursor chemicals in China, is manufactured in Mexico, and makes it to the U.S. by land, mostly smuggled by U.S. citizens hiding it within lawful trade and traffic at entry points.
Fentanyl smuggling: Most seizures occur at ports of entry where U.S. citizens are the primary smugglers - American Immigration Council
Most fentanyl enters the U.S. through ports of entry, not via migrants. U.S. citizens are the primary smugglers, often recruited by criminal networks. Effective solutions focus on better screening at ...
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A reminder tonight that Venezuela has nothing to do with fentanyl. The vast majority of the fentanyl supply begins as precursor chemicals in China, is manufactured in Mexico, and makes it to the U.S. by land, mostly smuggled by U.S. citizens hiding it within lawful trade and traffic at entry points.
“America isn’t easy. America is advanced citizenship. You’ve got to want it bad, ‘cause it’s gonna put up a fight.”
RIP Rob & Michelle 💔
RIP Rob & Michelle 💔
December 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“America isn’t easy. America is advanced citizenship. You’ve got to want it bad, ‘cause it’s gonna put up a fight.”
RIP Rob & Michelle 💔
RIP Rob & Michelle 💔
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December 14, 2025
December 14, 2025
Last Sunday, on December 7, Mydelle Wright, a well-regarded preservationist, filed a declaration before a court, saying that President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:57 AM
December 14, 2025
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December 12, 2025
December 12, 2025
Today former Alabama senator Doug Jones launched his campaign to become the state’s next governor.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
December 12, 2025