Dr. Jonathan Scherch
@jonathanscherch.bsky.social
Proud professor of international students & colleagues doing their good deeds. Permaculture & ham radio geek. -- I do not send (or eat) Spam.
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@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @jayapal.house.gov @cantwell.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov
Please create a shadow cabinet and hold daily press briefings to provide organized, discerning views of events & implications.
Otherwise, GOP tactics of overwhelm & distraction succeed.
Please create a shadow cabinet and hold daily press briefings to provide organized, discerning views of events & implications.
Otherwise, GOP tactics of overwhelm & distraction succeed.
To be clear, via NYT: "There is no evidence that a significant number of noncitizens have voted in any American election. A 2024 audit by Georgia’s secretary of state found that just 20 of the 8.2 million people registered to vote in Georgia were not citizens, and only nine had ever voted."
February 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
To be clear, via NYT: "There is no evidence that a significant number of noncitizens have voted in any American election. A 2024 audit by Georgia’s secretary of state found that just 20 of the 8.2 million people registered to vote in Georgia were not citizens, and only nine had ever voted."
Go Seahawks!
The guy on the right is New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, photographed at the Kennedy Center premiere of “Melania.” #GoSeahawks!
February 1, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Go Seahawks!
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Corruption, plain and simple.
Steve Witkoff, David Sacks, and Howard Lutnick must testify in front of Congress.
And Congress needs to grow a spine and put a stop to Trump’s crypto corruption.
Steve Witkoff, David Sacks, and Howard Lutnick must testify in front of Congress.
And Congress needs to grow a spine and put a stop to Trump’s crypto corruption.
February 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Corruption, plain and simple.
Steve Witkoff, David Sacks, and Howard Lutnick must testify in front of Congress.
And Congress needs to grow a spine and put a stop to Trump’s crypto corruption.
Steve Witkoff, David Sacks, and Howard Lutnick must testify in front of Congress.
And Congress needs to grow a spine and put a stop to Trump’s crypto corruption.
Compelling read and hopefully inaccurate.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
15 Scenarios That Could Stun the World in 2026
Futurists, political analysts and other forecasters on the possible “Black Swan” events of the new year.
www.politico.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Compelling read and hopefully inaccurate.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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The Washington state Senate voted Wednesday to ban law enforcement from covering their faces in response to growing concerns over masked federal immigration agents. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/01/28/w...
WA Senate passes ban on police face coverings • Washington State Standard
The Washington state Senate voted Wednesday to ban law enforcement from covering their faces amid concerns over masked immigration agents.
washingtonstatestandard.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:11 AM
The Washington state Senate voted Wednesday to ban law enforcement from covering their faces in response to growing concerns over masked federal immigration agents. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/01/28/w...
“… to let this episode slide—to allow it to be overtaken by the next outrage and the one to follow—would be to accept that no accountability is ever imposed on anyone in Trump’s orbit.“
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand
Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.
www.newyorker.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 PM
“… to let this episode slide—to allow it to be overtaken by the next outrage and the one to follow—would be to accept that no accountability is ever imposed on anyone in Trump’s orbit.“
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Wonderful comment
January 29, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Wonderful comment
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FYI: Dems in the senate can't defund ICE. ICE is funded by the Big Ugly Bill. Shutting down DHS on this vote wouldn't touch ICE, but it would shut down FEMA, TSA, Coast Guard, etc. Shutting down ICE requires taking back Congress in the midterms. Dismantling DHS requires the White House in 2028.
January 23, 2026 at 5:03 PM
FYI: Dems in the senate can't defund ICE. ICE is funded by the Big Ugly Bill. Shutting down DHS on this vote wouldn't touch ICE, but it would shut down FEMA, TSA, Coast Guard, etc. Shutting down ICE requires taking back Congress in the midterms. Dismantling DHS requires the White House in 2028.
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They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
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Cannot see the end of it.
January 23, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Cannot see the end of it.
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🗓️ Today in one sentence for Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026.
Day 1822: "Turn the temperature down."
Day 1822: "Turn the temperature down."
January 16, 2026 at 12:46 AM
🗓️ Today in one sentence for Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026.
Day 1822: "Turn the temperature down."
Day 1822: "Turn the temperature down."
Go Seahawks!!
January 18, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Go Seahawks!!
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Target: dead to me.
From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
January 12, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Target: dead to me.
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Democrats need to realize ICE isn’t just—or even primarily—a mass deportation force.
ICE is also Trump’s most loyal internal security force which will be used to attack regime opponents and try to steal the election. They should defund his authoritarian capabilities.
ICE is also Trump’s most loyal internal security force which will be used to attack regime opponents and try to steal the election. They should defund his authoritarian capabilities.
January 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Democrats need to realize ICE isn’t just—or even primarily—a mass deportation force.
ICE is also Trump’s most loyal internal security force which will be used to attack regime opponents and try to steal the election. They should defund his authoritarian capabilities.
ICE is also Trump’s most loyal internal security force which will be used to attack regime opponents and try to steal the election. They should defund his authoritarian capabilities.
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @jayapal.house.gov @cantwell.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov
Please create a shadow cabinet and hold daily press briefings to provide organized, discerning views of events & implications.
Otherwise, GOP tactics of overwhelm & distraction succeed.
Please create a shadow cabinet and hold daily press briefings to provide organized, discerning views of events & implications.
Otherwise, GOP tactics of overwhelm & distraction succeed.
January 12, 2026 at 3:21 PM
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @jayapal.house.gov @cantwell.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov
Please create a shadow cabinet and hold daily press briefings to provide organized, discerning views of events & implications.
Otherwise, GOP tactics of overwhelm & distraction succeed.
Please create a shadow cabinet and hold daily press briefings to provide organized, discerning views of events & implications.
Otherwise, GOP tactics of overwhelm & distraction succeed.
Rather than interpretive responses to major crisis after major crisis by Dem leaders, alternatively:
create a shadow cabinet & conduct daily press briefings (by a shadow press secretary) to provide organized, systematic, coherent oversight & insights about what is happening.
Just a thought.
create a shadow cabinet & conduct daily press briefings (by a shadow press secretary) to provide organized, systematic, coherent oversight & insights about what is happening.
Just a thought.
January 11, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Rather than interpretive responses to major crisis after major crisis by Dem leaders, alternatively:
create a shadow cabinet & conduct daily press briefings (by a shadow press secretary) to provide organized, systematic, coherent oversight & insights about what is happening.
Just a thought.
create a shadow cabinet & conduct daily press briefings (by a shadow press secretary) to provide organized, systematic, coherent oversight & insights about what is happening.
Just a thought.
Daily press reports from Dem leaders can help us to track:
ICE
East Wing
Tariffs
Epstien Files
Healthcare
Venezuela
CDC
Elections
NATO
Pardons
FEMA
Universities
Project 2025
Etc.
Dem leaders can help sustain clarity of impacts to systems and elements.
ICE
East Wing
Tariffs
Epstien Files
Healthcare
Venezuela
CDC
Elections
NATO
Pardons
FEMA
Universities
Project 2025
Etc.
Dem leaders can help sustain clarity of impacts to systems and elements.
January 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Daily press reports from Dem leaders can help us to track:
ICE
East Wing
Tariffs
Epstien Files
Healthcare
Venezuela
CDC
Elections
NATO
Pardons
FEMA
Universities
Project 2025
Etc.
Dem leaders can help sustain clarity of impacts to systems and elements.
ICE
East Wing
Tariffs
Epstien Files
Healthcare
Venezuela
CDC
Elections
NATO
Pardons
FEMA
Universities
Project 2025
Etc.
Dem leaders can help sustain clarity of impacts to systems and elements.
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This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis.
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Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son
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January 8, 2026 at 2:29 AM
This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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“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 ….”
Thankfully, Heather Cox Richardson is our modern Thomas Paine.
Thankfully, Heather Cox Richardson is our modern Thomas Paine.
December 20, 2025 at 1:51 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 ….”
Thankfully, Heather Cox Richardson is our modern Thomas Paine.
Thankfully, Heather Cox Richardson is our modern Thomas Paine.
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Maria Shriver, niece of JFK:
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
December 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Maria Shriver, niece of JFK:
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.