Kate Schmidt
@kateschmidt.bsky.social
CA expat living in coastal Maine. Genealogist. Loves kitties and booze and food and knitting. Intolerant of TERFs and bigots and racists and douchebags. Friend of DeSoto. Leguminati. Anti-fascist. She/her. 2547.
Happy Veterans’ Day.
Two panels highlighting the role of African American soldiers in the liberation of the Netherlands have been removed from the American Military Cemetary Margraten. The Cemetary is controlled by the AMBC, and the panels were removed in line with current Trump policy.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Monument: Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun...
www.nrc.nl
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Happy Veterans’ Day.
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Two months ago we were paying all federal workers, SNAP benefits were fully funded, and people could afford their health insurance premiums but a small group of Democratic senators have Stockholm Syndrome and are telling us we have to Sophie’s choice one or two of these things.
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Two months ago we were paying all federal workers, SNAP benefits were fully funded, and people could afford their health insurance premiums but a small group of Democratic senators have Stockholm Syndrome and are telling us we have to Sophie’s choice one or two of these things.
@pingree.house.gov Please follow suit. Schumer is not doing his job.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Palestinian American DSA member who represents metro Detroit, is the second sitting Democratic congressperson to demand the resignation of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
@pingree.house.gov Please follow suit. Schumer is not doing his job.
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“My work is not done — despite my best efforts, there are still children alive and well in the state of Texas.”
Fuck everything today, but especially this man.
Greg Abbott announces reelection campaign for record fourth term as Texas governor
Gov. Greg Abbott formally announced his fourth gubernatorial run in Houston on Sunday. The incumbent Republican, who currently has around $87 million in his campaign war chest, will face two opponents...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“My work is not done — despite my best efforts, there are still children alive and well in the state of Texas.”
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This is disgusting, especially when you consider that the white supremacist Commander-in-Chief is a draft dodger.
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is disgusting, especially when you consider that the white supremacist Commander-in-Chief is a draft dodger.
25th Amendment NOW
Trump: "For generations Miami has been a haven for those fleeing communist tyranny in South Africa. I mean, if you take a look at what's going on in parts of South Africa. Look at South Africa, what's going on. Look at South America, what's going on. You know, we have a G20 meeting in South Africa."
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
25th Amendment NOW
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Somebody on Gav’s staff should have delayed this speech. He’s a total wet blanket after Mamdani’s triumphant oratory.
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Somebody on Gav’s staff should have delayed this speech. He’s a total wet blanket after Mamdani’s triumphant oratory.
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serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them
really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them
That was EXACTLY my thought.
This victory speech from Zohran Mamdani is the most profound Dem speech of its kind since Obama at the DNC in 2004.
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
That was EXACTLY my thought.
I wish tonight had been the midterms.
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I wish tonight had been the midterms.
Yeah. I’m sleeping with one eye open tonight.
Now the last time we showed this much gusto was the No Kings rally last month and right afterwards Trump torn down one third of the White House and cut off SNAP to 42 million people.
Wonder what psycho diaper pants will do after tonight?
Wonder what psycho diaper pants will do after tonight?
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Yeah. I’m sleeping with one eye open tonight.
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are more of us than there are of them.
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Daylight Saving Time is increasingly hard to notice when my digital devices are like, "What? Nothing happened. We know what time it is."
And my stove is left blinking and screaming, "IT HAPPENED! TIME SHIFTED UNNATURALLY! THEY'RE ALL LYING! ONLY I KNOW! ONLY I REMEMBER!"
And my stove is left blinking and screaming, "IT HAPPENED! TIME SHIFTED UNNATURALLY! THEY'RE ALL LYING! ONLY I KNOW! ONLY I REMEMBER!"
November 5, 2023 at 2:04 PM
Daylight Saving Time is increasingly hard to notice when my digital devices are like, "What? Nothing happened. We know what time it is."
And my stove is left blinking and screaming, "IT HAPPENED! TIME SHIFTED UNNATURALLY! THEY'RE ALL LYING! ONLY I KNOW! ONLY I REMEMBER!"
And my stove is left blinking and screaming, "IT HAPPENED! TIME SHIFTED UNNATURALLY! THEY'RE ALL LYING! ONLY I KNOW! ONLY I REMEMBER!"
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If members of the United States military are truly being paid their salaries by a private individual, the American people should know who that individual is. Now.
October 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
If members of the United States military are truly being paid their salaries by a private individual, the American people should know who that individual is. Now.
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Maybe Gen X shouldn’t have focused on how boring Stein sounded and focused on what he was lecturing about (hint: Smoot-Harley Tariff Act)
a man wearing glasses is standing in front of a blackboard and saying `` anyone ? '' .
ALT: a man wearing glasses is standing in front of a blackboard and saying `` anyone ? '' .
media.tenor.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Maybe Gen X shouldn’t have focused on how boring Stein sounded and focused on what he was lecturing about (hint: Smoot-Harley Tariff Act)
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Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
October 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
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The same people who obsessed over a tan suit, a private email server, a boisterous laugh, and an autopen are strangely indifferent to the likelihood that their president raped children.
October 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The same people who obsessed over a tan suit, a private email server, a boisterous laugh, and an autopen are strangely indifferent to the likelihood that their president raped children.
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I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.
October 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.
Like I needed a reason to continue boycotting Home Despot.
The Home Depot continues to allow ICE to terrorize the communities they pretend to serve. Let’s show them the same kindness we did to target!
use the website boycotthomedepot.network and the toolkit at bit.ly/boycotthomed... to spread the word!
use the website boycotthomedepot.network and the toolkit at bit.ly/boycotthomed... to spread the word!
October 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Like I needed a reason to continue boycotting Home Despot.
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ITMFA
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
October 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
ITMFA
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We need to make these assholes infamous.
Clark Construction, McCrery Architects, and AECOM for their willingness to illegally demolish The White House without Approval from Congress and the National Capital Planning Commission
Clark Construction, McCrery Architects, and AECOM for their willingness to illegally demolish The White House without Approval from Congress and the National Capital Planning Commission
October 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
We need to make these assholes infamous.
Clark Construction, McCrery Architects, and AECOM for their willingness to illegally demolish The White House without Approval from Congress and the National Capital Planning Commission
Clark Construction, McCrery Architects, and AECOM for their willingness to illegally demolish The White House without Approval from Congress and the National Capital Planning Commission
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Welcome to YOU SHOULDN’T.
Here are things you shouldn’t do:
- Steal jewels from the Louvre
- Unilaterally destroy the east wing of the White House or any other public housing structure
- Get a huge Nazi tattoo
- Ever want to get a huge Nazi tattoo.
You just SHOULDN’T.
This has been YOU SHOULDN’T
Here are things you shouldn’t do:
- Steal jewels from the Louvre
- Unilaterally destroy the east wing of the White House or any other public housing structure
- Get a huge Nazi tattoo
- Ever want to get a huge Nazi tattoo.
You just SHOULDN’T.
This has been YOU SHOULDN’T
October 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Welcome to YOU SHOULDN’T.
Here are things you shouldn’t do:
- Steal jewels from the Louvre
- Unilaterally destroy the east wing of the White House or any other public housing structure
- Get a huge Nazi tattoo
- Ever want to get a huge Nazi tattoo.
You just SHOULDN’T.
This has been YOU SHOULDN’T
Here are things you shouldn’t do:
- Steal jewels from the Louvre
- Unilaterally destroy the east wing of the White House or any other public housing structure
- Get a huge Nazi tattoo
- Ever want to get a huge Nazi tattoo.
You just SHOULDN’T.
This has been YOU SHOULDN’T