Lucas Schaefer
@lucaseschaefer.bsky.social
Debut novel THE SLIP out now from Simon & Schuster
Pinned
Hugely honored to see THE SLIP win the 2025 Kirkus Prize in fiction. Thank you, Kirkus!
Too many of these politicians seem to think being friends with their colleagues regardless of party is more important than policy. Maybe we need to elect people who have friends going in.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Too many of these politicians seem to think being friends with their colleagues regardless of party is more important than policy. Maybe we need to elect people who have friends going in.
We need to return to the idea that the buck stops with our leaders. The fish rots from the head. Can’t wait to be done with this insufferable loser.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We need to return to the idea that the buck stops with our leaders. The fish rots from the head. Can’t wait to be done with this insufferable loser.
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Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
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Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
There was a time when politicians used to say they didn’t negotiate with terrorists but Sen. Kaine clearly doesn’t agree
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
There was a time when politicians used to say they didn’t negotiate with terrorists but Sen. Kaine clearly doesn’t agree
Hey Democrats? You can’t win a fight if you never throw a punch. 🥊
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Hey Democrats? You can’t win a fight if you never throw a punch. 🥊
I strongly suspect some of these Democratic fuckwits are more concerned with their own flights being delayed than they are with healthcare becoming unaffordable for many more people.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I strongly suspect some of these Democratic fuckwits are more concerned with their own flights being delayed than they are with healthcare becoming unaffordable for many more people.
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God the number of times I have been through this with the same damned bus of clowns in the senate. They need to go.
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
God the number of times I have been through this with the same damned bus of clowns in the senate. They need to go.
I have drawers of cords to long-dead iPods that are more useful than “centrist” Democrats
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I have drawers of cords to long-dead iPods that are more useful than “centrist” Democrats
A promise from serial liars is meaningless, obviously.
November 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM
A promise from serial liars is meaningless, obviously.
The appropriate response on the part of Democrats to reactionaries who believe this country isn’t big enough for everyone should be, “Get packing.”
November 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The appropriate response on the part of Democrats to reactionaries who believe this country isn’t big enough for everyone should be, “Get packing.”
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Dear My Senator, if you end this shutdown without ironclad protections for the American people I will dedicate all of my energy to ensuring this is your last term as my representative. You will not be elected dog catcher if I am still on this good earth.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA)
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI)
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI)
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
They voted for the last CR
Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA)
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI)
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI)
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
They voted for the last CR
November 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Dear My Senator, if you end this shutdown without ironclad protections for the American people I will dedicate all of my energy to ensuring this is your last term as my representative. You will not be elected dog catcher if I am still on this good earth.
If you’re disgusted by people who take government money and do no work then the people who disgust you are House Republicans
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
If you’re disgusted by people who take government money and do no work then the people who disgust you are House Republicans
These people are sick freaks
November 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
These people are sick freaks
Perfect weekend at @texasbookfest.bsky.social! Met so many A+ authors, fantastic crowd in @texasmonthly.bsky.social tent for a chat on Austin novels with the wonderful Callie Collins & Marianne DeLeón, and I fulfilled a lifelong dream of being escorted somewhere in a golf cart!
November 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Perfect weekend at @texasbookfest.bsky.social! Met so many A+ authors, fantastic crowd in @texasmonthly.bsky.social tent for a chat on Austin novels with the wonderful Callie Collins & Marianne DeLeón, and I fulfilled a lifelong dream of being escorted somewhere in a golf cart!
Cover getting some new bells & whistles 🙏🥊
November 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Cover getting some new bells & whistles 🙏🥊
Can’t wait for Texas Book Festival! Tomorrow (Saturday) at 4:15 in the Texas tent! Say hi 🥊
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Can’t wait for Texas Book Festival! Tomorrow (Saturday) at 4:15 in the Texas tent! Say hi 🥊
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
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"The video cut O'Donnell's final question: "So not concerned about the appearance of corruption with this?"
"Also omitted was Trump's stammering reply: "I can't say, because — I can't say — I'm not concerned. I don't — I'd rather not have you ask the question."
#Pinks
"Also omitted was Trump's stammering reply: "I can't say, because — I can't say — I'm not concerned. I don't — I'd rather not have you ask the question."
#Pinks
Dems want FCC probe of "60 Minutes" trimming Trump Binance pardon exchange
A note said the extended version of the interview had been "condensed for clarity."
www.axios.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"The video cut O'Donnell's final question: "So not concerned about the appearance of corruption with this?"
"Also omitted was Trump's stammering reply: "I can't say, because — I can't say — I'm not concerned. I don't — I'd rather not have you ask the question."
#Pinks
"Also omitted was Trump's stammering reply: "I can't say, because — I can't say — I'm not concerned. I don't — I'd rather not have you ask the question."
#Pinks
I sincerely hope those journalists who pretended Chip Roy was some sort of independent minded intellectual and not your run of the mill racist trash have found professions better suited to their skill set.
November 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I sincerely hope those journalists who pretended Chip Roy was some sort of independent minded intellectual and not your run of the mill racist trash have found professions better suited to their skill set.
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"People like Merrick Garland think that they’re eschewing politics. The reality is the opposite: The careful avoidance of anything that appears political is itself a political act. It is a performance, intended to convey to your audience that you are neutral and unbiased. It’s institutional PR."
November 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"People like Merrick Garland think that they’re eschewing politics. The reality is the opposite: The careful avoidance of anything that appears political is itself a political act. It is a performance, intended to convey to your audience that you are neutral and unbiased. It’s institutional PR."
Can’t wait for @texasbookfest.bsky.social! On Saturday 11/8 I’ll be talking Austin novels with Marianne DeLeon and Callie Collins in the @texasmonthly.bsky.social tent & later that night Lit Crawling around with @writersleaguetexas.bsky.social at Speakeasy. Say hi! 🥊
October 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Can’t wait for @texasbookfest.bsky.social! On Saturday 11/8 I’ll be talking Austin novels with Marianne DeLeon and Callie Collins in the @texasmonthly.bsky.social tent & later that night Lit Crawling around with @writersleaguetexas.bsky.social at Speakeasy. Say hi! 🥊
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The actual finding here is that a huge percentage of the population believes things that are not true. Democrats objectively did not spend significant time on climate change or LGBTQ issues in the last election campaign.
Duh. Those of us on the ground last year actually speaking with middle class/working class voters and who heard from these voters every single day the same - “Trump is an asshole, but Democrats are out of touch” - could’ve saved my new political party a lot of time & money producing this “report.”👇
October 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The actual finding here is that a huge percentage of the population believes things that are not true. Democrats objectively did not spend significant time on climate change or LGBTQ issues in the last election campaign.
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
Never into the “in this house” signs but millions of people with “in this house ICE is not welcome” wouldn’t be bad
October 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Never into the “in this house” signs but millions of people with “in this house ICE is not welcome” wouldn’t be bad