Tom Schaller
@schaller67.bsky.social
UMBC political scientist, NYT bestselling co-author of White Rural Rage, diehard Washington Caps fan, peripatetic. Longtime DC denizen, Albany, NY, native.
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Tom Schaller
@schaller67.bsky.social
· Feb 1
Hey Bluesky! I’m here.
Yes, I’m still a bit stunned by my prescient tweet (below) 14hrs before the tragic DC crash, after which many of you encouraged me to finally gravitate to here.
Happy to belatedly join the community. Tom
Yes, I’m still a bit stunned by my prescient tweet (below) 14hrs before the tragic DC crash, after which many of you encouraged me to finally gravitate to here.
Happy to belatedly join the community. Tom
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Brazil didn’t stop at sentencing former president Bolsanaro to 27 years for an attempted coup; his entire inner circle—from the vice president and the military commander to the intelligence chief and even his son—are also facing decades in prison.
America, this is what democracy looks like.
America, this is what democracy looks like.
November 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Brazil didn’t stop at sentencing former president Bolsanaro to 27 years for an attempted coup; his entire inner circle—from the vice president and the military commander to the intelligence chief and even his son—are also facing decades in prison.
America, this is what democracy looks like.
America, this is what democracy looks like.
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Official U.S. Government account refers to its citizens as "imbecilic morons".
November 15, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Official U.S. Government account refers to its citizens as "imbecilic morons".
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Bill saw this every night and decided to go with Hillary anyways
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Bill saw this every night and decided to go with Hillary anyways
How much you wanna bet that some part of all these DOJ payments to various Trumpers—supposedly harmed by legitimate investigations into their illegitimate actions—ends up in Bondi’s pocket as a kickback.
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
How much you wanna bet that some part of all these DOJ payments to various Trumpers—supposedly harmed by legitimate investigations into their illegitimate actions—ends up in Bondi’s pocket as a kickback.
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Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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In the new Emerson College poll of Arizona voters, Trump has a 9-point net negative approval rating overall and a 17-point net negative rating on his handling of the economy (in a sample that is +5 Trump on self-reported 2024 vote).
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
In the new Emerson College poll of Arizona voters, Trump has a 9-point net negative approval rating overall and a 17-point net negative rating on his handling of the economy (in a sample that is +5 Trump on self-reported 2024 vote).
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Shockingly craven even by 2025 standards
2023: "They're taking advantage of a 16-year-old MINOR!! I have a daughter close to that, if you come near her as a 31-year-old man, we're going to have a SERIOUS PROBLEM!!"
2025: "He was not a pedophile; he was into the barely legal type. Like he liked 15-year-old girls... that is what I believe."
2025: "He was not a pedophile; he was into the barely legal type. Like he liked 15-year-old girls... that is what I believe."
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Shockingly craven even by 2025 standards
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2023: "They're taking advantage of a 16-year-old MINOR!! I have a daughter close to that, if you come near her as a 31-year-old man, we're going to have a SERIOUS PROBLEM!!"
2025: "He was not a pedophile; he was into the barely legal type. Like he liked 15-year-old girls... that is what I believe."
2025: "He was not a pedophile; he was into the barely legal type. Like he liked 15-year-old girls... that is what I believe."
November 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
2023: "They're taking advantage of a 16-year-old MINOR!! I have a daughter close to that, if you come near her as a 31-year-old man, we're going to have a SERIOUS PROBLEM!!"
2025: "He was not a pedophile; he was into the barely legal type. Like he liked 15-year-old girls... that is what I believe."
2025: "He was not a pedophile; he was into the barely legal type. Like he liked 15-year-old girls... that is what I believe."
Just got my 6mo car insurance bill from Progressive.
Price increase? 24%
When I called to ask why, they said assessment of rates in DC. Which is their way of saying, “we can hike it because other insurers are, too.”
I told them Trump said prices would come down on Day 1 of his presidency.
Price increase? 24%
When I called to ask why, they said assessment of rates in DC. Which is their way of saying, “we can hike it because other insurers are, too.”
I told them Trump said prices would come down on Day 1 of his presidency.
November 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Just got my 6mo car insurance bill from Progressive.
Price increase? 24%
When I called to ask why, they said assessment of rates in DC. Which is their way of saying, “we can hike it because other insurers are, too.”
I told them Trump said prices would come down on Day 1 of his presidency.
Price increase? 24%
When I called to ask why, they said assessment of rates in DC. Which is their way of saying, “we can hike it because other insurers are, too.”
I told them Trump said prices would come down on Day 1 of his presidency.
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NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
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Trump’s new “affordability” push is basically reversing the tariffs he said would never cause un-affordability.
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Trump’s new “affordability” push is basically reversing the tariffs he said would never cause un-affordability.
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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This was a GOP trial balloon
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This was a GOP trial balloon
If the president is a pedo and FOX News never mentions it, does it still make a sound in the MAGA forest?
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
If the president is a pedo and FOX News never mentions it, does it still make a sound in the MAGA forest?
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53 NYT articles by Maggie Haberman about Hillary’s emails, 48 about Benghazi, not one about Trump’s mafia ties or Epstein.
Tells you everything you need to know.
www.citjourno.org/maggie3
Tells you everything you need to know.
www.citjourno.org/maggie3
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
53 NYT articles by Maggie Haberman about Hillary’s emails, 48 about Benghazi, not one about Trump’s mafia ties or Epstein.
Tells you everything you need to know.
www.citjourno.org/maggie3
Tells you everything you need to know.
www.citjourno.org/maggie3
National media: “YES, give us every detail from DNC/Hillary emails hacked by opponents trying to destroy her—we will file daily stories!”
Also: “Hacked emails about Trump and little girls? Nah…he’s too good for business, let’s move along, shall we?”
Conservatives: “The media is biased against us.”
Also: “Hacked emails about Trump and little girls? Nah…he’s too good for business, let’s move along, shall we?”
Conservatives: “The media is biased against us.”
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
National media: “YES, give us every detail from DNC/Hillary emails hacked by opponents trying to destroy her—we will file daily stories!”
Also: “Hacked emails about Trump and little girls? Nah…he’s too good for business, let’s move along, shall we?”
Conservatives: “The media is biased against us.”
Also: “Hacked emails about Trump and little girls? Nah…he’s too good for business, let’s move along, shall we?”
Conservatives: “The media is biased against us.”
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If this number were true, it would amount to about ~0.4% of 42 million recipients.
Brooke Rollins: "SNAP is a broken program. SNAP is full of corruption. We found 186,000 dead people."
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If this number were true, it would amount to about ~0.4% of 42 million recipients.
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
There was already ample “Israel uses Epstein as asset to gain kompromat on top US biz leaders and politicians” from antisemitic Fuentes-type conservatives *before* the emails came out.
They’re going DefCon 1 from now on.
They’re going DefCon 1 from now on.
November 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
There was already ample “Israel uses Epstein as asset to gain kompromat on top US biz leaders and politicians” from antisemitic Fuentes-type conservatives *before* the emails came out.
They’re going DefCon 1 from now on.
They’re going DefCon 1 from now on.
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Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
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In December 2018, Epstein wrote about Trump: “I am the one able to take him down.”
Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration.
Weird coincidence.
Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration.
Weird coincidence.
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In December 2018, Epstein wrote about Trump: “I am the one able to take him down.”
Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration.
Weird coincidence.
Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration.
Weird coincidence.
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Looks like Caesar’s Palace circa 1982 before it was remodeled.
Imagine what he has in store for the ballroom. Holy shit!
Imagine what he has in store for the ballroom. Holy shit!
November 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Looks like Caesar’s Palace circa 1982 before it was remodeled.
Imagine what he has in store for the ballroom. Holy shit!
Imagine what he has in store for the ballroom. Holy shit!
An interlocking directorate, so to speak. (C. Wright Mills)
Whats so unnerving, among many other aspects of the whole sordid Epstein miasma, is how incestuous the world of these elites are. Everyone knows everyone. The personal, social, and professional spheres all overlap.
November 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
An interlocking directorate, so to speak. (C. Wright Mills)
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These are hard words to type, but: Lauren Boebert is right.
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
These are hard words to type, but: Lauren Boebert is right.
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Republicans would lose their minds.🤯
Rooting for Marc Elias to be the next AG when this nightmare ends.
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Republicans would lose their minds.🤯