schmaniel 🇵🇸
@schmaniel.bsky.social
n. a person given to voluble, empty talk
unapologetically pro-palestine, disability advocacy, blm, labor union, trans rights, etc
stop reading my profile and go listen to warren zevon.
unapologetically pro-palestine, disability advocacy, blm, labor union, trans rights, etc
stop reading my profile and go listen to warren zevon.
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"Ilhan Omar of Minnesota was assaulted on Tuesday evening during a town hall [..] by a man who squirted some kind of liquid from a syringe on" her.
"[F]ollowing a series of baseless allegations and intensifying insults directed at her by" Trump.
#Minnesota #USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[F]ollowing a series of baseless allegations and intensifying insults directed at her by" Trump.
#Minnesota #USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
'I Don't Let Bullies Win': Ilhan Omar Assaulted at Town Hall Amid Repeated Trump Attacks
"Here's the reality that people like this ugly man don't understand," said the Democratic lawmaker following the attack. "We are Minnesota strong and we will stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us."
www.commondreams.org
January 28, 2026 at 3:07 PM
"Ilhan Omar of Minnesota was assaulted on Tuesday evening during a town hall [..] by a man who squirted some kind of liquid from a syringe on" her.
"[F]ollowing a series of baseless allegations and intensifying insults directed at her by" Trump.
#Minnesota #USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[F]ollowing a series of baseless allegations and intensifying insults directed at her by" Trump.
#Minnesota #USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
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Biden willingly funded the genocide of Palestinians, smeared protesting students, expanded policing through cop city (protesting citizens saddled with RICO charges), and told governors to divert "leftover" Covid money to hiring more cops. The racist treatment of Omar and Tlaib fits his agenda.
The way Biden and his party treated Omar and Rashida Tlaib was reprehensible. Openly contemptuous and racist.
Holy shit. The Biden DOJ investigated Ilhan Omar???
January 28, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Biden willingly funded the genocide of Palestinians, smeared protesting students, expanded policing through cop city (protesting citizens saddled with RICO charges), and told governors to divert "leftover" Covid money to hiring more cops. The racist treatment of Omar and Tlaib fits his agenda.
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I will say I understand why this is the policy, but also
January 27, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I will say I understand why this is the policy, but also
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It's funny to me that the German media has dared to state the obvious when US media has generally shied away from accurately characterizing Bovino's Nazi-inspired look.
German media likens US border patrol official’s coat to ‘Nazi look’
Gregory Bovino’s outwear choice prompts German commentators to compare it to fascist aesthetic
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It's funny to me that the German media has dared to state the obvious when US media has generally shied away from accurately characterizing Bovino's Nazi-inspired look.
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It's, frankly, grotesque to have our queer ancestors', the Romani's, the disabled folks', and every other group that was ALSO put in concentration, labor, and DEATH camps alongside the Jewish folks in those same places reduced to mere "victims of the Second World War". They were brutalized and
The banality of evil: how dare you suggest that people other than Jews perished in the Holocaust.
January 28, 2026 at 12:16 AM
It's, frankly, grotesque to have our queer ancestors', the Romani's, the disabled folks', and every other group that was ALSO put in concentration, labor, and DEATH camps alongside the Jewish folks in those same places reduced to mere "victims of the Second World War". They were brutalized and
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They’re doing my old tweet for real
January 28, 2026 at 12:21 AM
They’re doing my old tweet for real
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STOP scrolling. This kid needs you.
Odai is in constant pain after a serious injury and needs urgent surgery with metal plates just to walk again.
Every dollar helps save his childhood. If you’ve ever cared, this is the moment. Please donate & share. Right now. Don’t look away!!!
gofund.me/77a751af7
Odai is in constant pain after a serious injury and needs urgent surgery with metal plates just to walk again.
Every dollar helps save his childhood. If you’ve ever cared, this is the moment. Please donate & share. Right now. Don’t look away!!!
gofund.me/77a751af7
January 27, 2026 at 6:03 PM
STOP scrolling. This kid needs you.
Odai is in constant pain after a serious injury and needs urgent surgery with metal plates just to walk again.
Every dollar helps save his childhood. If you’ve ever cared, this is the moment. Please donate & share. Right now. Don’t look away!!!
gofund.me/77a751af7
Odai is in constant pain after a serious injury and needs urgent surgery with metal plates just to walk again.
Every dollar helps save his childhood. If you’ve ever cared, this is the moment. Please donate & share. Right now. Don’t look away!!!
gofund.me/77a751af7
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@sesameworkersunion.bsky.social is holding an online rally on Monday, Feb. 2 to build support for a fair contract
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: We are Sesame! Online Rally to Support Sesame Workers Union. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
In spring 2025, in the face of mass layoffs and an uncertain future, the workers at Sesame Workshop formed a union with OPEIU Local 153. Three issues mobilized a strong majority of workers to organize...
us02web.zoom.us
January 27, 2026 at 11:05 PM
@sesameworkersunion.bsky.social is holding an online rally on Monday, Feb. 2 to build support for a fair contract
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Imagine a paramilitary gang kills 2 observers over 2 weeks, then shows up at your home to say, "You, observer, we know where you live."
That's a death threat.
If it happened to me or a colleague when I was a human rights observer in N. Ireland, we would've lodged complaints with three govts.
That's a death threat.
If it happened to me or a colleague when I was a human rights observer in N. Ireland, we would've lodged complaints with three govts.
One human rights observer in Maine said agents followed her home, blocked off her street, and came to her door to say they know where she lives. Her children are now staying elsewhere, to keep them safe.
Now in Maine: ICE watchers say federal agents are coming to their house to threaten and intimidate them.
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
January 27, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Imagine a paramilitary gang kills 2 observers over 2 weeks, then shows up at your home to say, "You, observer, we know where you live."
That's a death threat.
If it happened to me or a colleague when I was a human rights observer in N. Ireland, we would've lodged complaints with three govts.
That's a death threat.
If it happened to me or a colleague when I was a human rights observer in N. Ireland, we would've lodged complaints with three govts.
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Trans people knew Suozzi was a piece of shit months ago, but it's good to see him getting the recognition he deserves now.
I will give Suozzi more credit than he gives himself. He knew what the vote was. He just figured the way to "win" was to support the funding because that's more "centrist" and buck the Democratic majority. But morally, he knew what this was about. He ended up wrong morally AND politically.
January 27, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Trans people knew Suozzi was a piece of shit months ago, but it's good to see him getting the recognition he deserves now.
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kristi noem discovering that if you align with trump you'll eventually be wood chippered.
there's no loyalty to be found in maga. you are to be used and discarded.
there's no loyalty to be found in maga. you are to be used and discarded.
"Noem has complained to others that she feels she's being hung out to dry over the episode and has made sure to emphasize she took direction from Miller and the president"
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
Scoop: Stephen Miller behind misleading claim that Alex Pretti wanted to "massacre" agents
The episode illustrates the sheer power of Miller, Trump's close and longest-serving political adviser
www.axios.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:22 PM
kristi noem discovering that if you align with trump you'll eventually be wood chippered.
there's no loyalty to be found in maga. you are to be used and discarded.
there's no loyalty to be found in maga. you are to be used and discarded.
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The terror of ICE and CBP will only go away when a critical mass of liberals understand at long last that these goon squads do evil shit whether they hear about it in the media or not.
January 27, 2026 at 10:06 PM
The terror of ICE and CBP will only go away when a critical mass of liberals understand at long last that these goon squads do evil shit whether they hear about it in the media or not.
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Also this is why socialism and the removal of money from politics is the only solution. Under capitalism, profits are made on the lives of people, definitionally.
I think what a lot of folks miss is how profitable deportation is for the corporations involved & the politicians they're backing.
Holding people, physically removing them, is cost for the taxpayer & profit into the pockets of the worst people you can imagine.
Holding people, physically removing them, is cost for the taxpayer & profit into the pockets of the worst people you can imagine.
January 27, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Also this is why socialism and the removal of money from politics is the only solution. Under capitalism, profits are made on the lives of people, definitionally.
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Weeks ago, CHLA ended treatment of trans youth in capitulation to the Trump administration.
Then, the government demanded the personal info of 3,000 trans kid patients there.
Six families just successfully stopped them with a lawsuit.
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Then, the government demanded the personal info of 3,000 trans kid patients there.
Six families just successfully stopped them with a lawsuit.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
In Huge Lawsuit, Six CHLA Families Successfully Prevented The Trump Admin From Obtaining Info Of 3,000 Trans Kids
Legal documents outline the impossible choices faced by families attacked by the Trump regime and stonewalled by CHLA—and how lawyers stepped up to stop them.
www.erininthemorning.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Weeks ago, CHLA ended treatment of trans youth in capitulation to the Trump administration.
Then, the government demanded the personal info of 3,000 trans kid patients there.
Six families just successfully stopped them with a lawsuit.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Then, the government demanded the personal info of 3,000 trans kid patients there.
Six families just successfully stopped them with a lawsuit.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Congresswoman @ayannapressley.bsky.social has been trying to get qualified immunity eliminated her ENTIRE career.
What the fuck is it going to take to get people to listen to her?
What the fuck is it going to take to get people to listen to her?
There's no ICE accountability without ending qualified immunity.
They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability.
My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.
They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability.
My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.
January 27, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Congresswoman @ayannapressley.bsky.social has been trying to get qualified immunity eliminated her ENTIRE career.
What the fuck is it going to take to get people to listen to her?
What the fuck is it going to take to get people to listen to her?
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there is a post from the US gov 'department of war' on here that includes video of them actually murdering people and threatening to murder more people & it's been up since november
Yeah. The Bluesky app has a zero tolerance policy towards wishing death on people.
January 27, 2026 at 10:31 PM
there is a post from the US gov 'department of war' on here that includes video of them actually murdering people and threatening to murder more people & it's been up since november
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imgaine getting sent packing with your ass in your own two hands by some of the nicest people in the world and then showing up in a city that is famous for booing santa claus
January 26, 2026 at 3:36 AM
imgaine getting sent packing with your ass in your own two hands by some of the nicest people in the world and then showing up in a city that is famous for booing santa claus
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And where Texas and Florida go, so too will Oklahoma and the rest.
I was on an H1B at the university of Oklahoma.
The thing that gets me is the relative silence of the Democrats on this. Its not on any kind of list of policy priorities either, for them, to redress the damage being done to higher ed
I was on an H1B at the university of Oklahoma.
The thing that gets me is the relative silence of the Democrats on this. Its not on any kind of list of policy priorities either, for them, to redress the damage being done to higher ed
one of the least-appreciated own-goals happening right now is the deliberate sabotage of our knowledge/research sector www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Texas Halts Hiring of H-1B Workers at State Colleges, Agencies
Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered state agencies and public universities to immediately freeze new H-1B visa petitions, curtailing a program that has also been overhauled by President Donald Trump.
www.bloomberg.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:35 PM
And where Texas and Florida go, so too will Oklahoma and the rest.
I was on an H1B at the university of Oklahoma.
The thing that gets me is the relative silence of the Democrats on this. Its not on any kind of list of policy priorities either, for them, to redress the damage being done to higher ed
I was on an H1B at the university of Oklahoma.
The thing that gets me is the relative silence of the Democrats on this. Its not on any kind of list of policy priorities either, for them, to redress the damage being done to higher ed
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ICE has killed 9 folks in the first 26 days of ‘26:
• Alex Pretti
• Renee Good
• Keith Porter
• Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
• Victor Manuel Diaz
• Parady La
• Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
• Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
• Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve justice. And for us to remember their names.
• Alex Pretti
• Renee Good
• Keith Porter
• Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
• Victor Manuel Diaz
• Parady La
• Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
• Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
• Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve justice. And for us to remember their names.
January 26, 2026 at 8:57 PM
ICE has killed 9 folks in the first 26 days of ‘26:
• Alex Pretti
• Renee Good
• Keith Porter
• Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
• Victor Manuel Diaz
• Parady La
• Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
• Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
• Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve justice. And for us to remember their names.
• Alex Pretti
• Renee Good
• Keith Porter
• Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
• Victor Manuel Diaz
• Parady La
• Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
• Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
• Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve justice. And for us to remember their names.
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Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
voting for the lesser evil instead of forcefully demanding a "not evil" option is how we got here
Voting for evil means you're supporting evil. Period.
Whether that's red or blue evil, it's still evil and your vote for it is support of it.
You do not get a pass just because you voted for Hindenberg when Hindenberg openly sought compromise with Hitler against queer and Jewish people.
Whether that's red or blue evil, it's still evil and your vote for it is support of it.
You do not get a pass just because you voted for Hindenberg when Hindenberg openly sought compromise with Hitler against queer and Jewish people.
Dems aren't the lesser evil. They're cooperation with evil, aka actual evil.
January 27, 2026 at 10:21 PM
voting for the lesser evil instead of forcefully demanding a "not evil" option is how we got here
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ICE does not need more training. They’re doing exactly what they’re trained to do.
Democrats cannot vote for a single cent to ICE.
Democrats cannot vote for a single cent to ICE.
January 27, 2026 at 4:10 PM
ICE does not need more training. They’re doing exactly what they’re trained to do.
Democrats cannot vote for a single cent to ICE.
Democrats cannot vote for a single cent to ICE.
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Typical. Another fucking pointless, useless dem consultant. Y’all should be sacked and have to do penance.
January 27, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Typical. Another fucking pointless, useless dem consultant. Y’all should be sacked and have to do penance.