Steven D. Schroeder
@schroederlaw.bsky.social
Chicago Attorney https://www.sdschroederlaw.com/
"No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law". Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution.
Trump: "By the way, a friend of mine called us the other day and he said 'I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have because of the Democrat shutdown. I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have with the military.' Today, he sent us a check for $130 million. It's gonna go the military."
October 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law". Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution.
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“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty”
-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)
-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)
September 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty”
-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)
-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)
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it’s early but it seems like maybe this is relevant again (wrote it last week fml)
September 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
it’s early but it seems like maybe this is relevant again (wrote it last week fml)
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From my colleague @scottlincicome.bsky.social.
Argentina had once been among the world’s wealthiest nations devolved into a global laughingstock, with uncontrollable inflation, routine fiscal crises, rampant corruption, and crippling poverty. Peronism became a tale of how not to manage an economy.
6X bankrupt loser believes he's the genius.
6X bankrupt loser believes he's the genius.
America’s Perón
Decades of personalist rule turned Argentina into a global economic laughingstock. Donald Trump seems to have misunderstood the lesson.
www.theatlantic.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
From my colleague @scottlincicome.bsky.social.
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The national security apparatus of the United States appears to be suffering an existential disaster, but the entire class of natsec oriented journalists and pundits who tanked Biden for a messy Afghanistan withdrawal are too scared to discuss the catastrophe or the cause
September 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The national security apparatus of the United States appears to be suffering an existential disaster, but the entire class of natsec oriented journalists and pundits who tanked Biden for a messy Afghanistan withdrawal are too scared to discuss the catastrophe or the cause
Thread.
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
August 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Thread.
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A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵
An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
August 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵
An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
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Just a heist of public funds. Why should Trump own it if taxpayers spent $1B on the retrofit?
Update: I offered the amendment. Not to refuse acceptance of the Qatari jet; just to prohibit Trump from taking it with him when he leaves office - after the taxpayers spend $1 billion to retrofit it.
Failed 14-15. Every single Republican voted to allow Trump to take the jet.
Failed 14-15. Every single Republican voted to allow Trump to take the jet.
The fight against corruption has to be ceaseless.
Today in the Appropriations Committee, I will offer an amendment to prohibit the Qatari jet that was gifted to Trump (which is going to cost taxpayers $1 billion) from being transferred to him personally.
Stay tuned.
Today in the Appropriations Committee, I will offer an amendment to prohibit the Qatari jet that was gifted to Trump (which is going to cost taxpayers $1 billion) from being transferred to him personally.
Stay tuned.
July 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just a heist of public funds. Why should Trump own it if taxpayers spent $1B on the retrofit?
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DEMOCRATS: Release the Epstein Files
TRUMP: Instead, how about I convince Ghislaine Maxwell to make a statement saying I didn’t do anything wrong in exchange for a pardon
DEMOCRATS: That’s not the same thing
REPUBLICANS: Jesus, what more do you people want
TRUMP: Instead, how about I convince Ghislaine Maxwell to make a statement saying I didn’t do anything wrong in exchange for a pardon
DEMOCRATS: That’s not the same thing
REPUBLICANS: Jesus, what more do you people want
July 25, 2025 at 3:12 AM
DEMOCRATS: Release the Epstein Files
TRUMP: Instead, how about I convince Ghislaine Maxwell to make a statement saying I didn’t do anything wrong in exchange for a pardon
DEMOCRATS: That’s not the same thing
REPUBLICANS: Jesus, what more do you people want
TRUMP: Instead, how about I convince Ghislaine Maxwell to make a statement saying I didn’t do anything wrong in exchange for a pardon
DEMOCRATS: That’s not the same thing
REPUBLICANS: Jesus, what more do you people want
This is brutal but so spot on: “To help the putchists regain power, America’s highest court pretended the Constitution said things it clearly doesn’t, not just once, but twice.”
US law enforcement did take some steps to hold the coup conspirators accountable, but cautiously, prioritizing the head criminal’s supporters’ feelings.
To help the putchists regain power, America’s highest court pretended the Constitution said things it clearly doesn’t, not just once, but twice.
To help the putchists regain power, America’s highest court pretended the Constitution said things it clearly doesn’t, not just once, but twice.
July 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is brutal but so spot on: “To help the putchists regain power, America’s highest court pretended the Constitution said things it clearly doesn’t, not just once, but twice.”
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Even I — who spent the better part of two decades in the Bureau, and personally knows the guest — found this incredibly insightful.
Now live: episode w guest Peter Strzok podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Wrecking of the FBI
Podcast Episode · The David Frum Show · 07/16/2025 · 1h 3m
podcasts.apple.com
July 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Even I — who spent the better part of two decades in the Bureau, and personally knows the guest — found this incredibly insightful.
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Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
Here we go again: Over an acerbic dissenting opinion by Justice Sotomayor (joined in full by Justices Kagan and Jackson), #SCOTUS, with no explanation, grants a stay in the Department of Education RIFs case—effectively clearing the way for the Trump administration to dismantle much of the agency:
www.supremecourt.gov
July 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
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I think about this constantly
July 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I think about this constantly
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Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
July 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Where is he? If we stop asking, stop demanding his return, we are complicit in his disappearance.
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 109 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo or video of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 109 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo or video of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
July 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Where is he? If we stop asking, stop demanding his return, we are complicit in his disappearance.
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That sentence is so insane
“Over the past few months, Paramount leaders have been wrestling with how to pay to settle the lawsuit without exposing directors and officers to liability in potential future shareholder litigation or to criminal charges for bribing a public official.” www.wsj.com/business/med...
Exclusive | Mediator Proposes $20 Million Settlement in Trump’s CBS Suit
The potential package would include a donation, legal costs and public service announcements.
www.wsj.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
That sentence is so insane
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"Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year."
Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
"Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year."
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There is no possible interpretation of the tax and spending clauses of the constitution where today's tax hikes are acceptable. Congress could not pass a law saying the President gets to raise income taxes whenever he wants to whatever he wants, and it didn't pass any such law regarding tariffs.
April 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
There is no possible interpretation of the tax and spending clauses of the constitution where today's tax hikes are acceptable. Congress could not pass a law saying the President gets to raise income taxes whenever he wants to whatever he wants, and it didn't pass any such law regarding tariffs.
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Senators coming for my job now.
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Senators coming for my job now.
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One of the most productive things that average people can do to improve our political situation is: talk to people on the other side. You can change them! Some ideas about how to do that:
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/talking-ou...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/talking-ou...
Talking Our Way Forward
How to have a conversation with a political enemy.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
One of the most productive things that average people can do to improve our political situation is: talk to people on the other side. You can change them! Some ideas about how to do that:
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/talking-ou...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/talking-ou...
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One way to read stories based on leaked docs: look at time from being circulated to docs getting published — bc that’s the amount of time it took to a) get someone pissed enough to agree to leak and b) get enough also-pissed people to confirm.
These are slides dated April 29-30, published May 1.
These are slides dated April 29-30, published May 1.
(AP) — Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians, The Associated Press has learned.
apnews.com/article/army...
apnews.com/article/army...
May 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
One way to read stories based on leaked docs: look at time from being circulated to docs getting published — bc that’s the amount of time it took to a) get someone pissed enough to agree to leak and b) get enough also-pissed people to confirm.
These are slides dated April 29-30, published May 1.
These are slides dated April 29-30, published May 1.
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So dark. This will cripple US scientific research for years (forever?). Once you fall behind, it’s hard to catch back up 😳
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH insiders: Trump is ‘dismantling and destroying everything’
After just 100 days, agency scientists say U.S. health institutes are demoralized and have lost essential staff and funding
www.science.org
May 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
So dark. This will cripple US scientific research for years (forever?). Once you fall behind, it’s hard to catch back up 😳
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...