Tim Schaefer (they/he)
@tharoldschaefer.bsky.social
41-year-old socialist guy in Milwaukee, WI. Staffer for WI Reps. Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy. DMs open to constituents and nice people in general.
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We should not be telling people on FoodShare/SNAP what they can or can't buy for their families. Especially not now, as the Trump Administration is threatening to claw back November's benefits, out of spite.
This bill is badly written, mean, and terrible policy.
www.wpr.org/news/assembl... (1/2)
This bill is badly written, mean, and terrible policy.
www.wpr.org/news/assembl... (1/2)
Assembly to vote on bill blocking SNAP recipients from buying candy, soft drinks and energy drinks
Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly are holding a vote on a bill preventing SNAP recipients from using their benefits to purchase candy, soft drinks and energy drinks.
www.wpr.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
We should not be telling people on FoodShare/SNAP what they can or can't buy for their families. Especially not now, as the Trump Administration is threatening to claw back November's benefits, out of spite.
This bill is badly written, mean, and terrible policy.
www.wpr.org/news/assembl... (1/2)
This bill is badly written, mean, and terrible policy.
www.wpr.org/news/assembl... (1/2)
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Chicago Trib on teenage anti-ICE activists: "If I get the opportunity to fight like this for the rest of my life, I would be totally OK with that."
The future of our country depends, in part, upon whether the Democratic Party does or does not have space for young people like that.
archive.ph/qsazc
The future of our country depends, in part, upon whether the Democratic Party does or does not have space for young people like that.
archive.ph/qsazc
November 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Chicago Trib on teenage anti-ICE activists: "If I get the opportunity to fight like this for the rest of my life, I would be totally OK with that."
The future of our country depends, in part, upon whether the Democratic Party does or does not have space for young people like that.
archive.ph/qsazc
The future of our country depends, in part, upon whether the Democratic Party does or does not have space for young people like that.
archive.ph/qsazc
Lots of dumb stuff going through the Crapitol this week but a bill punishing people on FoodShare/SNAP that's endorsed by *chiropractors* and *naturopathic doctors* (neither of which are medical doctors) is specifically really fucking annoying *to me*. www.wpr.org/news/assembl...
Assembly to vote on bill blocking SNAP recipients from buying candy, soft drinks and energy drinks
Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly are holding a vote on a bill preventing SNAP recipients from using their benefits to purchase candy, soft drinks and energy drinks.
www.wpr.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Lots of dumb stuff going through the Crapitol this week but a bill punishing people on FoodShare/SNAP that's endorsed by *chiropractors* and *naturopathic doctors* (neither of which are medical doctors) is specifically really fucking annoying *to me*. www.wpr.org/news/assembl...
Oh, well, no big deal then ha ha
today's unprecedented foreign terror designation of Antifa has resulted in exactly zero (0) cable news segments 👍
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Oh, well, no big deal then ha ha
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game recognize game
Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
game recognize game
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Even worse: charter schools and voucher schools (in Wisconsin, at least!) can pick and choose which students they accept, even expelling kids with special needs.
That puts the cost back on public schools -- who are only reimbursed around 42.5% of the cost.
It's a failed, unaccountable system.
That puts the cost back on public schools -- who are only reimbursed around 42.5% of the cost.
It's a failed, unaccountable system.
Getting annoyed listening to charter school activists lie again and again that charter schools are public schools.
They are not.
They are publicly funded private schools that siphon money away from public schools and produce no better results.
They are not.
They are publicly funded private schools that siphon money away from public schools and produce no better results.
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Even worse: charter schools and voucher schools (in Wisconsin, at least!) can pick and choose which students they accept, even expelling kids with special needs.
That puts the cost back on public schools -- who are only reimbursed around 42.5% of the cost.
It's a failed, unaccountable system.
That puts the cost back on public schools -- who are only reimbursed around 42.5% of the cost.
It's a failed, unaccountable system.
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I’m Azooz 16 years old
My father and several family members were killed in the war, our home and school destroyed, and now I’m supporting my family alone
Your donation can buys me books, supplies, bringing me one step closer to the classroom & future
tinyurl.com/azooz9
My father and several family members were killed in the war, our home and school destroyed, and now I’m supporting my family alone
Your donation can buys me books, supplies, bringing me one step closer to the classroom & future
tinyurl.com/azooz9
October 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I’m Azooz 16 years old
My father and several family members were killed in the war, our home and school destroyed, and now I’m supporting my family alone
Your donation can buys me books, supplies, bringing me one step closer to the classroom & future
tinyurl.com/azooz9
My father and several family members were killed in the war, our home and school destroyed, and now I’m supporting my family alone
Your donation can buys me books, supplies, bringing me one step closer to the classroom & future
tinyurl.com/azooz9
NOT ALL SCHAEFERS bsky.app/profile/tayl...
also i told jamal osman on election night that elizabeth shaffer had won and he told me a story about asking for safe needle disposal in a park and shaffer saying no because it will "encourage drug use." he was just like "it'll encourage kids not stepping on needles!"
GOOD LUCK TO US ALL
GOOD LUCK TO US ALL
November 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
NOT ALL SCHAEFERS bsky.app/profile/tayl...
When you're reading the room, and everyone in the room wants you to leave, but you're too stupid to know it. bsky.app/profile/whit...
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
When you're reading the room, and everyone in the room wants you to leave, but you're too stupid to know it. bsky.app/profile/whit...
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THE KHANATE RISES AGAIN
mayor-elect mamdani immediately put former ftc chair and SUPERSTAR lina khan on his transition team :)
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
THE KHANATE RISES AGAIN
Sorry you fancy coasties can’t handle two cool Sconnie freaks 😎 🚽 💥 bsky.app/profile/tbon...
Actually everyone’s been really friendly but thanks for thinking of us!
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Sorry you fancy coasties can’t handle two cool Sconnie freaks 😎 🚽 💥 bsky.app/profile/tbon...
This was very obviously inevitable, fro the jump. But Republicans don’t care about safety, they care about stoking fear and maintaining order, with them in charge. That only sometimes has anything to do with “fighting crime.” bsky.app/profile/dell...
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This was very obviously inevitable, fro the jump. But Republicans don’t care about safety, they care about stoking fear and maintaining order, with them in charge. That only sometimes has anything to do with “fighting crime.” bsky.app/profile/dell...
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WHEN: *Tomorrow starting at 10am*
WHERE: North Division High School (1011 W Center St, Milwaukee, WI 53206)
WHAT: Our Power, Our Future: Holding We Energies Accountable
Presented by Power Wisconsin Forward
Read more and RSVP here: powerwisconsinforward.com/our-power-ou...
WHERE: North Division High School (1011 W Center St, Milwaukee, WI 53206)
WHAT: Our Power, Our Future: Holding We Energies Accountable
Presented by Power Wisconsin Forward
Read more and RSVP here: powerwisconsinforward.com/our-power-ou...
October 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
WHEN: *Tomorrow starting at 10am*
WHERE: North Division High School (1011 W Center St, Milwaukee, WI 53206)
WHAT: Our Power, Our Future: Holding We Energies Accountable
Presented by Power Wisconsin Forward
Read more and RSVP here: powerwisconsinforward.com/our-power-ou...
WHERE: North Division High School (1011 W Center St, Milwaukee, WI 53206)
WHAT: Our Power, Our Future: Holding We Energies Accountable
Presented by Power Wisconsin Forward
Read more and RSVP here: powerwisconsinforward.com/our-power-ou...
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Amanda Seppanen is fundraising on a very short timeline to send students at La Escuela Fratney home with a food bag -- the goal is to provision all 530 students *tomorrow*, October 31st.
You can donate here (and/or share this post!) (1/3) gofund.me/8e64d55d4
You can donate here (and/or share this post!) (1/3) gofund.me/8e64d55d4
Donate to Feed Milwaukee Students Amid Shutdown, organized by Amanda Seppanen
Given the ongoing government shutdown, local families here in Milwaukee receivin… Amanda Seppanen needs your support for Feed Milwaukee Students Amid Shutdown
gofund.me
October 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Amanda Seppanen is fundraising on a very short timeline to send students at La Escuela Fratney home with a food bag -- the goal is to provision all 530 students *tomorrow*, October 31st.
You can donate here (and/or share this post!) (1/3) gofund.me/8e64d55d4
You can donate here (and/or share this post!) (1/3) gofund.me/8e64d55d4
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🍻 Solidarity with @uniteherelocal17.bsky.social!
👉 Indeed Brewing workers have been fighting for a *first* contract for 1.5 YEARS, but management has been stalling! The union workers need your support.
🚨 Tell management to stop stalling and settle the contract: actionnetwork.org/letters/inde...
👉 Indeed Brewing workers have been fighting for a *first* contract for 1.5 YEARS, but management has been stalling! The union workers need your support.
🚨 Tell management to stop stalling and settle the contract: actionnetwork.org/letters/inde...
Indeed Workers Fighting for a Contract
Indeed Brewing workers have been fighting for a first contract for a year and a half, but Indeed management has been stalling! The union workers need your support. Tell management to stop stalling an...
actionnetwork.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🍻 Solidarity with @uniteherelocal17.bsky.social!
👉 Indeed Brewing workers have been fighting for a *first* contract for 1.5 YEARS, but management has been stalling! The union workers need your support.
🚨 Tell management to stop stalling and settle the contract: actionnetwork.org/letters/inde...
👉 Indeed Brewing workers have been fighting for a *first* contract for 1.5 YEARS, but management has been stalling! The union workers need your support.
🚨 Tell management to stop stalling and settle the contract: actionnetwork.org/letters/inde...
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Today! @ 4pm
A virtual teach-in on local legislation, how to find bills, how the legislative process works, and how to fight for trans rights here in Milwaukee!
RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A virtual teach-in on local legislation, how to find bills, how the legislative process works, and how to fight for trans rights here in Milwaukee!
RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Today! @ 4pm
A virtual teach-in on local legislation, how to find bills, how the legislative process works, and how to fight for trans rights here in Milwaukee!
RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A virtual teach-in on local legislation, how to find bills, how the legislative process works, and how to fight for trans rights here in Milwaukee!
RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sorry but if you think law enforcement isn’t mostly giddy to collaborate with ICE, you’re a mark.
So long as there are cops, and they are well-funded at the expense of actual services, this is what they will do. Defund the police is the moderate position.
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So long as there are cops, and they are well-funded at the expense of actual services, this is what they will do. Defund the police is the moderate position.
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Audible gasps at the information that MPD and ICE use the same radio channels.
October 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Sorry but if you think law enforcement isn’t mostly giddy to collaborate with ICE, you’re a mark.
So long as there are cops, and they are well-funded at the expense of actual services, this is what they will do. Defund the police is the moderate position.
bsky.app/profile/free...
So long as there are cops, and they are well-funded at the expense of actual services, this is what they will do. Defund the police is the moderate position.
bsky.app/profile/free...
It me, today
October 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It me, today
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Rich, powerful people: I will gladly, eagerly huff your farts! bsky.app/profile/tayl...
October 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Rich, powerful people: I will gladly, eagerly huff your farts! bsky.app/profile/tayl...
This is an incredibly important point imo.
October 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is an incredibly important point imo.
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just tremendous.
Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”
Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”
Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”
October 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
just tremendous.
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The piece on the shut down you didn't know you were waiting for
NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social piece: I take a look at the government shutdown by focusing on the big picture constitutional issues. I go on to assess the White House's claim to use "tariff money" for WIC. Then I connect this up with the ongoing impoundment crisis
www.crisesnotes.com/what-the-hel...
www.crisesnotes.com/what-the-hel...
What the Hell is a Government Shutdown Anyway? The Accounting Gimmicks at the Heart of the Federal Budget
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So the federal government is shut down. I’ve been late to covering this story because of my focus on events at the Federal Reserve. Well, that was true when I first wrote tha...
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October 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The piece on the shut down you didn't know you were waiting for
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As I sold out of my original Nospurratu vampire kitty this year I decided to create another one, because no matter how hard you try, you can't keep Dracula down for long!
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October 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
As I sold out of my original Nospurratu vampire kitty this year I decided to create another one, because no matter how hard you try, you can't keep Dracula down for long!
www.blockforest.co.uk/products/nos...
www.blockforest.co.uk/products/nos...