Erin Schmidt
@erinschmidt.bsky.social
I talk about policy, advocacy, comms, entrepreneurship and working mom life.
Living in America right now kind of feels like being one of the hostages on the bus from Speed. Except there’s no Keanu coming to the rescue.
April 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Living in America right now kind of feels like being one of the hostages on the bus from Speed. Except there’s no Keanu coming to the rescue.
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Medicaid covers:
- 40% of children
- 41% of births
- 60% of nursing home residents
-23% of non-older adults with mental illness ppl
- 25% of adults 19-64 yo with disabilities
- 40% of children
- 41% of births
- 60% of nursing home residents
-23% of non-older adults with mental illness ppl
- 25% of adults 19-64 yo with disabilities
Congress is about to cut #Medicaid by $880 billion. CALL THESE REPS. They are vulnerable--close margins in their elections and with lots of people in Medicaid in their districts. You may call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121. List below. Call now and all day tomorrow. 1/
February 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Medicaid covers:
- 40% of children
- 41% of births
- 60% of nursing home residents
-23% of non-older adults with mental illness ppl
- 25% of adults 19-64 yo with disabilities
- 40% of children
- 41% of births
- 60% of nursing home residents
-23% of non-older adults with mental illness ppl
- 25% of adults 19-64 yo with disabilities
If I were a DEI-focused nonprofit, here are three things I would prioritize right now from a comms perspective (🧵):
February 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM
If I were a DEI-focused nonprofit, here are three things I would prioritize right now from a comms perspective (🧵):
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BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![TOTE ASTRICT COLOR
DOCTORS FOR AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
Civil Action No. 25-322 (JDB)
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
Upon consideration of [6] Plaintiff's motion for a temporary restraining order, [8]
Plaintiff's supplemental declarations, [9] Defendants' opposition, [10] Plaintiff's reply, the
hearing on February 10, 2025, and the entire record herein, and for the reasons stated in the
accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby ORDERED that
1. Defendants Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control, and Food
and Drug Administration (hereinafter "defendants") shall, by not later than 11:59 pm on
February 11, 2025, restore to their versions as of January 30, 2025, each webpage and dataset
identified by Plaintiff on pages 6-12 of its Memorandum of Law in Support of the Motion for
a Restraining Order [ECF No. 6-1];
2. Defendants shall, in consultation with Plaintiff, identify any other resources that DF A members
rely on to provide medical care and that defendants removed or substantially modified on or
after January 29, 2025, without adequate notice or reasoned explanation; and defendants shall,
by February 14, 2025, restore those resources to their versions as of January 30, 2025;](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreifoaihlyxzbiko32lmralzpicfxnzwfoxp3ki5w4wniiihonzxira@jpeg)
February 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Please tell me we are not doing another pandemic on this guy’s watch.
A strain of bird flu spreading among dairy cows in Nevada has infected a dairy worker in the state, the CDC says.
CDC confirms Nevada dairy worker infected with different bird flu strain
The strain, long circulating in wild birds, was detected last week for the first time in dairy cows.
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Please tell me we are not doing another pandemic on this guy’s watch.
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With recent challenges affecting DOJ Honors Program hires, interns, externs, and probationary employees, we know the uncertainty can be overwhelming.
Click here for more resources: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#AppellateSky #SkyLaw #appellatetwitter #DOJ #federalemployees
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#AppellateSky #SkyLaw #appellatetwitter #DOJ #federalemployees
The Appellate Project (TAP) on LinkedIn: #legalcommunity #jobsearch #lawstudents #doj #networking #careersupport
With recent challenges affecting DOJ Honors Program hires, interns, externs, and probationary employees, we know the uncertainty can be overwhelming.
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February 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
With recent challenges affecting DOJ Honors Program hires, interns, externs, and probationary employees, we know the uncertainty can be overwhelming.
Click here for more resources: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#AppellateSky #SkyLaw #appellatetwitter #DOJ #federalemployees
Click here for more resources: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#AppellateSky #SkyLaw #appellatetwitter #DOJ #federalemployees
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"I always say, 'opportunities happen when you show up.'"
We're proud to feature the Hon. Tanya R. Kennedy of NY Supreme Court: theappellateproject.org/justice-tany...
#BlackHistoryMonth #AppellateSky #SkyLaw #MentoringMatters
We're proud to feature the Hon. Tanya R. Kennedy of NY Supreme Court: theappellateproject.org/justice-tany...
#BlackHistoryMonth #AppellateSky #SkyLaw #MentoringMatters
February 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"I always say, 'opportunities happen when you show up.'"
We're proud to feature the Hon. Tanya R. Kennedy of NY Supreme Court: theappellateproject.org/justice-tany...
#BlackHistoryMonth #AppellateSky #SkyLaw #MentoringMatters
We're proud to feature the Hon. Tanya R. Kennedy of NY Supreme Court: theappellateproject.org/justice-tany...
#BlackHistoryMonth #AppellateSky #SkyLaw #MentoringMatters
More of this, please
Congressional delegation outside USAID now: “We are here to shed a light on a crime unfolding before our eyes.”
February 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
More of this, please
Support independent journalism!
“There’s still this idea that news is only ‘real’ once it’s confirmed by big corporate outlets. After all, could one woman with absolutely zero institutional backing in leggings and a sweatshirt in her NYC apartment really be the one to break such an important story? Now we know the answer is yes.”
Breaking: The Handbasket is first to report catastrophic OMB funding memo
Posted on Bluesky earlier this evening, other major outlets have since confirmed.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Support independent journalism!
Reposted by Erin Schmidt
“There’s still this idea that news is only ‘real’ once it’s confirmed by big corporate outlets. After all, could one woman with absolutely zero institutional backing in leggings and a sweatshirt in her NYC apartment really be the one to break such an important story? Now we know the answer is yes.”
Breaking: The Handbasket is first to report catastrophic OMB funding memo
Posted on Bluesky earlier this evening, other major outlets have since confirmed.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“There’s still this idea that news is only ‘real’ once it’s confirmed by big corporate outlets. After all, could one woman with absolutely zero institutional backing in leggings and a sweatshirt in her NYC apartment really be the one to break such an important story? Now we know the answer is yes.”
Looks like we’re all getting a crash course on Constitutional Law for the foreseeable future
January 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Looks like we’re all getting a crash course on Constitutional Law for the foreseeable future
Government-funded research unlocks cures for disease, propels the startup economy, helps us better prepare for natural disasters, the list goes on and on. I don’t think most Americans realize how much societal good comes from such a teeny tiny portion of the federal budget.
Not just the National Institutes of Health, now the National Science Foundation is put on pause.
Reminder: research is a multi-step process. Pausing the peer review panels by itself creates months of delay.
Reminder: research is a multi-step process. Pausing the peer review panels by itself creates months of delay.
I’m an NSF panel reviewer that was scheduled to meet today. Just got notice that all NSF panels were canceled today. I reviewed some innovative proposals in support of students. Devastating if these scholars don’t get to do this work. For the love of science & students I hope this is just a delay.💔
January 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Government-funded research unlocks cures for disease, propels the startup economy, helps us better prepare for natural disasters, the list goes on and on. I don’t think most Americans realize how much societal good comes from such a teeny tiny portion of the federal budget.
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Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
January 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
Mission-driven orgs, this is your regular reminder to beef up your owned media (website, blogs, email lists) and not put all your proverbial comms eggs into the social platform basket.
January 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Mission-driven orgs, this is your regular reminder to beef up your owned media (website, blogs, email lists) and not put all your proverbial comms eggs into the social platform basket.
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Trump’s immigration crackdown is devastating the food industry. In Bakersfield, ICE raids caused a 75% drop in workers, leaving crops to rot. With undocumented workers making up over half the workforce, this policy will drive food prices up and deepen inequality across the nation.
January 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Trump’s immigration crackdown is devastating the food industry. In Bakersfield, ICE raids caused a 75% drop in workers, leaving crops to rot. With undocumented workers making up over half the workforce, this policy will drive food prices up and deepen inequality across the nation.
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NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Did…did DOGE get hacked?
January 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Did…did DOGE get hacked?
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I would caution people to stop relying on the Constitution as written to have any meaning other than what the people Trump put on the Supreme Court says it means.
"He can't do that" is not a useful response to the things he's going to do. The correct response is "Will the Court uphold that?"
"He can't do that" is not a useful response to the things he's going to do. The correct response is "Will the Court uphold that?"
Trump cannot abrogate birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment by way of executive order. That’s not how constitutional rights work.
January 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I would caution people to stop relying on the Constitution as written to have any meaning other than what the people Trump put on the Supreme Court says it means.
"He can't do that" is not a useful response to the things he's going to do. The correct response is "Will the Court uphold that?"
"He can't do that" is not a useful response to the things he's going to do. The correct response is "Will the Court uphold that?"
It never ceases to amaze me what people will put in an email. Let alone work emails that can be subpoenaed by the federal government.
January 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It never ceases to amaze me what people will put in an email. Let alone work emails that can be subpoenaed by the federal government.
Once again, my Spotify Wrapped is a mess. Thanks, Paw Patrol.
December 5, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Once again, my Spotify Wrapped is a mess. Thanks, Paw Patrol.
Happy Thanksgiving from my pumpkin cream cheese and biscoff cookie trifle
November 28, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from my pumpkin cream cheese and biscoff cookie trifle
Today’s the day…taking the fam to see Wicked!!
a woman in a pink dress stands next to a woman in a black hat
ALT: a woman in a pink dress stands next to a woman in a black hat
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Today’s the day…taking the fam to see Wicked!!
Serious question, why has it taken so long for Biden's federal judicial nominees to get confirmed when Dems control the Senate? Why are they racing against the clock now when it's been months since the nominees' committee hearings? www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US Senate Democrats race against clock to confirm more judges
U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday secured the confirmation of two more of President Joe Biden's judicial nominees as they race against the clock to fill as many court vacancies as possible before Republican President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January.
www.reuters.com
November 21, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Serious question, why has it taken so long for Biden's federal judicial nominees to get confirmed when Dems control the Senate? Why are they racing against the clock now when it's been months since the nominees' committee hearings? www.reuters.com/legal/govern...