Jody Longo Schmid
@jodylongoschmid.bsky.social
Author, researcher & former educator // Founder: ourpublicspace.org
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The GOP’s government shutdown is part of their attack on the American dream. 👇
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November 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The GOP’s government shutdown is part of their attack on the American dream. 👇
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Pres Trump is withholding food benefits from 42 million Americans & Republicans are putting Americans through the longest govnt shutdown in U.S. history rather than negotiating with Dems to prevent millions from losing healthcare or facing huge rate hikes.
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Bootstraps Y’all: Weaponizing Hunger for Political Gain
Photo by Khashayar Kouchpeydeh on Unsplash
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November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Pres Trump is withholding food benefits from 42 million Americans & Republicans are putting Americans through the longest govnt shutdown in U.S. history rather than negotiating with Dems to prevent millions from losing healthcare or facing huge rate hikes.
ourpublicspace.substack.com/p/bootstraps...
ourpublicspace.substack.com/p/bootstraps...
The GOP’s Govnt Shutdown: Compromises are necessary to keep the government running, but these are not normal times. This shutdown is the result of bad faith actors in the GOP working to disrupt, dismantle, and destroy our democracy. 👇
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The GOP’s Government Shutdown
The downstream effects of bad faith actions
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October 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The GOP’s Govnt Shutdown: Compromises are necessary to keep the government running, but these are not normal times. This shutdown is the result of bad faith actors in the GOP working to disrupt, dismantle, and destroy our democracy. 👇
ourpublicspace.substack.com/p/the-gops-g...
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Another great morning! 🙏 🌞 💕
August 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Another great morning! 🙏 🌞 💕
What happens when Americans stop spending for 24 hours? We’re about to find out. A grassroots advocacy group is urging consumers to hit pause on spending for all non-essential purchases on August 9th to protest economic inequality and corporate greed.
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Nationwide Economic Blackout
What to know about the August 9th economic boycott
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August 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What happens when Americans stop spending for 24 hours? We’re about to find out. A grassroots advocacy group is urging consumers to hit pause on spending for all non-essential purchases on August 9th to protest economic inequality and corporate greed.
ourpublicspace.substack.com/p/nationwide...
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Republican Senators are proposing the most far-reaching and indiscriminate sale of public lands in modern history. Once these lands are sold, they’re not coming back. Let’s work together to keep them in public hands.
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Public Lands Belong to All of Us
Let’s keep public lands in public hands.
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June 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Republican Senators are proposing the most far-reaching and indiscriminate sale of public lands in modern history. Once these lands are sold, they’re not coming back. Let’s work together to keep them in public hands.
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Lunistice (lunar standstill) over the lake. It’s the lowest full moon since 2006 and it’s also a Strawberry Moon. So pretty! 💕 My IPhone doesn’t do it justice.
#Lunistice #LunarStandstill
#Lunistice #LunarStandstill
June 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Lunistice (lunar standstill) over the lake. It’s the lowest full moon since 2006 and it’s also a Strawberry Moon. So pretty! 💕 My IPhone doesn’t do it justice.
#Lunistice #LunarStandstill
#Lunistice #LunarStandstill
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Indeed, this is where we are.
December 21, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Indeed, this is where we are.
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73% Increase in Harassment, Threats, and Violence at LGBTQ Centers- Women’s Media Center
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LGBTQ Centers in US Experience Increased Harassment, Threats, and Violence - Women’s Media Center
A new report documents connections between violent threats and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and legislation.
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November 25, 2024 at 7:25 PM
73% Increase in Harassment, Threats, and Violence at LGBTQ Centers- Women’s Media Center
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Yes, there are tough days ahead. But now is a time to identify the people and the organizations that are your natural allies and who you want to support (and who will support you and your concerns) as the danger and damage unfolds.
November 25, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Yes, there are tough days ahead. But now is a time to identify the people and the organizations that are your natural allies and who you want to support (and who will support you and your concerns) as the danger and damage unfolds.
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If you’re looking for doom posting about things, I’m not your guy. It’s bad, but I’ve spent my life dusting myself off and getting back to work. We don’t have the luxury to throw our hands in the air and let things collapse. I’m working to organize and fight against the horror show coming. Let’s go!
November 16, 2024 at 3:25 PM
If you’re looking for doom posting about things, I’m not your guy. It’s bad, but I’ve spent my life dusting myself off and getting back to work. We don’t have the luxury to throw our hands in the air and let things collapse. I’m working to organize and fight against the horror show coming. Let’s go!
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This is the greatest danger we face—what could provide cover to a full-blown coup—an ideological grip not only on our existing military but on future recruits—who would be recruited to serve an ideology, & in the case of the nominee, a hard right white Christian one.
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Opinion | Chuck Hagel: Why I’m Worried About Our Military
Political independence and ethics are the bedrock of our armed forces. Today, I am concerned that both are in danger.
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November 16, 2024 at 1:22 PM
This is the greatest danger we face—what could provide cover to a full-blown coup—an ideological grip not only on our existing military but on future recruits—who would be recruited to serve an ideology, & in the case of the nominee, a hard right white Christian one.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/o...
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Re the Defense nominee’s plan for the military. Essentially a personal army for Trump or Vance. Where have we seen that before?
Imagine if u will recruits drawn from ranks of young proud boy types & then imagine them—as military—not police—made to intervene in our public life—not just deportations but demonstrations or patrolling sports events or any types of gatherings seeking out“undesirables”— pple known as dissidents.
November 16, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Re the Defense nominee’s plan for the military. Essentially a personal army for Trump or Vance. Where have we seen that before?
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My goal here is to only post poetry stuff (note: that's the goal, I'm not a saint.) So I'm going to start with this from Craig Santos Perez's poem "Nuclear Family"
"Let there be a proliferation of peace.
for our children, let there be stories of creation
and not stories of annihilation. . .
"Let there be a proliferation of peace.
for our children, let there be stories of creation
and not stories of annihilation. . .
November 14, 2024 at 3:17 AM
My goal here is to only post poetry stuff (note: that's the goal, I'm not a saint.) So I'm going to start with this from Craig Santos Perez's poem "Nuclear Family"
"Let there be a proliferation of peace.
for our children, let there be stories of creation
and not stories of annihilation. . .
"Let there be a proliferation of peace.
for our children, let there be stories of creation
and not stories of annihilation. . .
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"When despair for the world grows in me..."
November 15, 2024 at 7:40 PM
"When despair for the world grows in me..."
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I’ve been posting this like crazy. Thirty states have local elections. WI and PA have Supreme Court elections and VA and NJ have statewide. Want to send a message to Trump and MAGA? Win those races. OK has primaries on Feb 11th! Want to fight that lunatic Education Sec there? RUN for school board!
November 16, 2024 at 3:44 PM
I’ve been posting this like crazy. Thirty states have local elections. WI and PA have Supreme Court elections and VA and NJ have statewide. Want to send a message to Trump and MAGA? Win those races. OK has primaries on Feb 11th! Want to fight that lunatic Education Sec there? RUN for school board!
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When I said that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being DHHS Secretary would kill people, you all understood that I was being literal, right?
To underscore: Kennedy Jr. will actually kill people. Mostly children. And only a contemptible monster like Trump would position him to do that and think nothing of it.
To underscore: Kennedy Jr. will actually kill people. Mostly children. And only a contemptible monster like Trump would position him to do that and think nothing of it.
How RFK Jr. Falsely Denied His Connection to a Deadly Measles Outbreak in Samoa
He also championed a Samoan anti-vaxxer tied to the 2019 lethal eruption that killed scores of children.
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November 15, 2024 at 2:12 AM
When I said that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being DHHS Secretary would kill people, you all understood that I was being literal, right?
To underscore: Kennedy Jr. will actually kill people. Mostly children. And only a contemptible monster like Trump would position him to do that and think nothing of it.
To underscore: Kennedy Jr. will actually kill people. Mostly children. And only a contemptible monster like Trump would position him to do that and think nothing of it.
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Hey guys, I’ve just found out an awesome feature on here.
When someone attacks you with a quote of your post, you can remove the quote from their post. Whoop-whoop!
When someone attacks you with a quote of your post, you can remove the quote from their post. Whoop-whoop!
November 13, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Hey guys, I’ve just found out an awesome feature on here.
When someone attacks you with a quote of your post, you can remove the quote from their post. Whoop-whoop!
When someone attacks you with a quote of your post, you can remove the quote from their post. Whoop-whoop!
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There's a reason democracies don't let people who tried coups back into power.
November 13, 2024 at 11:45 PM
There's a reason democracies don't let people who tried coups back into power.
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America Fucked Around, And We're Already Finding Out
Trump's proposed cabinet is a rogue's gallery of extremists, sycophants, Reeks, and hard-line hawks. Why is anyone shocked or surprised by the chaos that is about to be unleashed?
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Trump's proposed cabinet is a rogue's gallery of extremists, sycophants, Reeks, and hard-line hawks. Why is anyone shocked or surprised by the chaos that is about to be unleashed?
thelefthook.substack.com/p/america-fu...
America Fucked Around, And We're Already Finding Out
Trump's proposed cabinet is a rogue's gallery of extremist, sycophants, Reeks, and hard-line hawks. Why is anyone shocked or surprised by the chaos that will about to be unleashed?
thelefthook.substack.com
November 13, 2024 at 9:54 PM
America Fucked Around, And We're Already Finding Out
Trump's proposed cabinet is a rogue's gallery of extremists, sycophants, Reeks, and hard-line hawks. Why is anyone shocked or surprised by the chaos that is about to be unleashed?
thelefthook.substack.com/p/america-fu...
Trump's proposed cabinet is a rogue's gallery of extremists, sycophants, Reeks, and hard-line hawks. Why is anyone shocked or surprised by the chaos that is about to be unleashed?
thelefthook.substack.com/p/america-fu...
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Nothing says I’m going to be your protector, like nominating a dude for AG accused of sex trafficking a minor.
November 13, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Nothing says I’m going to be your protector, like nominating a dude for AG accused of sex trafficking a minor.
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I don't think people understand just how bad things are about to get. We're sleepwalking into a full blown dictatorship. Normalcy bias and denial are keeping people deluded that it's not happening.
November 13, 2024 at 10:04 PM
I don't think people understand just how bad things are about to get. We're sleepwalking into a full blown dictatorship. Normalcy bias and denial are keeping people deluded that it's not happening.