Joe Schmutzler
@joeschmutzler.bsky.social
I work in energy management and volunteer with Spark Northwest, promoting equity in the renewable transition.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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USPS PRO TIP: To make sure your mail-in ballot, tax return or legal document gets a postmark on time under the latest USPS changes, you may want to send it early or visit a post office and ask for a manual postmark at the counter in person
Your ballot or other mail may not get postmarked by USPS the day it's dropped off
Close to a deadline for mailing your ballot, tax return or legal document? To make sure it gets a postmark on time under the latest USPS changes, you may want to send it early or visit a post office.
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
USPS PRO TIP: To make sure your mail-in ballot, tax return or legal document gets a postmark on time under the latest USPS changes, you may want to send it early or visit a post office and ask for a manual postmark at the counter in person
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One first step people should do to respond to this is start using the “report a speed trap” function in Apple Maps to report where ICE is operating. Make Apple party to the attempt to protect people.
ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’
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ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’
Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...
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October 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
One first step people should do to respond to this is start using the “report a speed trap” function in Apple Maps to report where ICE is operating. Make Apple party to the attempt to protect people.
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If they're going to try and retcon Charlie Kirk, then we should try to retcon him too.
September 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If they're going to try and retcon Charlie Kirk, then we should try to retcon him too.
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HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED
September 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED
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It isn't difficult to despise violence and the atmosphere of encouraging it more than one hates Charlie Kirk individually - especially as the former still lives and isn't mortal.
But in God's name, who asked you to turn "non-celebration" into mourning?
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But in God's name, who asked you to turn "non-celebration" into mourning?
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September 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
It isn't difficult to despise violence and the atmosphere of encouraging it more than one hates Charlie Kirk individually - especially as the former still lives and isn't mortal.
But in God's name, who asked you to turn "non-celebration" into mourning?
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But in God's name, who asked you to turn "non-celebration" into mourning?
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I love this so much and I am absolutely tearing up about it. The gentleness and plainness of this, the way he just lets her be her (and she seems so damn lovely, who wouldn’t?), the generosity.
It isn’t going to solve the world’s problems, but this kind of humanity is a hell of a start.
It isn’t going to solve the world’s problems, but this kind of humanity is a hell of a start.
August 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I love this so much and I am absolutely tearing up about it. The gentleness and plainness of this, the way he just lets her be her (and she seems so damn lovely, who wouldn’t?), the generosity.
It isn’t going to solve the world’s problems, but this kind of humanity is a hell of a start.
It isn’t going to solve the world’s problems, but this kind of humanity is a hell of a start.
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Democratic leaders—who represent the vast majority of American Jews, yet orient their politics around defensively fending off bad-faith accusations of antisemitism—need to have the backs of actual Jews here, and attack this relentlessly. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-r...
Trump Rails Against ‘Shylocks And Bad People’ In Iowa Speech
President Donald Trump employed a term often used as a slur against...
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July 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Democratic leaders—who represent the vast majority of American Jews, yet orient their politics around defensively fending off bad-faith accusations of antisemitism—need to have the backs of actual Jews here, and attack this relentlessly. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-r...
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In a country characterized by the rule of law, some regulation of immigration is a legitimate function of government. In a lawless, expressly bigoted, and expressly corrupt regime, it is not. Download IceBlock and defy this administration.
July 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In a country characterized by the rule of law, some regulation of immigration is a legitimate function of government. In a lawless, expressly bigoted, and expressly corrupt regime, it is not. Download IceBlock and defy this administration.
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David Huerta, President of California's largest union, was assaulted and detained Friday by ICE. Now the @aflcio.org, the biggest confederation of unions in America made up of nearly 15 million active and retired workers, is calling on members to protest on his behalf.
June 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
David Huerta, President of California's largest union, was assaulted and detained Friday by ICE. Now the @aflcio.org, the biggest confederation of unions in America made up of nearly 15 million active and retired workers, is calling on members to protest on his behalf.
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San Diego neighborhood makes ICE agents retreat
June 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
San Diego neighborhood makes ICE agents retreat
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Once again I am calling for Democrats to introduce legislation requiring standardized uniforms, visible badge numbers with names, as well as a requirement for ICE and DHS agents to present proof that there is enough danger present to be masked to a judge when they get their warrant.
It really needs to be pointed out. As someone who has been to actions up to and inculdiong the uprising here in 2020 I have never seen every officer wearing fake name badges all with the name “the others” instead of their actual names.
June 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Once again I am calling for Democrats to introduce legislation requiring standardized uniforms, visible badge numbers with names, as well as a requirement for ICE and DHS agents to present proof that there is enough danger present to be masked to a judge when they get their warrant.
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O’BRIEN: “.. Trump once told me that he admired John Gotti, the notorious mobster, because Gotti never backed down, never flinched or wept in a courtroom, and gave everyone who opposed him the evil eye. That’s how Trump sees himself. Anything but a chicken.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
May 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
O’BRIEN: “.. Trump once told me that he admired John Gotti, the notorious mobster, because Gotti never backed down, never flinched or wept in a courtroom, and gave everyone who opposed him the evil eye. That’s how Trump sees himself. Anything but a chicken.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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🚨ATTENTION MOMS🚨
Friday, May 30th at 3pm
Meet me outside of the CDC with your pregnant bellies, your babies, your toddlers, your strollers, your signs, and your baby gear.
We are standing up for science and vaccines!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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Friday, May 30th at 3pm
Meet me outside of the CDC with your pregnant bellies, your babies, your toddlers, your strollers, your signs, and your baby gear.
We are standing up for science and vaccines!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/moms-...
May 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
🚨ATTENTION MOMS🚨
Friday, May 30th at 3pm
Meet me outside of the CDC with your pregnant bellies, your babies, your toddlers, your strollers, your signs, and your baby gear.
We are standing up for science and vaccines!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/moms-...
Friday, May 30th at 3pm
Meet me outside of the CDC with your pregnant bellies, your babies, your toddlers, your strollers, your signs, and your baby gear.
We are standing up for science and vaccines!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/moms-...
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This is the most documented blanket in the history of blankets
May 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This is the most documented blanket in the history of blankets
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hi i’d really love to interview people about how the new house gop reconciliation bill will impact renewables development
have a sec today to chat? hit my line: jael@heatmap.news
#greensky #energysky #climatesky
have a sec today to chat? hit my line: jael@heatmap.news
#greensky #energysky #climatesky
May 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
hi i’d really love to interview people about how the new house gop reconciliation bill will impact renewables development
have a sec today to chat? hit my line: jael@heatmap.news
#greensky #energysky #climatesky
have a sec today to chat? hit my line: jael@heatmap.news
#greensky #energysky #climatesky
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“We’ve crushed fascism before and we’ll crush it again.” A 98-year-old WWII veteran demolishes a Tesla with a Sherman tank. (Love the replays from several camera angles.) [kottke.org]
WWII Vet Crushes a Tesla With a Sherman Tank
In this video, 98-year-old British WWII veteran Ken Turner demolishes a Tesla with a Sherman tank. Here’s what Turner had to say before getting down to business:
I’m old enough to have seen fascism the first time arou
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May 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“We’ve crushed fascism before and we’ll crush it again.” A 98-year-old WWII veteran demolishes a Tesla with a Sherman tank. (Love the replays from several camera angles.) [kottke.org]
I just spent a few hours in the ER today with my daughter due to an infection in her glands, Possibly due to dental work. We'll see many more like this if municipalities follow suit.
The meta-analysis on the relationship between Fluoride and IQ by Taylor et al. (2025) that RFK Jr. has cited contains major methodological flaws and data integrity issues that we describe in the following pre-print (submitted to meta-psychology): osf.io/preprints/os...
April 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I just spent a few hours in the ER today with my daughter due to an infection in her glands, Possibly due to dental work. We'll see many more like this if municipalities follow suit.
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I'm not kidding that any Dem who wants to run in 2028 should get out ahead of this and loudly say if El Salvador puts American citizens in Trump's gulag we'll fucking invade.
"Over the weekend, Trump endorsed sending U.S. citizens to El Salvador prisons." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘This is a Path of Perfect Lawlessness’: Court Condemns Trump Over Wrongful Deportation
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I'm not kidding that any Dem who wants to run in 2028 should get out ahead of this and loudly say if El Salvador puts American citizens in Trump's gulag we'll fucking invade.
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The final vote: 51-45, with 4 people absent.
CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture.
MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.
CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture.
MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.
March 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The final vote: 51-45, with 4 people absent.
CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture.
MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.
CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture.
MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.
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I officially challenge all of Wisconsin’s Congressional Republicans to defend their vote to slash Medicaid and cut taxes for the ultra-rich. Let’s do it in a town hall format for maximum transparency!
February 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I officially challenge all of Wisconsin’s Congressional Republicans to defend their vote to slash Medicaid and cut taxes for the ultra-rich. Let’s do it in a town hall format for maximum transparency!
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I remember thinking this in Trump 1.0.
Kamala Harris (or somebody) should name some SHADOW SECRETARIES right now. They should have well maintained websites. Press conferences, speeches, etc.
Kamala Harris (or somebody) should name some SHADOW SECRETARIES right now. They should have well maintained websites. Press conferences, speeches, etc.
One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.
February 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I remember thinking this in Trump 1.0.
Kamala Harris (or somebody) should name some SHADOW SECRETARIES right now. They should have well maintained websites. Press conferences, speeches, etc.
Kamala Harris (or somebody) should name some SHADOW SECRETARIES right now. They should have well maintained websites. Press conferences, speeches, etc.
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Here's a list of DOGE staff, assembled and annotated by my colleagues at BI. Whatever you do, please don't share it.
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
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We got a DOGE staff list. From a McKinsey alum to a former Clarence Thomas clerk, here are the workers powering Elon Musk's cost-cutting squad.
A list of White House DOGE staffers shows about 30 young tech, finance, and legal professionals remaking the federal government.
www.businessinsider.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Here's a list of DOGE staff, assembled and annotated by my colleagues at BI. Whatever you do, please don't share it.
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...