Lynn Schrader
@lynnrschrader.bsky.social
Retired lawyer, wife, empty nester, refugee advocate, dog mom to Sophie, living in the bluest dot in KY
What has become of this country’s morals??! We have always failed to achieve the ideals the nation was founded on but now all the attention goes to people who don’t even try! All the leaders, most powerful care about is personal enrichment! So dispiriting.
It’s wild that you can just openly bribe the President of the United States with chunks of gold to get
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
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How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
What has become of this country’s morals??! We have always failed to achieve the ideals the nation was founded on but now all the attention goes to people who don’t even try! All the leaders, most powerful care about is personal enrichment! So dispiriting.
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Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
Dershowitz is a liar and a absolute disgrace to the legal profession. There should be a mass uprising by attorneys everywhere screaming for him to be disbarred.
Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Dershowitz is a liar and a absolute disgrace to the legal profession. There should be a mass uprising by attorneys everywhere screaming for him to be disbarred.
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SENATOR REVEREND NO ONE IS BETTER AT SOLVING THE PROBLEMS HE CREATES THAN PRESIDENT TRUMP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
So let me get this straight: The President’s plan to lower prices is to roll back some of his own tariffs?
November 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
SENATOR REVEREND NO ONE IS BETTER AT SOLVING THE PROBLEMS HE CREATES THAN PRESIDENT TRUMP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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Journalist Julie Brown, an expert on the Epstein scandal, answers a question you may have about why Biden didn't release the Epstein files.
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Journalist Julie Brown, an expert on the Epstein scandal, answers a question you may have about why Biden didn't release the Epstein files.
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To all the weirdos defending Megyn Kelly: 15 year olds are underage, and that is statutory rape.
Pretty simple
Pretty simple
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 AM
To all the weirdos defending Megyn Kelly: 15 year olds are underage, and that is statutory rape.
Pretty simple
Pretty simple
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Thomas Massie to CNN on the Epstein files: "This vote is gonna be on your record for longer than Trump is gonna be president. And what are you gonna do in 2028 and 2030 when you're in a debate … and they say, 'How can we trust you? You covered up for a pedophile back in 2025.'"
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Thomas Massie to CNN on the Epstein files: "This vote is gonna be on your record for longer than Trump is gonna be president. And what are you gonna do in 2028 and 2030 when you're in a debate … and they say, 'How can we trust you? You covered up for a pedophile back in 2025.'"
Good job, Republican voters in Kentucky where Drug Courts work very well.
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Drug courts are saving lives. Red states love them. People depend on them. But Trump could very well blow it all up
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Drug Courts Save Lives. That May Not Save Them From Trump.
An Alabama man’s recovery story shows what the program can do—and what could be lost.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Good job, Republican voters in Kentucky where Drug Courts work very well.
Good job, Republican voters, especially rural Republican voters in Kentucky!
Kentucky hospitals are making plans to scale back services due to Medicaid cuts. Here's what's on the on the chopping block:
• Cancer treatment
• Behavioral health
• Maternity services
• Free screenings at health fairs
• Thousands of jobs
• Cancer treatment
• Behavioral health
• Maternity services
• Free screenings at health fairs
• Thousands of jobs
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Good job, Republican voters, especially rural Republican voters in Kentucky!
This is the messaging
House Republicans were willing to starve Americans - to shut down the House and not call it back to session where they could try and reopen the govt and fund SNAP - to keep this from coming out
"...Mr. Epstein flatly asserted that Mr. Trump 'knew about the girls,' many of whom were later found by investigators to have been underage. In another, Mr. Epstein pondered how to address questions from the news media about their relationship as Mr. Trump was becoming a national political figure."
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is the messaging
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November 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Every Democrat running for federal office needs to read and internalize this Jamelle Bouie opinion piece. Every. Single. One.
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Opinion | Democrats Are Teaching Trump the Wrong Lesson
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November 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Every Democrat running for federal office needs to read and internalize this Jamelle Bouie opinion piece. Every. Single. One.
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Please follow Ned Pillersdorf, a longtime Ky lawyer looking to finally send Hal Rogers home as Ky’s 5th District Rep. Ned needs more attention, and Rogers is loooong past his expiration date, having done nothing for Eastern Kentucky all the years he’s been in Congress.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Please follow Ned Pillersdorf, a longtime Ky lawyer looking to finally send Hal Rogers home as Ky’s 5th District Rep. Ned needs more attention, and Rogers is loooong past his expiration date, having done nothing for Eastern Kentucky all the years he’s been in Congress.
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Yep:
"Caving as they were winning the fight, and as Trump abuses power to hurt regular people (withholding SNAP benefits, canceling flights) supposedly as 'punishment' for the shutdown, sets a nightmare precedent."
"Caving as they were winning the fight, and as Trump abuses power to hurt regular people (withholding SNAP benefits, canceling flights) supposedly as 'punishment' for the shutdown, sets a nightmare precedent."
Yup, and the damage isn’t so much in the story as in the proof of weakness. Trump now knows he has new torture tools to make Dems do what he wants. It’s why at least one of the 7 capitulators oughta be run out of office now, mid session. Get that number down to 6. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Yep:
"Caving as they were winning the fight, and as Trump abuses power to hurt regular people (withholding SNAP benefits, canceling flights) supposedly as 'punishment' for the shutdown, sets a nightmare precedent."
"Caving as they were winning the fight, and as Trump abuses power to hurt regular people (withholding SNAP benefits, canceling flights) supposedly as 'punishment' for the shutdown, sets a nightmare precedent."
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I think a lot of the anger this morning stems from a feeling that we did our part, but they did not do theirs. This is an oversimplification, but my dudes, no wonder people are like, “OK, let’s try the democratic socialist, then.”
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I think a lot of the anger this morning stems from a feeling that we did our part, but they did not do theirs. This is an oversimplification, but my dudes, no wonder people are like, “OK, let’s try the democratic socialist, then.”
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November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
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Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
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Dick Durbin can room with Merrick Garland in the Neville Chamberlain Retirement Home.
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Dick Durbin can room with Merrick Garland in the Neville Chamberlain Retirement Home.
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Durbin is trash. Yes, lots of great stuff in the past. Sure he’s a decent guy. But he’s pure trash now. Important to see that the bulk of Team Cave is made up of people who are retiring.
Durbin is a YES on this deal: “At Democrats’ urging, today’s bill is not the same one we’ve voted down 14 times. Republicans finally woke up and realized their Groundhog Day needed to end. This bill is not perfect, but it takes important steps to reduce their shutdown’s hurt.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Durbin is trash. Yes, lots of great stuff in the past. Sure he’s a decent guy. But he’s pure trash now. Important to see that the bulk of Team Cave is made up of people who are retiring.
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Not seen a single House D or potential 2028 D support this. They must be the D's who want a future.
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Not seen a single House D or potential 2028 D support this. They must be the D's who want a future.
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.