Patrick Schmidt
@pdwschmidt.bsky.social
Political scientist @MacalesterCollege: American law, comparative and historical constitutionalism, architecture, and...just curious about everything. Moot Court coach. Rarely refuses an opportunity for a dad joke.
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🔥 A former president & a former chairman of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) resigned from ISI’s board on Friday. One of them posted this warning that “conservative institutions are being systematically…undermined by post-liberals who promote a ‘no enemies to the right’ mindset.” 1/
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
🔥 A former president & a former chairman of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) resigned from ISI’s board on Friday. One of them posted this warning that “conservative institutions are being systematically…undermined by post-liberals who promote a ‘no enemies to the right’ mindset.” 1/
The only strategy that I might accept from the Schumer Democrats is that they wanted to force the House into session for a vote before December 2nd. Johnson seemed willing to endure a Thanksgiving shutdown to protect Trump. What now?
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The only strategy that I might accept from the Schumer Democrats is that they wanted to force the House into session for a vote before December 2nd. Johnson seemed willing to endure a Thanksgiving shutdown to protect Trump. What now?
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How not to play poker:
Player 1: I'm in
Player 2: I'll see you
P1: I raise because I have 3 kings!
P2: I'll raise too
P1: I fold, because even though I have not seen your hand it is must be better than mine or else you would not have raised after I told you what I was holding.
Player 1: I'm in
Player 2: I'll see you
P1: I raise because I have 3 kings!
P2: I'll raise too
P1: I fold, because even though I have not seen your hand it is must be better than mine or else you would not have raised after I told you what I was holding.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
How not to play poker:
Player 1: I'm in
Player 2: I'll see you
P1: I raise because I have 3 kings!
P2: I'll raise too
P1: I fold, because even though I have not seen your hand it is must be better than mine or else you would not have raised after I told you what I was holding.
Player 1: I'm in
Player 2: I'll see you
P1: I raise because I have 3 kings!
P2: I'll raise too
P1: I fold, because even though I have not seen your hand it is must be better than mine or else you would not have raised after I told you what I was holding.
At least 68 had one momentous summer.
i wonder if the number 68 ever feels left out. living in the shadow of 69 must have been a lot already, and now to live in the shadow of 67 also? brutal
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
At least 68 had one momentous summer.
Immediately going into my slides for my introductory lecture on data viz. Those red lines could have been made by sharpie!
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Immediately going into my slides for my introductory lecture on data viz. Those red lines could have been made by sharpie!
Justice Gorsuch's newfound concern with the "gradual...accretion of power in the executive branch" is welcome but rich.
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Justice Gorsuch's newfound concern with the "gradual...accretion of power in the executive branch" is welcome but rich.
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NEW from me: An Episcopal priest — a Kenyan national who works with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — has been detained by ICE, says diocese.
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
Episcopal priest has been detained by ICE in Texas, says diocese
(RNS) — 'We do not know yet why he was targeted', said the Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, who leads the Diocese of Texas.
religionnews.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
NEW from me: An Episcopal priest — a Kenyan national who works with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — has been detained by ICE, says diocese.
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
It is my hypothesis that less than 1% of the people who will burst out in song with "O Canada" at any mention of the country in conversation know the next words in the lyrics.
It follows that you can become elite by knowing line two, "Our home and native land."
It follows that you can become elite by knowing line two, "Our home and native land."
October 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It is my hypothesis that less than 1% of the people who will burst out in song with "O Canada" at any mention of the country in conversation know the next words in the lyrics.
It follows that you can become elite by knowing line two, "Our home and native land."
It follows that you can become elite by knowing line two, "Our home and native land."
I won't vote for him in a primary, but I'll thank him for his service.
October 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I won't vote for him in a primary, but I'll thank him for his service.
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Trunk-or-Treats are symptomatic of declining social trust, and I will not participate.
My kids are going to ring your doorbell and shout at you, as the Great Pumpkin intended.
My kids are going to ring your doorbell and shout at you, as the Great Pumpkin intended.
October 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Trunk-or-Treats are symptomatic of declining social trust, and I will not participate.
My kids are going to ring your doorbell and shout at you, as the Great Pumpkin intended.
My kids are going to ring your doorbell and shout at you, as the Great Pumpkin intended.
Congratulations to me for replacing my car license plates. The front plate took two minutes. The back plate took two hours, two trips to the hardware store, and $14 of additional parts and tools.
October 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Congratulations to me for replacing my car license plates. The front plate took two minutes. The back plate took two hours, two trips to the hardware store, and $14 of additional parts and tools.
Apparently, Reaganite free trade neoliberalism was always a psy-op, according to Bessent.
WELKER: Why is the president setting trade policy based on a TV ad he doesn't like?
BESSENT: This is a kind of propaganda against US citizens. It's psyops
BESSENT: This is a kind of propaganda against US citizens. It's psyops
October 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Apparently, Reaganite free trade neoliberalism was always a psy-op, according to Bessent.
I think they released a new movie in the Halloween franchise? Something about a clown who terrorizes fishermen. At least, I saw this movie poster:
October 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I think they released a new movie in the Halloween franchise? Something about a clown who terrorizes fishermen. At least, I saw this movie poster:
Turns out that the donor's name rhymes with "felon".
I wonder, does this Trump "friend" start with Q and rhyme with "guitar"?
October 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Turns out that the donor's name rhymes with "felon".
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A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.
October 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.
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You know what day should be a national holiday in 2029?
THE DAY OF THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL BULLDOZING OF THE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP BALLROOM.
THE DAY OF THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL BULLDOZING OF THE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP BALLROOM.
October 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
You know what day should be a national holiday in 2029?
THE DAY OF THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL BULLDOZING OF THE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP BALLROOM.
THE DAY OF THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL BULLDOZING OF THE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP BALLROOM.
Holy f***. I totally did not expect to see what I saw.
Seriously, I've been grasping for some kind of mass contagion theory in order to try to explain the utter transformation of reality in how these people think.
Seriously, I've been grasping for some kind of mass contagion theory in order to try to explain the utter transformation of reality in how these people think.
Open the page. Scroll down to the timeline. Go through the timeline.
It’s… shocking
It’s… shocking
The White House Building
Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls. From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from...
www.whitehouse.gov
October 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Holy f***. I totally did not expect to see what I saw.
Seriously, I've been grasping for some kind of mass contagion theory in order to try to explain the utter transformation of reality in how these people think.
Seriously, I've been grasping for some kind of mass contagion theory in order to try to explain the utter transformation of reality in how these people think.
Can everyone in the media *please try* to build into their assumptions that every argument from the Trump administration will be bad faith cover?
Nothing about the situation with Venezuela is about drug trafficking. It's about regime change and oil.
Nothing about the situation with Venezuela is about drug trafficking. It's about regime change and oil.
October 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Can everyone in the media *please try* to build into their assumptions that every argument from the Trump administration will be bad faith cover?
Nothing about the situation with Venezuela is about drug trafficking. It's about regime change and oil.
Nothing about the situation with Venezuela is about drug trafficking. It's about regime change and oil.
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This person is one hundred percent correct and it’s scary af. We will never “media literacy” our way out of this as a society. We are about to reap the whirlwind when it comes to misinformation, disinformation, and informational warfare.
October 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This person is one hundred percent correct and it’s scary af. We will never “media literacy” our way out of this as a society. We are about to reap the whirlwind when it comes to misinformation, disinformation, and informational warfare.
There may come a day when this is seen as a centrist, institutionalist platform.
“We will rebuild the White House as it was and pay for it by seizing assets from Trump, the Trump Organization, and his family.”
None of this is legal! People are choosing to break the law! Other people are choosing not to hold them accountable! What the fuck!!!
October 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
There may come a day when this is seen as a centrist, institutionalist platform.
Well done to this professor for trolling the NYT...in the NYT.
“What a travesty,” said Bennett L. Gershman, an ethics professor at Pace University. “The ethical conflict is just so basic and fundamental, you don’t need a law professor to explain it.”
“What a travesty,” said Bennett L. Gershman, an ethics professor at Pace University. “The ethical conflict is just so basic and fundamental, you don’t need a law professor to explain it.”
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Well done to this professor for trolling the NYT...in the NYT.
“What a travesty,” said Bennett L. Gershman, an ethics professor at Pace University. “The ethical conflict is just so basic and fundamental, you don’t need a law professor to explain it.”
“What a travesty,” said Bennett L. Gershman, an ethics professor at Pace University. “The ethical conflict is just so basic and fundamental, you don’t need a law professor to explain it.”
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With alt text.
Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters
Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters
October 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
With alt text.
Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters
Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters
This will be of some comfort to coin collectors who were having a difficult time finding hoards of Roman coins in American fields.
BREAKING: The US is rolling back tariffs on “products that cannot be grown, mined, or naturally produced in the United States," per WSJ
October 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This will be of some comfort to coin collectors who were having a difficult time finding hoards of Roman coins in American fields.
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