skipschneider
@skipschneider.bsky.social
Active guy, early 70's..Playing golf. Studying golf. Writing about all sports. Politics reset. Rock and Jazz. Concerts. Restaurants.
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It. Is. Bezos. Shitting. On. The. Front. page. Of. His. Once. Great. Paper.
March 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It. Is. Bezos. Shitting. On. The. Front. page. Of. His. Once. Great. Paper.
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Proud of my Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
He is brilliant, knowledgeable and with unflinching moral clarity. He would be a truly great President
He is brilliant, knowledgeable and with unflinching moral clarity. He would be a truly great President
March 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Proud of my Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
He is brilliant, knowledgeable and with unflinching moral clarity. He would be a truly great President
He is brilliant, knowledgeable and with unflinching moral clarity. He would be a truly great President
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“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Trump upending world order will cost America dearly
The decline of American influence is a gift to Russia and China.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Yet again Trump is punishing his own people
March 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Yet again Trump is punishing his own people
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March 16, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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“The Trump administration is deleting taxpayer-funded data — information that Americans use to make sense of the world. In its absence, the president can paint the world as he pleases.” The war on truth is every dictator’s dream.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Opinion | How Trump is reshaping reality by hiding data
Sweeping statistical purges are part of a broader attempt to reinvent “truth.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“The Trump administration is deleting taxpayer-funded data — information that Americans use to make sense of the world. In its absence, the president can paint the world as he pleases.” The war on truth is every dictator’s dream.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
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Murphy: "If we continue to observe norms, if we continue to engage in business as usual, this democracy could be gone. I don't think we have a year to save American democracy. I think the way the president is acting ... puts out democracy at immediate risk."
March 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Murphy: "If we continue to observe norms, if we continue to engage in business as usual, this democracy could be gone. I don't think we have a year to save American democracy. I think the way the president is acting ... puts out democracy at immediate risk."
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As @amoneyresists.bsky.social pointed out, Elon Musk is a mass murderer.
March 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
As @amoneyresists.bsky.social pointed out, Elon Musk is a mass murderer.
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Trump ended funding to Voice of America and Radio Liberty, forcing both to stop broadcasting to countries that restrict press freedom. VOA began operations in 1942; RL started in 1951.
Why did Trump silence this voice against communism, fascism and oppression? Iran, Russia and China are thrilled.
Why did Trump silence this voice against communism, fascism and oppression? Iran, Russia and China are thrilled.
March 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Trump ended funding to Voice of America and Radio Liberty, forcing both to stop broadcasting to countries that restrict press freedom. VOA began operations in 1942; RL started in 1951.
Why did Trump silence this voice against communism, fascism and oppression? Iran, Russia and China are thrilled.
Why did Trump silence this voice against communism, fascism and oppression? Iran, Russia and China are thrilled.
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Billionaires paying millionaires to convince the middle class to blame poor people. Meanwhile, the billionaires aren't paying any taxes and receive billions from the federal government. People have been falling for this for decades.
March 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Billionaires paying millionaires to convince the middle class to blame poor people. Meanwhile, the billionaires aren't paying any taxes and receive billions from the federal government. People have been falling for this for decades.
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This is Chuck.
Chuck is selling a book.
Chuck also has a full-time job.
I would consider buying Chuck’s book if he were doing that job, but he’s not.
Don’t be like Chuck.
And don’t buy Chuck’s book.
Chuck is selling a book.
Chuck also has a full-time job.
I would consider buying Chuck’s book if he were doing that job, but he’s not.
Don’t be like Chuck.
And don’t buy Chuck’s book.
It gets worse. Schumer isn’t just going on a book tour—he’s charging for tickets.
Absolute insanity. While Americans are scared and in crisis mode, he’s basically saying, let them eat cake.
@schumer.senate.gov Step Down.
Absolute insanity. While Americans are scared and in crisis mode, he’s basically saying, let them eat cake.
@schumer.senate.gov Step Down.
March 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is Chuck.
Chuck is selling a book.
Chuck also has a full-time job.
I would consider buying Chuck’s book if he were doing that job, but he’s not.
Don’t be like Chuck.
And don’t buy Chuck’s book.
Chuck is selling a book.
Chuck also has a full-time job.
I would consider buying Chuck’s book if he were doing that job, but he’s not.
Don’t be like Chuck.
And don’t buy Chuck’s book.
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If you’re tired of @schumer.senate.gov constantly falling for the okey-doke and you want bold winning leadership that is willing to go on offense, then #TheReformers is for you. We are calling for Sen Schumer (D-NY) to step down from his leadership role and let someone else take over the reigns.
March 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If you’re tired of @schumer.senate.gov constantly falling for the okey-doke and you want bold winning leadership that is willing to go on offense, then #TheReformers is for you. We are calling for Sen Schumer (D-NY) to step down from his leadership role and let someone else take over the reigns.
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Incontrovertible Facts!!!
March 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Incontrovertible Facts!!!
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NYT: “The White House did not comment on why the group had altered the contracts data or why it’s now harder for the public to scrutinize it.”
The *savings* have been changed and altered — and are nowhere near what @MarshaBlackburn claims they are.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
The *savings* have been changed and altered — and are nowhere near what @MarshaBlackburn claims they are.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
March 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
NYT: “The White House did not comment on why the group had altered the contracts data or why it’s now harder for the public to scrutinize it.”
The *savings* have been changed and altered — and are nowhere near what @MarshaBlackburn claims they are.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
The *savings* have been changed and altered — and are nowhere near what @MarshaBlackburn claims they are.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
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Attacks on universities are attacks on democracy and human progress. “University leaders would help themselves, and the country, by emerging from their defensive crouches and making a forthright case for inquiry, research, science and knowledge.”
Opinion | The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education
This is a moment to trumpet the strengths of higher education and address its weaknesses.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Attacks on universities are attacks on democracy and human progress. “University leaders would help themselves, and the country, by emerging from their defensive crouches and making a forthright case for inquiry, research, science and knowledge.”
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Murphy: "This is not a normal political fight. What Trump is doing right now is absolutely insidious. He is every single day acting unconstitutionally, he is trying to destroy the rule of law ... this to me is a moment where we need to be restraining POTUS's power, not giving him new authorities"
March 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Murphy: "This is not a normal political fight. What Trump is doing right now is absolutely insidious. He is every single day acting unconstitutionally, he is trying to destroy the rule of law ... this to me is a moment where we need to be restraining POTUS's power, not giving him new authorities"
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Trumpers are Traitors!!!!
March 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Trumpers are Traitors!!!!
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It's to the point where he brazenly breaks the law with impunity. He never suffers consequences for his behavior. It pisses me off.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump administration deports hundreds of migrants even as judge orders that removals be stopped
The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration ta...
apnews.com
March 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It's to the point where he brazenly breaks the law with impunity. He never suffers consequences for his behavior. It pisses me off.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Jeffries: "The average Social Security recipient in the US receives about $65 a day in benefits. Elon Musk in his contracts with the federal government gets about $8 million a day. If they were really interested in waste, fraud, and abuse, they would start there ... but they're going after grandma"
March 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Jeffries: "The average Social Security recipient in the US receives about $65 a day in benefits. Elon Musk in his contracts with the federal government gets about $8 million a day. If they were really interested in waste, fraud, and abuse, they would start there ... but they're going after grandma"
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It time for new leadership.
March 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It time for new leadership.
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Schumer’s New York Times interview is a disaster after a dumpster fire.
He needs to go. Now.
He needs to go. Now.
March 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Schumer’s New York Times interview is a disaster after a dumpster fire.
He needs to go. Now.
He needs to go. Now.
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I learned a ton here from @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social — both about the ins and outs of Trump’s immigration policies, and about the bigger picture meaning of the overall point of his immigration policy, rhetoric, and disregard for both the facts and the law.
www.thebulwark.com/p/bulwark-on...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bulwark-on...
Bulwark on Sunday: Trump Said He Was Targeting Criminals In Migrant Sweeps. That’s Not What’s Happening.
American Immigration Council Senior Fellow Aaron Reichlin-Melnick joins Bill Kristol for Bulwark on Sunday to discuss the first 60 days of Trump’s immigration policy, why he is failing to reach the nu...
www.thebulwark.com
March 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I learned a ton here from @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social — both about the ins and outs of Trump’s immigration policies, and about the bigger picture meaning of the overall point of his immigration policy, rhetoric, and disregard for both the facts and the law.
www.thebulwark.com/p/bulwark-on...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bulwark-on...