Tess Schmidt
tessschmidt.bsky.social
Tess Schmidt
@tessschmidt.bsky.social
Writer and rosé evangelist from the PNW.
"But I'm different!" 🤣
King tides + heavy rains = roadway flooding in coastal areas. @nws.noaa.gov is telling us to expect heavy rains coupled with king tides on the coast Wednesday and Thursday.
For real time info:
Travel map - wsdot.com/Travel/Real-...
Socials links & mobile app - wsdot.wa.gov/travel/mobil...
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Reposted by Tess Schmidt
They Were So Afraid, They Erased the Words.

Yesterday, I spoke truth about what happened in North Carolina. About democracy being stolen in broad daylight. About rigged maps and broken promises. About betraying every sacrifice ever made for the right to vote.

Then something extraordinary happened.
October 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"Many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics, and one serves as a state senator."
Breaking: Text messages of Young Republican groups across the country have just been leaked.

They talk about putting Democrats in “gas chambers,” attacking “Jews,” calling Black people “watermelon people,” calling to “rape” their enemies, and bringing back slavery.
October 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Boston Mayor Wu demonstrating how it's done. And it's unreal that this letter needed to be sent to the US AG.
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.

The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
August 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This right here 👇
I will never understand why so many people accepted that as okay AND wanted that person to lead our country. Very grim, indeed.
I can’t stop thinking about how the Access Hollywood tape came out before the election even happened, yet suddenly we have people concerned that the President might have lied about being a sexual predator who were totally fine with it when he told the truth about being a sexual predator

very grim
July 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
These thugs are shameless and will never resign. That doesn't mean we stand by and let them rule.
Keep the pressure on.
Protest.
Get in good trouble.
Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.
June 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Love Bruce for speaking out , as always, against the corruption in the White House.
Tonight, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band opened their Land of Hope & Dreams Tour. Bruce launched this run of shows with three statements about the situation in the United States, with comments preceding his songs Land of Hope and Dreams, House of a Thousand Guitars and My City of Ruins.
Land of Hope and Dreams
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
May 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Reposted by Tess Schmidt
The president has covered the Oval Office in gold, is planning a massive military parade for his birthday, and is now accepting $400,000,000 luxury planes from foreign powers as personal presents.

What the fuck are we doing here?
May 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Hey @seattletimes.com is your website down?
May 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Because it is.
I’m not catholic but I find this wildly offensive
May 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The other good news is that we the people are not scared of him.
The good news is that the constitution provides ways for Congress and the Judiciary to reign in a power-hungry president. The bad news is those people are all scared of him.
April 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A constitutional crisis is at hand. Congress must act.
I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.

The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
April 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
When MTG heckled the President during the SOTU, it was (shameful) free speech. When her constituents speak out at their own town hall, they are tased and arrested. Disgusting www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
2 Protesters at Marjorie Taylor Greene Town Hall Are Subdued With Stun Guns
Three people, including the two who were subdued with stun guns, were arrested.
www.nytimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Speaking truth to grift. We are not powerless.
AOC: We saw Majorie Taylor Greene buy that dip. How much did you make? How much did you make off of people’s despair? How much did you make off of that panic? How much did you make off of that suffering? No more. We can’t accept it
April 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Reposted by Tess Schmidt
Yo! Shoutout to AOC & Bernie for leading by example — showing up, speaking truth & organizing w/the people, not just talking at them from D.C.

We need that same energy from all Dems. Whether it’s 35,000 or 35 people — show up. Hit the streets, hit the town halls, show you’re ready to fight for us.
April 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Disgusted but not surprised.
Rather than attended the dignified transfer of the remains of four U.S. soldiers killed on his watch, Trump will be dining with his Saudi golf buddies.
April 4, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Great news from @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social
The leadership we desperately need!
We need new leaders in Washington. I’m running for Senate to be one. Let’s go.
April 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Reposted by Tess Schmidt
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
19 hours now and 47,000 watching live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK...
LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Reposted by Tess Schmidt
Corey Booker is at hour 15 on the senate floor and there are over 36,000 live viewers on YouTube alone right now.
April 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
So proud of @booker.senate.gov for standing up for truth, justice, and the American way. Stop the oligarchs. Stop the threats to freedom of the press. Stop the criminalizing of free speech. Stop allowing the suffering of the most vulnerable both here and around the world.
April 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Amen, sister! 💪
March 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Unbelievably horrific. Absolutely disgusting. Completely vile. Fucking awful.
Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem making content in front of the imprisoned men of El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
March 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Reposted by Tess Schmidt
Hegseth, Gabbard, Radcliffe, and Patel should all immediately resign. Every Democrat needs to call for this.

Articles of impeachment should be introduced against Trump and Vance. Doesn't matter if GOP won't vote for it. Democrats should push the issue front-and-center.
March 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Absolutely
Any security professional - military, government or otherwise - would be fired on the spot for this type of conduct and criminally prosecuted for being so reckless with this kind of information.
March 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM