Tom Schmit
@tomschmit.bsky.social
I live in Viesīte, Latvia but lived and grew up in Buffalo, NY.
My partner and I founded the Latvian Dyslexia Association, and I write and edit for a big ass American IT company.
Politically, I am a bit to the left of most Americans.
My partner and I founded the Latvian Dyslexia Association, and I write and edit for a big ass American IT company.
Politically, I am a bit to the left of most Americans.
2017. Extraordinarily prescient and challenging.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC0I...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC0I...
Isaiah Berlin Memorial Lecture 2017: Timothy Snyder
YouTube video by Fonds DOTS
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:16 AM
2017. Extraordinarily prescient and challenging.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC0I...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC0I...
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She had no illusions about the good old days
Recalling McCarthy-era blacklisting:
“When people come up to me & say, ‘Wish we had wonderful 🇺🇸shows like we used to in the ’50s,’
I say: ‘Let me tell you who wrote those scripts.’ They were good 🇺🇸s & they were in jail”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/a...
Recalling McCarthy-era blacklisting:
“When people come up to me & say, ‘Wish we had wonderful 🇺🇸shows like we used to in the ’50s,’
I say: ‘Let me tell you who wrote those scripts.’ They were good 🇺🇸s & they were in jail”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/a...
June Lockhart, Beloved Television Mother, Dies at 100
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
She had no illusions about the good old days
Recalling McCarthy-era blacklisting:
“When people come up to me & say, ‘Wish we had wonderful 🇺🇸shows like we used to in the ’50s,’
I say: ‘Let me tell you who wrote those scripts.’ They were good 🇺🇸s & they were in jail”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/a...
Recalling McCarthy-era blacklisting:
“When people come up to me & say, ‘Wish we had wonderful 🇺🇸shows like we used to in the ’50s,’
I say: ‘Let me tell you who wrote those scripts.’ They were good 🇺🇸s & they were in jail”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/a...
This is EXACTLY what my friends in Ukraine do for me and the world.
Humanity in the face of evil.
Humanity in the face of evil.
October 25, 2025 at 5:17 AM
This is EXACTLY what my friends in Ukraine do for me and the world.
Humanity in the face of evil.
Humanity in the face of evil.
Reposted by Tom Schmit
Listen please
substack.com/@precariousi...
substack.com/@precariousi...
KC (@precariousillusiuon)
GOP motto: If you can't win, cheat.
Update: This was posted from a Substack member.
That’s N.C. Democrat Senator Michael Garrett, And He’s Speaking The Absolute Truth!
God Bless This Man!
Ever...
substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Listen please
substack.com/@precariousi...
substack.com/@precariousi...
Here's the absurdity:
"When Democrats did decide to shut down the government".
How does a minority party decide this? The majority in the relevant branches has the power. Not the minority.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
"When Democrats did decide to shut down the government".
How does a minority party decide this? The majority in the relevant branches has the power. Not the minority.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
Opinion | The Rot Creeping Into Our Minds
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Here's the absurdity:
"When Democrats did decide to shut down the government".
How does a minority party decide this? The majority in the relevant branches has the power. Not the minority.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
"When Democrats did decide to shut down the government".
How does a minority party decide this? The majority in the relevant branches has the power. Not the minority.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
Everything that he does becomes a combination of action and metaphor. The decision to rip down the entire east wing of the Whitehouse (our house) is action and metaphor.
October 23, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Everything that he does becomes a combination of action and metaphor. The decision to rip down the entire east wing of the Whitehouse (our house) is action and metaphor.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
The next Attorney General of the USA!
The next Attorney General of the USA!
October 18, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Ladies and Gentlemen!
The next Attorney General of the USA!
The next Attorney General of the USA!
The chef's kiss of a 'fuck you' would be if Marco Rubio is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
October 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The chef's kiss of a 'fuck you' would be if Marco Rubio is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
#latvia
Waiting for members of Saeima to start demanding that Yamaha suspend sales of motorcycles in LV.
eng.lsm.lv/article/soci...
Waiting for members of Saeima to start demanding that Yamaha suspend sales of motorcycles in LV.
eng.lsm.lv/article/soci...
Drunk motorcycle rider kills child in Latvia
A child was killed in a crash caused by a drunken motorcyclist in Tukums municipality on Wednesday, the State Police (VP) said.
eng.lsm.lv
October 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
#latvia
Waiting for members of Saeima to start demanding that Yamaha suspend sales of motorcycles in LV.
eng.lsm.lv/article/soci...
Waiting for members of Saeima to start demanding that Yamaha suspend sales of motorcycles in LV.
eng.lsm.lv/article/soci...
NONE of these mentioned in the magic NPSM-7.
I wonder why...real head scratcher.
I wonder why...real head scratcher.
October 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
NONE of these mentioned in the magic NPSM-7.
I wonder why...real head scratcher.
I wonder why...real head scratcher.
If you don't know about NSPM-7, you should.
They frame it as being about (the as yet undefined) domestic terrorism, but it is about intimidating trump's opposition.
The Comey and James indictments are just the first shots across the bow.
kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nspm-7-labels-common-beliefs
They frame it as being about (the as yet undefined) domestic terrorism, but it is about intimidating trump's opposition.
The Comey and James indictments are just the first shots across the bow.
kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nspm-7-labels-common-beliefs
Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”
New directive targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions
kenklippenstein.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
If you don't know about NSPM-7, you should.
They frame it as being about (the as yet undefined) domestic terrorism, but it is about intimidating trump's opposition.
The Comey and James indictments are just the first shots across the bow.
kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nspm-7-labels-common-beliefs
They frame it as being about (the as yet undefined) domestic terrorism, but it is about intimidating trump's opposition.
The Comey and James indictments are just the first shots across the bow.
kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nspm-7-labels-common-beliefs
Reposted by Tom Schmit
Ken's explainer about NSPM-7:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
October 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Ken's explainer about NSPM-7:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
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The Atlantic—one of the most prolific corporate media outlets in America—attacked me, my values, & my advocacy. And they got most everything wrong.
Here is my rebuttal. I doubt they’ll issue a retraction, but my receipts are undeniable. Please share and boost.❤️✊🏽
www.qasimrashid.com/p/journalism...
Here is my rebuttal. I doubt they’ll issue a retraction, but my receipts are undeniable. Please share and boost.❤️✊🏽
www.qasimrashid.com/p/journalism...
Journalism Without Justice: Jonathan Chait & the Collapse of Media Integrity
From Iraq to Trump to Gaza, America’s pundit class has perfected the art of being wrong and profiting from it. It’s long past time we hold them accountable.
www.qasimrashid.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The Atlantic—one of the most prolific corporate media outlets in America—attacked me, my values, & my advocacy. And they got most everything wrong.
Here is my rebuttal. I doubt they’ll issue a retraction, but my receipts are undeniable. Please share and boost.❤️✊🏽
www.qasimrashid.com/p/journalism...
Here is my rebuttal. I doubt they’ll issue a retraction, but my receipts are undeniable. Please share and boost.❤️✊🏽
www.qasimrashid.com/p/journalism...
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Pam Bondi is simply no match - intellectually or ethically - for Adam Schiff.
Watch this must-see clip as he dissects and exposes her pathetic performance today.
When she realizes how badly he is rolling her, she tries to interrupt. But it’s to no avail. She knows that he has her dead to rights.
Watch this must-see clip as he dissects and exposes her pathetic performance today.
When she realizes how badly he is rolling her, she tries to interrupt. But it’s to no avail. She knows that he has her dead to rights.
"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing
October 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Pam Bondi is simply no match - intellectually or ethically - for Adam Schiff.
Watch this must-see clip as he dissects and exposes her pathetic performance today.
When she realizes how badly he is rolling her, she tries to interrupt. But it’s to no avail. She knows that he has her dead to rights.
Watch this must-see clip as he dissects and exposes her pathetic performance today.
When she realizes how badly he is rolling her, she tries to interrupt. But it’s to no avail. She knows that he has her dead to rights.
15 drones + an unknown number of missiles either went over or fell on Chortkiv in Ternopils oblast Ukraine.
Imagine the sleepless, fear filled night. And then to get up and try and lead a normal life.
Fuck russia.
Imagine the sleepless, fear filled night. And then to get up and try and lead a normal life.
Fuck russia.
October 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
15 drones + an unknown number of missiles either went over or fell on Chortkiv in Ternopils oblast Ukraine.
Imagine the sleepless, fear filled night. And then to get up and try and lead a normal life.
Fuck russia.
Imagine the sleepless, fear filled night. And then to get up and try and lead a normal life.
Fuck russia.
My sympathy for the military monolith (as seen listening to Hegseth and trump) is limited.
That this happens under the command of this 'professional' military is immoral.
Oh...and spare me the "you don't understand how tough it is."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/m...
That this happens under the command of this 'professional' military is immoral.
Oh...and spare me the "you don't understand how tough it is."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/m...
Did a Green Beret Unit Commit One of the Worst U.S. War Crimes in Decades?
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
My sympathy for the military monolith (as seen listening to Hegseth and trump) is limited.
That this happens under the command of this 'professional' military is immoral.
Oh...and spare me the "you don't understand how tough it is."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/m...
That this happens under the command of this 'professional' military is immoral.
Oh...and spare me the "you don't understand how tough it is."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/m...
I'll be gone for a bit. Time to toss my computer against a wall.
"The Trump administration plans to slash refugee admissions to a record low level, reserving a bulk of the limited slots for white Afrikaners from S. Africa and others facing “unjust discrimination,”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
"The Trump administration plans to slash refugee admissions to a record low level, reserving a bulk of the limited slots for white Afrikaners from S. Africa and others facing “unjust discrimination,”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
Trump Administration Is Said to Plan to Cut Refugee Admissions to a Record Low
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I'll be gone for a bit. Time to toss my computer against a wall.
"The Trump administration plans to slash refugee admissions to a record low level, reserving a bulk of the limited slots for white Afrikaners from S. Africa and others facing “unjust discrimination,”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
"The Trump administration plans to slash refugee admissions to a record low level, reserving a bulk of the limited slots for white Afrikaners from S. Africa and others facing “unjust discrimination,”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
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Dear @apnews.com
The republicans control congress. Democrats did not vote down anything. If the GOP wanted to fund the government, they could have changed the rules to pass a CR with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to approve 48 trump appointees at once.
Fix your headline.
The republicans control congress. Democrats did not vote down anything. If the GOP wanted to fund the government, they could have changed the rules to pass a CR with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to approve 48 trump appointees at once.
Fix your headline.
BREAKING: Democrats vote down a GOP bill to keep the government open, putting it on track for shutdown after midnight.
Democrats vote down GOP funding bill, putting government on path to shutdown
Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday.
bit.ly
October 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Dear @apnews.com
The republicans control congress. Democrats did not vote down anything. If the GOP wanted to fund the government, they could have changed the rules to pass a CR with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to approve 48 trump appointees at once.
Fix your headline.
The republicans control congress. Democrats did not vote down anything. If the GOP wanted to fund the government, they could have changed the rules to pass a CR with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to approve 48 trump appointees at once.
Fix your headline.
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🧵Couldn’t agree more with AOC. Aside note, more than anyone else in public life right now, she is growing into a very wise powerful leader. ⬇️
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 5:19 AM
🧵Couldn’t agree more with AOC. Aside note, more than anyone else in public life right now, she is growing into a very wise powerful leader. ⬇️
“Are you a communist?"
"No I am an anti-fascist"
"For a long time?"
"Since I have understood fascism.” -Ernest Hemingway, For Whom The Bell Tolls.
"No I am an anti-fascist"
"For a long time?"
"Since I have understood fascism.” -Ernest Hemingway, For Whom The Bell Tolls.
September 25, 2025 at 4:06 AM
“Are you a communist?"
"No I am an anti-fascist"
"For a long time?"
"Since I have understood fascism.” -Ernest Hemingway, For Whom The Bell Tolls.
"No I am an anti-fascist"
"For a long time?"
"Since I have understood fascism.” -Ernest Hemingway, For Whom The Bell Tolls.
“We understood a lot more than a lot of people who studied it,” Trump said.
FFS.
FFS.
September 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“We understood a lot more than a lot of people who studied it,” Trump said.
FFS.
FFS.
“If trans people are
such effective assassins
why did we kick them out of the military?”
such effective assassins
why did we kick them out of the military?”
September 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
“If trans people are
such effective assassins
why did we kick them out of the military?”
such effective assassins
why did we kick them out of the military?”
Judge Dismisses Trump’s Lawsuit Against The New York Times
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The (fucking) russians have launched a massive strike on the Dnieper and Pavlograd.
More than 40 drones and 3 missiles have struck the cities. There is destruction in several areas, the suburbs are on fire.
One of the strikes was captured on video.
More than 40 drones and 3 missiles have struck the cities. There is destruction in several areas, the suburbs are on fire.
One of the strikes was captured on video.
September 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The (fucking) russians have launched a massive strike on the Dnieper and Pavlograd.
More than 40 drones and 3 missiles have struck the cities. There is destruction in several areas, the suburbs are on fire.
One of the strikes was captured on video.
More than 40 drones and 3 missiles have struck the cities. There is destruction in several areas, the suburbs are on fire.
One of the strikes was captured on video.
Reposted by Tom Schmit
@radiofreetom.bsky.social at #TAF25l: Donald Trump’s use of the military as his “personal militia” is “everything George Washington feared about what the U.S. military could become.”
Watch more: bit.ly/3ItaNSB
Watch more: bit.ly/3ItaNSB
September 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social at #TAF25l: Donald Trump’s use of the military as his “personal militia” is “everything George Washington feared about what the U.S. military could become.”
Watch more: bit.ly/3ItaNSB
Watch more: bit.ly/3ItaNSB