🇺🇦 🇬🇱 🇹🇼 🇵🇸 Carl Schmertmann
@cschmert.bsky.social
Demographer
Emeritus Professor of Economics
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Emeritus Professor of Economics
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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The Obamas are brilliant, compassionate and patriotic Americans. They represent the best of this country.
Donald Trump is a vile, unhinged and malignant bottom feeder.
Why are GOP leaders like John Thune continuing to stand by him?
Republicans must immediately denounce Trump’s disgusting bigotry.
Donald Trump is a vile, unhinged and malignant bottom feeder.
Why are GOP leaders like John Thune continuing to stand by him?
Republicans must immediately denounce Trump’s disgusting bigotry.
February 6, 2026 at 2:40 PM
The Obamas are brilliant, compassionate and patriotic Americans. They represent the best of this country.
Donald Trump is a vile, unhinged and malignant bottom feeder.
Why are GOP leaders like John Thune continuing to stand by him?
Republicans must immediately denounce Trump’s disgusting bigotry.
Donald Trump is a vile, unhinged and malignant bottom feeder.
Why are GOP leaders like John Thune continuing to stand by him?
Republicans must immediately denounce Trump’s disgusting bigotry.
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Say what you will, but in countries with strong institutions, such as Brazil, the government cannot decide that they can fire civil servants at will, because civil service protections are spelled out in the constitution.
Midnight, June 7 is the deadline to comment on the revised Schedule F, Trump's plan to politicize the civil servants by converting them into at-will appointees that can be fired for the mildest pushback against illegal actions.
It's easy - here is how:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/last-day-t...
It's easy - here is how:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/last-day-t...
Last day to weigh in on Trump's plan to politicize the civil service
Trump has already shown us how he would use Schedule F powers
donmoynihan.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Say what you will, but in countries with strong institutions, such as Brazil, the government cannot decide that they can fire civil servants at will, because civil service protections are spelled out in the constitution.
Adding a citizenship question serves no purpose except to discourage census participation.
The 14th Amendment says to count everyone. Allowing the ruling party in a census year to change who gets counted would be yet another assault on democracy.
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...
The 14th Amendment says to count everyone. Allowing the ruling party in a census year to change who gets counted would be yet another assault on democracy.
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...
Trump officials propose testing a citizenship question amid a push to alter the census
The Trump administration proposes to include a question about U.S. citizenship status in this year's field test of the 2030 census, as Republicans push to alter the counts behind voting maps.
www.npr.org
February 5, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Adding a citizenship question serves no purpose except to discourage census participation.
The 14th Amendment says to count everyone. Allowing the ruling party in a census year to change who gets counted would be yet another assault on democracy.
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...
The 14th Amendment says to count everyone. Allowing the ruling party in a census year to change who gets counted would be yet another assault on democracy.
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...
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The Trump administration finalized a new policy on Thursday that would strip job protections from up to 50,000 federal workers, a move that would make it easier for President Trump to remove or discipline them, in his latest effort to dismantle the federal work force.
Trump Strips Job Protections From Thousands of Federal Workers
The policy change makes it easier for the president to discipline or remove up to 50,000 employees, another push in the administration’s campaign to reshape the federal work force.
nyti.ms
February 5, 2026 at 11:15 PM
The Trump administration finalized a new policy on Thursday that would strip job protections from up to 50,000 federal workers, a move that would make it easier for President Trump to remove or discipline them, in his latest effort to dismantle the federal work force.
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Hey Yale, time for your post-tenure review committee to step in and fire this guy. We don’t actually have to accept that professors can treat students this way and no part of academic freedom demands it.
I have been writing letters of recommendation for just shy of thirty years— 17 students this year alone— in ratios that more or less track the majority-women population of liberal arts students.
Obviously I have never commented on a student's looks... and no recipient has ever called me to ask.
Obviously I have never commented on a student's looks... and no recipient has ever called me to ask.
February 5, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Hey Yale, time for your post-tenure review committee to step in and fire this guy. We don’t actually have to accept that professors can treat students this way and no part of academic freedom demands it.
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We need constitutional amendments to take these powers away from the Presidency. We need a government that is more responsive to the people and not a dictator want-a-be. We need the power for the voters to recall the President, Vice President, Senators, and Supreme Court Justices.
February 5, 2026 at 8:17 PM
We need constitutional amendments to take these powers away from the Presidency. We need a government that is more responsive to the people and not a dictator want-a-be. We need the power for the voters to recall the President, Vice President, Senators, and Supreme Court Justices.
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Final Schedule F rule published: in defiance of the vast majority of public comments, it commits to further politicizing government, removing anyone the Trump administration dislikes.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02375.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02375.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
February 5, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Final Schedule F rule published: in defiance of the vast majority of public comments, it commits to further politicizing government, removing anyone the Trump administration dislikes.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02375.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02375.pdf
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I think it should probably be a bigger story that the president of the United States is a raving lunatic
Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "We hit 'em. And we want to hit 'em right, sir, and we want to hit them from the top! East, west, north, south. Sir, they won't know what the hell! And we'll knock them out. We did it politically correct. Five years."
February 5, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I think it should probably be a bigger story that the president of the United States is a raving lunatic
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I wrote a song for our immigrant neighbors here in Minnesota.
Pardon my rusty guitar skills—it’s been over 10 years since I wrote my last song, but this moment called for music.
youtube.com/shorts/B7Csu...
Pardon my rusty guitar skills—it’s been over 10 years since I wrote my last song, but this moment called for music.
youtube.com/shorts/B7Csu...
In a Minnesota Winter by Heather Randell
YouTube video by Heather Randell
youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I wrote a song for our immigrant neighbors here in Minnesota.
Pardon my rusty guitar skills—it’s been over 10 years since I wrote my last song, but this moment called for music.
youtube.com/shorts/B7Csu...
Pardon my rusty guitar skills—it’s been over 10 years since I wrote my last song, but this moment called for music.
youtube.com/shorts/B7Csu...
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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The pandemic caused a lot of change. Some changes that show up in survey data result from changes in survey methods. For example, a rise in the share of Spaniards identifying with no religion coincides with a switch from in-person to phone surveys. Read more: sociologicalscience.com/download/vol...
February 5, 2026 at 1:56 PM
The pandemic caused a lot of change. Some changes that show up in survey data result from changes in survey methods. For example, a rise in the share of Spaniards identifying with no religion coincides with a switch from in-person to phone surveys. Read more: sociologicalscience.com/download/vol...
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On this day in 1917, Congress passed an Immigration Act that banned racial groups deemed "undesirable" from entering the U.S., and primarily barred Asian people.
Feb. 5, 1917 | Immigration Act Bans Asians, Other Non-White People From Entering U.S.
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
February 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
On this day in 1917, Congress passed an Immigration Act that banned racial groups deemed "undesirable" from entering the U.S., and primarily barred Asian people.
"Let the party in power count the votes" isn't a formula for a healthy democracy.
Trump’s recent comments about Republicans taking over elections are just about as fascist as he’s ever sounded:
https://bit.ly/4kBBX8J
https://bit.ly/4kBBX8J
Trump Ratchets Up Talk of Taking Over Elections
This is one of many signs that Trump knows his party is in big trouble in the coming midterm elections.
bit.ly
February 4, 2026 at 9:05 PM
"Let the party in power count the votes" isn't a formula for a healthy democracy.
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I was laid off from the Washington Post today, along with hundreds (!!!) of incredible colleagues. If you need a data journalist, chart designer, or wacky-idea-specialist, give me a shout!
February 4, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I was laid off from the Washington Post today, along with hundreds (!!!) of incredible colleagues. If you need a data journalist, chart designer, or wacky-idea-specialist, give me a shout!
High young adult #mortality makes reaching old age less likely in the US than elsewhere. That's true in all states, but in WV and MS more than one-fourth of 20-year-olds are not expected live to retirement age.
State analysis inspired by @financialtimes.com and @drjenndowd.bsky.social #demography
State analysis inspired by @financialtimes.com and @drjenndowd.bsky.social #demography
February 4, 2026 at 5:43 PM
High young adult #mortality makes reaching old age less likely in the US than elsewhere. That's true in all states, but in WV and MS more than one-fourth of 20-year-olds are not expected live to retirement age.
State analysis inspired by @financialtimes.com and @drjenndowd.bsky.social #demography
State analysis inspired by @financialtimes.com and @drjenndowd.bsky.social #demography
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✨ Human Life-Table Database Update ✨
The #HLD documents the evolution of human mortality by providing a quantitative life-table description of mortality patterns.
🔓 Data is freely available at lifetable.de
📈 15.000 #lifetables for 142 countries
Learn more about the database 👇🧵
The #HLD documents the evolution of human mortality by providing a quantitative life-table description of mortality patterns.
🔓 Data is freely available at lifetable.de
📈 15.000 #lifetables for 142 countries
Learn more about the database 👇🧵
February 4, 2026 at 10:18 AM
✨ Human Life-Table Database Update ✨
The #HLD documents the evolution of human mortality by providing a quantitative life-table description of mortality patterns.
🔓 Data is freely available at lifetable.de
📈 15.000 #lifetables for 142 countries
Learn more about the database 👇🧵
The #HLD documents the evolution of human mortality by providing a quantitative life-table description of mortality patterns.
🔓 Data is freely available at lifetable.de
📈 15.000 #lifetables for 142 countries
Learn more about the database 👇🧵
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You don't reform this. You disband it, then you put it on trial.
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 4, 2026 at 1:04 AM
You don't reform this. You disband it, then you put it on trial.
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Masked thugs on the streets.
Measles outbreaks across the nation.
Blatant government corruption.
Coverup of group of elite sex offenders.
Ruling party trying to rig elections.
Leader building grandiose monuments to himself.
Collapse of remnants of nonpartisan civil service.
Third world America.
Measles outbreaks across the nation.
Blatant government corruption.
Coverup of group of elite sex offenders.
Ruling party trying to rig elections.
Leader building grandiose monuments to himself.
Collapse of remnants of nonpartisan civil service.
Third world America.
February 4, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Masked thugs on the streets.
Measles outbreaks across the nation.
Blatant government corruption.
Coverup of group of elite sex offenders.
Ruling party trying to rig elections.
Leader building grandiose monuments to himself.
Collapse of remnants of nonpartisan civil service.
Third world America.
Measles outbreaks across the nation.
Blatant government corruption.
Coverup of group of elite sex offenders.
Ruling party trying to rig elections.
Leader building grandiose monuments to himself.
Collapse of remnants of nonpartisan civil service.
Third world America.
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A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
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If the whole history of the Earth was squeezed into one day... #dataviz
Source: flowingdata.com/2012/10/09/h...
Source: flowingdata.com/2012/10/09/h...
February 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM
If the whole history of the Earth was squeezed into one day... #dataviz
Source: flowingdata.com/2012/10/09/h...
Source: flowingdata.com/2012/10/09/h...
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Hungary’s population fell to 9.49 million by January 1, 2026, the same level observed in 1952.
#demography #population #Hungary
#demography #population #Hungary
February 2, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Hungary’s population fell to 9.49 million by January 1, 2026, the same level observed in 1952.
#demography #population #Hungary
#demography #population #Hungary
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'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 AM
'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
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📢CALL FOR PAPERS📢
AFÉPOP 2026 CONFERENCE
🗓️ May 6-7, 2026
📍 Strasbourg BETA
✨Keynote: Marianne Simonsen (Aarhus Uni, @cesifo.org, @iza.org)
Apply👇
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Topics: Population econ (gender, family, education, labor, health, demography, inequalities, etc.)
Deadline: Feb 6⏱️
AFÉPOP 2026 CONFERENCE
🗓️ May 6-7, 2026
📍 Strasbourg BETA
✨Keynote: Marianne Simonsen (Aarhus Uni, @cesifo.org, @iza.org)
Apply👇
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Topics: Population econ (gender, family, education, labor, health, demography, inequalities, etc.)
Deadline: Feb 6⏱️
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
📢CALL FOR PAPERS📢
AFÉPOP 2026 CONFERENCE
🗓️ May 6-7, 2026
📍 Strasbourg BETA
✨Keynote: Marianne Simonsen (Aarhus Uni, @cesifo.org, @iza.org)
Apply👇
afepop2026.sciencesconf.org
Topics: Population econ (gender, family, education, labor, health, demography, inequalities, etc.)
Deadline: Feb 6⏱️
AFÉPOP 2026 CONFERENCE
🗓️ May 6-7, 2026
📍 Strasbourg BETA
✨Keynote: Marianne Simonsen (Aarhus Uni, @cesifo.org, @iza.org)
Apply👇
afepop2026.sciencesconf.org
Topics: Population econ (gender, family, education, labor, health, demography, inequalities, etc.)
Deadline: Feb 6⏱️
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I was a White House ethics lawyer.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
Foreign countries are bribing our president to sell out the American people.
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
February 2, 2026 at 7:28 AM
I was a White House ethics lawyer.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.