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Heidi Jon Schmidt

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Author, Democrat, mom New York Times, The Atlantic, Boston Globe Mag, etc. hjs24pearl.substack.com heidijonschmidt.com

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Heidi Jon Schmidt @heidijon.bsky.social · Jul 22

The End of Meanness?
New Night Owl open.substack.com/pub/hjs24pea...

The End of Meanness?

Kindness is having a moment. Could something beautiful be growing up through the cracks of this sadistic administration?

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 6d

Imagine how dumb you must be to have an ego the size of Earth yet still artificially create hype that you’ll win an award that you literally cannot win (Nobel nominations closed in Jan) so to guarantee you’ll appear as a reject & loser when the winner is announced.

A spectacular own goal for Trump.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 6d

It is not too late for Donald Trump to win the Nobel Peace Prize if Mike Pence has the courage.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 6d

Thune plays the reasonable moderate, getting the lantern-jawed, steely-eyed-athletic-heartlander benefit of the doubt. But Thune (grandson of immigrants btw), who has been in the Senate for 20 yrs, is really the problem. Because he knows better but covers for the crazies. @profgalloway.com

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 6d

someone should tell Trump they don't give the Peace Prize to people who blow up boats and murder those on high seas nor to those who deploy military against their own people. NEVER.

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 6d

“My NIMBY stance was for my family property in the beginning. Now it’s for my whole state. I say no, we don’t want a prison. We don’t want this mega prison in this state,” says a resident of Franklin County, Arkansas.

The Prison Next Door

How Arkansas’ secretive plan for a new state lockup angered people in a deep red corner of rural America—and changed how some see incarceration.

boltsmag.org

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 6d

So not only can you indict a ham sandwich, you can be indicted *by* a ham sandwich.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Justice Department indicts N.Y. attorney general

Justice Department wins indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James, accusing her of committing mortgage fraud in 2023.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 6d

Sadly, conviction isn't the goal. It's punishment through legal fees.

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 6d

Good piece, but all you REALLY need to know about the indictment is that it was personally secured by Lindsey Halligan, the wildly unqualified Trump lackey who was installed (illegally, it seems) for the lone purpose of bringing these bogus charges.

This will not result in a conviction.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 6d

Good time to read @mollyroberts.bsky.social:

“It’s hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey—until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.”

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...

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Heidi Jon Schmidt @heidijon.bsky.social · 6d

This says so much…about Ari Shapiro and the masses who have NO idea what writing is—and therefore can’t recognize propaganda, disinformation, sanewashing…..

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Heidi Jon Schmidt @heidijon.bsky.social · 6d

Not the party of math, apparently

Heidi Jon Schmidt @heidijon.bsky.social · 6d

I literally could not force such obsequies out of my mouth. What is wrong with these people?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Hegseth: "There's no other way to create that kind of love and enthusiasm than with your leadership, sir. And it is an honor to work with Pam and Kristi in these cities across the country to make sure American citizens and law enforcement are protected with our National Guard. That's a core mission"

Heidi Jon Schmidt @heidijon.bsky.social · 7d

Ain't it amazing? And we were going to lose the Supreme Court. So, we lost the Supreme Court and the NYT decided that Document Retention and Security wasn't worth the bother.

Heidi Jon Schmidt @heidijon.bsky.social · 7d

This is for all the people who found Hillary Clinton "the lesser of two evils" in 2016. We KNEW the consequences. The political press was already lost and we didn't quite know that yet.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 7d

Truly excellent new piece by Lincoln Caplan in @harvardmagazine.bsky.social on John Roberts, seen in full.

Careful, meticulous, devastating case on how "institutionalist" has enabled destruction of crucial institutions. Including his now discredited court.
www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...

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Their outcomes, along with the Court’s actions in the last few years, carry the seeds of American tragedy. Roberts, often described as an institutionalist, has enabled the most hostile anti-institutionalist ever elected president. The leader of the nation’s judicial system has empowered the president who is the most disdainful in history of the decrees of judges, the provisos of the Constitution, and the workings of American democracy. The chief justice, attempting to thread the needle between principle and practicality, has opened the door to the possibility of the ultimate constitutional crisis: a president’s outright defiance of the Supreme Court.

Heidi Jon Schmidt @heidijon.bsky.social · 7d

A couple more decades, apparently.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7d

Here's one of the explanations DOJ gave for needing to invade Chicago. A picture of LA (which it doesn't ID as such). Bring noisemakers, it says.

INVADE FOUR MONTHS LATER WITH TROOPS, Trump says.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

A poster for a solidarity rally in Chicago on June 10. It shows images from LA.

It tells people to bring noisemakers and a friend.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 7d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 7d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 8d

There's ~24M enrolled in #ACA plans freaking out about their premiums skyrocketing starting Jan. 1st.

~70,000 or so living in New Mexico needn't worry...

...because the NM legislature & Gov. Lujan Grisham have taken measures to backfill 100% OF THE LOST FEDERAL TAX CREDITS FOR ALL ENROLLEES!

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Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · 7d

As one who has litigated FOIA cases for over 30 years, this decision is consistent with applicable law and policy.

As the Court notes, "record evidence establishes that any privacy interest of Musk’s is outweighed by the substantial public interests in disclosure."

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 8d

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8d

NEW: Comey is going to file selective and vindictive prosecution motion to dismiss AND he will challenge the legality of Halligan’s appointment! There’s more, too… so glad @annabower.bsky.social is there to bring us the whole story! Thread below with details:

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 8d

The judge also set an initial schedule for pre-trial motions.

The first set is expected by Oct. 12. Per Comey’s defense counsel, that batch will include motions to dismiss for selective and vindictive prosecution, as well as a motion challenging the legality of Halligan’s appointment as US attorney

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Heidi Jon Schmidt @heidijon.bsky.social · 7d

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 8d

The most fundamental political debate of our time: You are integrated into and have responsibility for our complex, imperfect society vs. Nuh-uh.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Rand Paul: "I think blowing up speedboats in the Caribbean isn't necessarily the answer."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Heidi Jon Schmidt @heidijon.bsky.social · 9d

So why did they fight against a lawsuit that kept them from racial profiling?