Joel Schwindt
@joelschwindt.bsky.social
I'm a very lucky guy. I profess things about music, and this place in Beantown pays me to do it.
I probably talk about politics more than I should, but silence is not an option in the face of injustice, or when freedom is under threat. Views are my own.
I probably talk about politics more than I should, but silence is not an option in the face of injustice, or when freedom is under threat. Views are my own.
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NEW: When Justice Department officials reviewed what Attorney General Pam Bondi called a “truckload” of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein earlier this year, they discovered that Donald Trump’s name appeared multiple times, according to senior administration officials.
Exclusive | Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files
Attorney General Pam Bondi told the president that the department also decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victim...
www.wsj.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
NEW: When Justice Department officials reviewed what Attorney General Pam Bondi called a “truckload” of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein earlier this year, they discovered that Donald Trump’s name appeared multiple times, according to senior administration officials.
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THREAD:: A few things about this screed.
1. Trump was not “framed” by the Dossier because the Dossier wasn’t used to open the Russia probe. Crossfire Hurricane was opened when Alex Downer from Australia told us that Popadopalous drunk-blabbed about Russia in a London Pub months earlier. 1/
1. Trump was not “framed” by the Dossier because the Dossier wasn’t used to open the Russia probe. Crossfire Hurricane was opened when Alex Downer from Australia told us that Popadopalous drunk-blabbed about Russia in a London Pub months earlier. 1/
July 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
THREAD:: A few things about this screed.
1. Trump was not “framed” by the Dossier because the Dossier wasn’t used to open the Russia probe. Crossfire Hurricane was opened when Alex Downer from Australia told us that Popadopalous drunk-blabbed about Russia in a London Pub months earlier. 1/
1. Trump was not “framed” by the Dossier because the Dossier wasn’t used to open the Russia probe. Crossfire Hurricane was opened when Alex Downer from Australia told us that Popadopalous drunk-blabbed about Russia in a London Pub months earlier. 1/
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Leavitt without a trace of irony: "When you have a totalitarian regime, you have to save face. I think any common sense, open-minded person knows the truth about the precision strikes on Saturday night. They were wildly successful."
June 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Leavitt without a trace of irony: "When you have a totalitarian regime, you have to save face. I think any common sense, open-minded person knows the truth about the precision strikes on Saturday night. They were wildly successful."
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I have asthma and COVID tends to hit me hard. I’ve had it twice. I also have elderly parents who got it last Christmas. I got it the year before that on Christmas. Last year I got my booster before Thanksgiving. I’m going to try to get it again - I might be considered high risk because I have asthma
FDA Commissioner Makary: "By the way, America doesn't want covid boosters."
May 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I have asthma and COVID tends to hit me hard. I’ve had it twice. I also have elderly parents who got it last Christmas. I got it the year before that on Christmas. Last year I got my booster before Thanksgiving. I’m going to try to get it again - I might be considered high risk because I have asthma
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It’s not just Newark: Nearly all air traffic control facilities in the U.S. are understaffed.
Newark Airport's Crisis Puts Spotlight on U.S. Air Traffic Controller Shortage
As of May 7, all but two of the 313 air traffic control facilities in the United States were understaffed, a New York Times analysis found.
www.nytimes.com
May 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It’s not just Newark: Nearly all air traffic control facilities in the U.S. are understaffed.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyup!
May 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyup!
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Martin Diaz came to the U.S. as a toddler, fleeing cartel violence with his family. They had proof of the danger—a letter from a Michoacán official. He married a U.S. citizen & was advancing his visa.
Then ICE showed up at his home in Spokane: no warrant, no ID
#OnYourSide
VC pslspokane
Martin Diaz came to the U.S. as a toddler, fleeing cartel violence with his family. They had proof of the danger—a letter from a Michoacán official. He married a U.S. citizen & was advancing his visa.
Then ICE showed up at his home in Spokane: no warrant, no ID
#OnYourSide
VC pslspokane
May 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Martin Diaz came to the U.S. as a toddler, fleeing cartel violence with his family. They had proof of the danger—a letter from a Michoacán official. He married a U.S. citizen & was advancing his visa.
Then ICE showed up at his home in Spokane: no warrant, no ID
#OnYourSide
VC pslspokane
Martin Diaz came to the U.S. as a toddler, fleeing cartel violence with his family. They had proof of the danger—a letter from a Michoacán official. He married a U.S. citizen & was advancing his visa.
Then ICE showed up at his home in Spokane: no warrant, no ID
#OnYourSide
VC pslspokane
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Absolutely no way this is legal.
May 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Absolutely no way this is legal.
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RFK Jr. is dangerous.
RFK Jr. Slammed After Falsely Claiming Measles Vaccine Contains 'Aborted Fetus Debris'
Dangerous and deranged.
www.comicsands.com
May 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
RFK Jr. is dangerous.
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Did you know the “weekend” and working only 8 hours per day used to be considered a radical, liberal idea?
139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
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139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
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May 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Did you know the “weekend” and working only 8 hours per day used to be considered a radical, liberal idea?
139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
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139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
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If they're carrying papers, they're not undocumented.
May 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
If they're carrying papers, they're not undocumented.
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they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...
The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall
The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across ...
apnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...
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NEW: The Trump administration is subverting the traditional priorities of the Education Department’s decimated civil rights office by making discrimination investigations practically impossible — instead enforcing its own anti-diversity campaign.
A Gutted Education Department’s New Agenda: Roll Back Civil Rights Cases, Target Transgender Students
The Trump administration is subverting the traditional priorities of the department’s decimated civil rights office by making discrimination investigations practically impossible — instead enforcing…
www.propublica.org
May 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
NEW: The Trump administration is subverting the traditional priorities of the Education Department’s decimated civil rights office by making discrimination investigations practically impossible — instead enforcing its own anti-diversity campaign.
"Ignorance" is not a comprehensive enough word. "Idiocy" is not forceful enough.
There is truly no word for this, other than IMBECILITY. Period.
There is truly no word for this, other than IMBECILITY. Period.
May 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"Ignorance" is not a comprehensive enough word. "Idiocy" is not forceful enough.
There is truly no word for this, other than IMBECILITY. Period.
There is truly no word for this, other than IMBECILITY. Period.
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The largest retailer is boasting triple the profits and our Agriculture Secretary is boasting “wholesale” prices of eggs for the American consumer.
Brooke Rollins thinks you’re stupid.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Brooke Rollins thinks you’re stupid.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
April 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The largest retailer is boasting triple the profits and our Agriculture Secretary is boasting “wholesale” prices of eggs for the American consumer.
Brooke Rollins thinks you’re stupid.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Brooke Rollins thinks you’re stupid.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Here comes the arrests of journalists now.
April 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Here comes the arrests of journalists now.
The whole "if you're wondering what you would've done under the Nazis, you're doing it now" thing...
We are currently up to 1941.
kfoxtv.com/news/local/h...
We are currently up to 1941.
kfoxtv.com/news/local/h...
April 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The whole "if you're wondering what you would've done under the Nazis, you're doing it now" thing...
We are currently up to 1941.
kfoxtv.com/news/local/h...
We are currently up to 1941.
kfoxtv.com/news/local/h...
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Maddow: 88% of the country says no, no, he cannot defy a supreme court ruling. Only 9% say yes he can. And you know, it's not the same thing. But I should mention that 9% is also the proportion of Americans who told yougov this week that they have a favorable view of the black plague
April 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Maddow: 88% of the country says no, no, he cannot defy a supreme court ruling. Only 9% say yes he can. And you know, it's not the same thing. But I should mention that 9% is also the proportion of Americans who told yougov this week that they have a favorable view of the black plague
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💥 BREAKING: Levi Strauss shareholders voted today to reject a proposal calling on the company to cease / abolish all DEI efforts (tally TBD). LEVI Board: “Diversity and inclusion principles are critical in ensuring that our products reflect and are relevant to our diverse global consumer base.”
April 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
💥 BREAKING: Levi Strauss shareholders voted today to reject a proposal calling on the company to cease / abolish all DEI efforts (tally TBD). LEVI Board: “Diversity and inclusion principles are critical in ensuring that our products reflect and are relevant to our diverse global consumer base.”
This is being done, 100%, for the gun lobby.
Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
With CDC injury prevention team gutted, 'we will not know what is killing us'
Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
www.npr.org
April 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is being done, 100%, for the gun lobby.
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This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
The CFPB Has Been Gutted
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.
www.wired.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
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Roger Parloff on the "evidence" that Abrego Garcia is a gang member: "It's double hearsay stemming from a document written by somebody indicted for misconduct."
April 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Roger Parloff on the "evidence" that Abrego Garcia is a gang member: "It's double hearsay stemming from a document written by somebody indicted for misconduct."
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“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.”
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
April 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.”
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize