Lucas Schaefer
@lucaseschaefer.bsky.social
Debut novel THE SLIP out now from Simon & Schuster
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Hugely honored to see THE SLIP win the 2025 Kirkus Prize in fiction. Thank you, Kirkus!
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Keep calling these chumps and tell them ICE OUT OF OUR CITIES is the BARE MINIMUM. Get them OUT right now, and ultimately DEFUND AND ABOLISH.
Also, NO to failed "reforms" like training and bodycams that change nothing and just give ICE more money to hurt people.
Find your reps here: reps.fyi
Also, NO to failed "reforms" like training and bodycams that change nothing and just give ICE more money to hurt people.
Find your reps here: reps.fyi
January 16, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Keep calling these chumps and tell them ICE OUT OF OUR CITIES is the BARE MINIMUM. Get them OUT right now, and ultimately DEFUND AND ABOLISH.
Also, NO to failed "reforms" like training and bodycams that change nothing and just give ICE more money to hurt people.
Find your reps here: reps.fyi
Also, NO to failed "reforms" like training and bodycams that change nothing and just give ICE more money to hurt people.
Find your reps here: reps.fyi
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I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.
You could be next.
You could be next.
January 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.
You could be next.
You could be next.
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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
It’s really only when Republicans are in power that our major media institutions begin to pontificate on the glorious ambiguity of reality.
January 9, 2026 at 8:43 PM
It’s really only when Republicans are in power that our major media institutions begin to pontificate on the glorious ambiguity of reality.
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i think this professional liar is one of the most disgraceful people in media
Turned on CNN just to see what the what and there's Scott Jennings, "was no angel-ing" the mother of a toddler who got shot in the face.
January 8, 2026 at 2:40 PM
i think this professional liar is one of the most disgraceful people in media
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failing to prosecute, convict, and imprison Bush administration officials for Iraq and bankers for the 2008 financial crisis has a LOT to do with how the world ended up in this place
January 8, 2026 at 3:13 PM
failing to prosecute, convict, and imprison Bush administration officials for Iraq and bankers for the 2008 financial crisis has a LOT to do with how the world ended up in this place
If you are a Democrat who can’t bring himself to say “this is dumber than dog shit and also completely insane” please retire
January 7, 2026 at 12:59 AM
If you are a Democrat who can’t bring himself to say “this is dumber than dog shit and also completely insane” please retire
Love that fiction writer is one of the few professions committed to reminding us that other people are real.
January 7, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Love that fiction writer is one of the few professions committed to reminding us that other people are real.
A local politician I already didn’t like putting me on an email list from which I can’t unsubscribe is… probably having the intended effect
January 7, 2026 at 12:32 AM
A local politician I already didn’t like putting me on an email list from which I can’t unsubscribe is… probably having the intended effect
I know some writers don't like this, but I do enjoy when readers email to note small factual errors. In this era, anyone paying that level of attention is good with me. (Just received a note that it's unlikely uncle Bob would undergo an "annual colonoscopy" - sorry, uncle Bob!)
January 6, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I know some writers don't like this, but I do enjoy when readers email to note small factual errors. In this era, anyone paying that level of attention is good with me. (Just received a note that it's unlikely uncle Bob would undergo an "annual colonoscopy" - sorry, uncle Bob!)
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yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
Right.
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
a lot of problems wouldn't exist if we had a congress with even an ounce of self interest
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
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I realize this will never happen, but during these press conferences, when he says something idiotic like the insane-asylum thing, I just wish somebody would respond, “What the fuck are you talking about?”
January 5, 2026 at 7:17 AM
I realize this will never happen, but during these press conferences, when he says something idiotic like the insane-asylum thing, I just wish somebody would respond, “What the fuck are you talking about?”
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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A year end plug of THE SLIP from Ron Charles 🥊🙏
January 3, 2026 at 10:44 PM
A year end plug of THE SLIP from Ron Charles 🥊🙏
One thing elected Democrats and elected Republicans have in common is that neither seem aware they’re in Congress.
January 4, 2026 at 6:19 PM
One thing elected Democrats and elected Republicans have in common is that neither seem aware they’re in Congress.
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Some people are just impervious to any lessons history or common sense can offer us.
January 4, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Some people are just impervious to any lessons history or common sense can offer us.
“I am going to offer a litany of caveats and qualifiers before saying what I actually mean” is not a useful form of political communication!!!
January 4, 2026 at 2:57 PM
“I am going to offer a litany of caveats and qualifiers before saying what I actually mean” is not a useful form of political communication!!!
A year end plug of THE SLIP from Ron Charles 🥊🙏
January 3, 2026 at 10:44 PM
A year end plug of THE SLIP from Ron Charles 🥊🙏
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rubio pretty much believes in a reverse domino theory for latin america and since he is effectively running foreign policy in the region i would expect him to see cuba as his next target
And I don’t want to sound conspiratorial, but if they feel like they can do this in Venezuela without any serious consequences, they’re absolutely going to try it in Cuba too.
January 3, 2026 at 12:37 PM
rubio pretty much believes in a reverse domino theory for latin america and since he is effectively running foreign policy in the region i would expect him to see cuba as his next target
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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What amazes me is how quickly people are losing either the confidence or the willingness to complete basic human tasks.
The parents of the first baby born in 2026 in this county outside Baltimore got their name ideas from ChatGPT. Hudson Oakley Winkler.
www.baltimoresun.com/2026/01/01/c...
www.baltimoresun.com/2026/01/01/c...
ChatGPT named Carroll County’s first-born baby in 2026
The first baby born in Carroll County in 2026 was named with help from ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot.
www.baltimoresun.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:22 PM
What amazes me is how quickly people are losing either the confidence or the willingness to complete basic human tasks.
January 2, 2026 at 2:12 AM