Tom Schaller
@schaller67.bsky.social
UMBC political scientist, NYT bestselling co-author of White Rural Rage, diehard Washington Caps fan, peripatetic. Longtime DC denizen, Albany, NY, native.
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Tom Schaller
@schaller67.bsky.social
· Feb 1
Hey Bluesky! I’m here.
Yes, I’m still a bit stunned by my prescient tweet (below) 14hrs before the tragic DC crash, after which many of you encouraged me to finally gravitate to here.
Happy to belatedly join the community. Tom
Yes, I’m still a bit stunned by my prescient tweet (below) 14hrs before the tragic DC crash, after which many of you encouraged me to finally gravitate to here.
Happy to belatedly join the community. Tom
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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
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There’s lots to like from @brendannyhan.bsky.social here. I agree on demoralization. Also, normie Dem activism is always dominated by well-off retirees. They have more time comfort, & small aims.
Gaza protests against genocide were Gen Z’s antifascist action. (BLM too.) Where were boomers then?
Gaza protests against genocide were Gen Z’s antifascist action. (BLM too.) Where were boomers then?
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
There’s lots to like from @brendannyhan.bsky.social here. I agree on demoralization. Also, normie Dem activism is always dominated by well-off retirees. They have more time comfort, & small aims.
Gaza protests against genocide were Gen Z’s antifascist action. (BLM too.) Where were boomers then?
Gaza protests against genocide were Gen Z’s antifascist action. (BLM too.) Where were boomers then?
Senate Republicans, if they let Hegseth recall their colleague Mark Kelly into service, ought to be careful: 17 other senators (see link) are also vets.
This shameful ploy would set a very bad precedent. Hegseth likely bluffing.
www.congress.gov/crs_external...
This shameful ploy would set a very bad precedent. Hegseth likely bluffing.
www.congress.gov/crs_external...
www.congress.gov
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Senate Republicans, if they let Hegseth recall their colleague Mark Kelly into service, ought to be careful: 17 other senators (see link) are also vets.
This shameful ploy would set a very bad precedent. Hegseth likely bluffing.
www.congress.gov/crs_external...
This shameful ploy would set a very bad precedent. Hegseth likely bluffing.
www.congress.gov/crs_external...
Wait, so he’s *not* a genius businessman who can apply that genius to improving the American economy?
The Trumps went all in on bitcoin and are losing their shirts.
"Trump coin, launched shortly before the inauguration, has lost more than 90% of its value since peaking at $75.35 on January 19. It was trading at $6.25 on Monday."
The family wealth diminished $1B in the crypto crash
"Trump coin, launched shortly before the inauguration, has lost more than 90% of its value since peaking at $75.35 on January 19. It was trading at $6.25 on Monday."
The family wealth diminished $1B in the crypto crash
The crypto crash has tanked the investments of the Trump family and its followers
Trump coin has plunged more than 90% since it peaked shortly after launch. The Trump family's wealth has dipped by $1 billion in the last few months.
www.businessinsider.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Wait, so he’s *not* a genius businessman who can apply that genius to improving the American economy?
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Say what you will, but RFK Jr was excellent in “Labyrinth”.
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Say what you will, but RFK Jr was excellent in “Labyrinth”.
Um, only single digit share of Latinos like the term “Latinx.” Imagine if white people (especially GOPers) decided they preferred to call African Americans “negroes” despite fact they hate the label. You’d scream!
Carville is wrong a lot but white Dems defending Latinx is insulting, not woke.
Carville is wrong a lot but white Dems defending Latinx is insulting, not woke.
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Um, only single digit share of Latinos like the term “Latinx.” Imagine if white people (especially GOPers) decided they preferred to call African Americans “negroes” despite fact they hate the label. You’d scream!
Carville is wrong a lot but white Dems defending Latinx is insulting, not woke.
Carville is wrong a lot but white Dems defending Latinx is insulting, not woke.
If Trump signs ACA tax credit extension, Dems should break MAGA brains with: “We are delighted Trump no longer wants to repeal and replace Obamacare, and finally recognizes the value Obamacare delivers to millions of citizens, especially in red counties and states.”
And say “Obamacare” not “ACA.”
And say “Obamacare” not “ACA.”
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
If Trump signs ACA tax credit extension, Dems should break MAGA brains with: “We are delighted Trump no longer wants to repeal and replace Obamacare, and finally recognizes the value Obamacare delivers to millions of citizens, especially in red counties and states.”
And say “Obamacare” not “ACA.”
And say “Obamacare” not “ACA.”
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R.I.P. TrumpCare (2:12 pm, November 24, 2025 - 2:14 pm, November 24, 2025)
You will not be mourned.
You will not be mourned.
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
R.I.P. TrumpCare (2:12 pm, November 24, 2025 - 2:14 pm, November 24, 2025)
You will not be mourned.
You will not be mourned.
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Understand that the Halligan thing is 100% Pam Bondi's fuck-up. She could have appointed Halligan Special Attorney and this thing would still be alive.
So it's not just that HALLIGAN is an incompetent bigot.
It's that Bondi is too.
So it's not just that HALLIGAN is an incompetent bigot.
It's that Bondi is too.
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Understand that the Halligan thing is 100% Pam Bondi's fuck-up. She could have appointed Halligan Special Attorney and this thing would still be alive.
So it's not just that HALLIGAN is an incompetent bigot.
It's that Bondi is too.
So it's not just that HALLIGAN is an incompetent bigot.
It's that Bondi is too.
Got nice endorsement from @chrislhayes.bsky.social too!
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This is a vibrant community of thoughtful people with big ideas and firm convictions. Please consider supporting today!
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 is that. Help us grow our voice. www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Got nice endorsement from @chrislhayes.bsky.social too!
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Trump eats the checker pieces while Putin plays chess:
1. Venezuela is a Russian ally
2. Russia hasn't been able to support Venezuela because Ukraine is draining its resources
3. The US supports Ukrainian surrender to Russia
4. The US is threatening to invade Venezuela (go back to step 1)
1. Venezuela is a Russian ally
2. Russia hasn't been able to support Venezuela because Ukraine is draining its resources
3. The US supports Ukrainian surrender to Russia
4. The US is threatening to invade Venezuela (go back to step 1)
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Trump eats the checker pieces while Putin plays chess:
1. Venezuela is a Russian ally
2. Russia hasn't been able to support Venezuela because Ukraine is draining its resources
3. The US supports Ukrainian surrender to Russia
4. The US is threatening to invade Venezuela (go back to step 1)
1. Venezuela is a Russian ally
2. Russia hasn't been able to support Venezuela because Ukraine is draining its resources
3. The US supports Ukrainian surrender to Russia
4. The US is threatening to invade Venezuela (go back to step 1)
Interesting that Bari Weiss and Matt Taibbi, despite exclusive access to the “files,” couldn’t figure out that Twitter was a giant bot farm run out of Russia and Nigeria.
I look forward to Weiss having Taibbi on a 60 Minutes segment exposing how Musk is profiting as a stalking horse for Putin.
I look forward to Weiss having Taibbi on a 60 Minutes segment exposing how Musk is profiting as a stalking horse for Putin.
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Interesting that Bari Weiss and Matt Taibbi, despite exclusive access to the “files,” couldn’t figure out that Twitter was a giant bot farm run out of Russia and Nigeria.
I look forward to Weiss having Taibbi on a 60 Minutes segment exposing how Musk is profiting as a stalking horse for Putin.
I look forward to Weiss having Taibbi on a 60 Minutes segment exposing how Musk is profiting as a stalking horse for Putin.
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Twitter Conservatives finding out all the hot MAGA mom accounts they've been gooning to are actually run by men in developing nations
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Twitter Conservatives finding out all the hot MAGA mom accounts they've been gooning to are actually run by men in developing nations
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There's only one thing that could stop the Rams right now, and that is a magazine profile of Sean McVay written by Olivia Nuzzi.
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 AM
There's only one thing that could stop the Rams right now, and that is a magazine profile of Sean McVay written by Olivia Nuzzi.
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Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
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Amen
Though I learned the valuable lessons that we are NOT the country we thought we were, and that some of my neighbors are NOT decent people.
Oh and that "American Christian" is apparently an oxymoron.
Though I learned the valuable lessons that we are NOT the country we thought we were, and that some of my neighbors are NOT decent people.
Oh and that "American Christian" is apparently an oxymoron.
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Amen
Though I learned the valuable lessons that we are NOT the country we thought we were, and that some of my neighbors are NOT decent people.
Oh and that "American Christian" is apparently an oxymoron.
Though I learned the valuable lessons that we are NOT the country we thought we were, and that some of my neighbors are NOT decent people.
Oh and that "American Christian" is apparently an oxymoron.
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The pile of lies is stunning.
First, no crimes at 1/6. Second, wrong to investigate. Third, unusual to get toll records of people instigators called. Fourth, wrong to suspend notice while investigation ongoing.
Cherry on top: vote yourself $500k as victim of nothing wrong.
First, no crimes at 1/6. Second, wrong to investigate. Third, unusual to get toll records of people instigators called. Fourth, wrong to suspend notice while investigation ongoing.
Cherry on top: vote yourself $500k as victim of nothing wrong.
The scandalous self-enrichment scheme in the US Senate
Once celebrated as “the world’s most deliberative body,” the U.S. Senate has sunk to new lows. Buried in the 394-page bill to end the federal government shutdown, one provision serves as an exampl…
thehill.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The pile of lies is stunning.
First, no crimes at 1/6. Second, wrong to investigate. Third, unusual to get toll records of people instigators called. Fourth, wrong to suspend notice while investigation ongoing.
Cherry on top: vote yourself $500k as victim of nothing wrong.
First, no crimes at 1/6. Second, wrong to investigate. Third, unusual to get toll records of people instigators called. Fourth, wrong to suspend notice while investigation ongoing.
Cherry on top: vote yourself $500k as victim of nothing wrong.
With each passing week my dreams of a Bills-Lions Super Bowl look slimmer.
Neither team showing any kind of consistency.
Neither team showing any kind of consistency.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
With each passing week my dreams of a Bills-Lions Super Bowl look slimmer.
Neither team showing any kind of consistency.
Neither team showing any kind of consistency.
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Elon is rigging the Twitter algorithm to shove right wing fever dreams down your throat. If you're a prominent person who's still on Twitter, you're helping him cook people's brains just by being there. Don't take my word for it, he'll tell you himself. @takedowntwitterx.bsky.social #teslatakedown
November 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Elon is rigging the Twitter algorithm to shove right wing fever dreams down your throat. If you're a prominent person who's still on Twitter, you're helping him cook people's brains just by being there. Don't take my word for it, he'll tell you himself. @takedowntwitterx.bsky.social #teslatakedown
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1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
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the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
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Hard for me to say how this is different from Fox News's entire business model, except that it's less sophisticated. This is transparently and obviously bad — and Elon should ban these accounts — but the spirit here of trading rage for money is pretty much a lot of right-wing media.
November 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Hard for me to say how this is different from Fox News's entire business model, except that it's less sophisticated. This is transparently and obviously bad — and Elon should ban these accounts — but the spirit here of trading rage for money is pretty much a lot of right-wing media.
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There is no debate --
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
www.sja.marines.mil
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
There is no debate --
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST