TE Schmitt
@thoseschmitt.bsky.social
A “world history & civics-aware” Liberal Arts educated business professional respectful of case law & tradition, ethics, mutual tolerance, institutional forbearance, self-discipline and personal integrity; focused on stewards of democracy-past & future.
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TE Schmitt
@thoseschmitt.bsky.social
· Oct 18
As #NoKings approaches remember this from your HS Gov’t class:
In a Monarchy belief is all power originates & emanates from the KING. Rights of the people are only those granted by the KING (Dictator/Authoritarian)
Federalist / Democracy belief is all power originates & emanates from the PEOPLE.
In a Monarchy belief is all power originates & emanates from the KING. Rights of the people are only those granted by the KING (Dictator/Authoritarian)
Federalist / Democracy belief is all power originates & emanates from the PEOPLE.
January 6, 2026 at 12:16 AM
And speaking of the #EpsteinFiles… Trump has no concern re: possible sex offense allegations (as evidenced by Access Hollywood interview). He doesn’t want his related underhanded Florida real estate & financial dealings w/ Russians revealed - which is also some of the dirt Putin leverages over DJT!
Trump: The voters that voted for me are thrilled. They said, "This is what we voted for."
January 5, 2026 at 1:54 PM
And speaking of the #EpsteinFiles… Trump has no concern re: possible sex offense allegations (as evidenced by Access Hollywood interview). He doesn’t want his related underhanded Florida real estate & financial dealings w/ Russians revealed - which is also some of the dirt Putin leverages over DJT!
He means countries with riches (oil, minerals, metals, etc.) that he and his oligarch cronies can control and have a major share of. All under the guise of “safety & protection.” Hmmm, this is exactly the same rhetoric communists & other aggressor-dictators have used for decades!
Reporter: So we’re in the business of nation building?
Trump: No, we’re in the business of having countries around us that are successful… where the oil is allowed to freely come out. It gets the prices down.
Trump: No, we’re in the business of having countries around us that are successful… where the oil is allowed to freely come out. It gets the prices down.
January 5, 2026 at 1:36 PM
He means countries with riches (oil, minerals, metals, etc.) that he and his oligarch cronies can control and have a major share of. All under the guise of “safety & protection.” Hmmm, this is exactly the same rhetoric communists & other aggressor-dictators have used for decades!
DJT/MAGA removing all doubt: Making America safe/great again is euphemism for “a conquest for riches” (& grift).
Venezuela-oil
Ukraine-rare earth metals
Greenland-minerals/metals
MidEast-Real Estate
Panama-trade route control
Canada-timber/metals
Mexico-land.
Taiwan & S K must pay else given-away!
Venezuela-oil
Ukraine-rare earth metals
Greenland-minerals/metals
MidEast-Real Estate
Panama-trade route control
Canada-timber/metals
Mexico-land.
Taiwan & S K must pay else given-away!
Graham: This is not interventionism. This is making America safer. We're going to be more prosperous because of the business deals.
Trump: The oil companies are going to go in… and we’re taking back what they stole. They took our oil
Trump: The oil companies are going to go in… and we’re taking back what they stole. They took our oil
January 5, 2026 at 3:58 AM
DJT/MAGA removing all doubt: Making America safe/great again is euphemism for “a conquest for riches” (& grift).
Venezuela-oil
Ukraine-rare earth metals
Greenland-minerals/metals
MidEast-Real Estate
Panama-trade route control
Canada-timber/metals
Mexico-land.
Taiwan & S K must pay else given-away!
Venezuela-oil
Ukraine-rare earth metals
Greenland-minerals/metals
MidEast-Real Estate
Panama-trade route control
Canada-timber/metals
Mexico-land.
Taiwan & S K must pay else given-away!
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Adam Kinzinger sums it up well!
December 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Adam Kinzinger sums it up well!
A welcome true faith leadership perspective from someone other than an alt right “Christian” zealot.
The Augustinians have a long established & well founded history of. Understanding faith & putting Christ’s teachings into practice (aka The Augustinian Tradition). Faith vs ritual & rhetoric!
The Augustinians have a long established & well founded history of. Understanding faith & putting Christ’s teachings into practice (aka The Augustinian Tradition). Faith vs ritual & rhetoric!
January 3, 2026 at 2:09 PM
A welcome true faith leadership perspective from someone other than an alt right “Christian” zealot.
The Augustinians have a long established & well founded history of. Understanding faith & putting Christ’s teachings into practice (aka The Augustinian Tradition). Faith vs ritual & rhetoric!
The Augustinians have a long established & well founded history of. Understanding faith & putting Christ’s teachings into practice (aka The Augustinian Tradition). Faith vs ritual & rhetoric!
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Gupta: He keeps citing this constant passing of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment test…
This is not a tool that the general public should be utilizing with that level of frequency unless there’s a reason to do it—which is to assess and monitor the evolution of mild dementia or impairment.
This is not a tool that the general public should be utilizing with that level of frequency unless there’s a reason to do it—which is to assess and monitor the evolution of mild dementia or impairment.
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Gupta: He keeps citing this constant passing of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment test…
This is not a tool that the general public should be utilizing with that level of frequency unless there’s a reason to do it—which is to assess and monitor the evolution of mild dementia or impairment.
This is not a tool that the general public should be utilizing with that level of frequency unless there’s a reason to do it—which is to assess and monitor the evolution of mild dementia or impairment.
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Gupta: As we age, sometimes we get a CT of the coronary arteries, a coronary calcium scan, which he actually had in 2018. At the time, there was some evidence of calcification in his coronary arteries…
Now suddenly it’s completely normal. That doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Now suddenly it’s completely normal. That doesn’t make a lot of sense.
January 3, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Gupta: As we age, sometimes we get a CT of the coronary arteries, a coronary calcium scan, which he actually had in 2018. At the time, there was some evidence of calcification in his coronary arteries…
Now suddenly it’s completely normal. That doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Now suddenly it’s completely normal. That doesn’t make a lot of sense.
The MAGA led congress continues to do nothing to get control of this man and his wholly unqualified administration.
What kind of disaster or atrocity does the US need to cause / commit before the criminally complicit majority in congress wakes up and assumes their responsibilities / does their job!
What kind of disaster or atrocity does the US need to cause / commit before the criminally complicit majority in congress wakes up and assumes their responsibilities / does their job!
Great Christmas action. DJT/MAGA’s cut US aid throughout the world. Now unilaterally decides to start a holy war?!
For months (or longer) Nigeria situation has been convoluted. Now DJT decides that ‘Christians being harmed’ is a basis for bombing another nation!? What’s the national interest/threat?
For months (or longer) Nigeria situation has been convoluted. Now DJT decides that ‘Christians being harmed’ is a basis for bombing another nation!? What’s the national interest/threat?
December 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The MAGA led congress continues to do nothing to get control of this man and his wholly unqualified administration.
What kind of disaster or atrocity does the US need to cause / commit before the criminally complicit majority in congress wakes up and assumes their responsibilities / does their job!
What kind of disaster or atrocity does the US need to cause / commit before the criminally complicit majority in congress wakes up and assumes their responsibilities / does their job!
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Read this:
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Read this:
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WOW: The DOJ has DELETED an image from its release of the Epstein files that shows photos of Trump in a drawer.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
December 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
WOW: The DOJ has DELETED an image from its release of the Epstein files that shows photos of Trump in a drawer.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
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David Graham of The Atlantic, from his article posted last night titled “The United States of Donald Trump” and subtitled “Donald Trump is slapping his name and face on everything he can, but America’s institutions don’t belong to him.”
December 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
David Graham of The Atlantic, from his article posted last night titled “The United States of Donald Trump” and subtitled “Donald Trump is slapping his name and face on everything he can, but America’s institutions don’t belong to him.”
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“Trump, by contrast, is rechristening things for himself and then pretending it’s an honor rather than an ego trip. He asks not what he can do for his country, but what his country can name for him."
December 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“Trump, by contrast, is rechristening things for himself and then pretending it’s an honor rather than an ego trip. He asks not what he can do for his country, but what his country can name for him."
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"All nonsense!": Michael Jackson’s former bodyguard slams the Trump administration for releasing a deceptive photo of Jackson and Epstein to try to make it appear that the two had ties.
December 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"All nonsense!": Michael Jackson’s former bodyguard slams the Trump administration for releasing a deceptive photo of Jackson and Epstein to try to make it appear that the two had ties.
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AP: At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein with zero explanation or notice to the public apnews.com/article/rele...
December 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
AP: At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein with zero explanation or notice to the public apnews.com/article/rele...
Yet another example of Putin’s ability to pull DJT’s strings. Unfortunate, the international price being paid for the world to watch the obscene dancing…
In decades gone by, the slang term for slow dancing was dry humping. Seems fitting here.
In decades gone by, the slang term for slow dancing was dry humping. Seems fitting here.
December 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Yet another example of Putin’s ability to pull DJT’s strings. Unfortunate, the international price being paid for the world to watch the obscene dancing…
In decades gone by, the slang term for slow dancing was dry humping. Seems fitting here.
In decades gone by, the slang term for slow dancing was dry humping. Seems fitting here.
So few mentally ill people leave as much public evidence as DJT!
Troll level: Master. These “plaques” by Trump deserve no less.
December 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
So few mentally ill people leave as much public evidence as DJT!
To DJT & the grift / self-enrichment MAGA’s in this administration & MAGA-controlled congress: As you add more “sh#t-hole countries” to your list & see so many potential immigrants as worthless, and have cut badly needed world aid, we dedicate Band Aid’s “Don’t They Know It’s Christmas Time” to you!
December 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
To DJT & the grift / self-enrichment MAGA’s in this administration & MAGA-controlled congress: As you add more “sh#t-hole countries” to your list & see so many potential immigrants as worthless, and have cut badly needed world aid, we dedicate Band Aid’s “Don’t They Know It’s Christmas Time” to you!
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Welcome to Trump’s ‘Golden Age.'
Breaking:
The U.S. labor market lost 41,000 jobs over October and November, and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.6% — the highest since 2021.
The U.S. labor market lost 41,000 jobs over October and November, and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.6% — the highest since 2021.
December 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Welcome to Trump’s ‘Golden Age.'
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Squeaker Mike Johnson has no will of his own. Just Trump’s hand up his back, like he's a ventriloquist’s dummy.
December 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Squeaker Mike Johnson has no will of his own. Just Trump’s hand up his back, like he's a ventriloquist’s dummy.
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Wagner: He’s an Afghan aid worker who spent 20 years supporting U.S. projects. When Kabul fell, he had to flee because the Taliban never looked kindly on that work. They’ve lived here peacefully, contributing to their community… and then Trump decides to exploit a national tragedy.
December 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Wagner: He’s an Afghan aid worker who spent 20 years supporting U.S. projects. When Kabul fell, he had to flee because the Taliban never looked kindly on that work. They’ve lived here peacefully, contributing to their community… and then Trump decides to exploit a national tragedy.
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Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
December 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
BTW, for anyone that’s interested in the new Matlock (CBS), take a look at last night’s episode. Remarkable similarity to the Fire Captain’s IV shunt marks on his right hand…
Leavitt: As for the bandages, we've given you an explanation about that in the past. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
BTW, for anyone that’s interested in the new Matlock (CBS), take a look at last night’s episode. Remarkable similarity to the Fire Captain’s IV shunt marks on his right hand…
Even at 2.5%, it is not a price decrease. Such was touted by DJT during the campaign. Seems to me Day 1 was a long time ago!
Reporter: You acknowledge that CPI when you took office was 3%. In September, the last month which we have data, it was also 3%.
Leavitt: No, it's 2.5%.
Reporter: Not in September. It's 3%.
Leavitt: No, it's 2.5%.
Reporter: Not in September. It's 3%.
December 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Even at 2.5%, it is not a price decrease. Such was touted by DJT during the campaign. Seems to me Day 1 was a long time ago!