Sassy AF
@dschmidthawk.bsky.social
Semi-retired web master. Agnostic, pro-democracy. I hate christofascists, nazis, MAGA, & fascists.
“I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.” -DH Lawrence
“I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.” -DH Lawrence
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Sassy AF
@dschmidthawk.bsky.social
· Mar 24
Joan of Arcadia - "Evil is charming and beautiful. It makes you doubt yourself. It asks for one small compromise after another until it whittles you down. And it functions best when no one believes in it."
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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 The origin of Black entertainment in post-slavery America culminate here. We covered Black Vaudeville & the Chitlin' Circuit. Let's rap a bit about the Blues. 🎸🎷🗣🎙
(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
bluesbeats.com/2025/02/25/o...
🧵 The origin of Black entertainment in post-slavery America culminate here. We covered Black Vaudeville & the Chitlin' Circuit. Let's rap a bit about the Blues. 🎸🎷🗣🎙
(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
bluesbeats.com/2025/02/25/o...
Origins of the Blues: A Short History - Blues Beats by Blues Music Fan Radio
Origins of the Blues: A Short History: Explore the rich history of the Blues, born from the vocal work songs of African American slaves in the post-Civil War United States. This powerful genre emerged...
bluesbeats.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 The origin of Black entertainment in post-slavery America culminate here. We covered Black Vaudeville & the Chitlin' Circuit. Let's rap a bit about the Blues. 🎸🎷🗣🎙
(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
bluesbeats.com/2025/02/25/o...
🧵 The origin of Black entertainment in post-slavery America culminate here. We covered Black Vaudeville & the Chitlin' Circuit. Let's rap a bit about the Blues. 🎸🎷🗣🎙
(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
bluesbeats.com/2025/02/25/o...
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Candace Owens held up an English translation of August Rohling’s „der Talmudjude“ and repeated its antisemitic lies to her millions of listeners in her attack on Ben Shapiro. Rohling was a notorious Catholic antisemite who spewed vile lies and about Jews and the Talmud. This is incredibly dangerous.
December 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Candace Owens held up an English translation of August Rohling’s „der Talmudjude“ and repeated its antisemitic lies to her millions of listeners in her attack on Ben Shapiro. Rohling was a notorious Catholic antisemite who spewed vile lies and about Jews and the Talmud. This is incredibly dangerous.
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Junior: “This isn’t the Republican anymore… it’s the MAGA party.”
December 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Junior: “This isn’t the Republican anymore… it’s the MAGA party.”
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Jack Smith still wants to speak in public:
In a new letter, Smith says he wants the American public to "hear the facts" about his two criminal cases against Trump — asking the House Judiciary Committee to release video of his closed-door deposition and schedule an open and public hearing.
In a new letter, Smith says he wants the American public to "hear the facts" about his two criminal cases against Trump — asking the House Judiciary Committee to release video of his closed-door deposition and schedule an open and public hearing.
Jack Smith says Americans should 'hear the fact' of Trump probes, wants deposition tapes released
Jack Smith wants the American public to “hear the facts” about his two criminal cases against Trump, asking Trump ally Jim Jordan to release video of his eight-
www.nbcnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Jack Smith still wants to speak in public:
In a new letter, Smith says he wants the American public to "hear the facts" about his two criminal cases against Trump — asking the House Judiciary Committee to release video of his closed-door deposition and schedule an open and public hearing.
In a new letter, Smith says he wants the American public to "hear the facts" about his two criminal cases against Trump — asking the House Judiciary Committee to release video of his closed-door deposition and schedule an open and public hearing.
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Donald Trump can name as many national buildings after himself as he wants to, but it won’t make him a great president.
December 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Donald Trump can name as many national buildings after himself as he wants to, but it won’t make him a great president.
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Far-right Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's divorce records are about to become public — with potentially destructive consequences for his Senate run.
Judge orders 'biblical' dirt on Ken Paxton's divorce be made public—could crush Senate run
Far-right Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's divorce records are about to become public — with potentially destructive consequences for his Senate run.According to the Dallas Morning News, Paxton and his ex-wife, Angela, ended their weekslong fight to keep the records under seal after media outlets...
bit.ly
December 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Far-right Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's divorce records are about to become public — with potentially destructive consequences for his Senate run.
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Europe upstages us once again by advancing a HISTORIC proposal for universal abortion care. Plus! Theocracy twink Josh Hawley is starting a dark money anti-abortion fund. Meanwhile, indie clinics are still out here being the MVP of access. Read up and rage out now! buff.ly/RqObXkq
December 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Europe upstages us once again by advancing a HISTORIC proposal for universal abortion care. Plus! Theocracy twink Josh Hawley is starting a dark money anti-abortion fund. Meanwhile, indie clinics are still out here being the MVP of access. Read up and rage out now! buff.ly/RqObXkq
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So, just so you know what to expect: these are the young Republicans who'll be voting in primaries and maybe running for office in the 2030s
December 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
So, just so you know what to expect: these are the young Republicans who'll be voting in primaries and maybe running for office in the 2030s
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Attacks on feminism are similar to attacks on vaccines. We begin to take for granted a world where women have rights and most children live to see adulthood, and then, over time, we begin to forget, neglect, and (now) reject the movements and innovations that brought us here.
Until the mid-1970’s, a man could not be convicted of rape in New York State based solely on the testimony of the woman he raped. A second witness was required because the female rape victim was deemed unreliable.
Feminism has not failed women.
Feminism has not failed women.
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Attacks on feminism are similar to attacks on vaccines. We begin to take for granted a world where women have rights and most children live to see adulthood, and then, over time, we begin to forget, neglect, and (now) reject the movements and innovations that brought us here.
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Be happy more people are without jobs right before Christmas because I fired many of them. Donald Trump
Trump: "The only reason our unemployment tucked up and went up to 4.5 percent [it's actually 4.6 percent] is because we are reducing the government workforce by numbers that have never been seen before."
December 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Be happy more people are without jobs right before Christmas because I fired many of them. Donald Trump
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Trump’s DOJ and AG Pam Bondi are now breaking the law to protect powerful pedophiles. #TrumpEpsteinCoverup
December 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Trump’s DOJ and AG Pam Bondi are now breaking the law to protect powerful pedophiles. #TrumpEpsteinCoverup
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What is Ukraine, which was violently invaded with thousands slaughtered in direct violation of a treaty, expected to "give?"
US Secretary of State:
We're trying to figure out what can Russia give and what do they expect to get, what can Ukraine give and what can Ukraine expect to get.
In the end, the decision will be up to Ukraine and up to Russia, it will not be up to the United States.
We're trying to figure out what can Russia give and what do they expect to get, what can Ukraine give and what can Ukraine expect to get.
In the end, the decision will be up to Ukraine and up to Russia, it will not be up to the United States.
December 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
What is Ukraine, which was violently invaded with thousands slaughtered in direct violation of a treaty, expected to "give?"
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In fact, Merrick Garland said he was going to appeal the short sentences of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers but never did. And no one has asked him why.
The VF profile notes Wiles was incorrect about violent Jan. 6 defendants receiving greater-than-recommended sentences, but it doesn’t capture how wildly off base she was. I don’t think there was a single above-guidelines sentence given in a J6 felony case. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
December 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In fact, Merrick Garland said he was going to appeal the short sentences of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers but never did. And no one has asked him why.
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The felon is president because of the oligarchs on the Supreme Court. Garland began investigating Trump the month he got there. And even if he could have indicted him sooner (he couldn’t), SCOTUS wouldn’t have never let it go to trial.
December 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The felon is president because of the oligarchs on the Supreme Court. Garland began investigating Trump the month he got there. And even if he could have indicted him sooner (he couldn’t), SCOTUS wouldn’t have never let it go to trial.
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UPDATE: Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly (Clinton) grants DOJ extra week to comply, says other requests covered by her earlier order: classified info/derivative info like notes don't have to be returned. And she never said Bondi herself has to certify. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
UPDATE: Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly (Clinton) grants DOJ extra week to comply, says other requests covered by her earlier order: classified info/derivative info like notes don't have to be returned. And she never said Bondi herself has to certify. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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AMA Alert! We launched EFF.org/Age, our Age Verification Resource hub, and want to talk to you about it. We’ll be on Reddit's r/privacy today, on 12/16, and on 12/17 to help you resist this censorship and surveillance nightmare. www.reddit.com/r/privacy/c...
From the privacy community on Reddit: We’re EFF and we’re fighting to defend your privacy from the global onslaught of invasive age verification mandates. Ask us anything!
Explore this post and more from the privacy community
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December 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
AMA Alert! We launched EFF.org/Age, our Age Verification Resource hub, and want to talk to you about it. We’ll be on Reddit's r/privacy today, on 12/16, and on 12/17 to help you resist this censorship and surveillance nightmare. www.reddit.com/r/privacy/c...
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In 2021, Atrium Health and Charlotte, NC officials promised affordable housing in a $75 million public-private deal. Years later, units aren’t built, contracts are vague, and taxpayers are left in the dark.
14 Acres And A Pearl
In 2021, Atrium Health, Charlotte officials, and Mecklenburg County pledged affordable housing in a $75 million public-private deal. Four years later, no affordable housing has been built, and city, c...
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
In 2021, Atrium Health and Charlotte, NC officials promised affordable housing in a $75 million public-private deal. Years later, units aren’t built, contracts are vague, and taxpayers are left in the dark.
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That was a really great article, Zach. Very well researched. I just posted it!
In 2021, Atrium Health and Charlotte, NC officials promised affordable housing in a $75 million public-private deal. Years later, units aren’t built, contracts are vague, and taxpayers are left in the dark.
14 Acres And A Pearl
In 2021, Atrium Health, Charlotte officials, and Mecklenburg County pledged affordable housing in a $75 million public-private deal. Four years later, no affordable housing has been built, and city, c...
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
That was a really great article, Zach. Very well researched. I just posted it!
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One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her.
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her.
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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UPDATE: The Cookeville Christmas Parade organizers have again rejected a Pride float, saying they are prohibiting “special interest groups”: www.facebook.com/share/p/1DPf...
(This is not the first time: www.wsmv.com/2024/10/23/o...)
(This is not the first time: www.wsmv.com/2024/10/23/o...)
December 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
UPDATE: The Cookeville Christmas Parade organizers have again rejected a Pride float, saying they are prohibiting “special interest groups”: www.facebook.com/share/p/1DPf...
(This is not the first time: www.wsmv.com/2024/10/23/o...)
(This is not the first time: www.wsmv.com/2024/10/23/o...)
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ON XAI IN MEMPHIS: “There’s a horrible, sulfurous smell in the air… residents don’t want to open their windows… BOXTOWN is 90% Black… Musk did everything behind closed doors… environmental racism… not many jobs, no direct investment in BOXTOWN…”
December 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
ON XAI IN MEMPHIS: “There’s a horrible, sulfurous smell in the air… residents don’t want to open their windows… BOXTOWN is 90% Black… Musk did everything behind closed doors… environmental racism… not many jobs, no direct investment in BOXTOWN…”
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I'm well aware that no one is listening when I say that we're in the middle of an active insurrection that is extremely violent in its rhetoric, extremely dangerous to our rights, extremely contemptuous of America and its institutions and 100% willing to J6 us again, but that doesn't make it untrue.
December 15, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I'm well aware that no one is listening when I say that we're in the middle of an active insurrection that is extremely violent in its rhetoric, extremely dangerous to our rights, extremely contemptuous of America and its institutions and 100% willing to J6 us again, but that doesn't make it untrue.
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This event brought together a German neo-Nazi pol, ex-Kremlin payee Benny Johnson and fringe-right propagandist—and self-described opponent of democracy—Jack Posobiec to witness the head of the New York Young Republicans declare himself an insurrectionist by endorsing Trump for an illegal third term
German far-right lawmaker calls for US-German nationalist alliance at MAGA gala
Markus Frohnmaier was among some 20 state, federal and EU lawmakers from the Alternative for Germany to attend the annual black-tie gala hosted by the New York Young Republican Club.
www.reuters.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This event brought together a German neo-Nazi pol, ex-Kremlin payee Benny Johnson and fringe-right propagandist—and self-described opponent of democracy—Jack Posobiec to witness the head of the New York Young Republicans declare himself an insurrectionist by endorsing Trump for an illegal third term