Matthew Schoonover
@mtschoon.bsky.social
Managing Member of Schoonover & Moriarty LLC, a law firm that represents small business federal contractors.
City councilman for Olathe, Kansas.
City councilman for Olathe, Kansas.
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rick steves bought a hygiene center www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
December 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
rick steves bought a hygiene center www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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"For the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71 percent believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate."
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
"For the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71 percent believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate."
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The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
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41 minutes. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
December 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
41 minutes. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
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This is really important. The problem with the Roberts Court is not that they are conservative. It's that they are bad judges.
It's not just liberal judges they're doing this to. They're doing this to plenty of conservative judges too; judges who actually spent weeks and weeks poring over the details and with their arms deep in the guts of thousands of pages of documents and days of testimony.
Those judges are pissed.
Those judges are pissed.
December 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is really important. The problem with the Roberts Court is not that they are conservative. It's that they are bad judges.
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TRYING TO FLIP” THE BOAT MEANS THE BOAT WAS CAPSIZED AND THEY WERE SHIPWRECKED IN THE WATER.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
TRYING TO FLIP” THE BOAT MEANS THE BOAT WAS CAPSIZED AND THEY WERE SHIPWRECKED IN THE WATER.
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“Maybe we’re onto something.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
“Maybe we’re onto something.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
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For those who don’t know, Jack served in the Bush administration but resigned in protest of the extra constitutional claims made by the administration. He’s no left wing radical, but he care about the Constitution.
He has forgotten more about executive power than I could ever hope to learn.
He has forgotten more about executive power than I could ever hope to learn.
Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
For those who don’t know, Jack served in the Bush administration but resigned in protest of the extra constitutional claims made by the administration. He’s no left wing radical, but he care about the Constitution.
He has forgotten more about executive power than I could ever hope to learn.
He has forgotten more about executive power than I could ever hope to learn.
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BREAKING: Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday that the Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began.
Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began, Gaza ministry says
Gaza’s Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began.
bit.ly
November 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
BREAKING: Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday that the Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began.
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Oh my heart. “Students deserve to learn without rehearsing how to survive.”
I see you, Maddie Cassels in Austin.
I see you, Maddie Cassels in Austin.
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Oh my heart. “Students deserve to learn without rehearsing how to survive.”
I see you, Maddie Cassels in Austin.
I see you, Maddie Cassels in Austin.
me, internally: this is the worst Uber ride ever
also me: 5 stars!
also me: 5 stars!
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
me, internally: this is the worst Uber ride ever
also me: 5 stars!
also me: 5 stars!
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The fight tonight was over about $25 billion. Thats about 2.5% of the Defense budget. Would cover a year of the enhanced ACA credits. Republicans said that’s unaffordable.
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The fight tonight was over about $25 billion. Thats about 2.5% of the Defense budget. Would cover a year of the enhanced ACA credits. Republicans said that’s unaffordable.
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Richest nation in human history
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Richest nation in human history
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NEW -- Trump's claim that the alleged smugglers he is summarily killing without charges or trials are bringing deadly fentanyl to the US is a total lie.
DoD, in fact, has told Congress that they haven't found that opioid in the debris. Only cocaine.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
DoD, in fact, has told Congress that they haven't found that opioid in the debris. Only cocaine.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump’s Summary Killings Of Dozens Aboard Boats Appear Based On A Massive Fentanyl Lie
The president has said multiple times that the destroyed vessels were carrying the lethal opioid, but officials have told Congress the boats were carrying cocaine.
www.huffpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NEW -- Trump's claim that the alleged smugglers he is summarily killing without charges or trials are bringing deadly fentanyl to the US is a total lie.
DoD, in fact, has told Congress that they haven't found that opioid in the debris. Only cocaine.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
DoD, in fact, has told Congress that they haven't found that opioid in the debris. Only cocaine.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Shutdown is very uncomplicated. Trump & Republicans will starve 42 million Americans unless Democrats agree to kick 20+ million Americans off of any healthcare insurance. Kicker is that Republicans intend to do both, regardless of what Democrats choose to do at this particular hostage situation.
November 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Shutdown is very uncomplicated. Trump & Republicans will starve 42 million Americans unless Democrats agree to kick 20+ million Americans off of any healthcare insurance. Kicker is that Republicans intend to do both, regardless of what Democrats choose to do at this particular hostage situation.
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Brooke Rollins: "My message to America is your government is failing you right now ... we have failed you."
October 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Brooke Rollins: "My message to America is your government is failing you right now ... we have failed you."
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They don’t even know who they’re killing. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
October 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
They don’t even know who they’re killing. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
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SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
October 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
me, wearing clothes my wife hates: “honey, if they weren’t fashion forward, I doubt Costco would sell them.”
October 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
me, wearing clothes my wife hates: “honey, if they weren’t fashion forward, I doubt Costco would sell them.”
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I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
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Rucho is one of the worst decisions in the mostly ignominious history of the Supreme Court and the forthcoming nullification of the VRA will only make it worse
North Carolina already one of most gerrymandered states. Now GOP passing new gerrymander giving Rs nearly 80% of seats in state where Trump got 51%. Specifically targets Black Dem Don Davis. This is preview of what post-Voting Rights Act America will look like www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Republicans are making one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation even more rigged
North Carolina Republicans just passed a new Trump-inspired congressional map to oust a Black Democrat.
www.motherjones.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Rucho is one of the worst decisions in the mostly ignominious history of the Supreme Court and the forthcoming nullification of the VRA will only make it worse