Rob Schmidt (Blue Corn Comics)
@robschmidt.bsky.social
Freelance writer focused on Native American, social justice, and pop culture issues; publisher of Blue Corn Comics; host of Creative Spirit Screenwriters
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Trump’s rally last night was supposed to fix the political damage from the affordability crisis.
Instead, it’s the latest in a string of choices that is making it worse for him — and all Republicans.
www.salon.com/2025/12/10/t...
Instead, it’s the latest in a string of choices that is making it worse for him — and all Republicans.
www.salon.com/2025/12/10/t...
Trump's reality TV tricks can't hide the affordability crisis
The president's policies cost families $2,250 in 2025 — and the economy is only getting worse
www.salon.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Trump’s rally last night was supposed to fix the political damage from the affordability crisis.
Instead, it’s the latest in a string of choices that is making it worse for him — and all Republicans.
www.salon.com/2025/12/10/t...
Instead, it’s the latest in a string of choices that is making it worse for him — and all Republicans.
www.salon.com/2025/12/10/t...
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Crucial revelation: Trump officials appear to be trying to avoid letting survivors of boat bombings get into US courts, where they'd have to present evidence against them. Can't have that when you're carrying out summary executions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
December 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Crucial revelation: Trump officials appear to be trying to avoid letting survivors of boat bombings get into US courts, where they'd have to present evidence against them. Can't have that when you're carrying out summary executions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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This is very well put from @adamserwer.bsky.social. I'd add that the lack of GOP criticism of Trump's vile racism toward Somalis, including many US citizens, reveals broad GOP embrace of ethnonationalism:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is very well put from @adamserwer.bsky.social. I'd add that the lack of GOP criticism of Trump's vile racism toward Somalis, including many US citizens, reveals broad GOP embrace of ethnonationalism:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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NEW, from me: One startling stat captures just how badly the year went for the GOP.
Democrats flipped 21% of all GOP-held legislative seats at play.
That's thanks to gains they made in six states this year, and I break it all down in my latest:
Democrats flipped 21% of all GOP-held legislative seats at play.
That's thanks to gains they made in six states this year, and I break it all down in my latest:
In 2025, Democrats Flipped 21 Percent of GOP-Held Legislative Seats - Bolts
At the start of Donald Trump’s first presidency, in 2017, large Democratic victories in New Jersey and Virginia, paired with overperformances in special elections, foreshadowed the blue wave of the......
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December 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
NEW, from me: One startling stat captures just how badly the year went for the GOP.
Democrats flipped 21% of all GOP-held legislative seats at play.
That's thanks to gains they made in six states this year, and I break it all down in my latest:
Democrats flipped 21% of all GOP-held legislative seats at play.
That's thanks to gains they made in six states this year, and I break it all down in my latest:
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News -- > Rep Jamie Raskin is introducing a proposal today to require ranked choice voting in all congressional races. He's drawing attention to the idea even as corrupt Trump/GOP gerrymandering exposes current system's deep flaws.
Raskin discusses this on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Raskin discusses this on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
December 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
News -- > Rep Jamie Raskin is introducing a proposal today to require ranked choice voting in all congressional races. He's drawing attention to the idea even as corrupt Trump/GOP gerrymandering exposes current system's deep flaws.
Raskin discusses this on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Raskin discusses this on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
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"Congress is finally showing signs of life. Not allowing Trump to ONE WEIRD TRICK his way around the Constitution proves the legislative and judicial branches can stop some of his excesses. We can only hope they continue to stand up as this napping duck gets lamer and lamer." — @lizdye.bsky.social
Habba booted by Senate and judges who did their damn jobs
See! It is possible.
www.publicnotice.co
December 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"Congress is finally showing signs of life. Not allowing Trump to ONE WEIRD TRICK his way around the Constitution proves the legislative and judicial branches can stop some of his excesses. We can only hope they continue to stand up as this napping duck gets lamer and lamer." — @lizdye.bsky.social
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I hope people understand that if Trump gets his way America will soon be part of the global axis of evil if we aren't already. You see it in the Caribbean, you see it in Ukraine, and you see it with Trump trying to buddy up to Xi. We are a malevolent force.
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I hope people understand that if Trump gets his way America will soon be part of the global axis of evil if we aren't already. You see it in the Caribbean, you see it in Ukraine, and you see it with Trump trying to buddy up to Xi. We are a malevolent force.
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New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt is a reminder that fascists are as small as they are evil.
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Music by Chloe Slater.
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Music by Chloe Slater.
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt is a reminder that fascists are as small as they are evil.
Subscribe today! salon.com/newsletter
Music by Chloe Slater.
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Music by Chloe Slater.
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I was going to just share an excerpt of this great @donmoyn.bsky.social piece, but there are too many excerpts worth sharing. Just read the whole thing. If you care about governance, democracy, and the rule of law, these issues are crucial. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
At will? Whose will?
Removing independent agency heads is part of a broader assault on a nonpartisan government
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December 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I was going to just share an excerpt of this great @donmoyn.bsky.social piece, but there are too many excerpts worth sharing. Just read the whole thing. If you care about governance, democracy, and the rule of law, these issues are crucial. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
"She was very encouraging of me being an anthropologist and also reminded me how much of a unicorn a Native American could be in the anthropology field and how my insight would be very valuable, especially in the Southwest region," Yazzie said. news.nau.edu/reanna-yazzie/
Studying the past, shaping the future: Reanna Yazzie, a Navajo anthropologist in the making. – The NAU Review
When Reanna Yazzie walks onto the NAU campus each day, she doesn’t just carry a backpack filled with notes and books. She also carries the stories of her people, the hopes of her young son and the…
news.nau.edu
December 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"She was very encouraging of me being an anthropologist and also reminded me how much of a unicorn a Native American could be in the anthropology field and how my insight would be very valuable, especially in the Southwest region," Yazzie said. news.nau.edu/reanna-yazzie/
"Chief Tushkalusa died almost 500 years ago, but was a legendary leader of a large group of Native Americans who were the ancestors of the Choctaw and Creek tribes that later lived across Alabama." tuscaloosathread.com/project-warr...
Tuscaloosa Plans Downtown Statue & Plaza Honoring Namesake Native Chief
Officials in Tuscaloosa are planning a massive new statue and decorative plaza to honor the Native American chief for whom the city is named.
tuscaloosathread.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"Chief Tushkalusa died almost 500 years ago, but was a legendary leader of a large group of Native Americans who were the ancestors of the Choctaw and Creek tribes that later lived across Alabama." tuscaloosathread.com/project-warr...
"In 1637, soldiers from the Connecticut and Massachusetts colonies, with Native allies, surrounded a Pequot community in Mystic, Conn., and set it on fire. Within hours, an estimated 500 to 700 men, women and children were burned alive or slaughtered." www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
For Native Americans, an enduring spiritual connection to the land
For more than 10,000 years before Europeans arrived, the Northeast was home to many tribes with organized leadership and governance; it was among the most prosperous parts of North America. A…
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December 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"In 1637, soldiers from the Connecticut and Massachusetts colonies, with Native allies, surrounded a Pequot community in Mystic, Conn., and set it on fire. Within hours, an estimated 500 to 700 men, women and children were burned alive or slaughtered." www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
"Researchers have found that some of the highest rates of cognitive impairment and dementia exist in a population that's long been one of the most difficult to study, Native Americans." www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Why Native Americans are facing high rates of mental decline
It’s estimated that around 7 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, a number that’s expected to double by 2060. But researchers have found that some of the highest rates of cognitive impairment…
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December 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Researchers have found that some of the highest rates of cognitive impairment and dementia exist in a population that's long been one of the most difficult to study, Native Americans." www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
"The newest strategy from Lumbee supporters is to not hold an individual vote on Lumbee recognition but to instead roll the proposal into an unrelated bill — and one that would be politically tough to oppose: The National Defense Authorization Act." www.wral.com/news/local/l...
NC’s Lumbee tribe could get federal recognition under provision of national defense-spending bill
Federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe could lead to the construction of a new casino in North Carolina as well as new federal funding for health care and education in southeastern NC.
www.wral.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"The newest strategy from Lumbee supporters is to not hold an individual vote on Lumbee recognition but to instead roll the proposal into an unrelated bill — and one that would be politically tough to oppose: The National Defense Authorization Act." www.wral.com/news/local/l...
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The Trump regime murders that aren’t on video | Will Bunch Newsletter @willbunch.bsky.social
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It's great that the media, Congress is going all Watergate on one of Trump's many crimes, the 'double-tap' murder of 2 Caribbean sailors
But the reality is that Trump's death cult has killed hundreds of thousands, mostly through senseless USAID cuts
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But the reality is that Trump's death cult has killed hundreds of thousands, mostly through senseless USAID cuts
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Plus, troubled Mount Airy Lodge is a perfect Trump venue.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
![Statement on Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Genocide Denial at the Israel Hayom Summit
December 9, 2025
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security feels called to point out that former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s recent remarks at the Israel Hayom Summit on 2 December amount to outright genocide denial.
During her remarks, the Secretary correctly noted that the recent deterioration of Israel’s standing among U.S. voters is not a “Republican versus Democrat kind of divide” but rather a generational one. Nevertheless, she incorrectly diagnosed the reasons for the shift as a matter purely of optics, stating that “Israel [has] the worst PR of any group” and accusing social media, particularly TikTok, of presenting “pure propaganda” that American youth are uncritically ingesting.
Secretary Clinton’s framing is not at all an accurate reflection of why Americans are growing more critical of Israel. Young Americans of all political stripes have not fallen prey to propaganda, though that is always a legitimate concern. Rather, they have consumed two years of videos depicting Israel’s genocide against Palestinians that have been uploaded by Palestinian journalists, ordinary people trying to survive in Gaza, IDF soldiers, and ordinary Israelis themselves. There has been no convincing refutation of the sheer amount of raw evidence of genocide coming out of Palestine. Young people in the U.S. are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well.
Secretary Clinton appears not to be bothered by the reality of genocidal violence – in fact, she did not mention anything about it. Her concern is, rather, in her words, “the narrative” – the fact that these crimes are no longer hidden and are now being live-streamed and documented in real time, making it harder for her and others to control it. TikTok cannot be blamed for the fact that many members of Gen Z understand that Israel is …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pwsjq3xnal6auzgeqho4ecw7/bafkreiafbjju65esvo6htynkkl6or6muv4qqhwo5fghkkbyvclgnxxmchy@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
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If someone in the White House press corps doesn't ask Trump today why he's so scared of strong women, they should all go home.
December 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If someone in the White House press corps doesn't ask Trump today why he's so scared of strong women, they should all go home.
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New in PN: Mike Johnson's downward spiral
"His speakership is a story of chaos and failure at a time when he and his party should be racking up wins. Apparently, the Lord played a trick on his humble servant: He may have given Johnson the job, but He didn’t say he’d be any good at it."
"His speakership is a story of chaos and failure at a time when he and his party should be racking up wins. Apparently, the Lord played a trick on his humble servant: He may have given Johnson the job, but He didn’t say he’d be any good at it."
Mike Johnson's downward spiral
Speaker of the House is a tough job. But he's particularly bad at it.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New in PN: Mike Johnson's downward spiral
"His speakership is a story of chaos and failure at a time when he and his party should be racking up wins. Apparently, the Lord played a trick on his humble servant: He may have given Johnson the job, but He didn’t say he’d be any good at it."
"His speakership is a story of chaos and failure at a time when he and his party should be racking up wins. Apparently, the Lord played a trick on his humble servant: He may have given Johnson the job, but He didn’t say he’d be any good at it."
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Awful: Trump just admitted in a new interview that he knows "very little" about the Honduran ex-president he pardoned. This guy trafficked a gazillion times more drugs into the US than anyone Trump has executed. Wrecks his case for the boat bombings.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Trump Accidentally Sabotages Case for Bombings in New Interview Fiasco
The president’s claims about the boat killings and his pardon of the Honduran ex-president in a new Politico interview should finally convince Republicans that they, and we, must get to the bottom of ...
newrepublic.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Awful: Trump just admitted in a new interview that he knows "very little" about the Honduran ex-president he pardoned. This guy trafficked a gazillion times more drugs into the US than anyone Trump has executed. Wrecks his case for the boat bombings.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Trump's bombings are "murder" and "summary executions," says @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, and Hegeth should watch "where he travels when he’s no longer in office" due to potential prosecution by "international tribunals."
On the pod Tess powerfully lays out this case:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
On the pod Tess powerfully lays out this case:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Hegseth Defense Collapsing as Fresh Leaks on Strikes Grow More Damning
As new info makes Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s illegal killings look even worse, an expert in national security law explains why his case is imploding—and what must happen now to secure accountabi...
newrepublic.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Trump's bombings are "murder" and "summary executions," says @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, and Hegeth should watch "where he travels when he’s no longer in office" due to potential prosecution by "international tribunals."
On the pod Tess powerfully lays out this case:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
On the pod Tess powerfully lays out this case:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
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The other reporters in the White House press corps are apparently waiting until the president actually takes a swing at one of their female colleagues before they say anything
December 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The other reporters in the White House press corps are apparently waiting until the president actually takes a swing at one of their female colleagues before they say anything
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There was revolution in the air in New Orleans when the Border Patrol invaded their city - as brave citizens blew whistles, chased convoys, and confronted masked agents of a tyrannical government
From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
In New Orleans and across U.S., anger over ICE raids sparks a 2nd American Revolution | Will Bunch
Everyday folks are rising up to resist immigration raids with whistles, car chases, and noisy protests. Revolution is in the air.
www.inquirer.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
There was revolution in the air in New Orleans when the Border Patrol invaded their city - as brave citizens blew whistles, chased convoys, and confronted masked agents of a tyrannical government
From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
Seven young Kiowa sisters were chased by a giant bear and climbed onto a forbidden rock. As the girls stood on the rock, it began to rise into the heavens, and the bear began clawing at the sides, putting claw marks into the rock as it ascended into the sky. www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/nation...
The Kiowa Return to Tso ai, a Sacred Place With a Meaning Far Removed From Its Role in 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Kiowa tribal members revisit their ancestral homelands to honor their creation story during the anniversary of the United States’ first national monument.
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Seven young Kiowa sisters were chased by a giant bear and climbed onto a forbidden rock. As the girls stood on the rock, it began to rise into the heavens, and the bear began clawing at the sides, putting claw marks into the rock as it ascended into the sky. www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/nation...
"The delicate lattice of Louisiana's coastline has been steadily retreating for generations. As it does, the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe and other Indigenous people are fighting to protect what's left and to adapt to their changing environment." abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Louisiana is shrinking. Some tribes are fighting to protect what's left of their communities
Louisiana is shrinking
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December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"The delicate lattice of Louisiana's coastline has been steadily retreating for generations. As it does, the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe and other Indigenous people are fighting to protect what's left and to adapt to their changing environment." abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...