Mark Lawrence Schrad
@vodkapolitics.bsky.social
Typewriter repairman, daylights as Professor of Political Science and Director of Russian Area Studies at Villanova University.
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So no terrorism then?
October 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
So no terrorism then?
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When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.
It is quite simply dishonest to describe TPUSA as a “free speech” organization and not even mention the “Professor Watchlist,” as NPR just did. Reporting on a crime does not entail adopting the victim’s views.
September 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.
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He pardoned a bunch of people that committed political violence
Trump released a video tonight promising to "find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity, and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and support it."
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
September 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
He pardoned a bunch of people that committed political violence
Charlie Kirk got the America he always wanted. And it got him.
Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.
September 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Charlie Kirk got the America he always wanted. And it got him.
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<all together now>
September 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
<all together now>
All of this hand-wringing about whether the president is either dead or a pedophile is really exhausting!
September 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
All of this hand-wringing about whether the president is either dead or a pedophile is really exhausting!
Active shooter at Villanova University. I'm safe a few blocks away, but can hear the sirens of dozens of emergency vehicles.
August 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Active shooter at Villanova University. I'm safe a few blocks away, but can hear the sirens of dozens of emergency vehicles.
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never take freedom of the press or access to news for granted. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
August 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
never take freedom of the press or access to news for granted. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
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What do the American taxpayers gain by destroying this satellite?
August 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
What do the American taxpayers gain by destroying this satellite?
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Trump is wildly violating both WTO rules & the PTAs we have signed & ratified with 20 countries, & he's wildly abusing US domestic trade laws with ever-changing BS excuses about "national security" & "national emergencies."
The only thing new about this era is the lawless authoritarianism.
The only thing new about this era is the lawless authoritarianism.
See also:
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No other president was allowed to just wave his hands, pretend there is a "national emergency" or fabricated "national security" reasons for ever-changing tariffs & violation of these agreements, & then have the media completely ignore the fact that these laws exist 🤷♂️
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No other president was allowed to just wave his hands, pretend there is a "national emergency" or fabricated "national security" reasons for ever-changing tariffs & violation of these agreements, & then have the media completely ignore the fact that these laws exist 🤷♂️
August 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Trump is wildly violating both WTO rules & the PTAs we have signed & ratified with 20 countries, & he's wildly abusing US domestic trade laws with ever-changing BS excuses about "national security" & "national emergencies."
The only thing new about this era is the lawless authoritarianism.
The only thing new about this era is the lawless authoritarianism.
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"You're gonna have to finish the job." Of Gazans living?
Here's the sitting president of the United States endorsing ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
July 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
"You're gonna have to finish the job." Of Gazans living?
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just looping back on this october 2024 warning and yep we have ticked through them all
July 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
just looping back on this october 2024 warning and yep we have ticked through them all
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<thread> Things are getting real in Judge Gallagher's courtroom.
Following Monday's revelation of UN report showing Government of El Salvador's official position to UN is that the detainees at CECOT are in US jurisdiction and under US legal responsibility.
Judge demands answers.⤵️
Following Monday's revelation of UN report showing Government of El Salvador's official position to UN is that the detainees at CECOT are in US jurisdiction and under US legal responsibility.
Judge demands answers.⤵️
July 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
<thread> Things are getting real in Judge Gallagher's courtroom.
Following Monday's revelation of UN report showing Government of El Salvador's official position to UN is that the detainees at CECOT are in US jurisdiction and under US legal responsibility.
Judge demands answers.⤵️
Following Monday's revelation of UN report showing Government of El Salvador's official position to UN is that the detainees at CECOT are in US jurisdiction and under US legal responsibility.
Judge demands answers.⤵️
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REPORTER: A simple question -- 'by the end of the week,' does that by Friday, by Saturday, or by Sunday?
TAMMY BRUCE: I think generally it could be the collection of the days at the end of the week. I'm not going to specify ... to clarify a bit more, i would say probably the end of the week
TAMMY BRUCE: I think generally it could be the collection of the days at the end of the week. I'm not going to specify ... to clarify a bit more, i would say probably the end of the week
July 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
REPORTER: A simple question -- 'by the end of the week,' does that by Friday, by Saturday, or by Sunday?
TAMMY BRUCE: I think generally it could be the collection of the days at the end of the week. I'm not going to specify ... to clarify a bit more, i would say probably the end of the week
TAMMY BRUCE: I think generally it could be the collection of the days at the end of the week. I'm not going to specify ... to clarify a bit more, i would say probably the end of the week
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This is what the last two state Supreme elections were about.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban.
July 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is what the last two state Supreme elections were about.
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Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
July 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
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An archipelago, if you will
Trump on DeSantis's new detention camp for migrants: "We'd like to see them in many states. And at some point they might morph into a system."
July 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
An archipelago, if you will
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After 26 hours of fighting on the Senate floor, Republicans voted to rip health care from millions of people and let little babies go hungry. And they cheered.
I'm angry. You should be too. But this fight isn't over.
I'm angry. You should be too. But this fight isn't over.
I'm angry. You should be too. But this fight isn't over.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
After 26 hours of fighting on the Senate floor, Republicans voted to rip health care from millions of people and let little babies go hungry. And they cheered.
I'm angry. You should be too. But this fight isn't over.
I'm angry. You should be too. But this fight isn't over.