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Mary Beth Schneider

@marybschneider.bsky.social
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Former politics and government reporter for The Indianapolis Star. I once was The Twitter Lady.

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Mary Beth Schneider @marybschneider.bsky.social · 7h
I have follow-up questions.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 19h
It’s interesting how the standard bearer for the party whose message used to be “Democrats suck because they just buy votes by giving people free stuff” has decided the closing message for the midterms will just be “how many more checks do we have to send you in order to earn your vote?”
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 17h
Oh FFS.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“He’s gotta resign. … We have to let our own people and everybody else know why it had to be done—because of what’s on the tape, because he lied.” — White House speechwriter Patrick J. Buchanan to White House chief of staff Alexander M. Haig, August 2, 1974
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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
1) Alito revealing this now is an attempt to rally Republicans in Trump states where Dems lead for Senate. 2) He’s the most partisan R on the court—highly likely he steps down in the lame duck if Dems take the Senate. 3) Doing number 2) makes court expansion even more likely if Dems win in 2028
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Mary Beth Schneider @marybschneider.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Some of us didn’t think we needed to make America great again as it already was. Now? We have our work cut out for us. It’s a labor of love.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 03/10/2026
I guess offering to bribe the electorate is an official act, eh John?
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
NEW NYT/Siena poll — Likely voters Alaska Senate (D) Peltola 50% (R) Sullivan 43% Texas Senate (D) Talarico 51% (R) Paxton 45% Ohio Senate (D) Brown 49% (R) Husted 46%
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Tarrant County voters filed an emergency lawsuit Friday accusing Republican county officials of intentionally making it harder for Black and Hispanic residents to vote by eliminating dozens of Election Day polling places. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Tarrant County voters sue to block GOP polling site cuts targeting minority voters
The lawsuit comes a month after the GOP-controlled Tarrant County Commissioners Court approved the cuts in a 3-2 vote despite intense opposition from residents and the court’s two Democratic commissio...
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Mary Beth Schneider @marybschneider.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Exactly
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Aman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation...department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election."
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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
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Dana Milbank @danamilbank.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Coming to a national park near you: The Death Valley Developers, the Denali Data Centers, the Badlands Billionaires, the Canyonlands Cronies, the Grand Teton Tech Bros and the Crater Lake Cryptos compete in the Trump Corruption League. My latest column: www.washingtonsun.com/perspectives...
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Ballparks in Our National Parks? Trump’s Plundering Is in a League of Its Own.
Coming to a national park near you: The Denali Data Centers vs. the Crater Lake Cryptos.
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 02/10/2026
Born
Personal details
Angela Nixon February 27, 1984 (age 42)
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When white nationalist are a part of your voting base
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Mary Beth Schneider @marybschneider.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Such an inspiring endorsement. 🙄
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Mary Beth Schneider @marybschneider.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
HOLY MOLY
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Amanda Becker @amandabecker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
holy shit www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/colu...
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Columbia Journalism School will pause its M.A. program (and launch an online degree)
The Columbia Journalism School will pause admissions for its Master of Arts program, dean Jelani Cobb announced on Thursday. The country's most prestigious journalism school also announced a new onlin...
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Hellishchildren @hellishchildren.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Political cartoon by Jim Benton 
A casual party for adults, but everyone has extremely wide-open shocked unhappy expressions.
One man: I read this article and it said that, apparently, there was this time in US history when we didn't all stagger around in horrified disbelief.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: Davey Hearn reflecting pool prosecution dismissed WITH PREJUDICE That means the case cannot be brought again  Huge victory for Davey, for us at @democracydefendersfund.org & our legal team colleagues Washington Litigation Group and Steptoe--& for rule of law More to follow!
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 01/10/2026
Trump's DOJ should investigate whether the 1776 revolution was justified, are kings really so bad, etc.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026
Richard Milhouse Nixon not only wasn't convicted of his blatant crimes, he recieved a full presidential pardon, events which set the tone/laid the groundwork for the increasingly naked corruption of American politics in general & the Republican party in particular through the 20th & 21st centuries…
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
The American Bar Association laid out the receipts. Big donors get appointments. Big money flows in, investigations disappear, pardons follow, regulations loosen and foreign governments get favorable treatment. The article calls it an “unprecedented pay-to-play culture.” #PayToPlayPresident
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Mary Beth Schneider @marybschneider.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
WTF? 🤬
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Absolutely stunning/horrifying to see a 5th measles death in PA. This means the outbreak is probably far higher than numbers count, seeing as roughly 1-3 people die per 1,000. Many people aren't being tested. Also: I'm going to states now for info, not the CDC* app.powerbigov.us/view?r=eyJrI...
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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
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Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos
Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
America today is a country where regulators won't allow private companies to air interviews of the opposition on TV, but declare that taxpayer funded propaganda is fine.
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Balls & Strikes @ballsandstrikes.org · 01/10/2026
”Blanche’s comment was not an on-air slip of the tongue. It’s the official and oft-repeated line of Trump’s Justice Department believes that the government may single people out for worse treatment because of their viewpoints, and that the First Amendment doesn’t say anything about it."
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The Trump White House Keeps Treating the First Amendment as More of a Suggestion
Where normal people see “rights,” the White House sees privileges that the president may grant or withhold as he sees fit.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
".. When pressed on the limits of his power, Trump left himself ample room: He would not rule out declaring a national emergency or invoking the Insurrection Act around the midterms .. 'I’m not committing to anything,' he says."
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.
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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 01/10/2026
‼️ Russians strike school in Kyiv: children were in shelter
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Russians strike school in Kyiv: children were in shelter
A Russian drone struck a school building in the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv on 1 October, causing a fire. Children were in a bomb shelter at the time of the impact.
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
imagine failing to execute someone and then providing them medical care so they survive this whole thing is insane, we shouldn't pretend it's not
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Are there any old heads still working in news who can remember the firestorm a racist utterance in the WH like this would’ve kicked up.
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Mary Beth Schneider @marybschneider.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Send him. Far far away.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: MS NOW EXCLUSIVE. Republican Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway. GOP Judiciary staff told Schmitt the texts — obtained from the Trump DOJ — were "unvetted." Schmitt still used them.
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Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway.
As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to figure out how Eric Schmitt’s bombshell fell apart so embarrassingly, it turns out he was warned that the texts were unvetted.
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wthrcom.bsky.social @wthrcom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums has 254 accredited facilities around the world. The Indianapolis Zoo will be one of three losing that status on Thursday.
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'They fell short this time' | Indianapolis Zoo plans to work with AZA to make improvements, gain back accreditation
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums has 254 accredited facilities around the world. The Indianapolis Zoo will be one of three losing that status on Thursday.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Why does JD Vance spend so much time talking about 11-year-old drag queens like he is right here?
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pathetic…..
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 30/09/2026
This is obviously disgusting in so many ways. Gonna highlight one: Servicemember beard exemptions are all on religious or medical grounds. They're either Sikhs (mostly South Asian) or have a skin condition related to shaving curly hair (mostly African American). "No beardos" is racist as hell.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Bible actually does have something to say about this: Exodus 20:16: "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We elected the absolute worst of us who surrounded himself with absolute clowns. Like this punk.
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Mary Beth Schneider @marybschneider.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’m old enough to remember when it was Congress which had the power to declare war.
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Mary Beth Schneider @marybschneider.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What a creep.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
58 deaths. Outrageous. Should never happen in America.
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Mary Beth Schneider @marybschneider.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hey big spender! 
“Rep. Jim Baird (R-Indiana), who expensed more for lodging and meals than any other House member in each of the past two years, including $39,789 in 2025, did not respond to multiple attempts to speak with him.” wapo.st/4j1N4sN
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The House reimburses lawmakers for D.C. expenses. See who spent the most.
Taxpayers spent 21 percent more last year on the program, which helps cover the costs of food and lodging in Washington, a Post analysis found.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's one thing to be so incredibly incompetent as Eric Schmitt that your dramatic "GOTCHA" moment falls apart in real time. It is quite another thing to be so incredibly dishonest as Eric Schmitt that you then go on a right-wing show and pretend it didn't happen. "My job is to ask the questions."😜
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's very telling that Darline Graham is blaming Jack Smith while supporting Trump 100% when Trump is the man who had her brother call the folks in Georgia. Darline Graham seems to lack character.
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Mary Beth Schneider @marybschneider.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#SchmittShow
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Do we seriously have to do Maoist newspeak every single time an 80 year old posts his idiotic ideas on the internet. It has been AI since before I was even born. Can literally anyone have a shred of dignity.
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