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@schmidty99203.bsky.social
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Middle-of-the-road, WAZZU grad, US Marine, loves history, works as software engineer

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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Not all Republicans are on board with this action...
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Evidently this idiot Miller did not learn civic or patriotic values while in school?!
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Marco Rubio sounds really angry, unhappy and challenged on "Meet The Press"?!
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
At this point if the conservative congress hasn't done anything about Trump then they never will? If the Democrats and Independents don't do anything I would say after 249 years we are at the end of our run as a democratic republic. :/
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
This is bad bad bad
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
WTF?! If this was in the judge's courtroom the FBI has no jurisdiction there, yes? I wonder what SCOTUS and Chief Justice Roberts will have to say about this??? www.cnbc.com/2025/04/25/f...
cnbc.com
FBI arrests Wisconsin Judge Dugan on obstruction charge, escalates Trump immigration enforcement effort
Federal agents arrested Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan on obstruction charges, FBI Director Kash Patel said.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Thank you
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
WOW, Jaguars gave away a fortune?!
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
How many countless soldiers, sailors and marines were afraid while storming the beaches of Iwo Jima, Normandy and taking the field at Gettyburg and they definitely met "retaliation". Courage used to be an American trait with our leadership...what happened???
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
This is ridiculous... these senators and congressman need to "grow some balls". How many American soldiers, Marines and sailors were afraid storming the beaches of Normandy, Iwo Jima, Gettysburg and Yorktown and they definitely met retaliation?!!
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Don't forget Rubio in that mix!!
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
An "Executive Order" is not law and has no legal basis of enforcement on the American public? How is the Trump administration able to "pull all federal education funding" when congress controls the purse strings??? www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
nbcnews.com
How one Maine high school became the center of Trump's war on trans student athletes
After a showdown with Maine’s governor, the Trump administration is moving to pull federal education funding from the state.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Yeah I do not understand how or why department heads are allowing any blocks on funding by the Trump admin when congress controls all of that???
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
...because those EO and DOGE cuts are not law. Only congress has the power to enact or change law in the USA.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Please don't be. How many Americans stormed beaches, climbed hills and charged battlefields that were afraid but they still did it?!! Stay strong.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
... or even next year?!
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Also Belarus and North Korea are missing www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Russia not on Trump's tariff list
US media quotes the White House press secretary as saying this is because of sanctions on Moscow.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Dictator Trump. The final test will be next year's congressional elections. If Democrats win a majority and Trump's FEC doesn't accept the election results then we will be in a full-on dictatorship and 249 years of democracy for this Republic will have ended. www.npr.org/2025/03/30/g...
npr.org
Trump is 'not joking' about third term, though Constitution says he can't serve
In remarks to NBC News, Trump also said "there are methods which you could do it." Trump would need either a two-thirds vote in Congress or a constitutional convention to serve a third term.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
The end of our rule of law in the US? www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
inquirer.com
Trump’s insane pardons are killing any faint flicker of justice in America
Trump's pardons for big donors, political allies and even swindlers of the Sioux people have shattered any notion of justice.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
"Trump will make the economy better if elected" Not for consumers ... idiots www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Trump says he 'couldn't care less' if car prices rise in the US
Trump says he hopes foreign carmakers raise prices as it means people will buy US-made cars.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
For all those MAGA morons who say "Trump just wants peace". This is exactly what the brutal dictator Saddam Hussein did in taking Kuwait in the early 1990s. www.npr.org/2025/03/30/n...
npr.org
Trump won't rule out military force to take Greenland
In an interview with NBC News, Trump refused to rule out military force to acquire Greenland. His remarks come a day after Vice President JD Vance's scaled back visit to the island.
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Alison Adcock @ralisonadcock.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Awesome tool for visualizing US government funding of science and its impact. 🧪 @asinclair.bsky.social
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
The "final nail in the coffin" and test will be next year's congressional elections. If the Democrats can win majorities and Trump's Federal Election Commission denies those results then 249 years of our US Constitution and democracy will be over.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Democrats STILL have a messaging problem. Why is this reason for voting "yes" by Schumer being communicated now??? www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
pbs.org
'We had an awful choice': Schumer defends voting with GOP saying shutdown would be worse
Democrats have few options for challenging President Trump and GOP majorities in Congress. Some on the left say they had a chance last week, but top Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer voted with the GOP an...
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
They voted for Trump but are unhappy when his illegal cuts affect their district?! SMGDH www.ksl.com/article/5128...
ksl.com
Hundreds protest, ask Rep. Blake Moore to stand up to DOGE
A couple hundred protesters greeted Utah Rep. Blake Moore as he was set to speak at a Republican luncheon in Ogden on Saturday, calling for the congressman to oppose Elon Musk's efforts to gut the fed...
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The gov is right on here.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
If you can join a militia in the United States why can't you join a gang and why are people being deported over it? abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
abcnews.go.com
Trump administration escalates legal battle over alleged gang member deportations
President Trump is lashing out again against the top federal judge who issued an order stopping deportation flights of alleged gang members under the Alien Enemies Act.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Trump administration is literally ignoring a court order now www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
US deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador despite court order
Their arrival comes less than 24 hours after a federal judge blocked a law Trump planned to use for the deportations.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
... or submit to Trump... i. e. dictatorship
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I might disagree with those conservatives whose only source of income is social security and benefits from Medicare?
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Chuck Schumer needs to step down as Minority Leader. apnews.com/article/demo...
apnews.com
Democratic Party fractures in government shutdown fight, with anger running high
The Democratic Party appears fractured as a torrent of frustration and anger has been unleashed on Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
VIM. I have been using it for 25 years because of key bindings, macros, easy search, regex search and replace and always available on Linux system
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Don't forget Reagan.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I am starting to see pro-Musk, pro-Trump posts on Bluesky. I promptly block the account and then hide the post. Go back to Tooth-Social or whatever BS social media platform you were on to spread your lies and propaganda.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Has anybody forgotten how Trump shit on John McCain's 5+ years as a POW in Vietnam? Daily beatings, torture, starvation for McCain while Trump partied in Manhattan!!
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
The problem is that law enforcement and the military have greater firepower and many of the leadership idolize Trump. The idea that average gun-owning Americans can defeat their govt with firepower is ridiculous?!
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
At exactly this time, 250 years ago colonials like John Hancock, Paul Revere and Sam Adams rebelled against the crown of England risking their lives and the safety of their families. These Republicans and Democratic leaders need to grow a pair!
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
As you are aware it is a con to consolidate power. Trump is moving towards dictatorship and nobody is doing anything about it?!
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
WOW, ten Democrats voted for this censure?! WHY??? Do they approve of what Trump and the conservatives are doing??? www.npr.org/2025/03/06/n...
npr.org
House votes to censure Texas Democrat Al Green for protest during Trump address
Texas Rep. Al Green, a Democrat, was officially censured Thursday in a vote in the House following his protest on Tuesday during President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
BlueSky should replace the heart emoji with "like", "sad", "hate", "happy", "laugh" emojis.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Why??? www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
nbcnews.com
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders a halt to offensive cyber operations against Russia
Russia has intensified cyber operations against Ukraine and NATO countries, according to previous U.S. intelligence and private sector reports.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
This is the kind of "smart protesting" I like to see www.sfgate.com/national-par...
sfgate.com
Yosemite protesters did a genius thing with the park's webcams
Large protests are kicking off at dozens of national parks across the country, including Yosemite in California.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
How about Russia and Putin stop the fighting, stop the death?!
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
A couple of political bullies ganging up on a man who has given everything to his country's fight to survive the Russian dictatorship?! This is so embarrassing?! www.cnbc.com/2025/02/28/t...
cnbc.com
Trump says Zelenskyy 'is not ready for peace' after Oval Office fight
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance argued with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with Vance accusing Zelenskyy of disrespect.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Congressman Jeffries, in these perilous times your interview on Maddow was huge! I would suggest once a week on with her discussing ideas and plans to thwart the Trump admin? We need the leadership. Thank you!
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Consolidate power with loyalists... www.cnbc.com/2025/02/23/n...
cnbc.com
New FBI Director Kash Patel will also be named acting head of the ATF, official says
New FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to be named the acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, an official said Saturday.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Any house member who would sponsor this amendment and vote for it is self-defeating and stupid?! If we want term limits on our 2 year congressional reps we vote them out, get it? Why is it so many people work so hard against their own self interests?! www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1...
billtrack50.com
US - HJRes12
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
DuckDuckGo for search
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Schmidty @schmidty99203.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
When conservatives work against their own self interests and show themselves to be racists the parody fits... www.salon.com/2025/02/17/t...
salon.com
"They have learned nothing": Trumpworld fumes over Tom Hanks' "SNL50" MAGA character
Hanks brought back his MAGA contestant on "Black Jeopardy" for the 50th anniversary special
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