Katie Schwarz

My fav character on Nobody Wants This is Esther, followed by Sasha, then a tie between Henry and Ashley. Basically, the main characters are equal parts whiny and tedious. And don't get me started on Morgan.

Sudan war: RSF militia killed 460 people at el-Fasher hospital, says WHO WHO chief "appalled and deeply shocked" after doctors say RSF killed "patients, their companions, and anyone else present".

“I think this is the worst place on Earth now,” said Jan Egeland @sg-nrc.bsky.social

“It’s the biggest humanitarian emergency on Earth and it happens in the dark, really - there has been far too little attention to what's happening in Sudan."

Mike Johnson describes Trump’s mental decline and unhinged behavior.

A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…

Silly me, I didn't realize the ballroom was extra housing.

Masked goons and loud, bold citizens: The worst and best of America in one video.

The New York Times’ “Moderation Advantage” Is a Statistical Illusion After accounting for money and incumbency the supposed electoral bonus for moderate candidates vanishes entirely.

NYT pushed its “Dems must go moderate” take again yesterday. In a new piece out today, @adambonica.bsky.social shows even more clearly why the data don’t support it. It also shows what a skilled empiricist and teacher Adam is.

Very proud of my pal’s public work.

open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...

Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.

The helicopters over the Oakland protests are a half-mile from my house and have been constant all day.

Community meetings are being moved online because they are worried about ICE.

People are also wondering whether participating in trick-or-treat events will be safe for local families next week.

Updating my LEGO White House

What We Can Do About ICE ICE is in the Bay Area. And yes, we can all do something about it.

This is great.

www.coyotemedia.org/what-we-can-...

Bow ties are the best for children and for almost nothing else.

Things anti-libs are ok with:
-violent mob charging the capital
-a for profit/corrupt presidency
-disregard for constitution, balance of powers, courts
-using military against civilians
-loss of free speech, healthcare, and science
-revoking civil rights laws
And now:
-destruction of the white house

sherman, for the love of god!

This #SCIMaP analysis leverages FY20-24 NSF funding data by congressional district to assess how the White House's proposed 56% cut to NSF would impact the economies of local communities nationwide.

Full report: osf.io/e8rnc

Highlights via @savensf.bsky.social 👇

Court-watchers confirm this cruel ICE agent has been reinstated.

Last week, in the briefest moment of decency, violently throwing a woman to the floor was “beneath the men and women of ICE.”

This week, it’s back to business as usual. The cruelty, after all, is the point.

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

This thread 🧵 is *really* good.

Also @wkamaubell.bsky.social created a whole show doing exactly this!

STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”

Nailed it.

“The FCC decided all by itself that radio and television were the only two parts of American life not protected by the free speech provisions of the first amendment to the constitution.”

George Carlin, 1988

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

This is the playbook, folks.

If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.

Do not be quiet in this moment.

imagine joking “i wouldnt give speeches in utah right now”

Here is a South Korean newspaper editorial comparing United States immigration policy to the practices of slavery

to my mind the woman who dies of sepsis because of antiabortion laws, or the person who dies because they can't afford insulin -- these are just as much victims of political violence as the man shot through the throat while making a racist speech

MAGA 3 days ago: Chicago is about to find out the meaning of WAR

MAGA today: the left needs to stop condoning violence

If listing cases of 2025 US political violence, one would include the Charlie Kirk killing, the Melissa Horman killing (MN state legislator), and the CDC shooting.
The president omitting Horman and CDC, but reaching back 8 years for a non-deadly shooting to cite, conveys approval of those shootings.