Adam J Schmidt

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Stoked that the Muppet Show is back! www.disneyplus.com/browse/entit...

Marc Elias: I am here to sound a larger and louder alarm than I ever have before. [Trump's] is setting up the mechanism to seize ballots in 2026. He has found a prosecutor in Missouri. That prosecutor apparently has nationwide jurisdiction, so he has found a willing prosecutor to do these things.

Loudermilk won’t seek reelection, opening fourth Georgia House seat

Republican Rep. Barry Loudermilk announces he won't seek a seventh term representing Georgia's 11th Congressional District. Trump carried this constituency, which is based in the northwestern Atlanta suburbs and exurbs, 61-38.

Letter from Senator Ron Wyden: Dear CIA Director Ratcliffe, I write to alert you to a classified letter I sent you earlier today in which I express deep concerns about CIA activities. Thank you for your attention to this important matter. Sincerely, Ron Wyden U.S. Senator

I don’t like this

Cartoon. Captain Haddock (tired and highly emotional): 'Wat een week, he?' Tintin: 'Kapitein, het is woensdag.'

Ads are coming to AI. But not to Claude. Keep thinking.

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

The Murder of The Washington Post Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.

"We’re witnessing a murder.

Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of The Washington Post, and Will Lewis, the publisher he appointed at the end of 2023, are embarking on the latest step of their plan to kill everything that makes the paper special."

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YouTube video by John McCain John McCain: A Lifetime of Courageous Service

Interesting to imagine how the past 25 years may have been different had he won in 2000. youtu.be/L0VMWLrJgfU?...

Democrats should defund and restrain ICE to the degree possible. And they should insist on this condition at least: No ICE (or Border Patrol) anywhere near the polls or early voting election locations this fall.

Have you seen the cabinet meetings they're televising? I don't think there's much chance of "the Vice President and a majority of ... the principal officers of the executive departments" agreeing that Trump is "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office" 😐

Yeah, sounds like we're hitting the point where that's going to be untenable. Reminds me a bit of what I've heard about Opus Dei.

Society of Saint Pius X - Wikipedia

Trying to understand the structure here -- are they already a fully separate organization? Or does it operate like the Knights of Columbus as a parallel organization where Catholics are members?

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Pope Leo XIV faces crisis as a traditionalist group plans bishop consecrations without consent Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics. A breakaway group attached to the traditional Latin Mass, the Society of St.

Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics.

These yahoos want to go toe to toe with Leo?

They did this once before. Got excommunicated. Benedict worked out a compromise, and they were readmitted.

Now they say if they don't get their way, all the way, The Church will die.

They want papal powers.

That will destroy The Church.

Fuck them.

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Knee jerk reaction to a gif -- but I understand how that could be misinterpreted if one is looking at my original post through the lens of being a criticism of Judaism. Which again, was not my intent.

The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.

The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.

https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3

The Paramilitary ICE and CBP Units at the Center of Minnesota's Killings Two agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly part of highly militarized DHS units whose extreme tactics are generally reserved for war zones.

Two agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly part of paramilitary tactical units—including ICE’s two Special Response Teams (SRT), CBP’s one SRT, and the Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC)—whose extreme tactics are generally reserved for war zones.

Matthew Chapter 5 - starting with the Beatitudes - closes with a call to "love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you"

Been a while, but I'm broadly familiar with it. My 7th grader is in CCD so we've also been discussing what they cover and Matthew's been on the liturgical calendar.

Can't speak to the history of the Christian bible, just my own intentions. That said, I've never considered criticism of the Pharisees or other sects from 2,000 years ago as mapping to modern day Judaism.

That's not how getting an autism diagnosis works... 🤬

Is this what the advice"dress for the job you want" gets you when the job you want is paramilitary death squad? 😬

This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.

DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.

Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.

Because I was citing a parable from the New Testament as a way to strengthen a criticism of "trad caths" with no intended commentary on Judaism.

Natalie Johnson @nataliejohnsonn x.com Nancy Mace claiming she doesn't drink alcohol might be the funniest, most brazen lie she's told to date. The woman drank so much she'd have interns or junior staff run to Congressional Liquor during the work day so she could imbibe during telephone town halls. Last edited 2:04 PM • 2/3/26 • 7.1K Views

Former Nancy Mace aide @nataliejohnson.bsky.social on Mace’s claim she doesn’t drink

Never forget: Pam Bondi and Kash said there was nothing in the Epstein files back in March

Masked thugs on the streets.
Measles outbreaks across the nation.
Blatant government corruption.
Coverup of group of elite sex offenders.
Ruling party trying to rig elections.
Leader building grandiose monuments to himself.
Collapse of remnants of nonpartisan civil service.

Third world America.

They just blindly shot through the fucking door.

"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."