Schmidtier

Schmidtier

@schmidtier.bsky.social

Working-class writer and leftist—forklift certified.

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Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

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🤣🤣 BREAKING: A reporter asked Mike Johnson at a press conference today, “Should we bother asking you any questions about Max Miller, Trump’s latest Iran deal, or his Capital One scandal, or have you not heard about any of them yet?"

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It is crazy to say this about the Argentinean team. They're not babies. They might be soft like babies. They might cry like babies. They might even throw little tantrums if they don't get their way. But they're full-ass adults. And their coach should talk to them, actually.

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Congrats to Spain. A generational ham country. Ham as a fingerfood, ham as a meal. They earned that trophy in my book. The ham book, in this instance.

The reason "the Left" celebrates the death of their opposition is because the Left is opposed to murder. So when a despicable little miscreant, who never met a war he didn't like or a school in the Middle East that he didn't want to see turned into rubble, we celebrate the off chance it helps.

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Just 10 people have already poured $617 MILLION into this year’s midterm elections. In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million. This is not sustainable. We need to get Big Money out of our democracy.

Steinbeck's Red Pony might just be one of the most devastating things I've ever read, but it's going to take me a while to really define why. What I'll never be able to do is recommend it highly enough or explain just how wrong the Goodreads rating is.

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The richest 10% of Americans own roughly 87% of stocks. The richest 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks. It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.

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Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.

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Pope Leo XIV carried the cross across all fourteen stations for over an hour. The prayers named children who had been “taken away and imprisoned during protests, deported by policies devoid of compassion, shipwrecked on desperate journeys of hope, killed in war zones, and wiped out in death camps.”

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Walz: We will never leave the side of our Somali Minnesotans. Here's our pledge to you, our Somali Minnesotans, your great grandchildren will still be here when that orange clown is in the dustbin of history.

"All around is anger, automatic guns Is death in large numbers No respect for women or our little ones I tried talking to Jesus But He just put me on hold Said He'd been swamped by calls this week And He could not shake his cold" - Colin Hay (Beautiful World)

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I'm sorry ma'am, but your son perished on Kharg Island in a valiant effort to create Wii Bowling meme videos for the White House X account. In the face of danger, he was not cringe; he was based to his last breath. Please have this commemorative Epic Fury challenge coin. Yes that's Punisher, ma'am

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When Trump said he would bring on a "New Golden Age," he was talking about his wallet.

Zach Everson@zacheverson.com

Good morning! Since Trump was re-elected, Forbes estimates— 💰His net worth is up $2.1 billion, to $6.4 billion 💰Eric’s is up 10x, to $400 million 💰Don Jr.’s is up 6x, to $300 million 💰19-year-old Barron is worth $150 million And Jared became a billionaire last year. Have a great day!

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Thanks to Trump's attacks on federal research funding, the National Cancer Institute hasn't made a single grant this fiscal year. Just last month, Trump issued an EO to increase production of glyphosate, a chemical linked to cancer. "Make America Healthy Again."

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ilhan omar might be the bravest american in congress right now. solidarity to her forever, i wish she could be president

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib heckle Trump as he goes full fear-mongering white nationalist