Tim Schaefer (they/he)
@tharoldschaefer.bsky.social
41-year-old socialist guy in Milwaukee, WI. Staffer for WI Reps. Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy. DMs open to constituents and nice people in general.
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SPPD supporting ICE raid on the East Side of St Paul today.
@mayorcarter.bsky.social, this is NOT what we want.
@mayorcarter.bsky.social, this is NOT what we want.
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
SPPD supporting ICE raid on the East Side of St Paul today.
@mayorcarter.bsky.social, this is NOT what we want.
@mayorcarter.bsky.social, this is NOT what we want.
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Reminder:
The use of tear gas as a method of warfare is prohibited under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention
The use of tear gas as a method of warfare is prohibited under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention
Reminder of all the side effects of tear gas & it's just being deployed in residential neighborhoods for a gaggle or three of people who don't want their neighbors kidnapped.
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Reminder:
The use of tear gas as a method of warfare is prohibited under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention
The use of tear gas as a method of warfare is prohibited under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention
This is pretty clearly St. Paul police collaborating with ICE, no? Fucking disgusting. bsky.app/profile/viam...
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This is pretty clearly St. Paul police collaborating with ICE, no? Fucking disgusting. bsky.app/profile/viam...
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Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
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This is a great idea -- price fixing by algorithm is still price fixing but with plausible deniability.
We should not let landlords collude to raise rents, especially in the midst of a nationwide housing crisis.
We should not let landlords collude to raise rents, especially in the midst of a nationwide housing crisis.
Today Portland City Council will have a final hearing and vote on my Algorithmic Price Fixing Ban!
So grateful for leaders like @agdanrayfield.bsky.social for leading the charge in the courts. Corporations should not be taking advantage of regular people for profit. Affordable rent NOW!
So grateful for leaders like @agdanrayfield.bsky.social for leading the charge in the courts. Corporations should not be taking advantage of regular people for profit. Affordable rent NOW!
BREAKING NEWS: We’ve secured a $7 million settlement holding the largest U.S. landlord accountable for a price fixing scheme – and putting a check on the rising cost of rentals.
#consumerprotection #orpol
#consumerprotection #orpol
November 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This is a great idea -- price fixing by algorithm is still price fixing but with plausible deniability.
We should not let landlords collude to raise rents, especially in the midst of a nationwide housing crisis.
We should not let landlords collude to raise rents, especially in the midst of a nationwide housing crisis.
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If anyone has time to talk with me about their ACA increases and how they're coping, please shoot an email to [email protected] or text on Signal at wwimbish.07.
It's OK if you want to only use your first name or prefer to be anonymous!
It's OK if you want to only use your first name or prefer to be anonymous!
November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
If anyone has time to talk with me about their ACA increases and how they're coping, please shoot an email to [email protected] or text on Signal at wwimbish.07.
It's OK if you want to only use your first name or prefer to be anonymous!
It's OK if you want to only use your first name or prefer to be anonymous!
I originally took bubropion for ADHD, which didn't really work, but a nice side effect is that I haven't had a cigarette in years. Just FYI!
Ok the time has come. I for real need to quit cigs once and for all. Nasty habit that makes me smell bad and look old.
November 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I originally took bubropion for ADHD, which didn't really work, but a nice side effect is that I haven't had a cigarette in years. Just FYI!
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We should not be telling people on FoodShare/SNAP what they can or can't buy for their families. Especially not now, as the Trump Administration is threatening to claw back November's benefits, out of spite.
This bill is badly written, mean, and terrible policy.
www.wpr.org/news/assembl... (1/2)
This bill is badly written, mean, and terrible policy.
www.wpr.org/news/assembl... (1/2)
Assembly to vote on bill blocking SNAP recipients from buying candy, soft drinks and energy drinks
Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly are holding a vote on a bill preventing SNAP recipients from using their benefits to purchase candy, soft drinks and energy drinks.
www.wpr.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
We should not be telling people on FoodShare/SNAP what they can or can't buy for their families. Especially not now, as the Trump Administration is threatening to claw back November's benefits, out of spite.
This bill is badly written, mean, and terrible policy.
www.wpr.org/news/assembl... (1/2)
This bill is badly written, mean, and terrible policy.
www.wpr.org/news/assembl... (1/2)
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Chicago Trib on teenage anti-ICE activists: "If I get the opportunity to fight like this for the rest of my life, I would be totally OK with that."
The future of our country depends, in part, upon whether the Democratic Party does or does not have space for young people like that.
archive.ph/qsazc
The future of our country depends, in part, upon whether the Democratic Party does or does not have space for young people like that.
archive.ph/qsazc
November 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Chicago Trib on teenage anti-ICE activists: "If I get the opportunity to fight like this for the rest of my life, I would be totally OK with that."
The future of our country depends, in part, upon whether the Democratic Party does or does not have space for young people like that.
archive.ph/qsazc
The future of our country depends, in part, upon whether the Democratic Party does or does not have space for young people like that.
archive.ph/qsazc
Lots of dumb stuff going through the Crapitol this week but a bill punishing people on FoodShare/SNAP that's endorsed by *chiropractors* and *naturopathic doctors* (neither of which are medical doctors) is specifically really fucking annoying *to me*. www.wpr.org/news/assembl...
Assembly to vote on bill blocking SNAP recipients from buying candy, soft drinks and energy drinks
Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly are holding a vote on a bill preventing SNAP recipients from using their benefits to purchase candy, soft drinks and energy drinks.
www.wpr.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Lots of dumb stuff going through the Crapitol this week but a bill punishing people on FoodShare/SNAP that's endorsed by *chiropractors* and *naturopathic doctors* (neither of which are medical doctors) is specifically really fucking annoying *to me*. www.wpr.org/news/assembl...
Oh, well, no big deal then ha ha
today's unprecedented foreign terror designation of Antifa has resulted in exactly zero (0) cable news segments 👍
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Oh, well, no big deal then ha ha
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game recognize game
Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
game recognize game
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Even worse: charter schools and voucher schools (in Wisconsin, at least!) can pick and choose which students they accept, even expelling kids with special needs.
That puts the cost back on public schools -- who are only reimbursed around 42.5% of the cost.
It's a failed, unaccountable system.
That puts the cost back on public schools -- who are only reimbursed around 42.5% of the cost.
It's a failed, unaccountable system.
Getting annoyed listening to charter school activists lie again and again that charter schools are public schools.
They are not.
They are publicly funded private schools that siphon money away from public schools and produce no better results.
They are not.
They are publicly funded private schools that siphon money away from public schools and produce no better results.
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Even worse: charter schools and voucher schools (in Wisconsin, at least!) can pick and choose which students they accept, even expelling kids with special needs.
That puts the cost back on public schools -- who are only reimbursed around 42.5% of the cost.
It's a failed, unaccountable system.
That puts the cost back on public schools -- who are only reimbursed around 42.5% of the cost.
It's a failed, unaccountable system.
NOT ALL SCHAEFERS bsky.app/profile/tayl...
also i told jamal osman on election night that elizabeth shaffer had won and he told me a story about asking for safe needle disposal in a park and shaffer saying no because it will "encourage drug use." he was just like "it'll encourage kids not stepping on needles!"
GOOD LUCK TO US ALL
GOOD LUCK TO US ALL
November 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
NOT ALL SCHAEFERS bsky.app/profile/tayl...
When you're reading the room, and everyone in the room wants you to leave, but you're too stupid to know it. bsky.app/profile/whit...
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
When you're reading the room, and everyone in the room wants you to leave, but you're too stupid to know it. bsky.app/profile/whit...
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THE KHANATE RISES AGAIN
mayor-elect mamdani immediately put former ftc chair and SUPERSTAR lina khan on his transition team :)
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
THE KHANATE RISES AGAIN
Sorry you fancy coasties can’t handle two cool Sconnie freaks 😎 🚽 💥 bsky.app/profile/tbon...
Actually everyone’s been really friendly but thanks for thinking of us!
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Sorry you fancy coasties can’t handle two cool Sconnie freaks 😎 🚽 💥 bsky.app/profile/tbon...
This was very obviously inevitable, fro the jump. But Republicans don’t care about safety, they care about stoking fear and maintaining order, with them in charge. That only sometimes has anything to do with “fighting crime.” bsky.app/profile/dell...
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This was very obviously inevitable, fro the jump. But Republicans don’t care about safety, they care about stoking fear and maintaining order, with them in charge. That only sometimes has anything to do with “fighting crime.” bsky.app/profile/dell...
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WHEN: *Tomorrow starting at 10am*
WHERE: North Division High School (1011 W Center St, Milwaukee, WI 53206)
WHAT: Our Power, Our Future: Holding We Energies Accountable
Presented by Power Wisconsin Forward
Read more and RSVP here: powerwisconsinforward.com/our-power-ou...
WHERE: North Division High School (1011 W Center St, Milwaukee, WI 53206)
WHAT: Our Power, Our Future: Holding We Energies Accountable
Presented by Power Wisconsin Forward
Read more and RSVP here: powerwisconsinforward.com/our-power-ou...
October 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
WHEN: *Tomorrow starting at 10am*
WHERE: North Division High School (1011 W Center St, Milwaukee, WI 53206)
WHAT: Our Power, Our Future: Holding We Energies Accountable
Presented by Power Wisconsin Forward
Read more and RSVP here: powerwisconsinforward.com/our-power-ou...
WHERE: North Division High School (1011 W Center St, Milwaukee, WI 53206)
WHAT: Our Power, Our Future: Holding We Energies Accountable
Presented by Power Wisconsin Forward
Read more and RSVP here: powerwisconsinforward.com/our-power-ou...
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Amanda Seppanen is fundraising on a very short timeline to send students at La Escuela Fratney home with a food bag -- the goal is to provision all 530 students *tomorrow*, October 31st.
You can donate here (and/or share this post!) (1/3) gofund.me/8e64d55d4
You can donate here (and/or share this post!) (1/3) gofund.me/8e64d55d4
Donate to Feed Milwaukee Students Amid Shutdown, organized by Amanda Seppanen
Given the ongoing government shutdown, local families here in Milwaukee receivin… Amanda Seppanen needs your support for Feed Milwaukee Students Amid Shutdown
gofund.me
October 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Amanda Seppanen is fundraising on a very short timeline to send students at La Escuela Fratney home with a food bag -- the goal is to provision all 530 students *tomorrow*, October 31st.
You can donate here (and/or share this post!) (1/3) gofund.me/8e64d55d4
You can donate here (and/or share this post!) (1/3) gofund.me/8e64d55d4
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🍻 Solidarity with @uniteherelocal17.bsky.social!
👉 Indeed Brewing workers have been fighting for a *first* contract for 1.5 YEARS, but management has been stalling! The union workers need your support.
🚨 Tell management to stop stalling and settle the contract: actionnetwork.org/letters/inde...
👉 Indeed Brewing workers have been fighting for a *first* contract for 1.5 YEARS, but management has been stalling! The union workers need your support.
🚨 Tell management to stop stalling and settle the contract: actionnetwork.org/letters/inde...
Indeed Workers Fighting for a Contract
Indeed Brewing workers have been fighting for a first contract for a year and a half, but Indeed management has been stalling! The union workers need your support. Tell management to stop stalling an...
actionnetwork.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🍻 Solidarity with @uniteherelocal17.bsky.social!
👉 Indeed Brewing workers have been fighting for a *first* contract for 1.5 YEARS, but management has been stalling! The union workers need your support.
🚨 Tell management to stop stalling and settle the contract: actionnetwork.org/letters/inde...
👉 Indeed Brewing workers have been fighting for a *first* contract for 1.5 YEARS, but management has been stalling! The union workers need your support.
🚨 Tell management to stop stalling and settle the contract: actionnetwork.org/letters/inde...
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Today! @ 4pm
A virtual teach-in on local legislation, how to find bills, how the legislative process works, and how to fight for trans rights here in Milwaukee!
RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A virtual teach-in on local legislation, how to find bills, how the legislative process works, and how to fight for trans rights here in Milwaukee!
RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Today! @ 4pm
A virtual teach-in on local legislation, how to find bills, how the legislative process works, and how to fight for trans rights here in Milwaukee!
RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A virtual teach-in on local legislation, how to find bills, how the legislative process works, and how to fight for trans rights here in Milwaukee!
RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sorry but if you think law enforcement isn’t mostly giddy to collaborate with ICE, you’re a mark.
So long as there are cops, and they are well-funded at the expense of actual services, this is what they will do. Defund the police is the moderate position.
bsky.app/profile/free...
So long as there are cops, and they are well-funded at the expense of actual services, this is what they will do. Defund the police is the moderate position.
bsky.app/profile/free...
Audible gasps at the information that MPD and ICE use the same radio channels.
October 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Sorry but if you think law enforcement isn’t mostly giddy to collaborate with ICE, you’re a mark.
So long as there are cops, and they are well-funded at the expense of actual services, this is what they will do. Defund the police is the moderate position.
bsky.app/profile/free...
So long as there are cops, and they are well-funded at the expense of actual services, this is what they will do. Defund the police is the moderate position.
bsky.app/profile/free...