Heidi Jon Schmidt
@heidijon.bsky.social
Author, Democrat, mom
New York Times, The Atlantic, Boston Globe Mag, etc.
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New York Times, The Atlantic, Boston Globe Mag, etc.
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The Protectors
Minnesota has trained 30,000 Constitutional Observers. Every state needs that many. We have to hold this rogue government to the law, and to human decency.
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The Protectors
As we come together to protect our neighbors, we form a front line to protect democracy. open.substack.com/pub/hjs24pea...
As we come together to protect our neighbors, we form a front line to protect democracy. open.substack.com/pub/hjs24pea...
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The @ACLU has filed a class action damages suit against federal & state officers over an Idaho immigration raid last October. 200 armed officers raided a horse-race festival, detaining 400 Latinos for 4 hrs. All adults & many teens ziptied & searched.
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#1 in Rodriguez v. Porter (D. Idaho, 1:26-cv-00075) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against All Defendants ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number AIDDC-3055371.), filed by All Plaintiffs. (Attachments: # 1 Cover Sheet Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Cover Sheet Civil Cover Sheet Attachme...
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February 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The @ACLU has filed a class action damages suit against federal & state officers over an Idaho immigration raid last October. 200 armed officers raided a horse-race festival, detaining 400 Latinos for 4 hrs. All adults & many teens ziptied & searched.
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Our nation has a poverty problem because it has a billionaire problem.
February 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Our nation has a poverty problem because it has a billionaire problem.
Power to the Protectors
The Protectors
As we come together to protect our neighbors, we form a front line to protect democracy. open.substack.com/pub/hjs24pea...
As we come together to protect our neighbors, we form a front line to protect democracy. open.substack.com/pub/hjs24pea...
The Protectors
Minnesota has trained 30,000 Constitutional Observers. Every state needs that many. We have to hold this rogue government to the law, and to human decency.
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Power to the Protectors
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Instead of firing 300 journalists, the Washington Post should fire the executives who approved the endorsement of Bondi. In the meantime, if you want to support the pro-democracy outlet that understood the threat from the start, subscribe to Democracy Docket now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
February 7, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Instead of firing 300 journalists, the Washington Post should fire the executives who approved the endorsement of Bondi. In the meantime, if you want to support the pro-democracy outlet that understood the threat from the start, subscribe to Democracy Docket now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
The Protectors
As we come together to protect our neighbors, we form a front line to protect democracy. open.substack.com/pub/hjs24pea...
As we come together to protect our neighbors, we form a front line to protect democracy. open.substack.com/pub/hjs24pea...
The Protectors
Minnesota has trained 30,000 Constitutional Observers. Every state needs that many. We have to hold this rogue government to the law, and to human decency.
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:48 AM
The Protectors
As we come together to protect our neighbors, we form a front line to protect democracy. open.substack.com/pub/hjs24pea...
As we come together to protect our neighbors, we form a front line to protect democracy. open.substack.com/pub/hjs24pea...
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they're killing the moms
they're killing the dads
they're stealing and traumatizing the children
they're killing the dads
they're stealing and traumatizing the children
I talked with parents, teachers and kids about ICE's ongoing operation and how it has upended their day-to-day lives. One of the harder stories I've reported. For @rewirenewsgroup.com
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‘Bad Guys Are Taking Mommies and Daddies’: ICE Upends Minneapolis Kids' Lives
In Minneapolis, parents must figure that out, while teachers face half-empty classrooms as students stay home for fear of abduction.
rewirenewsgroup.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:19 PM
they're killing the moms
they're killing the dads
they're stealing and traumatizing the children
they're killing the dads
they're stealing and traumatizing the children
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No masks on cops. No masks on cops. No masks on cops. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Real Reason ICE Agents Wear Masks
Face-coverings may work less to protect federal agents from danger than to make it easier for them to do unconstitutional things.
www.theatlantic.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:41 PM
No masks on cops. No masks on cops. No masks on cops. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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How much of that $5 billion is going towards the operation that controls Tulsi Gabbard for Russia?
Russia is reportedly spending around $5 billion per year “on information operations, troll and bot farms, paid influencers” to sow global instability.
![Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63
Hmm, doesn't sound like Russia is preparing for peace...
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SPRAVDI — Stratcom Centre @ • 2d
Russia is now spending around $5 billion/year on information operations, troll and bot farms, paid influencers, aimed at sowing instability globally and diminishing support for Ukraine.
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February 2, 2026 at 8:48 PM
How much of that $5 billion is going towards the operation that controls Tulsi Gabbard for Russia?
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DM me? We used to get hundreds of highly qualified applicants for a single job posting. Good prosecutors are increasingly hesitant to work for this DOJ.
January 31, 2026 at 3:51 PM
DM me? We used to get hundreds of highly qualified applicants for a single job posting. Good prosecutors are increasingly hesitant to work for this DOJ.
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Last week, the White House posted a fake photo of a Minnesota protester. Why would we believe anything they say about the Epstein files and why they're withholding some of them?
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Last week, the White House posted a fake photo of a Minnesota protester. Why would we believe anything they say about the Epstein files and why they're withholding some of them?
Knoxville TENNESSEE right now
January 30, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Knoxville TENNESSEE right now
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🚨BREAKING: Outrage and grave concern about the midterm elections followed in the wake of the FBI’s court-authorized raid of the Fulton County, Georgia elections office Wednesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘Five alarm fire for democracy’: Dems, voting advocates voice outrage at FBI raid of Georgia elections office
Outrage and grave concern about the midterm elections followed in the wake of the FBI’s court-authorized raid of the Fulton County, Georgia elections office.
www.democracydocket.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:55 PM
🚨BREAKING: Outrage and grave concern about the midterm elections followed in the wake of the FBI’s court-authorized raid of the Fulton County, Georgia elections office Wednesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
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@citizensforethics.org: "We are grateful for the Court’s thorough decision which will ensure Americans know exactly how their government is spending—or not spending—their tax dollars.” www.citizensforethics.org/news/press-r...
Court once again shuts down OMB attempts to keep spending secret - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
A federal judge ordered the Trump admin to reveal legally binding plans to spend congressionally appropriated funds today in a lawsuit brought by CREW against OMB and OMB's Director Russell Vought.
www.citizensforethics.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:28 PM
@citizensforethics.org: "We are grateful for the Court’s thorough decision which will ensure Americans know exactly how their government is spending—or not spending—their tax dollars.” www.citizensforethics.org/news/press-r...
The mirror shows they’re fascists. They don’t want to look.
Duckworth on Senate Republicans: "I gotta be honest with you. When I talk to a few of my colleagues, they had not even seen the videos. It's almost like they put blinders on. They're uneasy."
January 27, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The mirror shows they’re fascists. They don’t want to look.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar on a homicide in a Texas immigrant detention facility: "I've learned nothing else from DHS, and I think what's also very telling is DHS tried to deport the witnesses to this homicide"
January 27, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Rep. Veronica Escobar on a homicide in a Texas immigrant detention facility: "I've learned nothing else from DHS, and I think what's also very telling is DHS tried to deport the witnesses to this homicide"
The media empowers fascists every day:
This is one of the most important posts you’re read and share in a while.
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 27, 2026 at 3:55 PM
The media empowers fascists every day:
Please God
Feels like Trump is pretty much unconditionally surrendering as support collapses
January 26, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Please God
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Utah Sen. John Curtis calls for an independent investigation into Alex Pretti's shooting in Minneapolis. https://ow.ly/4FBh50Y42xr
Utah GOP senator criticizes Trump administration, calls for investigation into Minneapolis shooting
Utah Sen. John Curtis called Monday for a
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January 26, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Utah Sen. John Curtis calls for an independent investigation into Alex Pretti's shooting in Minneapolis. https://ow.ly/4FBh50Y42xr
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My latest: ICE releases Guatemalan mother after seven months. It failed to provide a reason or evidence justifying her detention.
The mother said her strength came from her local church in a Chicago suburb, which rallied around her family during that time.
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/25/m...
The mother said her strength came from her local church in a Chicago suburb, which rallied around her family during that time.
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/25/m...
A mother’s way home: How a church community sustained a Chicago-area family through ICE detention
While Marina Lopez was in ICE detention for seven months, parishioners in her church stepped up to help care for her family.
www.chicagotribune.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:10 PM
My latest: ICE releases Guatemalan mother after seven months. It failed to provide a reason or evidence justifying her detention.
The mother said her strength came from her local church in a Chicago suburb, which rallied around her family during that time.
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/25/m...
The mother said her strength came from her local church in a Chicago suburb, which rallied around her family during that time.
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/25/m...
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Do not let GOP lie & blame govt shutdown on Dems. They can remove the DHS funding vote from the package and proceed with the other funding votes. CALL SUSAN COLLINS Chair of Appropriations and tell her to do just that. 202-224-2523
Call your Senators too! 202-224-3121 www.notus.org/congress/rep...
Call your Senators too! 202-224-3121 www.notus.org/congress/rep...
Republicans Won't Split the DHS Funding Bill as a Partial Shutdown Grows Likelier
Senate Democrats said they will not vote for a package that includes money for the Department of Homeland Security.
www.notus.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Do not let GOP lie & blame govt shutdown on Dems. They can remove the DHS funding vote from the package and proceed with the other funding votes. CALL SUSAN COLLINS Chair of Appropriations and tell her to do just that. 202-224-2523
Call your Senators too! 202-224-3121 www.notus.org/congress/rep...
Call your Senators too! 202-224-3121 www.notus.org/congress/rep...
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Postscript: Here are two people who brought guns to a protest and are not only still alive, but were subsequently invited to speak at the 2020 RNC. The fact that this protest was in support of George Floyd does not imply a contradiction in the gun nut world view.
January 26, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Postscript: Here are two people who brought guns to a protest and are not only still alive, but were subsequently invited to speak at the 2020 RNC. The fact that this protest was in support of George Floyd does not imply a contradiction in the gun nut world view.
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Not one more $ for pedophile protector/GOP’s terrorization of America! Dept. of Homeland Security’s budget is more than the budget of the U.S. Marines! Funding for ICE is more than most countries’ military budget - ICE would be in the top 15 to 20 countries for military budget! #FundHealthcareNotICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Not one more $ for pedophile protector/GOP’s terrorization of America! Dept. of Homeland Security’s budget is more than the budget of the U.S. Marines! Funding for ICE is more than most countries’ military budget - ICE would be in the top 15 to 20 countries for military budget! #FundHealthcareNotICE