John Schroeder
@john-schroeder.bsky.social
Dad, diver, soccer player, software engineer, entrepreneur, democracy advocate, Yosemite lover. Bread and Roses!
@avindman.bsky.social I hope this is the kind of participatory campaign you’re planning!
We have a crisis of political agency.
But if you start asking people to do more than donate or knock doors they have more standing to demand policy and political reform.
Even a lot of otherwise decent electeds want a transactional rather than participatory relationship with their supporters.
But if you start asking people to do more than donate or knock doors they have more standing to demand policy and political reform.
Even a lot of otherwise decent electeds want a transactional rather than participatory relationship with their supporters.
100%. I honestly believe political leaders ask too little of people. The thinking is you need an extraordinarily low bar - so ask people for money or to sign something. People want to be part of something and they're eager to do real meaningful work in defense of their community and their rights.
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 AM
@avindman.bsky.social I hope this is the kind of participatory campaign you’re planning!
Patel is such a tool. Like what, he jammed both mags in the pistol? So ignorant, no understanding of firearms at all. 2a folks must have some serious cognitive dissonance.
“No one who wants to be peaceful shows up at a protest with a firearm that is loaded with two full magazines,” Patel said.
“No one who wants to be peaceful shows up at a protest with a firearm that is loaded with two full magazines,” Patel said.
January 28, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Patel is such a tool. Like what, he jammed both mags in the pistol? So ignorant, no understanding of firearms at all. 2a folks must have some serious cognitive dissonance.
“No one who wants to be peaceful shows up at a protest with a firearm that is loaded with two full magazines,” Patel said.
“No one who wants to be peaceful shows up at a protest with a firearm that is loaded with two full magazines,” Patel said.
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my grandmother, an Auschwitz survivor, was Anne Frank’s neighbor in Amsterdam, and Oma thinks this comparison is perfectly apt
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 2:37 AM
my grandmother, an Auschwitz survivor, was Anne Frank’s neighbor in Amsterdam, and Oma thinks this comparison is perfectly apt
Write better headlines @the-independent.com ! I know it’s a quotation. But “amateurish” is a politician saying she is deeply concerned and then doing nothing. Leading trump’s secret police and pushing to give them blanket immunity even if they murder civilians is a moral travesty.
Republicans say Kristi Noem must go after Minnesota shooting: ‘It’s just amateurish’
Republicans say Kristi Noem must go after Minnesota shooting: ‘It’s just amateurish’
Republicans say Kristi Noem must go after Minnesota shooting: ‘It’s just amateurish’
www.independent.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Write better headlines @the-independent.com ! I know it’s a quotation. But “amateurish” is a politician saying she is deeply concerned and then doing nothing. Leading trump’s secret police and pushing to give them blanket immunity even if they murder civilians is a moral travesty.
This kills me. Play the videos in committee. Play the second by second NYT video analysis on the floor, in the hallways, make it unavoidable. So obvious, just like every dem should be organizing rotations to be out on the streets in Minneapolis in force. I expected more from @duckworth.senate.gov
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 3:25 PM
This kills me. Play the videos in committee. Play the second by second NYT video analysis on the floor, in the hallways, make it unavoidable. So obvious, just like every dem should be organizing rotations to be out on the streets in Minneapolis in force. I expected more from @duckworth.senate.gov
Stephen Miller: “Migrants and their descendants recreate the conditions, and terrors, of their broken homelands.”…[But] the “conditions and terrors” of immigrants’ “broken homelands” weren’t being re-created by immigrants. They were being re-created by people like Miller.
- @adamserwer.bsky.social
- @adamserwer.bsky.social
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Stephen Miller: “Migrants and their descendants recreate the conditions, and terrors, of their broken homelands.”…[But] the “conditions and terrors” of immigrants’ “broken homelands” weren’t being re-created by immigrants. They were being re-created by people like Miller.
- @adamserwer.bsky.social
- @adamserwer.bsky.social
This puts to words exactly what I’ve been afraid of: Trump throw out just enough symbolic compliance that our trajectory doesn’t get the radical, meaningful change we need and deserve.
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 27, 2026 at 3:30 AM
This puts to words exactly what I’ve been afraid of: Trump throw out just enough symbolic compliance that our trajectory doesn’t get the radical, meaningful change we need and deserve.
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Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
Yup, this is straight up Brownshirt stuff now. If state politicians don’t comply, then the govt starts a terror campaign to kidnap and shooting people in your city. The quiet part out loud. Not even remotely about arresting criminals or law enforcement.
Bovino: "Choosing or making a choice is one of the only true freedoms any of us really have ... when as a politician you choose collusion & corruption as a choice, then there are consequences and actions that take place because of that. That's one reason CBP & ICE are here in Mpls by the thousands."
January 26, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Yup, this is straight up Brownshirt stuff now. If state politicians don’t comply, then the govt starts a terror campaign to kidnap and shooting people in your city. The quiet part out loud. Not even remotely about arresting criminals or law enforcement.
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
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My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti
Absolutely heartbreaking
Absolutely heartbreaking
January 25, 2026 at 4:19 PM
My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti
Absolutely heartbreaking
Absolutely heartbreaking
I don’t have the words to describe how awful this is. No one, especially kids, deserve this. Fight or flight indeed.
January 23, 2026 at 8:48 PM
I don’t have the words to describe how awful this is. No one, especially kids, deserve this. Fight or flight indeed.
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“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
January 23, 2026 at 12:25 PM
“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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💯 Every. Fucking. Word.
January 22, 2026 at 11:32 PM
💯 Every. Fucking. Word.
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🇪🇸🇪🇺 Spain’s MEP Irene Montero went nuclear in the European Parliament, accusing Europe of humiliating itself before Donald Trump, according to Clash Report.
"Do you still believe that by helping the United States to commit its crimes, we will be safe?
"Do you still believe that by helping the United States to commit its crimes, we will be safe?
January 21, 2026 at 9:24 AM
🇪🇸🇪🇺 Spain’s MEP Irene Montero went nuclear in the European Parliament, accusing Europe of humiliating itself before Donald Trump, according to Clash Report.
"Do you still believe that by helping the United States to commit its crimes, we will be safe?
"Do you still believe that by helping the United States to commit its crimes, we will be safe?
“…the president of the United States is the leader of the free world. And you cannot envision NATO without the leader of the free world being an integral part of that organization.”
Leader of the free world? Minneapolis would like a word. Mark Rutte needs to expand his imagination in a hurry.
Leader of the free world? Minneapolis would like a word. Mark Rutte needs to expand his imagination in a hurry.
January 21, 2026 at 2:20 PM
“…the president of the United States is the leader of the free world. And you cannot envision NATO without the leader of the free world being an integral part of that organization.”
Leader of the free world? Minneapolis would like a word. Mark Rutte needs to expand his imagination in a hurry.
Leader of the free world? Minneapolis would like a word. Mark Rutte needs to expand his imagination in a hurry.
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Watch that. And then tell me how we replace Schumer with her
January 21, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Watch that. And then tell me how we replace Schumer with her
So, republicans are now ok with invading Greenland. There’s a new tripwire force of Danes, Swedes, Germans and I believe UK too. Worst of all for the 11th airborne or whoever gets the call, the Finns have a contingent there as well. Taking Greenland by force will not be a Venezuela cakewalk.
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Says ‘You’ll Find Out’ How Far He’ll Go to Get Greenland
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:19 AM
So, republicans are now ok with invading Greenland. There’s a new tripwire force of Danes, Swedes, Germans and I believe UK too. Worst of all for the 11th airborne or whoever gets the call, the Finns have a contingent there as well. Taking Greenland by force will not be a Venezuela cakewalk.
I had this thought too, not to mention the interplanetary travel 😂
we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)
January 20, 2026 at 10:45 PM
I had this thought too, not to mention the interplanetary travel 😂
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Acting Field Director David Easterwood.
VAN SUSTEREN: The church -- that's a particularly troubling issue because you got a pastor, I purposely didn't name it, he's reportedly associated with ICE
NOEM: Thank you for not naming him. People don't realize that when you keep naming someone over and over, you increase the threats against them
NOEM: Thank you for not naming him. People don't realize that when you keep naming someone over and over, you increase the threats against them
January 20, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Acting Field Director David Easterwood.
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I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
Despite Trump’s promises, grocery prices are still rising fast. Families can’t afford this… when is he going to get serious about lowering costs?
January 19, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-st-pau...
This is beyond the pale. ICE is truly the worst of the worst. And I’m sure the address was served up to ICE by the infallible app the WH and maga cult is hyping as more accurate than a birth certificate.
This is beyond the pale. ICE is truly the worst of the worst. And I’m sure the address was served up to ICE by the infallible app the WH and maga cult is hyping as more accurate than a birth certificate.
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 2:39 AM
www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-st-pau...
This is beyond the pale. ICE is truly the worst of the worst. And I’m sure the address was served up to ICE by the infallible app the WH and maga cult is hyping as more accurate than a birth certificate.
This is beyond the pale. ICE is truly the worst of the worst. And I’m sure the address was served up to ICE by the infallible app the WH and maga cult is hyping as more accurate than a birth certificate.
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The Civil Rights Division is going to charge a Black Man under the Ku Klux Klan Act on MLK day.
Do I have that right?
Do I have that right?
January 20, 2026 at 1:21 AM
The Civil Rights Division is going to charge a Black Man under the Ku Klux Klan Act on MLK day.
Do I have that right?
Do I have that right?
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
(🎶)
DAY 18 JANUARY 2026
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
TODAY
Let's all honor the people of Minneapolis
Try to imagine if this was your hometown
BRAVE, INSPIRATIONAL, & AN UNWAVERING SPIRIT
Here they sing to people
who are in fear
🎶To you who are locked inside 🎶⬇️😪🙏⬇️
(🎶)
DAY 18 JANUARY 2026
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
TODAY
Let's all honor the people of Minneapolis
Try to imagine if this was your hometown
BRAVE, INSPIRATIONAL, & AN UNWAVERING SPIRIT
Here they sing to people
who are in fear
🎶To you who are locked inside 🎶⬇️😪🙏⬇️
January 19, 2026 at 1:17 AM
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
(🎶)
DAY 18 JANUARY 2026
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
TODAY
Let's all honor the people of Minneapolis
Try to imagine if this was your hometown
BRAVE, INSPIRATIONAL, & AN UNWAVERING SPIRIT
Here they sing to people
who are in fear
🎶To you who are locked inside 🎶⬇️😪🙏⬇️
(🎶)
DAY 18 JANUARY 2026
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
TODAY
Let's all honor the people of Minneapolis
Try to imagine if this was your hometown
BRAVE, INSPIRATIONAL, & AN UNWAVERING SPIRIT
Here they sing to people
who are in fear
🎶To you who are locked inside 🎶⬇️😪🙏⬇️
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We can't have another presidency like (or with the mindset) of Joe Biden.
There's no return to status quo normalcy the day after Trump (or Vance) is gone. That is only the start of a period, for some years, of reconstruction to establish a new constitutional settlement. And that means, by necessity, extraordinary measures not necessarily intended to be permanent features.
January 18, 2026 at 11:19 PM
We can't have another presidency like (or with the mindset) of Joe Biden.