Patrick Schmidt
@pdwschmidt.bsky.social
Political scientist @MacalesterCollege: American law, comparative and historical constitutionalism, architecture, and...just curious about everything. Moot Court coach. Rarely refuses an opportunity for a dad joke.
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
One way to research this CNN article would be to interview the half dozen people I saw, earlier this month, drinking beers at the Quaker Steak 'n Lube in Cleveland-Hopkins Airport at 7 a.m. on a Sunday morning.
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
One way to research this CNN article would be to interview the half dozen people I saw, earlier this month, drinking beers at the Quaker Steak 'n Lube in Cleveland-Hopkins Airport at 7 a.m. on a Sunday morning.
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Yep, one of the biggest drivers of the elite panic around “wokeness” was the increasing prominence of Black people and particularly Black women in their fields and we’re seeing that coalition rewarded with the targeting of Black workers.
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Yep, one of the biggest drivers of the elite panic around “wokeness” was the increasing prominence of Black people and particularly Black women in their fields and we’re seeing that coalition rewarded with the targeting of Black workers.
I'm so amused by the shit that Google AI produces that I haven't turned it off.
Here, a search for "all-girl high schools in St. Paul" turns up as the "main" result...a school that closed in 1971. :-)
Here, a search for "all-girl high schools in St. Paul" turns up as the "main" result...a school that closed in 1971. :-)
November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I'm so amused by the shit that Google AI produces that I haven't turned it off.
Here, a search for "all-girl high schools in St. Paul" turns up as the "main" result...a school that closed in 1971. :-)
Here, a search for "all-girl high schools in St. Paul" turns up as the "main" result...a school that closed in 1971. :-)
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yup, it was on. Do not like. I unchecked the box.
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
yup, it was on. Do not like. I unchecked the box.
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Reminding people in the military and law enforcement of their oath and duty to the Constitution is only a bad thing to someone who wants to rip up the Constitution.
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Reminding people in the military and law enforcement of their oath and duty to the Constitution is only a bad thing to someone who wants to rip up the Constitution.
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Russ Vought is openly admitting this nomination is a front so he can stay on at the CFPB while he tries to shut it down.
Instead of lowering costs for Americans, Trump and Vought want to make it easier for giant corporations to scam families out of their money.
Instead of lowering costs for Americans, Trump and Vought want to make it easier for giant corporations to scam families out of their money.
Trump picks new CFPB director amid efforts to close agency
The nomination of Stuart Levenbach was a "technical" maneuver intended to extend White House budget director Russ Vought's oversight of the agency.
www.politico.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Russ Vought is openly admitting this nomination is a front so he can stay on at the CFPB while he tries to shut it down.
Instead of lowering costs for Americans, Trump and Vought want to make it easier for giant corporations to scam families out of their money.
Instead of lowering costs for Americans, Trump and Vought want to make it easier for giant corporations to scam families out of their money.
I'm squaring up to the reality that for the first time in...a long time...I'm going to file my taxes the old fashioned way, with forms, pen, and postal mail. I'm sure it will be a blast.
Intuit (TurboTax)'s corrupt dealings and integration of ChatGPT lost this customer.
Intuit (TurboTax)'s corrupt dealings and integration of ChatGPT lost this customer.
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I'm squaring up to the reality that for the first time in...a long time...I'm going to file my taxes the old fashioned way, with forms, pen, and postal mail. I'm sure it will be a blast.
Intuit (TurboTax)'s corrupt dealings and integration of ChatGPT lost this customer.
Intuit (TurboTax)'s corrupt dealings and integration of ChatGPT lost this customer.
This is just so offensive.
The rule of law is dying right in front of us. Impunity for the president's allies, vengeful prosecutions for his opponents.
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This is just so offensive.
Shouldn't it be "Americans with vaccine skepticism"?
"vaccine-skeptical Americans"
fuck off
fuck off
“What might it look like to open the Democratic tent to vaccine-skeptical Americans, of which there are a growing number?”
We saw this in the early 2010s in crunchy Marin suburbs! It sucked! Measles came back!
We saw this in the early 2010s in crunchy Marin suburbs! It sucked! Measles came back!
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Shouldn't it be "Americans with vaccine skepticism"?
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Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
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a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
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New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Civic education needs to return to teaching George Washington's Farewell Address.
"Being devoted to Israel is becoming increasingly incompatible with being a proud Democrat.”
-John Fetterman, on Bari Weiss' Free Press podcast "Honestly"
-John Fetterman, on Bari Weiss' Free Press podcast "Honestly"
November 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Civic education needs to return to teaching George Washington's Farewell Address.
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🔥 A former president & a former chairman of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) resigned from ISI’s board on Friday. One of them posted this warning that “conservative institutions are being systematically…undermined by post-liberals who promote a ‘no enemies to the right’ mindset.” 1/
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
🔥 A former president & a former chairman of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) resigned from ISI’s board on Friday. One of them posted this warning that “conservative institutions are being systematically…undermined by post-liberals who promote a ‘no enemies to the right’ mindset.” 1/
The only strategy that I might accept from the Schumer Democrats is that they wanted to force the House into session for a vote before December 2nd. Johnson seemed willing to endure a Thanksgiving shutdown to protect Trump. What now?
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The only strategy that I might accept from the Schumer Democrats is that they wanted to force the House into session for a vote before December 2nd. Johnson seemed willing to endure a Thanksgiving shutdown to protect Trump. What now?
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How not to play poker:
Player 1: I'm in
Player 2: I'll see you
P1: I raise because I have 3 kings!
P2: I'll raise too
P1: I fold, because even though I have not seen your hand it is must be better than mine or else you would not have raised after I told you what I was holding.
Player 1: I'm in
Player 2: I'll see you
P1: I raise because I have 3 kings!
P2: I'll raise too
P1: I fold, because even though I have not seen your hand it is must be better than mine or else you would not have raised after I told you what I was holding.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
How not to play poker:
Player 1: I'm in
Player 2: I'll see you
P1: I raise because I have 3 kings!
P2: I'll raise too
P1: I fold, because even though I have not seen your hand it is must be better than mine or else you would not have raised after I told you what I was holding.
Player 1: I'm in
Player 2: I'll see you
P1: I raise because I have 3 kings!
P2: I'll raise too
P1: I fold, because even though I have not seen your hand it is must be better than mine or else you would not have raised after I told you what I was holding.
At least 68 had one momentous summer.
i wonder if the number 68 ever feels left out. living in the shadow of 69 must have been a lot already, and now to live in the shadow of 67 also? brutal
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
At least 68 had one momentous summer.
Immediately going into my slides for my introductory lecture on data viz. Those red lines could have been made by sharpie!
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Immediately going into my slides for my introductory lecture on data viz. Those red lines could have been made by sharpie!
Justice Gorsuch's newfound concern with the "gradual...accretion of power in the executive branch" is welcome but rich.
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Justice Gorsuch's newfound concern with the "gradual...accretion of power in the executive branch" is welcome but rich.
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NEW from me: An Episcopal priest — a Kenyan national who works with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — has been detained by ICE, says diocese.
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
Episcopal priest has been detained by ICE in Texas, says diocese
(RNS) — 'We do not know yet why he was targeted', said the Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, who leads the Diocese of Texas.
religionnews.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
NEW from me: An Episcopal priest — a Kenyan national who works with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — has been detained by ICE, says diocese.
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
It is my hypothesis that less than 1% of the people who will burst out in song with "O Canada" at any mention of the country in conversation know the next words in the lyrics.
It follows that you can become elite by knowing line two, "Our home and native land."
It follows that you can become elite by knowing line two, "Our home and native land."
October 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It is my hypothesis that less than 1% of the people who will burst out in song with "O Canada" at any mention of the country in conversation know the next words in the lyrics.
It follows that you can become elite by knowing line two, "Our home and native land."
It follows that you can become elite by knowing line two, "Our home and native land."
I won't vote for him in a primary, but I'll thank him for his service.
October 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I won't vote for him in a primary, but I'll thank him for his service.