John Schroeder
@schroeder.bsky.social
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USAID staffers warned senior Biden officials early 2024 that northern Gaza had turned into an “Apocalyptic Wasteland” with dire shortages of food and medical aid.
Ambassador Jack Lew and his deputy blocked the cable from wider distribution
www.reuters.com/world/early-...
Ambassador Jack Lew and his deputy blocked the cable from wider distribution
www.reuters.com/world/early-...
US envoys to Israel blocked early warning of 'Apocalyptic Wasteland' in Gaza
U.S. Agency for International Development staffers in early 2024 drafted a warning to senior officials in Joe Biden’s administration: Northern Gaza had turned into an “Apocalyptic Wasteland” with dire...
www.reuters.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:46 PM
USAID staffers warned senior Biden officials early 2024 that northern Gaza had turned into an “Apocalyptic Wasteland” with dire shortages of food and medical aid.
Ambassador Jack Lew and his deputy blocked the cable from wider distribution
www.reuters.com/world/early-...
Ambassador Jack Lew and his deputy blocked the cable from wider distribution
www.reuters.com/world/early-...
He backtracks all the time when people stand up to him. Democrats still not understanding this is wild.
Something we know about Donald Trump: he rarely backtracks unless there's something in it for him to gain personally.
US Senator Ron Wyden asked for a detailed account of Trump’s acceptance of a Rolex table clock and gold bar from Swiss businessmen shortly before slashing tariffs he previously imposed on Switzerland
January 29, 2026 at 4:44 PM
He backtracks all the time when people stand up to him. Democrats still not understanding this is wild.
It’s good, actually, that PPB will be forced to turn over docs that potentially implicate ICE.
At some point tolerating this bad faith rage vomit is its own kind of complicity. If you know me, and you organize with these people, lose my number.
At some point tolerating this bad faith rage vomit is its own kind of complicity. If you know me, and you organize with these people, lose my number.
January 28, 2026 at 11:16 PM
It’s good, actually, that PPB will be forced to turn over docs that potentially implicate ICE.
At some point tolerating this bad faith rage vomit is its own kind of complicity. If you know me, and you organize with these people, lose my number.
At some point tolerating this bad faith rage vomit is its own kind of complicity. If you know me, and you organize with these people, lose my number.
Is there any way to make democrats actually pay for their impotence other than just handing the country to republicans?
January 28, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Is there any way to make democrats actually pay for their impotence other than just handing the country to republicans?
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i don't know why tina kotek is running for reelection. everyone, including her, will be so much happier if she just moves on to being a highly paid cannabis industry lobbyist already apps.oregon.gov/oregon-newsr...
Newsroom - Governor's Office
apps.oregon.gov
January 28, 2026 at 3:07 AM
i don't know why tina kotek is running for reelection. everyone, including her, will be so much happier if she just moves on to being a highly paid cannabis industry lobbyist already apps.oregon.gov/oregon-newsr...
Literally no one wants Kotek for governor except the entrenched Dems who know her personally and will get their head pats when she wins. The whole state party needs to be burned to the ground so we can start over.
Gov. Tina Kotek's goal of getting Oregon on CNBC’s Top 10 States for Business is misguided, commentator Juan Carlos Ordoñez writes.
Governor’s goal of getting Oregon on CNBC’s Top 10 States for Business is misguided • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Not only are the CNBC rankings irrelevant, the goal could serve as a pretext for giving corporate lobbyists what they’re always after: tax cuts.
buff.ly
January 28, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Literally no one wants Kotek for governor except the entrenched Dems who know her personally and will get their head pats when she wins. The whole state party needs to be burned to the ground so we can start over.
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(It would be nice if all councilors were this open: “I’m getting a text from a guy named Brian…”)
January 26, 2026 at 6:48 PM
(It would be nice if all councilors were this open: “I’m getting a text from a guy named Brian…”)
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this is a fake problem. no one is saying this to regular, offline people who are coming around. they’re saying it to people who are engaged in professional political analysis who committed professional malpractice by scolding people who saw what was coming.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
this is a fake problem. no one is saying this to regular, offline people who are coming around. they’re saying it to people who are engaged in professional political analysis who committed professional malpractice by scolding people who saw what was coming.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
Change a letter, ruin a film:
Star Cars
Star Cars
Change a letter, ruin a film:
Glade Runner
Glade Runner
Change a letter, ruin a film:
Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Comb
Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Comb
January 25, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Change a letter, ruin a film:
Star Cars
Star Cars
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The “sit in the rotunda and cry” party is a party full of traitors to the republic.
January 25, 2026 at 11:03 PM
The “sit in the rotunda and cry” party is a party full of traitors to the republic.
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And while I’m here - the targeted harassment of Angelita Morillo over this is a choice. It’s giving 'performative allyship' mixed with a heavy dose of racism.
January 25, 2026 at 8:49 PM
And while I’m here - the targeted harassment of Angelita Morillo over this is a choice. It’s giving 'performative allyship' mixed with a heavy dose of racism.
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unlike all the strident leftists who were correct too early, i am correct at exactly the right time
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
unlike all the strident leftists who were correct too early, i am correct at exactly the right time
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Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
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is there a single person on earth who is interested in hearing from rahm emanuel
January 22, 2026 at 10:45 AM
is there a single person on earth who is interested in hearing from rahm emanuel
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January 22, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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Oh hey friends, if you’re a Verizon customer and they are trying to give you the $20 desire for the outage the other day, DO NOT TAKE IT. You don’t have to even call them. Get onto the web chat, type in “agent”, tell them the outage affected your work, and say you’ve been a customer for X years.
January 17, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Oh hey friends, if you’re a Verizon customer and they are trying to give you the $20 desire for the outage the other day, DO NOT TAKE IT. You don’t have to even call them. Get onto the web chat, type in “agent”, tell them the outage affected your work, and say you’ve been a customer for X years.
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I have the utmost respect for Senator Kaine and Senator Warner but we do not need “coaching” on redistricting coming from a cuck chair in the corner. How about you all stay focused on the fascist in the White House and let us handle redistricting in Virginia. 10-1
January 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I have the utmost respect for Senator Kaine and Senator Warner but we do not need “coaching” on redistricting coming from a cuck chair in the corner. How about you all stay focused on the fascist in the White House and let us handle redistricting in Virginia. 10-1
“As a free press remains under attack at the federal level, Ryan's comments are a stark warning that efforts to chill a free press are a threat to democracy anywhere.”
Portland City Councilor Dan Ryan blamed the press after taking heat for choosing not to address the contents of a story published in the Mercury the day prior.
Here are the receipts 🧾
Here are the receipts 🧾
City Councilor Lashes Out at Press After Mercury Story About Offensive Group Chat
Councilor Dan Ryan said he lacked appropriate context for a statement. Here are the receipts.
www.portlandmercury.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:35 AM
“As a free press remains under attack at the federal level, Ryan's comments are a stark warning that efforts to chill a free press are a threat to democracy anywhere.”
The gaslighting and manipulation from the conservatives on city council today put me into that mood that’s full of angry energy but doesn’t result in actually doing anything. I’m gonna try to cultivate this kind of moral clarity and focused, productive anger instead.
Hateful people like Brian Owendoff and Ciatta Thompson are responsible for the bogus attempts at undermining peacock. It’s telling that Ciatta Thompson was next in line for public comment but cancelled. Bigots get caught spewing hateful rhetoric and half our council silently supports them
January 15, 2026 at 1:36 AM
The gaslighting and manipulation from the conservatives on city council today put me into that mood that’s full of angry energy but doesn’t result in actually doing anything. I’m gonna try to cultivate this kind of moral clarity and focused, productive anger instead.
Why promise this when the vote was essentially already a done deal?
January 14, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Why promise this when the vote was essentially already a done deal?
I didn’t vote for progressives so that they could hand power to conservatives. This is annoying verging on infuriating.
January 14, 2026 at 8:57 PM
I didn’t vote for progressives so that they could hand power to conservatives. This is annoying verging on infuriating.