Brian Schmid

City development, beer enthusiast.

[Brian Schmid @BrianSchmid]

@Aetna was refusing to process medical claims of $7500 because they said I was "double covered." That’s false, and they agreed to proceed after a call. A reminder: health insurance providers act in bad faith and are the biggest scam ever perpetuated on the American people.

[Brian Schmid @BrianSchmid]

Not the anthem we wanted, but the anthem we deserved. #HomeRunDerby

[Guy’s Snacks @GuysSnacks]

Bears scarier than the 2023 Chicago Bears: a thread

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[Thomas Zimmer @tzimmer_history]

“This should be decided at the ballot box” is such an utterly deranged thing to say when the reason why we are in this situation is that Trump and his enablers didn’t respect the decision at the ballot box and instead engaged in a vast conspiracy to end constitutional government.

[Brian Schmid @BrianSchmid]

Homelessness and poverty is a moral failing in the US, so we choose not to address it.

[Brian Schmid @BrianSchmid]

Happy Fourth! Hope it all burns down.

[Nick Gerli @nickgerli1]

The Airbnb collapse is real.

Revenues are down nearly 50% in cities like Phoenix and Austin.

Watch out for a wave of forced selling from Airbnb owners later this year in the areas hit hardest by the revenue collapse.

[Brian Schmid @BrianSchmid]

Or they critically assessed the candidates and voted for the one that would let them maintain bodily autonomy, @ScottWalker. Stop referring to “knowing what’s best for our selves” as “indoctrination.”

[Scott Walker @ScottWalker]

Younger voters may be the behind the stinging loss for conservatives in WI this week. In Nov, 18- to 29-year-old voters in WI went with the radical candidate by 40 points. Digital ads. Student coalitions. None of these will do it. We have to undo years of liberal indoctrination.

[Brian Schmid @BrianSchmid]

“We need to remember, the gun. From what I understand, a gun was available. That seems to be a common pattern in all of these shootings. A gun.”

[Acyn @Acyn]

“We need to remember, the side door, I don’t know the exact facts of this moment but from what I understand a side door was unlocked. That seems to be a common pattern in many of the these shootings. A side door”

[Brian Schmid @BrianSchmid]

“It doesn’t have to be this way. It’s not like this anywhere else. This is American exceptionalism in its true, abhorrent form.”

[Thomas Zimmer @tzimmer_history]

America Is Sacrificing Its Children at the Altar of the Gun

Mass shootings are a political problem. A democracy problem. A uniquely American problem.

New Democracy Americana – a reaction to what just happened in Nashville: https://t.co/yPDUZiZE9z

[pokey pup @Whatapityonyou]

The Onion has had it lmao

[Brian Schmid @BrianSchmid]

@starsinmourning @Matt_Terrill @OuiCherieCherie Paradigm. Accoutrements. @ahyland

[Brian Schmid @BrianSchmid]

@RottenInDenmark “thundered Hobbes” is just bad style. Another poor editorialization.

[Brian Schmid @BrianSchmid]

I was at that game, and told @starsinmourning “Everything I know about the Nuggets I learned from the Other Brian Schmid.”

[Brian Schmid @SchmanthonyP]

Hey look, there was a big cool finale worth talking about and somehow the Nuggets ended up on the good side for once

[Brian Schmid @BrianSchmid]

A waste of space, and it was shameful how predominantly black neighborhoods were wrecked to build the downtown freeway.

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

As the downtown loop in Kansas City turns 50 this year, let's not forget how it turned a vibrant neighborhood into a parking lot. Yellow shows surface parking lots, while green are garages.

[Thomas Zimmer @tzimmer_history]

The Right defines “Us” (conservative white Christians) as the sole proponents of “real America” – and “Them” (Democrats, liberals, “the Left”) as an illegitimate, “Un-American” threat.

Within such a worldview, it’s hard to justify compromise and restraint.

A thread:

[Brian Schmid @BrianSchmid]

More police may not equal less crime, but just imagine if that were true! That sure would be simple (unlike math, apparently).

[Thomas Zimmer @tzimmer_history]

The only election result they will accept is one that puts them in power. This is the mainstream position among Republicans, as the fundamental illegitimacy of the political opponent has become dogma on the Right. Utterly incompatible with democracy – and they know that.

[Brian Schmid @BrianSchmid]

What’s stunning about cops killing an unarmed POC?