Kate Schmidt

Deputy editor of the Chicago Reader, fan of baseball, opera, and pie

[SUE the T. rex @SUEtheTrex]

I know my whole thing is snark and shade, but I just have to take a minute and say:

It’s ok to forgive yourself. Shame isn’t productive. You can start a new chapter whenever you’re ready.

And, rawr, or whatever. 💖🦖

[Kate Schmidt @Readerkate]

“You’re too old to vote for me,” says Biden to an 83-year-old man.” #Biden2020 Malarkey tour pursuing the 67-year-old vote instead?

[Kate Schmidt @Readerkate]

https://t.co/XxXno47Upn

[Kate Schmidt @Readerkate]

"Look, fat, look, here’s the deal.” Biden again showing in Iowa just how . . . presidential he is? #Biden2020

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

A Saturday concert will benefit a teen musician who was shot by a suburban cop in Irving Park.
https://t.co/CQ5zkl3hDz

[Kate Schmidt @Readerkate]

Why are we letting people get away with this bogus smear campaign?

[Alex Berg @itsalexberg]

My new favorite Tik Tok genre is parents trying to fry turkeys and yelling at their kids to get out of the way.

[Kate Schmidt @Readerkate]

Only on Twitter could James Buchanan be retweeting this. I like your change of attitude, James!

[NPR @NPR]

Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe first encountered Ebola in 1976, before it had been identified.

But if you search "Who discovered Ebola," you get a list of names — all white, Western men. Muyembe was written out of history.

Not anymore. https://t.co/8khF78uZDv

[Kate Schmidt @Readerkate]

@TRHLofficial @GreenhouseLinda Please. This is not so hard. Like Indian food or not; there’s no reason to turn it some kind of political statement, as you seem to be urging. @GreenhouseLinda, I’m a huge fan, but you sure are a promiscuous retweeter of awful nonsense!

[Kate Schmidt @Readerkate]

@aimeelevitt I do—it's hot chocolate!

[Steve Stone @stevestone]

The White Sox put Yolmer Sanchez on outright waivers and odds are overwhelming that he won’t return to the only team he’s ever known as a professional. Yolmer is a great guy and a great teammate. The game is a cold one. If he doesn’t return he’ll be missed by the players and fans

[Kate Schmidt @Readerkate]

Really helpful NYT piece by @LindaGreenhouse: https://t.co/TcC9gf9UQc

[Kate Schmidt @Readerkate]

@RepAdamSchiff @RogersParkMan Even worse, per Sondland, the quo wasn’t an investigation but the public announcement of one—all the better to smear with no evidence one way or the other; meanwhile the real corruption fighters were sidelined. 🇺🇸

[Andy Kroll @AndyKroll]

This is big:

Holmes testifies that a Ukrainian official told him Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, was representing himself to Ukrainians as an "adviser" to Vice President Pence.

This could nudge Pence closer to the events that led to the impeachment investigation.

[Kate Schmidt @Readerkate]

And that’s not to mention the Bidens’ Ukraine nepotism scandal that we’re not supposed to mention because it’s not supposed to be a scandal.

[Kate Schmidt @Readerkate]

That's our cover girl! 🤩

[Kate Schmidt @Readerkate]

"We have to keep punching at it, and punching at it, and punching at it." Biden is so god-awful it's painful. We need a president who's energetic and forward-looking; he's the absolute worst in that respect, regardless of age.

[Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel]

I never expected Trump, of all people, to achieve this state of enlightenment. Will he now choose to stay among us as a bodhisattva?

[꠸ꪻ’ᦓ ꪑꪊꪀꪖ ꫀꫝ! ᒿ.ᦲ @CanadianMuna2]

#HistoryWillRememberTrump as never going a day without saying something stupid

[Steve Stone @stevestone]

To all of you who are concerned about the broadcast next year I can only say we’re getting close. The White Sox and I agree that the best place for me is in the Sox booth next to Jason Benetti. I’m sure we’ll work it out. Looking forward to an active winter for Rick and Kenny