Franz Schneiderman

Advocate. Policy/politics junkie. Consumer and car safety activist. Focus here on equity, basic needs, human rights. Big fan of democracy, travel, Charm City.

[Consumer Federation of America @ConsumerFed]

Ben Winters, director of #AI and privacy at the Consumer Federation of America, said companies can use a person’s purchase history, location or browsing history to calculate how much they can charge.
#SurveillancePricing
https://t.co/Mauh8ZDuXD

[Franz Schneiderman @franzsch2]

Not just high prices: Good piece from @guardian on the "annoyance economy" and why #consumers are so angry right now -- from lousy service to aggressive marketing scams to the federal govt backing off enforcement of laws that should protect us https://t.co/80xu6iqL6A

[Franz Schneiderman @franzsch2]

@NYCGreenfield @DarializaforNY To be clear, I don't think that's necessarily true. But if supporting Palestinians is racist after some Israelis were killed... well, by the same reasoning it would have to be racist to back Israel after it killed vastly more Palestinians. That is, if Palestinian lives matter...

[Franz Schneiderman @franzsch2]

@NYCGreenfield @DarializaforNY You're funny. A better case could be made that anyone waving an Israeli flag or reciting pro-Israel talking points as it slaughters tens of thousands of Palestinians (and now thousands of Lebanese civilians too) is a hateful, anti-Arab bigot.

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

this language is now indexed as a form of racial harassment. The mere mention of Palestinians and their ongoing mass killing, siege and starvation is treated as a form of bigotry. I don’t know what else to say other than this is completely dystopian and insane.

[Franz Schneiderman @franzsch2]

@shannonrwatts What is wrong with you? How did you conclude that caring about the mass slaughter of Palestinians or the concerns of working people excludes caring about climate change???

[Franz Schneiderman @franzsch2]

Great news: The dramatic decline in killings in #Baltimore isn't getting enough attention

[Justin Fenton @justin_fenton]

May in Baltimore ended with 8 homicides. That’s down from:
-15 last May
-29 in May 2023
-39 in both May 2021 and 2020
-40 in May 2017
-and 42 in May 2015

[Rosa DeLauro @rosadelauro]

This February, I witnessed firsthand how Israeli settlers in the West Bank pursue violent attacks on innocent Palestinians every day. The Israeli government has allowed these attackers to roam free, with almost no accountability.

We cannot afford to be a bystander any longer.
https://t.co/5JI02kSOE2

[Franz Schneiderman @franzsch2]

Our tax dollars supporting ethnic cleansing.

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

Yesterday Israel ordered the inhabitants of Nabiteh to leave (population of 100,000) They then ordered the inhabitants of Tyre to leave (pop of 200,000). Now they've ordered the entire south to leave - up to 300 towns & villages.

@AlexCrawfordSky reporting from Lebanon today

[Franz Schneiderman @franzsch2]

Our tax dollars supporting ethnic cleansing.

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

“Israel told residents to leave” is an insane way to describe ETHNIC CLEANSING.

[Adil Haque @AdHaque110]

"Between 27 May 2025, when the GHF started their operation in Gaza, and 8 October 2025, [the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights] recorded 2,435 Palestinians, mostly young men and boys, killed by the Israeli military while trying to access food."

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

This is a radical change to immigration policy, forcing anyone applying for a green card to leave the country indefinitely, forget whether they have American kids, spouse, etc.

The talking point that we do want legal immigration, we just want people to get in line and follow the rules, is BS. This is an attempt to blow up the line, blow up the rules, and make it insanely difficult to immigrate legally.

[Franz Schneiderman @franzsch2]

@TomPaineRises @davidfrum @TheAtlantic Israeli warplanes and settlers kill civilians every day, you brainwashed idiot.

[Franz Schneiderman @franzsch2]

Imagine if a university forbade Jewish students from wearing a yarmulke or some other Jewish cultural symbol.

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

naked racism being framed as anti-racism, truly one of the great PR coups of the past few decades. Snuffing out the most generic expressions of national identity for one group is Actually Self-Determination for another group, checkmate lefties

[Franz Schneiderman @franzsch2]

@RepJoshG Please stop lying. No one is targeting "Jewish houses of worship." Some people are protesting certain synagogues that participate in illegal land sales of stolen lands. It's not the same thing. At all. Please stop lying.

[Ounka @OunkaOnX]

Mehdi Hasan asked an Israeli lawyer if he was shocked by the NYT's piece on Israeli soldiers raping Palestinian detainees.

His answer? 'Of course not.'

Not because it's false. Because it's old news. Al Jazeera reported it in 2024. He testified about it in 2025. B'Tselem issued reports. Even Israel's own public defender wrote about the torture.

Rape by dogs. Women shackled to metal tables for two days. Men raped three times-after being hospitalized. Children threatened with sexual abuse.

Palestinians have been saying this for years. So what's new? Nothing. Except the New York Times finally published it.

[Consumer Federation of America @ConsumerFed]

“Since its launch, the #CFPB has unrigged the economy, holding big #financial companies accountable, and delivering $21 billion in relief. With each rollback, the Trump CFPB has re-rigged our economy in favor of bad actors. @AdamRust9

https://t.co/4nXYoACiWy

[Franz Schneiderman @franzsch2]

@WalshFreedom @nytimes You're 100 percent wrong. Evidence of abuse in Israeli prisons has long been widely cited and reported. You may have ignored it in the past. But Israeli human rights groups (among many others) have reported it https://t.co/oWv6QTfg4C

[Franz Schneiderman @franzsch2]

Stretching the rule of law to the breaking point...

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

Nearly 12,000 habeas cases filed is a staggering amount, something not seen in generations. And for the government to lose 86% of the time, in front of hundreds of judges appointed by every living president, is a sign of just how much ICE and DOJ stretched the law until it broke.