S Scheafer

Creative - In search of making connections, learning and finding inspiration. Democracy, rule of law, liberty for all. Posts/reposts = info - not endorsements.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

GOP Rep Jim Jordan has referred Jack Smith to DOJ for prosecution, in a laughably weak case that we would normally scoff at. But this is a different DOJ that delivers on the president’s whims. Read my analysis of the allegations and their prospects here: https://t.co/Gi4tIrpOjr

[Pod Save America @PodSaveAmerica]

Share this so Elon can't pretend children didn't die when he destroyed USAID.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Rep. @EmilyRandallWA: I join my colleagues calling for the Senate not to confirm Todd Blanche, who has been the architect of this White House Epstein cover-up, who is working for Trump, not the American people. The American people deserve better. They deserve truth and justice.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Buttigieg: This denial about the war is especially shocking when you look at the disrespect that has been shown to those who are paying the heaviest price for it.

The fact that the Trump administration deleted references to four American service members killed in action because that simple and tragic reality complicates their narrative that we're somehow not at war, when everybody knows that we are, shows you just how far from reality they are. And I think voters are fed up with it.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Why did the Trump regime subpoena The New York Times? It was never about "security." It was about Trump's big ego taking a hit. Some thoughts on this whole mess... https://t.co/XzyJQsDPyM

[Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @SheldrickTrust]

On her birthday, Lamuu gets showered in love and dust in equal measure.

Lamuu arrived in our lives just four days into the New Year. She'd barely survived a snare wound and was left with a deep gash encircling her left front leg – and every reason to fear humans. Instead she settled under Keeper Lekoli's care. She was shy at first, but let him tend the wound day after day until it healed so completely the scar is now hard to find.

Today she turns too. Happy birthday, Lamuu.

Adoptions fund the round-the-clock care behind recoveries like hers: https://t.co/9y5leeaSKI

[Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 @jimstewartson]

The world has never been in more danger.

Three of the most powerful & influential people on the planet are failing malignant narcissists. This is not a quirk of their personalities. It defines them: narcissism, psychopathy, paranoia & sadism.

Elon is losing his money—and his connection to reality.
Putin is losing to Ukraine—and the loyalty of his people.
Trump is losing to Iran—and at everything else.

Malignant narcissism is a bottomless pit. These men have no morals, no empathy, and no humanity. No transgression of laws or norms will stop them. No amount of bloodshed will appeal to their “better angels”—because they have none.

These are the ultimate dead-enders—messianic demagogues with nothing inside. Malignant narcissists don’t believe anyone deserves to enjoy life, or even to exist without them, so they always try to take the world with them when the end comes near.

Putin can’t win.
Trump can’t win.
Elon’s money is a mirage.

The question is whether the world can prevent a global catastrophe while they destroy themselves with their own grandiose delusions.

In the long run, for humanity to survive, we must find a way to stop elevating the most dangerous psychopathologies to the most powerful positions in the world.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The U.S. has recorded more measles cases in 2026 than in any other year since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000. https://t.co/7i6XiYdRIi

[Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده @RamAbdu]

🚨The number of registered orphans in Gaza has risen to 65,279, including 54,468 children, as a result of Israel’s ongoing genocide.

🚨The number of registered widows has reached 28,224, including 742 women who have been widowed since the supposed ceasefire.

[Eric Katz @EricM_Katz]

NEW: The State Dept has given a $1M, no-bid contract to a conservative fundraiser/@DonaldJTrumpJr ally to help it recruit.

This comes after State laid off 1,300 staff last year.

Hill Dems are staffing up to investigate and push back on Trump's remaking of the diplomatic corps

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Nurses are the backbone of our healthcare system.

Solidarity with the nurses at UnityPoint in Des Moines, IA who voted to unionize more than 6 months ago to provide their patients with the best care.

UnityPoint: Stop your delays & start negotiating a fair contract NOW.

[UNITED24 @U24_gov_ua]

These are the first moments after russian precision bombs hit Sloviansk, killing at least 5 people and injuring 9 others.

The terrorist state continues to deliberately target civilian infrastructure and peaceful residents.

Help save Ukrainian lives:
https://t.co/4Os08VprA0

[S Scheafer @sscheaf]

@JonLemire It is not a negotiation it is a sell out.

[BevMarie 🪷 @evenbev]

@CBSNews 💔😢

[CBS News @CBSNews]

"My daughter was a good soldier," the mother of fallen U.S. Army Sgt. Angel Rampersad said Thursday. Rampersad was among three soldiers killed in an Iranian attack on a U.S. base in the Middle East last week.

 "She fought for this country, and she died for this country. And I am a mother that is highly proud of her,” she said.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Trump says both Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin personally assured him they would not sell weapons to Iran, adding that he "takes them at their word," claiming he's doing Xi "very big favors," and warning that if they lied to him, "it would be very bad for them."

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Rep. Yassamin Ansari just wrote an open letter urging Republican Chair of the Oversight Committee James Comer to investigate Andrew Tate's connections to people close with Trump, including Trump's son, Barron.

[Rep. Pramila Jayapal @RepJayapal]

I voted against the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) because there is so much waste, fraud, and abuse in the Pentagon.

Congress should not continue to throw more money at this administration’s illegal wars and regime change agenda.

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

JUST FILED: On-site at the Kennedy Center TARP

Judge wants answers next week about when Team Trump will take down the tarp.... which obscures the removal of Trump's name

https://t.co/L8GmsZqgTk

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

This week, he bragged that ONLY 18 service members have died so far in his war, he then lied and said the 4 who died over the weekend all told him Iran must never have a nuke, and then he lowered the number of casualties to 14 to make himself look better.

Trump is an evil sociopath.