Daniel Schmidt

@dschm88629.bsky.social

Retired USAF officer, disabled vet, Fed Civilian, & Democrat.

The Trump admin says ICE has custody of migrants sent to Guantanamo, but it's DOD guards in Camp 6, a war-on-terror prison. It won't say who is being held incommunicado there, but we are publishing a list of 53 men in Camp 6. w/ @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

Some Migrants Sent by Trump to Guantánamo Are Being Held by Military Guards

The Times has obtained a list of 53 Venezuelan men the Trump administration has put in a wartime prison built to hold Al Qaeda suspects.

nytimes.com

Again, buyer beware. Trump has neither the authorization nor an appropriation to fund this, and is bound by a law limiting the value of such payments to $25K. Inducing people into an agreement you can’t and won’t perform is called “fraud in the inducement.”

Federal layoffs ‘likely’ if too few employees choose to quit, memo says

The government is likely to lay off employees if not enough take an offer to resign now and be paid through September, a GSA official warns. The offer expires Thursday.

washingtonpost.com

New: FBI employees have sued the Acting Attorney General James McHenry, accusing Justice Dept of violating the Constitution and privacy laws by demanding agents complete a survey allegedly designed to “purge” bureau personnel involved in investigations related to President Trump and Jan 6 attack.

Not for nothing but everyone realizes that these teenagers and 20 somethings who have complete access to the Treasury payment source code are now #1 espionage recruitment targets for Russia and China, right?

Every attacker in these pictures are free and forgiven by Trump. Americans turned their backs on us. I don't know if I can ever forgive us for this. Forgiveness or not... I'll keep fighting because it's what's right.

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Mediocre, unqualified Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blames DEI for the crash—because they want the most qualified. As if we have pilots and air traffic controllers without degrees. Or training. How does anyone take this man seriously? For anything!

You are so pathetic @RepMariaSalazar. You voted for this. You campaigned for this evil. You did this. Your constituents will now understand how you lied to them and brought this into our communities.

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The USAF removed Tuskegee Airmen & Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII from basic training curriculum. For 30 years I promised these women I would not let them ever be forgotten again. We worked for decades to have them remembered. The Airmen too. Knowledge is power. 🗃️ www.msn.com/en-us/societ...

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The serial sexual abuser who bragged about grabbing women by the pussy has already appointed a lifetime Supreme Court seat to a man credibly accused of sexual assault, and now he’s appointed a man who has been credibly accused of sexual assault to lead our armed forces. 😞