Judith D. Schwartz

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Post 10: Don’t Just Trust Election Results. Verify Them. A 2024 audit revealed conflicting voter totals in one Florida county — a 24,315-voter gap, 1 in 10 records unaccounted for, and 35 of 61 precincts reporting more votes than voters.

If your bank info has extra charges or missing deposits, would you shrug and say "it's probably close enough?" I don't think so. @grassrootsspeak.bsky.social @smartelections.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/itsuptou...

Definitely want to catch up on this wonderful album/novella/rock opera of yours!

Really enjoying this one, Manda!

Opinion | In the Resistance, We Drive Minivans

This essay just shattered me (gift link). www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...

Will Voter Rolls Determine Who Wins Our Elections? Voter Roll Training 8pm ET Tonight 2/10/26

Citizen action can protect (and clear up) the voter rolls. Learn how to #CountTheVote! open.substack.com/pub/smartele...

Buried Evidence, Unfinished Crimes In his testimony, Jack Smith was asked to describe evidence of Trump’s election crimes — and he pointed to Georgia. Soon, their records were seized. Was that evidence being secured… or buried?

Connect the dots: Jack Smith's (constrained) testimony; raid in Fulton County; demands that states relinquish voter rolls. @grassrootsspeak.bsky.social is putting out breadcrumbs. To secure the mid-terms, we need to follow. open.substack.com/pub/itsuptou...

Financing biodiversity: Lisa Miller on investing in nature Lisa Miller did not arrive at biodiversity finance through spreadsheets or climate models. Her starting point was animals. Growing up in Australia, she was drawn to wildlife in a way that preceded any...

"...the biodiversity crisis is a global crisis, but it’s solved locally"
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I just saw that! Give her my best (for a short second she was my editor.)

Yes, trees and forests influence climate. Should be an amazing course! Catch my presentation on 2/12.

‘Nothing is sacred to them’: the race to save rare plants as Russian troops advance With some of Ukraine’s most valuable biodiversity sites and science facilities under occupation, experts at Sofiyivka Park in Uman are struggling to preserve the country’s natural history

Glad to see @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social featured, painful as it is to see war trashing nature's treasures www.theguardian.com/environment/...

@mandascott.bsky.social Stuff to chew on here.

STOP THIS. God damn it, STOP

Jack Smith Says Trump Engaged In A Conspiracy to Overturn the 2020 Election... Democrats believe him So why do they never mention the possibility that Trump engaged in a conspiracy to win the 2024 election?

Can this moment be a launching point for how to protect elections going forward? Thx @smartelections.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/smartele...

AND per @grassrootsspeak.bsky.social We need to publicly call on the 11th Circuit to force Judge Aileen Cannon to either release the gag order on Volume 2 or to take her off the case. Taxpayers paid for this report and there may be answers there.

A GOP rep is currently pointing out to Jack Smith that a number of co-conspirators in the conspiracy to violate the voting rights of the people were NOT charged

If I could ask a follow up question to Jack Smith I would ask:

“Are any of the coconspirators you had evidence to charge in this room?”

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I want to listen to facts, evidence & testimony

When a question is raised by the Dems I get to hear from the witness & focus on testimony under oath by Jack Smith regarding facts & evidence.

Every time a GOP asks a question it reeks of political weaponization and I barely get to hear Jack Smith.

We can wonder: maybe electoral malfeasance and stolen documents are connected? Consider how Smith's testimony is constrained. @balint.house.gov

Jack Smith Warns: Covering Up Election Crimes is "Catastrophic" Smith says evidence shows election crimes committed for Trumps benefit — as Jim Jordan fights to keep that evidence buried before midterms.

Please take heed of an important election-crime narrative stirring beneath the proceeds of the hearing. @markjacob.bsky.social @emptywheel.bsky.social @grassrootsspeak.bsky.social substack.com/inbox/post/1...

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This story cannot be told enough--love hearing about the return and fourishing of nightingales, storks and owls.

I saw that some of those claims were off and did not share them. I only tagged them due to reach but perhaps that was in error.

Its Up to Us | Substack Revolutionary Actions for Unprecedented Times Exposing truth & taking action to stop our government’s injustices & atrocities. We gave them power, they abused it. We’re taking it back. Unexpectedly. S...

It is indeed up to us, and there's an invaluable (but unfortunately, little known) reporting effort under that very name itsuptous.substack.com. I invite people to check it out.

I'm doing my best to make sense of it all and have yet to see anything that casts doubt on their work. Not that I wouldn't look at that.

On the Record: Jack Smith How Jack Smith’s public testimony could expose the conspiracy to violate voting rights he charged Donald Trump with in 2020 — and whether it is still continuing ahead of the midterms.

👀 on Jack Smith testimony 1/22 10am @grassrootsspeak.bsky.social @thiswillhold.bsky.social @salbr29891.bsky.social @smartelections.bsky.social @electiontruthalliance.org open.substack.com/pub/itsuptou...

Jack Smith Warns: Covering Up Election Crimes is "Catastrophic" Smith says evidence shows election crimes committed for Trumps benefit — as Jim Jordan fights to keep that evidence buried before midterms.

Overwhelmed as we are, it's imperative to occasionally step back to see the whole picture. @grassrootsspeak.bsky.social does an AMAZING job of weaving threads of threats to--and violations of--legitimate elections. Essential read! itsuptous.substack.com/p/jack-smith...

Can they throw in Vermont? (Maple Danish pastry...yum!)