Rob Shrum
@robshrum.bsky.social
Founder and CEO of Nexus Public Affairs. Political junkie and Maryland driver. East Coast is the best coast 😎 Chesapeake Bay is home 🦀
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Rob Shrum
@robshrum.bsky.social
· Jun 3
I haven’t talked much about my work here, but it’s a big part of what I do.
Through my firm, Nexus Public Affairs, I work with campaigns, companies, and mission-driven orgs to help them communicate more clearly, strategically, and effectively.
Through my firm, Nexus Public Affairs, I work with campaigns, companies, and mission-driven orgs to help them communicate more clearly, strategically, and effectively.
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
The White House's healthcare plan: Obamacare but with a MAGA hat on it
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The White House's healthcare plan: Obamacare but with a MAGA hat on it
Save your sanity - Mute keywords and names on social platforms
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Save your sanity - Mute keywords and names on social platforms
The collapse of MAGA and the disclosure of foreign based accounts on X pretending to be American political influencers came at the exact same time. Go figure…
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The collapse of MAGA and the disclosure of foreign based accounts on X pretending to be American political influencers came at the exact same time. Go figure…
DOGE quietly closing down early after increasing inefficiency and waste instead of cutting it is peak 2025
November 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
DOGE quietly closing down early after increasing inefficiency and waste instead of cutting it is peak 2025
Tip to identify Meta’s astroturf groups, paid shills, and sold out “safety” orgs: They’ll offer an absurdly mild slap on the wrist statement about this (if anything at all) and jump into a tirade about how their predatory business practices are every other tech company’s fault and responsibility.
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege reut.rs/48eKxnO
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege
Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a class action by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.
reut.rs
November 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Tip to identify Meta’s astroturf groups, paid shills, and sold out “safety” orgs: They’ll offer an absurdly mild slap on the wrist statement about this (if anything at all) and jump into a tirade about how their predatory business practices are every other tech company’s fault and responsibility.
Magic Genie: “I can grant you only one wish. Choose wisely!”
Me: “Erase everything to do with Olivia Nuzzi, Ryan Lizza, and RFK Jr. from our collective memories.”
Me: “Erase everything to do with Olivia Nuzzi, Ryan Lizza, and RFK Jr. from our collective memories.”
a cartoon of a genie from aladdin with the words `` your wish has been granted '' coming out of it .
ALT: a cartoon of a genie from aladdin with the words `` your wish has been granted '' coming out of it .
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Magic Genie: “I can grant you only one wish. Choose wisely!”
Me: “Erase everything to do with Olivia Nuzzi, Ryan Lizza, and RFK Jr. from our collective memories.”
Me: “Erase everything to do with Olivia Nuzzi, Ryan Lizza, and RFK Jr. from our collective memories.”
So disturbing to read - especially for parents.
All the “innovation” in the world doesn’t cover for who the villain really is.
All the “innovation” in the world doesn’t cover for who the villain really is.
Sex trafficking on Meta platforms was both difficult to report and widely tolerated. Instagram’s former head of safety testified that when she joined Meta in 2020 she was shocked to learn the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the “trafficking of humans for sex.”
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
So disturbing to read - especially for parents.
All the “innovation” in the world doesn’t cover for who the villain really is.
All the “innovation” in the world doesn’t cover for who the villain really is.
Trump will absolutely turn on Republicans before his second term is over.
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Trump will absolutely turn on Republicans before his second term is over.
MAGA influencers after the Trump/Mamdani presser:
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
MAGA influencers after the Trump/Mamdani presser:
What if the AI bubble already popped?
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
What if the AI bubble already popped?
The Eyes Wide Shut blackmail creep club doesn’t have a single party affiliation - any reveal sinks them all.
November 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Eyes Wide Shut blackmail creep club doesn’t have a single party affiliation - any reveal sinks them all.
Taking a line from Talladega Nights, MTG is gonna come at Trump like a spider monkey after that truth social post.
November 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Taking a line from Talladega Nights, MTG is gonna come at Trump like a spider monkey after that truth social post.
Reposted by Rob Shrum
What a terrible day to know how to read
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What a terrible day to know how to read
New weekly segment from the White House called “Thoughts from a Rock Eating Mouth Breather”
Homan: "I don't think the UK is a friend to this country and friend of the president"
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New weekly segment from the White House called “Thoughts from a Rock Eating Mouth Breather”
Dicey move! If they investigate Bubba they might end up needing to ask Donald a few awkward questions too… 😮
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Dicey move! If they investigate Bubba they might end up needing to ask Donald a few awkward questions too… 😮
OH MY
Our deep dive into the recesses of Epstein's inbox found repeated instances of him seeking to exploit his Trump relationship. "I am the one able to take him down," Epstein wrote in December 2018. 🎁🔗 @jsgatnyt.bsky.social @nickconfessore.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
After Trump Split, Epstein Said He Could ‘Take Him Down’
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
OH MY
I mean how far down the rabbit hole does this really go?!
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I mean how far down the rabbit hole does this really go?!
That would have been June, 2019. Epstein was arrested in July and dead by August.
Epstein claimed he attended 2019 London meeting with Prince Andrew and Trump — House Oversight documents
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
That would have been June, 2019. Epstein was arrested in July and dead by August.
Will I be able to roll my 50 year mortgage and 15 year auto loan into my 500-year ancestral pass-down personal loan???
November 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Will I be able to roll my 50 year mortgage and 15 year auto loan into my 500-year ancestral pass-down personal loan???
Trump 2.0 is an amazing social science experiment. Load an administration with conspiracy theorists, grifters, and podcasters and you end up with something scummier and more corrupt than the “swamp” ever was beforehand.
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Trump 2.0 is an amazing social science experiment. Load an administration with conspiracy theorists, grifters, and podcasters and you end up with something scummier and more corrupt than the “swamp” ever was beforehand.
Such a wild time. Dem base will be even more motivated going into the midterms now due to the failures of their own + plus the longstanding angst with the administration. This is a total top-down overhaul moment for the Democrats.
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Such a wild time. Dem base will be even more motivated going into the midterms now due to the failures of their own + plus the longstanding angst with the administration. This is a total top-down overhaul moment for the Democrats.