Michael Ruminer
@michaelruminer.bsky.social
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I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.
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If the Republicans won't give up ACA subsidies when they are being pressured and taking political hits, the theory for why they are *more* likely to concede with the pressure removed is .... ?
Angus King: "This initial strategy didn't work. And now we have one. We're gonna have a guaranteed vote on the ACA, and it may not succeed. I grant that. But a reasonable chance -- 10, 20, 30% -- is a lot better than 0% which is where we were."
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If the Republicans won't give up ACA subsidies when they are being pressured and taking political hits, the theory for why they are *more* likely to concede with the pressure removed is .... ?
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
When the fuckin' whip votes against his party what do we all expect? Oh yeah, for them to have a spine.
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
When the fuckin' whip votes against his party what do we all expect? Oh yeah, for them to have a spine.
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HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
Sharing into my void a pet peeve of mine. If I go get my oil changed and they misrepresent on the little sticker when I should come back to get another change, it makes me wonder what else they are misrepresenting.
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Sharing into my void a pet peeve of mine. If I go get my oil changed and they misrepresent on the little sticker when I should come back to get another change, it makes me wonder what else they are misrepresenting.
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Theory: the President mistakes his ability to convince people that something is happening when it isn't (ie, "migrant crime wave") for an ability to convince them that something that is happening, isn't.
Trump: "I don't want to hear about the affordability, because right now we're much less. If you look at energy, we're getting close to $2 a gallon gasoline."
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Theory: the President mistakes his ability to convince people that something is happening when it isn't (ie, "migrant crime wave") for an ability to convince them that something that is happening, isn't.
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I just want to know who is going to write the book on this ponzi scheme when it is over.
Nvidia backed company signs deal with Nvidia backed company
NVIDIA-BACKED VAST DATA INKS $1.17 BLN AI DEAL WITH COREWEAVE
November 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I just want to know who is going to write the book on this ponzi scheme when it is over.
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Trump's name wasn't on the ballot, just his party and the people and issues he supported
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Trump's name wasn't on the ballot, just his party and the people and issues he supported
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NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
These people really do just HATE all people. Carrying around that sort of hatred can only mean they hate themselves just as much.
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
These people really do just HATE all people. Carrying around that sort of hatred can only mean they hate themselves just as much.
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Excuse me? So the company the President currently owns is teaming up with a cryptocurrency company to create a prediction market, which will take bets... on things the President himself has quite a lot of control over?
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
October 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Excuse me? So the company the President currently owns is teaming up with a cryptocurrency company to create a prediction market, which will take bets... on things the President himself has quite a lot of control over?
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
I am so sick of the man's petty grievances driving the entire country's domestic and foreign policy.
October 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I am so sick of the man's petty grievances driving the entire country's domestic and foreign policy.
Got a new game Vantage, I am totally sych'd about. Haven't been this stoked for a game since Gloomhaven. I hope it doesn't disappoint.
October 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Got a new game Vantage, I am totally sych'd about. Haven't been this stoked for a game since Gloomhaven. I hope it doesn't disappoint.
Fairly certain they should now pay you to watch Prime. It is unworkable with these commercials.
October 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Fairly certain they should now pay you to watch Prime. It is unworkable with these commercials.
It be me in costume.
October 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It be me in costume.
I have been watching on Prime "My Undead Yokai Girlfriend". It is funny, cute, entertaining, and has much higher production values than you might think. I'm really surprised by it.
October 16, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I have been watching on Prime "My Undead Yokai Girlfriend". It is funny, cute, entertaining, and has much higher production values than you might think. I'm really surprised by it.
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More than 40 percent of Jewish Americans say they’ve avoided publicly wearing, carrying or displaying anything that might identify them as Jewish in the past year, a Washington Post poll found.
More U.S. Jews shield identity in public amid antisemitism fears, Post poll finds
A third of U.S. Jewish people say they don’t feel safe, and two-thirds report seeing antisemitic content online at least once a month, a Washington Post poll finds.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
More than 40 percent of Jewish Americans say they’ve avoided publicly wearing, carrying or displaying anything that might identify them as Jewish in the past year, a Washington Post poll found.
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So Nazis. They want to give refugee status to Nazis.
OK, maybe not JUST Nazis. Also certain other white people who hate non-white immigration. But Nazis can definitely come.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
OK, maybe not JUST Nazis. Also certain other white people who hate non-white immigration. But Nazis can definitely come.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
October 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
So Nazis. They want to give refugee status to Nazis.
OK, maybe not JUST Nazis. Also certain other white people who hate non-white immigration. But Nazis can definitely come.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
OK, maybe not JUST Nazis. Also certain other white people who hate non-white immigration. But Nazis can definitely come.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Received the below email today. Depending on your risk profile and tolerance for risk it is often not recommended to "register/RSVP" for protests.
October 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Received the below email today. Depending on your risk profile and tolerance for risk it is often not recommended to "register/RSVP" for protests.
Waiting to find out how Netanyahu has played Trump.
October 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Waiting to find out how Netanyahu has played Trump.
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Holy crap. This is terrible.
The article states it's "not related to the current U.S. government shutdown". But of course it is: they are both connected by the GOP destroying everything good about this country from the top down and the bottom up.
The article states it's "not related to the current U.S. government shutdown". But of course it is: they are both connected by the GOP destroying everything good about this country from the top down and the bottom up.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.
reut.rs
October 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Holy crap. This is terrible.
The article states it's "not related to the current U.S. government shutdown". But of course it is: they are both connected by the GOP destroying everything good about this country from the top down and the bottom up.
The article states it's "not related to the current U.S. government shutdown". But of course it is: they are both connected by the GOP destroying everything good about this country from the top down and the bottom up.
