Rum Ham
@mikeschultz1961.bsky.social
Big fan of the minutemen, Ed Abbey, Miles Davis, the great outdoors
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Today we won a big victory in Texas but the fight for democracy is not over. We all need to steel ourselves for the battles ahead. We won't win them all, but we can never lose sight of what we need to do to prepare fee and fair elections.
November 19, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Today we won a big victory in Texas but the fight for democracy is not over. We all need to steel ourselves for the battles ahead. We won't win them all, but we can never lose sight of what we need to do to prepare fee and fair elections.
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@repdangoldman.bsky.social is the best. We need more members of Congress like him.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
@repdangoldman.bsky.social is the best. We need more members of Congress like him.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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It looks like Democrats in Virginia swept Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General. If they keep the House of Delegates it clears the way for them to redistrict. And the victories were by a larger margin than predicted.
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
It looks like Democrats in Virginia swept Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General. If they keep the House of Delegates it clears the way for them to redistrict. And the victories were by a larger margin than predicted.
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Hey MAGA: Still supporting Trump & the GOP despite getting laid off and standing in a food bank line?
Shyt is about to get real for everyone on November 1st if you need SNAP to feed your family.
I'm just saying. Democrats are holding the line for YOU!
www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...
Shyt is about to get real for everyone on November 1st if you need SNAP to feed your family.
I'm just saying. Democrats are holding the line for YOU!
www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...
'Uncharted territory': Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people
SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.
www.npr.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Hey MAGA: Still supporting Trump & the GOP despite getting laid off and standing in a food bank line?
Shyt is about to get real for everyone on November 1st if you need SNAP to feed your family.
I'm just saying. Democrats are holding the line for YOU!
www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...
Shyt is about to get real for everyone on November 1st if you need SNAP to feed your family.
I'm just saying. Democrats are holding the line for YOU!
www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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Here’s a gift link to my New York Times piece on what Dems can learn from bad bunny
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Opinion | What Chuck Schumer Can Learn From Bad Bunny
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Here’s a gift link to my New York Times piece on what Dems can learn from bad bunny
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...
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Two-thirds of National Park Service employees have been furloughed during the ongoing government shutdown, worsening an already severe staffing shortage. With limited personnel remaining, essential maintenance, law enforcement, and visitor services are significantly reduced.
October 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Two-thirds of National Park Service employees have been furloughed during the ongoing government shutdown, worsening an already severe staffing shortage. With limited personnel remaining, essential maintenance, law enforcement, and visitor services are significantly reduced.
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What a pathetic lie, JD. Nobody’s arguing for benefits for people who are undocumented.
But now that we’ve cleared that up, are you saying you WILL support continued ACA health care tax credits for millions of U.S. CITIZENS?
That’s what we’re fighting for!
But now that we’ve cleared that up, are you saying you WILL support continued ACA health care tax credits for millions of U.S. CITIZENS?
That’s what we’re fighting for!
October 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
What a pathetic lie, JD. Nobody’s arguing for benefits for people who are undocumented.
But now that we’ve cleared that up, are you saying you WILL support continued ACA health care tax credits for millions of U.S. CITIZENS?
That’s what we’re fighting for!
But now that we’ve cleared that up, are you saying you WILL support continued ACA health care tax credits for millions of U.S. CITIZENS?
That’s what we’re fighting for!
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There is no money for cancer research, no money for the deaf and blind children program, and not enough money for healthcare, Social Security, and Medicare, but there is enough money to give $20 billion to Argentina.
October 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
There is no money for cancer research, no money for the deaf and blind children program, and not enough money for healthcare, Social Security, and Medicare, but there is enough money to give $20 billion to Argentina.
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 23 SEPTEMBER
🚨 ARIZONA VOTES DEMOCRAT ADELITA GRIJALVA for Congressional District AZ CD07 🚨
Overwhelming
Congratulations to
ADELITA GRIJALVA
OUR FIRST LATINA CONGRESSWOMAN FROM ARIZONA
Showing 21 point D over performance from 2024
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 23 SEPTEMBER
🚨 ARIZONA VOTES DEMOCRAT ADELITA GRIJALVA for Congressional District AZ CD07 🚨
Overwhelming
Congratulations to
ADELITA GRIJALVA
OUR FIRST LATINA CONGRESSWOMAN FROM ARIZONA
Showing 21 point D over performance from 2024
Arizona Special Election 2025 Live Results
View results from the 2025 Arizona House Special Election. Follow live outcomes as votes are added up on Election Day.
www.nbcnews.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 23 SEPTEMBER
🚨 ARIZONA VOTES DEMOCRAT ADELITA GRIJALVA for Congressional District AZ CD07 🚨
Overwhelming
Congratulations to
ADELITA GRIJALVA
OUR FIRST LATINA CONGRESSWOMAN FROM ARIZONA
Showing 21 point D over performance from 2024
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 23 SEPTEMBER
🚨 ARIZONA VOTES DEMOCRAT ADELITA GRIJALVA for Congressional District AZ CD07 🚨
Overwhelming
Congratulations to
ADELITA GRIJALVA
OUR FIRST LATINA CONGRESSWOMAN FROM ARIZONA
Showing 21 point D over performance from 2024
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Watch Jacinda Ardern’s interview with Jon Stewart and Kamala Harris’s interview with Rachel Maddow to reset your brain after listening to Trump drone for an hour. If the contrast doesn’t shake you to the core you must be MAGA. An example of how real people speak. This is what normal is.
September 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Watch Jacinda Ardern’s interview with Jon Stewart and Kamala Harris’s interview with Rachel Maddow to reset your brain after listening to Trump drone for an hour. If the contrast doesn’t shake you to the core you must be MAGA. An example of how real people speak. This is what normal is.
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"No right was deemed by the fathers of the government more sacred than the right of speech. It was in their eyes, as in the eyes of all thoughtful men, the great moral renovator of society and government."
― Frederick Douglass, activist and author
― Frederick Douglass, activist and author
September 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"No right was deemed by the fathers of the government more sacred than the right of speech. It was in their eyes, as in the eyes of all thoughtful men, the great moral renovator of society and government."
― Frederick Douglass, activist and author
― Frederick Douglass, activist and author
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Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has issued an executive order to ensure COVID vaccines are accessible to everyone and insurers continue to cover them.
Press Release: Gov. Evers Signs Executive Order to Ensure Access to Vaccines in Wisconsin
content.govdelivery.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has issued an executive order to ensure COVID vaccines are accessible to everyone and insurers continue to cover them.
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So China, USSR, NK, and India are all meeting to take over the entire world.
Europe is meeting to save the entire world and the United States is attacking Chicago.
Anybody else see a problem!?
Fuck this. 😒
Europe is meeting to save the entire world and the United States is attacking Chicago.
Anybody else see a problem!?
Fuck this. 😒
September 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
So China, USSR, NK, and India are all meeting to take over the entire world.
Europe is meeting to save the entire world and the United States is attacking Chicago.
Anybody else see a problem!?
Fuck this. 😒
Europe is meeting to save the entire world and the United States is attacking Chicago.
Anybody else see a problem!?
Fuck this. 😒
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Yes, exactly. A key reason Newsom is breaking through is that he's proceeding as if there's real urgency, because...there is!
It wasn’t just the aggressiveness of the pushback that made it effective; it was also the immediacy. There was no time for focus groups, no time for consultants to diminish or second-guess the messaging the way they did with Governor Tim Walz’s viral “weird …
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
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The Origin Story of Gavin Newsom’s Salty Online Trolling
The California governor is getting traction with his increasingly feisty tweets and maybe beating Donald Trump at his own game.
www.vanityfair.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Yes, exactly. A key reason Newsom is breaking through is that he's proceeding as if there's real urgency, because...there is!
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Last week Trump said he likes the idea of starting a war so he can declare “no more elections” and stay in office forever.
Today he just said “a lot of people” want “a dictator.”
See where this is going?
Today he just said “a lot of people” want “a dictator.”
See where this is going?
August 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Last week Trump said he likes the idea of starting a war so he can declare “no more elections” and stay in office forever.
Today he just said “a lot of people” want “a dictator.”
See where this is going?
Today he just said “a lot of people” want “a dictator.”
See where this is going?
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August 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Who's the next Democrat that's gonna come out swinging? Who's gonna go on the attack? Who's gonna figure out a way to get it done regardless of the obstacles in place? If you can't see that there's an insatiable appetite for fighters and brawlers on the left, open your eyes.
August 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Who's the next Democrat that's gonna come out swinging? Who's gonna go on the attack? Who's gonna figure out a way to get it done regardless of the obstacles in place? If you can't see that there's an insatiable appetite for fighters and brawlers on the left, open your eyes.
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Crow: "Look at what happened. US military personnel in uniform literally were on hands & knees rolling out a red carpet for the most murderous dictator of the 21st century...we keep on acting like Putin deserves to be brought out in open like any of head of state. This is a historic embarrassment."
August 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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here's today's post: "Gavin Newsom, fuck yeah" — California’s Governor is through playing games.
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Gavin Newsom, fuck yeah
California’s Governor is through playing games
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August 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
here's today's post: "Gavin Newsom, fuck yeah" — California’s Governor is through playing games.
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
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holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second
August 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second
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Starmer is thinking what we are thinking and what most of the world is thinking.
July 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Starmer is thinking what we are thinking and what most of the world is thinking.
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Let’s be clear: This is political censorship. Just as CBS’ parent company handed Trump $16 million to settle a spurious lawsuit, this decision is about preemptively bowing to a regime that demands obedience.
We stand with Stephen Colbert and every voice that Trump wants silenced.
We stand with Stephen Colbert and every voice that Trump wants silenced.
Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning
CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.
www.motherjones.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Let’s be clear: This is political censorship. Just as CBS’ parent company handed Trump $16 million to settle a spurious lawsuit, this decision is about preemptively bowing to a regime that demands obedience.
We stand with Stephen Colbert and every voice that Trump wants silenced.
We stand with Stephen Colbert and every voice that Trump wants silenced.