Mathew Helman
Dad, #mapoli communications pro, Senate/House race junkie, Springsteen disciple, Celtics fan, stand-up comedy enthusiast. He/him. Skeeto ergo sum.
- While the #Texas GOP goes through a "trainwreck" of a #TXSen primary that culminates in their most vulnerable & transparently corrupt nominee in decades, I'd love to see @juliancastrotx.bsky.social enter the race for the @texasdemocrats.bsky.social
- "and remove several protesters in wheelchairs"
- Still, it's heartwarming to see fathers & sons doing stuff together.
- STOP TRYING TO MAKE RAHM EMANUEL HAPPEN!!!
- .@capitolfax.bsky.social wonders whether prominent Dem consultants are publicly advising against a 3rd JB Pritzker term to clear field for Rahm run for governor capitolfax.com/2025/05/13/a...
- Jayson Tatum update from Taylor Snow: Jayson Tatum underwent successful surgery today to repair a ruptured right Achilles tendon. No timetable is currently available for his return, but he is expected to make a full recovery. #JaysonTatum #Celtics #BostonCeltics #NBA #BleedGreen #DifferentHere
- Ominous Jayson Tatum update. “MRI tomorrow, he’s with the doctors now.” "Did not define the injury other than 'lower body.' Will update tomorrow." #JaysonTatum #Celtics #BostonCeltics #NBA #NBABluesky #NBAsky #NBAPlayoffs #NBAPlayoffs2025 #BleedGreen #DifferentHere
- Just #NC11 Republican CongressStooge Chuck Edwards assaulting someone *with a clipboard* at a Rotary Club conference. #ncpol #Asheville #NorthCarolina @ncdemocrats.bsky.social @abreezeclayton.bsky.social @moedavis.bsky.social @carolinaforward.bsky.social
- NC congressman hit another man with a clipboard at conference, Rotarian says #ncpol Read more at: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
- There's a word for this: #corruption "Trump's Family Is Rapidly Striking Business Deals in the Mideast" www.wsj.com/world/middle... #TrumpCrimeFamily
- . @juliancastrotx.bsky.social , it's gonna be Cartoonishly Corrupt Ken Paxton as the GOP's #TXSen nominee. He'll be #Texas Republicans' most vulnerable nominee in our lifetime. Please strongly consider running.
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- This 2025 #NBAPlayoffs Conference Semifinals round has been the downright wackiest single round of any #NBA playoffs of my lifetime, I think.
- These #Pacers are simply disassembling these #Cavaliers. #NBA #NBAPlayoffs #NBAPlayoffs2025 #NBABluesky #YesCers #LetEmKnow
- This ain't it, @gallego.senate.gov . They're scammers, and you know better.
- Best @bobsburgersfox.bsky.social #MothersDay & Mom-themed eps: 5] S7: Mom, Lies, and Videotape 4] S7: Grand Mama-Pest Hotel 3] S3: Mother Daughter Laser Razor 2] S5: Eat, Spray, Linda 1] S8: Mo Mommy, Mo Problems #MothersDay2025 #BobsBurgers @lorenbouchard.bsky.social @wendymolyneux.bsky.social
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- Don't forget that, for most of his career in the U.S. Senate, John Barrasso's *singular* duty was to stand silently behind Mitch McConnell and subtly nod. #WYSen @jfallows.bsky.social @atrupar.com bsky.app/profile/atru...
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- This 2025 #NBAPlayoffs Conference Semifinals round has been the downright wackiest single round of any #NBA playoffs of my lifetime, I think.
- Putting aside Susan Collins' well-documented lie when she first ran in 1996 that she'd only serve 2 terms, if she runs for & gets a SIXTH term next yr, when *that* term expires, she'll be EIGHTY yrs old. www.cnn.com/2025/05/11/p... #MESen #mepolitics #SusanCollins #Maine @collinswatch.bsky.social
- JUST IN: Rep. Elise Stefanik says she’s “strongly considering” running for governor of New York
- *THIS* Elise Stefanik? #NYGov
- 5 down. ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️ [phew!] 11 to go. #Celtics #CelticsVsKnicks #BostonCeltics #NBA #NBAPlayoffs #NBAPlayoffs2025 #NBABluesky #BleedGreen #DifferentHere
- The House GOP is so divisive and extreme, they can't even agree on a House Chaplain! #GOPCantGovern
- To put this in #FantasticFour terms, if #SupplyChain disruptions causing empty shelves are Galactus, empty ports are the Silver Surfer, presaging what is to come. #SupplyChainDisruption #Fantastic4 #MCU #Marvel #MarvelStudios #TrumpRecession #Trumpcession #TrumpTariffs #Tariffs #TrumpTradeWar
- "Nothing is being shipped over": Zero cargo vessels left China with goods for the two major West Coast ports in 12 hours, as of yesterday morning, a shutdown of trade not seen since the pandemic. www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/b...
- Working hard or hardly literate?
- Number of (reported) golf outings for Trump since inauguration: 16. Number of ‘daily’ intel briefings: 12. @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
- In other words, the White House is giving incompetent, unqualified #PeteHegseth a babysitter.
- NEW: Exasperated by the turmoil that has dogged Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office in recent weeks, the White House will block his choice of chief of staff Ricky Buria and select a candidate of its own @theguardian.com scoop www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- I know that #TheSimpsons usually gets credit for predicting the future; but, this time, #FamilyGuy gave us an early glimpse at the disastrous tenure of #SeanDuffy at the Department of Transportation. #Transportation #wipolitics @ditzkoff.bsky.social
- Byron Donalds is, of course, LYING. #DueProcess is NOT "reserved for American citizens." The Constitution - that Donalds took an oath to "support and defend" - says that due process of law is afforded to "any person," NOT just citizens. #ByronDonalds = LIAR. #FlaPol #FLGov
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- Also an excellent Springsteen lullaby: Wild Billy's Circus Story.
- Get him, @billgates.com !
- Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of ‘killing’ children with USAID cuts ft.com/content/bdd9bb89-ac…
- Feeble Trump spin: empty docks, dockworkers & truckers losing work, less commerce, and broken supply chains are good, actually! #TrumpRecession #Trumpcession #TrumpTradeWar #TrumpTariffs #Tariffs
- Pete Hegseth thought "CONCLAVE" was just the name of the College of Cardinals' Signal group chat.
- Shitty dad, shitty husband, shitty son-in-law, shitty VP, and shitty human being JD Vance is also a shitty brother. #JDVance #Cincinnati #CincinnatiOhio
- New: Vice President JD Vance heartily endorsed his brother in a Cincinnati mayoral primary this week, telling people to “Get out there and vote for him!” But records suggest Vance himself didn’t do so, and his office won’t say. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
- The new Pope does Wordle. Perhaps tomorrow my first guess will be PAPAL. 🤔 #PopeLeo #PopeLeoXIV #RobertPrevost
- I'm 99% sure "American Pope" was a Johnny Cash song.
- Flashback to Jeanine Pirro being out on the town, socializing, and checking out Chrissy Teigen's topless pix on her phone - and CT asking #JeaninePirro why. #JeanineWhyAreMyBoobsUpOnYourPhone www.scarymommy.com/chrissy-teig... #JudgeJeanine #GOPClownShow
- Do you feel like everything is a bit of a dumpster fire & you wanna do something to help somebody somewhere - or you just wanna do a nice thing before #MothersDay ? #DonateBlood 🩸 Find a nearby blood drive: www.redcrossblood.org #GiveBlood @joshuamalina.bsky.social @americanredcross.bsky.social
- Honestly, fire Joe Mazzulla tonight, @celticsnba.bsky.social #Celtics #CelticsVsKnicks #BostonCeltics #NBA #NBAPlayoffs #NBAPlayoffs2025 #NBABluesky #BleedGreen #DifferentHere
- Sam Cassell coaching the @celticsnba.bsky.social instead of Joe Mazzulla does NOT blow back-to-back 20-point leads. This is disgraceful. #Celtics #CelticsVsKnicks #BostonCeltics #NBA #NBAPlayoffs #NBAPlayoffs2025 #NBABluesky #BleedGreen #DifferentHere
- Trump's memory on display, via @seungminkim1.bsky.social #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
- Septuagenarian Stephen Lynch, in elected office since 1995, has an official #MA08 Democratic primary challenger in voting rights attorney @patrickroath.bsky.social #mapoli #bospoli
- It’s time for a new generation of leadership. My name is Patrick Roath and I am running for Congress. #mapoli
- MAGA-Republicans love America so much that they're selling it off to pay for tax cuts for the rich. Via @bloomberg.com : "Republicans to Pay for Trump Tax Cuts With Sales of Public Land" www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #publiclands #trumptaxcuts
- Via @barrons.com : "Global Shipping Is Grinding to a Standstill. It’s a Matter of Time Until Americans Feel It." www.barrons.com/articles/shi... #shipping #supplychain #supplychains #TrumpRecession #Trumpcession #TrumpTradeWar #TrumpTariffs #tariffs
- These are the creepiest freakin' weirdos...
- Trump's #Greenland obsession escalates further.
- WSJ: “.. The classified message asked agencies, whose tools include surveillance satellites, communications intercepts and spies on the ground, to identify people in Greenland and Denmark who support U.S. objectives for the island.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/world/greenl...
- The cost of baby strollers is jumping thanks to #TrumpTariffs kstp.com/kstp-news/to... #TrumpTradeWar #TrumpRecession #Trumpcession #tariffs
- Flippable #IA03 has its first announcement from a strong Democrat, State Senator @sarahforiowa.bsky.social #iapolitics #Iowa
- I’m running for Congress because Iowans deserve a Representative who will show up, stand up, and speak out! www.sarahforiowa.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz0Q...
- The Trump/Musk/al-Assad Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, is so attuned to maintaining secrecy that she "used the same easily cracked password" for different accounts, including Gmail and Dropbox. 🤦♂️ #TulsiGabbard is a Spaceballs character.
