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@herbschaffner.bsky.social
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Writer, media expert, fiery Democrat, fly fisher

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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Our immigrant neighbors are living with fear most Americans never have to face. They need allies, not bystanders. Show up. Speak up. Share the load. Solidarity is not optional right now.
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
“Being an immigrant right now is terror layered on exhaustion.”Sylvia’s voice is a plea and a warning: white people, we need you. Not just to care, but to act, to speak, to take the hits so immigrants don’t have to do this alone.
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Babies are most at risk from Hepatitis B. Many adults carry it without knowing, and it spreads easily. The Hep B vaccine at birth is safe, effective, and prevents lifelong infection and liver disease. Don’t listen to the regime’s disinformation machine — protect the kids.
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
For medically complex kids, Hepatitis B isn’t abstract; it’s the difference between stability, irreversible liver damage, or worse. Decades-proven protections are being rolled back for politics. Children need evidence-based care, not experiments. Their health is nonnegotiable.
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
On a Monday night when most cities go quiet, Charlotte packed a church wall to wall for Siembra’s resistance training. As Jacob Soboroff noted, people don’t usually show up like this — but Charlotte did. When federal agents came, the community came louder🔥🔥🔥
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Hours after Border Patrol swept through Charlotte, protesters filled uptown with courage, not fear. They marched peacefully, stood united, and refused to be intimidated. Charlotte showed up. And it showed strength.💪
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
When Border Patrol showed up across Charlotte, parents and neighbors rushed to Berryhill to meet kids at the bus stop. They stood watch, linked arms, and made one thing clear: if the city gets targeted, its children will not face it alone. This is what community looks like.💙
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
H.S. students at Phillip O. Berry Academy walked out in protest, carrying signs like “No one is illegal on stolen land” & “I’ll take my horchata warm cause ICE sucks.” While masked agents stormed Charlotte & arrested 200, these kids showed more courage than the entire operation.
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
SHUTDOWN HELP: Across America, neighbors are flipping Little Free Libraries into Little Free Pantries—stocked with food, diapers, and hope. From Dallas to Richardson to everywhere, people are proving community won’t shut down, even if government does.
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Portland, Oregon isn’t playing around. The community—sparked by @hereticcoffeepdx and featured on @dangerousones podcast—is uniting to support neighbors hit hardest by SNAP cuts. Proof that when Portlanders see need, they show up.🔥🔥🔥
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
At sunrise, faith leaders and neighbors blocked the bridge to Coast Guard Island, demanding ICE and federal agents leave the Bay. Trump’s anti-immigrant offensive met the power of solidarity. They came with stun grenades—communities answered with courage and light. ✊🌅
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
In Middletown, NY, residents are rising up as ICE agents stalk worksites, profiling people by skin tone & detaining those who followed every legal step. This is state terror—raids without warrants, fear as policy. Communities everywhere are rejecting cages, walls, & checkpoints.
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
The people of Little Village showed the nation what courage looks like: standing unarmed, united, & unafraid in the face of ICE’s tear gas & violence. They protected their neighbors, not with weapons, but with peaceful & fierce solidarity.
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Residents of Lakeview, Chicago drove ICE out—literally. When agents tear-gassed a lunch-hour worksite near Wrigley Field, neighbors poured into the street, filming, blowing whistles, and shouting them off the block. Community > cruelty.💪
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Health care funding saves lives. Period. Just ask AFSCME member Annita Martinez, who fights every day to get patients the care they deserve. But Trump’s yes-men in Congress slashed billions piling costs on workers and forcing hospitals to the brink. #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
✨ Meet Izzy. At 16, he’s already a fierce advocate. Living with autism, Medicaid gives him the care to thrive, go to school, and live his best life. Families like Izzy’s shouldn’t have to fight for care, yet Trump’s cuts put kids at risk. #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown in a nutshell: chaos, cruelty and corruption. social.demcast.com/s/vWu11LNo
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
The Republican party is more concerned with appeasing Trump's ego than with serving the American people. #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown is a clear demonstration of their priorities: self-interest over the public good. social.demcast.com/s/INW6GGWM
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Reminder! Donald Trump and Republicans are more interested in inflicting pain on the American people than lowering health care costs. #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown social.demcast.com/s/h4W2QEyK
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Jack Ciattarelli’s campaign got their hands on Mikie Sherrill’s unredacted military records illegally. She has nothing to hide, but that’s not the point. If they’ll violate a Navy vet & Congresswoman’s privacy, no one is safe from their dirty tricks. #VoteNJ
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
A dirty trick: Mikie Sherrill’s stolen military records are being weaponized to smear her service. Lt Col (Ret.) Casey Moes—20-year Army vet & West Point ethics instructor—calls it out and defends her honor. Watch her shred the lies.🔥 #VoteNJ
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
NJ families are on the brink. Utility bills are crippling, and many are struggling to make ends meet. We need a governor who'll take bold action NOW. Mikie Sherrill will declare a State of Emergency on utility costs and freeze rates on Day One. #VoteNJ
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
NJ families are on the brink. Utility bills are crippling, and many are struggling to make ends meet. We need a governor who'll take bold action NOW. Mikie Sherrill will declare a State of Emergency on utility costs and freeze rates on Day One. #VoteNJ
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Mikie Sherrill spent her weekend where it matters most: out with the people of New Jersey, from every town and district. Listening, showing up, and standing with us. That’s real leadership, and it’s exactly what Jersey deserves. 💙 #VoteNJ
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Mikie Sherrill calls it like it is: more deceit from a desperate campaign. While Jack and his MAGA allies push baseless lies, she’s got a real plan to end utility rate hikes and cut costs. Watch the unedited footage yourself: the truth is on her side. #VoteNJ
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
What Donald Trump is threatening—deploying military troops to intimidate Illinois—is a blatant violation of the Constitution. Plain and simple.
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Oregon AG: "We have to draw a line in the sand. This is America. You don't need the US military walking our streets in any city."
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Gov. Tina Kotek in downtown Portland walking peacefully with Oregonians to say that we don’t need military intervention here. We are peaceful. We are united. We are Oregon.
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Nick “Dangerous” Knudsen Reporting LIVE from the hellscape that’s is Portland, Oregon. 🤨
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
An important message from the president of Antifa 😂
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
RIP to Jena’s Uncle Gil, 1924-2025, beloved father, grandfather, great uncle, ww2 veteran, chemist and now apparent #antifa “terrorist” under the Trump regime 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 VC jenafriedman IG
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Trump forgot again he needs Congress, you know the legislative branch, to make laws. And the pesky little fact that WWll veterans are all Antifa. We should all be Antifa!
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Thank you, British Resistance!
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Thank you, British Resistance!
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Thank you, British Resistance!
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Enough is enough! Find a #NoKings event near you on Oct 18 and join the resistance against Trump's tyranny! Don't see an event near you? Sign up to host one yourself! social.demcast.com/s/m0QeF5hE
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
No Thrones. No Crowns. #NoKings. On October 18, we rise. Not to protect a broken system, but to protect each other. We do not bow to power. We build people power. social.demcast.com/s/e7vJFRWY
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Trump's power grab won't stop until we stop him. Find a #NoKings event on Oct 18 and be part of the resistance that's taking back our country! social.demcast.com/s/sI34ZCSm
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
"We don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil." Let's stand with Mayor Bowser and all of DC against this fascist takeover.
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
"We don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil." Let's stand with Mayor Bowser and all of DC against this fascist takeover.
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Trump is using "rising crime" to justify his DC takeover. But the truth is... crime down 26% this year! So what's the real reason? A 2 for 1 deal: to distract from the Epstein files & numb Americans to weaponizing the National Guard!
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Trump brags he doesn’t need legislation—he’ll just “call people” to get his way. That’s not leadership, it’s mob boss politics. Laws are for protecting democracy, not optional hurdles for wannabe dictators who think they can rule by phone call and threat.
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Donald Trump claims DC is full of violent individuals as his excuse for his fascist takeover... Rich coming from a man who incited a violent coup just 4 years ago in that same city.
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Happening NOW: @freedcproject is on the White House plaza as Trump sends 800 National Guard troops to patrol DC & puts our police under federal control. Crowd chants: “Hands off DC!” This is a power grab in real time—& DC isn’t backing down.
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Adam Kinzinger is on point: yes, Trump’s an authoritarian—but he’s also a weak, tiny man. These power grabs aren’t strength, they’re desperation. He seizes control because it’s all he has left: fear, bluster, and the delusion that bullying equals power.
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I bleed blue @herbschaffner.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Protesters are flooding DC streets to demand two things: that the National Guard be recalled and that the Epstein files be released. We stand with you, DC!
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