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Rob Shrum
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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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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.
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The events of this week did WAY more damage to Trump than he and the administration realize. The list so far:
December 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
At this point I’m expecting a Pentagon Papers style leak of the Epstein files before a legitimate release of everything from the DOJ.
December 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The events of this week did WAY more damage to Trump than he and the administration realize. The list so far:
December 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This speech is like being at a nursing home and an old person you don’t know walks up and starts rambling nonsense loudly and you just put up with it to be polite
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
MAGA died less than one year into Trump’s second term in office.
December 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
How long before Congressional Hearings turn into American Gladiator reruns?
December 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I'm amazed by the Avatar movie franchise. No one asks for (or wants) these movies, but they keep coming out!
December 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Remember the Epstein files release deadline is Friday so he needs to load up the distractions before then
The president said that a large Armada has been assembled surrounding Venezuela, with more resources expected to arrive.
Donald Trump Announces Total Blockade of Venezuelan Oil Tankers
www.newsweek.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
So it’s about oil, not drugs. I’ve seen this one before in 2003….
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Denying the quotes from the article only to find out that it was recorded = 🤌
December 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Reading the Vanity Fair article pairs well with Bittersweet Symphony playing in the background - like in the ending of Cruel Intentions
December 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
And add "economically ignorant protectionism" to the list
This cruelty-driven, leader-idol-worship, own your opponent at all costs era of U.S. politics has ruined the country.
December 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This cruelty-driven, leader-idol-worship, own your opponent at all costs era of U.S. politics has ruined the country.
December 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Dear Elf on the Shelf creator (from all parents of young kids late at night and/or at the crack of dawn):
December 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This is absolutely nuts
December 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
It's almost as if OUR COUNTRY is being run by SOMEONE who has more experience with BANKRUPTCIES AND FRAUD than actual business success! SAD!
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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December 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Same
December 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
If there is ever some kind of apocalypse that wipes us out, I hope the only things that remain as a cipher for future civilizations to discover are the personal injury attorney billboards along the interstates
December 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The similarities between Trump's second term and the Biden presidency are uncanny
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Who knew that having dangerously unqualified people in key cabinet positions with the administration could have catastrophic consequences?
December 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The White House's healthcare plan: Obamacare but with a MAGA hat on it
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Save your sanity - Mute keywords and names on social platforms
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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