Sammtheman 🐈🐇🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸
@sammtheman.bsky.social
Mostly Activism 🏳️🌈🏘️🍎🏫🗳️✊♀️
Based in Montana, USA
Working Families Party🟪🟧
I apologize for my President, he's brain-dead.
Based in Montana, USA
Working Families Party🟪🟧
I apologize for my President, he's brain-dead.
Don't forget to prepare your cat seeds for the spring.
February 5, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Don't forget to prepare your cat seeds for the spring.
Disgusting. Vote him OUT.
U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy signed onto a brief filed at the U.S. Supreme Court that argues against the common understanding of birthright citizenship and leans heavily on case that was originally used to deny Native Americans citizenship. dailymontanan.com/2026/02/02/s... #mtpol #montana #mtnews
Sheehy joins birthright citizenship battle with fellow Congressmen • Daily Montanan
U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy joins a friends-of-the-court effort to convince the United States Supreme Court to reject the current definition of birthright citizenship.
dailymontanan.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Disgusting. Vote him OUT.
I've had this idea bopping around in my head for a couple weeks.
A Tuxido cat being, quite simply, a white cat under a black sheet. A reverse ghost.
Need more drapery practice, but I love it ♥️🐈
#art
A Tuxido cat being, quite simply, a white cat under a black sheet. A reverse ghost.
Need more drapery practice, but I love it ♥️🐈
#art
February 4, 2026 at 1:51 PM
I've had this idea bopping around in my head for a couple weeks.
A Tuxido cat being, quite simply, a white cat under a black sheet. A reverse ghost.
Need more drapery practice, but I love it ♥️🐈
#art
A Tuxido cat being, quite simply, a white cat under a black sheet. A reverse ghost.
Need more drapery practice, but I love it ♥️🐈
#art
Missoula, Butte, & Billings: COORDINATED multi-city protest TODAY against ICE in response to the murder of Alex Jeffery.
We will gather at the same time: 4pm - 5:30pm.
Billings will gather at the big open lot on N 27th St and 6th Ave, by the library. Warm drinks will be served.
We will gather at the same time: 4pm - 5:30pm.
Billings will gather at the big open lot on N 27th St and 6th Ave, by the library. Warm drinks will be served.
January 25, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Missoula, Butte, & Billings: COORDINATED multi-city protest TODAY against ICE in response to the murder of Alex Jeffery.
We will gather at the same time: 4pm - 5:30pm.
Billings will gather at the big open lot on N 27th St and 6th Ave, by the library. Warm drinks will be served.
We will gather at the same time: 4pm - 5:30pm.
Billings will gather at the big open lot on N 27th St and 6th Ave, by the library. Warm drinks will be served.
This young woman is vetted by Falestine Freed, a 501(c) charity with partners on the ground in Gaza.
Please help this budding medical professional keep her family alive.
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Please help this budding medical professional keep her family alive.
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Help Mervat Save Her Family
Mervat is only 21 years old.She should be finishing her studies, planning her future, and building a life of her own.
chuffed.org
January 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
This young woman is vetted by Falestine Freed, a 501(c) charity with partners on the ground in Gaza.
Please help this budding medical professional keep her family alive.
🇵🇸
Please help this budding medical professional keep her family alive.
🇵🇸
Reposted by Sammtheman 🐈🐇🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸
🚨 Not Just Expiring Tax Credits: Here's six *other* ugly healthcare policy provisions which just went into effect today:
acasignups.net/26/01/01/not...
acasignups.net/26/01/01/not...
Not Just Expiring Tax Credits: Here's six other ugly healthcare policy provisions which also just went into effect.
Last summer, when H.R.1, the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” (aka the Big Ugly BIll or the MAGA Murder Bill) was passed by Republicans, I pointed out that for all the cynical talk about the bill being ...
acasignups.net
January 2, 2026 at 1:24 AM
🚨 Not Just Expiring Tax Credits: Here's six *other* ugly healthcare policy provisions which just went into effect today:
acasignups.net/26/01/01/not...
acasignups.net/26/01/01/not...
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“No room at the Inn” is a biblical reference about immigrants (Jesus’ parents) being turned away. Not the government. Way to go, Hilton! The 3rd Amendment protects private entities from having to house the government.
January 5, 2026 at 10:01 PM
“No room at the Inn” is a biblical reference about immigrants (Jesus’ parents) being turned away. Not the government. Way to go, Hilton! The 3rd Amendment protects private entities from having to house the government.
Reposted by Sammtheman 🐈🐇🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸
🎁 Article
The schedule has gone from 17 routine shots to 11.
Some, like the one leading cause of hospitalization in American infants, will only be given to high risk groups.
Others will only be available after parents talk to a doctor.
The choice is on families now and that should scare us all.
The schedule has gone from 17 routine shots to 11.
Some, like the one leading cause of hospitalization in American infants, will only be given to high risk groups.
Others will only be available after parents talk to a doctor.
The choice is on families now and that should scare us all.
Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:26 PM
🎁 Article
The schedule has gone from 17 routine shots to 11.
Some, like the one leading cause of hospitalization in American infants, will only be given to high risk groups.
Others will only be available after parents talk to a doctor.
The choice is on families now and that should scare us all.
The schedule has gone from 17 routine shots to 11.
Some, like the one leading cause of hospitalization in American infants, will only be given to high risk groups.
Others will only be available after parents talk to a doctor.
The choice is on families now and that should scare us all.
Reposted by Sammtheman 🐈🐇🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸
The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
Ten Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy
From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.
www.democracydocket.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
Some Good News!
"Because of our hard work and determination, we now have a federal court order prohibiting this illegal logging from moving forward."
"Because of our hard work and determination, we now have a federal court order prohibiting this illegal logging from moving forward."
Mike Garrity: Conservation groups stop illegal logging next to Yellowstone National Park
->The Bozeman Daily Chronicle | #national park #illegal logging #conservation | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->The Bozeman Daily Chronicle | #national park #illegal logging #conservation | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
Mike Garrity: Conservation groups stop illegal logging next to Yellowstone National Park
State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North...
www.bozemandailychronicle.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Some Good News!
"Because of our hard work and determination, we now have a federal court order prohibiting this illegal logging from moving forward."
"Because of our hard work and determination, we now have a federal court order prohibiting this illegal logging from moving forward."
The "greatest country in the world" can't afford the ACA but we can throw a big Hunger Games party and a UFC fight at the White House.
Tr*mp announces plan for US Hunger Games
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The "greatest country in the world" can't afford the ACA but we can throw a big Hunger Games party and a UFC fight at the White House.
Hide your data, hide your wives.
ICE supposedly has the capability to monitor your activity on your phone without you knowing.
There's never been a better time to look into changing the OS on your phone to try to mitigate this.
ICE supposedly has the capability to monitor your activity on your phone without you knowing.
There's never been a better time to look into changing the OS on your phone to try to mitigate this.
Maddow sounds alarm on ICE surveillance as Trump wields new weapon
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Hide your data, hide your wives.
ICE supposedly has the capability to monitor your activity on your phone without you knowing.
There's never been a better time to look into changing the OS on your phone to try to mitigate this.
ICE supposedly has the capability to monitor your activity on your phone without you knowing.
There's never been a better time to look into changing the OS on your phone to try to mitigate this.
"In May, Oklahoma approved standards requiring teaching the conspiracy, led by Donald Trump, that the 2020 election was stolen and treating the Covid lab leak theory as fact."
Well shit, look up your states' resent curriculum changes and keep an eye on them.
Well shit, look up your states' resent curriculum changes and keep an eye on them.
The far-right has spent the past several years accusing the left of teaching conspiracies and propaganda and indoctrinating children into extreme ideologies.
Now, as you may have guessed, they're doing what they accused the left of doing, but it's probably worse than you think.
My latest.
Now, as you may have guessed, they're doing what they accused the left of doing, but it's probably worse than you think.
My latest.
K-12 Indoctrination: Every Accusation is a Confession
MAGA spent years yelling about propaganda in schools — to get their own in
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io
December 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"In May, Oklahoma approved standards requiring teaching the conspiracy, led by Donald Trump, that the 2020 election was stolen and treating the Covid lab leak theory as fact."
Well shit, look up your states' resent curriculum changes and keep an eye on them.
Well shit, look up your states' resent curriculum changes and keep an eye on them.
Facts:
1. The water AI data centers use to cool their servers is municipal water. Increase in municipal water use by AI data centers means less for you and me and at a higher cost.
2. The electricity AI data centers use to power their servers AND constantly train models also uses a lot of water.
1. The water AI data centers use to cool their servers is municipal water. Increase in municipal water use by AI data centers means less for you and me and at a higher cost.
2. The electricity AI data centers use to power their servers AND constantly train models also uses a lot of water.
Why is Everyone So Wrong About AI Water Use??
YouTube video by Hank Green
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Facts:
1. The water AI data centers use to cool their servers is municipal water. Increase in municipal water use by AI data centers means less for you and me and at a higher cost.
2. The electricity AI data centers use to power their servers AND constantly train models also uses a lot of water.
1. The water AI data centers use to cool their servers is municipal water. Increase in municipal water use by AI data centers means less for you and me and at a higher cost.
2. The electricity AI data centers use to power their servers AND constantly train models also uses a lot of water.
Do these Dems belong to your state?
Vote 'em OUT!
Vote 'em OUT!
Democrats, we need to talk.
These 8 senators let themselves get played by Republicans on reopening the government, and every one of us knew exactly how this would go. They handed Republicans the only leverage we had in the healthcare fight.
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These 8 senators let themselves get played by Republicans on reopening the government, and every one of us knew exactly how this would go. They handed Republicans the only leverage we had in the healthcare fight.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Do these Dems belong to your state?
Vote 'em OUT!
Vote 'em OUT!
This is why we wanted the shutdown to continue.
We can look forward to 2x, 3x, 4x premium costs while we line the pockets of billionaires. 👎
This isn't democracy. This is oligarchy.
We can look forward to 2x, 3x, 4x premium costs while we line the pockets of billionaires. 👎
This isn't democracy. This is oligarchy.
Senate rejects dueling health care bills as Obamacare deadline nears
The Senate rejected dueling health care bills Thursday, all but guaranteeing that Obamacare subsidies used by more than 20 million Americans will lapse at the end of the year.
ground.news
December 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is why we wanted the shutdown to continue.
We can look forward to 2x, 3x, 4x premium costs while we line the pockets of billionaires. 👎
This isn't democracy. This is oligarchy.
We can look forward to 2x, 3x, 4x premium costs while we line the pockets of billionaires. 👎
This isn't democracy. This is oligarchy.
It's no longer "what if we could get every consumer to pay the maximum they can or are willing to pay".
It's already happening.
You already pay more than someone else does for the same exact products.
Who is to blame? The corporations putting their pinky on the scales.
Eat the rich.
It's already happening.
You already pay more than someone else does for the same exact products.
Who is to blame? The corporations putting their pinky on the scales.
Eat the rich.
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It's no longer "what if we could get every consumer to pay the maximum they can or are willing to pay".
It's already happening.
You already pay more than someone else does for the same exact products.
Who is to blame? The corporations putting their pinky on the scales.
Eat the rich.
It's already happening.
You already pay more than someone else does for the same exact products.
Who is to blame? The corporations putting their pinky on the scales.
Eat the rich.
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I feel this in my bones…
THE AMERICAN WORKER IS ALL OF US. Black, white, Latino, Asian, Native, immigrant, union or not. Not the “working class” stereotype.
We built this country. We keep it running. Stop dividing. Start recognizing.
I have a lot to say
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
THE AMERICAN WORKER IS ALL OF US. Black, white, Latino, Asian, Native, immigrant, union or not. Not the “working class” stereotype.
We built this country. We keep it running. Stop dividing. Start recognizing.
I have a lot to say
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
The American Worker
Is all of us
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I feel this in my bones…
THE AMERICAN WORKER IS ALL OF US. Black, white, Latino, Asian, Native, immigrant, union or not. Not the “working class” stereotype.
We built this country. We keep it running. Stop dividing. Start recognizing.
I have a lot to say
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
THE AMERICAN WORKER IS ALL OF US. Black, white, Latino, Asian, Native, immigrant, union or not. Not the “working class” stereotype.
We built this country. We keep it running. Stop dividing. Start recognizing.
I have a lot to say
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
The rich do not care about you.
Trump doesn't care about you being able to "afford" to survive.
Trump doesn't care about you being able to "afford" to survive.
December 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The rich do not care about you.
Trump doesn't care about you being able to "afford" to survive.
Trump doesn't care about you being able to "afford" to survive.
I missed MASS BLACKOUT day EIGHT
because we were travelling for a trip I booked back in September.
I did support Uber for one ride to the hotel, but other than that only food at small restaurants!
Eight days wasn't that bad. We did a shorter blackout earlier in the year. Ten days next time maybe?
because we were travelling for a trip I booked back in September.
I did support Uber for one ride to the hotel, but other than that only food at small restaurants!
Eight days wasn't that bad. We did a shorter blackout earlier in the year. Ten days next time maybe?
December 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I missed MASS BLACKOUT day EIGHT
because we were travelling for a trip I booked back in September.
I did support Uber for one ride to the hotel, but other than that only food at small restaurants!
Eight days wasn't that bad. We did a shorter blackout earlier in the year. Ten days next time maybe?
because we were travelling for a trip I booked back in September.
I did support Uber for one ride to the hotel, but other than that only food at small restaurants!
Eight days wasn't that bad. We did a shorter blackout earlier in the year. Ten days next time maybe?
YWCA is a shelter for domestic violence victims and their children in Billings, Montana.
During December they ask the community for assistance in filling the childrens' holiday wishes.
This year all 12 kids have already been sponsored, after the first ask! My community is supporting each other ♥️
During December they ask the community for assistance in filling the childrens' holiday wishes.
This year all 12 kids have already been sponsored, after the first ask! My community is supporting each other ♥️
December 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
YWCA is a shelter for domestic violence victims and their children in Billings, Montana.
During December they ask the community for assistance in filling the childrens' holiday wishes.
This year all 12 kids have already been sponsored, after the first ask! My community is supporting each other ♥️
During December they ask the community for assistance in filling the childrens' holiday wishes.
This year all 12 kids have already been sponsored, after the first ask! My community is supporting each other ♥️
MASS BLACKOUT DAY SEVEN!
Cyber Monday
Yesterday I participated in an online silent auction for a non-profit rabbit rescue and I'm still in the lead on 3 items 🥳
Today I'll patronize my small local coffee shop City Brew, my small local pharmacy Pharm406, and stay the hell away from billionaires.
Cyber Monday
Yesterday I participated in an online silent auction for a non-profit rabbit rescue and I'm still in the lead on 3 items 🥳
Today I'll patronize my small local coffee shop City Brew, my small local pharmacy Pharm406, and stay the hell away from billionaires.
December 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
MASS BLACKOUT DAY SEVEN!
Cyber Monday
Yesterday I participated in an online silent auction for a non-profit rabbit rescue and I'm still in the lead on 3 items 🥳
Today I'll patronize my small local coffee shop City Brew, my small local pharmacy Pharm406, and stay the hell away from billionaires.
Cyber Monday
Yesterday I participated in an online silent auction for a non-profit rabbit rescue and I'm still in the lead on 3 items 🥳
Today I'll patronize my small local coffee shop City Brew, my small local pharmacy Pharm406, and stay the hell away from billionaires.
"...empathy and solidarity form the antidote to authoritarianism. This is why compassion gets mocked. Why caring gets framed as foolish. Why cruelty gets sold as necessary.
Because kindness threatens systems built on dehumanization.
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Kindness isn’t weakness. It’s the thing cruelty fears most."
Because kindness threatens systems built on dehumanization.
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Kindness isn’t weakness. It’s the thing cruelty fears most."
Why Kindness Still Matters in a Cruel Era
In an age that rewards cruelty, every act of compassion becomes a quiet rebellion. “To remain heartbroken is to remain human.” — Kate DiCamillo
thejenniwren.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"...empathy and solidarity form the antidote to authoritarianism. This is why compassion gets mocked. Why caring gets framed as foolish. Why cruelty gets sold as necessary.
Because kindness threatens systems built on dehumanization.
.
.
.
Kindness isn’t weakness. It’s the thing cruelty fears most."
Because kindness threatens systems built on dehumanization.
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.
.
Kindness isn’t weakness. It’s the thing cruelty fears most."
MASS BLACKOUT DAY SIX
Yesterday we did visit Blind Cat Chocolate for chocolate bars and fudge for game prizes on Christmas Day.
We also visited our public library to refill on books & manga for my tween.
Today we got local coffee at City Brew and since it's -1F out, we'll stay cozy inside ☺️
Yesterday we did visit Blind Cat Chocolate for chocolate bars and fudge for game prizes on Christmas Day.
We also visited our public library to refill on books & manga for my tween.
Today we got local coffee at City Brew and since it's -1F out, we'll stay cozy inside ☺️
November 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
MASS BLACKOUT DAY SIX
Yesterday we did visit Blind Cat Chocolate for chocolate bars and fudge for game prizes on Christmas Day.
We also visited our public library to refill on books & manga for my tween.
Today we got local coffee at City Brew and since it's -1F out, we'll stay cozy inside ☺️
Yesterday we did visit Blind Cat Chocolate for chocolate bars and fudge for game prizes on Christmas Day.
We also visited our public library to refill on books & manga for my tween.
Today we got local coffee at City Brew and since it's -1F out, we'll stay cozy inside ☺️
What a stupid fucking change that no one asked for.
#mt-leg
#mt-leg
November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
What a stupid fucking change that no one asked for.
#mt-leg
#mt-leg