Mike Gehrke
@mikegehrke.bsky.social
Look, I'll level with you. This is a prank that sort of backfired, and I'd like to bail out right now.
Sr Flack/Hack/Geek www.gpsimpact.com
Sr Flack/Hack/Geek www.gpsimpact.com
Pinned
They're more fun to take down than put up
December 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
They're more fun to take down than put up
I see Roger Stone is back in the news...
Never mind Honduras, the Post decides to flack his new clothing line and rehab his quirky political style.
Never mind Honduras, the Post decides to flack his new clothing line and rehab his quirky political style.
President Trump’s old friend, Roger Stone, is taking a page from the president’s playbook by putting his name on made-to-order menswear.
In today’s political environment, it makes perfect sense.
In today’s political environment, it makes perfect sense.
Roger Stone is selling suits. Just don’t ask him where they’re made.
Roger Stone is taking a page from the Trump playbook by putting his name on made-to-order menswear, as part of a new collaboration with Tailor on Tap.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I see Roger Stone is back in the news...
Never mind Honduras, the Post decides to flack his new clothing line and rehab his quirky political style.
Never mind Honduras, the Post decides to flack his new clothing line and rehab his quirky political style.
Every house Roger Marshall owns is a vacation home, but whatever.
Sen. Roger Marshall on Trump's health: "I'll work 110 hours a week. He outworks me. He's the first person I've ever known that works harder than I do. He runs around that golf course. He's in incredible shape right now. And you talk about sharp! He's playing 4 dimensional chess"
December 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Every house Roger Marshall owns is a vacation home, but whatever.
Reposted by Mike Gehrke
NEW: Pete Hegseth told an audience in a 2016 video that the military “won’t follow unlawful orders from their commander in chief,” and described the refusal of illegal commands as a part of the military’s ethos — a message he now condemns Democrats for spreading.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
2016 video shows Hegseth saying the military cannot carry out unlawful orders | CNN
Hegseth described the refusal of illegal commands as part of the military’s ethos — a message he now condemns Democrats for spreading.
www.cnn.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
NEW: Pete Hegseth told an audience in a 2016 video that the military “won’t follow unlawful orders from their commander in chief,” and described the refusal of illegal commands as a part of the military’s ethos — a message he now condemns Democrats for spreading.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
December 3, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Reposted by Mike Gehrke
Researcher and historian Paul Hortenstine just found a whole NYC mayor history forgot about...
It's from the 17th century, if you're wondering how long it will take to completely forget Eric Adams.
It's from the 17th century, if you're wondering how long it will take to completely forget Eric Adams.
Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as NYC's 111th mayor. But what if that number's wrong? https://gothamist.com/news/zohran-mamdani-will-be-sworn-in-as-nycs-111th-mayor-but-what-if-that-numbers-wrong
Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as NYC's 111th mayor. But what if that number's wrong?
Zohran Mamdani is officially the 111th mayor of New York City. A correction may be in order.
A mayoral miscount has a domino effect across five centuries. [ more › ]
gothamist.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Researcher and historian Paul Hortenstine just found a whole NYC mayor history forgot about...
It's from the 17th century, if you're wondering how long it will take to completely forget Eric Adams.
It's from the 17th century, if you're wondering how long it will take to completely forget Eric Adams.
Reposted by Mike Gehrke
Go home prediction markets: you’re drunk
Political prediction markets moved billions in 2024, but new evidence shows they weren’t very accurate or efficient
PredictIt beat chance 93% of the time
Kalshi? 78%
Polymarket? 67%
Big price divergences, weak/negative correlations, & rampant arbitrage
Political prediction markets moved billions in 2024, but new evidence shows they weren’t very accurate or efficient
PredictIt beat chance 93% of the time
Kalshi? 78%
Polymarket? 67%
Big price divergences, weak/negative correlations, & rampant arbitrage
December 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Go home prediction markets: you’re drunk
Political prediction markets moved billions in 2024, but new evidence shows they weren’t very accurate or efficient
PredictIt beat chance 93% of the time
Kalshi? 78%
Polymarket? 67%
Big price divergences, weak/negative correlations, & rampant arbitrage
Political prediction markets moved billions in 2024, but new evidence shows they weren’t very accurate or efficient
PredictIt beat chance 93% of the time
Kalshi? 78%
Polymarket? 67%
Big price divergences, weak/negative correlations, & rampant arbitrage
ssufferin ssucotash.
December 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
ssufferin ssucotash.
Huge Alan Colmes vibes.
Not even convinced this is our best former tax lobbyist.
Not even convinced this is our best former tax lobbyist.
Scoop: After parting ways with Politico, Rachael Bade is teaming up with Sean Spicer and Dan Turrentine to launch "The Huddle," a morning streaming show and digital media venture intended to compete in the DC tip sheet space
www.status.news/p/sean-spice...
www.status.news/p/sean-spice...
The 'Huddle' in Washington
Rachael Bade is teaming up with Sean Spicer and Dan Turrentine on a new venture, Status has learned, braving the crowded independent media space with a new political show.
www.status.news
December 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Huge Alan Colmes vibes.
Not even convinced this is our best former tax lobbyist.
Not even convinced this is our best former tax lobbyist.
This is a compelling way to present information
December 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This is a compelling way to present information
Researcher and historian Paul Hortenstine just found a whole NYC mayor history forgot about...
It's from the 17th century, if you're wondering how long it will take to completely forget Eric Adams.
It's from the 17th century, if you're wondering how long it will take to completely forget Eric Adams.
Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as NYC's 111th mayor. But what if that number's wrong? https://gothamist.com/news/zohran-mamdani-will-be-sworn-in-as-nycs-111th-mayor-but-what-if-that-numbers-wrong
Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as NYC's 111th mayor. But what if that number's wrong?
Zohran Mamdani is officially the 111th mayor of New York City. A correction may be in order.
A mayoral miscount has a domino effect across five centuries. [ more › ]
gothamist.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Researcher and historian Paul Hortenstine just found a whole NYC mayor history forgot about...
It's from the 17th century, if you're wondering how long it will take to completely forget Eric Adams.
It's from the 17th century, if you're wondering how long it will take to completely forget Eric Adams.
Pitchers and catchers report in 75 days
a man in a green jacket stands next to a mascot wearing a shirt that says tortugas
ALT: a man in a green jacket stands next to a mascot wearing a shirt that says tortugas
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Pitchers and catchers report in 75 days
I don't get this.
One line in one speech a week ago, and we need a couple hundred words on the backstory?
Navel, gazed.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
One line in one speech a week ago, and we need a couple hundred words on the backstory?
Navel, gazed.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Column | As Democrats search for their ‘MAGA,’ author catches Jeffries’ attention
The minority leader is trying out a venture capitalist’s new book title, “Strong Floor, No Ceiling,” as the Democrats’ centrist answer to “Make America Great Again.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I don't get this.
One line in one speech a week ago, and we need a couple hundred words on the backstory?
Navel, gazed.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
One line in one speech a week ago, and we need a couple hundred words on the backstory?
Navel, gazed.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Reposted by Mike Gehrke
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
Nutty stuff to be coming from a presidential advisor. But I'm not sure "flatter Trump and he will give you anything you want" requires any special insight.
Witkoff's advice to Putin aide Ushakov is to have Putin flatter Trump. "He will say that Mr. Trump is a real peace man and so and so," Ushakov replies, according to transcript of call obtained by Bloomberg. archive.is/2025.11.25-2...
archive.is
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Nutty stuff to be coming from a presidential advisor. But I'm not sure "flatter Trump and he will give you anything you want" requires any special insight.
Yes, affordability is the issue of 2026. But if Ds don't start a concerted every day push on corruption beyond Trump, we will leave a lot on the table in '28. That needs to start now.
Every R lobbyist and hack thinks Trump protects them and the rules don't apply anymore. That needs to change.
Every R lobbyist and hack thinks Trump protects them and the rules don't apply anymore. That needs to change.
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Yes, affordability is the issue of 2026. But if Ds don't start a concerted every day push on corruption beyond Trump, we will leave a lot on the table in '28. That needs to start now.
Every R lobbyist and hack thinks Trump protects them and the rules don't apply anymore. That needs to change.
Every R lobbyist and hack thinks Trump protects them and the rules don't apply anymore. That needs to change.
Why has Kennedy not been fired yet? He's driving days of negative coverage normal people are seeing, cant carry a message, and has rivals in the Republican Party. They plainly can't control him and don't even know whats coming next. Give him the heave ho already.
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Why has Kennedy not been fired yet? He's driving days of negative coverage normal people are seeing, cant carry a message, and has rivals in the Republican Party. They plainly can't control him and don't even know whats coming next. Give him the heave ho already.
The first rule in the Senate Fight Club is everybody has to talk about the Fight Club.
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The first rule in the Senate Fight Club is everybody has to talk about the Fight Club.
It's astonishing that Burkman and Wohl are back and that anyone is listening to them
Paid $1M to secure a pardon while awaiting sentencing on their own fraud convictions.
Paid $1M to secure a pardon while awaiting sentencing on their own fraud convictions.
Nursing home magnate Joseph Schwartz paid nearly $1 million to right-wing provocateurs Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl — who noted on their lobbying filing that they were “seeking a federal pardon” — per lobbying disclosures. Trump ultimately granted Schwartz a pardon. wapo.st/4igndux
The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon
Nursing home magnate Joseph Schwartz was sentenced in April to three years for defrauding the government of $38 million. Seven months later, Trump pardoned him, but the White House denies a lobbying t...
wapo.st
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
It's astonishing that Burkman and Wohl are back and that anyone is listening to them
Paid $1M to secure a pardon while awaiting sentencing on their own fraud convictions.
Paid $1M to secure a pardon while awaiting sentencing on their own fraud convictions.
Reposted by Mike Gehrke
This is like the opening crawl from Attack of The Clones when you are so bored by the fourth line you know you should leave right then but you think that there's no way that the plot could be *that* ridiculous and then 40 minutes in you realize it's much worse. After that, it's all sunk costs.
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This is like the opening crawl from Attack of The Clones when you are so bored by the fourth line you know you should leave right then but you think that there's no way that the plot could be *that* ridiculous and then 40 minutes in you realize it's much worse. After that, it's all sunk costs.
If you want to see strong opinions, make people name the worst Stones song.
I've seen fights started over "Jumping Jack Flash."
I've seen fights started over "Jumping Jack Flash."
Name your fav song by The Rolling Stones.
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
If you want to see strong opinions, make people name the worst Stones song.
I've seen fights started over "Jumping Jack Flash."
I've seen fights started over "Jumping Jack Flash."
12,583 people have served in Congress since 1789.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is most definitely one of them.
Vaya con dios, weirdo.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is most definitely one of them.
Vaya con dios, weirdo.
November 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
12,583 people have served in Congress since 1789.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is most definitely one of them.
Vaya con dios, weirdo.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is most definitely one of them.
Vaya con dios, weirdo.