Jim Murphy

I posted previously that I got my ballottrax email that my ballot had been received. This morning I got the following email from ballottrax. Thank you for voting! Larimer County Elections has accepted your 2026 General Election mail ballot and it will be counted. I've done my job, now go VOTE!

I had posted that I voted by dropping off my mail-in ballot into a dropbox. I'm enrolled in ballottrax.com which informs me when my ballot is picked up. Larimer County Elections received your 2026 General Election mail ballot. You will receive another email when your signature has been reviewed.

I just dropped by mail in ballot into a dropbox. Now you all need to do the same and vote!

I just read an article that said that there are some Democratic candidates that are avoiding AOC because they wish to appeal to 'moderate' Democrats. I offer this: ... you are neither cold nor hot and I spit you out. If you are not on fire given the horrific actions of Trump, you are not aware.

This tells me two things. Republicans are scared of what will happen in the midterm elections. Two, they will do anything legal and illegal to thwart the will of the people. Wemust stay vigilant. www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...

Please stop calling Fetterman a Democrat, he is not one. apple.news/ARyU01TIrSzm...

I post on Bluesky and Facebook. The difference is that I may get some valid points offered on Bluesky, on Facebook I get ad hominem attacks.

I finally dug up the first picture that was taken at Microsoft when they started up the Macintosh business unit (MacBu). I'm the one in the back row in the red shirt with glasses standing next to Peter Sagerson (6' 10")

Maga does care about service people or veterans. Sure, they say they do, but things do not go as they think they should go, they stop that support in a heartbeat. www.msn.com/en-us/politi...

There is now fix for stupid, www.facebook.com/reel/1737412...

This is something the US should do as well. yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/...

Todd Blanche being confirmed is a disgrace to all Americans. The head of our legal system is now a criminal. He has hidden the Epstein files that he was required to produce and yet he is now AG. We will all pay the price for this miscarriage of thought and will.

If the Republicans lose the house this midterm, they will immediatly will roll out the two Santa Clauses tactic. It is how the Republicans rip off people when they are out of power. We should not fall for it. www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=da...

As we move closer to the midterms, I advocate hope for a new politic that it self brings hope. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42889/...

When you think about the terrible things that Trump has done to this country. I would recommend you read the poem Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley. His torment of our nation is transitory. His time will pass. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/...

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Many of you know my love of poetry. I look for poems that touch my thoughts of what is going on in our world. The Fool's Prayer written by Edward Still is about a king that wishes to humiliate his fool and asks his for a prayer. This poem is that prayer. prayersfromthecloud.com/edward-sill/

While Dylan Thomas's poem, "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night". very much expresses growing older, it is also a clarion call to stand up against what is wrong. I bring this poem to you to also take heart and stand up against what is wrong in our world. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46569/...

This evening I got the following email. Hello JAMES MURPHY, Thank you for voting! Your 2026 Primary Election mail ballot has been counted by Larimer County Elections. I have officially voted in the primary and my vote has been counted. As I said, I love mail in voting!

While I doubt that many on this forum will take umbrage with this news, I will say that I am posting this with trepidation. Good friends of ours that were Indian immigrants but went through all the steps to become American citizens, just bought their first home. We are happy for them!

For those that might feel down from the issues of our times I bring you a poem from Langston Hughes. Dreams Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.

I posted previously that here in Colorado, the state has a ballot tracking system that it makes available to voters in the state. Today I got the following: Hello JAMES MURPHY, Larimer County Elections has sent your 2026 Primary Election mail ballot to you. Now I know my ballot is forthcoming.

Continuing my theme of poem, I will share a poem by Maya Angelou. It speaks of both dread and hope. The dread come at night and hope in the morning. We will see morning once again. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48992/...

During times like these, we must have hope In a garden of worries, a seed lay below, Covered in doubt, unsure it could grow. But it pushed through the soil, reaching for light, Reminding us all to keep up the fight. "Even in darkness, I find my way through, Hope is my power, my start of anew."

This is the second time that the US bombed a country when it was in negotiations to end hostilities. No one, and I mean no one will ever believe a word we say. Trump is a monumental idiot for doing this reprehensible act.

Ken Martin’s report is a microcosm of what the DNC has become. They are not helping democrats and no one should give them any credence. Ken should be fired and the people in the DNC should also be fired or prove to us they are relevant.

I will be traveling to see my Grandson graduate from High School. This got me thinking about traveling and the choices that my Grandson will have to make in the not too distance future. This led me to the poem by Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44272/...

As a confessional Lutheran, I take comments like these as both unchristian and focused on things Jesus would not support. These people do not speak for all Christians. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

As someone of Irish heritage, I have always loved William Butler Yeats. The poem The Second Comming, was written after WW1 during the time of the Spanish flu. It outlines Yeats felling that the world was changing and maybe not for the better. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/...

While it is difficult to pick a favorite among the wonderous works of Maya Angelou, I think this is my favorite. It speaks to the resistance that we must have to over come what we are facing. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/...

During this time of our representation being taken away from us, I think of this poem by Maya Angelou. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48989/...

Yet another example that our for-profit insurance-based health system is designed to impoverish us and then have us die downwind. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

Trump using the court system to game the system. He is a menace. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

While the theme of this poem is dark, the message is about resistance. If We Must Die by Claude McKay: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44694/...

Given the heinous SCOTUS and Virginia court rulings, I though this poem by Langston Hughes would be meaningful. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

I appreciate all of the beautiful images that many of you share here on Bluesky. For myself, I can share my love of poetry. Here is one from T.S. Eliot americanliterature.com/author/ts-el...

A note to any Republicans that may visit here. The actions that Trump did in Indiana, should give you pause and let you know that representing your constituency is not part of the Republican party. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-indi...

This article give Roberts too much credit. He simply did what his handlers told him to do. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/o...

If the US government want to reduce the use of anti-depressants, they all need to quit and let real people govern. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/s...

This could have been us without Trump and the oil oligarchs shutting down wind production. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/b...

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At a time of massive increases in the cost of gas, Trump is shutting down wind farms. He is completely beholden to the oil oligarchs and could not care less about you or the extreme increase of costs we have to bear. He only cares about money and himself.

US troops in Germany, are about logistics. Being able to deploy and have a base of operations near the middle east and Russia. It is not about protecting Germany. Hegseth and Trump do not understand logistics and are making a terrible decision. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/u...

This is why H1-B visa are a scam and are used to lower programmer salaries and to keep American programmers from having jobs. These visas should be stopped. yro.slashdot.org/story/26/04/...

Given Trumps fiasco in Iran and the resultant increase in oil prices, this seems like an entirely stupid thing to do. hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/04/...

The National Science Board was established by congress in 1950. How is that Trump can just shut it down? Nothing he does is legal and we do not seem to care. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

There is a push to have Social Security move up the retirement age. It is now 67. The next change wants to make it 70. This will devastate seniors as continued employment after 50, is difficult if not impossible. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...