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Melanie Lynn Griffin @melaniegriffin.bsky.social · 14d

Charlotte knows...
#resist #resistance #jimmykimmel #NoKings

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Melanie Lynn Griffin @melaniegriffin.bsky.social · 16d

My latest blog - melanielynngriffin.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/o... #politics #trump #climate #community #history

ON MEETING THIS MOMENT

Much has been written and spoken and opined about “meeting this moment.” “Leaders of the Democracy movement are not meeting the moment!” “Is this protest/speech/congre…

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Melanie Lynn Griffin @melaniegriffin.bsky.social · 17d

I've been on a much-needed news fast this week. This being Sunday, I checked in. @cnn.com showing #trump giving a political speech at the #CharlieKirk funeral. Switched to @msnbc.com OMG, they are running the lie-fest, too? OK, over to my sanctuary, @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social. Really? In Britain??

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Melanie Lynn Griffin @melaniegriffin.bsky.social · 18d

#climate #solarpower #PowerToThePeople #SunDay2025

Third Act @thirdactorg.bsky.social · 20d

📆 Save the date: Thursday, September 25, is our next All-In Call with clean energy pioneer @jigarshahdc.bsky.social

Sun Day is just the beginning. We’re keeping the momentum going ☀

RSVP here: thirdact.org/events/all-i...

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Melanie Lynn Griffin @melaniegriffin.bsky.social · 18d

“We all know what we’re fighting against but we don’t always think about what we’re fighting for.”
Hey @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social - Why not put #Solar and #renewables and our #energy future in the center of the #democrat agenda? Power to the people! #SunDay2025 #climate

Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 19d

Amazing coverage as Sun Day weekend starts!

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Here Comes the Sun Day

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 20d

What's happening with Jimmy Kimmel is about politics and power.

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Melanie Lynn Griffin @melaniegriffin.bsky.social · 20d

Sweet...

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Melanie Lynn Griffin @melaniegriffin.bsky.social · 20d

When the story of this period of America's temporary insanity is written, certain moments will represent the essence of the madness. This is one of those moments #racism #history #truth #NationalParks

🍂k a r e n @andthenisleep.bsky.social · 21d

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20d

The last 24 hours have made clear that independent and pro-democracy media is more important than ever. I founded Democracy Docket in the crucible of 2020 to be just that.

It will never bow down. It will never give in. It will never compromise. Sign up now to support its work! hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

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Melanie Lynn Griffin @melaniegriffin.bsky.social · 20d

Hey @chrislhayes.bsky.social - if you make good on your pledge to have @governorwalz.mn.gov back on to talk about the #farmCrisis, I hope you will cover the damage done by #trump killing all the #rural #solar incentives. #Farmers know the #climatecrisis up close & personal. #GoSolar

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Melanie Lynn Griffin @melaniegriffin.bsky.social · 23d

Care about safeguarding our #climate and our #democracy? @thirdactorg.bsky.social is hiring a campaigns director! Please share w/ anyone who might be interested. People over sixty are encouraged to apply! How cool is that? #elders #seniors #wisdom thirdact.org/opportunitie...

Campaigns Director – Third Act

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Harlow’s Musings @harlowsmusings.bsky.social · 24d

Stephen Colbert's #Emmys acceptance speech ends on a rousing note: "God bless America. Stay strong, be brave, and if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor!"

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24d

Here is the truth: there is no secret plan to defend American democracy. There is no hidden set of tactics that those of us in the pro-democracy movement are waiting to unveil at the right moment. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...

What Gives Me Hope

Read more here.

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Melanie Lynn Griffin @melaniegriffin.bsky.social · Sep 7

#freeDC

Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · Sep 6

Yes DC!

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Sep 7

No one is covering the threats to our democracy like the 20-person team at Democracy Docket. No venture capital, no corporate overloads, no compromises. Just pro-democracy news, information and analysis.

Help support their efforts to hold power to account and keep you informed. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

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Melanie Lynn Griffin @melaniegriffin.bsky.social · Sep 2

It's my blog's thirteenth birthday!! #politics #climate #blogging #writing
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Happy Anniversary, Writing With Spirit!!

Hooray! This week marks the thirteenth anniversary of this humble blog. Pretty cool, right? Thanks to everyone who has read, followed, liked, commented, and shared posts over the years. Some of you…

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Melanie Lynn Griffin @melaniegriffin.bsky.social · Sep 1

My latest blog:
#WildGooseFestival #grief #life #spirituality #politics

An Unwelcome Stroke of Grief

“I keep hearing grief,” the young woman said, almost apologetically. We’d both been leaning forward attentively, deep in sympathetic conversation under a stand of sturdy old oaks,…

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Melanie Lynn Griffin @melaniegriffin.bsky.social · Aug 10

welcome back! #SafeSpace

Melanie Lynn Griffin @melaniegriffin.bsky.social · Jul 19

What am I missing here? What's yr theory? Restating facts w/out saying where you read them is pretty common. It's not like they are a journalistic org. In times like these, don't we want info to spread as fast and far as it can? I think they do a service. Their number thing is weird, though.

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Melanie Lynn Griffin @melaniegriffin.bsky.social · Jul 15

I'm attending John Lewis Actions's event, “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON - Keene NH” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...

GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON - Keene NH · John Lewis Actions

Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lie...

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Melanie Lynn Griffin @melaniegriffin.bsky.social · Jul 3

There is no such thing as a "moderate Republican" in Congress anymore. Don't allow that myth to continue. They were 100% driven out by the extremists.

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National Education Association @neatoday.bsky.social · Jun 25

Medicaid is the 4th-largest funding source for public schools, providing billions for services students and families rely on. Yet proposed cuts in Congress would devastate schools and communities. Here's how: buff.ly/BtqYiR7

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Melanie Lynn Griffin @melaniegriffin.bsky.social · Jul 1

If you haven't called your senators about the nasty beyond-destructive #budgetbill please do. 202-224-3121. Tell Dems, "do all you can to stop it." Tell GOP senators "stand up & do your job to protect your constituents." Protect #medicare, #SolarPower, #elders, #rural folks, hungry kids. Vote no

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Melanie Lynn Griffin @melaniegriffin.bsky.social · Jun 25

Weird how unsettling that was. With all the crazy, unhinged stuff he does, that really bothered me. Like he's losing the last vestige of pretending to be a real president.

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Melanie Lynn Griffin @melaniegriffin.bsky.social · Jun 25

Unbelievable. Do these people even know they live in America?

ACLU @aclu.org · Jun 25

Tennessee passed a law threatening felony charges against local elected officials who vote in favor of policies supporting immigrant communities.

This is an attack on the legislative process and democracy itself — @aclutn.bsky.social will see the state in court.

ACLU sues Tennessee over law criminalizing elected officials’ votes for ‘sanctuary policies’ • Tennessee Lookout

The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee is suing the state over a law creating a felony for elected officials to vote for sanctuary policies.

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