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Melissa Smith ❌👑 @melissa4thrivingmt.bsky.social · 11h

I stand with Letitia! 💪💪💪

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 14h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Melissa Smith ❌👑 @melissa4thrivingmt.bsky.social · 11h

I remember Republicans taking the US economy over a cliff with mortgage fraud and the perpetrators of those mortgage crimes were not prosecuted!

MimirTheRememberer @mimirtherememberer.bsky.social · 11h

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TRAITOR Republican adjudicated CRIMINAL & GUILTY CROOK tRumpski
&
the TRAITOROUS Republican Cabal of EVIL politicians
HAVE
UNCONSTITUTIONALLY WEAPONIZED & BEFOULED
America's
Department of Justice
just
so he can seek his FRIVOLOUS REVENGE
on
NY AG James.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJO_...

BREAKING: NY AG Leticia James INDICTED by Trump DOJ

YouTube video by MSNBC

www.youtube.com

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Melissa Smith ❌👑 @melissa4thrivingmt.bsky.social · 11h

Absolutely truth. And yet, so many are seduced by weak charlatans to commit great evil.

Shannon Drake 🌒🌕🌘 @shannondrake.bsky.social · 12h

#Trump #Putin #Netanyahu

Deep down, they know this.

I’ll add this, from #KathyReichs:

“Violence wounds the body and it wounds the soul.

Of the predator.

Of the prey.

Of the mourners.

Of collective humanity.

It diminishes us all.”

#WarCrimes #Genocide #Hague #ICC #CrimesAgainstHumanity

KATHY REICHS
Violence wounds the body and it wounds the soul.
Of the predator. Of the prey. Of the mourners. Of collective humanity. It diminishes us all.
In my view, death in anonymity is the ultimate insult to human dignity. To spend eternity under a Jane Doe plaque. To disappear nameless into an unmarked grave without those who care about you knowing that you have gone. That offends. While I cannot make the dead live again, I can reunite victims with their names, and give those left behind some measure of closure. In that way, I help the dead to speak, to say a final good-bye, and, sometimes, to say what took their lives.
I knew I would do what Emma was asking. Because of who I am. Because of what I feel. I would not walk away.

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Melissa Smith ❌👑 @melissa4thrivingmt.bsky.social · 12h

I see Daines smiling…

MimirTheRememberer @mimirtherememberer.bsky.social · 1d

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AND MORE than DOUBLE THEM, too, & in RED STATES.⬇️

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Out In National Security @outinnationalsecurity.org · 21h

On October 7, 1975, President Ford signed Public Law 94-106, requiring the U.S. military service academies to admit women for the first time. The Class of 1980 became the first to graduate women, breaking centuries of precedent and paving the way for thousands more to follow.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22h

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

ICE thugs.

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 22h

Holy shit! In Chicago last night, thousands of residents took to the street to protest fascist authoritarian Trump, the National Guard, and Nazi ICE Gestapo's attempted coup of their city. 🙌💪👏✊️👇

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Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 1d

Losing the war on woke

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump is fighting sleep during this antifa roundtable and sleep is gaining the upper hand

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Melissa Smith ❌👑 @melissa4thrivingmt.bsky.social · 1d

Every accusation is a confession

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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Melissa Smith ❌👑 @melissa4thrivingmt.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity with Chicago. 💪

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Canada vs. America

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the Bronx and Harlem at our paper shredding events — we cleared out old junk mail, built community, danced, took family portraits and enjoyed frozen treats (it still felt a lot like summer). Thanks to everyone who joined.

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Melissa Smith ❌👑 @melissa4thrivingmt.bsky.social · 2d

Lee Greenwood has only one song he regurgitates over and over.

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Melissa Smith ❌👑 @melissa4thrivingmt.bsky.social · 2d

Through Putin?

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Melissa Smith ❌👑 @melissa4thrivingmt.bsky.social · 2d

An abomination

Alice I McCombs 🐈‍⬛ @earthwins.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Texas national guard troops arrive in Chicago amid Trump’s crackdown

Military presence comes after judge declined to block troops from entering, following lawsuit filed by city and state

www.theguardian.com

Melissa Smith ❌👑 @melissa4thrivingmt.bsky.social · 2d

And yet you can’t get either guy to talk to the voters of Montana directly.

Montana Democrats @montanademocrats.org · 2d

Zinke and Downing shut down the government so your premium would double. Many Montana families would pay upwards of $4,000 a month. They don’t care about you or your family. #mtpol

Meet your representatives who are doubling your health insurance premium. (Hint: it's why the shut down the government). Swipe to see what your plan looks like! Fact check: Undocumented/illegal immigrants CANNOT receive healthcare through the ACA. That's expressly prohibited in federal and state law.

A Western Montana married couple making $70,000/year with 2 kids, aged 8 and 6. Silver ACA Plan - With Democratic ACA subsidies: $1,547/mo, saves Montanans $2,726/mo. If Zinke denies the tax credits: $4,272/mo, a 176% increase. Gold ACA Plan - With Democratic ACA subsidies: $3,728/mo, saves Montanans $2,726/mo. If Zinke denies the tax credits: $6,454/mo, a 73% increase. Rep. Ryan Zinke: 202-225-5628

An Eastern Montana married couple making $70,000/year with 2 kids, aged 8 and 6. Silver ACA Plan - With Democratic ACA subsidies: $1,561/mo, saves Montanans $2,726/mo. If Zinke denies the tax credits: $4,286/mo, a 175% increase. Gold ACA Plan - With Democratic ACA subsidies: $3,451/mo, saves Montanans $2,726/mo. If Zinke denies the tax credits: $6,177/mo, a 79% increase. Rep. Troy Downing: 202-225-3211

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Early voting is underway for Prop 50 in California.

I urge anyone in the state to vote yes.

This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red

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Melissa Smith ❌👑 @melissa4thrivingmt.bsky.social · 2d

It is possible to have clean energy.

Don’t Be A Fossil Fool.

David @daverino.bsky.social · 3d

Some good news among all the horrible shite

“The world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system, according to research”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Melissa Smith ❌👑 @melissa4thrivingmt.bsky.social · 2d

Sure because I know where every masked villain lives. 🙄

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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 2d

Compelling extract by Cory Doctorow from his new book on enshittification of Amazon & the internet.

"We can build a better, enshittification-resistant digital nervous system, one fit to coordinate the mass movements we will need to fight fascism, end genocide & save our planet & our species."

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

www.theguardian.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Melissa Smith ❌👑 @melissa4thrivingmt.bsky.social · 2d

OK, so the swearing in is today.

Melissa Smith ❌👑 @melissa4thrivingmt.bsky.social · 2d

Well I’ll tell you how it feels to have government officials lie to you nonstop. It feels horrible and your lies have put me and my family at risk.