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MelBee

@melissafisherbrown.bsky.social

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Creative and socially-aware woman with much more going on, that is also a pain in the ass most days. My hands type faster than my grammar corrects. Sorry! Read through the mistakes. Don’t ask me for $$. I don’t want to see your porn. I will block you.

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MelBee @melissafisherbrown.bsky.social · Jul 25

Follow @psychopete.bsky.social and hit them where it hurts them. $$$
#Boycott

Psycho Pete @psychopete.bsky.social · Jul 20

🚨 Boycott Roll Call 🚨
Pinning this to track who's in. Full freeze or just cutting back. It all counts.

📝 Drop a comment:
• What you're avoiding
• Any workarounds or wins
• Tips for spreading the word

📖 Full guide:
psychopete1.substack.com/p/psycho-pet...

Loud is leverage. Let’s be seen.

Psycho Pete's Living Guide to Boycotting the Big Orange Machine.

Broadcasting from the future but updating in real time ...

psychopete1.substack.com

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Psycho Pete @psychopete.bsky.social · 11h

It’s a good idea to build up your alt account in case anyone gets permanently suspended. Follow Texas rebel and reply with your alt handle so we can follow. My alt is @petejrthedog.bsky.social

Psycho Pete @psychopete.bsky.social · 12h

@rebeltx.bsky.social this is TexasRebel, who I think most of you know. Her account is temporarily suspended. This is her alt. It’s important to connect and we know she’s a great one to follow ...

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MelBee @melissafisherbrown.bsky.social · 11h

While Little Johnson is on his media tour and not doing his actual job, victims are still awaiting justice.
#Epstein

dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 13h

#Epstein

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MelBee @melissafisherbrown.bsky.social · 11h

On the National Guard deployment to trim trees, paint fences, and pick up trash—
"It is a misuse of a great instrument," said Retired Maj. Gen. William Enyart, who led the Illinois National Guard from 2007 to 2012. He is also a former Democratic congressman.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Trump's use of National Guard strays from role as 'minutemen,' military experts say

Military experts say they also worry how these new deployments will affect recruitment and public trust.

www.npr.org

MelBee @melissafisherbrown.bsky.social · 12h

Cops citing “Excited Delirium” for cause of death sounds like the 19th and 20th centuries “Hysteria” diagnoses men institutionalized women for when they had anything from postpartum depression, ambition, not wanting a husband, or when they were just sick of them.

Beyond disturbing.

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 13h

Whilst we're on the subject of shocking living things, did you know police departments routinely shock human beings with tasers until they die and chalk up their deaths to a fake medical condition they call "excited delirium" that was invented by taser companies to absolve themselves of liability?

MelBee @melissafisherbrown.bsky.social · 12h

Engagement Training.
Prepare for No Kings October 18th
mobilize.us/s/FKAy0s

Messaging, Media, and Digital Engagement Training · No Kings

Your No Kings event is in motion. Now it’s time to make sure the world knows about it! (Or at least the world around your community.) Join us for a training on how to talk about your local No Kings mo...

mobilize.us

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✊Larry Colvin✊ @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 3d

Turkish Witness: Israeli Forces Dragged Greta Thunberg Across Deck, Forced Her to Kiss Israeli Flag.
open.substack.com/pub/50501/p/...

Turkish Witness: Israeli Forces Dragged Greta Thunberg Across Deck, Forced Her to Kiss Israeli Flag.

She's been detained TWICE in 4 months for delivering baby formula. 450 activists. $3.8B US funding. Here's what happened.

open.substack.com

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Mountain Mama 💙🌊 @mistyj30.bsky.social · 12h

#NoKings

Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 12h

Yesterday: Trump bragged, "We took the freedom of speech away."

Today: New reporting on Trump's plans to go after opposition groups.

In 9 days: We mount the largest peaceful protest in modern history to say, loud and clear, that America has no king.

nokings.org

USA Today: 'We took the freedom of speech away:' Trump on flag burning protection, First Amendment

Reuters: Trump's war on the left: inside the plan to investigate liberal groups

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MelBee @melissafisherbrown.bsky.social · 12h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom: “What more evidence of authoritarianism do you need? These guys aren’t screwing around. We can no longer screw around. It’s all at stake. People need to wake up. We can’t continue to play by the old set of rules.“

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MelBee @melissafisherbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Someone please slap the felon upside the head and let him know he will NEVER get the Nobel Peace Prize. He’s declared war on US citizens and apparently he doesn’t see that as a strike against him as a candidate.
Or maybe we just let him fly a detour to the Middle East through the Bermuda Triangle.

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 6d

How bad are tariffs going?

I paid for $32 of shaving cream from Canada. Unique stuff I’ve used for years, nothing like it in US. Small family business.

UPS guy came to my door today with box and said I have to pay additional $120 before he can hand it to me.

That makes it 5x more expensive!!! 🤯

Screenshot of message from UPS:

Hi Adam,
All import fees must be paid prior to delivery.
Save time - prepay online for your FREIGHTCOM shipment. If import fees are not paid before delivery, an additional surcharge will be applied.
Total Amount Due
119.20 USD
Additional charges may have been applied based on recent tariff policy changes.
Pay Now ›

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ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller said something he was not supposed to say out loud. He said Trump had "plenary authority," which is the same complete and absolute power that Hitler had. You now know exactly what you're up against.
You are facing the same fascist threat as German citizens in 1933.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 1d

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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 🌊 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 1d

Do it!

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MelBee @melissafisherbrown.bsky.social · 1d

We’re not meant to survive in their opinion. They think by doing this to citizens we will choose their alternative of giving up the fight.

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🌸Norma Jeen🌸 @normajeen.bsky.social · 1d

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I stand with Rev. Black!

Trump's America...ICE, shooting Americans in the head with chemical pellets for exercising their rights to peacefully protest!

How do we survive 3 more years of this bullshit?

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MelBee @melissafisherbrown.bsky.social · 1d

I want to have some real fun. Let’s watch Kash Klown talk about his investigations of Antifa, the nonexistent boogeyman of the U.S. they claim is the enemy.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

They found her in Canada, she works for Nintendo

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 1d

Bondi claiming they arrested [checks notes] "the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa" has me in stitches

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."

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MelBee @melissafisherbrown.bsky.social · 1d

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MelBee @melissafisherbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Project Esther from the Heritage Foundation in action.
We knew total surveillance was likely.
When going to a “block party” go airplane mode or turn your phone off before you leave. Or leave it and write the important numbers on your forearm.

@psychopete.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social

ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

ICE has bought access to an “all-in-one” surveillance tool that gives it updated location data from hundreds of millions of phones, putting us all at risk of being tracked.

The government can’t be allowed to surveil us simply for having a cell phone.

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

www.404media.co

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barbisblue @barbisblue.bsky.social · 1d

I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M WATCHING INTERVIEWS OF CITY MAYORS TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY ARE COORDINATING WITH OTHER MAYORS TO DISCUSS HOW TO PROTECT THEIR RESIDENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I KNOW WE ARE "USED TO IT" BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE.

- ASHA RANGAPPA

OCCUPY

DEMOCRATSX

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MelBee @melissafisherbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Integrity can’t be bought either, Kash Klown.

Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

The FBI keeps insisting it’s “restoring integrity.” That’s adorable. Integrity isn’t a slogan, boys...it’s what you demonstrate before you get caught trying to clean up your own Watergate X 10,000.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Federal officers are firing so much tear gas at protesters outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, that some nearby community members who aren’t even protesting are struggling to breathe when they leave their homes to run errands.

ICE is hounding Chicago area locals with excessive chemical munitions

Agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls on lawful protesters, lawsuits say, sickening even uninvolved residents.

www.motherjones.com

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