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Melissa Jo Peltier

@melissjpeltier.bsky.social

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Veteran film/TV/media maker; NYT bestselling author; storyteller; dog mom. Direct descendant John Alden & Priscilla Mullins 1620. My American ancestors were defending democracy since 1776. 🇺🇸 🇮🇪 & #Ally 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 19h

#DailyZiggy had his first thrilling day on the wild Atlantic Side of Cape Cod w/me, his Auntie Lulu & GF Bracchi. Put him in a life jacket since the surf is stronger there. Nothing makes you feel more like a kid than playing with 2 bouncy dogs on a windswept ocean beach. #DogsOfBlueSky

Ziggy in his life jacket playing with his Aunt Lulu.

Ziggy 2 balls dares Bracchi to take one!

Auntie Lulu & beautiful Bracchi (sheperd mix)

Me & Ziggy after a long hard day playing in the waves.

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halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 12h

"No political movement, no matter how loud, can change that."

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halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 12h

"Yet even as the outrage machine churns, the broader reality of America moves in the opposite direction — a nation where cultures mix, languages blend, and artists like Bad Bunny thrive.

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halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 12h

"From 'Happy Holidays' controversies to performative fury over Cracker Barrel and Mr. Potato Head, the pattern is always the same: turn trivial cultural shifts into existential threats, then claim victimhood.

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halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 12h

"Whether the trigger is a holiday greeting, a corporate logo, or a Netflix show, outrage is the fuel that keeps the movement unified and its media ecosystem thriving.

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halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 12h

"But the backlash [against Bad Bunny's appearance at the Super Bowl] also illustrates something deeper about the modern right. Grievance is its organizing principle." politicalwire.com/2025/10/08/b...

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl

The NFL’s selection of Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl halftime show has turned what objectively looked like a good business decision into the latest battleground in America’s endless culture war. Conser...

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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 12h

Trump is putting Argentina first and America last.

In week 2 of the shutdown:
💰 He gave $20 MILLION to Argentina
💸 Announced new tariffs that’ll raise prices even more
🚫 Started firing furloughed workers
💃 Is building a White House ballroom

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 12h

We can have democracy or we can have billionaires.
We cannot have both.

NYT: Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco (gift link)

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Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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SDDPHOTO @sddphoto.bsky.social · 12h

Not knowing the difference is insanity

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 12h

Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.

Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.

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Nancy Cat Lover 🟦 ✡️💉😷 🟨 @nancycatlover.bsky.social · 12h

The entire interview last night with Preet Bharara was illuminating and powerful. Here's another clip from the interview.
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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 2d

"Not the only one." Reacting to WSJ reporting that the now-deleted Donald Trump post demanding AG Pam Bondi prosecute his political enemies was meant as a direct message, Preet Bharara bets there are more such messages.

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Hayden Black @haydenb.bsky.social · 12h

Between that, Jerry Springer, Rush Limbaugh, the National Enquirer, and a newly minted Fox, the seeds were sown.

Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 12h

Real World was a creative idea, and mild compared to what came after. Compare season 1 to say season 5. De-evolution in action.

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Nancy Cat Lover 🟦 ✡️💉😷 🟨 @nancycatlover.bsky.social · 12h

Another great segment of the interview with Preet Bharara last night.
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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 18h

. @preetbharara.bsky.social takes a wider view on Donald Trump's weaponization of the DOJ: "Do people really think it ends at the end of the list that Trump has put out so far? What do you think happens when Trump runs out of Democrats?"

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 12h

I hope we’ll see them in my lifetime.

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🖐️ DrAlanT 🎬 📚 📎 @dralant.bsky.social · 12h

From Dec 2024...

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 12h

Real World was a creative idea, and mild compared to what came after. Compare season 1 to say season 5. De-evolution in action.

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Hayden Black @haydenb.bsky.social · 12h

I was at MTV when Real World premiered. I had no idea what it would spawn.

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 12h

This Pope rules.

Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 12h

“Also,” the pope added, “anything longer than net 30 is inhumane”

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 12h

I truly believe his equally evil puppeteers are just showing him random riot & Walking Dead videos spliced together and telling him it’s a live stream.

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Colin Oreilly @colin0reilly.bsky.social · 12h

When Trafficker Trump went to England a few weeks ago the Antifa protests were so effective there he was furious and came back to America angry and blamed Portland that makes me happy. Antifa is so awesome. 🤷 😁 🪧 #Antifa4Ever

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 12h

the joy of tik tok

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 13h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 13h

Reminder that NONE of these workers need to be fired because of this shutdown — Trump is just using them as pawns because he views people as expendable if it serves his interests.

Russ Vought @russvought
The RIFs have begun.

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Sandy ✨🦋 @srosnato.bsky.social · 12h

IT’S INTERESTING THAT THE WORKER FURLOUGHS WEREN’T ANNOUNCED UNTIL AFTER THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WAS!! 🤔

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DBeach @beachnic.bsky.social · 2d

The Nazis' use of plenary power and the Enabling Act allowed them to seize absolute authority by exploiting a crisis and manipulating the legal system. This "legal revolution" provided a veneer of legitimacy to the establishment of the Third Reich.

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Stace RN Resists 📎💙 Portland Strong @stacernresists.bsky.social · 12h

Absolutely correct!

Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 13h

Reminder that NONE of these workers need to be fired because of this shutdown — Trump is just using them as pawns because he views people as expendable if it serves his interests.

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 12h

They all look like they’ve just bumped into the demon they sold their soul to.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

“.. Since the pandemic, he has mostly lived on the Big Island of Hawaii, where he has bought up numerous parcels of land. He said that he wasn’t sure how many days he spends each year in San Francisco ..”

@nytimes.com $CRM
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