Melli Leal
@mellileal78.bsky.social
A girl who enjoys quiet places, warm drinks, long talks and people who actually listen. I’m not for everyone. My peace matters more 🌿❤️
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She’s judging my life choices again 😂🐾🤎
December 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
She’s judging my life choices again 😂🐾🤎
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The Trump administration’s 2025 National Security Strategy document has the intellectual incoherence “of the angry autodidact, the anti-vaxxer activist, and the anti-Biden conspiracy theorist,” Eliot A. Cohen argues, but it is still revelatory:
Trump’s Security Strategy Is Incoherent Babble
But mixed in with the ranting are three valuable points.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The Trump administration’s 2025 National Security Strategy document has the intellectual incoherence “of the angry autodidact, the anti-vaxxer activist, and the anti-Biden conspiracy theorist,” Eliot A. Cohen argues, but it is still revelatory:
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Himes: It was exceedingly hard to watch. Even if you stipulate that it is a war, there is a very specific prohibition against killing individuals who have been removed from the fight. And there is no question that these individuals were removed from the fight.
December 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Himes: It was exceedingly hard to watch. Even if you stipulate that it is a war, there is a very specific prohibition against killing individuals who have been removed from the fight. And there is no question that these individuals were removed from the fight.
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Family of Colombian man killed in illegal U.S. strike files human rights challenge
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
Family of Colombian man killed in U.S. strike files human rights challenge
In a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas, the first challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats argues that the death was an extrajudicial killing.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Family of Colombian man killed in illegal U.S. strike files human rights challenge
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
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FLORIDA — Woman in scrubs: “I’m a U.S. citizen! Why are you doing this to me??”
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
FLORIDA — Woman in scrubs: “I’m a U.S. citizen! Why are you doing this to me??”
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Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
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A corrupt president pardons a corrupt member of Congress for corrupt reasons. With multiple guilty pleas establishing a bribery-laundering scheme, Hakeem Jeffries still called the case “thin” and sought cover in a bribery-plagued Supreme Court.
A lesson in squandering potential inroads with voters.
A lesson in squandering potential inroads with voters.
December 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A corrupt president pardons a corrupt member of Congress for corrupt reasons. With multiple guilty pleas establishing a bribery-laundering scheme, Hakeem Jeffries still called the case “thin” and sought cover in a bribery-plagued Supreme Court.
A lesson in squandering potential inroads with voters.
A lesson in squandering potential inroads with voters.
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One thing I miss about being a teacher, specially an elementary PE coach was that it was always tradition for the coach to be the mascot. We had a huge lion one and admin told me "Im sorry but you gotta be the lion as a coach". I was like "Aww mann" but deep inside I was like "YESSSS!!!!"
December 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
One thing I miss about being a teacher, specially an elementary PE coach was that it was always tradition for the coach to be the mascot. We had a huge lion one and admin told me "Im sorry but you gotta be the lion as a coach". I was like "Aww mann" but deep inside I was like "YESSSS!!!!"
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December's full moon: The Cold Moon.
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
December's full moon: The Cold Moon.
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while making some tea i remembered a substitute Physics teacher we had at school for a bit who'd end every lesson with a general "do you have any questions?" segment and one person asked why when you forget to boil a kettle you can tell by the sound because hot and cold water sound different
December 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
while making some tea i remembered a substitute Physics teacher we had at school for a bit who'd end every lesson with a general "do you have any questions?" segment and one person asked why when you forget to boil a kettle you can tell by the sound because hot and cold water sound different
December 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM