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Melissa Johnson
@moolissap.bsky.social
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Devoted❤️Reader 📖 Nerd by nature; Librarian by choice 📚 Always reading 🏳️‍🌈 https://linktr.ee/moolissap

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 13h
Ken Paxton’s crimes are well known. But John Cornyn may be even more corrupt.

Cornyn was the deciding vote on the “Big Ugly Bill” — kicking millions off their healthcare to give his billionaire donors a tax cut.

That is corruption of the highest order.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 15h
BREAKING: A federal judge in Illinois has blocked Trump administration authorities from using force against journalists in the Chicago area — including threats or arrest or riot control weapons. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 17h
20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h
"For Democrats, this particular moment of cartoonish graft presents a huge opportunity to unify around an anti-corruption platform." It's a way to focus on Trump without sounding hyperpartisan.

@davidsirota.com on the (good) politics of fighting corruption:
How Anti-Corruption Can Be a Winning Issue for Democrats
It’s a powerful, unifying theme—and it’s tied to the crisis of democracy under Trump.
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Reposted by Melissa Johnson, Simon Lester, Timothy D. McBride

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 1d
October 8, 2025
October 8, 2025
Yesterday, journalists observed members of the Texas National Guard at a U.S.
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Black Voters Matter Fund @blackvotersmatterfund.org · 1d
The Supreme Court will rehear Louisiana v. Callais on Oct 15—a case that could reshape voting rights nationwide. At stake is Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the core protection that stops racial discrimination in redistricting. If it falls, one party could control Congress for a generation. 🧵
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 2d
October 7, 2025
October 7, 2025
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today floated the idea that workers furloughed during a government shutdown are not guaranteed back pay when the shutdown is resolved.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 2d
Today in Politics Chat, I talked about how power sloshes around when a president is checked out, and noted that right now unelected officials like Stephen Miller are trying to grab it. But instead, We the People can take it back and create a better nation.
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Melissa Johnson @moolissap.bsky.social · 2d
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(10/7) That first judge is all of us
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 3d
October 5, 2025
October 6, 2025
If White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is at the head of the administration’s deployment of federal agents against undocumented immigrants, it appears that Office of Management and Budget...
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Melissa Johnson @moolissap.bsky.social · 3d
Guarded by Lark Taylor

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#NowReading #PNRRomance #LGBTQRomance #LoveIsLove #MMRomance #ReadWithPride #BookLove #bookish #HopelessBlessed #LarkTaylor

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“All this time, I’d lusted after an angel. In reality, it was a demon I needed to set my heart and soul aflame.”
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 4d
October 5, 2025
October 5, 2025
On Friday the Minnesota Star Tribune reported a conversation on the messaging app Signal between one of Stephen Miller’s top deputies, Anthony Salisbury, and a senior advisor to Secretary of Defense P...
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Melissa Johnson @moolissap.bsky.social · 4d
Yay and I hope you enjoy!
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Melissa Johnson @moolissap.bsky.social · 4d
Lynx by Annabelle Jacobs

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An alpha president with a pack and a club to protect, a human looking for a place to belong.

#NowReading #PNRRomance #LGBTQRomance #LoveIsLove #MMRomance #ReadWithPride #BookLove #bookish #WildWolvesMC #AnnabelleJacobs

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“I need to f*ck him. Bite him. Make him mine.”
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 5d
Folks: I am not on TikTok. Any account there is not me. And I will NEVER ask for money!
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 6d
October 3, 2025

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October 3, 2025
Although President Donald J.
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Melissa Johnson @moolissap.bsky.social · 6d
What a bunch of inept idiots

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@amandasmildtakes

#FDT #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
(10/3) all hail the statue!
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Melissa Johnson @moolissap.bsky.social · 6d
How to Stake a Vampire by A.D. Starrling

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A werewolf's guide to vampire politics: trust your nose, pack extra stakes, and never EVER investigate blood banks without backup.

#NowReading #UrbanFantasy #BookLove #bookstagram #bookish #DiaryOfAReluctantWerewolf #ADStarrling
“I don’t like this,” my dog finally stated a tad sullenly. “One of you gets bitten by a werewolf and the other one is now Miss Succula. I thought my life was going to be normal.” “So did I, but here we are…”

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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 6d
Women in Virginia deserve to know that their reproductive rights are protected here.

Winsome Earle-Sears supports banning abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest.

Virginia, hear me when I say — as Governor, I will always protect your reproductive freedom.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6d
Americans aren't buying Trump's shutdown blame game, and for good reason
Americans aren't buying Trump's shutdown blame game
Early polls show that most blame Trump and Republicans—and for good reason.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Joni Ernst: "Unfortunately, our farmers do need that assistance. They don't like it. They consider it welfare. They want trade, not aid. So we really need to see some of these new markets opening up around the globe ... but if there's anybody that can make a deal, it's President Trump."
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 7d
October 2, 2025
October 2, 2025
At about 1:00 on Tuesday morning, federal agents from Border Patrol, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) raided an apartment b...
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7d
ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'
A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 7d
Trump's CEA is circulating its estimate of the economic cost of the government shutdown.

But, BREAKING: It's wrong. It makes a simple arithmetic error. And it's dishonest.

Surprising, I know. 🧵
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 8d
October 1, 2025
October 1, 2025
Last night, as the government barreled toward a shutdown, President Donald J.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d
New in PN: Trump attempts a major step toward dictatorship

"So far, nothing he's done has prompted a critical mass of Republicans to speak out about his abuses of power. And in his address to military brass, Trump signaled he intends to go much further."
Trump attempts a major step toward dictatorship
He's going for it. Who will stop him?
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 9d
September 30, 2025
September 30, 2025
Last Thursday, September 25, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suddenly announced he was calling about 800 of the nation’s top military generals and admirals, along with their top enlisted advisors, to m...
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 9d
Tonight, a post that is longer than usual. But a Judge in Boston issued a 1st Amendment decision that is incredibly important (& long), and we trace his reasoning and some startling conclusions he committed to paper. I hope you’ll stick with me and read to the end. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The First Amendment (And A Court) Punch Back
Tonight, we have a post that is longer than usual.
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