Dr Mell
@realdrmell.bsky.social
Poet + Essayist | Humanities PhD | Encourager | Medicare for All
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Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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This marks the administration’s second effort this year to undo the contract, after a judge stopped a previous attempt in June.
TSA renews push to end collective bargaining agreement for airport security screeners
The Transportation Security Administration is renewing efforts to end a collective bargaining agreement with airport screening officers.
apnews.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This marks the administration’s second effort this year to undo the contract, after a judge stopped a previous attempt in June.
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American Conversations: Senator Mark Warner
Senator Warner is a member of the Gang of Eight, and explains why it— and a nonpartisan Intelligence Community— matters....
Senator Warner is a member of the Gang of Eight, and explains why it— and a nonpartisan Intelligence Community— matters....
American Conversations: Senator Mark Warner
Very little shocks me these days, but House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) managed to do it this morning when he told reporters he skipped a meeting of the Gang of Eight yesterday because “we were workin...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
American Conversations: Senator Mark Warner
Senator Warner is a member of the Gang of Eight, and explains why it— and a nonpartisan Intelligence Community— matters....
Senator Warner is a member of the Gang of Eight, and explains why it— and a nonpartisan Intelligence Community— matters....
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🚨BREAKING: On behalf of Common Power, my law firm has filed to intervene against DOJ’s lawsuit seeking to compel Washington to provide its complete voter registration lists.
We are now defending voters in 10 states against DOJ scheme to access voter records. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...
We are now defending voters in 10 states against DOJ scheme to access voter records. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...
🚨 United States of America v. Hobbs
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🚨BREAKING: On behalf of Common Power, my law firm has filed to intervene against DOJ’s lawsuit seeking to compel Washington to provide its complete voter registration lists.
We are now defending voters in 10 states against DOJ scheme to access voter records. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...
We are now defending voters in 10 states against DOJ scheme to access voter records. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...
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Before COVID 2019, Russia & far-right were pushing vaccination disinformation about measles. Patterns are undeniable. www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
Russia trolls 'spreading vaccination misinformation' to create discord
Troll accounts that tried to influence the US election also tweeted about vaccines, a study says.
www.bbc.com
April 6, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Before COVID 2019, Russia & far-right were pushing vaccination disinformation about measles. Patterns are undeniable. www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My Senator ▶️ @ossoff.senate.gov
Ossoff: "She got her new insurance quote & it's $700 more per month than what she's paying now. She's diabetic. She had surgery a few months ago for something else. She told me she cried again bc she realized she's gonna have to cancel her insurance. She believes she might die bc of a policy choice"
December 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
My Senator ▶️ @ossoff.senate.gov
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MAGA voters paying steep price for blind loyalty…
Lifelong Republican in Florida beginning to imagine future she never thought possible, no longer able to afford care keeping kidneys from failing. “I’m terrified” she said. “I’m like a deer in the headlights.”
wtfdetective.blog/florida-woma...
Lifelong Republican in Florida beginning to imagine future she never thought possible, no longer able to afford care keeping kidneys from failing. “I’m terrified” she said. “I’m like a deer in the headlights.”
wtfdetective.blog/florida-woma...
“I’m terrified”: Florida woman who spent years voting Republican now faces losing the health coverage keeping her alive
Catalina Jaramillo, a lifelong Republican voter in South Florida, is beginning to imagine a future she never thought possible: one where she can no longer
wtfdetective.blog
December 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
MAGA voters paying steep price for blind loyalty…
Lifelong Republican in Florida beginning to imagine future she never thought possible, no longer able to afford care keeping kidneys from failing. “I’m terrified” she said. “I’m like a deer in the headlights.”
wtfdetective.blog/florida-woma...
Lifelong Republican in Florida beginning to imagine future she never thought possible, no longer able to afford care keeping kidneys from failing. “I’m terrified” she said. “I’m like a deer in the headlights.”
wtfdetective.blog/florida-woma...
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The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
nbcnews.to
December 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
Let’s return to elevated values and choices and stop the endless, effing grift.
@sanders.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @aftynbehn.bsky.social @whenweallvote.bsky.social @davidhogg.bsky.social
@sanders.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @aftynbehn.bsky.social @whenweallvote.bsky.social @davidhogg.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Let’s return to elevated values and choices and stop the endless, effing grift.
@sanders.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @aftynbehn.bsky.social @whenweallvote.bsky.social @davidhogg.bsky.social
@sanders.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @aftynbehn.bsky.social @whenweallvote.bsky.social @davidhogg.bsky.social
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“The withdrawal reflects something even more unsettling: hospitals choosing to abide by political pressure from the Trump administration rather than the laws they are bound to obey.” sfstandard.com/2025/12/09/s...
NorCal’s largest hospital to end gender-affirming care for kids
Sutter is the latest clinic to bow to federal pressure and stop treatment, leaving Bay Area families in medical limbo.
sfstandard.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
“The withdrawal reflects something even more unsettling: hospitals choosing to abide by political pressure from the Trump administration rather than the laws they are bound to obey.” sfstandard.com/2025/12/09/s...
More people are talking about reversing Brexit. Interesting.
December 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
More people are talking about reversing Brexit. Interesting.
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There is a good reason why Mark Kelly warned service members not to carry out illegal orders. That seems to be precisely what the military is now doing at the behest of an administration that disdains any limits on the president’s imperial authority and treats war crimes as a joke. wapo.st/49LrEvh
Opinion | Pete Hegseth, not Mark Kelly, should be facing justice
There’s a reason lawmakers worry about the military being told to ignore the law.
wapo.st
December 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
There is a good reason why Mark Kelly warned service members not to carry out illegal orders. That seems to be precisely what the military is now doing at the behest of an administration that disdains any limits on the president’s imperial authority and treats war crimes as a joke. wapo.st/49LrEvh
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Roger Stone Ally Shane Trejo of Republicans for National Renewal “Pushes 3rd Trump Term at CPAC…Trejo once co-hosted a podcast called ‘Blood Soil & Liberty’“ [He proposes a constitutional amendment limiting a POTUS to two *consecutive* terms, allowing Trump but not Obama to serve again.] 2/21/25 1/
GOP activist who co-hosted podcast with white nationalist pushes third Trump term at CPAC
Shane Trejo once co-hosted a podcast called "Blood Soil and Liberty" that joked about a "Fuhrer." Now, he's at CPAC pushing for Trump to be Caesar.
www.motherjones.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Roger Stone Ally Shane Trejo of Republicans for National Renewal “Pushes 3rd Trump Term at CPAC…Trejo once co-hosted a podcast called ‘Blood Soil & Liberty’“ [He proposes a constitutional amendment limiting a POTUS to two *consecutive* terms, allowing Trump but not Obama to serve again.] 2/21/25 1/
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In the richest city on Earth, 40% of NYC families can’t afford weekly food costs, and food prices are up 33% over the past decade.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In the richest city on Earth, 40% of NYC families can’t afford weekly food costs, and food prices are up 33% over the past decade.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
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“The FBI gained access to conversations in a “courtwatch” Signal group that helps coordinate volunteer activists who monitor public proceedings at 3 New York federal immigration courts. The US govt has repeatedly been accused of violating immigrants’ due process rights at those courts.”🚨
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“The FBI gained access to conversations in a “courtwatch” Signal group that helps coordinate volunteer activists who monitor public proceedings at 3 New York federal immigration courts. The US govt has repeatedly been accused of violating immigrants’ due process rights at those courts.”🚨
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🚨 Trump Demands Democrats Be Hanged
In today's 'First Draft', @petertwinklage.bsky.social on the president’s musings about executing his political rivals, reports the US Coast Guard no longer classifies swastikas as hate symbols, and Elon Musk’s AI chatbot’s daddy issues.
zeteo.com/p/trump-dema...
In today's 'First Draft', @petertwinklage.bsky.social on the president’s musings about executing his political rivals, reports the US Coast Guard no longer classifies swastikas as hate symbols, and Elon Musk’s AI chatbot’s daddy issues.
zeteo.com/p/trump-dema...
🚨 Trump Demands Democrats Be Hanged
Peter Rothpletz on the president’s musings about executing his political rivals, reports the US Coast Guard no longer classifies swastikas as hate symbols, and Elon Musk’s AI chatbot’s daddy issues.
zeteo.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Trump Demands Democrats Be Hanged
In today's 'First Draft', @petertwinklage.bsky.social on the president’s musings about executing his political rivals, reports the US Coast Guard no longer classifies swastikas as hate symbols, and Elon Musk’s AI chatbot’s daddy issues.
zeteo.com/p/trump-dema...
In today's 'First Draft', @petertwinklage.bsky.social on the president’s musings about executing his political rivals, reports the US Coast Guard no longer classifies swastikas as hate symbols, and Elon Musk’s AI chatbot’s daddy issues.
zeteo.com/p/trump-dema...
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Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Trump’s Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly
As Trump’s call for the execution of “seditious” Dems works against him, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, one of his targets, explains why she and other Dems are warning servicemembers against carrying out ille...
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
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The amusing part of this indictment is how the Congresswoman got the money: Florida fat-fingering an extra $5 million to her company, which was a legitimate contractor. How often does this happen?
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/south...
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/south...
South Florida Congresswoman Charged with Stealing $5 Million in FEMA Funds and Making Illegal Campaign Contributions
MIAMI – A federal grand jury in Miami has returned an indictment charging Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and several co-defendants with stealing federal disaster funds, laundering the procee...
www.justice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The amusing part of this indictment is how the Congresswoman got the money: Florida fat-fingering an extra $5 million to her company, which was a legitimate contractor. How often does this happen?
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/south...
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/south...
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This is The Great Climate Insurance Collapse coming at us. Republicans look away because it’s what their fossil fuel industry donors demand.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A Climate ‘Shock’ Is Eroding Some Home Values. New Data Shows How Much.
Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This is The Great Climate Insurance Collapse coming at us. Republicans look away because it’s what their fossil fuel industry donors demand.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The New York Times' story about Trump calling for the execution of members of Congress ran on Page 16 today, with an itty-bitty promo on the front about halfway down the page.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The New York Times' story about Trump calling for the execution of members of Congress ran on Page 16 today, with an itty-bitty promo on the front about halfway down the page.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
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RFK Jr. promised to change vaccine policy. This new website shows he has.
The CDC’s new autism page reads like an anti-vax blog
RFK Jr. promised to change vaccine policy. This new website shows he has.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
RFK Jr. promised to change vaccine policy. This new website shows he has.