Melissa M
@crankybaker.bsky.social
I live too close to the ocean, read newspapers, and vote Blue. “You got no right to take my joy / I want it back”
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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Donald Trump fell asleep during a Cabinet meeting, raising new questions about Joe Biden's health.
December 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Donald Trump fell asleep during a Cabinet meeting, raising new questions about Joe Biden's health.
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A level of corruption in the Trump-Vance administration that would embarrass Boss Tweed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
Trump’s Son Is Poised to Profit From Pentagon Drone Proposal
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October 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A level of corruption in the Trump-Vance administration that would embarrass Boss Tweed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
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"We are closing up Democrat programs that we disagree with, and they’re never going to open again.”
No, these are not Democratic or Republican programs—these are life-saving resources that help families make ends meet.
This is illegal & everyone will be harmed.
No, these are not Democratic or Republican programs—these are life-saving resources that help families make ends meet.
This is illegal & everyone will be harmed.
As the government shutdown drags on, Trump is using his leverage to shape it - The Boston Globe
President Trump and his top budget official, Russell Vought, are using their authority to inflict or spare pain where they deem appropriate.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"We are closing up Democrat programs that we disagree with, and they’re never going to open again.”
No, these are not Democratic or Republican programs—these are life-saving resources that help families make ends meet.
This is illegal & everyone will be harmed.
No, these are not Democratic or Republican programs—these are life-saving resources that help families make ends meet.
This is illegal & everyone will be harmed.
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“Fastest accumulation of $1 Trillion in debt outside of the pandemic…”
But at least the rich got their tax cuts, right @MarshaBlackburn? With Inequality at gilded age levels.
PSA: They don’t care about the debt and never did.
But at least the rich got their tax cuts, right @MarshaBlackburn? With Inequality at gilded age levels.
PSA: They don’t care about the debt and never did.
October 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“Fastest accumulation of $1 Trillion in debt outside of the pandemic…”
But at least the rich got their tax cuts, right @MarshaBlackburn? With Inequality at gilded age levels.
PSA: They don’t care about the debt and never did.
But at least the rich got their tax cuts, right @MarshaBlackburn? With Inequality at gilded age levels.
PSA: They don’t care about the debt and never did.
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Sadly, we no longer live in a functioning democracy.
October 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Sadly, we no longer live in a functioning democracy.
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Trump’s popularity among Hispanic adults has fallen dramatically since his inauguration in January, according to a new poll.
Trump’s popularity among Hispanic adults slips
A new poll finds the president’s favorability among the demographic has slipped nearly 20 points since taking office.
www.politico.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Trump’s popularity among Hispanic adults has fallen dramatically since his inauguration in January, according to a new poll.
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I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.
October 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.
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Once upon a time, if a president head lied this brazenly, it would be considered a disgrace by both political parties
Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.
October 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Once upon a time, if a president head lied this brazenly, it would be considered a disgrace by both political parties
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People keep asking “What can we do?” Our podcast guest, Hardy Merriman, studies resistance movements and has many suggestions.
The successful public backlash against silencing Jimmy Kimmel contains some big lessons on what works in the face of autocracy, as expert Hardy Merriman explains in this fascinating episode with my co-hosts @janemayer.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure
Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 09/27/2025 · 44m
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September 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
People keep asking “What can we do?” Our podcast guest, Hardy Merriman, studies resistance movements and has many suggestions.
Down a rabbit hole now because I devoured Jean Craighead George’s books as a kid.
John Craighead George was a prominent whale expert who lived in the Alaska Arctic for decades. At the end of a whale census conducted on the sea ice, he had a tradition of releasing bottles with messages. (via @alaskapublic.org)
An Alaska whale expert's message in a bottle washed up in Scotland, years after his death
John Craighead George had a tradition of sending out messages in bottles after each whale census. This is just the second known to be found.
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September 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Down a rabbit hole now because I devoured Jean Craighead George’s books as a kid.
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Almost worse because of how obvious it was the whole time
The media allowing Trump plausible deniability on Project 2025 during the campaign is right up there with Iraq War stenography in craven, lazy disgracefulness
hey so this is insane
September 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Almost worse because of how obvious it was the whole time
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My floor speech yesterday:
1/ The rules change Republicans are pushing through the Senate - to confirm dozens of Trump nominees with one vote - is another sign of our vanishing democracy, as the legislative branch voluntarily bends the knee to the executive.
1/ The rules change Republicans are pushing through the Senate - to confirm dozens of Trump nominees with one vote - is another sign of our vanishing democracy, as the legislative branch voluntarily bends the knee to the executive.
September 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
My floor speech yesterday:
1/ The rules change Republicans are pushing through the Senate - to confirm dozens of Trump nominees with one vote - is another sign of our vanishing democracy, as the legislative branch voluntarily bends the knee to the executive.
1/ The rules change Republicans are pushing through the Senate - to confirm dozens of Trump nominees with one vote - is another sign of our vanishing democracy, as the legislative branch voluntarily bends the knee to the executive.
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We're close to reaching a chilling moment; the first time in history where the single largest group of people arrested by ICE in the interior and held in detention are people with no criminal record. The gap is now down to fewer than 300 people.
September 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
We're close to reaching a chilling moment; the first time in history where the single largest group of people arrested by ICE in the interior and held in detention are people with no criminal record. The gap is now down to fewer than 300 people.
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“At least 6 Historically Black colleges have issued alerts and halted classes after receiving threats…”
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September 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
“At least 6 Historically Black colleges have issued alerts and halted classes after receiving threats…”
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abcnews.go.com/US/multiple-...
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A word to my brethren in the press corps:
Please notice that nearly all Democrats condemn violence while very few Republicans condemn violence, and please please please do not make these two unequal facts equal.
Please notice that nearly all Democrats condemn violence while very few Republicans condemn violence, and please please please do not make these two unequal facts equal.
September 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
A word to my brethren in the press corps:
Please notice that nearly all Democrats condemn violence while very few Republicans condemn violence, and please please please do not make these two unequal facts equal.
Please notice that nearly all Democrats condemn violence while very few Republicans condemn violence, and please please please do not make these two unequal facts equal.
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“Just my life’s work there that you’re tossing around like scrap paper.” Sally Mann meditates on the crushing reality of artistic rejection.
Sally Mann on the Crushing, Lifelong Reality of Artistic Rejection
Once I decided, at the age of seventeen, that I would try to make a career as an artist, it took me almost no time at all to realize how miserable it was going to be. I had just mastered the ironic…
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September 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“Just my life’s work there that you’re tossing around like scrap paper.” Sally Mann meditates on the crushing reality of artistic rejection.
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NEW: The trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend. Judge Sooknanan stopped it. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-sookna...
The Sooknanan Monologue
The trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend until Judge Sooknanan entered an order to stop it.
www.muellershewrote.com
August 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
NEW: The trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend. Judge Sooknanan stopped it. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-sookna...
Woke up a bit before sunrise.
August 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Woke up a bit before sunrise.
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“If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice.”
Read the final message sent by murdered Palestinian journalist Anas al-Sharif.
On Sunday night, the Israel Defense Forces bombed a journalists’ tent outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. The strike killed seven people, including Al Jazeera journalists Anas al-Sharif a…
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August 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice.”
Bystanders need to bring this challenging energy to every damn encounter with these despicable so-called federal agents who are nothing but out-of-control vigilante thugs. #FuckTrump
This is a fancy neighborhood
NEW: Video shared with me from a bystander in DC shows multiple masked federal agents (at least one of whom appears to have an ICE badge) violently attacking and handcuffing a delivery worker in the street outside Bluestone Lane cafe near Logan Circle this morning.
Please take care when watching.
Please take care when watching.
August 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Bystanders need to bring this challenging energy to every damn encounter with these despicable so-called federal agents who are nothing but out-of-control vigilante thugs. #FuckTrump
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This woman is bravery incarnate!
We can all learn something from her. And – as a friend posted earlier – these questions need to be asked of every ‘representative’ at every town hall.
We can all learn something from her. And – as a friend posted earlier – these questions need to be asked of every ‘representative’ at every town hall.
Question for Mike Flood: With $450 million being allocated to Alligator Alcatraz, and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain people—How much does it cost for fascism? How much do the tax payers have to pay for a fascist country?
August 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This woman is bravery incarnate!
We can all learn something from her. And – as a friend posted earlier – these questions need to be asked of every ‘representative’ at every town hall.
We can all learn something from her. And – as a friend posted earlier – these questions need to be asked of every ‘representative’ at every town hall.