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Melanie D’Arrigo
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Executive Director of Campaign for New York Health, VP Legislation National Organization for Women NYS, LGBTQ+ nonprofit co-founder, and former congressional candidate in NY03
Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito received over $2.4 million in "unreported gifts" from conservative billionaires with business before the Supreme Court, funneled through an organization whose mission is to pack the SCOTUS with their right-wing judges.

Unrig the Supreme Court.
December 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"Polyworking" is the fancy, sanitized term invented to normalize people being forced to work multiple jobs to afford basic necessities.

Don't glorify the grind.
Dismantle the system that requires it.
December 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Racism, conservative ideologies and endorsements of authoritarianism have been linked to low intelligence.

Just posting this reminder today for no reason at all.
December 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
From the newspaper owned by the billionaire who also owns a large supermarket chain and grocery delivery service.

This is what it looks like when billionaires control the media.
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is what it looks like when billionaires own the media.
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“I AM THE AFFORDABILITY PRESIDENT!”

Food prices ⬆️
Utility prices ⬆️
Healthcare costs ⬆️
Credit card delinquencies ⬆️
Auto loan delinquencies ⬆️
Rent delinquencies ⬆️

...while Trump golfs at his country club and builds himself a ballroom with bribes.
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The White House just released a propaganda portal on their official website to spread easily debunked lies and attack reporters, media outlets and his political enemies.

Government sponsored propaganda is a feature of fascism, not a bug in Democracy.
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Trump not knowing who he pardoned, if he pardoned them, or that they are a crypto CEO who just gave his family a $2 billion deal and then received a pardon, is a way bigger controversy than Biden and an autopen.
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
One chart that explains why politicians tell us that we shouldn’t tax billionaires.
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
63% of Americans support Medicare for All:

✅ everyone is covered
✅ families save money
✅ no premiums, deductibles or copays
✅ prescriptions covered
✅ you pick your doctors
✅ cuts spending by $650B per year
✅ covers dental, vision, hearing and long term care

It’s time.
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Trump’s immigration detention camps exist to drive profits for the prison companies giving him money.

The more profit they make, the more money they’ll give him, and the more people he’ll find to fill up those prisons — it’s not about crime and it won’t stop with immigrants.
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
“should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”

Everyone upset that Democrats reminded the military that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders can reread that part as many times as they need to.
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
When billionaires can buy elections, you don't have a Democracy, you have an auction.

This chart explains why things only get worse for the working class.
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Swastikas and nooses are dangerous hate symbols used by white supremacists to celebrate the history of hatred, mass murder and terrorism of the white supremacist movement.

Removing the hate symbol classification is an attempt to normalize white supremacy.

Never let hate win.
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The military is legally obligated to disobey illegal orders.

Trump wants the Democrats reminding them of that to be arrested, and reposting calls for them to be executed.

This is fascism — and pretending it’s not only empowers him to do worse.

Pay attention.
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
They’re not “donations.”

They’re bribes.

Donald Trump took $116 million in bribes from at least 30 individuals or companies who then directly benefited from his actions.

Everyone understands it, and yet he’s still allowed to sell off his policies to the highest bidder.
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Trump’s “healthcare” plan will bankrupt and kill millions of Americans.

We can eliminate the private insurance industry, and save $650B per year with Medicare for All — which would cover everyone, save families money, and include dental, vision, hearing, prescriptions and longterm care.
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Trump, Clinton, Bannon, Summers and the wealthy, powerful people on both sides of the aisle who keep us divided being part of the same pedophile friend group should be eye-opening to the people who still believe our struggle is Right vs Left, and not the Top vs the rest of us.
November 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Trump is having his DOJ pay himself and his friends millions of dollars, and Republican Senators put a $500k payoff to themselves in the shutdown bill.

They’re stealing our tax dollars while telling you the mom on SNAP wanting to buy a box of cookies for her kids is the problem.
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Companies should be required to explain why they can’t pay living wages, and why taxpayers need to subsidize their profits when they force their employees to rely on SNAP.
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
53% say billionaires are a threat to Democracy

53% support limits on wealth accumulation

71% support a billionaires tax

Your reminder that Republicans are currently gutting healthcare and food assistance to give more tax breaks to the billionaires buying elections for them.
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Layoffs since April:

Amazon: 30k
Intel: 25k
UPS: 20k
Microsoft: 15k
Meta: 3600
Target: 1800
Charter: 1200
Paramount: 1000
Rivian: 600
xAI: 500

Add Verizon to the list.
They just laid off 15,000 and then their stock went up.

Your reminder that the stock market isn’t the economy
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
No surprise here:

Conservative Problem Solvers Caucus Democrats exist to undermine the Dem Party in the name of “bipartisanship,” to advance a GOP agenda.

Notice how they never get Republican Problem Solvers to cross the aisle for Democratic priorities.
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 AM
“Mr. Trump ‘knew about the [underage] girls’”

This needs to be printed out on posters, and carried around by reporters, so Republicans can’t say “I didn’t see it” when asked.
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Trump truly is running the country like he ran his casinos — into bankruptcy.

And he's planning to treat American families like he treated his contractors — screwed over.

Trump knew his tariffs were illegal, and made sure there's no way to fix the situation.
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM