dmellnik
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Musician, theologian, smart ass. I believe there was a time in the not too distant past where we could disagree and compromise together. It’s something worth fighting for.
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The Pentagon reporters who have been kicked out of the building continue to break huge stories every day while the right-wing New Media continue to post selfies of themselves hanging out in the Pentagon.
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Pentagon reporters who have been kicked out of the building continue to break huge stories every day while the right-wing New Media continue to post selfies of themselves hanging out in the Pentagon.
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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Deeply saddened that heroic National Guard Spc. Sarah Beckstrom of West Virginia has died.
Praying for her family and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe as he valiantly battles for his life.
Together we must find a way to better protect those patriots who bravely defend and serve our nation.
Praying for her family and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe as he valiantly battles for his life.
Together we must find a way to better protect those patriots who bravely defend and serve our nation.
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Deeply saddened that heroic National Guard Spc. Sarah Beckstrom of West Virginia has died.
Praying for her family and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe as he valiantly battles for his life.
Together we must find a way to better protect those patriots who bravely defend and serve our nation.
Praying for her family and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe as he valiantly battles for his life.
Together we must find a way to better protect those patriots who bravely defend and serve our nation.
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People claiming they didn't listen to warnings about a fascist Trump from Kamala Harris bc they don't like the way she speaks-
Sound like people who claim they ignored a cancer diagnosis from a doctor bc they didn't like the shape of his nose.
An imperfect messenger can still hold a perfect truth.
Sound like people who claim they ignored a cancer diagnosis from a doctor bc they didn't like the shape of his nose.
An imperfect messenger can still hold a perfect truth.
September 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
People claiming they didn't listen to warnings about a fascist Trump from Kamala Harris bc they don't like the way she speaks-
Sound like people who claim they ignored a cancer diagnosis from a doctor bc they didn't like the shape of his nose.
An imperfect messenger can still hold a perfect truth.
Sound like people who claim they ignored a cancer diagnosis from a doctor bc they didn't like the shape of his nose.
An imperfect messenger can still hold a perfect truth.
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The world’s largest fund has divested its stakes in 11 Israeli companies and is reviewing more.
Norway wealth fund divests from several Israeli companies due to Gaza war
The world’s largest fund has divested its stakes in 11 Israeli companies and is reviewing more.
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August 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The world’s largest fund has divested its stakes in 11 Israeli companies and is reviewing more.
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BREAKING: A Trump DOJ investigation has found that this photo does not exist, and if you saw it, no you didn’t
July 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
BREAKING: A Trump DOJ investigation has found that this photo does not exist, and if you saw it, no you didn’t
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The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new “camp” deep in the Florida Everglades, where officials are openly describing it as “concentrating” certain people in one area. Have you seen the photos of the flooding? This entire site is a human rights violation.
July 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new “camp” deep in the Florida Everglades, where officials are openly describing it as “concentrating” certain people in one area. Have you seen the photos of the flooding? This entire site is a human rights violation.
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Republicans whisper “Trump is dangerous” in private, then vote for him and every bill he supports in public. Total cowardice. If you’re afraid of the man you support, maybe it’s a sign you shouldn’t be supporting him?
July 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Republicans whisper “Trump is dangerous” in private, then vote for him and every bill he supports in public. Total cowardice. If you’re afraid of the man you support, maybe it’s a sign you shouldn’t be supporting him?
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The 'environmental protection' agency wants to remove the restrictions for power plants spewing poison into the air.
That there are people in this country..not politician people, regular people..who will think that it's OK is mind-boggling.
We are drowning in a mess of stupid.
That there are people in this country..not politician people, regular people..who will think that it's OK is mind-boggling.
We are drowning in a mess of stupid.
The EPA wants to end pollution limits for power plants, even though they create a big part of U.S. greenhouse gases. This could mean more dirty air, more climate damage, and fewer rules to protect our health. Big win for polluters.
tinyurl.com/4xzz6fub #CleanAirAct #EPA
tinyurl.com/4xzz6fub #CleanAirAct #EPA
EPA Proposes Rescission of Power Plant GHG Standards Under Clean Air Act Section 111
Go-To Guide EPA proposes to rescind all GHG limits for new and reconstructed gas turbines and existing and modified coal and oil/gas-fired power-generating units under CAA Sections 111(b) and (d). EP...
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June 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The 'environmental protection' agency wants to remove the restrictions for power plants spewing poison into the air.
That there are people in this country..not politician people, regular people..who will think that it's OK is mind-boggling.
We are drowning in a mess of stupid.
That there are people in this country..not politician people, regular people..who will think that it's OK is mind-boggling.
We are drowning in a mess of stupid.
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The targeted shootings of Minnesota Senator John Hoffman and State Rep. Melissa Hortman are deeply disturbing.
Violence is never acceptable.
Praying hard for the victims and all who have been affected.
Violence is never acceptable.
Praying hard for the victims and all who have been affected.
June 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The targeted shootings of Minnesota Senator John Hoffman and State Rep. Melissa Hortman are deeply disturbing.
Violence is never acceptable.
Praying hard for the victims and all who have been affected.
Violence is never acceptable.
Praying hard for the victims and all who have been affected.
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The U.S. Constitution and longstanding federal law strictly limit the use of the military to police civilians. Under the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, active-duty military forces are prohibited from engaging in domestic law enforcement unless explicitly authorized by Congress or the Constitution.
June 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The U.S. Constitution and longstanding federal law strictly limit the use of the military to police civilians. Under the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, active-duty military forces are prohibited from engaging in domestic law enforcement unless explicitly authorized by Congress or the Constitution.
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The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands. We’re already seeing over one million in attendance nationwide, and events are still underway. Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio all had especially surprising showings.
April 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands. We’re already seeing over one million in attendance nationwide, and events are still underway. Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio all had especially surprising showings.
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This 3-0 4th Circuit Ruling on Abrego Garcia & opinion by conservative Judge Wilkinson is SAVAGE.
It should be everything the House needs to know about the Executive Branch encroaching beyond the separation of powers.
Call your Rep & tell them to impeach!
tinyurl.com/judgewilkinson
It should be everything the House needs to know about the Executive Branch encroaching beyond the separation of powers.
Call your Rep & tell them to impeach!
tinyurl.com/judgewilkinson
![It is in this atmosphere that we are reminded of President Eisenhower's sage
example
Putting his *personal opinions
aside,
President Eisenhower honored his
"inescapable" duty to enforce the Supreme Cout's decision in Brown v. Board of
Education II to desegregate schools *wvith all deliberate speed." Address by the President
of the United States, Delivered from his Office at the White House 1-2 (Sept. 24, 1957);
349 U.S. 294, 301 (1955). This great man expressed his unflagging belief that "[t]he very
basis of our individual rights and freedoms is the certainty that the President and the
Executive Branch of Government will support and [e]nsure the carrying out of the
decisions of the Federal Courts." Id. at 3. Indeed, in our late Executive's own words,
"[u]nless the President did so, anarchy would result." Id.
Now the branches come too close to grinding irrevocably against one another in a
conflict that promises to diminish both.l This is a losing proposition all around. The
Judiciary will lose much from the constant intimations of its illegitimacy, to which by dent
of custom and detachment we can only sparingly reply. The Executive will lose much from
a public perception of its lawlessness and all of its attendant contagions. The Executive
may succeed for a time in weakening the courts, but over time history will script the tragic
gap between what was and all that might have been, and law in time will sign its epitaph.
It is, as we have noted, all too possible to see in this case an incipient crisis, but it
may present an opportunity as well. We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe
our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American
ethos. This case presents their unique chance to vindicate that value and to summon the
best that is within us while there is still time,](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dozrbbuzuojdwr2psqkapfxo/bafkreigacmiujj2db43bkef7pdzpp2d5ofcolw7bdtqzbmhdxl4zuy7wqa@jpeg)
April 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This 3-0 4th Circuit Ruling on Abrego Garcia & opinion by conservative Judge Wilkinson is SAVAGE.
It should be everything the House needs to know about the Executive Branch encroaching beyond the separation of powers.
Call your Rep & tell them to impeach!
tinyurl.com/judgewilkinson
It should be everything the House needs to know about the Executive Branch encroaching beyond the separation of powers.
Call your Rep & tell them to impeach!
tinyurl.com/judgewilkinson
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simply because their research didn’t align with the administration’s narrative. Let that sink in: the federal government is pressuring a medical journal over what it’s allowed to publish. This isn’t about science or national security, it’s about control. It’s about silencing dissent.
April 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
simply because their research didn’t align with the administration’s narrative. Let that sink in: the federal government is pressuring a medical journal over what it’s allowed to publish. This isn’t about science or national security, it’s about control. It’s about silencing dissent.
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We’ve talked about Operation Whirlwind before, but the mission keeps expanding, now it’s targeting scientific journals. This week, Ed Martin, the U.S. attorney for D.C., sent an unprecedented letter to CHEST, a medical journal focused on respiratory science, questioning their editorial policies
April 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
We’ve talked about Operation Whirlwind before, but the mission keeps expanding, now it’s targeting scientific journals. This week, Ed Martin, the U.S. attorney for D.C., sent an unprecedented letter to CHEST, a medical journal focused on respiratory science, questioning their editorial policies
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To any politician who might be considering the political consequences of raising hell about a legal American resident who was kidnapped and taken to a foreign torture gulag, please don't focus group the Constitution.
April 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
To any politician who might be considering the political consequences of raising hell about a legal American resident who was kidnapped and taken to a foreign torture gulag, please don't focus group the Constitution.
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If the case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia is so iron clad and simple, then it ought to be very easy to prove that by bringing him back, giving him due process, and winning in court.
April 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
If the case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia is so iron clad and simple, then it ought to be very easy to prove that by bringing him back, giving him due process, and winning in court.
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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What do billionaires do with all the money they hoarde?
Like, how much is enough?
To the rest of us who aren't sure how to pay for healthcare or don't have enough food to eat, it seems pretty silly to us.
Why do billionaires have an unsatiable appetite for money?
Is it the suffering they enjoy?
Like, how much is enough?
To the rest of us who aren't sure how to pay for healthcare or don't have enough food to eat, it seems pretty silly to us.
Why do billionaires have an unsatiable appetite for money?
Is it the suffering they enjoy?
April 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
What do billionaires do with all the money they hoarde?
Like, how much is enough?
To the rest of us who aren't sure how to pay for healthcare or don't have enough food to eat, it seems pretty silly to us.
Why do billionaires have an unsatiable appetite for money?
Is it the suffering they enjoy?
Like, how much is enough?
To the rest of us who aren't sure how to pay for healthcare or don't have enough food to eat, it seems pretty silly to us.
Why do billionaires have an unsatiable appetite for money?
Is it the suffering they enjoy?
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Reasonable to ask if we are now oppressing the Russian opposition at Putin’s behest.
theins.press/en/news/280037
theins.press/en/news/280037
Russian scientist from Harvard Medical School detained in U.S., faces deportation and likely arrest upon return due to anti-war stance
A Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School has been detained in the United States and placed in immigration detention. According to multiple independent Russian media outlets and the scient...
theins.press
March 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Reasonable to ask if we are now oppressing the Russian opposition at Putin’s behest.
theins.press/en/news/280037
theins.press/en/news/280037
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This is illegal: Musk announced in an overnight post on X that he’ll hand out million-dollar checks at a Sunday night event in Wisconsin—but only to those who voted in the state’s Supreme Court election.
Why is Elon so invested in this race? Tesla is facing legal challenges in Wisconsin.
Why is Elon so invested in this race? Tesla is facing legal challenges in Wisconsin.
March 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This is illegal: Musk announced in an overnight post on X that he’ll hand out million-dollar checks at a Sunday night event in Wisconsin—but only to those who voted in the state’s Supreme Court election.
Why is Elon so invested in this race? Tesla is facing legal challenges in Wisconsin.
Why is Elon so invested in this race? Tesla is facing legal challenges in Wisconsin.