@mccmelon.bsky.social
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This is why they want us talking about day care centers and $500 boots.
January 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
This is why they want us talking about day care centers and $500 boots.
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I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 12:01 AM
I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
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It is so embarrassing to be a US citizen right now.
Unbelievable.
Unbelievable.
"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."
Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd
The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
It is so embarrassing to be a US citizen right now.
Unbelievable.
Unbelievable.
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Republicans control the House.
Republicans control the Senate.
Republicans control the White House.
This shutdown has Republicans' name written all over it.
Republicans control the Senate.
Republicans control the White House.
This shutdown has Republicans' name written all over it.
October 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Republicans control the House.
Republicans control the Senate.
Republicans control the White House.
This shutdown has Republicans' name written all over it.
Republicans control the Senate.
Republicans control the White House.
This shutdown has Republicans' name written all over it.
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Did you know that a typhoon just hit Alaska & displaced over 1,000 people and washed away entire communities?
If your media isn't covering this, it's bc these are Indigenous communities.
If your media isn't covering this, it's bc these are Indigenous communities.
October 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Did you know that a typhoon just hit Alaska & displaced over 1,000 people and washed away entire communities?
If your media isn't covering this, it's bc these are Indigenous communities.
If your media isn't covering this, it's bc these are Indigenous communities.
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80 percent of ACA tax credits go to people living in states Trump won.
As @aoc.bsky.social says, Republicans think this shutdown is about punishing Democrats. But in reality, it hurts everybody.
Watch.
As @aoc.bsky.social says, Republicans think this shutdown is about punishing Democrats. But in reality, it hurts everybody.
Watch.
October 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
80 percent of ACA tax credits go to people living in states Trump won.
As @aoc.bsky.social says, Republicans think this shutdown is about punishing Democrats. But in reality, it hurts everybody.
Watch.
As @aoc.bsky.social says, Republicans think this shutdown is about punishing Democrats. But in reality, it hurts everybody.
Watch.
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While Trump escalates his attacks on our freedoms with occupations of our cities and secret police forces terrorizing our communities, normal everyday people across the nation are showing up every single day with courage and defiance. Join your local peaceful protest: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
October 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
While Trump escalates his attacks on our freedoms with occupations of our cities and secret police forces terrorizing our communities, normal everyday people across the nation are showing up every single day with courage and defiance. Join your local peaceful protest: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
October 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
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While he lets the thousands of soldiers and federal workers in his district go without pay, Rob Wittman ate $90 steak with wealthy donors. Republicans don't care about you. https://www.virginiascope.com/wittman-holds-fundraiser-as-the-government-shutdown-looms/
Wittman holds fundraiser as the government shutdown looms
Rep. Rob Wittman, R-VA01, was confronted in Washington on Tuesday for holding a fundraiser hours before the government shutdown. He was confronted on video outside of the fundraiser.
www.virginiascope.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
While he lets the thousands of soldiers and federal workers in his district go without pay, Rob Wittman ate $90 steak with wealthy donors. Republicans don't care about you. https://www.virginiascope.com/wittman-holds-fundraiser-as-the-government-shutdown-looms/
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reminder that this directive functionally massively discriminates against Black men and should be understood as part of an ongoing campaign to resegregate the military www.military.com/daily-news/2...
September 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
reminder that this directive functionally massively discriminates against Black men and should be understood as part of an ongoing campaign to resegregate the military www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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CW: Sexual assault
Men are impersonating ICE agents to kidnap and assault women. We can’t have a masked, unaccountable secret police force roaming the streets. Urge your state and local leaders to take concrete steps to stop Trump’s authoritarian crackdown: www.bluestatedefiance.org/no-secret-po...
Men are impersonating ICE agents to kidnap and assault women. We can’t have a masked, unaccountable secret police force roaming the streets. Urge your state and local leaders to take concrete steps to stop Trump’s authoritarian crackdown: www.bluestatedefiance.org/no-secret-po...
September 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
CW: Sexual assault
Men are impersonating ICE agents to kidnap and assault women. We can’t have a masked, unaccountable secret police force roaming the streets. Urge your state and local leaders to take concrete steps to stop Trump’s authoritarian crackdown: www.bluestatedefiance.org/no-secret-po...
Men are impersonating ICE agents to kidnap and assault women. We can’t have a masked, unaccountable secret police force roaming the streets. Urge your state and local leaders to take concrete steps to stop Trump’s authoritarian crackdown: www.bluestatedefiance.org/no-secret-po...
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Big Oil donates to his campaign...Trump hands out tax breaks and guts clean energy funding.
Fraudsters donate to his Super PAC...Trump hands out pardons.
Airlines donate to his inaugural fund...Trump cancels a rule requiring them to refund passengers.
Everything is for sale.
Fraudsters donate to his Super PAC...Trump hands out pardons.
Airlines donate to his inaugural fund...Trump cancels a rule requiring them to refund passengers.
Everything is for sale.
September 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Big Oil donates to his campaign...Trump hands out tax breaks and guts clean energy funding.
Fraudsters donate to his Super PAC...Trump hands out pardons.
Airlines donate to his inaugural fund...Trump cancels a rule requiring them to refund passengers.
Everything is for sale.
Fraudsters donate to his Super PAC...Trump hands out pardons.
Airlines donate to his inaugural fund...Trump cancels a rule requiring them to refund passengers.
Everything is for sale.
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Nothing says, "Hey international companies, bring your manufacturing to the US" like arresting 475 workers at a Hyundai (70% of whom are South Korean).
September 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Nothing says, "Hey international companies, bring your manufacturing to the US" like arresting 475 workers at a Hyundai (70% of whom are South Korean).
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forthelo_lo
Loris Travel
📍Shark bay, Monkey mia
Loris Travel
📍Shark bay, Monkey mia
August 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Loris Travel
📍Shark bay, Monkey mia
Loris Travel
📍Shark bay, Monkey mia
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Constituent: You talked about abuses in the medicare and medicaid system and I found interesting that the president pardoned someone that defrauded the medicaid system for $1.3 billion
August 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Constituent: You talked about abuses in the medicare and medicaid system and I found interesting that the president pardoned someone that defrauded the medicaid system for $1.3 billion
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You haven’t read granular reporting until you realize that @stevanzetti.bsky.social got close enough to Nazi ICE official James Rodden to eavesread his iPhone screen! I will be subscribing to @texasobserver.org and @proteanmag.com as a direct result of this masterpiece of investigative reporting.
REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
www.texasobserver.org
July 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
You haven’t read granular reporting until you realize that @stevanzetti.bsky.social got close enough to Nazi ICE official James Rodden to eavesread his iPhone screen! I will be subscribing to @texasobserver.org and @proteanmag.com as a direct result of this masterpiece of investigative reporting.
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