Mel
@melintx.bsky.social
Very angry blue dot in a very red state.
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This is Sinclair Broadcasting.
September 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This is Sinclair Broadcasting.
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Trump is dismantling our democracy before our eyes for the sake of Putin and billionaires and Democrats are censuring Al Green for standing up to the nonsense.
Here we are.
Here we are.
March 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Trump is dismantling our democracy before our eyes for the sake of Putin and billionaires and Democrats are censuring Al Green for standing up to the nonsense.
Here we are.
Here we are.
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I have a better idea: Email [email protected] or DM @cfpb_tipline on X and tell President Trump and co-president Elon Musk to stop letting Wall Street scam you.
February 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I have a better idea: Email [email protected] or DM @cfpb_tipline on X and tell President Trump and co-president Elon Musk to stop letting Wall Street scam you.
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If this happens - and if Musk et al get control of BLS - then all economic bets are off.
I can’t say it any more plainly than that.
I can’t say it any more plainly than that.
NEWS: Sources tell me that DOGE is setting its sights on the Department of Labor next. DOL workers have been ordered to give DOGE access to whatever they ask for—or risk termination.
“We’re supposed to stop everything we’re doing and do whatever the DOGE kids ask… It feels dirty and illegal.”
“We’re supposed to stop everything we’re doing and do whatever the DOGE kids ask… It feels dirty and illegal.”
February 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
If this happens - and if Musk et al get control of BLS - then all economic bets are off.
I can’t say it any more plainly than that.
I can’t say it any more plainly than that.
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New York lawmakers are considering a change to the state's special elections law that would keep Rep. Elise Stefanik's House seat open for months, a move backed by Hakeem Jeffries as a way to deny Republicans’ already bare-bones House majority of a crucial vote.
Jeffries Works With N.Y. Democrats to Weaken G.O.P. Control of the House
New York lawmakers may give Gov. Kathy Hochul more time to schedule special elections, a move backed by the House Democratic leader that could keep a key seat vacant for months.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
New York lawmakers are considering a change to the state's special elections law that would keep Rep. Elise Stefanik's House seat open for months, a move backed by Hakeem Jeffries as a way to deny Republicans’ already bare-bones House majority of a crucial vote.
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Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy voted against FAA funding in 2019 during his time in Congress. His vote to defund the air safety agency raises questions about his current role overseeing transportation safety.
Trump's New Transportation Secretary Voted Against FAA Funding in 2019
During his last term in Congress, Sean Duffy voted to defund the agency that provides air safety
meidasnews.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy voted against FAA funding in 2019 during his time in Congress. His vote to defund the air safety agency raises questions about his current role overseeing transportation safety.
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Reminder that some of Trump's first actions when he took office were gutting the FAA and freezing the hiring of air traffic controllers. Maybe this crash happens anyway, but Trump is making Americans less safe.
January 31, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Reminder that some of Trump's first actions when he took office were gutting the FAA and freezing the hiring of air traffic controllers. Maybe this crash happens anyway, but Trump is making Americans less safe.
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JFC. “His basement, his garage, his dorm room were the centers of the action where drugs were available, and he enjoyed showing off how he put baby chickens and mice in the blender to feed his hawks. It was often a perverse scene of despair and violence.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Caroline Kennedy warns senators of ‘predator’ RFK Jr. in searing letter
In a letter to lawmakers, the former U.S. ambassador to Australia and cousin of Trump’s HHS nominee, questions Robert F. Kennedy’s ethics and views on vaccines.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
JFC. “His basement, his garage, his dorm room were the centers of the action where drugs were available, and he enjoyed showing off how he put baby chickens and mice in the blender to feed his hawks. It was often a perverse scene of despair and violence.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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“My only regret is they should have brought rifles,” Stewart Rhodes said four days after Jan. 6.
“We could have fixed it right then and there,” he said. “I'd hang fucking Pelosi from the lamppost.”
“We could have fixed it right then and there,” he said. “I'd hang fucking Pelosi from the lamppost.”
January 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“My only regret is they should have brought rifles,” Stewart Rhodes said four days after Jan. 6.
“We could have fixed it right then and there,” he said. “I'd hang fucking Pelosi from the lamppost.”
“We could have fixed it right then and there,” he said. “I'd hang fucking Pelosi from the lamppost.”
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STOP CALLING IT “DOGE.”
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
January 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
STOP CALLING IT “DOGE.”
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.
December 19, 2024 at 10:22 PM
The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.
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“Half of abortion seekers live below the Federal Poverty Level ($13,590 for a single person and $27,750 for a family of four). And because of a federal ban on abortion funding, Medicaid does not cover abortion care.”
Important from @lebassett.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/laurabas...
Important from @lebassett.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/laurabas...
The case for erasing someone's abortion debt this holiday season
Local abortion funds are running dry, and we need them more than ever right now.
open.substack.com
December 17, 2024 at 11:37 PM
“Half of abortion seekers live below the Federal Poverty Level ($13,590 for a single person and $27,750 for a family of four). And because of a federal ban on abortion funding, Medicaid does not cover abortion care.”
Important from @lebassett.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/laurabas...
Important from @lebassett.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/laurabas...
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Why the crypto industry backed Trump: because the crypto oligarchs want billions of dollars from the US government
@chrislhayes.bsky.social has the best explanation of this story I have seen
youtu.be/qWANiC28M8o?...
@chrislhayes.bsky.social has the best explanation of this story I have seen
youtu.be/qWANiC28M8o?...
‘Enormous heist’: Hayes on the ‘audacious scheme’ to reward big donors
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtu.be
December 7, 2024 at 5:01 AM
Why the crypto industry backed Trump: because the crypto oligarchs want billions of dollars from the US government
@chrislhayes.bsky.social has the best explanation of this story I have seen
youtu.be/qWANiC28M8o?...
@chrislhayes.bsky.social has the best explanation of this story I have seen
youtu.be/qWANiC28M8o?...
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The Big Reason Why Hunter's Pardon is Justified via @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
The Big Reason Why Hunter's Pardon is Justified: Kash Patel
I've listened to hundreds of interviews of Trump's FBI Director nominee
www.meidasplus.com
December 2, 2024 at 7:46 PM
The Big Reason Why Hunter's Pardon is Justified via @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
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Raskin the vastly superior pick punchbowl.news/raskin-letter/
Raskin Letter - Punchbowl News
punchbowl.news
December 2, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Raskin the vastly superior pick punchbowl.news/raskin-letter/
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This is an important read—both for what it shows is already happening to install authoritarianism in the US, and for how to fight it.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
I Watched Orbán Destroy Hungary’s Democracy. Here’s My Advice for the Trump Era.
To dismantle the machinery of autocracy, you first need to understand how it works.
www.politico.com
November 23, 2024 at 5:48 PM
This is an important read—both for what it shows is already happening to install authoritarianism in the US, and for how to fight it.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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This is great!
November 20, 2024 at 2:03 AM
This is great!
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1. It's impossible to control whether GOP Senators rubberstamp Trump's nominees
But it is possible to make more people aware of exactly who Trump is trying to install in these powerful positions
Here are 13 things everyone should know about Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense
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But it is possible to make more people aware of exactly who Trump is trying to install in these powerful positions
Here are 13 things everyone should know about Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense
🧵
November 18, 2024 at 12:07 PM
1. It's impossible to control whether GOP Senators rubberstamp Trump's nominees
But it is possible to make more people aware of exactly who Trump is trying to install in these powerful positions
Here are 13 things everyone should know about Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense
🧵
But it is possible to make more people aware of exactly who Trump is trying to install in these powerful positions
Here are 13 things everyone should know about Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense
🧵
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Chilling.
Internal email that led to identifying Pete Hegseth as potential "Insider Threat" in National Guard.⬇️
It was clearly due to his tattoo "associated with Supremacist groups."
On air, Hegseth has FALSELY claimed the reason was for a different (religious) tattoo.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Internal email that led to identifying Pete Hegseth as potential "Insider Threat" in National Guard.⬇️
It was clearly due to his tattoo "associated with Supremacist groups."
On air, Hegseth has FALSELY claimed the reason was for a different (religious) tattoo.
apnews.com/article/trum...
November 15, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Chilling.
Internal email that led to identifying Pete Hegseth as potential "Insider Threat" in National Guard.⬇️
It was clearly due to his tattoo "associated with Supremacist groups."
On air, Hegseth has FALSELY claimed the reason was for a different (religious) tattoo.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Internal email that led to identifying Pete Hegseth as potential "Insider Threat" in National Guard.⬇️
It was clearly due to his tattoo "associated with Supremacist groups."
On air, Hegseth has FALSELY claimed the reason was for a different (religious) tattoo.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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I spent the last week talking to abortion rights lawyers, researchers, academics and activists, asking what Democrats could do *before* Donald Trump takes office to lessen the impact of Republican attacks on abortion.
What would you add?
What would you add?
Ten Actions Dems Can Take to Protect Abortion Before Trump Takes Office
Repro experts tell AED what they want to see from pro-choice politicians
jessica.substack.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:41 PM
I spent the last week talking to abortion rights lawyers, researchers, academics and activists, asking what Democrats could do *before* Donald Trump takes office to lessen the impact of Republican attacks on abortion.
What would you add?
What would you add?