Melissa
@melissablau.bsky.social
Just a girl who dreams of a world where we could just be nice to each other, even when we disagree.
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"It was Christ’s humble birth that set the stage. It was the first lesson in a series: to oppress others is to oppress Christ, to hate others is to hate Christ, and to love your enemies can be the most dangerous and revolutionary act of them all." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/o...
Opinion | Christianity Is a Dangerous Faith
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December 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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This @sykescharlie.bsky.social newsletter perfectly encapsulates how I’ve felt about this upside down year we’ve collectively lived. We are not the crazy ones. (You should subscribe). ❤️
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
'You don’t know what the American way even is anymore.'
Another deplorable week in review.
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December 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This @sykescharlie.bsky.social newsletter perfectly encapsulates how I’ve felt about this upside down year we’ve collectively lived. We are not the crazy ones. (You should subscribe). ❤️
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Made my day/week!!!
⛰️🏔️ Episode 20 is now available for all subscribers! 🏔️⛰️
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
With readings in Old Persian and Ancient Greek, find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
With readings in Old Persian and Ancient Greek, find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
20. Persia - An Empire in Ashes **Now available for subscribers!** | Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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November 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Made my day/week!!!
In the whole scheme of terrible things going on, this doesn’t really matter, but … this YouTube pregame show before the KC-SD game suuuuuuucks.
September 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
In the whole scheme of terrible things going on, this doesn’t really matter, but … this YouTube pregame show before the KC-SD game suuuuuuucks.
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The U.S. now owns 10% of INTEL.
MAGA communism is real.
MAGA communism is real.
August 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The U.S. now owns 10% of INTEL.
MAGA communism is real.
MAGA communism is real.
I’m finding this thread of replies to be utterly delightful.
What’s a real thing from your childhood that kids these days would find completely foreign?
Like, how we used to be able to walk right up to the gate to meet our family coming off a flight.
Or how we had to pick a spot to meet at the theater BEFORE we went.
Like, how we used to be able to walk right up to the gate to meet our family coming off a flight.
Or how we had to pick a spot to meet at the theater BEFORE we went.
July 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I’m finding this thread of replies to be utterly delightful.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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Warnock: If I'm honest, there are days when I have to ask people of my faith tradition as a Christian, are we reading the same book?
The book I know says I was hungry and you fed me. I was sick, I was in prison and you visited me, I was a stranger and you welcomed me….
The book I know says I was hungry and you fed me. I was sick, I was in prison and you visited me, I was a stranger and you welcomed me….
June 30, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Warnock: If I'm honest, there are days when I have to ask people of my faith tradition as a Christian, are we reading the same book?
The book I know says I was hungry and you fed me. I was sick, I was in prison and you visited me, I was a stranger and you welcomed me….
The book I know says I was hungry and you fed me. I was sick, I was in prison and you visited me, I was a stranger and you welcomed me….
This!👇🏻
As an experienced rural organizer, these are the three things I would talk about on repeat in rural communities: Medicaid and schools and jobs. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
Three Messages Democrats Should Bring to Rural America
Rural organizing
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June 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This!👇🏻
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you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos
April 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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I love it when @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social joins @sykescharlie.bsky.social for his podcast. ❤️
For whatever reason, his calm assessment of our current dumpster fire of events brings me peace in the midst of the chaos. Give it a listen.
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For whatever reason, his calm assessment of our current dumpster fire of events brings me peace in the midst of the chaos. Give it a listen.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
David French: Tariffs, Sycophants and Signal
Podcast Episode · To The Contrary with Charlie Sykes · 04/06/2025 · 52m
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April 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I love it when @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social joins @sykescharlie.bsky.social for his podcast. ❤️
For whatever reason, his calm assessment of our current dumpster fire of events brings me peace in the midst of the chaos. Give it a listen.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
For whatever reason, his calm assessment of our current dumpster fire of events brings me peace in the midst of the chaos. Give it a listen.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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I’ll keep saying this. The only hope we have for saving democracy is everyone on the left and right waking up to the fact that the division in America is not left vs right. It’s the top vs the rest of us. The top has just convinced the right that the left is the enemy. We need to wake them up.
January 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I’ll keep saying this. The only hope we have for saving democracy is everyone on the left and right waking up to the fact that the division in America is not left vs right. It’s the top vs the rest of us. The top has just convinced the right that the left is the enemy. We need to wake them up.
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December 30, 2024 at 12:47 PM
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Lots of things about this site to like, but I think one of my favorite things is that it isn’t full of the dumb ads that pop up and open with the slightest touch as I scroll through.
November 15, 2024 at 2:33 AM
Lots of things about this site to like, but I think one of my favorite things is that it isn’t full of the dumb ads that pop up and open with the slightest touch as I scroll through.