Melissa Grabau
@melissagrabau.bsky.social
Feminist grandmother, love bees, birds, and bats. More of a lurker but am an enthusiastic reposter.
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Victo Ngai, contemporary award-winning illustrator who grew up in Hong Kong #WomensArt
December 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Victo Ngai, contemporary award-winning illustrator who grew up in Hong Kong #WomensArt
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As the housing shortage pushes more Americans into homelessness for the first time, the Trump administration wants to focus federal housing aid on mental health treatment and enforcement against street homelessness, rather than on finding people homes. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/08/r...
With homelessness rising, new federal rules could benefit states that take tougher approaches • Ohio Capital Journal
As the housing shortage pushes more Americans into homelessness for the first time, the Trump administration says that too much effort has gone to prioritizing housing needs and not enough to mental…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
As the housing shortage pushes more Americans into homelessness for the first time, the Trump administration wants to focus federal housing aid on mental health treatment and enforcement against street homelessness, rather than on finding people homes. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/08/r...
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Son-in-Law Watch:
When he’s not brokering geopolitical surrenders in meetings with Putin, he’s financing global media consolidation.
When he’s not brokering geopolitical surrenders in meetings with Putin, he’s financing global media consolidation.
December 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Son-in-Law Watch:
When he’s not brokering geopolitical surrenders in meetings with Putin, he’s financing global media consolidation.
When he’s not brokering geopolitical surrenders in meetings with Putin, he’s financing global media consolidation.
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The White House National Security Strategy document is a blueprint for white Christian nationalism that is deeply anti-American, Harold Meyerson writes.
prospect.org/2025/12/08/t...
prospect.org/2025/12/08/t...
Trump’s White Christian Foreign Policy - The American Prospect
According to our new official National Security Strategy, we have to support Europe’s neo-Nazi right in its fight to keep Europe white.
prospect.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The White House National Security Strategy document is a blueprint for white Christian nationalism that is deeply anti-American, Harold Meyerson writes.
prospect.org/2025/12/08/t...
prospect.org/2025/12/08/t...
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Yet again, actual data show wind and solar are the least expensive power on the grid (and getting cheaper by the day). So the Trump administration is just lying about that.
December 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Yet again, actual data show wind and solar are the least expensive power on the grid (and getting cheaper by the day). So the Trump administration is just lying about that.
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Fact check: Lindsey Halligan is not and never has been US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
December 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Fact check: Lindsey Halligan is not and never has been US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
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"Individual liberty" is when conservatives decide everything. Their concept of liberty is just domination, not freedom to do what they want, but freedom to force everyone else to do what they want. bsky.app/profile/donm...
The only way to assure individual liberty is to hand unprecedented governmental power to the guy engaged in blatant democratic backsliding
Kavanaugh: Broad delegations to unaccountable agencies are dangerous for individual liberty! We have used the major questions doctrine to prevent agencies from overreaching.
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Individual liberty" is when conservatives decide everything. Their concept of liberty is just domination, not freedom to do what they want, but freedom to force everyone else to do what they want. bsky.app/profile/donm...
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This creater puts "reading levels" into perspective in a really helpful way, so sharing it here.
October 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This creater puts "reading levels" into perspective in a really helpful way, so sharing it here.
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What in the actual hell
I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
What in the actual hell
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"The Myth of the Constitutional Sheriff"
While ICE is the face of Trump's lawlessness masquerading as law, ICE isn't the key to how got here.
Sheriffs are.
Sheriffs empowered by myths.
3 Experts help unravel their deep roots & bitter fruits. 1/
barnraisingmedia.com/the-myth-of-...
While ICE is the face of Trump's lawlessness masquerading as law, ICE isn't the key to how got here.
Sheriffs are.
Sheriffs empowered by myths.
3 Experts help unravel their deep roots & bitter fruits. 1/
barnraisingmedia.com/the-myth-of-...
The Myth of the Constitutional Sheriff
How Richard Mack led the rise off the constitutional sheriff movement, one of the most serious threats to American democracy since the Civil War.
barnraisingmedia.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"The Myth of the Constitutional Sheriff"
While ICE is the face of Trump's lawlessness masquerading as law, ICE isn't the key to how got here.
Sheriffs are.
Sheriffs empowered by myths.
3 Experts help unravel their deep roots & bitter fruits. 1/
barnraisingmedia.com/the-myth-of-...
While ICE is the face of Trump's lawlessness masquerading as law, ICE isn't the key to how got here.
Sheriffs are.
Sheriffs empowered by myths.
3 Experts help unravel their deep roots & bitter fruits. 1/
barnraisingmedia.com/the-myth-of-...
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This shift from "deterrence" to "recapitalization" for nuclear weapons is a terrifying linguistic pivot that normalizes aggression.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This shift from "deterrence" to "recapitalization" for nuclear weapons is a terrifying linguistic pivot that normalizes aggression.
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The "major questions doctrine" is just something Supreme Court Justices made up to give themselves more power whenever they feel like it. No basis in law granting the Supreme Court majority additional ability to undo an act of Congress they disagree with because Justices say this one's a big deal.
December 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The "major questions doctrine" is just something Supreme Court Justices made up to give themselves more power whenever they feel like it. No basis in law granting the Supreme Court majority additional ability to undo an act of Congress they disagree with because Justices say this one's a big deal.
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My piece in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on the rapid and widespread increase in violence over #water resources in the past several years.
Record levels reported in 2024.
thebulletin.org/2025/12/viol...
Record levels reported in 2024.
thebulletin.org/2025/12/viol...
Violence over water resources reaches record levels
The number of violent events over water resources reported in 2024 was nearly 20 percent higher than 2023 and nearly 80 percent higher than 2022.
thebulletin.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
My piece in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on the rapid and widespread increase in violence over #water resources in the past several years.
Record levels reported in 2024.
thebulletin.org/2025/12/viol...
Record levels reported in 2024.
thebulletin.org/2025/12/viol...
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NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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A Republican president once picked Ben Bernanke—a future Nobel laureate—because expertise mattered more than spin. That norm, picking Fed chairs for brains not loyalty, does more to protect your paycheck than any campaign slogan.
December 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A Republican president once picked Ben Bernanke—a future Nobel laureate—because expertise mattered more than spin. That norm, picking Fed chairs for brains not loyalty, does more to protect your paycheck than any campaign slogan.
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Thanks for posting. I just finished your book Air-Borne. Very well written and absolutely fascinating. The personalities involved in this history! I have no science background just an interest in public health. I found it a terrific read,thoroughly enjoyed it, recommend to all. An important read.
December 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Thanks for posting. I just finished your book Air-Borne. Very well written and absolutely fascinating. The personalities involved in this history! I have no science background just an interest in public health. I found it a terrific read,thoroughly enjoyed it, recommend to all. An important read.
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A new review explores one of the themes of my book Air-Borne: our lungs are like the ocean. Both send life into the atmosphere. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
December 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A new review explores one of the themes of my book Air-Borne: our lungs are like the ocean. Both send life into the atmosphere. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
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Sound familiar, ladies and gentlemen? The War on Drugs kicked off in the 1970s when Nixon labeled drug abuse “public enemy number one,” then expanded under Reagan with harsher sentences, massive police funding, and aggressive enforcement. It claimed to fight crime, but in reality 👇🏾
December 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Sound familiar, ladies and gentlemen? The War on Drugs kicked off in the 1970s when Nixon labeled drug abuse “public enemy number one,” then expanded under Reagan with harsher sentences, massive police funding, and aggressive enforcement. It claimed to fight crime, but in reality 👇🏾
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Should it side with the president, the Supreme Court could supercharge Trump’s effort to assert absolute control over agencies that regulate the economy, the stock market, federal campaign finance and communications. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments In Trump’s Bid for Total Control of Government
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Should it side with the president, the Supreme Court could supercharge Trump’s effort to assert absolute control over agencies that regulate the economy, the stock market, federal campaign finance and communications. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The radicalization of Silicon Valley is the subject of my forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy."
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
The Nerd Reich
A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in San Francisco politics to its current moment on the inter...
www.simonandschuster.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The radicalization of Silicon Valley is the subject of my forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy."
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
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THREAD.
A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
December 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
THREAD.
A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
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There’s this huge media industry employing lotsa Very Smart People™ whose elaborate hot takes purport to explain the allegedly complex reasons for society’s crises, when in fact those crises are all the result of something very simple: a bunch of oligarchs got together & bought literally everything.
December 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
There’s this huge media industry employing lotsa Very Smart People™ whose elaborate hot takes purport to explain the allegedly complex reasons for society’s crises, when in fact those crises are all the result of something very simple: a bunch of oligarchs got together & bought literally everything.
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Trump is reshaping election control by installing loyalists and stripping state power, a sweeping federal grab that could let the White House decide how America votes and who counts the ballots.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Trump is reshaping election control by installing loyalists and stripping state power, a sweeping federal grab that could let the White House decide how America votes and who counts the ballots.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
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At some point someone just needs to say “you are an indecent person, you are lying to cover the slaughter of defenseless men, you know you are lying, and even under the tenets of your own professed faith you will certainly burn in hell if you continue down this path”
WELKER: Isn't it possible that even the act of taking off a t shirt could've been part of an attempt to get attention for help?
TOM COTTON: Or it could've been an attempt to signal to another cartel boat to come pick them up and pick up the cargo
TOM COTTON: Or it could've been an attempt to signal to another cartel boat to come pick them up and pick up the cargo
December 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
At some point someone just needs to say “you are an indecent person, you are lying to cover the slaughter of defenseless men, you know you are lying, and even under the tenets of your own professed faith you will certainly burn in hell if you continue down this path”
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In Ukraine the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, even the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House. Any Russian who investigates Putin goes to jail. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In Ukraine the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, even the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House. Any Russian who investigates Putin goes to jail. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...