Melissa Whalen
@melissanky.bsky.social
Blue dot in a red state. Single mom, attorney, former social worker, defender of democracy. 🇺🇦 🇨🇦
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Fast-forward to today. Roughly half of Project 2025 has already been implemented.
Imagine that. Half.
This wasn’t a slow drift. This wasn’t bureaucratic inertia. This was a blitzkrieg executed through executive orders,
Imagine that. Half.
This wasn’t a slow drift. This wasn’t bureaucratic inertia. This was a blitzkrieg executed through executive orders,
December 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Fast-forward to today. Roughly half of Project 2025 has already been implemented.
Imagine that. Half.
This wasn’t a slow drift. This wasn’t bureaucratic inertia. This was a blitzkrieg executed through executive orders,
Imagine that. Half.
This wasn’t a slow drift. This wasn’t bureaucratic inertia. This was a blitzkrieg executed through executive orders,
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This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
December 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
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Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight
December 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight
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“It was not unanimous. I was muted and not allowed to speak.” 🤔
December 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
“It was not unanimous. I was muted and not allowed to speak.” 🤔
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those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
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Another Epstein photo dump.
House Democrats keep releasing what DOJ refuses to. The deadline is coming — tick tock.
House Democrats keep releasing what DOJ refuses to. The deadline is coming — tick tock.
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Another Epstein photo dump.
House Democrats keep releasing what DOJ refuses to. The deadline is coming — tick tock.
House Democrats keep releasing what DOJ refuses to. The deadline is coming — tick tock.
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ICE causing havoc in a Somali-American neighborhood in Minneapolis, after dragging and abducting a woman on December 15, 2025.
December 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
ICE causing havoc in a Somali-American neighborhood in Minneapolis, after dragging and abducting a woman on December 15, 2025.
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BREAKING: an image has leaked showing Trump using a walker moments after he signed an executive order banning states from regulating AI
- Keith Edwards
- Keith Edwards
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
BREAKING: an image has leaked showing Trump using a walker moments after he signed an executive order banning states from regulating AI
- Keith Edwards
- Keith Edwards
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DHS Secretary, Kristi Nome, caught in a lie.
Rep. Magaziner: How many veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Rep. Magaziner: We are joined on Zoom by a combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient. Earlier this year, you deported him to Korea.
Rep. Magaziner: How many veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Rep. Magaziner: We are joined on Zoom by a combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient. Earlier this year, you deported him to Korea.
December 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
DHS Secretary, Kristi Nome, caught in a lie.
Rep. Magaziner: How many veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Rep. Magaziner: We are joined on Zoom by a combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient. Earlier this year, you deported him to Korea.
Rep. Magaziner: How many veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Rep. Magaziner: We are joined on Zoom by a combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient. Earlier this year, you deported him to Korea.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
It's Sunday night, and total amount spent since Thanksgiving is $0. Voting with my dollars. ✊
November 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
It's Sunday night, and total amount spent since Thanksgiving is $0. Voting with my dollars. ✊
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Rahmanulla Lakanwal is the National Guard shooting suspect.
Interesting that there were 36 searches for his exact name.
4 hours before the shooting.
I bet Stephen Miller knows why.
Interesting that there were 36 searches for his exact name.
4 hours before the shooting.
I bet Stephen Miller knows why.
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Rahmanulla Lakanwal is the National Guard shooting suspect.
Interesting that there were 36 searches for his exact name.
4 hours before the shooting.
I bet Stephen Miller knows why.
Interesting that there were 36 searches for his exact name.
4 hours before the shooting.
I bet Stephen Miller knows why.
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Chef's kiss
November 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Chef's kiss
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VC @lilnickmuller IG
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
WTAF??? I can't really pledge to stop shopping at Walmart since I haven't gone in one in years for the many many other reasons we shouldn't shop there, but we need to let Walmart know our disgust.
🚨 I pledge to NEVER step foot in a Walmart again. If I cannot afford it or find it elsewhere, I do not need it. White people MUST take a stand. This openly hostile contempt for black people cannot be tolerated or dismissed. I am not waiting for a national strike - I am DONE. Who will join me?
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
WTAF??? I can't really pledge to stop shopping at Walmart since I haven't gone in one in years for the many many other reasons we shouldn't shop there, but we need to let Walmart know our disgust.
I just can't with this country any more. The only goal of this administration seems to be tearing down anyone who isn't white and rich, and too many useful idiots are cheering it on every day.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I just can't with this country any more. The only goal of this administration seems to be tearing down anyone who isn't white and rich, and too many useful idiots are cheering it on every day.
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We are truly in the dumbest timeline.
November 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We are truly in the dumbest timeline.
There's no reason to worry about freedom of the press if you just starve it to death
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
There's no reason to worry about freedom of the press if you just starve it to death