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Melissa Ryan

@melissaryan.bsky.social

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I want to help build a world where we can all do our work, share our stories, and live our lives free from hate, harassment, and harm. Newsletter: https://www.altrightdelete.news/ Work with me: [email protected]

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 2d

What does a shutdown mean when America is already so broken? I explore, in this week’s newsletter. www.altrightdelete.news/p/shutting-d...

Shutting down an already broken America

Brought to you by the people behind DOGE and Project 2025

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 12h

Yes. They keep telling us who they are and what their agenda is. They're not trying to hide it or be coy about it. Society has to respond in kind. Starting with the elites.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 13h

Everything they are doing & saying right now is very obviously meant to clear the way for mass repressive violence.

Fact checking is not going to do shit.

Talking about kitchen table issues is not going to do shit.

We need open, unapologetic defiance & conflict.

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 12h

Huh, it turns out I can still be shocked. WTF were you thinking, @cnn.com?

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 17h

This is one of those *what exactly have I been doing with the last ten years of my life* moments. We made real progress, then came a monster backlash, and now the people whose grift is exploiting terrified parents are running the country.

David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 17h

NEW:

Last month Trump and RFK Jr announced the FDA was was recommending a new drug to treat autism — leucovorin

But they failed to provide any more information. So parents flocked to a Facebook group, that quickly filled with chaos, confusion and conspiracies

www.wired.com/story/chaos-...

Chaos, Confusion, and Conspiracies: Inside a Facebook Group for RFK Jr’s Autism ‘Cure’

A Facebook group set up to share information about leucovorin has been spammed by affiliate links and supplement companies trying to shame parents of autistic kids.

www.wired.com

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 17h

Bari Weiss took the "carry yourself with the the confidence of a mediocre white man," meme as a mantra, huh? So much that she's convinced the powers that be she's one of them.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 20h

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 17h

Well then.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

If @govpritzker.illinois.gov & @governor.ca.gov leave the National Gov Association for being silent as the Trump admin unleashes on Chicago, Portland @tinakotek.bsky.social @governorferguson.bsky.social @governorwalz.mn.gov @governor.ny.gov and other Dem gov should also do the same in solidarity.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

Bari is going to run CBS News not because of her journalism, or even because of The Free Press, but because much of the mainstream media serves as a vessel for elites to distribute power to their allies

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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 A call for a Blue constitutional convention.

"Like the founders, we should create a limited, invitation-only body – an embryonic constitutional convention – that the anti-Trump blue states exclusively set up for themselves, limit to themselves, and control."

🧾 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Blue states should come together to declare an emergency. Here’s how | Thomas Geoghegan

States opposed to Trump can create a compact – a new prototype for American government – even if it’s perceived as political theater

www.theguardian.com

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 1d

It's always wild when one of the people responsible for flooding our media ecosystem with bullshit self-radicalizes himself with said bullshit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Stephen Miller claims that in Portland "ICE officers have to street battles against antifa, hand to hand combat every night, to come and go from their building"

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 1d

Adding my own thoughts to the chain. www.altrightdelete.news/p/shutting-d...

Shutting down an already broken America

Brought to you by the people behind DOGE and Project 2025

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 1d

The government shutdown and occupation of cities will only increase interest in this idea or alternative ideas for American governance. Here's @clarajeffery.bsky.social's take. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

It’s time for soft secession

How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.

www.motherjones.com

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 1d

Worth consideration. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Blue states should come together to declare an emergency. Here’s how | Thomas Geoghegan

States opposed to Trump can create a compact – a new prototype for American government – even if it’s perceived as political theater

www.theguardian.com

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 2d

What does a shutdown mean when America is already so broken? I explore, in this week’s newsletter. www.altrightdelete.news/p/shutting-d...

Shutting down an already broken America

Brought to you by the people behind DOGE and Project 2025

www.altrightdelete.news

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 2d

Wild how the government shutdown isn't even front-page news right now.

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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 2d

A must read from @melissaryan.bsky.social

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 2d

What does a shutdown mean when America is already so broken? I explore, in this week’s newsletter. www.altrightdelete.news/p/shutting-d...

Shutting down an already broken America

Brought to you by the people behind DOGE and Project 2025

www.altrightdelete.news

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 2d

Hello new followers! New newsletter drops this afternoon/evening. You can subscribe to receive it free in your inbox. I cover all things related to the MAGA Right. www.altrightdelete.news

Ctrl Alt Right Delete | Melissa Ryan | Substack

A weekly newsletter that covers the MAGA Right, white nationalism, disinformation, and online toxicity. Click to read Ctrl Alt Right Delete, by Melissa Ryan, a Substack publication with tens of thousa...

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 3d

TFW your child dumps his french fries all over the backseat of your car and a few minutes later randomly says "Mama, the car is so dirty!"

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 3d

Again, what value are the blue states getting for our money and social capital? www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump to federalize Illinois National Guard, Pritzker says

“This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum," Pritzker said.

www.politico.com

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 4d

An obviously essential task during a government shutdown.

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 4d

so much fucked up about this

Remember, Trump, as his conversation with Gov Kotek revealed, had no idea what's going on in Portland, fed 5 year old videos

Hegseth, Miller and the rest of the fascists know the reality about Portland and wanted to send the 82nd Airborne anyway. They are monsters

Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 4d

The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.

Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show

A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 4d

Amidst a violent crackdown, the Trump administration has set its sights on anyone monitoring its expanding immigration enforcement operations—and it’s turning to major tech companies to help, writes Free Press advocacy director Jenna Ruddock.

Amidst Violent Immigration Raids, DHS Turns to Big Tech to Silence Dissent | TechPolicy.Press

Free Press advocacy director Jenna Ruddock says the Trump administration is targeting anyone monitoring its expanding immigration enforcement operations.

www.techpolicy.press

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 4d

Signalgate 2.0, this time not about plans for attacking Houthis in Yemen, but sending the 82nd Airborne to Portland, Oregon

taber @kvetch.gay · 4d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 4d

DEMOCRATS: How can we make Russ Vought infamous? He's a fairly obscure bureaucrat unless you live in the beltway. People can't even pronounce his name right.

TRUMP: Check out this epic bacon meme about my supervillain friend Russ Vought spelled V-O-U-G-H-T

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