Mel Owen
@mellikins.bsky.social
Feminist, Christian, Grandmother, Liberal, Democrat. She/Her/Y’all. I mostly read social media for information. Don’t do a lot of posting, do like and re-post and sometimes reply. Grew up in MS, lived in ME, now in NH.
Reposted by Mel Owen
The most dangerous corporation in America is building Trump's police state
www.rawstory.com/palantir-267...
www.rawstory.com/palantir-267...
The most dangerous corporation in America is building Trump's police state
The most dangerous corporation in America is one you may not have heard of.It’s called Palantir Technologies, a Silicon Valley tech company that may put your most basic freedoms at risk.Palantir gets ...
www.rawstory.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The most dangerous corporation in America is building Trump's police state
www.rawstory.com/palantir-267...
www.rawstory.com/palantir-267...
Reposted by Mel Owen
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement".
I'd say it's a historic achievement🙈
I'd say it's a historic achievement🙈
December 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement".
I'd say it's a historic achievement🙈
I'd say it's a historic achievement🙈
Reposted by Mel Owen
Reposted by Mel Owen
ICE detention centers are being investigated for overcrowding, denial of adequate food & water, sexual assault, abuse of the elderly, & of the sick, of pregnant women....
Is Trump deliberately running torture/extermination camps?
Is Trump deliberately running torture/extermination camps?
December 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
ICE detention centers are being investigated for overcrowding, denial of adequate food & water, sexual assault, abuse of the elderly, & of the sick, of pregnant women....
Is Trump deliberately running torture/extermination camps?
Is Trump deliberately running torture/extermination camps?
Reposted by Mel Owen
OpenAI knows this is a problem. it knows hundreds of thousands of people are using their product to dig deeper into delusion and make the people around them miserable and unsafe. and it does not care www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
OpenAI knows this is a problem. it knows hundreds of thousands of people are using their product to dig deeper into delusion and make the people around them miserable and unsafe. and it does not care www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
Reposted by Mel Owen
Rand Paul: "Secretary Hegseth said he had no knowledge of this and it did not happen. It was fake news. It didn't happen. And then the next day, from the podium of the WH, they're saying it did happen. So either he was lying to us on Sunday or he's incompetent and didn't know what had happened."
December 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Rand Paul: "Secretary Hegseth said he had no knowledge of this and it did not happen. It was fake news. It didn't happen. And then the next day, from the podium of the WH, they're saying it did happen. So either he was lying to us on Sunday or he's incompetent and didn't know what had happened."
Reposted by Mel Owen
Fuck republicans… they always claim there’s “waste fraud and abuse” in social welfare programs like SNAP.
Meanwhile, there’s weirdly no fraud or abuse when it comes to taking a 747 jet as a bribe or building a fucking ballroom 🤡
Meanwhile, there’s weirdly no fraud or abuse when it comes to taking a 747 jet as a bribe or building a fucking ballroom 🤡
December 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Fuck republicans… they always claim there’s “waste fraud and abuse” in social welfare programs like SNAP.
Meanwhile, there’s weirdly no fraud or abuse when it comes to taking a 747 jet as a bribe or building a fucking ballroom 🤡
Meanwhile, there’s weirdly no fraud or abuse when it comes to taking a 747 jet as a bribe or building a fucking ballroom 🤡
Reposted by Mel Owen
how are disabled people being given things of such incredible worth that abled people would lie and cheat to get access to them - if they want them that badly don't you think there is something wrong with the workplace in the FIRST PLACE that ought to be changed to begin with.
December 3, 2025 at 6:06 AM
how are disabled people being given things of such incredible worth that abled people would lie and cheat to get access to them - if they want them that badly don't you think there is something wrong with the workplace in the FIRST PLACE that ought to be changed to begin with.
Reposted by Mel Owen
since ryan disabled replies, i'll pose my question to him here: were you recording your conversations with olivia without her knowledge?
December 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
since ryan disabled replies, i'll pose my question to him here: were you recording your conversations with olivia without her knowledge?
Reposted by Mel Owen
Pete Hegseth is the kind of liar who thinks confidence and a loud voice can substitute for truth. It doesn’t.
PS- none of this should be making old man Trump drowsy.
PS- none of this should be making old man Trump drowsy.
December 3, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Pete Hegseth is the kind of liar who thinks confidence and a loud voice can substitute for truth. It doesn’t.
PS- none of this should be making old man Trump drowsy.
PS- none of this should be making old man Trump drowsy.
Reposted by Mel Owen
NEWS: Utah Gov's budget includes funding for a massive, forced, government-run homeless detention camp.
This is a five-alarm fire. Stay tuned for ways to fight this atrocity.
www.ksl.com/article/5141...
This is a five-alarm fire. Stay tuned for ways to fight this atrocity.
www.ksl.com/article/5141...
Cox proposes $30.7B budget with funding for homeless campus, child tax credits
Utah's governor unveiled his proposed $30.7 billion state budget Wednesday, which include funds for a homeless campus and expanded child tax credits for families with young kids.
www.ksl.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
NEWS: Utah Gov's budget includes funding for a massive, forced, government-run homeless detention camp.
This is a five-alarm fire. Stay tuned for ways to fight this atrocity.
www.ksl.com/article/5141...
This is a five-alarm fire. Stay tuned for ways to fight this atrocity.
www.ksl.com/article/5141...
Reposted by Mel Owen
It might be true. He can't remember. He can't stay awake. Lots of clues adding to his reality that is our nightmare. Memory loss and poor hearthealth, in more ways than one in the heart
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It might be true. He can't remember. He can't stay awake. Lots of clues adding to his reality that is our nightmare. Memory loss and poor hearthealth, in more ways than one in the heart
Reposted by Mel Owen
National guard shooting suspect spent ‘weeks on end’ in isolation, emails show. #mentalhealth
Mental health of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who is charged with murder, had reportedly been unravelling for years.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mental health of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who is charged with murder, had reportedly been unravelling for years.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
National guard shooting suspect spent ‘weeks on end’ in isolation, emails show
Mental health of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who is charged with murder, had reportedly been unravelling for years
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
National guard shooting suspect spent ‘weeks on end’ in isolation, emails show. #mentalhealth
Mental health of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who is charged with murder, had reportedly been unravelling for years.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mental health of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who is charged with murder, had reportedly been unravelling for years.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by Mel Owen
Democratic voters are working hard to stop fascism. It would be nice if the leaders of the party joined them.
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Democratic voters are working hard to stop fascism. It would be nice if the leaders of the party joined them.
Reposted by Mel Owen
This is the reason why the Trump regime doesn’t want to release the monthly job reports! US was supposed to gain 40k jobs in the private sector in Nov, but instead we lost 32k.
Aaron Parnas (@aaronparnas) on Threads
Wow. Horrible job numbers this morning.
United States was supposed to gain 40k private sector jobs in November.
We lost 32k private sector jobs.
www.threads.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is the reason why the Trump regime doesn’t want to release the monthly job reports! US was supposed to gain 40k jobs in the private sector in Nov, but instead we lost 32k.
Reposted by Mel Owen
Reposted by Mel Owen
The latest inductee to the MAGA Crime Cult is Henry Cuellar, who hasn't even been tried yet for bribery & money laundering charges - both highly prized skills in the Crime Cult.
#CrimeCultAdministration
#LetTheJurySpeak
www.rawstory.com/henry-cuella...
#CrimeCultAdministration
#LetTheJurySpeak
www.rawstory.com/henry-cuella...
Trump issues pardon for conservative Texas Democrat indicted for bribery
President Donald Trump issued another major pardon on Wednesday morning through Truth Social — this time, for a conservative Democratic congressman in Texas indicted for bribery, money laundering, and...
www.rawstory.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The latest inductee to the MAGA Crime Cult is Henry Cuellar, who hasn't even been tried yet for bribery & money laundering charges - both highly prized skills in the Crime Cult.
#CrimeCultAdministration
#LetTheJurySpeak
www.rawstory.com/henry-cuella...
#CrimeCultAdministration
#LetTheJurySpeak
www.rawstory.com/henry-cuella...
Reposted by Mel Owen
I wrote today about how the quiet days are the most dangerous ones. To access this and all Democracy Docket premium content, become a premium member today. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I wrote today about how the quiet days are the most dangerous ones. To access this and all Democracy Docket premium content, become a premium member today. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Reposted by Mel Owen
The family of a Colombian man killed in a U.S. airstrike in the Caribbean filed a formal complaint Tuesday with a multinational human rights commission accusing the Trump administration of violating international law by carrying out an extrajudicial killing.
December 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The family of a Colombian man killed in a U.S. airstrike in the Caribbean filed a formal complaint Tuesday with a multinational human rights commission accusing the Trump administration of violating international law by carrying out an extrajudicial killing.
Reposted by Mel Owen
NATO Ambassador Matt Whitaker on undocumented immigration: "It is unsustainable and destabilized not only our country but I think the world as a whole. So we are cleaning up this mess and our allies need to clean up the mess as well. It is unsustainable and leads to massive security challenges."
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
NATO Ambassador Matt Whitaker on undocumented immigration: "It is unsustainable and destabilized not only our country but I think the world as a whole. So we are cleaning up this mess and our allies need to clean up the mess as well. It is unsustainable and leads to massive security challenges."
Reposted by Mel Owen
As the Epstein Island tapes are dropping and powerful people are sweating. That place was nicknamed “Orgy Island” and is why they tried to bury it. It also retraumatizes women who were just girls when this happened.
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
As the Epstein Island tapes are dropping and powerful people are sweating. That place was nicknamed “Orgy Island” and is why they tried to bury it. It also retraumatizes women who were just girls when this happened.
Reposted by Mel Owen
Reposted by Mel Owen
Why Isn't This Map in the History Map! Order 👇
Website : nativelover.shop/products/over
Native Tribes of North America Mapped. The ancestors of living Native Americans arrived in North America about 15 thousand years ago.
Website : nativelover.shop/products/over
Native Tribes of North America Mapped. The ancestors of living Native Americans arrived in North America about 15 thousand years ago.
December 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Why Isn't This Map in the History Map! Order 👇
Website : nativelover.shop/products/over
Native Tribes of North America Mapped. The ancestors of living Native Americans arrived in North America about 15 thousand years ago.
Website : nativelover.shop/products/over
Native Tribes of North America Mapped. The ancestors of living Native Americans arrived in North America about 15 thousand years ago.
Reposted by Mel Owen
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage: