Melanie
@melpete.bsky.social
I am disheartened, but I’m not giving up
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“in theater”
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 7:43 PM
“in theater”
Getting away with it once, just makes it easier to repeat. DHS is fomenting hate against citizens, which is nothing new — people of color have been warning the nation for years. This current escalation is dangerous; hopefully enough to show a wider audience that abolishment of ICE is needed
The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.”
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
January 26, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Getting away with it once, just makes it easier to repeat. DHS is fomenting hate against citizens, which is nothing new — people of color have been warning the nation for years. This current escalation is dangerous; hopefully enough to show a wider audience that abolishment of ICE is needed
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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
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These are concentration camps. And these are the numbers they're comfortable sharing.
This is the sixth death in ICE custody in 18 days. This isn’t enforcement, it’s a system that cages people, outsources care, and shrugs when they die. Abolish ICE.
January 18, 2026 at 9:38 PM
These are concentration camps. And these are the numbers they're comfortable sharing.
We could just tax the billion dollar repositories we already have and not murder people of color
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 11:13 PM
We could just tax the billion dollar repositories we already have and not murder people of color
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it is a little disconcerting that none of the people in charge of anything right now seem to know how to do it. like, if you were on a bus and the driver started whipping around all crazy and yelling about how buses don’t need wheels you’d probably be like, hey. this guy shouldn’t be driving the bus
January 3, 2026 at 5:13 AM
it is a little disconcerting that none of the people in charge of anything right now seem to know how to do it. like, if you were on a bus and the driver started whipping around all crazy and yelling about how buses don’t need wheels you’d probably be like, hey. this guy shouldn’t be driving the bus
All day, I’ve wanted to go back to bed, and once it’s finally time, I can’t sleep. It’s a classic tale 🥲
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 AM
All day, I’ve wanted to go back to bed, and once it’s finally time, I can’t sleep. It’s a classic tale 🥲
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I know we are rightfully laughing at the idea of those white men tryna overthrow Haiti. They stood NO chance.
But the plan. The amount of planning. The extensive planning. The recruitment. Pls don’t overlook that.
But the plan. The amount of planning. The extensive planning. The recruitment. Pls don’t overlook that.
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I know we are rightfully laughing at the idea of those white men tryna overthrow Haiti. They stood NO chance.
But the plan. The amount of planning. The extensive planning. The recruitment. Pls don’t overlook that.
But the plan. The amount of planning. The extensive planning. The recruitment. Pls don’t overlook that.
Typing “-AI” in Google search removes the ai summaries from your query. FYI
For those who also hate this imposition
For those who also hate this imposition
September 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Typing “-AI” in Google search removes the ai summaries from your query. FYI
For those who also hate this imposition
For those who also hate this imposition
Sitting in the bar playing Pokemon ’cause I’m a cool kid
September 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Sitting in the bar playing Pokemon ’cause I’m a cool kid
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If Trump was an fbi informant trying to take down a sex trafficker/pedoohile he would've said so a decade ago seeing as that's the whole basis for QAnon. He would've been lauded as a hero.
I mean I know we all know it's bullshit but can you at least come up with a lie that makes sense
I mean I know we all know it's bullshit but can you at least come up with a lie that makes sense
September 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
If Trump was an fbi informant trying to take down a sex trafficker/pedoohile he would've said so a decade ago seeing as that's the whole basis for QAnon. He would've been lauded as a hero.
I mean I know we all know it's bullshit but can you at least come up with a lie that makes sense
I mean I know we all know it's bullshit but can you at least come up with a lie that makes sense
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putting aside the trans rights issues specifically (lol), I think part of what has me so frustrated with the Newsom thing is that Pritzker, Walz, and Zohran are putting on clinics for a popular, progressive politics and we’re wasting time talking about this used car salesman ass goblin.
August 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
putting aside the trans rights issues specifically (lol), I think part of what has me so frustrated with the Newsom thing is that Pritzker, Walz, and Zohran are putting on clinics for a popular, progressive politics and we’re wasting time talking about this used car salesman ass goblin.
I may have suffered a bit of rope burn, but it’s all worth it for my happy dog
August 17, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I may have suffered a bit of rope burn, but it’s all worth it for my happy dog
So a sitting republican senator has admitted to breaking the law because he’s a fucking coward. If DC is so scary, maybe he should just retire?
A sitting Republican senator says he is so scared driving in DC that he doesn't wear a seatbelt out of fear he might get carjacked and won't be able to escape www.mediaite.com/media/tv/rep...
Republican Senator Says He Doesn’t Wear Seatbelt in D.C. Because He Fears Being Carjacked: ‘I Don’t Buckle Up’
Sen. Markwayne Mullin said he does not wear a seatbelt while driving in Washington, D.C., lest doing so prevent him from acting quickly in case he's carjacked.
www.mediaite.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:45 AM
So a sitting republican senator has admitted to breaking the law because he’s a fucking coward. If DC is so scary, maybe he should just retire?
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There are no job losses in Ba Sing Se
August 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
There are no job losses in Ba Sing Se
Someone needs to find Tamsyn Muir and share
May 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Someone needs to find Tamsyn Muir and share
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I explained it to several young teens today: imagine we wanted you to become more self-sufficient in the kitchen, so we decided to charge you $20 every time you got takeout. But also we have no food in the house, we won't let you go to the store, and also you don't know how to cook.
you have to be genuinely stupid as fuck to think american companies are going to respond to tariffs by building factories and moving manufacturing to the US. i don't know how else to say it. you have to be genuinely braindead
April 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I explained it to several young teens today: imagine we wanted you to become more self-sufficient in the kitchen, so we decided to charge you $20 every time you got takeout. But also we have no food in the house, we won't let you go to the store, and also you don't know how to cook.
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You know it's bad when left wing shitposting accounts and Wall Street banking twitter sound exactly the same
April 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
You know it's bad when left wing shitposting accounts and Wall Street banking twitter sound exactly the same
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It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein
March 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein
Every time I think they can’t be more cartoonishly incompetent… they go and set new records for cartoonish incompetence
March 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Every time I think they can’t be more cartoonishly incompetent… they go and set new records for cartoonish incompetence
I need a job, so I can start ignoring unknown callers again. The scammers are out in force
a black and white photo of a man sitting in front of a tv that says tvland classic
Alt: a black and white photo of a man sitting in front of a tv that says tvland classic. GIF depicts exhaustion
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March 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I need a job, so I can start ignoring unknown callers again. The scammers are out in force
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A reminder that this entire Trans Panic thing is just another shitty step in a long history of fake panics completely invented by political hacks.
Trans people are very likely not affecting your lives at all and they certainly are not the cause of any problems on a national level. It's BULLSHIT.
Trans people are very likely not affecting your lives at all and they certainly are not the cause of any problems on a national level. It's BULLSHIT.
March 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A reminder that this entire Trans Panic thing is just another shitty step in a long history of fake panics completely invented by political hacks.
Trans people are very likely not affecting your lives at all and they certainly are not the cause of any problems on a national level. It's BULLSHIT.
Trans people are very likely not affecting your lives at all and they certainly are not the cause of any problems on a national level. It's BULLSHIT.
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Hot take: I kinda love Daylight Savings
March 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Hot take: I kinda love Daylight Savings
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Nothing says "we're terrified of men hurting us in our women's bathroom" like two heavily armed men interrogating women in the women's bathroom.
Tucson cops trying to arrest a stud lesbian because they thought she was a man using the women’s restroom
February 22, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Nothing says "we're terrified of men hurting us in our women's bathroom" like two heavily armed men interrogating women in the women's bathroom.