Melissa Thompson
@melthomp7799.bsky.social
CJS, mental health, sociology.
MN sports
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Of course this is happening.
Venezuela has detained U.S. citizens before, but Trump’s constant chest-thumping about overthrowing Maduro (regime change) only pours gasoline on the fire.
We know what’s up here. Regular people caught in the middle while Trump chases another country’s resources.
Venezuela has detained U.S. citizens before, but Trump’s constant chest-thumping about overthrowing Maduro (regime change) only pours gasoline on the fire.
We know what’s up here. Regular people caught in the middle while Trump chases another country’s resources.
January 2, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Of course this is happening.
Venezuela has detained U.S. citizens before, but Trump’s constant chest-thumping about overthrowing Maduro (regime change) only pours gasoline on the fire.
We know what’s up here. Regular people caught in the middle while Trump chases another country’s resources.
Venezuela has detained U.S. citizens before, but Trump’s constant chest-thumping about overthrowing Maduro (regime change) only pours gasoline on the fire.
We know what’s up here. Regular people caught in the middle while Trump chases another country’s resources.
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The population of the United States is about 340 million. Immigrant population is roughly 53 million. So not only do they want to deport every single immigrant, but also citizens as well. They want to ethnically cleanse about one third of the country.
Every single aspect of this is beyond disturbing, but they are literally broadcasting the intent to commit ethnic cleansing.
This is evidence for The Hague.
This is evidence for The Hague.
January 1, 2026 at 8:10 PM
The population of the United States is about 340 million. Immigrant population is roughly 53 million. So not only do they want to deport every single immigrant, but also citizens as well. They want to ethnically cleanse about one third of the country.
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Jack Smith: I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases.
December 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Jack Smith: I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases.
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Highlights from Jack Smith deposition.
December 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Highlights from Jack Smith deposition.
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The idea that we need to deport 100 million people - almost one out of every three Americans! - was, a year ago, a deranged claim you’d hear from neo-Nazis to give themselves permission for limitless mass violence. Now it’s coming directly from this horrific agency’s horrific press office
January 1, 2026 at 1:51 AM
The idea that we need to deport 100 million people - almost one out of every three Americans! - was, a year ago, a deranged claim you’d hear from neo-Nazis to give themselves permission for limitless mass violence. Now it’s coming directly from this horrific agency’s horrific press office
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Trump to Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Mesa County DA Dan Rubinstein: “I wish them only the worst. May they rot in Hell.”
December 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Trump to Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Mesa County DA Dan Rubinstein: “I wish them only the worst. May they rot in Hell.”
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The plan here seems pretty clear: Deputize the right and turn right-wing cultural warriors into an occupying army.
Exclusive: ICE officials plan to spend $100 million to recruit gun-rights supporters and military enthusiasts through online influencers and a geo-targeted ad campaign, part of what the agency called a “wartime recruitment” strategy to hire thousands of officers, according to an internal document.
ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans
An internal ICE document shared among immigration officials details plans to use influencers and geo-targeted ads to rapidly hire thousands of deportation officers.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The plan here seems pretty clear: Deputize the right and turn right-wing cultural warriors into an occupying army.
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Literally seeking to build a regime-supporting paramilitary force of tens of thousands of people - explicitly recruiting people based on their politics
December 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Literally seeking to build a regime-supporting paramilitary force of tens of thousands of people - explicitly recruiting people based on their politics
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"Dear President Trump – Of all the wrong ideas you hold in your heart...perhaps the most gobsmacking is your cherished notion that people respect you when they kiss your ass."
www.thebulwark.com/p/somebody-n...
www.thebulwark.com/p/somebody-n...
Somebody Needs to Tell Trump Everybody Is Laughing at Him
His worst fear has already come true.
www.thebulwark.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:38 AM
"Dear President Trump – Of all the wrong ideas you hold in your heart...perhaps the most gobsmacking is your cherished notion that people respect you when they kiss your ass."
www.thebulwark.com/p/somebody-n...
www.thebulwark.com/p/somebody-n...
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Statistics are not MAGA's friends
Out of ~60,000 Somalis in Minnesota, 85 (.01%) have been criminally indicted
Out of ~4000 people in the Trump regime, 215 (5.4%) have been criminally indicted.
Thats a ~40X higher crime rate
Not qwhite sure why the people who ignore Trump indictments want you to be upset about Somali indictments🤔
Out of ~4000 people in the Trump regime, 215 (5.4%) have been criminally indicted.
Thats a ~40X higher crime rate
Not qwhite sure why the people who ignore Trump indictments want you to be upset about Somali indictments🤔
December 31, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Statistics are not MAGA's friends
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Pretty sure this is the best reporting I've seen explaining this youtube.com/shorts/f_l9X...
What’s going on with the daycares in Minneapolis?
YouTube video by Dave Jorgenson
youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Pretty sure this is the best reporting I've seen explaining this youtube.com/shorts/f_l9X...
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NEW: President Trump's first veto of his second term kills a unanimous bill to fund a major drinking water project in Colorado. Trump had threatened punishment for Colorado for imprisoning his ally Tina Peters. www.9news.com/article/news...
Trump vetoes bill to fund Arkansas Valley conduit in Colorado
President Trump vetoed a bill to fund a pipeline project to bring clean drinking water to communities on the Eastern Plains between Pueblo and Lamar.
www.9news.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
NEW: President Trump's first veto of his second term kills a unanimous bill to fund a major drinking water project in Colorado. Trump had threatened punishment for Colorado for imprisoning his ally Tina Peters. www.9news.com/article/news...
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Pardoned by Trump after convicted of 12 counts of bank fraud and tax evasion. Don’t have to pay back $17.8 million in restitution or serve 12 year sentence. Not Somalis.
December 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Pardoned by Trump after convicted of 12 counts of bank fraud and tax evasion. Don’t have to pay back $17.8 million in restitution or serve 12 year sentence. Not Somalis.
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Trump caught on hot mic complaining about Nobel Peace Prize
Trump caught on hot mic complaining about Nobel Peace Prize
Trump caught on hot mic complaining about Nobel Peace Prize
www.independent.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Trump caught on hot mic complaining about Nobel Peace Prize
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There is, for all intents and purposes, no academic freedom anymore for anyone teaching at a red state public university.
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org
December 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
There is, for all intents and purposes, no academic freedom anymore for anyone teaching at a red state public university.
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SWISHER: “Trump’s cuts to universities are setting 🇺🇸 research and important innovation back a generation.”
@karaswisher.bsky.social to @timmiller.bsky.social on @thebulwark.com : youtu.be/wrYJBHTmQcU?...
@karaswisher.bsky.social to @timmiller.bsky.social on @thebulwark.com : youtu.be/wrYJBHTmQcU?...
December 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
SWISHER: “Trump’s cuts to universities are setting 🇺🇸 research and important innovation back a generation.”
@karaswisher.bsky.social to @timmiller.bsky.social on @thebulwark.com : youtu.be/wrYJBHTmQcU?...
@karaswisher.bsky.social to @timmiller.bsky.social on @thebulwark.com : youtu.be/wrYJBHTmQcU?...
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"The Executive Unbound: Politicized Bureaucracy and Partisan Procurement under DOGE"
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December 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"The Executive Unbound: Politicized Bureaucracy and Partisan Procurement under DOGE"
lucabellodi.com/material/DOG...
lucabellodi.com/material/DOG...
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Veronica Escobar didn’t get to celebrate her son’s 8th birthday. Victor Madrid missed picking up his children at school for the first time. Patricia Quishpe was forced to spend her first night ever away from her youngest child.
https://cnn.it/3MRvXf3
https://cnn.it/3MRvXf3
December 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Veronica Escobar didn’t get to celebrate her son’s 8th birthday. Victor Madrid missed picking up his children at school for the first time. Patricia Quishpe was forced to spend her first night ever away from her youngest child.
https://cnn.it/3MRvXf3
https://cnn.it/3MRvXf3
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Note also that this means that the more onerous complaint and appeals processes are for the instructor, the more work women are being disproportionately asked to do.
December 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Note also that this means that the more onerous complaint and appeals processes are for the instructor, the more work women are being disproportionately asked to do.
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DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.
December 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.
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I mentioned this before...it makes me LIVID....Me, my organization, & many other organizations worked hard for these commutations and this is just disgusting behavior from the Trump Administration
Furious, sad, and I feel terrible for all of these human beings being used by Trump to send a message
Furious, sad, and I feel terrible for all of these human beings being used by Trump to send a message
“I can’t see a rational reason to move inmates that have been compliant in an environment to a more restrictive environment,” says the former president of the American Correctional Association.
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for “Living Hell” Under Trump
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
December 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I mentioned this before...it makes me LIVID....Me, my organization, & many other organizations worked hard for these commutations and this is just disgusting behavior from the Trump Administration
Furious, sad, and I feel terrible for all of these human beings being used by Trump to send a message
Furious, sad, and I feel terrible for all of these human beings being used by Trump to send a message
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Two stories side by side in WashPost
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Two stories side by side in WashPost
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Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
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Treason for the Season
December 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Treason for the Season
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Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name.
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
December 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name.
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."