Marisa Melamed
@mrmshuman.bsky.social
people, poetry, narrative, and nature, in all weather and seasons
No Meals, Fainting Nurses, Dwindling Baby Formula: Starvation Haunts Gaza Hospitals www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/w...
No Meals, Fainting Nurses, Dwindling Baby Formula: Starvation Haunts Gaza Hospitals
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
No Meals, Fainting Nurses, Dwindling Baby Formula: Starvation Haunts Gaza Hospitals www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/w...
“We have no kings here, we have no queens here, we have no emperors, we have no dictators, we have no despots, and we have no serfs and no slaves and no subjects, and none of us is a subject to Donald Trump”
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June 12, 2025
At a press conference for Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in Los Angeles today, Noem’s security assaulted Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), dragged him into the hallway, forced him to the floor,...
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June 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“We have no kings here, we have no queens here, we have no emperors, we have no dictators, we have no despots, and we have no serfs and no slaves and no subjects, and none of us is a subject to Donald Trump”
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Thank you for being my mama ❤️
May 12, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Thank you for being my mama ❤️
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Our client Rümeysa Öztürk spent the last 6 weeks in an ICE detention facility in Louisiana — all in retaliation for an op-ed she co-authored.
On Saturday, she finally made it home to her beloved Tufts community, where she can resume her studies and begin teaching again as her case proceeds.
On Saturday, she finally made it home to her beloved Tufts community, where she can resume her studies and begin teaching again as her case proceeds.
Rümeysa Öztürk comes home, speaks at press conference in Boston - The Tufts Daily
Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk returned to Massachusetts on Saturday and spoke publicly to a crowd of reporters at Boston Logan International Airport following her release from Immigration and ...
www.tuftsdaily.com
May 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Our client Rümeysa Öztürk spent the last 6 weeks in an ICE detention facility in Louisiana — all in retaliation for an op-ed she co-authored.
On Saturday, she finally made it home to her beloved Tufts community, where she can resume her studies and begin teaching again as her case proceeds.
On Saturday, she finally made it home to her beloved Tufts community, where she can resume her studies and begin teaching again as her case proceeds.
Reposted by Marisa Melamed
Our client Rümeysa Öztürk has not been charged with any crime.
She is being held in ICE detention in retaliation for her political beliefs. Writing an op-ed is not a deportable offense.
She is being held in ICE detention in retaliation for her political beliefs. Writing an op-ed is not a deportable offense.
American Rendition: Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Ph.D. Scholar to Trump Target Languishing in Louisiana Cell
“So horrifying and so heartbreaking”: Öztürk’s close friend provides an intimate look into one of the hundreds of foreign students who have had their visas revoked — and in dozens of instances have be...
www.propublica.org
April 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Our client Rümeysa Öztürk has not been charged with any crime.
She is being held in ICE detention in retaliation for her political beliefs. Writing an op-ed is not a deportable offense.
She is being held in ICE detention in retaliation for her political beliefs. Writing an op-ed is not a deportable offense.
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The government acknowledges that it ripped our client Mahmoud Khalil from his home and his family solely because of his political beliefs and expression.
Ideas aren’t illegal. Mahmoud must be released.
Ideas aren’t illegal. Mahmoud must be released.
Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs
The U.S. government has submitted a two-page memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio as its main evidence in its deportation case against Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil.
apnews.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The government acknowledges that it ripped our client Mahmoud Khalil from his home and his family solely because of his political beliefs and expression.
Ideas aren’t illegal. Mahmoud must be released.
Ideas aren’t illegal. Mahmoud must be released.
www.npr.org/2025/04/10/n...
The Trump administration is weaponizing antisemitism for its fascist agenda. No! Not in my name. For Passover, stand for liberation, free speech & the pursuit of knowledge and understanding for all beings.
Universities push back against Trump's cuts on federal funding
The Trump administration is weaponizing antisemitism for its fascist agenda. No! Not in my name. For Passover, stand for liberation, free speech & the pursuit of knowledge and understanding for all beings.
Universities push back against Trump's cuts on federal funding
April 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
www.npr.org/2025/04/10/n...
The Trump administration is weaponizing antisemitism for its fascist agenda. No! Not in my name. For Passover, stand for liberation, free speech & the pursuit of knowledge and understanding for all beings.
Universities push back against Trump's cuts on federal funding
The Trump administration is weaponizing antisemitism for its fascist agenda. No! Not in my name. For Passover, stand for liberation, free speech & the pursuit of knowledge and understanding for all beings.
Universities push back against Trump's cuts on federal funding
Messy human, loving with my whole self 🐉 Requires: An honest look at my contribution (+/-) to joy, love, justice, and liberation for people and the planet. Steps forward, steps back 💔❤️🩹🥲
April 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Messy human, loving with my whole self 🐉 Requires: An honest look at my contribution (+/-) to joy, love, justice, and liberation for people and the planet. Steps forward, steps back 💔❤️🩹🥲