Michelle M
@msshell330.bsky.social
Proud member of the 92%. Leftist. Aunt and sister. Loves food, books, and nerdy things. Strong introvert. Don’t start none, won’t be none.
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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If Republicans REALLY cared about fraud, they’d start with the billions being funneled to donors, billionaires, and Trump’s businesses—instead of using hearings to distract us while they rip healthcare from working families.
January 7, 2026 at 7:03 PM
If Republicans REALLY cared about fraud, they’d start with the billions being funneled to donors, billionaires, and Trump’s businesses—instead of using hearings to distract us while they rip healthcare from working families.
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So we’re supposed to believe the DOJ just stumbled onto a million more Epstein “documents”. Really? Let’s talk about the redactions.
In March the FBI put 934 employees on the Epstein files, racked up more than 14,000 hours of overtime. And part of that work was redacting Donald Trump’s name.
In March the FBI put 934 employees on the Epstein files, racked up more than 14,000 hours of overtime. And part of that work was redacting Donald Trump’s name.
December 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
So we’re supposed to believe the DOJ just stumbled onto a million more Epstein “documents”. Really? Let’s talk about the redactions.
In March the FBI put 934 employees on the Epstein files, racked up more than 14,000 hours of overtime. And part of that work was redacting Donald Trump’s name.
In March the FBI put 934 employees on the Epstein files, racked up more than 14,000 hours of overtime. And part of that work was redacting Donald Trump’s name.
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A New Year’s resolution might not change the world, but what if it could change how you see things? Consider doing one thing differently, for a whole year. (from 2017)
https://to.pbs.org/3V0qK34
https://to.pbs.org/3V0qK34
3 eye-opening, science-based New Year’s resolutions that could help everyone
A New Year’s resolution might not change the world, but what if it could change how you see things?
www.pbs.org
December 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A New Year’s resolution might not change the world, but what if it could change how you see things? Consider doing one thing differently, for a whole year. (from 2017)
https://to.pbs.org/3V0qK34
https://to.pbs.org/3V0qK34
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DEMS WIN BIG IN IOWA: Democrat Renee Hardman wins IA State Senate SD-16 with 71.5%, a 27-point Dem overperformance from 2024. Harris won the district by 16. Hardman's victory blocks a GOP supermajority and makes history as the first Black woman elected to the Iowa Senate.
December 31, 2025 at 2:28 AM
DEMS WIN BIG IN IOWA: Democrat Renee Hardman wins IA State Senate SD-16 with 71.5%, a 27-point Dem overperformance from 2024. Harris won the district by 16. Hardman's victory blocks a GOP supermajority and makes history as the first Black woman elected to the Iowa Senate.
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One of her last acts as a public servant was to try and warn the world about her god damn cousin was preventing people from getting the kind of health care she was using.
… whooo if I was a member of her family I would be the one missing the funeral because I’m fighting him
… whooo if I was a member of her family I would be the one missing the funeral because I’m fighting him
RIP Tatiana Schlossberg, journalist and member of the Kennedy family
She wrote an amazing essay about RFK Jr. and I think a wonderful tribute to her is sharing it with you
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
She wrote an amazing essay about RFK Jr. and I think a wonderful tribute to her is sharing it with you
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
One of her last acts as a public servant was to try and warn the world about her god damn cousin was preventing people from getting the kind of health care she was using.
… whooo if I was a member of her family I would be the one missing the funeral because I’m fighting him
… whooo if I was a member of her family I would be the one missing the funeral because I’m fighting him
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Along with measles, whooping cough rampaged across the U.S. in 2025, culminating in almost 28,000 cases and 13 deaths.
There were substantially more cases last year, but there were three more deaths this year.
RFK Jr. and his anti-vax cult are responsible for the decline in vaccination.
There were substantially more cases last year, but there were three more deaths this year.
RFK Jr. and his anti-vax cult are responsible for the decline in vaccination.
Whooping Cough Deaths Rise in U.S. as Surge in Infections Continues
The brutal respiratory infection has infected tens of thousands and killed at least 13 people in the U.S. in 2025
www.scientificamerican.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Along with measles, whooping cough rampaged across the U.S. in 2025, culminating in almost 28,000 cases and 13 deaths.
There were substantially more cases last year, but there were three more deaths this year.
RFK Jr. and his anti-vax cult are responsible for the decline in vaccination.
There were substantially more cases last year, but there were three more deaths this year.
RFK Jr. and his anti-vax cult are responsible for the decline in vaccination.
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If you're in or around NYC, this beautiful dog desperately needs a home. I guarantee he will make your hard days bearable and your best days better. Please consider adopting, so he doesn't have to suffer in this kennel.
This account also has some other great soon-to-be best friends in NYC
This account also has some other great soon-to-be best friends in NYC
Zeke 241260
Kill Command
#NYCACC #AdoptMe
He is a cute 2 yr old with a great smile
A big teddy bear
Not faring well in kennel, jumping & spinning off kennel walls
Help save Zeke!
#Pledge4Rescue #foster #adopt
Kill Command
#NYCACC #AdoptMe
He is a cute 2 yr old with a great smile
A big teddy bear
Not faring well in kennel, jumping & spinning off kennel walls
Help save Zeke!
#Pledge4Rescue #foster #adopt
December 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
If you're in or around NYC, this beautiful dog desperately needs a home. I guarantee he will make your hard days bearable and your best days better. Please consider adopting, so he doesn't have to suffer in this kennel.
This account also has some other great soon-to-be best friends in NYC
This account also has some other great soon-to-be best friends in NYC
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Dr. Titanji is exactly right. As usual.
The come back of pertussis and Measles is only the beginning of the resurgence of preventable infectious diseases in the US. This has been one of the biggest public health failures of 2025 and the competition is tough.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/30/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/30/h...
The US has seen nearly 28,000 whooping cough cases this year. Here’s what you need to know | CNN
For the second year in a row, the US has surpassed 25,000 whooping cough cases — another sign of the risks of falling vaccination levels.
www.cnn.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Dr. Titanji is exactly right. As usual.
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In 2025, the most read post on my blog Foluke's African Skies was the short essay I wrote in 2017 about one of the first institutions of higher learning on the continent.
folukeafrica.com/timbuktu-sit...
folukeafrica.com/timbuktu-sit...
Timbuktu: Site of 1st African University
Sankoré was a contemporary of Oxford and the Sorbonne.
folukeafrica.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
In 2025, the most read post on my blog Foluke's African Skies was the short essay I wrote in 2017 about one of the first institutions of higher learning on the continent.
folukeafrica.com/timbuktu-sit...
folukeafrica.com/timbuktu-sit...
Disgusting but to be expected with this administration.
The removal, carried out without public explanation, has angered Dutch officials, the families of U.S. soldiers and the local residents who honor the American sacrifice by caring for the graves.
www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
U.S. removal of panels honoring Black soldiers at WWII cemetery in the Netherlands draws backlash
The panels’ removal at the Netherlands American Cemetery comes after President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
www.nbcnews.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Disgusting but to be expected with this administration.
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In Baltimore's drug war, 'public safety' comes before public health. Nearly everyone impacted is Black baltimorebeat.com/in-baltimore...
December 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In Baltimore's drug war, 'public safety' comes before public health. Nearly everyone impacted is Black baltimorebeat.com/in-baltimore...
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Rude of them to wait to post this absurdity after I’ve already written about how atrocious it is they’re recruiting the kind of people that this terrible ad would work on
December 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Rude of them to wait to post this absurdity after I’ve already written about how atrocious it is they’re recruiting the kind of people that this terrible ad would work on
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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We have a ways to go to our goal but the next one is 5000 letters. Help us get there if you live in NYC and want increased and stable funding for our public libraries. Also, please ask other NYers to send a letter to the Council member too: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
We have a ways to go to our goal but the next one is 5000 letters. Help us get there if you live in NYC and want increased and stable funding for our public libraries. Also, please ask other NYers to send a letter to the Council member too: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
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By the spring of this year, 95 percent of all school buildings in Gaza had been damaged or destroyed — including every university. interc.pt/4oReRMF
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
By the spring of this year, 95 percent of all school buildings in Gaza had been damaged or destroyed — including every university. interc.pt/4oReRMF
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Literally every dem should be shouting from the rooftops that republicans are giving Americans two choices: die from starvation or from a lack of affordable healthcare.
USDA orders states to stop paying full SNAP benefits and "immediately undo" steps taken to issue them for November. Follow live updates.
https://cnn.it/47LOq3z
https://cnn.it/47LOq3z
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Literally every dem should be shouting from the rooftops that republicans are giving Americans two choices: die from starvation or from a lack of affordable healthcare.
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I need to emphasize what I say down-thread: this is a temporary, procedural move known as an administrative stay issued in haste by Justice Jackson.
Little to nothing should be read into this ruling for how SCOTUS might ultimately rule on SNAP—either way.
Little to nothing should be read into this ruling for how SCOTUS might ultimately rule on SNAP—either way.
BREAKING: the Supreme Court has granted Trump administration’s request.
So the justices will weigh the irreparable harm to the government of having to transfer the funds against the irreparable harm of tens of millions of people not eating
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I need to emphasize what I say down-thread: this is a temporary, procedural move known as an administrative stay issued in haste by Justice Jackson.
Little to nothing should be read into this ruling for how SCOTUS might ultimately rule on SNAP—either way.
Little to nothing should be read into this ruling for how SCOTUS might ultimately rule on SNAP—either way.
Fuck that guy.
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Fuck that guy.