Melinda V. McLain
@revmelinda.bsky.social
Minister, musician, and good trouble muckraker. Founder @thegoodtable.bsky.social in El Sobrante, CA she/her/pastor
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December 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Say it with me: IMPEACH PAM BONDI
Every member of Congress voted to release the Epstein files except for one holdout. The DOJ blew the legal deadline because they’re running cover for Trump. Bondi broke the law.
Every member of Congress voted to release the Epstein files except for one holdout. The DOJ blew the legal deadline because they’re running cover for Trump. Bondi broke the law.
December 20, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Say it with me: IMPEACH PAM BONDI
Every member of Congress voted to release the Epstein files except for one holdout. The DOJ blew the legal deadline because they’re running cover for Trump. Bondi broke the law.
Every member of Congress voted to release the Epstein files except for one holdout. The DOJ blew the legal deadline because they’re running cover for Trump. Bondi broke the law.
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If Texans can elect a degenerate like Citizen Trump twice, Paxton's divorce won't raise an eyebrow.
Far-right Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's divorce records are about to become public — with potentially destructive consequences for his Senate run.
Judge orders 'biblical' dirt on Ken Paxton's divorce be made public—could crush Senate run
Far-right Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's divorce records are about to become public — with potentially destructive consequences for his Senate run.According to the Dallas Morning News, Paxton and...
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 5:20 AM
If Texans can elect a degenerate like Citizen Trump twice, Paxton's divorce won't raise an eyebrow.
Susie Wiles may turn out to be the new Martha Mitchell.
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“Most senior White House officials parse their words and speak only on background,” reports Vanity Fair writer Chris Whipple. “But over many on-the-record conversations, [Susie] Wiles answered almost every question I put to her.”
December 17, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Susie Wiles may turn out to be the new Martha Mitchell.
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This is the most important political, legal and democracy story right now. Yet, it has garnered relatively little coverage from legacy media outlets. The outcome in these cases may decide whether we have free and fair elections in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/as-...
As DOJ Sues More States For Voter Rolls, Federal ‘Power Grab’ Comes into Focus
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is the most important political, legal and democracy story right now. Yet, it has garnered relatively little coverage from legacy media outlets. The outcome in these cases may decide whether we have free and fair elections in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/as-...
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Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
These are my kind of church people. Well-done!
Stark reimaginings of Christ's birth across the U.S. are drawing praise and outrage as churches turn the Christmas tableau into a commentary on federal immigration enforcement under the Trump administration.
Church Nativity scenes add zip ties, gas masks and ICE to protest immigration raids
Supporters of the displays say the Bible is on their side, but critics call the scenes sacrilegious and divisive, with some arguing the churches should lose their tax-exempt status.
nbcnews.to
December 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
These are my kind of church people. Well-done!
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The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I wish she wouldn't resign. I think she could bring felon 47 and his henchmen down if she stuck around.
Marjorie Taylor Greene may be resigning from Congress next month, but she's weighing one last act of defiance: a longshot bid to topple Mike Johnson.
In recent days, she has been working behind the scenes to gauge whether there's support for a motion to vacate the chair.
In recent days, she has been working behind the scenes to gauge whether there's support for a motion to vacate the chair.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s farewell gift to Mike Johnson: a longshot plot to oust him
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been gauging whether there's enough support among her GOP colleagues to remove Rep. Mike Johnson from the speakership.
www.ms.now
December 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I wish she wouldn't resign. I think she could bring felon 47 and his henchmen down if she stuck around.
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Today, I've signed into law legislation that expands legal protections for the people of Illinois.
Dropping your kid off at day care, going to the doctor, or attending classes should not be a life-altering task.
We will counter the Trump Administration's depravity.
Dropping your kid off at day care, going to the doctor, or attending classes should not be a life-altering task.
We will counter the Trump Administration's depravity.
December 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Today, I've signed into law legislation that expands legal protections for the people of Illinois.
Dropping your kid off at day care, going to the doctor, or attending classes should not be a life-altering task.
We will counter the Trump Administration's depravity.
Dropping your kid off at day care, going to the doctor, or attending classes should not be a life-altering task.
We will counter the Trump Administration's depravity.
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Read this on air to @sifill.bsky.social tonight.
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
December 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Read this on air to @sifill.bsky.social tonight.
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So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
December 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
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RELEASE THE FULL GODDAMN EPSTEIN FILES NOW ALREADY.
December 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
RELEASE THE FULL GODDAMN EPSTEIN FILES NOW ALREADY.
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Are we shocked. Hire criminals expect crime.
ICE is now robbing people.
Not only is ICE snatching hard working people who are trying to earn a living, they’re taking their money too?
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
December 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Are we shocked. Hire criminals expect crime.
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IMPEACH
CONVICT
REMOVE
CONVICT
REMOVE
It’s as if Anne Frank was describing the state sanctioned terror in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
December, 2025
December, 2025
December 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
IMPEACH
CONVICT
REMOVE
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REMOVE
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After 99 years, Michigan clockmaker Howard Miller is shutting down. The culprit: Trump's tariffs.
"If the federal government had said, ‘Oh, it's a 10% tariff, constant,' … they might've worked things out," an employee said. "But no. It's just chaos."
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
"If the federal government had said, ‘Oh, it's a 10% tariff, constant,' … they might've worked things out," an employee said. "But no. It's just chaos."
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
In Congress, He Said Tariffs Were Bad for Business. As Trump’s Ambassador to Canada, He’s Reversed Course.
Pete Hoekstra once testified that “the market should dictate the price of steel, not the government.” But he now champions the Trump trade policies that are being linked to job losses in his former Mi...
www.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
After 99 years, Michigan clockmaker Howard Miller is shutting down. The culprit: Trump's tariffs.
"If the federal government had said, ‘Oh, it's a 10% tariff, constant,' … they might've worked things out," an employee said. "But no. It's just chaos."
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
"If the federal government had said, ‘Oh, it's a 10% tariff, constant,' … they might've worked things out," an employee said. "But no. It's just chaos."
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
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Nothing says racism, cruelty, hatred and weakness combined in one quite like the orange felon removing all free access to National Parks on federal holidays that honor black people whilst giving free access on his own birthday. He should’ve been sent to jail forever.
December 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Nothing says racism, cruelty, hatred and weakness combined in one quite like the orange felon removing all free access to National Parks on federal holidays that honor black people whilst giving free access on his own birthday. He should’ve been sent to jail forever.
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Disturbing to read DOJ has scrapped efforts from Trump I and Biden administrations to improve management of the escalating volume of digital evidence. These are not serious people.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Disturbing to read DOJ has scrapped efforts from Trump I and Biden administrations to improve management of the escalating volume of digital evidence. These are not serious people.
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Republican speakers 1996 to today:
Newt Gingrich: Resigned in shame.
Dennis Hastert: Child molester.
John Boehner: Chased out by Freedom Caucus.
Paul Ryan: Quit in disgust.
Kevin McCarthy: Forced out by Freedom Caucus.
Mike Johnson: To be chased out by Republican women.
Newt Gingrich: Resigned in shame.
Dennis Hastert: Child molester.
John Boehner: Chased out by Freedom Caucus.
Paul Ryan: Quit in disgust.
Kevin McCarthy: Forced out by Freedom Caucus.
Mike Johnson: To be chased out by Republican women.
December 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Republican speakers 1996 to today:
Newt Gingrich: Resigned in shame.
Dennis Hastert: Child molester.
John Boehner: Chased out by Freedom Caucus.
Paul Ryan: Quit in disgust.
Kevin McCarthy: Forced out by Freedom Caucus.
Mike Johnson: To be chased out by Republican women.
Newt Gingrich: Resigned in shame.
Dennis Hastert: Child molester.
John Boehner: Chased out by Freedom Caucus.
Paul Ryan: Quit in disgust.
Kevin McCarthy: Forced out by Freedom Caucus.
Mike Johnson: To be chased out by Republican women.
Way past impeachment! Indictment for war crimes.
Pete Hegseth ordered the strike today which resulted in 4 more deaths. The total now is 87 deaths in 22 strikes, all this while he is being investigated. Time to impeach this murderous piece of shit!
www.cbsnews.com/news/4-kille...
www.cbsnews.com/news/4-kille...
December 5, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Way past impeachment! Indictment for war crimes.
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#ProudBlue #Pinks
Some of Indiana’s Republican Senators are helping to hold the line against the GoP redistricting plan while being threatened by trump and his cronies. Do not let the regime cower you! Stand up for democracy!
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Some of Indiana’s Republican Senators are helping to hold the line against the GoP redistricting plan while being threatened by trump and his cronies. Do not let the regime cower you! Stand up for democracy!
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Indiana lawmakers convene with redistricting top of mind
Republicans who control the House chamber have said there's no doubt that redistricting will pass that chamber. But the fate of any proposal to emerge remains uncertain in the Senate.
www.pbs.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
#ProudBlue #Pinks
Some of Indiana’s Republican Senators are helping to hold the line against the GoP redistricting plan while being threatened by trump and his cronies. Do not let the regime cower you! Stand up for democracy!
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Some of Indiana’s Republican Senators are helping to hold the line against the GoP redistricting plan while being threatened by trump and his cronies. Do not let the regime cower you! Stand up for democracy!
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...