Grumpy
@rickmelita.bsky.social
Trade unionist (retired)
Part time lecturer
Full time grandfather
Intermittent Buddhist
Part time lecturer
Full time grandfather
Intermittent Buddhist
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Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
How's your non-violent working Mr Gandhi stancil? They will kill each and everyone of you right if they had the chance and you will still be writing Kumbaya.
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
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sorry, but the Founding Fathers' original intent for the 2nd Amendment was always *just* to do school shootings
January 24, 2026 at 10:28 PM
sorry, but the Founding Fathers' original intent for the 2nd Amendment was always *just* to do school shootings
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Nice to see Casablanca trending. Doing the right thing against fascists *should* be perennially popular.
#caricature #art
#caricature #art
January 24, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Nice to see Casablanca trending. Doing the right thing against fascists *should* be perennially popular.
#caricature #art
#caricature #art
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Tyler O'Ryan Gramlin, 32, of Borden, IN is a Border Patrol Agent who has traveled from state to state committing extreme violence. On Jan 21, 2026 Gramlin emptied a can of pepper spray directly in the face of a prone protester at point-blank range in Minneapolis #MPLS #OneOfOursAllOfYours #UnmaskICE
January 22, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Tyler O'Ryan Gramlin, 32, of Borden, IN is a Border Patrol Agent who has traveled from state to state committing extreme violence. On Jan 21, 2026 Gramlin emptied a can of pepper spray directly in the face of a prone protester at point-blank range in Minneapolis #MPLS #OneOfOursAllOfYours #UnmaskICE
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I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
January 20, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
Minnesota Labor council calling for a 1 day general strike next week over roaming ICE death squads. General strikes haven’t happened in over
70 years
70 years
January 17, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Minnesota Labor council calling for a 1 day general strike next week over roaming ICE death squads. General strikes haven’t happened in over
70 years
70 years
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Remember when we kept speaking up about deportation flights and refused to be silent?
That pressure mattered. Avelo Airlines will stop flying ICE deportation charters after sustained public backlash. When we raise our voices and stand together, we cannot be ignored. #DeICEFlights
That pressure mattered. Avelo Airlines will stop flying ICE deportation charters after sustained public backlash. When we raise our voices and stand together, we cannot be ignored. #DeICEFlights
January 10, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Remember when we kept speaking up about deportation flights and refused to be silent?
That pressure mattered. Avelo Airlines will stop flying ICE deportation charters after sustained public backlash. When we raise our voices and stand together, we cannot be ignored. #DeICEFlights
That pressure mattered. Avelo Airlines will stop flying ICE deportation charters after sustained public backlash. When we raise our voices and stand together, we cannot be ignored. #DeICEFlights
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This is very good from WaPo. Note position of officer's feet to side of car when first shot is fired. I think everyone defending this should be asked: Was it not even an *overreaction* to fire those shots, especially 2 & 3, into her face point-blank with the officer clearly not in danger? Really?
January 8, 2026 at 5:47 PM
This is very good from WaPo. Note position of officer's feet to side of car when first shot is fired. I think everyone defending this should be asked: Was it not even an *overreaction* to fire those shots, especially 2 & 3, into her face point-blank with the officer clearly not in danger? Really?
A win for New Haven CT activists
Avelo To Exit Deportation Biz - New Haven Independent
Avelo Airlines plans to stop running deportation flights for the Trump administration later this month after deciding that its participation in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) program is too...
www.newhavenindependent.org
January 7, 2026 at 6:56 PM
A win for New Haven CT activists
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Since I’m getting “what did I miss” from alot, Paramount Plus, owner of CBS spiked the El Salvador CECOT prison story yesterday on 60 minutes because it made the White House look bad. Cancel paramount plus
Censorship. Bari Weiss
Censorship. Bari Weiss
December 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Since I’m getting “what did I miss” from alot, Paramount Plus, owner of CBS spiked the El Salvador CECOT prison story yesterday on 60 minutes because it made the White House look bad. Cancel paramount plus
Censorship. Bari Weiss
Censorship. Bari Weiss
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Way to go California - we need this across the country!
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December 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Way to go California - we need this across the country!
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After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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My understding is this arrest is contempt of court by ICE who have been explicitly ordered by the courts not to arrest journalists.
Elevating today’s ICE arrest of a journalist and American citizen in Chicago
October 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
My understding is this arrest is contempt of court by ICE who have been explicitly ordered by the courts not to arrest journalists.
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we can sneak around town / hunting working folks down / I hear they got a great benefit plan
join ICE boy ain’t it nice / join ICE take my advice
www.tiktok.com/@jessewelles...
join ICE boy ain’t it nice / join ICE take my advice
www.tiktok.com/@jessewelles...
August 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
we can sneak around town / hunting working folks down / I hear they got a great benefit plan
join ICE boy ain’t it nice / join ICE take my advice
www.tiktok.com/@jessewelles...
join ICE boy ain’t it nice / join ICE take my advice
www.tiktok.com/@jessewelles...
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🚨Unearthed footage shows Trump bragging about hiring a teenage girl because she was “so pretty.” When a woman asks to be a flight attendant on his jet, he says, “You can work on my plane anytime,” then calls it a “death wish”—comparing himself to an alcoholic around Scotch.
August 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
🚨Unearthed footage shows Trump bragging about hiring a teenage girl because she was “so pretty.” When a woman asks to be a flight attendant on his jet, he says, “You can work on my plane anytime,” then calls it a “death wish”—comparing himself to an alcoholic around Scotch.
A lot of people compare Trump to Hitler. I think that is unfair. For one thing, Hitler didn’t attend a ribbon cutting ceremony at Auschwitz
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July 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A lot of people compare Trump to Hitler. I think that is unfair. For one thing, Hitler didn’t attend a ribbon cutting ceremony at Auschwitz
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#Republicans say they’re targeting just criminals and gang members. Bullsh*t. They’re targeting anyone who “looks illegal” for their 3,000 a day quota, no matter what.
And masked #ProudBoys and #OathKeepers get to decide who that is!
“The homegrowns are next.” - DT, 04/14/25
#MAGAKidnappers
And masked #ProudBoys and #OathKeepers get to decide who that is!
“The homegrowns are next.” - DT, 04/14/25
#MAGAKidnappers
June 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
#Republicans say they’re targeting just criminals and gang members. Bullsh*t. They’re targeting anyone who “looks illegal” for their 3,000 a day quota, no matter what.
And masked #ProudBoys and #OathKeepers get to decide who that is!
“The homegrowns are next.” - DT, 04/14/25
#MAGAKidnappers
And masked #ProudBoys and #OathKeepers get to decide who that is!
“The homegrowns are next.” - DT, 04/14/25
#MAGAKidnappers
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EVERYBODY WATCH.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
June 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
EVERYBODY WATCH.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
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Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth
June 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth
Hmmm.... As a New Havener, I wonder what Yale is doing?
Stanford’s president and provost release a statement supporting Harvard. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/15/l...
Stanford president and provost back Harvard in funding fight
The president and provost said Harvard’s rejection of government demands was “rooted in the American tradition of liberty.”
stanforddaily.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hmmm.... As a New Havener, I wonder what Yale is doing?