Melissa Perales
@scrappygiraffe.bsky.social
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Climate Change Warrior
Civil Rights Activist
Mother
Artist
Avid Reader
I'm canceling my Spotify subscription until the ICE ads are removed. Streaming hate is a choice and I refuse to fund it. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/HEfLMZp7
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
app.sosha.ai
November 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I'm canceling my Spotify subscription until the ICE ads are removed. Streaming hate is a choice and I refuse to fund it. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/HEfLMZp7
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This is how it's done, folks
EXCLU: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will announce today he is cancelling a televised town hall with WABC News planned for Sept. 25 in the wake of the network suspending comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show last week.
www.amny.com/news/mamdani...
www.amny.com/news/mamdani...
EXCLUSIVE | Mamdani to pull planned ABC town hall event after network suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s show | amNewYork
Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani will announce Monday that he is cancelling a televised town hall with WABC News planned for Sept. 25 in the wake of
www.amny.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is how it's done, folks
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Many media types and Dems continue to operate as if Trump is a politically invincible figure, a "Teflon Don." But in truth he's becoming an increasingly weak, failing, diminished, unpopular, naked-emperor figure, and it's time to treat him as such. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2000...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2000...
Trump Is a Weak and Failing President, and It’s Time to Say So
It’s possible for Trump to be an inept buffoon—but still extremely dangerous. And it shouldn’t be so hard to make that case.
newrepublic.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Many media types and Dems continue to operate as if Trump is a politically invincible figure, a "Teflon Don." But in truth he's becoming an increasingly weak, failing, diminished, unpopular, naked-emperor figure, and it's time to treat him as such. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2000...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2000...
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Great news. Let's do this everywhere. www.krqe.com/news/politic...
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…
www.krqe.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Great news. Let's do this everywhere. www.krqe.com/news/politic...
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If the Trump administration cared about addressing crime, it would tell ICE agents to stop kidnapping and torturing people. But it's encouraging and rewarding them for doing so because it is a criminal enterprise. www.masslive.com/news/2025/08...
ICE released this Mass. mom with no phone, 30 miles from home in the rain after detainment for a sealed marijuana conviction
Federal authorities refused to tell the Canton woman's husband or lawyer on what grounds she was being detained until shortly before her release.
www.masslive.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:35 AM
If the Trump administration cared about addressing crime, it would tell ICE agents to stop kidnapping and torturing people. But it's encouraging and rewarding them for doing so because it is a criminal enterprise. www.masslive.com/news/2025/08...
Join us on #onemillionrising training!
August 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Join us on #onemillionrising training!
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Every activated Guardsman has a family, a job, school, or something that they are leaving to do their duty.
It’s one thing when it’s a war… or a real mass civil disturbance, which those only last a few days.
But to rip these people from their lives for a show… is awful.
It’s one thing when it’s a war… or a real mass civil disturbance, which those only last a few days.
But to rip these people from their lives for a show… is awful.
August 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Every activated Guardsman has a family, a job, school, or something that they are leaving to do their duty.
It’s one thing when it’s a war… or a real mass civil disturbance, which those only last a few days.
But to rip these people from their lives for a show… is awful.
It’s one thing when it’s a war… or a real mass civil disturbance, which those only last a few days.
But to rip these people from their lives for a show… is awful.
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Conundrum Drum Drum 🪘
August 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Conundrum Drum Drum 🪘
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The astonishing thing about Watergate, in contrast to today, is how the President was actually shamed into leaving office.
Imagine that: shame.
Imagine that: shame.
August 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The astonishing thing about Watergate, in contrast to today, is how the President was actually shamed into leaving office.
Imagine that: shame.
Imagine that: shame.
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😂 the second pic is me in disbelief that attendees couldn’t remember the first presidential candidate they voted for. So we switched to first candidate they were REALLY fired up for (as part of our introductions.) 💪
#onemillionrising noncooperation training was a smashing success!
The resistance showed up in Carson City, Nevada!
The resistance showed up in Carson City, Nevada!
August 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
😂 the second pic is me in disbelief that attendees couldn’t remember the first presidential candidate they voted for. So we switched to first candidate they were REALLY fired up for (as part of our introductions.) 💪
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The fact that nobody around him has told him this isn’t how numbers work shows you how afraid of him everyone who works for him is.
August 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The fact that nobody around him has told him this isn’t how numbers work shows you how afraid of him everyone who works for him is.
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New in PN: The looming Trump-cession
"No administration in history has done so much so quickly to immiserate the American people. And no administration since Herbert Hoover’s seems less willing to change course as it barrels over a cliff."
"No administration in history has done so much so quickly to immiserate the American people. And no administration since Herbert Hoover’s seems less willing to change course as it barrels over a cliff."
The looming Trump-cession
Orange man bad (for the economy).
www.publicnotice.co
August 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
New in PN: The looming Trump-cession
"No administration in history has done so much so quickly to immiserate the American people. And no administration since Herbert Hoover’s seems less willing to change course as it barrels over a cliff."
"No administration in history has done so much so quickly to immiserate the American people. And no administration since Herbert Hoover’s seems less willing to change course as it barrels over a cliff."
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don't republicans walk out of votes all the time?
seems like just another way to abuse us
seems like just another way to abuse us
Casar: "This idea of fining legislators -- and now I'm starting to hear about the governor or the speaker of the house trying to expel lawmakers from office -- is deeply unconstitutional and it is part of a worrying trend ... it's the kind of authoritarian thing that we think about in other nations"
August 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
don't republicans walk out of votes all the time?
seems like just another way to abuse us
seems like just another way to abuse us
Great example of Non-cooperation! Continue the resistance folks.
👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
Wanted to send a note about Harvard capitulation—as an employee etc I emailed the H pres to support him for standing strong the first time and got a personal response. It’s worth emailing him and I believe it makes a real impact. He is paying attention.
August 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Great example of Non-cooperation! Continue the resistance folks.
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How would you define “noncooperation? Do you have some examples? #onemillionrising
July 31, 2025 at 12:12 AM
How would you define “noncooperation? Do you have some examples? #onemillionrising
@ashdashlee.bsky.social fabulous job tonight. My group is fired up and ready to go!
July 31, 2025 at 1:24 AM
@ashdashlee.bsky.social fabulous job tonight. My group is fired up and ready to go!
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Epic! But, everyone should be doing that.
July 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Epic! But, everyone should be doing that.
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@jamestalarico.bsky.social pushes back against Texas GOP redistricting efforts "Dem colleagues and I...are having conversations about what tools in our toolbox can we use because we can't just lie down and let this happen and so we're gonna fight with ever fiber of our being over the next few weeks"
July 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
@jamestalarico.bsky.social pushes back against Texas GOP redistricting efforts "Dem colleagues and I...are having conversations about what tools in our toolbox can we use because we can't just lie down and let this happen and so we're gonna fight with ever fiber of our being over the next few weeks"
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And also (as Greg well knows - he doesn't write the headlines), they aren't *his* generals.
A standoff over a senior officer's promotion reflects an ongoing clash between Hegseth’s highly partisan worldview and the longstanding tradition of an apolitical military that pledges an oath to the Constitution
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/u...
A Clash Over a Promotion Puts Hegseth at Odds With His Generals
www.nytimes.com
July 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
And also (as Greg well knows - he doesn't write the headlines), they aren't *his* generals.
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#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
There’s more than 20,000 troops helping ICE across the nation.
Military involvement in domestic anti-immigrant operations undermines American democracy & has nudged the US closer a genuine police state.
theintercept.com/2025/07/22/m...
There’s more than 20,000 troops helping ICE across the nation.
Military involvement in domestic anti-immigrant operations undermines American democracy & has nudged the US closer a genuine police state.
theintercept.com/2025/07/22/m...
The Pentagon Won’t Track Troops Deployed on U.S. Soil. So We Will.
Pentagon press releases say 20,000 federal troops have deployed to support ICE across the country. The real number may be markedly higher.
theintercept.com
July 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
There’s more than 20,000 troops helping ICE across the nation.
Military involvement in domestic anti-immigrant operations undermines American democracy & has nudged the US closer a genuine police state.
theintercept.com/2025/07/22/m...
There’s more than 20,000 troops helping ICE across the nation.
Military involvement in domestic anti-immigrant operations undermines American democracy & has nudged the US closer a genuine police state.
theintercept.com/2025/07/22/m...
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Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer.
“I practically felt like an animal,” González told The Post.
“I practically felt like an animal,” González told The Post.
U.S. deportee, freed from Salvadoran prison, describes ‘horror movie’
Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer.
“I practically felt like an animal,” González told The Post.
“I practically felt like an animal,” González told The Post.
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Thing I think about a lot
How long does it take people to realize they’re on the wrong side of history?
How long does it take people to realize they’re on the wrong side of history?
July 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Thing I think about a lot
How long does it take people to realize they’re on the wrong side of history?
How long does it take people to realize they’re on the wrong side of history?
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Jeff Daniels speaks out..
He's everything that's wrong.
We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us.
He's everything that's wrong.
We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us.
July 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Jeff Daniels speaks out..
He's everything that's wrong.
We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us.
He's everything that's wrong.
We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us.