Melissa
@tennesseemel.bsky.social
Independent liberal. I voted 🗳️ for the sane and qualified ticket—Harris-Walz 🇺🇸. Making big changes to fight ignorance and fascism at home. 🚫fascists, 🚫MAGA, 🚫prosperity gospel 🚫DMs
Let’s get this country back on track!
Let’s get this country back on track!
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Melissa
@tennesseemel.bsky.social
· Jan 26
Is there a GoFundMe to finance security for Dr. Fauci?
Because I would gladly donate.
Because I would gladly donate.
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"A protester detained, her bra removed and wedding ring cut off, and some of her clothes never returned..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
In Minneapolis, a Pattern of Misconduct Toward Protesters
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:29 AM
"A protester detained, her bra removed and wedding ring cut off, and some of her clothes never returned..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
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“The United States will not let men steal trophies from women…”
- says guy who happily took the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman
- says guy who happily took the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman
January 17, 2026 at 8:58 AM
“The United States will not let men steal trophies from women…”
- says guy who happily took the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman
- says guy who happily took the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman
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It will become increasingly important for people to take video and protect and save that video so that when there is finally an accounting for what’s happening, there will be evidence.
January 16, 2026 at 12:29 AM
It will become increasingly important for people to take video and protect and save that video so that when there is finally an accounting for what’s happening, there will be evidence.
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Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
Bondi, Blanche, and the rest of DOJ leadership—impeach, fire, and file criminal charges—not necessarily in that order.
December 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Bondi, Blanche, and the rest of DOJ leadership—impeach, fire, and file criminal charges—not necessarily in that order.
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If evidence has been destroyed, juries are instructed that they can assume that evidence would have shown the defendant's guilt.
The Trump administration releasing only a portion of the Epstein files, and blacking out so much text in the files they did release, is clear evidence of Trump's guilt.
The Trump administration releasing only a portion of the Epstein files, and blacking out so much text in the files they did release, is clear evidence of Trump's guilt.
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
If evidence has been destroyed, juries are instructed that they can assume that evidence would have shown the defendant's guilt.
The Trump administration releasing only a portion of the Epstein files, and blacking out so much text in the files they did release, is clear evidence of Trump's guilt.
The Trump administration releasing only a portion of the Epstein files, and blacking out so much text in the files they did release, is clear evidence of Trump's guilt.
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Mike Johnson was pissed that we pushed a petition through and are forcing a vote on extended ACA tax credits. He just can’t stop losing.
But right now we need your help. We need everyone to contact Congress and tell them to get it done:
But right now we need your help. We need everyone to contact Congress and tell them to get it done:
Tell Congress: Demand Speaker Johnson hold a vote IMMEDIATELY on the ACA tax credit extension
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Mike Johnson was pissed that we pushed a petition through and are forcing a vote on extended ACA tax credits. He just can’t stop losing.
But right now we need your help. We need everyone to contact Congress and tell them to get it done:
But right now we need your help. We need everyone to contact Congress and tell them to get it done:
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I don’t think the law passed by Congress said that DOJ has to release less than 1% of the materials by Dec 19.
December 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I don’t think the law passed by Congress said that DOJ has to release less than 1% of the materials by Dec 19.
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Sean Glendening is the man covering up the Trumpstein files.
December 20, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Sean Glendening is the man covering up the Trumpstein files.
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🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
December 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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Senator @campbell4tn.bsky.social is correct. Senator @MarshaBlackburn is lying.
Never has cutting $1 Trillion from a program “strengthened” it. She thinks we are all
idiots.
People will lose coverage. Hospitals will close. All for a tax cut for herself and her donors.
Never has cutting $1 Trillion from a program “strengthened” it. She thinks we are all
idiots.
People will lose coverage. Hospitals will close. All for a tax cut for herself and her donors.
July 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Senator @campbell4tn.bsky.social is correct. Senator @MarshaBlackburn is lying.
Never has cutting $1 Trillion from a program “strengthened” it. She thinks we are all
idiots.
People will lose coverage. Hospitals will close. All for a tax cut for herself and her donors.
Never has cutting $1 Trillion from a program “strengthened” it. She thinks we are all
idiots.
People will lose coverage. Hospitals will close. All for a tax cut for herself and her donors.
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Read @jonallsop.bsky.social on Trump coverage.
"The point of alarms is that you hear them and get out before the fire burns down your house. The fire is now raging. And there has been a lot of fearless, clinical coverage of it." www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
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"The point of alarms is that you hear them and get out before the fire burns down your house. The fire is now raging. And there has been a lot of fearless, clinical coverage of it." www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
See the next slide for my comment. 1/2
June 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Read @jonallsop.bsky.social on Trump coverage.
"The point of alarms is that you hear them and get out before the fire burns down your house. The fire is now raging. And there has been a lot of fearless, clinical coverage of it." www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
See the next slide for my comment. 1/2
"The point of alarms is that you hear them and get out before the fire burns down your house. The fire is now raging. And there has been a lot of fearless, clinical coverage of it." www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
See the next slide for my comment. 1/2
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The reverse Robin Hood: take from the poor to give to the rich.
June 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The reverse Robin Hood: take from the poor to give to the rich.
I’ve been sick this past week, so I’m trying to catch up. When did Zohran Mamdani say “globalize the intifada”? That’s the only reason the press would press him on this, right?
June 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I’ve been sick this past week, so I’m trying to catch up. When did Zohran Mamdani say “globalize the intifada”? That’s the only reason the press would press him on this, right?
Listen to God. He’s right.
They are sending roving bands of masked thugs with the stated goal of kidnapping 20 million brown people to transport them to any country they can pay to take them. All this has been cleared by The Stolen Court.
This is not deportation.
This is ethnic cleansing.
This is not deportation.
This is ethnic cleansing.
June 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Listen to God. He’s right.
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If Jeff Bezos can afford to rent Venice for a $50 million wedding, he can afford to pay his fair share in taxes.
June 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If Jeff Bezos can afford to rent Venice for a $50 million wedding, he can afford to pay his fair share in taxes.
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I can’t speak for every city, but here in LA, ICE bounty hunters aren’t going after gang members. They’re hunting the vulnerable: gardeners, street vendors, day laborers.
Easy money, no risk.
Folks need to stop pretending this is about crime.
@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social—thank you for your words.
Easy money, no risk.
Folks need to stop pretending this is about crime.
@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social—thank you for your words.
June 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I can’t speak for every city, but here in LA, ICE bounty hunters aren’t going after gang members. They’re hunting the vulnerable: gardeners, street vendors, day laborers.
Easy money, no risk.
Folks need to stop pretending this is about crime.
@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social—thank you for your words.
Easy money, no risk.
Folks need to stop pretending this is about crime.
@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social—thank you for your words.
And there it is. Mango Mussolini is hallucinating again.
An Iranian official claimed that Tehran never received a ceasefire proposal from the United States and saw no reason to end the war with Israel and the United States, the official told CNN on Monday night. #Pinks
www.jpost.com/middle-east/...
www.jpost.com/middle-east/...
Iranian official denies ceasefire, Trump announces end of Israel war | The Jerusalem Post
The comments came shortly before US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
www.jpost.com
June 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
And there it is. Mango Mussolini is hallucinating again.
I follow Democracy Docket daily. We need more of Marc Elias’ insights informing public discourse.
Washington Post publishes an op-ed by Kristi Noem attacking Harvard. I wonder which of the two pillars--"personal liberties and free markets"--Jeff Bezos would say this supports.🤔
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June 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I follow Democracy Docket daily. We need more of Marc Elias’ insights informing public discourse.
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Be warned: Trump will likely use his war with Iran as a pretext to further suppress dissent at home.
We must resist his efforts to stifle freedom of speech, make warrantless searches and arrests of Americans, and put more military onto our streets.
We must resist his efforts to stifle freedom of speech, make warrantless searches and arrests of Americans, and put more military onto our streets.
June 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Be warned: Trump will likely use his war with Iran as a pretext to further suppress dissent at home.
We must resist his efforts to stifle freedom of speech, make warrantless searches and arrests of Americans, and put more military onto our streets.
We must resist his efforts to stifle freedom of speech, make warrantless searches and arrests of Americans, and put more military onto our streets.
@arimelber.bsky.social — As you report on Trump posting about a ceasefire with Iran, remember that Trump posted that the US negotiated a peace between India and Pakistan. India says otherwise: youtu.be/chiBgioM4Xs?...
Shashi Tharoor and the Trump Grift Machine | The David Frum Show
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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June 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
@arimelber.bsky.social — As you report on Trump posting about a ceasefire with Iran, remember that Trump posted that the US negotiated a peace between India and Pakistan. India says otherwise: youtu.be/chiBgioM4Xs?...
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Trump is punishing the people who voted for him
NYT found the “big beautiful bill” would be the largest transfer from the poor to the rich in a single law since at least 1990.
In fact, it would be the largest transfer *ever.*
Reagan’s low-income cuts were MUCH smaller - and his tax cuts were done separately. And before him, nothing comes close.
In fact, it would be the largest transfer *ever.*
Reagan’s low-income cuts were MUCH smaller - and his tax cuts were done separately. And before him, nothing comes close.
June 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Trump is punishing the people who voted for him
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I look forward to Stephen Miller being tried for his crimes against humanity--along with Tom Homan and Kristi Noem--and receiving the most severe penalties allowed by law.
June 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I look forward to Stephen Miller being tried for his crimes against humanity--along with Tom Homan and Kristi Noem--and receiving the most severe penalties allowed by law.
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For decades the NRA and other gun nuts told us that their guns were to protect us all from a tyrannical government. So a tyrannical government is here, they are all sitting on their asses, and the people who want gun control have taken to the streets to defy the tyrannical government instead.
June 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
For decades the NRA and other gun nuts told us that their guns were to protect us all from a tyrannical government. So a tyrannical government is here, they are all sitting on their asses, and the people who want gun control have taken to the streets to defy the tyrannical government instead.