Melanie Figg
@mafigg.bsky.social
Poet, essayist, teacher, writing coach. She/her. Poetry book: TRACE ~ www.melaniefigg.net
agreed. stop acting like this is "criticism" - when is the media and Congress gonna call Trump out for this?
This Wall Street Journal headline is what major American media have become: a sick joke. Trump says Rob Reiner was asking to be stabbed to death because he didn't support Trump. WSJ sane-washes that into plain old "criticism" of Reiner.
The media are killing our country with this normalization.
The media are killing our country with this normalization.
Democrats and some Republicans say President Trump has gone too far in a social-media post about Rob Reiner, who was found dead alongside his wife on Sunday.
December 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
agreed. stop acting like this is "criticism" - when is the media and Congress gonna call Trump out for this?
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New report reveals extent of Barron Trump's relationship to far-right influencer
New report reveals extent of Barron Trump's relationship to far-right influencer
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, a pair of far-right masculinity influencers under criminal investigation by the Romanian government for sex trafficking, got a reprieve after the Trump administration got to work leaning on that country's prosecutors to lift their travel ban, allowing them to vis...
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
New report reveals extent of Barron Trump's relationship to far-right influencer
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executive privilege to stop the National Archives from releasing those materials. The officers had requested the documents earlier this year as part of their effort to hold him accountable for the violence at the Capitol. So much for Trump “supporting our police.”
Trump Personally Intervenes to Block Release of January 6 Documents
Donald Trump is blocking access in a lawsuit brought by police officers injured in the January 6 riot.
newrepublic.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
executive privilege to stop the National Archives from releasing those materials. The officers had requested the documents earlier this year as part of their effort to hold him accountable for the violence at the Capitol. So much for Trump “supporting our police.”
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December 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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In a stealth upset, Democrat Eric Gisler flips a GOP-held Georgia House seat spanning parts of Athens and Oconee County. Gisler won 39% of vote last November. He captured 51% tonight to defeat a Republican backed by Gov. Brian Kemp and other GOP leaders.
December 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
In a stealth upset, Democrat Eric Gisler flips a GOP-held Georgia House seat spanning parts of Athens and Oconee County. Gisler won 39% of vote last November. He captured 51% tonight to defeat a Republican backed by Gov. Brian Kemp and other GOP leaders.
ICE cut off her f*cking wedding ring
"Decker said they’re now seeing cases where ICE agents violate constitutional protections on a daily basis. She and other immigration attorneys advise clients about the rights they should have but warn about the areas where ICE agents have been violating them."
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
December 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
ICE cut off her f*cking wedding ring
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"Gus is a kid with special needs. A kid who did nothing except be born in a nation where cruelty has become a badge of honor for fascist monsters. To the adults who did this, hear Me. You screamed a slur at a child. You tried to frighten a family. You chose hatred over humanity. You are cowards."
Leave the Walz family the fuck alone!!! Can God get a fucking amen?!?
Thou Shalt Leave The Walz Family The Fuck Alone
This is shameful.
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"Gus is a kid with special needs. A kid who did nothing except be born in a nation where cruelty has become a badge of honor for fascist monsters. To the adults who did this, hear Me. You screamed a slur at a child. You tried to frighten a family. You chose hatred over humanity. You are cowards."
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File this under Least Surprising News of the Day
The Corruption never ends
The Corruption never ends
December 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
File this under Least Surprising News of the Day
The Corruption never ends
The Corruption never ends
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"We could roll our eyes and pretend that regular order still exists. In private, everyone admits nothing in the federal apparatus can be trusted. But publicly, we pantomime as if the foundation of the federal government hasn’t transformed.
America chose pretend."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
America chose pretend."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Donald Trump and the Power of the Little Lie
The war against Venezuela isn’t about drugs. It’s about the destruction of regular order.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"We could roll our eyes and pretend that regular order still exists. In private, everyone admits nothing in the federal apparatus can be trusted. But publicly, we pantomime as if the foundation of the federal government hasn’t transformed.
America chose pretend."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
America chose pretend."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
FTW
“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
theonion.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
FTW
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If you think Paramount is just trying to buy Warner Brothers so Ellison can stop CNN from criticizing Trump… you’re right!
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
December 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
If you think Paramount is just trying to buy Warner Brothers so Ellison can stop CNN from criticizing Trump… you’re right!
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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NEW: Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.
They finally got their wish.
They finally got their wish.
Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Threshold for Safe Formaldehyde Exposure
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.
They finally got their wish.
They finally got their wish.
thrilled to have a poem in her with so many great writers: www.whaleroadreview.com/figg/
December 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
thrilled to have a poem in her with so many great writers: www.whaleroadreview.com/figg/
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The Secretary of Defense taking extrajudicial killing requests from podcast hosts
December 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The Secretary of Defense taking extrajudicial killing requests from podcast hosts
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🔥 KOH: “What we’re seeing is what the founding fathers feared the most — the collapse of our checks & balances. The Supreme court is supposed to be a co-equal branch, It's basically a mouthpiece for Trump. Members of congress are resigning rather than stand up to him.”
December 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
🔥 KOH: “What we’re seeing is what the founding fathers feared the most — the collapse of our checks & balances. The Supreme court is supposed to be a co-equal branch, It's basically a mouthpiece for Trump. Members of congress are resigning rather than stand up to him.”
OMG - who needs a laugh/crying laugh?!!
Not SNL
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to Trump: You made it through the hurricane season without a hurricane.
you kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to Trump: You made it through the hurricane season without a hurricane.
you kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that.
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
OMG - who needs a laugh/crying laugh?!!
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The Trump administration said it will withhold federal SNAP funding from more than 20 Democratic-led states unless they turn over sensitive personal data about program recipients to the Trump administration.
Trump to halt some food aid support for Democratic-led states over data fight
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump will halt federal payments that help administer the food stamp program to Democratic-led states next week if they do not turn over aid recipient data,...
www.reuters.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The Trump administration said it will withhold federal SNAP funding from more than 20 Democratic-led states unless they turn over sensitive personal data about program recipients to the Trump administration.
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The U.S. has conducted 19 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing at least 76 people.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
December 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The U.S. has conducted 19 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing at least 76 people.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
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Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
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This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
this is fascism
November 17, 2025 at 4:37 AM
this is fascism
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The truth will have its day.
That day is now.
Release all the Epstein files.
That day is now.
Release all the Epstein files.
November 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The truth will have its day.
That day is now.
Release all the Epstein files.
That day is now.
Release all the Epstein files.
This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
beyond disgusting
November 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
beyond disgusting