Melanie
@melanie718.bsky.social
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As 2025 ends, the pattern is unmistakable. Trump’s second term is unraveling under its own weight. A hollowed-out presidency, factional chaos, and policies that keep backfiring. Step back from the daily noise, and the consequences are impossible to miss.
Backfire
On every major policy question, the Trump regime is failing badly. And voters are taking note.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
As 2025 ends, the pattern is unmistakable. Trump’s second term is unraveling under its own weight. A hollowed-out presidency, factional chaos, and policies that keep backfiring. Step back from the daily noise, and the consequences are impossible to miss.
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The response this pettiness deserves.
Gavin Newsom Rips Trump After White House Adds Petty Plaques Under 'Presidential Walk Of Fame' Photos
www.comicsands.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The response this pettiness deserves.
BREAKING: A private jet owned by NASCAR Driver and humanitarian Greg Biffle has reportedly crashed and exploded in Statesville, NC
Unconfirmed reports from local media that Greg and his family were on board
PLEASE pray that’s not the case. Biffle has touched so many lives🙏🏻
Unconfirmed reports from local media that Greg and his family were on board
PLEASE pray that’s not the case. Biffle has touched so many lives🙏🏻
December 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
BREAKING: A private jet owned by NASCAR Driver and humanitarian Greg Biffle has reportedly crashed and exploded in Statesville, NC
Unconfirmed reports from local media that Greg and his family were on board
PLEASE pray that’s not the case. Biffle has touched so many lives🙏🏻
Unconfirmed reports from local media that Greg and his family were on board
PLEASE pray that’s not the case. Biffle has touched so many lives🙏🏻
The only thing Trump won’t try to affix his name to?
The economy.
His policies have led to higher prices & more people out of work.
The economy.
His policies have led to higher prices & more people out of work.
December 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The only thing Trump won’t try to affix his name to?
The economy.
His policies have led to higher prices & more people out of work.
The economy.
His policies have led to higher prices & more people out of work.
Really unsettling. My thoughts are with the victims and their families — hoping more information comes out soon
Breaking News: Investigators identified a person of interest in the Brown University shooting and were looking at a possible connection to the killing of an MIT professor, an official said.
Brown Shooting: Authorities Search for a Person With Possible Connection to MIT Killing
Investigators are also examining the possibility that the case is connected to the killing of an M.I.T. professor in his home in Massachusetts.
nyti.ms
December 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Really unsettling. My thoughts are with the victims and their families — hoping more information comes out soon
At a time when costs are at an all-time high and Americans are paying more and getting less, Trump proves once again that he cares about his ego—not your family.
December 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
At a time when costs are at an all-time high and Americans are paying more and getting less, Trump proves once again that he cares about his ego—not your family.
It is time for Republicans to do the right thing and put the health care of the American people first.
Speaker Johnson, bring House Democrats’ discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits to the floor NOW.
Speaker Johnson, bring House Democrats’ discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits to the floor NOW.
December 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It is time for Republicans to do the right thing and put the health care of the American people first.
Speaker Johnson, bring House Democrats’ discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits to the floor NOW.
Speaker Johnson, bring House Democrats’ discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits to the floor NOW.
Trump is undermining our national security, our economy, and our democracy.
Under his leadership, the government has become a lever available to those who make the biggest contributions and engage in the most flattering encounters with the President and his closest advisors.
Under his leadership, the government has become a lever available to those who make the biggest contributions and engage in the most flattering encounters with the President and his closest advisors.
December 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Trump is undermining our national security, our economy, and our democracy.
Under his leadership, the government has become a lever available to those who make the biggest contributions and engage in the most flattering encounters with the President and his closest advisors.
Under his leadership, the government has become a lever available to those who make the biggest contributions and engage in the most flattering encounters with the President and his closest advisors.
Trump's HHS says reducing sudden infant deaths, improving teen and young adult health, preventing birth defects "no longer align with the Department’s mission or priorities.
December 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Trump's HHS says reducing sudden infant deaths, improving teen and young adult health, preventing birth defects "no longer align with the Department’s mission or priorities.
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Suozzi: "In my district, if you make $130,000 & you're a family of 4, you now pay 8.5% of your income for health insurance - $10k to $11,000 a year. That's gonna go up to $30k a year, which means your premium is going to increase $1,500 a month. That's crazy. People are not gonna buy the insurance"
December 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Suozzi: "In my district, if you make $130,000 & you're a family of 4, you now pay 8.5% of your income for health insurance - $10k to $11,000 a year. That's gonna go up to $30k a year, which means your premium is going to increase $1,500 a month. That's crazy. People are not gonna buy the insurance"
DONALD TRUMP HAD TO GIVE HIS SPEECH AT 9PM BECAUSE FCC RULED HIS NECK VIOLATES DAYTIME PROGRAMMING STANDARDS.
AND PEOPLE WERE STILL EATING.
AND PEOPLE WERE STILL EATING.
December 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
DONALD TRUMP HAD TO GIVE HIS SPEECH AT 9PM BECAUSE FCC RULED HIS NECK VIOLATES DAYTIME PROGRAMMING STANDARDS.
AND PEOPLE WERE STILL EATING.
AND PEOPLE WERE STILL EATING.
Quickly lost track of how many lies Trump shouted out tonight, but the main takeaway is that he has clearly lost touch with reality. Delusional.
The most honest thing he said was, “no one can believe what’s going on.”
The most honest thing he said was, “no one can believe what’s going on.”
December 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Quickly lost track of how many lies Trump shouted out tonight, but the main takeaway is that he has clearly lost touch with reality. Delusional.
The most honest thing he said was, “no one can believe what’s going on.”
The most honest thing he said was, “no one can believe what’s going on.”
Trump ends his speech (aka angry rant) with “Merry Christmas.”
He was channeling something tonight but it definitely wasn’t the Christmas spirit. 🎄 🧑🎄
He was channeling something tonight but it definitely wasn’t the Christmas spirit. 🎄 🧑🎄
December 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Trump ends his speech (aka angry rant) with “Merry Christmas.”
He was channeling something tonight but it definitely wasn’t the Christmas spirit. 🎄 🧑🎄
He was channeling something tonight but it definitely wasn’t the Christmas spirit. 🎄 🧑🎄
I WILL GIVE AN OFFICIAL REBUKE TO TRUMP'S SPEECH. BEFORE HIS SPEECH. HE IS NOT THE GREATEST PRESIDENT SINCE LINCOLN. WE DON'T HAVE THE GREATEST ECONOMY IN HISTORY. HE DID NOT INVENT MAGNETS. VENEZUELA DID NOTHING WRONG EXCEPT EXIST WHEN EPSTEIN FILES ARE DUE. HIS HANDS ARE TINY.
December 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I WILL GIVE AN OFFICIAL REBUKE TO TRUMP'S SPEECH. BEFORE HIS SPEECH. HE IS NOT THE GREATEST PRESIDENT SINCE LINCOLN. WE DON'T HAVE THE GREATEST ECONOMY IN HISTORY. HE DID NOT INVENT MAGNETS. VENEZUELA DID NOTHING WRONG EXCEPT EXIST WHEN EPSTEIN FILES ARE DUE. HIS HANDS ARE TINY.
The abomination of a speech that was given tonight makes clear that the Current Occupant of the White House is not well and nobody around him has the capability to tell him that and to prevent him from a truly public manic episode.
December 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The abomination of a speech that was given tonight makes clear that the Current Occupant of the White House is not well and nobody around him has the capability to tell him that and to prevent him from a truly public manic episode.
We deserve accountability & transparency for ICE & the inhumane conditions reported at detention centers under Trump's direction.
Today, the courts reaffirmed what we already know: all Members of Congress have the right to oversee ICE.
Today, the courts reaffirmed what we already know: all Members of Congress have the right to oversee ICE.
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
We deserve accountability & transparency for ICE & the inhumane conditions reported at detention centers under Trump's direction.
Today, the courts reaffirmed what we already know: all Members of Congress have the right to oversee ICE.
Today, the courts reaffirmed what we already know: all Members of Congress have the right to oversee ICE.
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He's lying. How do we know?
Because they released the Sept 2nd video already!! Just not the part where they illegally killed the survivors. There's nothing "top secret" about the second strike if there wasn't anything top secret about the first one.
Because they released the Sept 2nd video already!! Just not the part where they illegally killed the survivors. There's nothing "top secret" about the second strike if there wasn't anything top secret about the first one.
Hegseth on the second Sept 2 strike: "Of course we're not going to release a top secret full unedited of that to the general public"
December 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
He's lying. How do we know?
Because they released the Sept 2nd video already!! Just not the part where they illegally killed the survivors. There's nothing "top secret" about the second strike if there wasn't anything top secret about the first one.
Because they released the Sept 2nd video already!! Just not the part where they illegally killed the survivors. There's nothing "top secret" about the second strike if there wasn't anything top secret about the first one.
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Breaking News: Dan Bongino, the FBI deputy director, said he would step down next month, ending his brief but tumultuous stint at the bureau.
Bongino to Step Down From F.B.I.
The departure of Dan Bongino had seemed inevitable since August, when the White House hired Missouri’s attorney general, Andrew Bailey, to share his job as deputy director.
nyti.ms
December 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Breaking News: Dan Bongino, the FBI deputy director, said he would step down next month, ending his brief but tumultuous stint at the bureau.
Good news: a court just agreed to review the case challenging Trump's illegal attempt to destroy the CFPB, the agency that has returned more than $21 billion directly to Americans scammed by giant corporations.
The courts must uphold the law – or families will pay the price.
The courts must uphold the law – or families will pay the price.
December 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Good news: a court just agreed to review the case challenging Trump's illegal attempt to destroy the CFPB, the agency that has returned more than $21 billion directly to Americans scammed by giant corporations.
The courts must uphold the law – or families will pay the price.
The courts must uphold the law – or families will pay the price.
Recording some data.
December 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Recording some data.
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Trump said he was going to cut federal spending, yet renaming DoD may cost up to $2B. Autocratic movements use spectacle, not strategy, to consolidate control.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Trump's Pentagon name change could cost up to $2 billion
Officially changing the Department of Defense to the Department of War can only be done by Congress and would require updating thousands of signs, rewriting digital code and creating new letterheads,...
www.nbcnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Trump said he was going to cut federal spending, yet renaming DoD may cost up to $2B. Autocratic movements use spectacle, not strategy, to consolidate control.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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From @theathletic.com: Ohio University fired football coach Brian Smith for cause on Wednesday, more than two weeks after he was unexpectedly placed on leave by the university.
Ohio University fires football coach Brian Smith for cause
Smith was placed on leave on Dec. 1 and the university said he engaged "in serious professional misconduct."
nyti.ms
December 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
From @theathletic.com: Ohio University fired football coach Brian Smith for cause on Wednesday, more than two weeks after he was unexpectedly placed on leave by the university.
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ROSEN: Will you commit to opening an investigation into Fox News for deceptively editing a Trump interview to make him look good during a presidential campaign?
CARR: No
CARR: No
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
ROSEN: Will you commit to opening an investigation into Fox News for deceptively editing a Trump interview to make him look good during a presidential campaign?
CARR: No
CARR: No
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PETERS: Will you commit you will not move to revoke any license for broadcasters or retaliate against companies merely for hosting content critical of POTUS?
CARR: Any broadcaster that complies with the public interest standard is not in any risk
P: And you get to determine the public interest
CARR: Any broadcaster that complies with the public interest standard is not in any risk
P: And you get to determine the public interest
December 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
PETERS: Will you commit you will not move to revoke any license for broadcasters or retaliate against companies merely for hosting content critical of POTUS?
CARR: Any broadcaster that complies with the public interest standard is not in any risk
P: And you get to determine the public interest
CARR: Any broadcaster that complies with the public interest standard is not in any risk
P: And you get to determine the public interest
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Speaker Johnson must bring this to the floor immediately.
No more excuses.
No more excuses.
Urgent update.
Our bipartisan petition to force a vote on a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has 218 signatures.
Mike Johnson should bring the bill to the floor immediately.
Our bipartisan petition to force a vote on a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has 218 signatures.
Mike Johnson should bring the bill to the floor immediately.
December 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Speaker Johnson must bring this to the floor immediately.
No more excuses.
No more excuses.