@melanieweiss.bsky.social
Retired librarian, knitter, activist to my bones.
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Hey, Trump. You don’t need to push Putin’s 28-point plan to end the war in Ukraine. Just go with the one point plan to end it: Russia gets the hell out of Ukraine.
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Hey, Trump. You don’t need to push Putin’s 28-point plan to end the war in Ukraine. Just go with the one point plan to end it: Russia gets the hell out of Ukraine.
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I deeply resent having to defend John Bolton but “the president sends his goons on a fishing expedition to raid anyone who criticizes him” is in fact very alarming
August 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I deeply resent having to defend John Bolton but “the president sends his goons on a fishing expedition to raid anyone who criticizes him” is in fact very alarming
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Two things can be true, Bolton sucks and the FBI should not target the president’s enemies
You should be mad about the FBI raiding John Bolton’s house not because you love John Bolton but because you’re opposed to Trump using the FBI to intimidate his critics
August 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Two things can be true, Bolton sucks and the FBI should not target the president’s enemies
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Just a reminder. They were girls, not women.
July 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Just a reminder. They were girls, not women.
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Many big & alarming stories last week marking an acceleration in the unraveling of this country, but one not getting enough outrage is Trump accusing former President Obama of treason. Despicable, sick, unconscionable. A major line-crossing action that warranted loud & widespread denunciation.
July 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Many big & alarming stories last week marking an acceleration in the unraveling of this country, but one not getting enough outrage is Trump accusing former President Obama of treason. Despicable, sick, unconscionable. A major line-crossing action that warranted loud & widespread denunciation.
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I don't care if Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton or Jesus Christ himself is implicated in the Epstein files. Anyone who committed such crimes should burn. I believe that because I'm not in a cult.
July 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I don't care if Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton or Jesus Christ himself is implicated in the Epstein files. Anyone who committed such crimes should burn. I believe that because I'm not in a cult.
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If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options:
1-877-447-4487
1-877-447-4487
June 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options:
1-877-447-4487
1-877-447-4487
And live by "do not obey in advance."
July 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
And live by "do not obey in advance."
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FYI the ADL demanded - and immediately got - an apology from Vice President Biden for using "Shylock" in 2014. Biden said of ADL Director Foxman: "he's correct...he's right."
So an immediate apology from Trump for his use of the antisemitic slur is the minimum www.politico.com/story/2014/0...
So an immediate apology from Trump for his use of the antisemitic slur is the minimum www.politico.com/story/2014/0...
Biden: I was wrong to say 'Shylocks'
His use of the word was called out as promoting an anti-Semitic stereotype.
www.politico.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:23 AM
FYI the ADL demanded - and immediately got - an apology from Vice President Biden for using "Shylock" in 2014. Biden said of ADL Director Foxman: "he's correct...he's right."
So an immediate apology from Trump for his use of the antisemitic slur is the minimum www.politico.com/story/2014/0...
So an immediate apology from Trump for his use of the antisemitic slur is the minimum www.politico.com/story/2014/0...
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Trump spoke of “shylocks,” which is one of the most recognizable antisemitic terms in modern English. Watch who tries to explain this away.
July 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Trump spoke of “shylocks,” which is one of the most recognizable antisemitic terms in modern English. Watch who tries to explain this away.
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If a US Senator is not safe from being handcuffed and detained for free speech, none of us are safe.
June 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
If a US Senator is not safe from being handcuffed and detained for free speech, none of us are safe.
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So ICE is now more powerful than a sitting US senator? I hope every democrat congressperson stands up for their colleague and demands accountability for what happened to Alex Padilla. They won’t but I wish they would.
June 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
So ICE is now more powerful than a sitting US senator? I hope every democrat congressperson stands up for their colleague and demands accountability for what happened to Alex Padilla. They won’t but I wish they would.
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Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
June 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
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Senator Alex Padilla of California was removed by force from Kristi Noem’s presser and handcuffed for his free speech. This is what a fascist regime does that rejects the laws of the US. It should horrify every American. Let’s stop pretending we are approaching authoritarian rule. We are there.
June 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Senator Alex Padilla of California was removed by force from Kristi Noem’s presser and handcuffed for his free speech. This is what a fascist regime does that rejects the laws of the US. It should horrify every American. Let’s stop pretending we are approaching authoritarian rule. We are there.
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HE LITERALLY SAYS “I AM SENATOR ALEX PADILLA.”
DHS is arguing members of the Secret Service don't know who a U.S. Senator is, that he didn't identify himself (he does in the tape), lunged towards the Noem (not evident on the tape), and somehow all this necessitated him being hauled away, thrown to the ground and cuffed. x.com/DHSgov/statu...
June 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
HE LITERALLY SAYS “I AM SENATOR ALEX PADILLA.”
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Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
June 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
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i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet
May 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet
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“Six years ago, I found myself face to face with a white farmer preparing for the government to take his land.
This did not happen in South Africa. It was in South Texas, and it was because of Trump…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
This did not happen in South Africa. It was in South Texas, and it was because of Trump…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
When Trump Was the One Taking Land From Farmers
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
“Six years ago, I found myself face to face with a white farmer preparing for the government to take his land.
This did not happen in South Africa. It was in South Texas, and it was because of Trump…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
This did not happen in South Africa. It was in South Texas, and it was because of Trump…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
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When people ask what I do to help make things better, one of the things I always mention is #PostcardsToVoters. If you want to write for Democratic candidates, I urge you to check them out.
May 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
When people ask what I do to help make things better, one of the things I always mention is #PostcardsToVoters. If you want to write for Democratic candidates, I urge you to check them out.
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The criminal charge against Congresswoman McIver is extreme, morally bankrupt and lacks any basis in law or fact. This is a blatant attempt to intimidate Congress & interfere with our ability to serve as a check and balance on an out-of-control executive branch.
Democrats will not be intimidated.
Democrats will not be intimidated.
May 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The criminal charge against Congresswoman McIver is extreme, morally bankrupt and lacks any basis in law or fact. This is a blatant attempt to intimidate Congress & interfere with our ability to serve as a check and balance on an out-of-control executive branch.
Democrats will not be intimidated.
Democrats will not be intimidated.
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the DOJ is literally **arresting Democratic members of Congress** and Senate Democrats are voting to pass Republican legislation
May 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
the DOJ is literally **arresting Democratic members of Congress** and Senate Democrats are voting to pass Republican legislation