Melissa Berry
@melissaberry333.bsky.social
3rd generation Los Angeleno...went to LBPHS, UCLA, IHC, NYU, MSMU...college instructor...
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Live Updates: L.A. Quiet as National Guard Troops Begin to Arrive
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June 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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I'm keeping myself from starting any new paintings or illustrations because I have things to do in the house, so I found myself reworking my fascists get scratches cat again 😹 He's freed from the circle and madder than ever. Now that's done, I have to go roll up a carpet and clean stuff.
#cat #art
#cat #art
May 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Good morning ☕ Ok so I know I wasn't going to do any new art but like, my friend posted the cutest photo of her kitties with bread and I had been wanting to draw a breb cat (because my Philip is a bread thief) and then one thing led to another and this happened. (from last night)
#cat #art
#cat #art
May 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
South African President’s Approval Rating Expected to Soar After Trump Acts Like a Dick
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South African President’s Approval Rating Expected to Soar After Trump Acts Like a Dick
His approval rating could double thanks to Trump’s tantrum, experts believe.
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May 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
South African President’s Approval Rating Expected to Soar After Trump Acts Like a Dick
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Words & Phrases We Can Do Without
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Words & Phrases We Can Do Without
Even from across the globe, it's evident that the “big, beautiful” bill is hideous
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May 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Words & Phrases We Can Do Without
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I took some time to write out Trump's Top 10 losses as he limps through his first 100 days. Enjoy!
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Trump Has Another Awful Week
The top 10 losses as Trump hobbles through 100 days
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May 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I took some time to write out Trump's Top 10 losses as he limps through his first 100 days. Enjoy!
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Here's the webpage put up by the office of Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes for people to notify her office if they're havig problems dealing with Social Security.
Every state AG's office could do this. Might help.
www.azag.gov/socialsecurity
Every state AG's office could do this. Might help.
www.azag.gov/socialsecurity
Attention Arizona: Report Social Security Disruptions
Attorney General Kris Mayes continues to hold the federal government accountable for the illegal and unconstitutional actions by President Trump and Elon Musk, including reversing devastating federal ...
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April 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Here's the webpage put up by the office of Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes for people to notify her office if they're havig problems dealing with Social Security.
Every state AG's office could do this. Might help.
www.azag.gov/socialsecurity
Every state AG's office could do this. Might help.
www.azag.gov/socialsecurity
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🚨. This Isn't a Drill!
We have a real opportunity to FLIP a U.S. House Seat in #FL01... But only if we show up!
Gay Valimont is in the ring. Now she needs us in her corner. Let's throw some punches by phonebanking - for our future! 👊
📞 SIGN-UP HERE! ⬇️
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We have a real opportunity to FLIP a U.S. House Seat in #FL01... But only if we show up!
Gay Valimont is in the ring. Now she needs us in her corner. Let's throw some punches by phonebanking - for our future! 👊
📞 SIGN-UP HERE! ⬇️
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Operation Panhandle Dialer
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March 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
🚨. This Isn't a Drill!
We have a real opportunity to FLIP a U.S. House Seat in #FL01... But only if we show up!
Gay Valimont is in the ring. Now she needs us in her corner. Let's throw some punches by phonebanking - for our future! 👊
📞 SIGN-UP HERE! ⬇️
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
We have a real opportunity to FLIP a U.S. House Seat in #FL01... But only if we show up!
Gay Valimont is in the ring. Now she needs us in her corner. Let's throw some punches by phonebanking - for our future! 👊
📞 SIGN-UP HERE! ⬇️
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With Musk announcing his “departure” from “DOGE” next month & as we get further into what is happening to our country - reposting so we can be prepared for whatever they throw at us next. Time for some deep thinking and planning.
With Musk announcing his “departure” from “DOGE” next month & as we get further into what is happening to our country - reposting so we can be prepared for whatever they throw at us next. Time for some deep thinking and planning.
The Dangerous Alliance of Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Curtis Yarvin
The Billionaire Boys’ Club That Wants to Kill Democracy
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March 29, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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With Musk announcing his “departure” from “DOGE” next month & as we get further into what is happening to our country - reposting so we can be prepared for whatever they throw at us next. Time for some deep thinking and planning.
With Musk announcing his “departure” from “DOGE” next month & as we get further into what is happening to our country - reposting so we can be prepared for whatever they throw at us next. Time for some deep thinking and planning.
How to beat back Trump’s divide & conquer strategy
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How to beat back Trump’s divide & conquer strategy
We must address the collective action problem
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March 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM
How to beat back Trump’s divide & conquer strategy
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Will Stimulating My Brain as I Age Keep It Sharp?
If you're reading this, you're on your way.
If you're reading this, you're on your way.
Will Stimulating My Brain as I Age Keep It Sharp?
Puzzles, word games, reading, needlepoint — here’s what experts say about what may help.
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March 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Will Stimulating My Brain as I Age Keep It Sharp?
If you're reading this, you're on your way.
If you're reading this, you're on your way.
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Tracy Flick be lying
March 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Tracy Flick be lying
How autocracies take over the news media
Don't need Bezos and his WAPO to continue to follow Ann Telnaes!
Don't need Bezos and his WAPO to continue to follow Ann Telnaes!
How autocracies take over the news media
Trump goes from complaining to controlling
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March 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
How autocracies take over the news media
Don't need Bezos and his WAPO to continue to follow Ann Telnaes!
Don't need Bezos and his WAPO to continue to follow Ann Telnaes!
March 24, 2025
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March 24, 2025
Today the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, dropped the story that senior members of the Trump administration planned the March 15 U.S.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
March 24, 2025
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"Nobody was texting war plans" -- Pete Hegseth
March 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"Nobody was texting war plans" -- Pete Hegseth
What Now?
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What Now?
Forget Schumer. Fight on.
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March 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
What Now?
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DOGE Makes Its Latest Errors Harder to Find
BUSTED!!!
BUSTED!!!
DOGE Makes Its Latest Errors Harder to Find
Elon Musk’s group obscured the details of some new claims on its website, despite promises of transparency. But The Times was still able to detect another batch of mistakes.
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March 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
DOGE Makes Its Latest Errors Harder to Find
BUSTED!!!
BUSTED!!!
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JUST IN: While Trump's executive order takes aim at Perkins Coie, the judge said it "casts a chilling harm of blizzard proportion across the entire legal profession."
Judge blocks Trump from enforcing 'chilling' order against law firm
While Trump's executive order takes aim at Perkins Coie, the judge said it "casts a chilling harm of blizzard proportion across the entire legal profession."
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March 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
JUST IN: While Trump's executive order takes aim at Perkins Coie, the judge said it "casts a chilling harm of blizzard proportion across the entire legal profession."
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I salute the public servants who are resisting the Trump-Musk coup and putting themselves and in some cases the well-being of their families on the line.
Join us tomorrow at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT to hear how we can fight back.
Register: bit.ly/march13RSVP
Join us tomorrow at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT to hear how we can fight back.
Register: bit.ly/march13RSVP
March 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I salute the public servants who are resisting the Trump-Musk coup and putting themselves and in some cases the well-being of their families on the line.
Join us tomorrow at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT to hear how we can fight back.
Register: bit.ly/march13RSVP
Join us tomorrow at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT to hear how we can fight back.
Register: bit.ly/march13RSVP
The scope of Presidential power obviously requires a colonoscopy.
March 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The scope of Presidential power obviously requires a colonoscopy.
There's a name for this.
Nope. Again, Musk "signaled" - let's create yet another distraction while ripping the freedoms and safeguards from the country.
Nope. Again, Musk "signaled" - let's create yet another distraction while ripping the freedoms and safeguards from the country.
Elon Musk Seeks to Put $100 Million Into Trump Political Operation (Gift Article)
Elon Musk has signaled he wants to make some donations not just to his own super PAC, which is called America PAC and has spent heavily on President Trump in the past, but to an outside entity.
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March 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
There's a name for this.
Nope. Again, Musk "signaled" - let's create yet another distraction while ripping the freedoms and safeguards from the country.
Nope. Again, Musk "signaled" - let's create yet another distraction while ripping the freedoms and safeguards from the country.
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OR...GET RID OF EXPLOSIVE, PENT UP FRUSTRATION AND ANGER...GRRRR..."TAKE THAT, AND THAT, AND THAT!!!
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These Explosive Exercises Can Help You Age Well (Gift Article)
Plyometrics are an effective way to improve power, balance and coordination. Here’s where to start.
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March 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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OR...GET RID OF EXPLOSIVE, PENT UP FRUSTRATION AND ANGER...GRRRR..."TAKE THAT, AND THAT, AND THAT!!!
OR...GET RID OF EXPLOSIVE, PENT UP FRUSTRATION AND ANGER...GRRRR..."TAKE THAT, AND THAT, AND THAT!!!
Ukraine Targets Moscow With Large-Scale Drone Attack Russian officials said Ukraine attacked Moscow before dawn on Tuesday with its largest long-range drone bombardment of the war, as both sides stepped up attacks ahead of talks intended to find a way to end three years of fighting.
Ukraine Targets Moscow With Large-Scale Drone Attack
The assault, which the mayor called the largest on Russia’s capital since the war began, was a reminder of Ukraine’s power to strike as its president proposes an air truce.
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March 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Ukraine Targets Moscow With Large-Scale Drone Attack Russian officials said Ukraine attacked Moscow before dawn on Tuesday with its largest long-range drone bombardment of the war, as both sides stepped up attacks ahead of talks intended to find a way to end three years of fighting.
The grift continues
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The grift continues
Trump is making money off the presidency...again
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March 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The grift continues
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