Melissa Maday
@melissamaday.bsky.social
Editor by day, novelist at night. Smithie, expat, wife, book nerd, Anglophile, Midwesterner, recovering academic, cat mom. Ask me about Sylvia Plath.
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NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.
I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.
Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”
I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.
Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”
September 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.
I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.
Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”
I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.
Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”
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Justice Sotomayor dissenting on birthright citizenship case: "The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along. Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent."
June 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Justice Sotomayor dissenting on birthright citizenship case: "The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along. Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent."
Here’s a view of the Persian Guif from my favorite Abu Dhabi beach. Iran is on the other side of this water.
Today, I’m praying for peace for this region and the world.
Today, I’m praying for peace for this region and the world.
June 22, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Here’s a view of the Persian Guif from my favorite Abu Dhabi beach. Iran is on the other side of this water.
Today, I’m praying for peace for this region and the world.
Today, I’m praying for peace for this region and the world.
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June 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Newsom: "Arrest me. Let's just get it over with, tough guy. I don't give a damn ... Tom, arrest me. Let's go."
June 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Newsom: "Arrest me. Let's just get it over with, tough guy. I don't give a damn ... Tom, arrest me. Let's go."
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Aaaand there it is.
May 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Aaaand there it is.
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"Unlike the chat in which The Atlantic was included, the newly revealed one was created by Hegseth. Named “Defense | Team Huddle,” it included his wife and about a dozen other people.... He used his private phone, not his government one, to access the Signal chat."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
"Unlike the chat in which The Atlantic was included, the newly revealed one was created by Hegseth. Named “Defense | Team Huddle,” it included his wife and about a dozen other people.... He used his private phone, not his government one, to access the Signal chat."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
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"If you don't stand up and fight now, if you don't take a position now, it's going to be too late," Eric Holder tells Rachel Maddow. "The time is now to stand up and do all that we can to fight this administration."
April 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"If you don't stand up and fight now, if you don't take a position now, it's going to be too late," Eric Holder tells Rachel Maddow. "The time is now to stand up and do all that we can to fight this administration."
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BREAKING: The country of Norway just entered a bill to give transgender Americans asylum in the country of Norway…
LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨
LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨
April 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
BREAKING: The country of Norway just entered a bill to give transgender Americans asylum in the country of Norway…
LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨
LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨
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The President’s unprecedented Executive Order yesterday targeting Messrs. Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor for nothing but the exercise of their First Amendment rights is the President’s most constitutionally corrupt Executive Order to date.
April 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The President’s unprecedented Executive Order yesterday targeting Messrs. Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor for nothing but the exercise of their First Amendment rights is the President’s most constitutionally corrupt Executive Order to date.
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OK, let’s see the best signs that you saw today.
April 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
OK, let’s see the best signs that you saw today.
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@maddow.msnbc.com my 82 year old mom outside Philadelphia
April 6, 2025 at 2:35 AM
@maddow.msnbc.com my 82 year old mom outside Philadelphia
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No justice No peace 💪🏽🇺🇸
When democracy is threatened, the people are even more determined!!
Through rain or shine we demand our constitutional rights!! 💪💙
#MomSky
Through rain or shine we demand our constitutional rights!! 💪💙
#MomSky
April 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
No justice No peace 💪🏽🇺🇸
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“We must dissent because America can do better.” Good to hear Wisconsin Judge Susan Crawford quote Justice Thurgood Marshall in her victory speech tonight.
April 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
“We must dissent because America can do better.” Good to hear Wisconsin Judge Susan Crawford quote Justice Thurgood Marshall in her victory speech tonight.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice-elect Susan Crawford wins BIG, and receives a massive round of applause at her victory rally.
Great congratulations, and gratitude beyond all measure.
Great congratulations, and gratitude beyond all measure.
April 2, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice-elect Susan Crawford wins BIG, and receives a massive round of applause at her victory rally.
Great congratulations, and gratitude beyond all measure.
Great congratulations, and gratitude beyond all measure.
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I for one will never forgive or forget the people who ordered this - nor the people who voted for this.
The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos
The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.
www.motherjones.com
March 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I for one will never forgive or forget the people who ordered this - nor the people who voted for this.
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Made into a graphic with faces, states, and election dates:
March 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Made into a graphic with faces, states, and election dates:
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So good. Just run this on loop @democrats.org.
Rep. John Larson lights up Elon Musk! who can’t be bothered to appear and explain all the fraud and abuse he’s found! 🔥
March 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
So good. Just run this on loop @democrats.org.
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org