@melissap1.bsky.social
Former GOP. Despise Trump & MAGA. Here to support democracy, post some cool pics, and hang with sane folks.
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The photos do not belong to me. I always cite the photographer after ©️, lest unknown.
DM = Block. I cannot like or repost nudes or porn.
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No, that's only reserved for President of US and his cabinet. The rest of us are held to account. Law and order only applies to some as we have now learned.🙄
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Breaking news: House Democrats release Epstein emails alleging President Trump knew of activities, including one claiming the president had “spent hours” at Epstein’s house with one of his sex trafficking victims.
House Democrats release Epstein email that claimed Trump ‘spent hours’ with victim
In the 2011 email, the disgraced financier wrote to Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims and that encounter “has never once been mentioned” by polic...
wapo.st
November 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Breaking news: House Democrats release Epstein emails alleging President Trump knew of activities, including one claiming the president had “spent hours” at Epstein’s house with one of his sex trafficking victims.
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So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.
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REMINDER: President Biden NEVER cut SNAP payments, never even had a government shutdown.
In fact, he cut child poverty in half.
He cut child hunger, too.
I miss having a REAL President.
In fact, he cut child poverty in half.
He cut child hunger, too.
I miss having a REAL President.
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
REMINDER: President Biden NEVER cut SNAP payments, never even had a government shutdown.
In fact, he cut child poverty in half.
He cut child hunger, too.
I miss having a REAL President.
In fact, he cut child poverty in half.
He cut child hunger, too.
I miss having a REAL President.
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We used to call this perjury: www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
Federal judge says border patrol chief admitted he lied, in ruling limiting federal agents’ use of force in Chicago | CNN
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction restricting the use of force by federal agents in Chicago, finding the Trump administration’s version of recent events involving agents was not credible...
www.cnn.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
We used to call this perjury: www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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This is an interview subject who has media training and faced the whole White House press corps on a daily basis. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
Why Biden’s White House Press Secretary Is Leaving the Democratic Party
Karine Jean-Pierre feels that Democrats were so mean to Biden that she is becoming an Independent.
www.newyorker.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This is an interview subject who has media training and faced the whole White House press corps on a daily basis. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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If you can’t sell your soybeans because of Trump’s tariffs after Argentina stepped in and took your customers, you can take solace that the guy you voted for also just gave $20 billion of your tax dollars to the country that is bankrupting you.
October 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
If you can’t sell your soybeans because of Trump’s tariffs after Argentina stepped in and took your customers, you can take solace that the guy you voted for also just gave $20 billion of your tax dollars to the country that is bankrupting you.
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Check out what Pritzker did
Pritzker Tells Trump He Can Take His Autocracy and Shove It, ICE-Free Zones In Chicago, Former DOJ Officials Fight Back, and Ghislaine Maxwell Appeal Denied
Refusing to bow to Trump’s ICE machine
www.dworkinsubstack.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Check out what Pritzker did
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Is the growing Demcratic big tent big enough for fairly recent ex-Republicans? www.thebulwark.com/p/can-a-repe...
Can a Repentant, Regretful Republican Thrive as a Dem?
Geoff Duncan isn’t just running for governor of Georgia as a Democrat. He’s testing how wide the party’s ‘big tent’ can stretch.
www.thebulwark.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Is the growing Demcratic big tent big enough for fairly recent ex-Republicans? www.thebulwark.com/p/can-a-repe...
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WTF is this video? It is the pure engorged id of MAGA.
For Noem — and Trump, and Miller, and Hegseth, and Patel — the brutality is a made-for-tv movie. It’s entertainment. And they get off on the raw, naked will to power.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
For Noem — and Trump, and Miller, and Hegseth, and Patel — the brutality is a made-for-tv movie. It’s entertainment. And they get off on the raw, naked will to power.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
The Attack on Chicago
People need to look at these pictures and ask, is this America?
open.substack.com
October 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
WTF is this video? It is the pure engorged id of MAGA.
For Noem — and Trump, and Miller, and Hegseth, and Patel — the brutality is a made-for-tv movie. It’s entertainment. And they get off on the raw, naked will to power.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
For Noem — and Trump, and Miller, and Hegseth, and Patel — the brutality is a made-for-tv movie. It’s entertainment. And they get off on the raw, naked will to power.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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So here is my question. Let’s assume Miller & Co. are successful, i.e., they deport, jail, kill, all of the “undesirables.” What do they think society is like then? Like, what happens when they realize there’s still crime, drugs, and no one around to do half the jobs, from manual to skilled labor?1/
October 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
So here is my question. Let’s assume Miller & Co. are successful, i.e., they deport, jail, kill, all of the “undesirables.” What do they think society is like then? Like, what happens when they realize there’s still crime, drugs, and no one around to do half the jobs, from manual to skilled labor?1/
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DOGE savaged government services. Costs went up.
NEW @npr.org: The so-called Department of Government Efficiency effort has failed to deliver on its outsized promises to cut costs and increase efficiency, NPR's latest analysis of federal data finds.
Federal agencies are rehiring workers and spending more after DOGE's push to cut
Eight months after the Department of Government Efficiency effort to shrink the federal workforce began, some agencies are hiring workers back – and spending more money than before.
www.npr.org
October 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
DOGE savaged government services. Costs went up.
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Focusing on the ridiculous veneer is a mistake because the substance of Trump's speech was as serious as a heart attack. The entire senior leadership of America’s military has been put on notice.
www.thebulwark.com/p/its-a-war-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/its-a-war-...
“It’s a war from within.”
Trump prepares the generals for what comes next.
www.thebulwark.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Focusing on the ridiculous veneer is a mistake because the substance of Trump's speech was as serious as a heart attack. The entire senior leadership of America’s military has been put on notice.
www.thebulwark.com/p/its-a-war-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/its-a-war-...
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Ah, see, Mehdi, this is where you're wrong: *Their* rules apply *only* to the people *they* want to apply them to.
"I'm not saying [the Michigan church shooter] was motivated by his support for Trump or that he's a rightwing terrorist. I'm just saying by the rules established by the right... they're responsible for this shooting in Michigan, per their own logic." - me, today
Full show: zeteo.com/p/the-suspec...
Full show: zeteo.com/p/the-suspec...
September 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Ah, see, Mehdi, this is where you're wrong: *Their* rules apply *only* to the people *they* want to apply them to.
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This is a significant development. The military is leaking against Hegseth and the Trump administration.
Military leaders voice concern over Hegseth’s new Pentagon strategy
Top military officials have voiced concern over the Trump administration’s forthcoming defense strategy, exposing a divide between the Pentagon’s political and uniformed leadership.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This is a significant development. The military is leaking against Hegseth and the Trump administration.
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Jessica: The guy who drove up to the Mormon church… was a Trump supporter. He had a Trump-Vance flag in his backyard…
When the shoe is on the other foot and you can't demonize the left for this one, they say nothing.
When the shoe is on the other foot and you can't demonize the left for this one, they say nothing.
September 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Jessica: The guy who drove up to the Mormon church… was a Trump supporter. He had a Trump-Vance flag in his backyard…
When the shoe is on the other foot and you can't demonize the left for this one, they say nothing.
When the shoe is on the other foot and you can't demonize the left for this one, they say nothing.
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If you voted for Trump for economic reasons, you got got.
September 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If you voted for Trump for economic reasons, you got got.
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If Tom Homan was a Democrat and a Democratic admin dropped his bribery charge, James Comer would’ve already issued a hundred subpoenas and been on Fox 75 times.
September 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
If Tom Homan was a Democrat and a Democratic admin dropped his bribery charge, James Comer would’ve already issued a hundred subpoenas and been on Fox 75 times.
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NEW: Jack Smith: "The Department of Justice Was My Home...That Home is Now On Fire."
open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
NEW: Jack Smith: "The Department of Justice Was My Home...That Home is Now On Fire."
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith delivered remarks at George Mason University this week, warning of the weaponization of the Justice Department under the Trump administration.
open.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
NEW: Jack Smith: "The Department of Justice Was My Home...That Home is Now On Fire."
open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
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Aaaand this is why Bondi has dismantled the public corruption unit at DOJ. It’s now pay to play
Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash.
Pam Bondi knew.
Kash Patel knew.
Emil Bove knew.
And they made the investigation go away.
A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.
Pam Bondi knew.
Kash Patel knew.
Emil Bove knew.
And they made the investigation go away.
A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.
September 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Aaaand this is why Bondi has dismantled the public corruption unit at DOJ. It’s now pay to play
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See ya Hubbell.
This one makes me so, so sad.
Rest in Peace, Robert Redford.
Rest in Peace. 💔
Rest in Peace, Robert Redford.
Rest in Peace. 💔
September 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
See ya Hubbell.
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Thank you Michael Fanone. For those who do not recognize the name, Michael is one of the officers who defended America on January 6th and was left permanently injured as a result. He is a true hero of our Democracy.
September 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Thank you Michael Fanone. For those who do not recognize the name, Michael is one of the officers who defended America on January 6th and was left permanently injured as a result. He is a true hero of our Democracy.
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Wow so wonderful to see this. Thanks for sharing.
@jimacosta.bsky.social never underestimate what you inspire in others
August 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Wow so wonderful to see this. Thanks for sharing.