Melissa
@melktc4.bsky.social
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
@steveseel.bsky.social Heard this on your show Tues and my whole family is obsessed. Sat with my dad this week and we listened to it and poked around learning more about the artists. Once again, so much appreciation to you and the music you share with all of us…a bright light in dark times. 💙
September 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
@steveseel.bsky.social Heard this on your show Tues and my whole family is obsessed. Sat with my dad this week and we listened to it and poked around learning more about the artists. Once again, so much appreciation to you and the music you share with all of us…a bright light in dark times. 💙
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Celebrate 125 years of WI State Parks!
▪️Learn history: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8cdf...
▪️Check out WI DNR 125th Anniversary activities: dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/parks/...
▪️Enjoy Universal Recreation Day Sat, 9/6 at the Kettle Moraine State Forest-Pike Lake Unit: dnr.wisconsin.gov/events/112881
▪️Learn history: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8cdf...
▪️Check out WI DNR 125th Anniversary activities: dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/parks/...
▪️Enjoy Universal Recreation Day Sat, 9/6 at the Kettle Moraine State Forest-Pike Lake Unit: dnr.wisconsin.gov/events/112881
September 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Celebrate 125 years of WI State Parks!
▪️Learn history: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8cdf...
▪️Check out WI DNR 125th Anniversary activities: dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/parks/...
▪️Enjoy Universal Recreation Day Sat, 9/6 at the Kettle Moraine State Forest-Pike Lake Unit: dnr.wisconsin.gov/events/112881
▪️Learn history: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8cdf...
▪️Check out WI DNR 125th Anniversary activities: dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/parks/...
▪️Enjoy Universal Recreation Day Sat, 9/6 at the Kettle Moraine State Forest-Pike Lake Unit: dnr.wisconsin.gov/events/112881
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When public media disappears, so do the stories that bring us together.
With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection.
If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq
With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection.
If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq
August 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
When public media disappears, so do the stories that bring us together.
With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection.
If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq
With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection.
If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq
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One was beaten unconscious. Others were covered in bruises, struggling to walk or vomiting blood. Another said he’d been sexually assaulted.
These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.
These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.
‘Welcome to hell’: Inside the megaprison where the U.S. deported migrants
Interviews with 16 former detainees of El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center offer the most complete view yet of conditions inside the notorious prison.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
One was beaten unconscious. Others were covered in bruises, struggling to walk or vomiting blood. Another said he’d been sexually assaulted.
These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.
These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.
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Public media has been defunded. Your support keeps journalists on the ground, lifts unheard voices, and connects communities.
Help us plan for what’s next. Make a monthly gift today. Stand with public media: n.pr/458sOhq
Help us plan for what’s next. Make a monthly gift today. Stand with public media: n.pr/458sOhq
July 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Public media has been defunded. Your support keeps journalists on the ground, lifts unheard voices, and connects communities.
Help us plan for what’s next. Make a monthly gift today. Stand with public media: n.pr/458sOhq
Help us plan for what’s next. Make a monthly gift today. Stand with public media: n.pr/458sOhq
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Love moments like this. Public Enemy meets Mavis Staples ❤️
July 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Love moments like this. Public Enemy meets Mavis Staples ❤️
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It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.
July 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.
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Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large
Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning
CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.
www.motherjones.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large
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oh
a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason
July 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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1,500+ at our Townhall in Wichita, Kansas this morning.
Working people across the nation are pissed off about this rigged economy, and they’re showing up. Wichita’s Congressman refuses to host a Townhall, so we pulled up instead.
Working people across the nation are pissed off about this rigged economy, and they’re showing up. Wichita’s Congressman refuses to host a Townhall, so we pulled up instead.
June 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
1,500+ at our Townhall in Wichita, Kansas this morning.
Working people across the nation are pissed off about this rigged economy, and they’re showing up. Wichita’s Congressman refuses to host a Townhall, so we pulled up instead.
Working people across the nation are pissed off about this rigged economy, and they’re showing up. Wichita’s Congressman refuses to host a Townhall, so we pulled up instead.
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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
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The head of the FDA tells us they're taking a look at the dietary guidelines and that the food pyramid is out.
The food pyramid has not been in use since 2011 when MyPlate replaced it.
The food pyramid has not been in use since 2011 when MyPlate replaced it.
June 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The head of the FDA tells us they're taking a look at the dietary guidelines and that the food pyramid is out.
The food pyramid has not been in use since 2011 when MyPlate replaced it.
The food pyramid has not been in use since 2011 when MyPlate replaced it.
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Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.
June 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.
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Fascism and authoritarianism counts on our increasing numbness for it to work. That's why refusing to become numb is some of the most important resistance work we can do.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Americans Don’t Lack Empathy. We Are Being Drained of It.
There’s a reason this Trump term has felt so emotionally devastating.
slate.com
May 22, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Fascism and authoritarianism counts on our increasing numbness for it to work. That's why refusing to become numb is some of the most important resistance work we can do.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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This should be the end of Noem’s career in public life. It almost certainly won’t be, however, which is itself damning.
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This should be the end of Noem’s career in public life. It almost certainly won’t be, however, which is itself damning.
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This is far-right propaganda masquerading as journalism. Biden is an 82-year-old retiree who has no formal role in the Democratic Party. Meanwhile, the current president's brain continues to glitch over the word "groceries."
May 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This is far-right propaganda masquerading as journalism. Biden is an 82-year-old retiree who has no formal role in the Democratic Party. Meanwhile, the current president's brain continues to glitch over the word "groceries."
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Here is our government, just quietly disappearing things that scientists and the public use.
Be loud about it.
www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume...
Be loud about it.
www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume...
Notice of Changes
Notices of changes are formal public announcements of planned services changes to applications and other products.
www.nesdis.noaa.gov
April 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Here is our government, just quietly disappearing things that scientists and the public use.
Be loud about it.
www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume...
Be loud about it.
www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume...
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3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
The CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.
www.cbsnews.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
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Like I and many smarter than me have said: this will cost lives and livelihoods. It will further wreck the American economy (which is well on its way to being wrecked). Weather and climate impact a significant percentage of our GDP. It’s just stupid.
The Trump administration plans to eliminate the research arm of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, close all weather and climate labs and eviscerate its budget along with several other NOAA offices, according to internal documents obtained by CNN.
Trump’s draft budget eviscerates weather and climate tracking and research | CNN
The move would devastate weather and climate research even as weather is becoming more erratic and extreme, and would cripple the US industries — including agriculture — that depend on free, accurate ...
www.cnn.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Like I and many smarter than me have said: this will cost lives and livelihoods. It will further wreck the American economy (which is well on its way to being wrecked). Weather and climate impact a significant percentage of our GDP. It’s just stupid.
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"Wouldn't it make sense to prosecute him?" -- even Fox News thinks it's suspicious that Karoline Leavitt can't cite any actual evidence justifying the administration's deportations to a gulag in El Salvador without due process (note Leavitt claiming "this administration is doing things differently")
April 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"Wouldn't it make sense to prosecute him?" -- even Fox News thinks it's suspicious that Karoline Leavitt can't cite any actual evidence justifying the administration's deportations to a gulag in El Salvador without due process (note Leavitt claiming "this administration is doing things differently")
Every moment’s a little bit later
Every song's a comeback
April 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Every moment’s a little bit later
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Remember when Republicans were furious with Biden because he tried to forgive people's student loans without an act of Congress?
I'm sure they'll be putting a stop to the current President dismantling entire agencies any time now, right? 🙄
I'm sure they'll be putting a stop to the current President dismantling entire agencies any time now, right? 🙄
April 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Remember when Republicans were furious with Biden because he tried to forgive people's student loans without an act of Congress?
I'm sure they'll be putting a stop to the current President dismantling entire agencies any time now, right? 🙄
I'm sure they'll be putting a stop to the current President dismantling entire agencies any time now, right? 🙄
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The tariffs disaster has “demonstrated just how craven and/or hypnotized the GOP has become, and the extent to which most Republicans would do anything … rather than point out that the emperor is wearing a grotesque meat suit made of the skin of his constituents.” www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-tari...
Trump's tariffs insanity begins to fracture the MAGA cult
Republican resistance is helpful. But more of it is needed.
www.publicnotice.co
April 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The tariffs disaster has “demonstrated just how craven and/or hypnotized the GOP has become, and the extent to which most Republicans would do anything … rather than point out that the emperor is wearing a grotesque meat suit made of the skin of his constituents.” www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-tari...
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"I didn't vote for" you did. Sorry. You did. Should have listened to the woke libtards instead of your roided out imaginary friends who told you kids were pooping in kitty litter at school
April 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"I didn't vote for" you did. Sorry. You did. Should have listened to the woke libtards instead of your roided out imaginary friends who told you kids were pooping in kitty litter at school