Melissa
@moatis.bsky.social
Author: Rural Indigenousnness (SU Press, 2018). Historian turned fiction writer - querying my debut women’s fiction manuscript in 2025! k-drama fan since Covid. Love my family, travel and learning about people and places and especially Democracy!!
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"For every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about." @caitlindickerson.bsky.social via @theatlantic.com ⬇️
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Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees
Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"For every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about." @caitlindickerson.bsky.social via @theatlantic.com ⬇️
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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November 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
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November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
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So the Epstein vote isn't the only reason Mike Johnson should fear Rep. Yassamin Ansari. More of this, please.
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
So the Epstein vote isn't the only reason Mike Johnson should fear Rep. Yassamin Ansari. More of this, please.
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
October 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
#Writers - it's not just authors any more - AI is after all the creativity ... they should stick to repetitive things where they might actually do some good imho
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What Hollywood Is Missing About A.I.
The technology is now popping up onscreen in everything from “The Morning Show” to “St. Denis Medical”—but nothing on air this year could compete with reality.
www.newyorker.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
#Writers - it's not just authors any more - AI is after all the creativity ... they should stick to repetitive things where they might actually do some good imho
www.newyorker.com/culture/on-t...
www.newyorker.com/culture/on-t...
North Carolina’s GOP-controlled legislature advanced a redistricting map that could potentially shift representation away from historically Black districts—sparking concern among Democrats about fairness.
October 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
As the lights continue to dim on our Democracy, I just want to go on record that I have always believed that everyone deserves quality universal health coverage whatever it’s called. No one should ever have to worry about going to the doctor and putting food on the table. No one. It’s a human right.
October 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Say Goodbye To Pristine Wilderness and Hello To Chump's
Big Oil Donors. Chump's Greed
Is Killing Our Wildlife, And Our
Planet.......
Big Oil Donors. Chump's Greed
Is Killing Our Wildlife, And Our
Planet.......
October 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Say Goodbye To Pristine Wilderness and Hello To Chump's
Big Oil Donors. Chump's Greed
Is Killing Our Wildlife, And Our
Planet.......
Big Oil Donors. Chump's Greed
Is Killing Our Wildlife, And Our
Planet.......
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The national debt is the highest it’s ever been, after adding $1 trillion in a little under two months.
Our elected officials have abdicated their fiscal responsibilities.
Our elected officials have abdicated their fiscal responsibilities.
National debt surpasses $38 trillion milestone for first time in US history as spending surges
The U.S. national debt surpassed $38 trillion for the first time this week, growing at a record pace driven by spending stemming from the aging population and elevated interest costs.
www.foxbusiness.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The national debt is the highest it’s ever been, after adding $1 trillion in a little under two months.
Our elected officials have abdicated their fiscal responsibilities.
Our elected officials have abdicated their fiscal responsibilities.
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Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.
October 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.
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13 Republican House members want the healthcare subsidies - Open the Government!! #Healthcare+OpenTheGovernmentRepublicans
13 Republican House members want the healthcare subsidies - Open the Government!! #Healthcare+OpenTheGovernmentRepublicans
Vulnerable House Republicans press Johnson on Obamacare subsidies
The GOP lawmakers want a plan for extending the tax credits after the shutdown ends.
www.politico.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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13 Republican House members want the healthcare subsidies - Open the Government!! #Healthcare+OpenTheGovernmentRepublicans
13 Republican House members want the healthcare subsidies - Open the Government!! #Healthcare+OpenTheGovernmentRepublicans
Take Action Now!'s event TONIGHT AT 6 PM via ZOOM, “Hosting a Stop the Healthcare Heist Event for the Shutdown Showdown” - sign up now to join me www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Hosting a Stop the Healthcare Heist Event for the Shutdown Showdown · No Kings
We need better healthcare, not less healthcare, but Trump and Congressional Republicans voted to send our healthcare costs skyrocketing to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
With the government shutd...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Take Action Now!'s event TONIGHT AT 6 PM via ZOOM, “Hosting a Stop the Healthcare Heist Event for the Shutdown Showdown” - sign up now to join me www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
“Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings?” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings? · No Kings
No Kings will be massive, powerful, and meaningful - but it won’t be the end of our work. Join movement leaders and fellow local activists after the big day to come together, celebrate what we accompl...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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October 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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We can’t pay air traffic controllers during the shutdown, making us less safe, but we can send $40 billion to bail out Argentina.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
October 16, 2025 at 3:51 AM
We can’t pay air traffic controllers during the shutdown, making us less safe, but we can send $40 billion to bail out Argentina.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
