Melissa Westemeier
@mwestemeier.bsky.social
Author of mysteries, rom-coms, + more!
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"She began to record the agents as they spoke to the landscaper in Spanish. After the agents noticed her phone, they got back in their vehicles and drove away..."
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U.S. Border Patrol Launches Operation in Charlotte
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November 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
"She began to record the agents as they spoke to the landscaper in Spanish. After the agents noticed her phone, they got back in their vehicles and drove away..."
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Arrests have begun in North Carolina based on profiling.
ICE needs to show clear ID before stepping onto private property and asking for proof of citizenship.
This homeowner is 🔥
ICE needs to show clear ID before stepping onto private property and asking for proof of citizenship.
This homeowner is 🔥
November 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Arrests have begun in North Carolina based on profiling.
ICE needs to show clear ID before stepping onto private property and asking for proof of citizenship.
This homeowner is 🔥
ICE needs to show clear ID before stepping onto private property and asking for proof of citizenship.
This homeowner is 🔥
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Sunday Snippet is up, and I'm thinking about how hard it is to write a book...how it absorbs your life... stop by, let's talk. #readztule #booksky📚💙 @tulepublishing.bsky.social @nnlightsbookheaven.bsky.social @womenwriters.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/nan819/p...
Sunday Snippet
The Writing a Book is Hard Edition
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November 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Sunday Snippet is up, and I'm thinking about how hard it is to write a book...how it absorbs your life... stop by, let's talk. #readztule #booksky📚💙 @tulepublishing.bsky.social @nnlightsbookheaven.bsky.social @womenwriters.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/nan819/p...
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Republican lawmakers have been the primary opposition to child marriage bans across multiple states. Between 2000 and 2018 around 300,000 minors were married in the United States, with 60,000 of those marriages involving an age difference that would otherwise be considered a sex crime. #EpsteinFiles
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Republican lawmakers have been the primary opposition to child marriage bans across multiple states. Between 2000 and 2018 around 300,000 minors were married in the United States, with 60,000 of those marriages involving an age difference that would otherwise be considered a sex crime. #EpsteinFiles
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But the double standard looks steadily less defensible today.
November 15, 2025 at 5:05 AM
But the double standard looks steadily less defensible today.
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•Megyn Kelly—Raping a 15-year-old isn't really rape
•Matt Gaetz—Raped homeless 17-year-old
•SC Judge Gosnell—Caught with child pornography
•OK Judge Worthington—Freed Jesse Butler despite video of him raping 2 teen girls
But let’s fear Trans folks & Immigrants?🧐Every MAGA Accusation Is A Confession
•Matt Gaetz—Raped homeless 17-year-old
•SC Judge Gosnell—Caught with child pornography
•OK Judge Worthington—Freed Jesse Butler despite video of him raping 2 teen girls
But let’s fear Trans folks & Immigrants?🧐Every MAGA Accusation Is A Confession
November 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
•Megyn Kelly—Raping a 15-year-old isn't really rape
•Matt Gaetz—Raped homeless 17-year-old
•SC Judge Gosnell—Caught with child pornography
•OK Judge Worthington—Freed Jesse Butler despite video of him raping 2 teen girls
But let’s fear Trans folks & Immigrants?🧐Every MAGA Accusation Is A Confession
•Matt Gaetz—Raped homeless 17-year-old
•SC Judge Gosnell—Caught with child pornography
•OK Judge Worthington—Freed Jesse Butler despite video of him raping 2 teen girls
But let’s fear Trans folks & Immigrants?🧐Every MAGA Accusation Is A Confession
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Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
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This is me at 15. I’m a child.
I’m a CHILD.
I’m a CHILD.
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is me at 15. I’m a child.
I’m a CHILD.
I’m a CHILD.
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What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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It’s really something. The greatest country in the history of the world twice elected the most stupid, most ignorant, biggest idiot in the history of the world.
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It’s really something. The greatest country in the history of the world twice elected the most stupid, most ignorant, biggest idiot in the history of the world.
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Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
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@sfdirewolf.bsky.social just passed away. What a heartbreaking loss. And a reminder of how important Teen Vogue was.
It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
@sfdirewolf.bsky.social just passed away. What a heartbreaking loss. And a reminder of how important Teen Vogue was.
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours"
Prosecutors have not filed ANY criminal charge against the people arrested that night:
Reports @propublica.org
Prosecutors have not filed ANY criminal charge against the people arrested that night:
Reports @propublica.org
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
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November 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours"
Prosecutors have not filed ANY criminal charge against the people arrested that night:
Reports @propublica.org
Prosecutors have not filed ANY criminal charge against the people arrested that night:
Reports @propublica.org
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A reminder that in 2022, President Biden signed the "Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act," eliminating the statute of limitations to file civil action for federal sex offenses.
November 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A reminder that in 2022, President Biden signed the "Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act," eliminating the statute of limitations to file civil action for federal sex offenses.
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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"The cost that is required to change the name from the Department of Defense to the Department of War is enough to house every single homeless veteran in this country."
🔹 Sara McGee for Texas HD 132
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
🔹 Sara McGee for Texas HD 132
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
November 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"The cost that is required to change the name from the Department of Defense to the Department of War is enough to house every single homeless veteran in this country."
🔹 Sara McGee for Texas HD 132
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
🔹 Sara McGee for Texas HD 132
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
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One ~182km x ~211km solar thermal plant could provide all of America’s electricity, including a fully-electrified land transport sector.
100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land.
That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.
100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land.
That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
One ~182km x ~211km solar thermal plant could provide all of America’s electricity, including a fully-electrified land transport sector.
100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land.
That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.
100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land.
That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.
Fresh thoughts! Literally!
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creative space
I've spent the last few months in revision mode while managing some marketing details for the Nun the Wiser Mysteries. Revisions take a lot of energy, they're a bit like doing a puzzle as you try to s...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Fresh thoughts! Literally!
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One of my favorite things about NYC is that the entire fleet of NYC ferries was named by 2nd graders. I think about this every time my run takes me past the docks.
Anyway, there are people who went to work this morning aboard The Tooth Ferry and the Ocean Queen Rockstar.
Anyway, there are people who went to work this morning aboard The Tooth Ferry and the Ocean Queen Rockstar.
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
One of my favorite things about NYC is that the entire fleet of NYC ferries was named by 2nd graders. I think about this every time my run takes me past the docks.
Anyway, there are people who went to work this morning aboard The Tooth Ferry and the Ocean Queen Rockstar.
Anyway, there are people who went to work this morning aboard The Tooth Ferry and the Ocean Queen Rockstar.
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The fact that the estate released files that implicate Donald Trump, files that the DOJ/FBI have, proves that Pamela Jo Bondi and Kash Patel are actively involved in a criminal cover-up.
The Epstein files released today did not come from the DOJ's Epstein Files. They came from Epstein's estate. Pam Bondi is still protecting Trump at all costs. Today's release by Democrats was aimed at undermining her efforts. And to make it harder for Donald to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell.
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The fact that the estate released files that implicate Donald Trump, files that the DOJ/FBI have, proves that Pamela Jo Bondi and Kash Patel are actively involved in a criminal cover-up.
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We stand with Rep. Jasmine Crockett in calling for an end to voting machines owned by Dominion. Our voting systems should never be controlled by anyone aligned with MAGA politics. It’s time to push for statewide bans on these machines.
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We stand with Rep. Jasmine Crockett in calling for an end to voting machines owned by Dominion. Our voting systems should never be controlled by anyone aligned with MAGA politics. It’s time to push for statewide bans on these machines.
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Do you love #boardgames and a #cozymystery ? Then you're in luck because we're doing a #goodreadsgiveaway for Game Over!
☠ - Gaming convention turns deadly
🧙♂️- #cosplay
🐈- cozy cat named Pip
🕵️♀️- amateur sleuth
🌈- diverse cast
📆- Releases Nov 24
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☠ - Gaming convention turns deadly
🧙♂️- #cosplay
🐈- cozy cat named Pip
🕵️♀️- amateur sleuth
🌈- diverse cast
📆- Releases Nov 24
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.