Melanie
@passifloraresearch.com
Professional genealogist & attorney. Former civil AUSA. She/her. Mom of two humans, 4 cats, 1 dog, and 2 guinea pigs. Also, I feed squirrels.
beehiiv: https://integrity-through-time.beehiiv.com/
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Across the country, voters support many of Zohran Mamdani's ideas, including:
-Increasing taxes on the rich
-Universal childcare
-Freezing rent
-Raising the minimum wage
Everything Democrats do must focus on enacting popular policies that help working people.
That is the path forward.
-Increasing taxes on the rich
-Universal childcare
-Freezing rent
-Raising the minimum wage
Everything Democrats do must focus on enacting popular policies that help working people.
That is the path forward.
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Across the country, voters support many of Zohran Mamdani's ideas, including:
-Increasing taxes on the rich
-Universal childcare
-Freezing rent
-Raising the minimum wage
Everything Democrats do must focus on enacting popular policies that help working people.
That is the path forward.
-Increasing taxes on the rich
-Universal childcare
-Freezing rent
-Raising the minimum wage
Everything Democrats do must focus on enacting popular policies that help working people.
That is the path forward.
Cotton candy sky time!
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Cotton candy sky time!
Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike 🪶
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike 🪶
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“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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Google has now admitted that they will tap into users' personal data within Gmail and Drive in order for their upcoming AI search to "be more helpful".
For years, Google has advertised their services as "encrypted" and "secure", which begs the question: are they really?
1/5 🧵
For years, Google has advertised their services as "encrypted" and "secure", which begs the question: are they really?
1/5 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Google has now admitted that they will tap into users' personal data within Gmail and Drive in order for their upcoming AI search to "be more helpful".
For years, Google has advertised their services as "encrypted" and "secure", which begs the question: are they really?
1/5 🧵
For years, Google has advertised their services as "encrypted" and "secure", which begs the question: are they really?
1/5 🧵
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I need this kind of help like I need a raccoon in my bra
Google has now admitted that they will tap into users' personal data within Gmail and Drive in order for their upcoming AI search to "be more helpful".
For years, Google has advertised their services as "encrypted" and "secure", which begs the question: are they really?
1/5 🧵
For years, Google has advertised their services as "encrypted" and "secure", which begs the question: are they really?
1/5 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I need this kind of help like I need a raccoon in my bra
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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If Larry Summers says something, I beg you to remember: “I dint want to be in a gift giving competition while being the friend without benefits.”
November 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
If Larry Summers says something, I beg you to remember: “I dint want to be in a gift giving competition while being the friend without benefits.”
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BREAKING: former Newsom chief of staff Dana Williamson arrested in FBI corruption probe www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
November 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
BREAKING: former Newsom chief of staff Dana Williamson arrested in FBI corruption probe www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but unlike MAGA, Democrat voters don’t care about covering for anyone in the Epstein files. Prosecute them all.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but unlike MAGA, Democrat voters don’t care about covering for anyone in the Epstein files. Prosecute them all.
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This really struck me. If Uber were legally acknowledged as an employer, then it would be the biggest employer in the world, with over 9,000,000 employees globally. Think about how many taxes, wages, and protections are being lost b/c of their intransigence.
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This really struck me. If Uber were legally acknowledged as an employer, then it would be the biggest employer in the world, with over 9,000,000 employees globally. Think about how many taxes, wages, and protections are being lost b/c of their intransigence.
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🔥 The White House released an article on Monday citing a DoorDash report as confirmation that "inflation has been tamed."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
NEW DATA: Lower Prices, Bigger Paychecks
President Donald J. Trump’s bold economic agenda is delivering real results for American families — with new data from DoorDash’s State of Local Commerce
www.whitehouse.gov
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🔥 The White House released an article on Monday citing a DoorDash report as confirmation that "inflation has been tamed."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
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this should be obvious but the reason Trump is working desperately against Epstein transparency is because he's guilty
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
this should be obvious but the reason Trump is working desperately against Epstein transparency is because he's guilty
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The biggest problem in the Dem party are the people who attained positions of power and influence due to their connections to the Clintons, Obama, and Pelosi. This has allowed them to continually assert they know the secret to winning when all they do is accommodate and lose.
November 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The biggest problem in the Dem party are the people who attained positions of power and influence due to their connections to the Clintons, Obama, and Pelosi. This has allowed them to continually assert they know the secret to winning when all they do is accommodate and lose.
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“Any Senate candidate who is saying right now that Chuck Schumer is the leader that we need, they shouldn’t get your vote, your donation, your attention.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
We need new leadership and a Democratic Party that will actually fight for us: www.indivisible2026.org?utm_source=b...
We need new leadership and a Democratic Party that will actually fight for us: www.indivisible2026.org?utm_source=b...
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“Any Senate candidate who is saying right now that Chuck Schumer is the leader that we need, they shouldn’t get your vote, your donation, your attention.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
We need new leadership and a Democratic Party that will actually fight for us: www.indivisible2026.org?utm_source=b...
We need new leadership and a Democratic Party that will actually fight for us: www.indivisible2026.org?utm_source=b...
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Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE
Federal jury awards $112M to immigrants detained by Suffolk for ICE
A federal jury found the county and the Sheriff's Office violated the Constitutional rights of 674 people.
longisland.news12.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE
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This is absurd and plainly illegal. The courts should reject this fringe theory.
But the real news here is Trump will do anything to try to kill an agency that has returned more than $21 billion to scammed Americans, but he'll do nothing to lower costs for American families.
But the real news here is Trump will do anything to try to kill an agency that has returned more than $21 billion to scammed Americans, but he'll do nothing to lower costs for American families.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is absurd and plainly illegal. The courts should reject this fringe theory.
But the real news here is Trump will do anything to try to kill an agency that has returned more than $21 billion to scammed Americans, but he'll do nothing to lower costs for American families.
But the real news here is Trump will do anything to try to kill an agency that has returned more than $21 billion to scammed Americans, but he'll do nothing to lower costs for American families.
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we are never leaving this cycle
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
we are never leaving this cycle
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Senate Majority Leader Elizabeth Warren has a nice ring to it, right???
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Senate Majority Leader Elizabeth Warren has a nice ring to it, right???
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From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
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Jeffries and Schumer are a team. h/t @aaronparnas.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Jeffries and Schumer are a team. h/t @aaronparnas.bsky.social
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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Is the shutdown over? Not yet.
Tonight’s vote was only step 1 of 5.
There’s still another 60-vote hurdle, amendments, AND then the House.
Pressure matters right now—especially on Kaine, Rosen, Hassan, Shaheen.
Stay loud.
youtu.be/mdFRfeGRKfI
Tonight’s vote was only step 1 of 5.
There’s still another 60-vote hurdle, amendments, AND then the House.
Pressure matters right now—especially on Kaine, Rosen, Hassan, Shaheen.
Stay loud.
youtu.be/mdFRfeGRKfI
Shutdown NOT Over: What Tonight’s Senate Vote Actually Means
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Is the shutdown over? Not yet.
Tonight’s vote was only step 1 of 5.
There’s still another 60-vote hurdle, amendments, AND then the House.
Pressure matters right now—especially on Kaine, Rosen, Hassan, Shaheen.
Stay loud.
youtu.be/mdFRfeGRKfI
Tonight’s vote was only step 1 of 5.
There’s still another 60-vote hurdle, amendments, AND then the House.
Pressure matters right now—especially on Kaine, Rosen, Hassan, Shaheen.
Stay loud.
youtu.be/mdFRfeGRKfI