Melissa Westbrook
@themelwestbrook.bsky.social
Public education advocate; long-time blogger mostly about Seattle Schools. Not a fan of charters, hate vouchers. Public education got men to the moon...and back.
Don't make me mad. Still, I smile. NO DMs.
Don't make me mad. Still, I smile. NO DMs.
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WRONG
Karoline Leavitt says you can’t be a dual citizen.
Wrong.
9 million dual citizens vote.
Dr. Oz kept his Turkish citizenship and the GOP backed him anyway.
They’re fabricating crises because they can’t govern.
2026 is coming and so is a government that won’t hurt its own people.👇
Wrong.
9 million dual citizens vote.
Dr. Oz kept his Turkish citizenship and the GOP backed him anyway.
They’re fabricating crises because they can’t govern.
2026 is coming and so is a government that won’t hurt its own people.👇
December 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
WRONG
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Biggest cry baby in the room? The one refusing to mask. 😷
Babies are vulnerable — their immune systems aren’t fully developed, and a mum has every right to protect her baby.
Source: x.com/chantz_y/sta...
Babies are vulnerable — their immune systems aren’t fully developed, and a mum has every right to protect her baby.
Source: x.com/chantz_y/sta...
December 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Biggest cry baby in the room? The one refusing to mask. 😷
Babies are vulnerable — their immune systems aren’t fully developed, and a mum has every right to protect her baby.
Source: x.com/chantz_y/sta...
Babies are vulnerable — their immune systems aren’t fully developed, and a mum has every right to protect her baby.
Source: x.com/chantz_y/sta...
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It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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#Pinks #ProudBlue
Hepatitis B causes liver cancer in children. RFK Jr. wants your kids to get it and die. This psychopath has got to go. He’s a mass serial killer.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Hepatitis B causes liver cancer in children. RFK Jr. wants your kids to get it and die. This psychopath has got to go. He’s a mass serial killer.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Doctors warn delaying hepatitis B shot for newborns could revive a deadly threat
As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Hepatitis B causes liver cancer in children. RFK Jr. wants your kids to get it and die. This psychopath has got to go. He’s a mass serial killer.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Hepatitis B causes liver cancer in children. RFK Jr. wants your kids to get it and die. This psychopath has got to go. He’s a mass serial killer.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Republican officials never seem to have heard or thought much about the most disturbing actions of their own president.
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Republican officials never seem to have heard or thought much about the most disturbing actions of their own president.
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Plus it was said he was an hour late
Look at him
Look at him
December 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Plus it was said he was an hour late
Look at him
Look at him
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In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the constitution is actually just one big paper bag test
The Supreme Court just handed Texas Republicans at least 2 more House seats & possibly up to 5 despite the state GOP explicitly justifying their remap based on an unconstitutional use of race in redistricting.
Unsurprising from this court, and it's a bad sign for the upcoming Voting Rights Act case
Unsurprising from this court, and it's a bad sign for the upcoming Voting Rights Act case
BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with Texas Republicans in fight over congressional map. The new gerrymandered map will be used in the 2026 midterms. The vote is 6–3, with the Republican appointees siding with Texas.
December 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the constitution is actually just one big paper bag test
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The economy was the driving concern in the election and more people thought Trump would fix it.
The moron thinks you need ID to buy groceries, but sure he was going to fix it.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
The moron thinks you need ID to buy groceries, but sure he was going to fix it.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The economy was the driving concern in the election and more people thought Trump would fix it.
The moron thinks you need ID to buy groceries, but sure he was going to fix it.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
The moron thinks you need ID to buy groceries, but sure he was going to fix it.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
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New: Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on Pete Hegseth to resign.
December 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
New: Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on Pete Hegseth to resign.
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Under the current maps, they know they can’t win—which is why they’re trying to cheat. This is why we not only need #SCOTUS reform, but must keep organizing! #Powertothepeople
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Under the current maps, they know they can’t win—which is why they’re trying to cheat. This is why we not only need #SCOTUS reform, but must keep organizing! #Powertothepeople
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Folks, this is the same conservative Supreme Court majority brought to you by the people who funded Project 2025. Are we the least bit surprised that they’re upholding gerrymandered maps in TX that the president demanded?
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Folks, this is the same conservative Supreme Court majority brought to you by the people who funded Project 2025. Are we the least bit surprised that they’re upholding gerrymandered maps in TX that the president demanded?
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Recruitment and training of ICE:
"Hey Dumbo -are you overweight and under bright? are you misogynistic and racist? Please join ICE -we have a place for you to beat the crap out of brown and Black people just for the fun of it"
THAT IS TRUMPWORLD. IT STINKS!!!
"Hey Dumbo -are you overweight and under bright? are you misogynistic and racist? Please join ICE -we have a place for you to beat the crap out of brown and Black people just for the fun of it"
THAT IS TRUMPWORLD. IT STINKS!!!
Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Recruitment and training of ICE:
"Hey Dumbo -are you overweight and under bright? are you misogynistic and racist? Please join ICE -we have a place for you to beat the crap out of brown and Black people just for the fun of it"
THAT IS TRUMPWORLD. IT STINKS!!!
"Hey Dumbo -are you overweight and under bright? are you misogynistic and racist? Please join ICE -we have a place for you to beat the crap out of brown and Black people just for the fun of it"
THAT IS TRUMPWORLD. IT STINKS!!!
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Thursday’s lesson. Trump is the son, and grandson, of immigrants: German on his father’s side, and Scottish on his mother’s. None of his grandparents, and only one of his parents, was born in the US or spoke English as their native tongue. (Source: history.com)
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Thursday’s lesson. Trump is the son, and grandson, of immigrants: German on his father’s side, and Scottish on his mother’s. None of his grandparents, and only one of his parents, was born in the US or spoke English as their native tongue. (Source: history.com)
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There's a pattern here.
December 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
There's a pattern here.
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All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences
December 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences
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Rand Paul: "I think the boat attacks are a prelude to an invasion of Venezuela. I don't like the idea of an offensive war or regime change."
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Rand Paul: "I think the boat attacks are a prelude to an invasion of Venezuela. I don't like the idea of an offensive war or regime change."
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Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
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“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
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Miles Taylor: "I co-wrote Trump's anti-terrorism plan. He's not trying to stop 'left-wing' terrorism. He's STAGING it. His troop deployments are false flag, to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns." Don't let him do it quietly! Trump & Hogshit are staging crimes against humanity.
December 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Miles Taylor: "I co-wrote Trump's anti-terrorism plan. He's not trying to stop 'left-wing' terrorism. He's STAGING it. His troop deployments are false flag, to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns." Don't let him do it quietly! Trump & Hogshit are staging crimes against humanity.
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Doubling of out-of-pocket premiums for ACA enrollees isn’t hypothetical. We estimate premium payments will rise by an average of 114%, or $1,016, next year if the enhanced tax credits end.
New KFF polling shows if the amount Marketplace enrollees pay in premiums doubles:
- 1 in 3 say they’re very likely to look for a lower-premium Marketplace plan (with higher deductibles & co-pays).
- 1 in 4 say they’re very likely to go without insurance next year.
🔗: https://on.kff.org/4ptXoK8
- 1 in 3 say they’re very likely to look for a lower-premium Marketplace plan (with higher deductibles & co-pays).
- 1 in 4 say they’re very likely to go without insurance next year.
🔗: https://on.kff.org/4ptXoK8
December 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Doubling of out-of-pocket premiums for ACA enrollees isn’t hypothetical. We estimate premium payments will rise by an average of 114%, or $1,016, next year if the enhanced tax credits end.
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Low T 😆 🤣 and fuck that nazi fuck right in his rump lol 😆 😂. I dont even find that funny just trying to fake till I make it.
December 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Low T 😆 🤣 and fuck that nazi fuck right in his rump lol 😆 😂. I dont even find that funny just trying to fake till I make it.
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NEW: Admiral Frank Bradley arrives on Capitol Hill for a classified briefing on the “double tap” boat strike, where US forces hit a target once, then hit survivors and vessels again as they tried to flee.
He’s the one Trump and Hegseth are trying to throw under the bus to save their own asses.
He’s the one Trump and Hegseth are trying to throw under the bus to save their own asses.
December 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
NEW: Admiral Frank Bradley arrives on Capitol Hill for a classified briefing on the “double tap” boat strike, where US forces hit a target once, then hit survivors and vessels again as they tried to flee.
He’s the one Trump and Hegseth are trying to throw under the bus to save their own asses.
He’s the one Trump and Hegseth are trying to throw under the bus to save their own asses.