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Melissa Howden
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Life enthusiast, proud woke Feminist justice crusader, film and theatre nerd, politics wonk, creative citizen of the world. For starters. 🏳️‍🌈 She Her
We don’t do States’ rights only when it’s convenient.
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Without a hint of irony …
November 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This (and all the rest) is giving me life!
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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I’ll give Dick Cheney props for one thing. When he said New York would have a Muslim mayor over his dead body, he really meant it… 😳
November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Virginia, New Jersey and NYC making me happy tonight. Bring it home Prop 50 CA.
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I don’t know about you all but I am really good with not adding an extra hour to 2025.,
November 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We ride at dawn.
October 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
@jimmykimmel.com coming back on Tuesday . I hope he didn’t give one centimeter. My Hulu and ESPN+ are not coming back. The Disney Company showed me who they are. I believe them. Same with Target.
September 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is a great idea. Great if we make them vote against it. Greater still if they go for it!
September 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
They are now arresting elected leaders who are doing their jobs
Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
September 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
What are your best tips for keeping your heads above water? Right now I need water wings. I wrote to Bob Iger today and canceled ESPN + and Hulu but lawdy I am struggling.
September 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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July 18, 2025 at 4:43 AM
July 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
July 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
President Biden gave Kerr County Texas 10.2 Million dollars in Federal Funds for a flood warning system. They rejected the money not wanting money from an administration they called Communist among other things.
July 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
June 30, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Reposted by Melissa Howden
Zohran Mamdani won because people are sick of:

1. Calculate-and-play-it-safe Democrats;

2. Christian Nationalism;

3. Republican xenophobia and their ICE Gestapo;

4. MAGA’s islamophobia; and

5. Politicians who talk about culture wars instead of the issues that affect ordinary people.
June 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This lifelong Dem @68 years old is pleased as punch to see this shift. I wish the Dem establishment would take their heads out of the sand and see the good here. Status quo got us where we are.
“Tonight is his night. He deserved it. He won.”

The result in New York City, if it holds, is a seismic event not just for the city but for the Democratic Party, making the 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani the clear frontrunner heading into November.
“He won”: Andrew Cuomo acknowledges Zohran Mamdani’s stunning primary victory
New Yorkers chose the guy who was everywhere—not the guy who saw danger everywhere.
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June 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Irritating AND dumb.
Ted Cruz "hates communists" because Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, who was *not* a communist, imprisoned and tortured Cruz's father for helping Fidel Castro, who *was* a communist and who freed Cruz's father from the non-communist prison. Proving, once again, that Cruz speaks absolute rubbish.
June 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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June 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
YaaaaaaSsss!
June 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Optimism is true moral courage.
-Ernest Shackleton, Explorer
June 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
June 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM