Melissa
@mamamel8894.bsky.social
Mom to two adult kids, one dog and one husband! LOL Want to do my part to save democracy. I love true crime, traveling our country, cruising and creating stained glass! Oh and my occupation is Proud Union Thug representing educators!
#Leguminati
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The Greenland thing is dumb. Let’s focus on Hegseth, Gabbard, and Kennedy.
January 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The Greenland thing is dumb. Let’s focus on Hegseth, Gabbard, and Kennedy.
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Unhoused people told us they already feel like they’re seen as problems to be solved, not people to be helped.
In reporting on the issue, we wanted to help ProPublica’s readers recognize the humanity of the people we had met and talked to.
By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social
In reporting on the issue, we wanted to help ProPublica’s readers recognize the humanity of the people we had met and talked to.
By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social
What I Learned Reporting in Cities That Take Belongings From Homeless People
Some cities take people’s belongings — ignoring their own policies and court orders — and then fail to store them. Our reporting shows there are more effective and compassionate ways to deal with…
propub.li
December 27, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Unhoused people told us they already feel like they’re seen as problems to be solved, not people to be helped.
In reporting on the issue, we wanted to help ProPublica’s readers recognize the humanity of the people we had met and talked to.
By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social
In reporting on the issue, we wanted to help ProPublica’s readers recognize the humanity of the people we had met and talked to.
By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social
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The question for me isn’t whether MAGA is skilled at trolling, upsetting or hurting others. I will admit that some can, and they sure do. The skill level is irrelevant to me. I’d be more interested to know *why* they want to troll, upset or even hurt others. So weird to choose to be a bad person.
December 26, 2024 at 3:44 AM
The question for me isn’t whether MAGA is skilled at trolling, upsetting or hurting others. I will admit that some can, and they sure do. The skill level is irrelevant to me. I’d be more interested to know *why* they want to troll, upset or even hurt others. So weird to choose to be a bad person.
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This is the most-read piece on @theatlantic.com. It should be the most-read piece. You should all read it, even though it may make you sad. Here’s a gift link so you can read it.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Sound of Fear on Air
It is an ominous sign that Morning Joe felt it had to apologize for something I said.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:29 AM
This is the most-read piece on @theatlantic.com. It should be the most-read piece. You should all read it, even though it may make you sad. Here’s a gift link so you can read it.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
This song! Give it a listen and share it widely! It focuses my rage appropriately!
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music.apple.com/us/album/kno...
Knock The Boy Out of You by Joel Adam Russell on Apple Music
Song · 2024 · Duration 3:54
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November 30, 2024 at 3:11 PM
This song! Give it a listen and share it widely! It focuses my rage appropriately!
music.apple.com/us/album/kno...
music.apple.com/us/album/kno...
Yup!
Word of the Day 11.30.24 -- Ochlocracy (noun | ok-LOK-ruh-see): Government by a mob.
"The Salem Witch Trials in colonial Massachusetts during the 1690s have been cited as an example of ochlocracy."
Synonyms: gang rule, kangaroo court, mobocracy, mob rule
"The Salem Witch Trials in colonial Massachusetts during the 1690s have been cited as an example of ochlocracy."
Synonyms: gang rule, kangaroo court, mobocracy, mob rule
November 30, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Yup!
Allison Gill is a National Treasure and we should all take her advice! I am. I am going to write and ask President Biden to add the Equal Rights Amendment into the constitution! It needs to happen NOW! Let the GOP fight it. We need the protections now!!!
If you want Joe Biden to do something, posting on BlueSky alone won’t do it. Do what I do and use the White House contact form here. www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
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November 30, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Allison Gill is a National Treasure and we should all take her advice! I am. I am going to write and ask President Biden to add the Equal Rights Amendment into the constitution! It needs to happen NOW! Let the GOP fight it. We need the protections now!!!
All of this!!!
I’m an ex sex crimes prosecutor. I can attest it’s degrading to have a rape kit done. If an alleged victim submitted to one, I knew we had a real rape on our hands when I prosecuted cases.
Fox contributor Leslie Marshallthr tears into the nomination of Pete Hegseth:
“I am a rape victim, and I can tell you there’s a reason one in 10 rapes go unreported…Somebody doesn’t go into the hospital and subject herself to that…as a victim, I believe the victims, and this is a problem for me…”
“I am a rape victim, and I can tell you there’s a reason one in 10 rapes go unreported…Somebody doesn’t go into the hospital and subject herself to that…as a victim, I believe the victims, and this is a problem for me…”
November 25, 2024 at 1:31 PM
All of this!!!
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Regarding the election and Project 2025.
Heather Cox Richardson - Letters from an American
Heather Cox Richardson - Letters from an American
November 24, 2024
Since the night of the November 5, election, Trump and his allies have insisted that he won what Trump called “an unprecedented and powerful mandate.” But as the numbers have continued to come in, it’...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 25, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Regarding the election and Project 2025.
Heather Cox Richardson - Letters from an American
Heather Cox Richardson - Letters from an American
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John Cleese for the win
November 24, 2024 at 12:50 AM
John Cleese for the win
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Sarah McBride: "It is an attempt to distract ... Every single time we hear them say the word 'trans,' look what they're doing with their right hand. Look at what they're doing to pick the pocket of American workers, to fleece seniors by privatizing Social Security and Medicare."
November 24, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Sarah McBride: "It is an attempt to distract ... Every single time we hear them say the word 'trans,' look what they're doing with their right hand. Look at what they're doing to pick the pocket of American workers, to fleece seniors by privatizing Social Security and Medicare."
For my very first post I thought I would share something that brings me joy! Lord knows we need all the joy we can get right now. I made this mermaid stained glass panel. It hangs in my downstairs bathroom. I am super proud of this piece.
November 16, 2024 at 12:55 AM
For my very first post I thought I would share something that brings me joy! Lord knows we need all the joy we can get right now. I made this mermaid stained glass panel. It hangs in my downstairs bathroom. I am super proud of this piece.