Melanie
@melaniemg.bsky.social
Hopeful Californian, exhausted by the prospect of a 2nd term - looking to be amused, informed, keep our nation in tact, and restore women's right.
And from the other side of their mouth they're telling us about a male loneliness epidemic..
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
And from the other side of their mouth they're telling us about a male loneliness epidemic..
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Old enough to remember when raping children was a dealbreaker in politics.
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Old enough to remember when raping children was a dealbreaker in politics.
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He has threatened to annex Canada & Greenland, conduct strikes in Mexico, Venezuela & now Nigeria.
He has orchestrated 50+ extrajudicial killings. No evidence provided for his actions.
He is openly enriching himself and his billionaire donors while waging war against the working class.
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He has orchestrated 50+ extrajudicial killings. No evidence provided for his actions.
He is openly enriching himself and his billionaire donors while waging war against the working class.
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November 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
He has threatened to annex Canada & Greenland, conduct strikes in Mexico, Venezuela & now Nigeria.
He has orchestrated 50+ extrajudicial killings. No evidence provided for his actions.
He is openly enriching himself and his billionaire donors while waging war against the working class.
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He has orchestrated 50+ extrajudicial killings. No evidence provided for his actions.
He is openly enriching himself and his billionaire donors while waging war against the working class.
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The person who is currently running our country has lost his mind and it’s time we start talking about it.
Trump said he has instructed the Defense Department to “prepare for possible action” in Nigeria over the country’s alleged killing of Christians.
Trump tells Defense Department to 'prepare for possible action' in Nigeria
The move came a day after Trump designated Nigeria a "country of particular concern" over alleged violations of religious freedom.
nbcnews.to
November 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The person who is currently running our country has lost his mind and it’s time we start talking about it.
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It's been 39 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
November 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It's been 39 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
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Don’t let the frogwater that’s boiling us alive let you skip over this: we murdered another country’s citizens in cold blood, and when their leader objected, we called him a drug dealer and cut off aid to his country. That’s freakish.
Petro objected to the US bombing a Columbian fishing vessel that had the emergency beacon on because they were broken down, that we subsequently bombed. One Columbian fisherman survived the attack.
This is the official US response to Petro's comments.
This is the official US response to Petro's comments.
October 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Don’t let the frogwater that’s boiling us alive let you skip over this: we murdered another country’s citizens in cold blood, and when their leader objected, we called him a drug dealer and cut off aid to his country. That’s freakish.
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I suppose I have to do the social media engagement thing since it's basically part of marketing yourself for a job now.
*pushes up nerd glasses*
Hi, political scientist here. It's generally considered a diplomatic faux pas to bomb your allies then call them crackheads when they complain.
*pushes up nerd glasses*
Hi, political scientist here. It's generally considered a diplomatic faux pas to bomb your allies then call them crackheads when they complain.
October 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I suppose I have to do the social media engagement thing since it's basically part of marketing yourself for a job now.
*pushes up nerd glasses*
Hi, political scientist here. It's generally considered a diplomatic faux pas to bomb your allies then call them crackheads when they complain.
*pushes up nerd glasses*
Hi, political scientist here. It's generally considered a diplomatic faux pas to bomb your allies then call them crackheads when they complain.
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The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.
WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.
October 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.
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For the uninitiated: The pope being this direct and explicit to U.S. bishops about how to respond to a domestic policy happening in real time is…unusual.
Pope Leo told U.S. bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by President Donald Trump's hardline policies, attendees said, in the latest push by the pontiff on the issue. For @reuters.com:
www.reuters.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
For the uninitiated: The pope being this direct and explicit to U.S. bishops about how to respond to a domestic policy happening in real time is…unusual.
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Trump calls for Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker to be imprisoned
October 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Trump calls for Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker to be imprisoned
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Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.
It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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October 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.
It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Add it to the tally.
Seems like we’re getting up to 20+ grand jury no true bills just from what I’ve seen. Absolutely remarkable.
Seems like we’re getting up to 20+ grand jury no true bills just from what I’ve seen. Absolutely remarkable.
A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters
A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.
news.bloomberglaw.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Add it to the tally.
Seems like we’re getting up to 20+ grand jury no true bills just from what I’ve seen. Absolutely remarkable.
Seems like we’re getting up to 20+ grand jury no true bills just from what I’ve seen. Absolutely remarkable.
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Prosecution of Comey looks headed to a dead end.
"Federal prosecutors ... determined that a central witness in their probe would ... likely prevent them from establishing their case to a jury."
abcnews.go.com/US/central-w...
"Federal prosecutors ... determined that a central witness in their probe would ... likely prevent them from establishing their case to a jury."
abcnews.go.com/US/central-w...
Central witness undermines case against James Comey, prosecutors concluded: Sources
Ex-FBI Director James Comey is set to be arraigned Wednesday, but prosecutors investigating him determined that a central witness would prove "problematic," sources say.
abcnews.go.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Prosecution of Comey looks headed to a dead end.
"Federal prosecutors ... determined that a central witness in their probe would ... likely prevent them from establishing their case to a jury."
abcnews.go.com/US/central-w...
"Federal prosecutors ... determined that a central witness in their probe would ... likely prevent them from establishing their case to a jury."
abcnews.go.com/US/central-w...
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October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Just a reminder that the Commander-in-Chief of the Louisiana National Guard, who can call them out all by himself if they were actually needed, is … Governor Landry.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry: "Tonight, we're sending the Department of War a request to send the National Guard, asking them to deploy the National Guard here in Louisiana into our cities like New Orleans and Baton Rogue and others."
September 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Just a reminder that the Commander-in-Chief of the Louisiana National Guard, who can call them out all by himself if they were actually needed, is … Governor Landry.
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We have to stop dehumanizing ICE agents while they are doing their important job of dehumanizing us
The agent admits he treats immigrants like "they're animals" and that he tells his kids that they are animals "all the time"
September 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
We have to stop dehumanizing ICE agents while they are doing their important job of dehumanizing us
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The fucking irony.
September 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The fucking irony.
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Yeah, if you're in the media and someone insists that "they" were celebrating his murder and therefore "they" have to suffer some sort of retribution, you have an obligation to ask who "they" are and what, specifically, they did to celebrate this.
You can't just let them throw that gas on the fire.
You can't just let them throw that gas on the fire.
Keep seeing/hearing news reports of MAGA fury at people celebrating Kirk’s killing (just now, NPR cited Stephen Miller’s outrage about this). But I have yet to see/hear a single example reported of such “celebration” —nothing close to Kirk’s own vile celebration of Paul Pelosi’s hammer attacker.
September 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Yeah, if you're in the media and someone insists that "they" were celebrating his murder and therefore "they" have to suffer some sort of retribution, you have an obligation to ask who "they" are and what, specifically, they did to celebrate this.
You can't just let them throw that gas on the fire.
You can't just let them throw that gas on the fire.
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Why didn’t anyone immediately follow up with “what’s the population of the United States?”
September 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Why didn’t anyone immediately follow up with “what’s the population of the United States?”
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When President Obama worked in the Oval Office without wearing a suit jacket, the news networks went crazy because he was, in the words of this UPI caption, "breaking a tradition of former U.S. President George W. Bush"
September 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
When President Obama worked in the Oval Office without wearing a suit jacket, the news networks went crazy because he was, in the words of this UPI caption, "breaking a tradition of former U.S. President George W. Bush"
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Copious waste of taxpayer money. Should have spent it on universal healthcare or forgiving student loans.
Signage around the Department of Defense offices were quickly changed to “Department of War” to match President Donald Trump’s rebrand of the organization, including Secretary Pete Hegseth’s nameplate.
September 6, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Copious waste of taxpayer money. Should have spent it on universal healthcare or forgiving student loans.
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Putin. The honest election expert.
Trump: "Vladimir Putin said something- one of the most interesting things. He said 'your election was rigged because you have mail in voting. It's impossible to have mail in voting & have honest elections.' He said that to me because we talked about 2020. He said, 'you won that election by so much'"
August 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Putin. The honest election expert.
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.