Mel Guidotti
@melg4.bsky.social
Plants, pizza, pets, people, politics - in no particular order.
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“mass deportation” trauma from this era is going to be a scar that’s with us for a long time
“With immigration agents under intense pressure to deport thousands of people each day, Ms. Lopez was pushed through the system swiftly and was deported within four days of the factory raid.
As a result, Jorge is now cared for by two siblings who are barely adults themselves.”
As a result, Jorge is now cared for by two siblings who are barely adults themselves.”
She Was Deported in Error. Her Child Was Left Behind.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
“mass deportation” trauma from this era is going to be a scar that’s with us for a long time
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November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Missing the days when, if a scary masked man approached us on the street, WE pepper sprayed HIM, not the other way around.
October 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Missing the days when, if a scary masked man approached us on the street, WE pepper sprayed HIM, not the other way around.
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I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.
October 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.
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Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
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Friendly reminder that Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir drops Tuesday and contains the truth she wanted the world to hear about those who abused her and the cost of silence.
Buy it. Read it. Give the woman some justice.
Buy it. Read it. Give the woman some justice.
October 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Friendly reminder that Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir drops Tuesday and contains the truth she wanted the world to hear about those who abused her and the cost of silence.
Buy it. Read it. Give the woman some justice.
Buy it. Read it. Give the woman some justice.
This is Great Falls, Montana - the center of a red state. It might not look like much to you but 1500 people came out! Young people, old people. Lots of honking and excited energy. It's a shift!
#nokings #greatfallsmontana
#nokings #greatfallsmontana
October 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This is Great Falls, Montana - the center of a red state. It might not look like much to you but 1500 people came out! Young people, old people. Lots of honking and excited energy. It's a shift!
#nokings #greatfallsmontana
#nokings #greatfallsmontana
Which Twilight Zone episode was it that had the national guard tackling 53-year-old grandmas on their way to the butcher's to pick up something for dinner?
October 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Which Twilight Zone episode was it that had the national guard tackling 53-year-old grandmas on their way to the butcher's to pick up something for dinner?
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A president who is crashing the economy, destroying public health and terrorizing immigrants keeps slipping in the polls. He could:
A) stop his bad behavior to stem the slide
or
B) try to crush free speech to cover up his failures.
Right now, he’s choosing B.
A) stop his bad behavior to stem the slide
or
B) try to crush free speech to cover up his failures.
Right now, he’s choosing B.
September 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
A president who is crashing the economy, destroying public health and terrorizing immigrants keeps slipping in the polls. He could:
A) stop his bad behavior to stem the slide
or
B) try to crush free speech to cover up his failures.
Right now, he’s choosing B.
A) stop his bad behavior to stem the slide
or
B) try to crush free speech to cover up his failures.
Right now, he’s choosing B.
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They don’t have the power to do what they’re threatening on a grand scale.
But they want us to think they do.
But they want us to think they do.
September 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
They don’t have the power to do what they’re threatening on a grand scale.
But they want us to think they do.
But they want us to think they do.
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"If you can purchase US citizenship for $5 million, the “illegals” are only guilty of being poor." -Feminist News
April 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
"If you can purchase US citizenship for $5 million, the “illegals” are only guilty of being poor." -Feminist News
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Unanswered question: What did Maxwell offer up as her side of the bargain? This is unprecedented, lenient treatment of a sex offender serving a 20 year sentence. Her side of the deal must have been highly valuable—someone really wanted whatever she offered.
Ghislaine Maxwell, serving 20 yrs for sex trafficking minors, has been given permission to leave minimum security campus for work assignments, per @muellershewrote.com
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August 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Unanswered question: What did Maxwell offer up as her side of the bargain? This is unprecedented, lenient treatment of a sex offender serving a 20 year sentence. Her side of the deal must have been highly valuable—someone really wanted whatever she offered.
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What annoys me is that GOP is redistricting while Dems are talking about and considering clapping back.
They simply do.
We wring our hands, talk about it, shake our fists.
And it’s always like that.
Always.
Dems need to move with FEROCITY and ALACRITY, and we never ever ever ever ever DO!
They simply do.
We wring our hands, talk about it, shake our fists.
And it’s always like that.
Always.
Dems need to move with FEROCITY and ALACRITY, and we never ever ever ever ever DO!
August 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
What annoys me is that GOP is redistricting while Dems are talking about and considering clapping back.
They simply do.
We wring our hands, talk about it, shake our fists.
And it’s always like that.
Always.
Dems need to move with FEROCITY and ALACRITY, and we never ever ever ever ever DO!
They simply do.
We wring our hands, talk about it, shake our fists.
And it’s always like that.
Always.
Dems need to move with FEROCITY and ALACRITY, and we never ever ever ever ever DO!
Really excited about dancing in the $200 million ballroom at the White House. Are you?
August 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Really excited about dancing in the $200 million ballroom at the White House. Are you?
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Pause for three minutes and soak up the grace of this man.
Earlier today, the father of three U.S. Marines, Narciso Barranco, spoke publicly for the first time after being pinned to the ground and savagely punched by ICE agents while they arrested the landscaper outside the IHOP where he worked.
Earlier today, the father of three U.S. Marines, Narciso Barranco, spoke publicly for the first time after being pinned to the ground and savagely punched by ICE agents while they arrested the landscaper outside the IHOP where he worked.
July 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Pause for three minutes and soak up the grace of this man.
Earlier today, the father of three U.S. Marines, Narciso Barranco, spoke publicly for the first time after being pinned to the ground and savagely punched by ICE agents while they arrested the landscaper outside the IHOP where he worked.
Earlier today, the father of three U.S. Marines, Narciso Barranco, spoke publicly for the first time after being pinned to the ground and savagely punched by ICE agents while they arrested the landscaper outside the IHOP where he worked.
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whatever else republican house speaker mike johnson (and the congressional republicans who serve under him) ever do in this life, this headline will last forever and ever, for their whole blessed lives.
(gift link, no paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
(gift link, no paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
July 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
whatever else republican house speaker mike johnson (and the congressional republicans who serve under him) ever do in this life, this headline will last forever and ever, for their whole blessed lives.
(gift link, no paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
(gift link, no paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
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In my research on complicity one thing is clear: It is VERY hard for people to backtrack on rationalizations and self justifications, i.e., to admit they were wrong. People coming to a realization that they were scammed is a big deal; no one likes to admit they were fooled 1/
July 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
In my research on complicity one thing is clear: It is VERY hard for people to backtrack on rationalizations and self justifications, i.e., to admit they were wrong. People coming to a realization that they were scammed is a big deal; no one likes to admit they were fooled 1/
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Following a rich white man to war because you didn’t like the sound of a black woman laughing will go down in American history as one of the stupidest things ever.
June 22, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Following a rich white man to war because you didn’t like the sound of a black woman laughing will go down in American history as one of the stupidest things ever.
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We won’t amplify it, but the president posting that Dems are “sick of mind” and “hate our country” immediately after 2 Dem lawmakers and their spouses were shot in their homes is the opposite of leadership. Gas on the fire.
June 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
We won’t amplify it, but the president posting that Dems are “sick of mind” and “hate our country” immediately after 2 Dem lawmakers and their spouses were shot in their homes is the opposite of leadership. Gas on the fire.
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when 4-5M people march peacefully against the current regime it's the story of the year. NYT cannot bring itself to focus on that reality.
June 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
when 4-5M people march peacefully against the current regime it's the story of the year. NYT cannot bring itself to focus on that reality.
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Karoline Leavitt says Trump has signed a Presidential Memorandum to federalize the National Guard and deploy 2,000 soliders in California
June 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Karoline Leavitt says Trump has signed a Presidential Memorandum to federalize the National Guard and deploy 2,000 soliders in California
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As we celebrate Pride let us pause for a moment to remember. This is an image of the AIDS Memorial Quilt on display October 11-13 1996 on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Let us never forget.
#HappyPrideMonth
#HappyPrideMonth
June 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
As we celebrate Pride let us pause for a moment to remember. This is an image of the AIDS Memorial Quilt on display October 11-13 1996 on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Let us never forget.
#HappyPrideMonth
#HappyPrideMonth
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This image is from Trump's first term. It's deeply offensive for anyone to try to claim that people didn't know this was gong to happen again.
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Image of child crying at border wins World Press Photo award
Getty Images photographer John Moore's winning image shows 2-year-old Yanela Sanchez and her mother, Sandra Sanchez, after they were taken into custody last June 12, and it fueled debate about tough T...
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June 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This image is from Trump's first term. It's deeply offensive for anyone to try to claim that people didn't know this was gong to happen again.
www.pbs.org/newshour/art...
www.pbs.org/newshour/art...
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This was today… Sotally tober… NYT clearly way off base…
May 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This was today… Sotally tober… NYT clearly way off base…