Meli
@meli-in-wi.bsky.social
All political discussions should begin with "80% of the US population has 7% of the wealth. We can either fight over the scraps, or demand a seat at the table."
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From time to time I think about how I was pilloried on Twitter for calling him a fascist in 2016, how I was chastised for calling ICE centers concentration camps in 2019, and about commentators on our own side who truly lost it when I said Biden wasn't fighting back.
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
From time to time I think about how I was pilloried on Twitter for calling him a fascist in 2016, how I was chastised for calling ICE centers concentration camps in 2019, and about commentators on our own side who truly lost it when I said Biden wasn't fighting back.
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
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Last night there was a meth to his madness.
December 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Last night there was a meth to his madness.
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There is no “point of no return.”
There will always be resistance as long as people yearn for freedom.
#NoKings
#GoodTroubleLivesOn
There will always be resistance as long as people yearn for freedom.
#NoKings
#GoodTroubleLivesOn
July 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
There is no “point of no return.”
There will always be resistance as long as people yearn for freedom.
#NoKings
#GoodTroubleLivesOn
There will always be resistance as long as people yearn for freedom.
#NoKings
#GoodTroubleLivesOn
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As we enter Pride month tomorrow it's important to remember that Pride is not sponsored by corporations, it's brought to you by the drag queens who stood up at Stonewall, and everyone who fights every day for equality. There were no corporate sponsors in 1969 and we don't need them now. #Pride 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Pride events face budget shortfalls as US corporations pull support ahead of summer festivities
After years of sponsoring LGBTQ+ Pride events around the country, some companies are pulling their financial support.
apnews.com
May 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
As we enter Pride month tomorrow it's important to remember that Pride is not sponsored by corporations, it's brought to you by the drag queens who stood up at Stonewall, and everyone who fights every day for equality. There were no corporate sponsors in 1969 and we don't need them now. #Pride 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court holds that the Trump administration violated the due process rights of Venezuelan migrants last month in its rushed effort to expel them to El Salvador in the middle of the night (which SCOTUS blocked). Alito and Thomas dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
May 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court holds that the Trump administration violated the due process rights of Venezuelan migrants last month in its rushed effort to expel them to El Salvador in the middle of the night (which SCOTUS blocked). Alito and Thomas dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is issuing a warning about the need to stand up to authoritarians when they target the most vulnerable among us. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Van Hollen: ‘The American People Want Us to Stand Up’ to Trump
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is issuing a warning about the need to stand up to authoritarians when they target the most vulnerable among us. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Why so hostile? Susan is a fearless advocate fighting to make our party stronger for the future.
May 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Why so hostile? Susan is a fearless advocate fighting to make our party stronger for the future.
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Join us @thereformers.bsky.social
We need BOLD NEW LEADERSHIP
We need BOLD NEW LEADERSHIP
May 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Join us @thereformers.bsky.social
We need BOLD NEW LEADERSHIP
We need BOLD NEW LEADERSHIP
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Broken Record: You *cannot sustain* a functioning constitutional order if the general population is blasé about open violation of the Constitution. If voters don't care, your job is to make them care. This is not optional. If you don't, you lose even if you pick up seats in the next election.
May 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Broken Record: You *cannot sustain* a functioning constitutional order if the general population is blasé about open violation of the Constitution. If voters don't care, your job is to make them care. This is not optional. If you don't, you lose even if you pick up seats in the next election.
I think it is! Why don't we the people have the ability to petition for a presidential recall election?
April 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I think it is! Why don't we the people have the ability to petition for a presidential recall election?
Disagree. Rebuplicans are not pro-anything. They are opposed to freedom.
Daily reminder:
Republicans are playing politics with our lives.
They are NOT pro-life - they are pro-birth,
#HandsOffOurMedicaid
Republicans are playing politics with our lives.
They are NOT pro-life - they are pro-birth,
#HandsOffOurMedicaid
April 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Disagree. Rebuplicans are not pro-anything. They are opposed to freedom.
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If you’re in line when the polls close, stay in line. You can still cast your ballot. Your vote matters.
April 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If you’re in line when the polls close, stay in line. You can still cast your ballot. Your vote matters.
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Great news, folks!
After months of denying that they were going to cut Medicaid by $880 billion
Republicans have now quelled that rumor
By announcing they’re “only” going to cut $600 billion in benefits
So that way, you know, only 25,500 people will die instead of 34,000
Hands
Off
Our
Medicaid
After months of denying that they were going to cut Medicaid by $880 billion
Republicans have now quelled that rumor
By announcing they’re “only” going to cut $600 billion in benefits
So that way, you know, only 25,500 people will die instead of 34,000
Hands
Off
Our
Medicaid
April 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Great news, folks!
After months of denying that they were going to cut Medicaid by $880 billion
Republicans have now quelled that rumor
By announcing they’re “only” going to cut $600 billion in benefits
So that way, you know, only 25,500 people will die instead of 34,000
Hands
Off
Our
Medicaid
After months of denying that they were going to cut Medicaid by $880 billion
Republicans have now quelled that rumor
By announcing they’re “only” going to cut $600 billion in benefits
So that way, you know, only 25,500 people will die instead of 34,000
Hands
Off
Our
Medicaid
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This tracks: In our new report "100 days, 100 Ways Trump has Hurt Workers," we had to cut the list *down* to get it to 100.
For the record, we would have included positive actions if there were any—but there is only harm. A lot of it. Already.
www.epi.org/press/new-re...
For the record, we would have included positive actions if there were any—but there is only harm. A lot of it. Already.
www.epi.org/press/new-re...
New report details 100 ways Trump has hurt workers in his first 100 days
A new Economic Policy Institute report identifies 100 ways Trump has hurt working people and the economy in the first 100 days of his administration. While not exhaustive, this list represents most of...
www.epi.org
April 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This tracks: In our new report "100 days, 100 Ways Trump has Hurt Workers," we had to cut the list *down* to get it to 100.
For the record, we would have included positive actions if there were any—but there is only harm. A lot of it. Already.
www.epi.org/press/new-re...
For the record, we would have included positive actions if there were any—but there is only harm. A lot of it. Already.
www.epi.org/press/new-re...
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There it is, in a nutshell.
April 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
There it is, in a nutshell.
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#ProudBlue #MomSky
Let’s go! More Articles of Impeachment. 👏👏👏👏
Michigan Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar announced Monday he had filed articles of impeachment against President Trump.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
Video credit: @aaronparnas.bsky.social
Let’s go! More Articles of Impeachment. 👏👏👏👏
Michigan Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar announced Monday he had filed articles of impeachment against President Trump.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
Video credit: @aaronparnas.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
#ProudBlue #MomSky
Let’s go! More Articles of Impeachment. 👏👏👏👏
Michigan Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar announced Monday he had filed articles of impeachment against President Trump.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
Video credit: @aaronparnas.bsky.social
Let’s go! More Articles of Impeachment. 👏👏👏👏
Michigan Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar announced Monday he had filed articles of impeachment against President Trump.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
Video credit: @aaronparnas.bsky.social
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The 19 richest U.S. households saw a $1 trillion wealth increase in 2024, a rise that exceeds the size of Switzerland’s economy.
These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households.
If this isn't an oligarchy, what is?
These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households.
If this isn't an oligarchy, what is?
April 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The 19 richest U.S. households saw a $1 trillion wealth increase in 2024, a rise that exceeds the size of Switzerland’s economy.
These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households.
If this isn't an oligarchy, what is?
These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households.
If this isn't an oligarchy, what is?
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BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
April 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.