Melinda Emery
@melinda227.bsky.social
She/her. Feminist, mom, wife, oenophile, resister, animal lover, traveler, reader, dancer, friend.
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Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
November 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
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Moses Mike is such a jerk.
Speaker Mike Johnson calls Arizona AG's threats to pursue legal action for the delay of swearing in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva "a publicity stunt."
Grijalva (D) was elected over three weeks ago, but Johnson says he will only swear her in after the shutdown ends.
Grijalva (D) was elected over three weeks ago, but Johnson says he will only swear her in after the shutdown ends.
Johnson refuses to swear in Grijalva, brushes aside Democrats' legal threat — for now
Democrats have threatened legal action if Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva isn't sworn in Friday after winning her special election more than three weeks ago.
www.politico.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Moses Mike is such a jerk.
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America was never meant to be quiet. It was never meant to be obedient. It was never meant to sort its people into us and them.
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Fear Will Not Win
In the shadows of threats and lies, we rise together and refuse to be silenced.
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:50 AM
America was never meant to be quiet. It was never meant to be obedient. It was never meant to sort its people into us and them.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
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September 14, 2025
September 14, 2025
At 10:22 on the morning of Sunday, September 15, 1963, a bomb ripped through the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
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September 15, 2025 at 3:14 AM
September 14, 2025
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NEWS: Gov. Kathy Hochul has endorsed Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor
"We’ve had our disagreements. But in our conversations, I heard a leader who shares my commitment to a New York where children can grow up safe in their neighborhoods and where opportunity is within reach for every family."
"We’ve had our disagreements. But in our conversations, I heard a leader who shares my commitment to a New York where children can grow up safe in their neighborhoods and where opportunity is within reach for every family."
September 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
NEWS: Gov. Kathy Hochul has endorsed Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor
"We’ve had our disagreements. But in our conversations, I heard a leader who shares my commitment to a New York where children can grow up safe in their neighborhoods and where opportunity is within reach for every family."
"We’ve had our disagreements. But in our conversations, I heard a leader who shares my commitment to a New York where children can grow up safe in their neighborhoods and where opportunity is within reach for every family."
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Researchers have created a method to turn plastic waste into a possible carbon capture material, a bis-aminoamide known as BAETA. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪
Turning plastic bottles into a new carbon capture material
Aminolyzed PET could help fight both plastic waste and carbon emissions
cen.acs.org
September 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Researchers have created a method to turn plastic waste into a possible carbon capture material, a bis-aminoamide known as BAETA. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪
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As NATO faces real threats and Americans struggle with rising costs, Trump responds with lies, propaganda, and chaos. Governor Wes Moore, meanwhile, shows us what true leadership looks like in our latest interview.
Governor Wes Moore on Trump's Failed Leadership
In my interview with Maryland Governor Wes Moore, we cut through Trump’s chaos to talk about real leadership, foreign policy, and how to govern with competence and moral clarity.
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September 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
As NATO faces real threats and Americans struggle with rising costs, Trump responds with lies, propaganda, and chaos. Governor Wes Moore, meanwhile, shows us what true leadership looks like in our latest interview.
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District Attorney:
Barack Obama isn’t going to prison.
He doesn’t have 34 felony convictions.
He wasn’t found liable for sexual assault in court.
He never tried to overthrow the government.
And he’s not hiding the Epstein files.
If any of that rings a bell, DJT, it should.
He doesn’t have 34 felony convictions.
He wasn’t found liable for sexual assault in court.
He never tried to overthrow the government.
And he’s not hiding the Epstein files.
If any of that rings a bell, DJT, it should.
July 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
District Attorney:
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Breaking from the Office of Pres. Obama:
"Our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response. But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.
"Our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response. But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.
July 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Breaking from the Office of Pres. Obama:
"Our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response. But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.
"Our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response. But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.
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David Shulkin, former secretary of Veterans Affairs, explains how Republican cuts to rural hospitals and Medicaid will shift the burden of care to the VA, which is also struggling with cuts.
July 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
David Shulkin, former secretary of Veterans Affairs, explains how Republican cuts to rural hospitals and Medicaid will shift the burden of care to the VA, which is also struggling with cuts.
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Trump's DOJ are planning to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell and her lawyers. She's currently serving 20 years in federal prison for her role in Epstein's sex trafficking operation. They claim it's out of transparency, but I have to assume it's to discuss a pardon and keep her quiet.
July 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Trump's DOJ are planning to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell and her lawyers. She's currently serving 20 years in federal prison for her role in Epstein's sex trafficking operation. They claim it's out of transparency, but I have to assume it's to discuss a pardon and keep her quiet.
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They dedicated the open letter to a list of 17 individuals -- the astronauts who perished in the Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia missions.
At least 287 current and former employees of NASA have signed an open letter addressed to interim director Sean Duffy called "The Voyager Declaration," protesting deep cost cuts at the agency.
Hundreds of NASA Employees, Past and Present, Sign Letter of Formal Dissent
www.nytimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
They dedicated the open letter to a list of 17 individuals -- the astronauts who perished in the Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia missions.
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Jeffrey Epstein’s brother Mark has spilled on the close relationship between the disgraced financier and Donald Trump despite the president’s repeated dismissal.
Epstein’s Brother: ‘Trump Is Trying to Cover His Butt’
Mark Epstein spoke out against the president in an interview with CNN.
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July 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Jeffrey Epstein’s brother Mark has spilled on the close relationship between the disgraced financier and Donald Trump despite the president’s repeated dismissal.
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Israel is starving Gaza and shooting into crowds of desperate, hungry people on a daily basis. Children are dying of hunger on a daily basis. It's a moral atrocity and it's all funded by American dollars.
July 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Israel is starving Gaza and shooting into crowds of desperate, hungry people on a daily basis. Children are dying of hunger on a daily basis. It's a moral atrocity and it's all funded by American dollars.
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Several groups have mobilized to offer assistance to people affected by the Guadalupe River floods. via @texaspublicradio.bsky.social
Guadalupe River flood: How to help and how to find help
Several groups have mobilized to offer assistance to people affected by the Guadalupe River floods.
www.tpr.org
July 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Several groups have mobilized to offer assistance to people affected by the Guadalupe River floods. via @texaspublicradio.bsky.social
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You live in a country that is establishing concentration camps & soon will be stripping citizens of their papers.
Trump on DeSantis's new detention camp for migrants: "We'd like to see them in many states. And at some point they might morph into a system."
July 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
You live in a country that is establishing concentration camps & soon will be stripping citizens of their papers.
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Sometimes there's no other word but the C-word.
Noem wants to hunt down people who warn others about nearby ICE agents
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is coming after the people who dare lend a helping hand to immigrants.�
Noem shared a CNN segment to X on Tuesday that showed an up-and-coming app designed ...
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July 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Sometimes there's no other word but the C-word.
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My God. Please make sure everyone you know knows this.
July 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
My God. Please make sure everyone you know knows this.
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Dr. Coni: One patient had been receiving treatment with eye drops, but then I didn’t see her for months.. I wondered what had happened to her.
When she finally returned, she told me she had lost her Medicaid coverage and couldn’t afford her drops. As a result, she had gone blind in one eye.
When she finally returned, she told me she had lost her Medicaid coverage and couldn’t afford her drops. As a result, she had gone blind in one eye.
July 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Dr. Coni: One patient had been receiving treatment with eye drops, but then I didn’t see her for months.. I wondered what had happened to her.
When she finally returned, she told me she had lost her Medicaid coverage and couldn’t afford her drops. As a result, she had gone blind in one eye.
When she finally returned, she told me she had lost her Medicaid coverage and couldn’t afford her drops. As a result, she had gone blind in one eye.
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Going forward, we will refer to “Alligator Alcatraz” as Alligator Auschwitz.
The similarities to Nazi Germany are growing by the day, and the concentration camp they’ve built is a horrifying escalation bringing us even closer to that reality.
The similarities to Nazi Germany are growing by the day, and the concentration camp they’ve built is a horrifying escalation bringing us even closer to that reality.
July 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Going forward, we will refer to “Alligator Alcatraz” as Alligator Auschwitz.
The similarities to Nazi Germany are growing by the day, and the concentration camp they’ve built is a horrifying escalation bringing us even closer to that reality.
The similarities to Nazi Germany are growing by the day, and the concentration camp they’ve built is a horrifying escalation bringing us even closer to that reality.
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Today, Trump’s fascist regime:
1. Passed a bill that steals our money to enrich billionaires, strips people of food and healthcare, and provides billions of dollars to ICE.
2. Opened a concentration camp in Florida named “Alligator Alcatraz”.
3. Shared intentions to denaturalize and deport citizens.
1. Passed a bill that steals our money to enrich billionaires, strips people of food and healthcare, and provides billions of dollars to ICE.
2. Opened a concentration camp in Florida named “Alligator Alcatraz”.
3. Shared intentions to denaturalize and deport citizens.
July 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Today, Trump’s fascist regime:
1. Passed a bill that steals our money to enrich billionaires, strips people of food and healthcare, and provides billions of dollars to ICE.
2. Opened a concentration camp in Florida named “Alligator Alcatraz”.
3. Shared intentions to denaturalize and deport citizens.
1. Passed a bill that steals our money to enrich billionaires, strips people of food and healthcare, and provides billions of dollars to ICE.
2. Opened a concentration camp in Florida named “Alligator Alcatraz”.
3. Shared intentions to denaturalize and deport citizens.
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America’s Generals are terrified. They are cowed. They seem unlikely to hold the line and live up to their oaths to serve the U.S. Constitution. Trump violated the law (the Hatch Act) conducting a political rally at Fort Bragg, rousing the troops to cheer his slogans but the Generals stay silent.
June 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
America’s Generals are terrified. They are cowed. They seem unlikely to hold the line and live up to their oaths to serve the U.S. Constitution. Trump violated the law (the Hatch Act) conducting a political rally at Fort Bragg, rousing the troops to cheer his slogans but the Generals stay silent.