@melissadechandt.bsky.social
I am a scientist, parent, art lover and an LGBTQIA ally all day, every day. I believe in equality for all and due process.
Reposted
U.S. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva won her election two weeks ago. Republicans refuse to seat her in Congress.
October 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
U.S. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva won her election two weeks ago. Republicans refuse to seat her in Congress.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The International Criminal Court in the Hague handed down its first-ever Darfur war crimes conviction, finding Janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb, guilty of atrocities committed more than two decades ago.
ICC finds former Sudan militia leader guilty of war crimes in Darfur
The International Criminal Court in the Hague handed down its first-ever Darfur war crimes conviction, finding Janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb, guilty of atrocities committed more than two decades ago.
n.pr
October 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Reposted
Researchers across the US and the world who raced to protect climate data, public reports and other information from the Trump administration’s attacks are launching their own climate information portals.
Climate scientists raise a middle finger to Trump's censorship efforts
Hundreds are collaborating to make sure accurate data is available to the public.
www.motherjones.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Researchers across the US and the world who raced to protect climate data, public reports and other information from the Trump administration’s attacks are launching their own climate information portals.
Reposted
bari weiss's cbs: "america"/"american," focus is "journalism" not the journalists themselves, doesn't dwell on standards, speed-focused, "uses all of the tools of the digital era"
newly independent msnbc: focus on journalists themselves, ethics, freedom of speech/1st Amendment, "the world," AI-wary
newly independent msnbc: focus on journalists themselves, ethics, freedom of speech/1st Amendment, "the world," AI-wary
Bari Weiss’s CBS News and MSNBC both just laid out their new journalistic principles — and they’re fascinatingly different
Lot of news coming out of the networks this morning: Bari Weiss, founder of the pro-Israel, anti-woke Free Press, has sold the four-year-old news site to CBS parent company Paramount for a reported $1...
www.niemanlab.org
October 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
bari weiss's cbs: "america"/"american," focus is "journalism" not the journalists themselves, doesn't dwell on standards, speed-focused, "uses all of the tools of the digital era"
newly independent msnbc: focus on journalists themselves, ethics, freedom of speech/1st Amendment, "the world," AI-wary
newly independent msnbc: focus on journalists themselves, ethics, freedom of speech/1st Amendment, "the world," AI-wary
Reposted
Trump officials are leaning on trade measures to strangle the solar industry, while delaying permits for renewables projects.
On Wednesday, Trump officials canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy funding, including for solar projects.
On Wednesday, Trump officials canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy funding, including for solar projects.
After gutting subsidies, White House finds new ways to stifle solar
Trump officials are already making their next moves in a campaign to undercut the solar industry.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trump officials are leaning on trade measures to strangle the solar industry, while delaying permits for renewables projects.
On Wednesday, Trump officials canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy funding, including for solar projects.
On Wednesday, Trump officials canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy funding, including for solar projects.
Reposted
GretaThunberg and other activists from an international flotilla arrived in Greece after Israel said it deported activists who attempted to deliver aid to Gaza.
October 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
GretaThunberg and other activists from an international flotilla arrived in Greece after Israel said it deported activists who attempted to deliver aid to Gaza.
Reposted
A lot of attention has been paid to overseas aid cut by the Trump administration, but this brilliant piece of visual data journalism illustrates the devastating cuts to food banks here at home: 94 million pounds of food that were never delivered projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A lot of attention has been paid to overseas aid cut by the Trump administration, but this brilliant piece of visual data journalism illustrates the devastating cuts to food banks here at home: 94 million pounds of food that were never delivered projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
FACISM. It’s here. Wake up and use your voice.
Turning the military on citizens.
Attempting to rig elections.
Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.
Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out.
If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
Attempting to rig elections.
Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.
Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out.
If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
October 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
FACISM. It’s here. Wake up and use your voice.
This is just the kick-start-start that the US economy needs, right? Isn’t there ANYONE in this admin who can explain that Trumps wild tariff strategy is really, really, really bad for the US economy?
Trump: "Beginning November 1st, 2025, all Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks coming into the United States from other Countries will be Tariffed at the Rate of 25%. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
October 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This is just the kick-start-start that the US economy needs, right? Isn’t there ANYONE in this admin who can explain that Trumps wild tariff strategy is really, really, really bad for the US economy?
The bad for US citizens: drug smuggling, sexual exploitation and organized crime all on the back burner and immigrants and legal citizens terrorized.
The bad for ICE: tried for crimes against humanity.
The bad for ICE: tried for crimes against humanity.
Thousands of federal agents once tasked with investigating drug smuggling, sexual exploitation and organized crime have been redirected to immigration enforcement. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4mRqotu
October 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The bad for US citizens: drug smuggling, sexual exploitation and organized crime all on the back burner and immigrants and legal citizens terrorized.
The bad for ICE: tried for crimes against humanity.
The bad for ICE: tried for crimes against humanity.
So good
The U.S. Army wants YOU to join the fight against America's cities (fatties can stay home)
October 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
So good
Reposted
October 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Reposted
Illinois officials sued to stop President Trump from deploying National Guard forces to Chicago.
Illinois Sues to Block Trump’s National Guard Deployment
The lawsuit, filed by the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago, comes as the administration’s confrontation with Democratic-led states escalated nationwide.
on.wsj.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Illinois officials sued to stop President Trump from deploying National Guard forces to Chicago.
This is a must-read
This story is a must-read and a great example of why inspectors general (under threat) are so important
1/ In August 2020, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, made an extraordinary request to President Trump’s ambassador, Ronald Johnson. A previously undisclosed report tells what happened next, according to a new ProPublica investigation. 🧵 ⬇️
October 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This is a must-read
Reposted
“There’s a baby!”
Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)
Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)
October 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“There’s a baby!”
Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)
Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)
HUGE kudos to @govpritzker.illinois.gov for relentlessly supporting his state and the rest of the US. We need SO MUCH MORE of this.
Thank you for calling ICE murder what it is.
Thank you for calling ICE murder what it is.
October 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
HUGE kudos to @govpritzker.illinois.gov for relentlessly supporting his state and the rest of the US. We need SO MUCH MORE of this.
Thank you for calling ICE murder what it is.
Thank you for calling ICE murder what it is.
This. It’s already happening. @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social DO NOT BEND. The healthcare future for America is in your hands.
North Carolina and Idaho have cut their Medicaid programs to bridge budget gaps, raising fears that providers will stop taking patients and that hospitals will close even before the brunt of a new federal tax-and-budget law takes effect.
States are cutting Medicaid provider payments long before Trump cuts hit
North Carolina and Idaho have cut their Medicaid programs to bridge budget gaps, raising fears that providers will stop taking patients and that hospitals will close even before the brunt of a new federal tax-and-budget law takes effect.
n.pr
October 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This. It’s already happening. @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social DO NOT BEND. The healthcare future for America is in your hands.
Reposted
Keep taking videos of what ICE is doing. @govpritzker.illinois.gov is right, document what’s happening. This is why they hate journalists so much.
October 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Keep taking videos of what ICE is doing. @govpritzker.illinois.gov is right, document what’s happening. This is why they hate journalists so much.
Reposted
Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.
October 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.
ICE agents cannot break car windows without showing a warrant. Why is the repeatedly happening across the US? Why is the national media not covering this?
This tactic is in the news again because ICE agents in Colorado were filmed breaking the window of a car with a baby in the backseat coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...
In July, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.
ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
October 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
ICE agents cannot break car windows without showing a warrant. Why is the repeatedly happening across the US? Why is the national media not covering this?
DO NOT LET AMERICANS DOWN. Complete reversal of healthcare cuts must happen.
To hear the top House Democrat tell it, beyond the trash talk and nasty memes, there is a deal to be had with Republicans to end the government shutdown.
Hakeem Jeffries Is Looking Past Trump’s Memes and Toward a Shutdown Deal
The top House Democrat sees a “meaningful bipartisan path” beyond the theatrics.
on.wsj.com
October 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
DO NOT LET AMERICANS DOWN. Complete reversal of healthcare cuts must happen.
ICE and Border Patrol create chaos (black hawk middle of the night raid, shooting a woman, brutalizing peaceful protesters, roaming the city, fully armed..) to JUSTIFY MILITARY TAKEOVER.
via @wbez.org
President Donald Trump's move comes after Gov. JB Pritzker said earlier this week the Department of Homeland Security requested deployment of 100 military troops to Illinois “for the protection of ICE personnel and facilities.”
President Donald Trump's move comes after Gov. JB Pritzker said earlier this week the Department of Homeland Security requested deployment of 100 military troops to Illinois “for the protection of ICE personnel and facilities.”
Amid Chicago deportation campaign, Trump authorizes 300 National Guard troops over Pritzker's objections
President Donald Trump's move comes after Gov. JB Pritzker said earlier this week the Department of Homeland Security requested deployment of 100 military troops to Illinois “for the protection of ICE...
www.wbez.org
October 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
ICE and Border Patrol create chaos (black hawk middle of the night raid, shooting a woman, brutalizing peaceful protesters, roaming the city, fully armed..) to JUSTIFY MILITARY TAKEOVER.
Most Americans cannot afford to go to the Super Bowl, much less hard working immigrants. Democrats-call out this classist nonsense.
Be prepared: The Trump administration says ICE will be at the Super Bowl.
"I think people should not be coming to the Super Bowl unless they're law-abiding Americans who love this country," Kristi Noem told a podcaster.
"I think people should not be coming to the Super Bowl unless they're law-abiding Americans who love this country," Kristi Noem told a podcaster.
ICE will be "all over" the Super Bowl
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson that only "law-abiding Americans who love this country" should attend the event.
www.motherjones.com
October 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Most Americans cannot afford to go to the Super Bowl, much less hard working immigrants. Democrats-call out this classist nonsense.
“May be”??????
It’s the latest twist in the government’s vendetta against the man they accidentally deported.
Judge Says DOJ May Be Vindictively Prosecuting Kilmar Abrego Garcia
It's the latest twist in the government's vendetta against the man they accidentally deported.
www.motherjones.com
October 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
“May be”??????
Reposted
Some Republican officials are pushing to block voting by citizens who've never lived in the U.S. Here's what you need to know about the effort.
A GOP push to restrict voting by overseas U.S. citizens continues before 2026 midterms
Republican officials are pushing for more voting restrictions on U.S. citizens who were born abroad and have never lived in the country, after unsuccessfully challenging their ballots in 2024.
n.pr
October 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Some Republican officials are pushing to block voting by citizens who've never lived in the U.S. Here's what you need to know about the effort.