Melissa Steele
@missimichelle.bsky.social
Alright RI, who do we have to primary @whitehouse.senate.gov and @reed.senate.gov?
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Alright RI, who do we have to primary @whitehouse.senate.gov and @reed.senate.gov?
Reposted by Melissa Steele
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
Reposted by Melissa Steele
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Reposted by Melissa Steele
There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are more of us than there are of them.
Reposted by Melissa Steele
October 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Reposted by Melissa Steele
People who are mad about this should be demanding that the Democrats purge all the evil from their party, instead of demanding that the voters vote for evil.
Throwing trans people under the bus is Nazi shit, and if you excuse it because it's your "team" doing it, you are a Nazi.
Throwing trans people under the bus is Nazi shit, and if you excuse it because it's your "team" doing it, you are a Nazi.
I will never, ever vote for Gavin Newsom. Ever, under any circumstances. I don't care if he becomes the Dem nominee, he's still not getting my vote.
On a recent podcast Gavin Newsom tells Shawn Ryan how the Trans sports issue opened the door for him to change his mind on GAC for Trans Youth.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
July 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
People who are mad about this should be demanding that the Democrats purge all the evil from their party, instead of demanding that the voters vote for evil.
Throwing trans people under the bus is Nazi shit, and if you excuse it because it's your "team" doing it, you are a Nazi.
Throwing trans people under the bus is Nazi shit, and if you excuse it because it's your "team" doing it, you are a Nazi.
@govdanmckee.bsky.social RI next
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker plans to sign an executive order preventing state agencies from obtaining or disclosing data that personally identifies people with autism, unless required for medical care or legal matters.
“Every Illinoisan deserves ... the freedom to live without fear of surveillance.”
“Every Illinoisan deserves ... the freedom to live without fear of surveillance.”
Dem Governor Launches Plan to Counter RFK Jr.’s Autism Registry
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has a plan to undermine the autism registry RFK Jr. keeps talking about.
newrepublic.com
May 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
@govdanmckee.bsky.social RI next
Reposted by Melissa Steele
Hey! Juno is an incredible writer on top of being a wonderful human, wife, and cat mom.
they need a boost for living safely 💕💸
they need a boost for living safely 💕💸
April 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Hey! Juno is an incredible writer on top of being a wonderful human, wife, and cat mom.
they need a boost for living safely 💕💸
they need a boost for living safely 💕💸
Reposted by Melissa Steele
No updates no updates no updates please please please someone help
March 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
No updates no updates no updates please please please someone help
Reposted by Melissa Steele
Please if you can help us to keep an apartment, it’s urgent.
March 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Please if you can help us to keep an apartment, it’s urgent.
Reposted by Melissa Steele
Scripts for your use here.
Remember, folks: if we manage to hold now, we have a whole extra benefit, which is that we're completely humiliating Chuck Schumer
Remember, folks: if we manage to hold now, we have a whole extra benefit, which is that we're completely humiliating Chuck Schumer
March 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Scripts for your use here.
Remember, folks: if we manage to hold now, we have a whole extra benefit, which is that we're completely humiliating Chuck Schumer
Remember, folks: if we manage to hold now, we have a whole extra benefit, which is that we're completely humiliating Chuck Schumer
Reposted by Melissa Steele
Call them all
www.democrats.senate.gov/about-senate...
www.democrats.senate.gov/about-senate...
Our Caucus | Senate Democratic Leadership
Senate Democratic Leadership
www.democrats.senate.gov
March 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Call them all
www.democrats.senate.gov/about-senate...
www.democrats.senate.gov/about-senate...
@whitehouse.senate.gov @reed.senate.gov don’t cave on this CR
NEW: Biggest Federal Employee Unions Says Shutdown is Preferable to Elon/Trump CR talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bigge...
Biggest Federal Employee Unions Says Shutdown is Preferable to Elon/Trump CR
Federal workers obviously don’t like government shutdowns. Most of them are furloughed....
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
@whitehouse.senate.gov @reed.senate.gov don’t cave on this CR
Reposted by Melissa Steele
NEW: Biggest Federal Employee Unions Says Shutdown is Preferable to Elon/Trump CR talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bigge...
Biggest Federal Employee Unions Says Shutdown is Preferable to Elon/Trump CR
Federal workers obviously don’t like government shutdowns. Most of them are furloughed....
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM
NEW: Biggest Federal Employee Unions Says Shutdown is Preferable to Elon/Trump CR talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bigge...
Reposted by Melissa Steele
things to do beyond watching the car crash, no. 1
The Amazing Race starts its 37th trip around the world tomorrow on CBS. To celebrate—and maybe avoid other news tonight!—read (or revisit) my oral history of the first season, a super-deep dive into how it was created.
Amazing Race behind the scenes: an oral history of CBS’s first race around the world
In this Amazing Race season 1 oral history, people involved with the first season—producers, cast, and crew—reveal the behind-the-scenes story of how a race around the world and TV show came together.
www.realityblurred.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
things to do beyond watching the car crash, no. 1
I actually think the dems should attend the SOTU, wait till the 2nd sentence, and then walk out en masse, that'll do it, there'll be no address, he'll just have a meltdown on national Tv
March 4, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Reposted by Melissa Steele
I don't know how long this CDC adult immunization list by age will still be online but it's worth getting vaccinated for Covid-19, HPV, Tdap, polio, RSV and others while you still can: www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp...
Adult Immunization Schedule by Age
Stay up-to-date on getting recommended vaccines. View and print CDC immunization schedules for adult
www.cdc.gov
February 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I don't know how long this CDC adult immunization list by age will still be online but it's worth getting vaccinated for Covid-19, HPV, Tdap, polio, RSV and others while you still can: www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp...
Reposted by Melissa Steele
NEW: With DiJonai Carrington headed to Dallas, it's the end of an era in Connecticut.
A special team that was never able to get it done.
www.sbnation.com/wnba/2025/2/...
A special team that was never able to get it done.
www.sbnation.com/wnba/2025/2/...
The DiJonai Carrington trade marks the end of the Connecticut Sun as we know them
Sun guard Carrington (and the 2025 No. 12 pick) has been traded to the Dallas Wings in exchange for Jacy Sheldon and the 2025 No. 8 pick — in the latest domino to fall in WNBA free agency.
www.sbnation.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
NEW: With DiJonai Carrington headed to Dallas, it's the end of an era in Connecticut.
A special team that was never able to get it done.
www.sbnation.com/wnba/2025/2/...
A special team that was never able to get it done.
www.sbnation.com/wnba/2025/2/...