Melissa Johnson
@moolissap.bsky.social
Devoted❤️Reader
📖 Nerd by nature; Librarian by choice
📚 Always reading 🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/moolissap
📖 Nerd by nature; Librarian by choice
📚 Always reading 🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/moolissap
Reposted by Melissa Johnson
November 7, 2025
November 7, 2025
The repercussions from Tuesday’s vote, in which Democratic candidates were victorious across the country, continue to echo.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 AM
November 7, 2025
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November 6, 2025
November 6, 2025
“None of this is complicated,” political data specialist Tom Bonier wrote yesterday about Tuesday’s dramatic Democratic victories around the country.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
November 6, 2025
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November 4, 2025
November 4, 2025 (Tuesday)
So much for obeying a court order, even if begrudgingly and with manufactured delay.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:37 AM
November 4, 2025
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November 5, 2025
November 5, 2025
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a member of both the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, began his victory speech last night with a nod to Eugene V.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM
November 5, 2025
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Ladies and Gentlemen: The President of the United States.
Only about a third of the Trump interview aired on "60 Minutes." CBS has published the transcript of the complete interview here —> www.cbsnews.com/news/read-fu...
Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here.
Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here.
www.cbsnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Ladies and Gentlemen: The President of the United States.
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November 2, 2025
November 2, 2025
Last Monday, October 27, right-wing personality Tucker Carlson interviewed white nationalist Nick Fuentes for more than two hours, mainstreaming the podcaster whose praise for Hitler, vows to kill Jew...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:35 AM
November 2, 2025
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November 1, 2025
November 1, 2025
Yesterday I wrote that President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:03 AM
November 1, 2025
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October 30, 2025
October 30, 2025
House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) continues to try to pin the upcoming catastrophic lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding on the Democrats.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:24 AM
October 30, 2025
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October 31, 2025
October 31, 2025
Yesterday a reporter asked Representative Joe Neguse, a Democrat of Colorado, about the administration’s withholding of reserve funds Congress intended would fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
October 31, 2025
New project 🕷️ 😱
#Woobles #Halloween #ImNotAfraidOfSpiders
[ID: glow in the dark crochet spider project in package]
#Woobles #Halloween #ImNotAfraidOfSpiders
[ID: glow in the dark crochet spider project in package]
November 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
New project 🕷️ 😱
#Woobles #Halloween #ImNotAfraidOfSpiders
[ID: glow in the dark crochet spider project in package]
#Woobles #Halloween #ImNotAfraidOfSpiders
[ID: glow in the dark crochet spider project in package]
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Donald Trump is trying to normalize authoritarianism. We cannot let that happen. We cannot take the bait that normalizes things that are fundamentally wrong.
October 31, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Donald Trump is trying to normalize authoritarianism. We cannot let that happen. We cannot take the bait that normalizes things that are fundamentally wrong.
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BREAKING: Furloughed employees at CDC just received an email about the shutdown, but has REMOVED language about backpay that appeared in a similar email sent out a month ago. On the left is the Oct 1st email with the backpay language, on the right is the email they received today.
October 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
BREAKING: Furloughed employees at CDC just received an email about the shutdown, but has REMOVED language about backpay that appeared in a similar email sent out a month ago. On the left is the Oct 1st email with the backpay language, on the right is the email they received today.
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At least 61 people have now been killed by Trump/Hegseth's military blowing up vessels in the Caribbean Sea & the Pacific.
@stevevladeck.bsky.social answers the question “Is this s—t legal?!”
Added BONUS: We also discuss the latest unusual development from SCOTUS.
youtu.be/s5UwTnXVX7c?...
@stevevladeck.bsky.social answers the question “Is this s—t legal?!”
Added BONUS: We also discuss the latest unusual development from SCOTUS.
youtu.be/s5UwTnXVX7c?...
October 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
At least 61 people have now been killed by Trump/Hegseth's military blowing up vessels in the Caribbean Sea & the Pacific.
@stevevladeck.bsky.social answers the question “Is this s—t legal?!”
Added BONUS: We also discuss the latest unusual development from SCOTUS.
youtu.be/s5UwTnXVX7c?...
@stevevladeck.bsky.social answers the question “Is this s—t legal?!”
Added BONUS: We also discuss the latest unusual development from SCOTUS.
youtu.be/s5UwTnXVX7c?...
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Vladeck: Even if you accept the predicate that these drug cartels are foreign terrorist organizations, that still doesn’t get you anywhere close to legal authority to use military force. They’re trying to blur and sort of collapse the distinction between two regimes we have…
October 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Vladeck: Even if you accept the predicate that these drug cartels are foreign terrorist organizations, that still doesn’t get you anywhere close to legal authority to use military force. They’re trying to blur and sort of collapse the distinction between two regimes we have…
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Woo hoo!!! Looking forward to this!!!
tomorrow at 2 pm: i'll be on Substack Live with @hcrichardson.bsky.social
please join us!
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
please join us!
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE SOON: talking with Heather Cox Richardson about how MAGA rolls back the clock
Starting Oct 30 at 2:00 PM EDT
open.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Woo hoo!!! Looking forward to this!!!
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October 29, 2025
October 29, 2025
Today is the twenty-ninth day of the government shutdown, and the House of Representatives is still on break as House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) continues to try to force the Senate to pass the House...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:39 AM
October 29, 2025
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They tear-gassed kids last week.
FOX: Pritzker has asked you specifically to pause immigration enforcement operations in Chicago so kids can safety celebrate Halloween. Do you have any plans to alter activity tomorrow?
NOEM: No. We're gonna be out on the streets in full force and increase our activities to make sure kids are safe.
NOEM: No. We're gonna be out on the streets in full force and increase our activities to make sure kids are safe.
October 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
They tear-gassed kids last week.
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I'm interviewing former Federal Trade Commission head Lina Khan on Substack live at 4:00. Very excited about this. Have wanted to talk to her about antitrust issues for years.
October 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I'm interviewing former Federal Trade Commission head Lina Khan on Substack live at 4:00. Very excited about this. Have wanted to talk to her about antitrust issues for years.
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October 28, 2025, with Liza Donnelly of Seeing Things:
October 28, 2025
In the election of 1920, Americans handed a landslide victory to the Republicans and their presidential candidate Warren G.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:34 AM
October 28, 2025, with Liza Donnelly of Seeing Things:
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More shit Mike Johnson doesn’t know.
Q: What's your reaction to yesterday's purge of senior ICE officials? When is it time for Congress to do some oversight?
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know any of the details of that yet. I just heard about that, literally I was walking in.
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know any of the details of that yet. I just heard about that, literally I was walking in.
October 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
More shit Mike Johnson doesn’t know.
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NEW: A federal judge slammed DHS Secretary Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi for publicly attacking Kilmar Abrego Garcia in “exaggerated” and “inaccurate” ways — violating rules meant to protect the integrity of criminal proceedings.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
A judge slammed Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem over ‘troubling’ remarks about Kilmar Abrego Garcia
U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw ordered the administration to warn every DOJ and DHS employee against improper statements regarding Abrego, who’s facing smuggling charges.
www.politico.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
NEW: A federal judge slammed DHS Secretary Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi for publicly attacking Kilmar Abrego Garcia in “exaggerated” and “inaccurate” ways — violating rules meant to protect the integrity of criminal proceedings.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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A reminder that you can donate to Wikipedia to keep human-sourced knowledge accessible.
The billionaire launched his A.I.-powered version, Grokipedia, on Monday.
Elon Musk Challenges Wikipedia With His Own A.I. Encyclopedia
The billionaire launched his A.I.-powered version, Grokipedia, on Monday.
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A reminder that you can donate to Wikipedia to keep human-sourced knowledge accessible.
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Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
n.pr
October 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.