Michelle M
@msshell330.bsky.social
Proud member of the 92%. Leftist. Aunt and sister. Loves food, books, and nerdy things. Strong introvert. Don’t start none, won’t be none.
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Rude of them to wait to post this absurdity after I’ve already written about how atrocious it is they’re recruiting the kind of people that this terrible ad would work on
December 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Rude of them to wait to post this absurdity after I’ve already written about how atrocious it is they’re recruiting the kind of people that this terrible ad would work on
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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We have a ways to go to our goal but the next one is 5000 letters. Help us get there if you live in NYC and want increased and stable funding for our public libraries. Also, please ask other NYers to send a letter to the Council member too: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
We have a ways to go to our goal but the next one is 5000 letters. Help us get there if you live in NYC and want increased and stable funding for our public libraries. Also, please ask other NYers to send a letter to the Council member too: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
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By the spring of this year, 95 percent of all school buildings in Gaza had been damaged or destroyed — including every university. interc.pt/4oReRMF
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
By the spring of this year, 95 percent of all school buildings in Gaza had been damaged or destroyed — including every university. interc.pt/4oReRMF
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Literally every dem should be shouting from the rooftops that republicans are giving Americans two choices: die from starvation or from a lack of affordable healthcare.
USDA orders states to stop paying full SNAP benefits and "immediately undo" steps taken to issue them for November. Follow live updates.
https://cnn.it/47LOq3z
https://cnn.it/47LOq3z
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Literally every dem should be shouting from the rooftops that republicans are giving Americans two choices: die from starvation or from a lack of affordable healthcare.
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I need to emphasize what I say down-thread: this is a temporary, procedural move known as an administrative stay issued in haste by Justice Jackson.
Little to nothing should be read into this ruling for how SCOTUS might ultimately rule on SNAP—either way.
Little to nothing should be read into this ruling for how SCOTUS might ultimately rule on SNAP—either way.
BREAKING: the Supreme Court has granted Trump administration’s request.
So the justices will weigh the irreparable harm to the government of having to transfer the funds against the irreparable harm of tens of millions of people not eating
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I need to emphasize what I say down-thread: this is a temporary, procedural move known as an administrative stay issued in haste by Justice Jackson.
Little to nothing should be read into this ruling for how SCOTUS might ultimately rule on SNAP—either way.
Little to nothing should be read into this ruling for how SCOTUS might ultimately rule on SNAP—either way.
Fuck that guy.
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Fuck that guy.
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This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
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Amplifying!!!
Welp it’s gotten real real if you can please help. If you can’t it’s really hard out here so share
gofund.me/a5ee0064
gofund.me/a5ee0064
November 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Amplifying!!!
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Love to see platforms like Poynter.org fact checking big interviews like President Trump's Sunday appearance on 60 Minutes. But it seems to me that this factcheck is something CBS News should have done itself, published right along with the interview. https://loom.ly/zTNfWiI
Trump misleads on deportations and inflation in first ‘60 Minutes’ interview since 2020 - Poynter
The former president’s claims about immigration raids, grocery costs and the Insurrection Act don’t hold up to the facts
www.poynter.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Love to see platforms like Poynter.org fact checking big interviews like President Trump's Sunday appearance on 60 Minutes. But it seems to me that this factcheck is something CBS News should have done itself, published right along with the interview. https://loom.ly/zTNfWiI
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Interesting, so let's see who donates to the "Welcome" PAC. I am sure they are really concerned folks who definitely want a democrat win.
www.opensecrets.org/political-ac...
Hmnn
- Waltons
- Murdocks
www.opensecrets.org/political-ac...
Hmnn
- Waltons
- Murdocks
WelcomePAC PAC Donors
Individual donors gave Individual donors gave 229 large ($200+) contributions to WelcomePAC PAC in the 2023-2024 election cycle. See the details.
www.opensecrets.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Interesting, so let's see who donates to the "Welcome" PAC. I am sure they are really concerned folks who definitely want a democrat win.
www.opensecrets.org/political-ac...
Hmnn
- Waltons
- Murdocks
www.opensecrets.org/political-ac...
Hmnn
- Waltons
- Murdocks
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New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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This is an especially worrying statement when facial recognition can be inaccurate, biased, and generally make mistakes. Basing whether someone should be in the US or not, and ignoring physical media like a birth certificate, is ripe for disaster bsky.app/profile/jose...
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is an especially worrying statement when facial recognition can be inaccurate, biased, and generally make mistakes. Basing whether someone should be in the US or not, and ignoring physical media like a birth certificate, is ripe for disaster bsky.app/profile/jose...
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I think Nia DaCosta's HEDDA is fantastic. It's a show of style and force that features the best performance of Tessa Thompson's career.
Here's the conversation I did with DaCosta for @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
Here's the conversation I did with DaCosta for @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
How to Define Freedom: Nia DaCosta on “Hedda” | Interviews | Roger Ebert
An interview with the writer/director of this week's Hedda.
www.rogerebert.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I think Nia DaCosta's HEDDA is fantastic. It's a show of style and force that features the best performance of Tessa Thompson's career.
Here's the conversation I did with DaCosta for @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
Here's the conversation I did with DaCosta for @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
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"UN refugee agency official Jacqueline Wilma Parlevliet said that the new arrivals told stories of widespread ethnic and politically motivated killings, including reports of people with disabilities shot dead because they were unable to flee"
this keeps getting worse
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
this keeps getting worse
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
Sudan’s paramilitary killed hundreds including hospital patients in Darfur, residents say
Sudan’s paramilitary forces killed hundreds of people including patients in a hospital after they seized el-Fasher city in the western Darfur region over the weekend, according to the UN, displaced re...
www.ctvnews.ca
October 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"UN refugee agency official Jacqueline Wilma Parlevliet said that the new arrivals told stories of widespread ethnic and politically motivated killings, including reports of people with disabilities shot dead because they were unable to flee"
this keeps getting worse
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
this keeps getting worse
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
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DHS often say assaults against ICE officers have skyrocketed, but fails to provide real data to back that up.
I reviewed ICE's own Fallen Officers page. It tells a much different story, and shows that none of its officer have been killed by an immigrant since the agency was created.
I reviewed ICE's own Fallen Officers page. It tells a much different story, and shows that none of its officer have been killed by an immigrant since the agency was created.
October 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
DHS often say assaults against ICE officers have skyrocketed, but fails to provide real data to back that up.
I reviewed ICE's own Fallen Officers page. It tells a much different story, and shows that none of its officer have been killed by an immigrant since the agency was created.
I reviewed ICE's own Fallen Officers page. It tells a much different story, and shows that none of its officer have been killed by an immigrant since the agency was created.
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like I said... there are other candidates running for the D nomination. If you think Mills is too establishment & Platner is too unpredictable, check out the other candidates.
Jordan Wood, the little engine that could ...
electjordan.com/platform/
electjordan.com/platform/
Platform | Jordan Wood for Maine
My Platform >>>
electjordan.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
like I said... there are other candidates running for the D nomination. If you think Mills is too establishment & Platner is too unpredictable, check out the other candidates.
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Pet food is usually not covered by SNAP (depending on where you are), but needing to cover more groceries may take up what you would have spent on it. Many animal shelters have pet food pantries, so check your local if you're struggling to feed your pets.
October 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Pet food is usually not covered by SNAP (depending on where you are), but needing to cover more groceries may take up what you would have spent on it. Many animal shelters have pet food pantries, so check your local if you're struggling to feed your pets.
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Shifting Focus: Photography of Enslaved People in Tennessee
tnmuseum.org/Stories/post... The oldest images in the Museum’s collection were created between 1850 and 1900. These few images offer only a glimpse into the complex lives of the Tennesseans who lived during this period.
tnmuseum.org/Stories/post... The oldest images in the Museum’s collection were created between 1850 and 1900. These few images offer only a glimpse into the complex lives of the Tennesseans who lived during this period.
Shifting Focus: Photography of Enslaved People in Tennessee
Tennessee State Museum Curator of Social History, Tranae Chatman, explores the early photography of enslaved people.
tnmuseum.org
October 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Shifting Focus: Photography of Enslaved People in Tennessee
tnmuseum.org/Stories/post... The oldest images in the Museum’s collection were created between 1850 and 1900. These few images offer only a glimpse into the complex lives of the Tennesseans who lived during this period.
tnmuseum.org/Stories/post... The oldest images in the Museum’s collection were created between 1850 and 1900. These few images offer only a glimpse into the complex lives of the Tennesseans who lived during this period.
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