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Candy Mickels Mejia

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Writer. Mom. Gen Xer.

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas. www.nola.com/news/educati...
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 12/12/2025
Relocating felt like an adventure when we were newlyweds. Once we had kids, we passed up lucrative opportunities to put down roots for our family.
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Relocating for a new job was never a big deal. Having kids changed things; we're not moving now, even for a big opportunity.
Relocating felt like an adventure when we were newlyweds. Once we had kids, we passed up lucrative opportunities to put down roots for our family.
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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I know we keep focusing on Colbert and Kimmel as we should, but we also need to remember there are hundreds of people who work for these shows who also just lost their jobs because of this bullshit, and most of them are probably not millionaires.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments. that fox news host still has his job.
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CNN @cnn.com · 06/08/2025
The congressional map Texas Republicans hope to enact so efficiently distributes GOP voters that last year, President Donald Trump would've won all of the 30 districts where the party hopes to win by at least ten percentage points. cnn.it/4liakAe
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Also, our standard now is that it had to have caused “concern” for Ghislaine Maxwell to be problematic?? Ummmm…obviously sexually abusing minors never caused her “concern” BECAUSE SHE PARTICIPATED IN IT
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Wendi Aarons @wendiaarons.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
For those of you just joining us, welcome.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/05/2025
the fundamental disconnect between the manosphere and reality is that they are incapable of understanding that this is - according to every woman I’ve ever met - the sexiest thing a man has ever done
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K. R. Gardiner @krgardiner.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
There is no clearer way to say it. Letters from an American - April 13 @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
I'm friendly with people who work on this program, the largest food relief program in the world. Do you know what their only job is? Saving lives. End the program, end lives.
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Joseph Peters had the courage to speak up during @booker.senate.gov’s town hall, & he pled with everyone listening...to PLEASE protect Medicaid. Joseph, thank you for this #CupOfJoe from you & your Mom. It’s full of bravery & love. I hope that the GOP hears you. Call your MOCs 202-224-3121!
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 08/04/2025
Sen. Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours in the Senate, using 1,000+ pages prepared by aides—featuring stories from 200+ Americans protesting Trump’s actions. Political science professor @charlesrhunt.com looks at what it means:
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The hidden power of marathon Senate speeches: What history tells us about Cory Booker’s 25-hour oration
In some cases, long Senate speeches don’t produce clear results. In other cases, they can help pass or prevent new legislation.
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God @thegodshow.com · 04/04/2025
I should have made more AOCs.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble. For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity. What will you do?
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Cory Booker has broken Strom Thurmond’s record. “I’m here despite his speech,” Booker said.
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Candy Mickels Mejia @cmickelsmejia.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The problem with isolating myself from current events is I miss things. I just learned about Cory Booker speaking about 20 minutes ago. Please watch if you can. The cspan app is free.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Cory Booker is doing something incredible on the Senate floor. If you're not watching, you need to watch: www.youtube.com/live/Ej6locU...
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LIVE: Cory Booker goes for floor speech RECORD
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 26/03/2025
My daughter was ecstatic when accepted into the prestigious University of Chicago. Once she saw how much it cost, she chose a cheaper state school.
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My daughter rejected an offer from her dream college because of the costs. I was shocked when she chose a state school instead.
My daughter was ecstatic when accepted into the prestigious University of Chicago. Once she saw how much it cost, she chose a cheaper state school.
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Geoff Pearson @profgeoffpearson.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I haven't been able to follow the classified Signal chat debacle without thinking of Airplane.
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Stevie Trujillo 💙🦋💃🏽 @stevietrujillo.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
This is the article that Jeffrey Goldberg wrote for The Atlantic about being included the top-secret Signal chat discussing war plans. Feel free to share. I've removed the paywall. #BlueCrew #Resistance #Democracy www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I am 54 years old. I stepped back from Moms Demand Action after 11 years because I understood that power is finite. Organizations and nations can’t evolve if they don’t have new rolling leadership. This isn’t about age, it’s about hoarding power.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Important. Either Trump is so far gone mentally he doesn’t know what he’s doing, or people are acting in his name without his knowledge. This was an order with enormous implications, and the President of the United States says he didn’t do it.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/03/2025
Since writing this article, I have received messages from federal civil servants who tell me it is accurate, and that they are frightened. Please share this with anyone who doesn't understand the scale of the transformation. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 07/03/2025
Trump is the kinglike president many feared when arguing over the US Constitution in 1789 – and his address to Congress showed it
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Trump is the kinglike president many feared when arguing over the US Constitution in 1789 – and his address to Congress showed it
When the US Constitution was written, many people − from those who wrote the document to those on the outside who read it − believed that endowing the president with kinglike powers was dangerous.
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Just to be clear… Trump has no mandate
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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
“I don’t know how to explain to you why the least among us is more important than the greatest. I don’t know how to explain that We, the People is more important than I, the Person.” michaelianblack.substack.com/p/we-will-be...
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We Will Be Remembered, In Spite of Ourselves
“I don't know how to explain to you why you should care about other people.” – Lauren Morrill, January 2017
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Ellen L. Weintraub @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
They shouldn't consider it. They should do it. Imagine how Republicans would obstruct, and just do that, Democrats. Lord.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out. This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
If you wanted to panic, the time was the night he was re-elected. Now it's time to take a deep breath and do things like express your views to your member of Congress, and start planning for 2026. There will be no panic in this dojo.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
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Candy Mickels Mejia @cmickelsmejia.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
I’ve forgotten how to interact on social media but I’d like to try again. So, I’m here now. Seeking writer vibes and nuanced conversations, with a dash of sarcasm on both please.
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