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Melanie D’Arrigo

@darrigomelanie.bsky.social
100K followers 6.8K following 2.3K posts

Executive Director of Campaign for New York Health, VP Legislation National Organization for Women NYS, LGBTQ+ nonprofit co-founder, and former congressional candidate in NY03

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Trump’s DOJ drastically increased the number of criminal cases to drop, especially the types of crimes Trump has been accused of: Labor violations +129% National security +93% Organized crime +86% White collar crime +59% Corruption +32% Civil rights +17%
propublica.org
Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration
Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of Presi...
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
There are more billionaires in the Epstein files than cases of undocumented immigrants voting over the last 25 years. But those same billionaires, including Trump and Musk, want you to focus on their voter suppression bill so you won’t focus on their alleged Epstein crimes.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Trump launched an attack and sent American kids to war, and then attended a glitzy fundraiser at his country club. This is the life of the Epstein class. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Stays Out of Public View After U.S. Launches Military Assault on Iran
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
We wouldn’t be where we are right now if Trump and the rest of the Epstein class had been held accountable for their crimes.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I’d rather have universal healthcare than another forever war.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Trump’s billionaire allies will now own CNN, Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ and NY Post — plus 185+ local tv stations and news in 100 markets. They also control X, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, WhatsApp, TikTok, Truth and Twitch. This is all by design to manipulate and surveil us. Pay attention.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Congress diverted an extra $34 billion in taxpayer funds to unrequested projects for the military contractors bankrolling their election campaigns. I assume right-wing influencers are going to film themselves banging on the doors of the Pentagon demanding they pass an audit now, right?
rollcall.com
Hill added $34 billion in unrequested defense program funds
Congress added billions of dollars beyond the Pentagon’s budget request for research and procurement projects that receive little scrutiny.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Deductibles should be $0 Premiums should be $0 Copays should be $0 Prescriptions should be $0 We could have guaranteed healthcare with Medicare for All and save up to $450B and 68,000 lives per year if politicians answered to us instead of billionaires and corporate donors.
nytimes.com
New A.C.A. Plans Could Increase Family Deductibles to $31,000
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Just 7 health insurance companies reported $54 billion in profits last year. Their profits are your denied claims. Health insurance is not healthcare — it’s an exploitation of sick people designed to transfer wealth upwards. Demand Medicare for All.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Crypto,com donated $5 million to Trump on January 23rd. On February 17th, Trump’s administration intervened in a federal lawsuit on their behalf. This is what a bribe looks like. popular.info/p/days-after...
popular.info
Days after $5M donation, Trump administration backs Crypto.com in lawsuit
In a document quietly filed with the Federal Election Commission on Friday night, MAGA Inc., the primary Super PAC supporting President Trump, revealed that it received a $5 million donation from Cryp...
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Always voting to boost your stock portfolio or increase the profits of the corporations funding your campaign is never a coincidence — it’s always corruption. 👉🏻Ban stock members of Congress from trading stocks. 👉🏻Ban corporations and billionaires from buying elections.
notus.org
Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi Owned Palantir Stock While Voting to Fund Homeland Security
Palantir is doing huge business with the federal government as its share price soars.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
They can’t figure out how to spend the extra $500 billion they gave themselves for the military, but cut our healthcare and food assistance because they said they couldn’t afford it.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
What’s in the Epstein files is so bad, that Trump is going to release the files about aliens instead.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
FYI, “Arresting and prosecuting all of the powerful people in the Epstein files would make governments and the economy collapse,” is a lie created by the powerful people in the Epstein files so we won’t arrest and prosecute them.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Trump ran on reducing the deficit, and eliminating fraud and waste… … then he gave more massive tax cuts to corporations and billionaires that are exploding the deficit, while taking bribes and giving massive kickbacks to donors. Do you understand it was all a scam yet?
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Roses are red. Violets are blue. The people downplaying, covering up and protecting the predators in the Epstein files Are complicit in all of it now too.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
“there will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!” Trump’s authoritarian takeover and interference in the midterm elections under the guise of “election integrity” has begun.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This stopped being about immigration once Trump's DOJ started labeling anyone who spoke out against Trump's actions as "domestic terrorists," and they started justifying ICE attacking and killing Americans in the streets. We all understand where this is heading.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The most disturbing thing about the Epstein files isn’t what we’ve learned — it’s that after what we've learned, those involved still remain protected, still in positions of power, and shielded from accountability. Anyone protecting them, or downplaying this, is complicit.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Another way to phrase this is, “ICE shot someone and got caught lying about it.”
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
When rich people say "The DOW is over 50,000 dollars!"
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
No one should be forced into crippling debt because they need healthcare. Medicare for All is the fiscally and morally responsible solution to our broken, corporate greed-driven healthcare system. www.buzzfeed.com/natashajokic...
buzzfeed.com
The GoFundMe For James Van Der Beek's Family Is A Depressing Look At US Healthcare
"The costs of James’s medical care and the extended fight against cancer have left the family out of funds."
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Just Trump’s personal masked, armed, paramilitary force identifying people using AI and facial recognition. This will 100% be used to identify protesters. There’s a reason Trump labeled dissent as a domestic terrorism indicator, and why they’re buying up warehouses for more detention camps.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Could it be the: a) unaffordable food, housing and healthcare b) masked, armed ICE agents terrorizing cities c) allegations of child rape and assault in the Epstein files d) taking bribes, running scams, and grifting off the presidency ✅ e) all of the above
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Trump’s allies who are profiting from ICE and his mass surveillance agenda are trying to buy the midterms for Trump agenda-aligned candidates in both parties. We can’t protect our country if the people leading it can be legally bribed. End corporate and dark money in politics.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Mastercard, ExxonMobil, Deloitte, the UFC and other large companies are paying big money to spread Trump’s propaganda around “election integrity,” and whitewashing history, for America’s 250th. Make supporting fascism as unprofitable as possible for them. popular.info/p/major-corp...
popular.info
Major corporations bankroll "America First" propaganda
Mastercard, Deloitte, and ExxonMobil are spending millions to promote events supporting Trump and his divisive political agenda.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
The best part about Kid Rock playing the Turning Point USA halftime show is that Donald Trump is named more than 38,000 times *so far* in the Epstein files — for allegations of rape, trafficking, and murdering kids; and throwing child-rape parties for his friends at his country club.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Bad Bunny should read the Epstein client list during the halftime show.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Tulsi Gabbard and the White House killed a whistleblower report that someone close to Trump was talking to foreign intelligence. Trump and his allies are in the Epstein files, and likely controlled through blackmail by foreign intelligence. The Trump administration is a national security threat.
theguardian.com
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Can a reporter please print out this screenshot on a large poster and hold it up in front of every Republican and ask them if they support Donald Trump posting this racist garbage, that way they can’t pretend they didn’t see it — again?
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Corporations pay taxes on profits — the money left over after their expenses, and can write off their losses. Individuals pay taxes on income — the money before paying their expenses, and can’t write off their debt, with few exceptions. This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The problem with this chart is that the median annual living wage for the average American family is $100,166. Meanwhile just 34 people, the top .00001%, control 12% of income in the U.S. Every problem ties back to this problem.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Trump is building a network of large-capacity, rapidly-deployed, concentration camps. “converts the US into a ‘geographic region’ for expeditionary military-style detention. …it is the difference between a temporary surge and a permanent infrastructure.” Why are Dems still voting to fund this?
migrantinsider.com
How the Pentagon is Quietly Building Trump’s Concentration Camps
SCOOP: A repurposed Navy contract is funneling tens of billions into a "ghost network" of detention camps that can materialize anywhere in America overnight.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
At least 18 artists have canceled shows at the Kennedy Center during Trump’s 2nd term. Closing it down is less embarrassing for him than artists continuing to cancel because of him.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
The two CBP federal agents who murdered Alex Pretti have been on the job for 11 and 7 years respectively. It’s not a lack of training issue, it’s a culture of violence and lawlessness issue. If you’re still voting to fund this, you’re condoning it. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
propublica.org
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Donald Trump said he’d lower grocery prices and fix healthcare. Instead, he increased his wealth by an average of $456,621 every hour last year by using the presidency to pull various scams, shady business deals, and extortion. Do you understand that it was all a scam yet?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/02/2026
A 2016 civil lawsuit found in the Epstein files alleges that Trump raped a 13-year-old girl at parties hosted by Jeffrey Epstein in NY. Epstein raped her too. For anyone wondering why the victim dropped the case… 1/2
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
This was a bribe. UAE royals gave the Trump family $500 million, and Trump, in his presidential capacity, gave them access to tightly guarded American AI chips. The most powerful person on the planet, also happens to be the most shamelessly corrupt.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Trump admitted to disappearing a 12 year old girl, and threatened to disappear another and kill their family. This isn’t from a tip line — this is sworn testimony. If they were willing to release this, imagine what they’re still hiding.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
To recap: The people who spent years calling drag queens and librarians “groomers” and complaining about the “deep state,” are now protecting the group of mega-wealthy pedophiles and sex traffickers running our country.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
The Gestapo also encouraged people to report their neighbors to be arrested and put in detention camps. Nazi slogans. Nazi fonts. Nazi imagery. Nazi tactics. You can’t complain about people calling you Nazis while copying Nazis.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
ICE agents were told this week that they can arrest people without a warrant. They’re denying due process and incentivized to arrest and detain as many people as possible, even if they end up released. This is why they’re expanding detention camps.
nytimes.com
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Trump won by rallying his base to defeat the “deep state elites,” who were trafficking and raping kids, while corruptly running the country to further their own interests — and it was just him and his friends the whole time. Every Trump accusation is a confession, example 1 million.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
If you think they’re building more detention facilities, increasing mass surveillance, and growing the size of ICE just to deport undocumented immigrants, then you haven’t been paying attention. Continuing to fund ICE is enabling what we all know is coming next.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Reminder for everyone discussing the Epstein files: "Underage women" are minors. Sex with minors is rape. Hope this clarification helps.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Donald Trump allegedly hosted parties at Mar a Lago, where he'd sexually assault kids, and auction them off to be sexually assaulted by other guests that included Elon Musk, Allan Dershowitz — and his own children. We really don't hate these people enough.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Donald Trump allegedly forced a child — a 13-14 year old girl to perform oral sex on him, and then he hit her for biting him. This is rape.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Corporations can write off business losses on their taxes, while Americans can’t write off the student loan debt for the degrees those corporations required them to have to work there. This is what a tax system written to uplift oligarchs and hold down workers looks like.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Trump’s head of U.S. cyber defense uploaded sensitive documents into a public version of ChatGPT. America is being destroyed by the dumbest fascists.
politico.com
Trump’s acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive files into a public version of ChatGPT
The interim director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency triggered an internal cybersecurity warning with the uploads — and a DHS-level damage assessment.
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