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David Melançon (he/him)

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Susan Collins is always horrified by the predictable results of her own vote, which means Mainers who genuinely care about Susan Collins should elect Troy Jackson as he won’t vote for things that wind up upsetting Susan Collins, unlike Susan Collins
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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#MEpolitics: A must watch from William Turton, one of the journalists behind @propublica.org’s blockbuster Susan Collins corruption investigation, explaining what they discovered, and debunking Collins’ misleading claims or outright lies in response to their extensively researched reporting.
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David Melançon (he/him) @davidmelancon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
To the lovely young woman in business attire and no helmet on a CitiBike on 2nd Ave about 4:15 today: ignoring a red light and almost hitting pedestrians shows you’re as rude and thoughtless as you are stupid. Expect to be yelled at.
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David Melançon (he/him) @davidmelancon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Uh…ok… anybody know where we can get one of those?
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David Melançon (he/him) @davidmelancon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Most physicians take the Hippocratic oath. Unfortunately, Sen/Dr Marshall decided to take the Hypocritical Oath instead #GOP #SenatorMarshall #medicaldebt www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
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Roger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator.
Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.
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David Melançon (he/him) @davidmelancon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
His piece is a well-reasoned and well-written critical opinion piece. How should it be taken other than with an open mind and one’s own critical thinking?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The president is refusing to spend taxpayer money assisting Americans suffering from natural disasters solely because their states didn't vote for him. I know there are a thousand scandals at the moment, but this one deserves some more oxygen at every level.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
REPUBLICANS STARTING A WAR: Understanding history is for the weak, we have big bombs so our glorious victory is inevitable REPUBLICANS WHEN THE WAR GOES SOUTH: This is Jimmy Carter's fault
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Yes, an emboldened racist front—but also one still so extreme that each man walks in fear of someone seeing his face.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
My less-than-two-cents: Keep thinking about packing the court. Stay active on all the fronts. Keep calling out Dems. But search for ways for to get *busy* however you feel called, right where you are, because the big hurdles are a ways off, & there's a lot of ground to cover between here & there.
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David Melançon (he/him) @davidmelancon.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Peters is the best/worst example of journalistic both-sides-ism. Opinions have two (or multiple) sides. Facts do not, unless you’re reporting for the NYT apparently.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Yeah, no. Nobody gets a permission slip to yell, "Hey, f-----!", just because they wink at their gay friend and whisper "Watch me, I'm doing a great bit" beforehand.
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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
One key thing to help rural hospitals would be to reverse Medicaid reimbursement rate cuts. The Big Beautiful Bill made it worse. Collins brags about a small grant program for rural hospitals but it's totally inadequate. #mepolitics Backgrounder: kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Batter Rural Hospital Finances, Researchers Say - KFF Health News
Rural hospitals would take an outsize hit from Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid and other federal health programs. Researchers say the financial erosion would trigger hospital closures and servi...
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Amanda Peet is a very good writer. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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My Parents Were Both Dying. Then I Found Out I Had Cancer
Amanda Peet writes, “I admire people who can sit with uncertainty in matters of life and death. I’m not one of them. I suck at mindfulness.”
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
2 points on Trump's media capture: 1. Fascists don’t need to turn all news outlets to their side. They win if major outlets are simply too weak to tell the truth about them. 2. Fascists don’t need to make you believe them. They win if they pollute the news so much that you don’t believe anything.
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CBS News faces mass layoffs after new MAGA-friendly boss warned network may be 'toast'
Bari Weiss is about to swing the ax at CBS News, according to a new report.The polarizing top editor plans to lay off dozens of staffers imminently as she reshapes the storied broadcast network, Busin...
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Stacy Parker Le Melle @stacyparkerlemelle.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Literally the only statement from an elected official I’ve read this morning worth our time. @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov take note!! Thank you @mayor.nyc.gov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social CC: @hebagowayed.bsky.social
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M@GA Don’t Surf 🌊 🏄 #Resistor @spacemonkeygleek.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
People distrust Sam because he talks about AI ethics while building an empire on closed models, data grabs, and power deals. It’s not cartoon evil either—it’s the quietly dark and Machiavellian sort that rewrites the rules and calls it innovation. He appears to disregard humanity, ethics, & society.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
they’re kind of good at different things, but here’s what’s most important: you should already know a lot about what you’re asking it to do so you’ll be aware when it’s spitting garbage at you. it’s a professional tool, NOT a magic wand.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
No masks on cops. No masks on cops. No masks on cops. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Real Reason ICE Agents Wear Masks
Face-coverings may work less to protect federal agents from danger than to make it easier for them to do unconstitutional things.
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Just think about the amazing Epstein scoops the new CBS Evening News contributors will have just by interviewing each other.
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 28/01/2026
Take his personal army away from him while you can, you stupid, stupid assholes. You’re like an armadillo playing dead in the middle of the road so the semi won’t hurt you
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Like the old saying goes, when you have your opponent on the ropes you make a deal to give him 1-2 weeks to recover
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Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 27/01/2026
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 25/01/2026
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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Rev. Prof. Matthew J. M. Coomber @mjmcoomber.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti Absolutely heartbreaking
Photos of Alex Pretti with Sara’s caption:

On August 16th at approximately 10:00 pm
I received a call from the ICU at the VA saying my Dad had sepsis and needed to be intubated to stay alive so Josh and I headed in. We were greeted by the kindest, most calming and warm soul who helped us understand what was happening and showed deep care for us and my Dad. He continued to show utmost patience and kindness over the next few days as my Dad remained in the ICU and we were there continually. It was Alex Pretti, the man shot today by ICE. If you see this video and don't think it's murder, I don't understand your thinking and ask you to question your heart. He was out there trying to help and protect and from the little we knew of him, it doesn't surprise me he was not afraid to be on the front lines of this horrible scene in our Minneapolis. Weeping for his family and all those at the VA who no longer get to work with him or receive his care.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
When any of us enter the debate about Alex Pretti's gun, we're implicitly allowing that there could be a reason this wasn't plain murder, which is why we have to make the case that it was. We don't have to make the case. It's on video. We saw it. No debate.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Alex Pretti's gun is like Renee Good's car: irrelevant to the central fact that they were murdered by ICE. ICE wants us to debate whether Pretti should have been carrying because that avoids the central fact. Pro-carry, anti-carry--that has as much to do w/ his murder as his fashion choices. Zero.
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David Melançon (he/him) @davidmelancon.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
The launch of 'CBS Evening No-News' with Tony Dokoupil: "...the administration’s perspective was aired so thoroughly as to raise the question of when an interview becomes a press release." Brilliant review by @danieldaddario.bsky.social variety.com/2026/tv/colu...
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Tony Dokoupil’s ‘CBS Evening News’ Debut Is an Inauspicious Sign of Where CBS News Is Headed
Tony Dokoupil tripped up over transitions and bulldozed a health expert over vaccines
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David Melançon (he/him) @davidmelancon.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Proof of what I’ve always feared: brain-eating worms are contagious.
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David Melançon (he/him) @davidmelancon.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
The NYC subway system is still the best in the world, though the people that run it often seem to be doing their damndest to make that no longer true.
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David Melançon (he/him) @davidmelancon.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
@mta.info WTF? Why are half full 6 trains not stopping at local stations (E51st St) during the height of rush hour?
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Jason Reid @jasonreiduk.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Someone needs to put a new light-bulb in Melania.
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strea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Military veterans aren't falling for his crap, and call him out with a no nonsense msg. VoteVets Responds to Trump’s Use of the National Guard in DC: “Trump himself refused to activate the Guard when our Capitol was under attack; he should be embarrassed he is activating them now.”
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David Melançon (he/him) @davidmelancon.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Amen. Should have stopped long ago.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
It's not a flipping "dispute." It's an illegal and extortionary attack by an authoritarian government. It's like negotiating down the terms of a mugging. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/u...
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Harvard and Trump Restart Talks to Potentially End Bitter Dispute
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
“The only weapons we have are our bodies, and we need to tuck them in places so wheels don't turn.” — Bayard Rustin
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Also America today: “Maehara said he couldn’t afford to incur the cost of an ambulance ride, so he called friends who took him to the VA hospital in Long Beach.”
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Ancient proverb: A tariff for a tariff only makes the world poorer
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Slogan idea: Let America Be America Again From poem by Langston Hughes
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Let America Be America Again
(America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed— Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one a...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication. They own what happens next.
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David Melançon (he/him) @davidmelancon.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Could @nytimes.com not find one viewer of last night's Trump lie jamboree who called it for what it was? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/u...
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What 6 Americans Thought of Trump’s Speech
For many reluctant Trump voters, there was a mixture of confidence, anxiety, hope and frustration — along with some anger directed at congressional Democrats.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
“I am his highness’s dog at Kew; / Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?”
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a man with a beard is wearing a blue suit and a pink tie
ALT: a man with a beard is wearing a blue suit and a pink tie
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
#EliOkun @politico.com represents the bankruptcy of American media. The Trump/Vance attacks on Zelensky in the Oval Office get lumped into horse-race politics, rather than describing truly vile extortion of a small nation struggling to survive, and a leader's unwillingness to bend the knee to lies.
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
The military was one of the first major U.S. institutions to integrate as a necessity for a strong national defense. It has bases in Germany supposedly to defend democratic freedoms. Now it is enforcing book bans in opposition to multiculturalism.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
This is an Army school. 21 percent of those enlisted in the Army are Black. Staff were told there would be no more celebration of Black History Month at the school and by lunch, student-made BHM art had been torn down and art of Black women, Latino heroes removed. An image of DaVinci remained up.
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David Melançon (he/him) @davidmelancon.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
@pbsnews.bsky.social Getting the “Republican point of view” is fine, but allowing a US Senator to tell lies during a long interview isn’t news. Facts don’t have two sides. #geoffbennett @amnanawaz.bsky.social
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Gofundme should not be our national safety net
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David Melançon (he/him) @davidmelancon.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Let’s call this what it is: lobbying. apnews.com/article/abc-...
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