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Michele McCarthy

@getmel.bsky.social
1.3K followers 3.5K following 560 posts

Pro-democracy, technology, teamwork, science, reading. Stop attacking Democrats. The only way we win is with a big tent.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Republican National Committee (RNC) is encouraging voters to request mail ballots while challenging mail voting infrastructure nationwide. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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‘Hypocritical’: RNC pushes mail voting for its supporters while attacking it in court
The RNC has sued across the country to restrict mail voting. But it also paid for emails and a website telling voters to “request your mail-in ballot now,” a Democracy Docket analysis found.
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Texas, come on, you gotta hate this.
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The Union @jointheunionus.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Civic Forum video from LA is here. By Reed Galen In July, we sat down in Los Angeles with historian Tad Stoermer for one of the most thought-provoking conversations we’ve hosted at Civic Forum. URL to the YT video included. Next up: SC, NY & NH. 👇
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The video from LA is here
Hey friend,
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I know it's a small thing, but my house is a reservoir of used books.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 13/09/2026
Michigan vote Abdul Florida vote Angie Minnesota vote Peggy Texas vote James S Carolina vote Annie Maine vote Troy Ohio vote Sherrod Alaska vote Mary Kentucky vote Charles We can flip the US Senate Blue & do so with a Fetterman proof majority.
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Sabalenka spends way too much time feeling put out that she's one of the best tennis players in the world. Because of this, I always want her to lose.
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Space @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
500 million stars at the center of the Andromeda galaxy... CREDIT:NASA
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026
Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Musk is already underwater in polls and if Democrats lean in they can make him even more toxic. He's declared open war on you all and is pushing a toxic, destructive, racist agenda. Maybe it's time to push back? I don't know, I'm just spitballing here.
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Mike Madrid @mikemadrid.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The woman at the tip of the spear fighting racial redistricting and closing voting locations is Alissa Simmons. Heres my interview with her: greattransformation.substack.com/p/tarrant-co...
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Tarrant County, Texas: Closing polling places and racial redistricting
Texas Is Showing Us Where American Politics Is Heading
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Border Patrol is operating so-called "predictive policing" units that analyze Americans' financial data to predict crimes not yet committed. Americans suspected of future crimes are flagged to local law enforcement to be pulled over on suspicion alone.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/09/2026
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "Neutrality always faults to the benefit of the authoritarian. This is why the mainstream media inadvertently ends up in a trap of normalizing what's happening. We need independent media that doesn't feel bound by those things and can just tell the truth."
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Thomas Long @rayosunlong.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Telling people that Elon musk has the power to rig elections (a power which he definitely does NOT have, but would love to make you think he has) will discourage them from voting. Telling people their vote has more power than they think (which is true) will encourage them to vote. Choose carefully
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I love tennis so much. It is prayer for me. You get to hit something as hard as you want- the ball. A prissy is someone who runs around for hours until exhausted, hits hundreds of shots at an opponent, and then whines that they just can't handle losing and are still in need of release.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Again, I am just a man standing in front of the Democratic Party, begging them to make a bigger deal of this deeply unlikeable racist billionaire asshole who is constantly pushing things everyone loathes.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Seattle Times comes out against I-638. It s terrible law, based in bigotry, that hurts all girls who want to compete in school sports, requiring invasive sex testing. If you’re in WA state or know someone who is, please spread the word: Vote NO on I-638. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...
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Seattle Times recommends 'No' on I-638, ban on trans girls in sports | Editorial
If this were a “Washington problem“ it would be worth studying as a pressing issue to be resolved by the electorate, informed with science. But it is not.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026
Did you know if we add four seats to SCOTUS in 2029, we could bring back the charges against Trump for January 6? They could overturn the immunity ruling and consider tolling the statute of limitations for the duration of Trump’s presidency. We could also resurrect the classified documents case.
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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
1/2 We are Democracy! Check your registration & track ballot at iwillvote.com Issues/questions before, during, or after the vote? Call Democratic Voter Protection Hotline. 833 338-8683 Train to be a paid poll worker www.powerthepolls.org www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u... #v4v #usDemocracy #dv1
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Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms (Gift Article)
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 01/09/2026
A New Mexico man is accused of fatally shooting his cousin after an evening of drinking escalated from an argument over enchiladas into a fistfight, according to an arrest warrant.
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New Mexico man accused of fatally shooting cousin after argument over enchiladas
Police say the men had been drinking and arguing before a fistfight broke out. A witness said the victim was walking away when Ervin Gutierrez pulled a gun and opened fire.
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The primary incompetence of all of these fools is their subserviance, greed, and criminality. I don't have the resume for this job either, and I know how to figure out who is good at what and get their advice. A normal law-abiding citizen could do a better job.
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I think the general consensus of people around the world is that Americans can get fooled by a con man once, but to return him to power a 2nd time after having seen his corruption, incompetence, ignorance, & buffoonery, the problem isn’t just Trump it’s the American people.
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Do it!
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Yikes! Guess it's time to tear down our house.
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I'll just restate how much I loathe the term "poaching." Canada didn't poach them. They chose to leave.
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Being loyal is not a job. These MAGA creeps are all so goddamned lazy.
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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 26/08/2026
The best way to honor the two who have left us recently, imo, is to keep being as gay as possible
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I just know this will all backfire. Either we get to vote by mail, or we'll figure something else out. I'll never forget the lengths people went to, to get covid shots to everyone.
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Bill Gates Is Warning That A.I. Is More Dangerous Than Big Tech Will Admit (Gift Article)
In an hourlong interview, he said his industry was downplaying the risks, which he believes include mass unemployment and bioterrorism.
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My dad was a public school teacher; and he always said the toughest parts of the job were: 1. Having to pay for your own classroom chalk, and 2. Performing gender-reassignment surgeries during class hours w/out parents finding out.
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Gosh, I wonder what Congress could do about this.
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
From the ESO: From ALMA; one of the most detailed views yet of the surface of Betelgeuse, the famous orange star in Orion, 600 light-yrs away. Unlike our own Sun, which is relatively smooth and spherical, Betelgeuse is a red supergiant almost 800 times larger, with a highly uneven, lumpy surface.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule👇 Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it. I'm as confident in our arguments here as in any of our cases!
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I just want to know how this gets done.
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Boobs™ @boobs.goodgirls.onl · 24/08/2026
dear white people cops aren't even supposed to be shooting guilty people that is all
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Taraji P Henson tried to warn us that Project 2025 would hurt our most vulnerable, but y’all are over here screaming about Leader Jeffries meeting with Kushner. Stop the faux outrage and get your shit together, we have an election to win. Stay focused people and get out the VOTE!
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The biggest ideas for just two bucks! Today only, a $1.99 Kindle deal on The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion. www.amazon.com/Biggest-Idea...
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
It really is something, isn’t it? How much fucking damage one horrible person can cause, how much havoc one horrible person can wreak upon an entire country and world, isn’t it? Hopefully, the American people are waking up to this.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
My Melania impression is better than Melania's. Just sayin'.
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Dear Canada, We love you and hope you will forgive us soon after the embarrassing orange thing is gone.
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
"I'm not saying Trump is Hitler. Hitler had normal sized hands." -Rick Wilson
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
WTF are they doing?
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Horses have been our friends and partners in building civilization. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...
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Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter (Gift Article)
A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Thing I didn’t anticipate about living through civilizational decline is how many people responsible for the decline would be loudly convinced they were saving civilization.
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Any of these losers; I hope they do it.
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Great movie for our times: Pleasantville. Free on youtube.
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Natalie? I love that for him.
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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Weirdest resume padding I’ve ever heard
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Salome @salome-gongadze.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
what is it with ex obama people and misreading the room lol? this whole thing sparked a news cycle and endless earned media, feels like a slam dunk to me
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Michele McCarthy @getmel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Range Matthew McConaughey in How to Lose a Guy in 10 days. Matthew McConaughey in True Detective.
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