Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We can’t allow this man to get within striking distance of a viable presidential candidacy. 12748721144
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026You know, when politicians are term-limited out sometimes they do what’s in their heart, and he’s got nothing but love for throwing out homeless people’s stuff, eliminating jobs with that merger, and killing women 361244337
Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is a beautiful game of baseball. #wpbl #queens #firebells 053
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Malevolent Maelstrom @chemicalchaos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back" 11568111526
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 28/08/2026"If feminism means each of us finding our unique power, and helping other women do the same, Dolly Parton certainly has done both," wrote Gloria Steinem in 1987.msmagazine.comDolly Parton’s Unique Feminist Power, as Told by Gloria Steinem (January 1987)Woman of the Year Dolly Parton’s Unique Feminist Power, as Told by Gloria Steinem (From the January 1987 issue of Ms. Magazine) 7433157
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 07/07/2026Incredible news. Illinois Governor Pritzker has signed a law removing testosterone HRT from the PDMP program, a program other states can use to access people's prescription records across state lines. It will protect trans people in IL from places like TX. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comIL Gov. Pritzker Signs Law Protecting Trans Patients By Removing Testosterone from Govt. Monitoring ProgramPrescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) could be exploited to carry out anti-trans attacks. Illinois just made it harder to do. 4759191400
Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I think if no one scores after 120 minutes, both teams should lose. PKs are for scorers. 010
Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 04/07/2026This announcer is just absolutely roasting Morocco. It feels personal. 020
Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Sports are NEVER about fairness. There are all kinds of biological, economical and political advantages in sport. It is about grit and determination. It's about the love of the game and your teammates. Trans girls deserve to play sports with other girls. #ProtectTransKids 020
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Karen Geier @karengeier.com · 14/06/2026It’s not hyperbole that part of what kept the queer liberation movement going in the Reagan era was the partying part of the “bury your friends in the morning, protest in the afternoon, and dance at night” schedule. Without joy there is no air left to fight 2683782309
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)No Score Draws ✍🏻⚽ @noscoredraws.com · 13/06/2026The story so far 814729
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026When these people insist the mere presence of people unlike them is an attack on them, their country, or their rights, this is exactly the outcome they are seeking, and disappointment among far right Trumpists is largely that he failed to produce events like this here. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...yahoo.comElon Musk accused of fuelling unrest after Belfast knife attackThe use of social media in planning violent protests over the Belfast knife attack has drawn condemnation, with Britain's ruling Labour Party accusing Elon Musk of stoking divisions. The tech billiona... 8737581295
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 09/06/2026Big news: Capital Weather is now independent at CapitalWeather.com. We’re building a new home for trusted DC-area weather coverage — with around-the-clock forecasts, live updates and deeper local weather and climate coverage. 1/4 24819187
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Which isn't to say people shouldn't boo him. Ideally, he should never be able to walk anywhere without being booed. Even to the toilet. If there was a hell, his punishment would be the old lady in "The Princess Bride" following him around and booing for eternity. 520810
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 30/05/2026This is something I've been warning about, and mostly ignored over, forever: the anti-trans panic is going to affect cis people. It's tempting for cis people to ignore this, thinking we're safe. But we're not. It's being used to police us, as well. www.thewrap.com/media-platfo...thewrap.comTrump Under Fire for Apparently Calling James Talarico ‘This Transgender’ on Fox NewsDonald Trump came under fire Friday evening after the president appeared to call Texas Senate candidate James Talarico "this transgender" during a Fox News interview. 23456118
Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 25/05/20265 jobs you did as a teenager: Babysitter Worked the counter at the Bagel Bakery Concession stand and ticket booth at a movie theater Lab assistant at a masonry lab Box office at a summer concert venue 010
Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Death knell for our ability to search and find correct/useful information? 000
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 22/05/2026www.politico.com/live-updates... republicans poisoned the smithsonian women's history museum bill because they're ideologically opposed to women, history, and museums in that order 182363487
Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Things may be crappy in different parts of my life and the world, but at least I'm surrounded by snoring cats. 010
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 11/05/2026My reporting finds that sexual violence against Palestinians by Israeli authorities is widespread. I'm grateful to these assault victims for sharing with me the brutality they endured. Whether we're pro-Israel or pro-Palestinian, we should unite in being anti-rape. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians 972094778
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)WIRED @wired.com · 04/05/2026Alexis Goldstein, a former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employee, was fired this year for recording DOGE’s incursion into the agency. www.wired.com/story/a-fede...wired.comA Federal Worker Was Fired for Filming DOGE. Now She’s Running for CongressAlexis Goldstein, a former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employee, was fired this year for recording DOGE’s incursion into the agency. 101224345
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Senator Angela Alsobrooks @alsobrooks.senate.gov · 29/04/2026John Lewis was beaten with clubs wrapped in barbed wire on the Edmund Pettus Bridge fighting for voting rights. Today’s SCOTUS decision takes the sacrifice and fight of all who marched before us and throws it away. We must keep marching — too many have fought too hard to give up. 322102620
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 30/04/2026WaPo reports Louisiana’s governor will announce on Friday that he is suspending the House primaries where people have already started voting and redraw the map; I’d expect them to go for an all-Republican map and eliminate both majority-Black districts, not just one.washingtonpost.comLouisiana governor prepares to suspend House primaries after court rulingGov. Jeff Landry (R) told Republican House candidates he plans to suspend the May 16 primary elections so lawmakers can redraw the congressional map. 20321771146
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/04/2026🧵Yesterday, the Supreme Court significantly weakened a key tool that has been used to challenge racially discriminatory voting practices for fifty years. The decision will effectively strip Black and brown voters of their political power. Catch up on some of Wednesday’s breaking coverage below👇democracydocket.comSupreme Court guts Voting Rights Act, greenlights GOP gerrymandersJustice Elena Kagan, in dissent, accused the majority of making changes that "eviscerate the law." 16267117
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)CNN @cnn.com · 22/04/2026Virginia voters will approve a map that gives Democrats the chance to net as many as four US House seats, CNN's Decision Desk projects, in a major boost to the party's effort to flip the House. cnn.it/4w1wU6P 1531743
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 17/04/2026And for anyone who doesn't subscribe to The Atlantic yet, a gift link for you: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comKash Patel’s Erratic Behavior Could Cost Him His JobThe FBI director has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences. 681133354
Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Powerful men don't commit these acts in a vacuum. There are always other men who know what's happening and choose to look away. 000
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Lambda Legal @lambdalegal.org · 31/03/2026BREAKING NEWS: Today SCOTUS ruled 8–1 in Chiles v. Salazar to strike down Colorado’s ban on licensed mental health professionals’ use of “conversion therapy” on minors. We condemn this ruling and all practices that purport to “change” the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBTQ+ people.lambdalegal.lgbtLambda Legal Condemns Supreme Court Ruling Greenlighting Ineffective and Harmful “Conversion Therapy” Practices“LGBTQ+ youth do not need to be changed. Rather, like all youth, they need to be supported and celebrated for the unique and important people they are becoming.” The U.S. Supreme Court today struck ... 1013561
Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Share a green character for 🍀 or else the rest of the year you'll have terrible luck.media.tenor.coma green monster is standing in a dark room holding a piece of paperAlt: a green monster is standing in a dark room holding a piece of paper - Slimer from the original Ghostbusters 001
Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 03/03/2026I really love all of these pens. They all have their place in my heart. Though I prefer #6 in green. 010
Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Anyone know of a WV or Appalachian organization I should donate to? 2138
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 26/02/2026It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker This was never about woman's sportserininthemorning.comKansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses"The legislature did not include a grace period." 22593684555
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 25/02/2026They won't start with banning birth control. First they'll lie about it. Then dictate who can prescribe it, use it, fund it, in what forms, and for how long. Suddenly, your doctor won't call you back. I know this is what they'll do because it's what they're doing to transgender healthcare right now. 186182116128
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 22/02/2026The men's hockey final was fun to watch. Almost as fun as the hockey final. 32161793
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 19/02/2026USA WINS GOLD BABY!!!!!!!! 🏒 1527311
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 18/02/2026Have you noticed less than great air quality lately? Light winds + recent temp inversions have trapped pollutants near the ground — the same setup that’s brought us fog. A front later this week should bring wind and rain to help clear things out. More info at cwg.live 0477
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Team USA Curler Rich Ruohonen: "We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear." 11758641871
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Amber Glenn, a queer Texan who started ice skating at the stonebriar mall in frisco at age 5, who plays magic the gathering, is an olympic gold medalist 5562181422
Reposted by Melissa (she/her)Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Abolish ICE, prosecute and imprison its leaders, impeach and remove the President from office. This is the only sane reaction to a group of armed men kidnapping and gunning down our neighbors in the street. 3264392031