Reposted by MelissaAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2hDoes arresting the wife of an enlisted man and mother of four US citizen children, a person who’s been here since she was 6 years old, make our country great again? 19637591532
Reposted by MelissaMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4hOf course, birds of a feather 1502658674
Reposted by MelissaRebuild Local News @rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social · 19hWe’re hiring! 🚨 Rebuild Local News is looking for a Nonprofit Mobilization Coordinator to help nonprofit newsrooms across the country turn their voices into real policy wins. Learn more: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/careers/care...rebuildlocalnews.orgCareers: Nonprofit Mobilization CoordinatorWe are seeking an excellent communicator and coalition builder to focus on supporting and mobilizing nonprofit organizations and newsrooms. 025
Reposted by MelissaRonan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 14/10/2026New project for you all: I produced “Musk,” Alex Gibney’s extraordinary documentary, rolling out now. 12449781287
Reposted by MelissaAuthor Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Bot farms get the boot and the South African is mad lololo 611127
Reposted by MelissaJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11/10/2026New developments on a Saturday night: Reports Trump’s DOJ will try to use the Sherman Antitrust Act to intimidate the free press. joycevance.substack.com/p/can-the-sh...joycevance.substack.comCan the Sherman Act Be Used To Silence the Press?Apparently, Trump’s DOJ thinks so. 52733333
Reposted by MelissaDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 11/10/2026No doubt this has occurred to other bystanders as well, but it would seem that a handful of billionaires dropping $150 million into a single state's election in an attempt to defeat a wealth-tax initiative just about makes the entire case for a wealth-tax initiative. 403106831
Reposted by Melissajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent 459175802696
Reposted by MelissaKim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Where is your warrant? Is it signed by a judge? What is your badge number? 0145
Reposted by MelissaJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Data centers have come to serve as a stand-in for a host of issues — affordability, the outsized power of high-tech companies, soaring energy issues, Trump’s utter cluelessness, Republicans’ inability to cross their cult leader and the looming divide between the rich and everyone else.open.substack.comData Center Backlash Is MAGA’s Comeuppance🚨 27 Days to the Midterms 🚨 13400111
Reposted by MelissaSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/10/2026This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW 3444711471
Reposted by MelissaAuthor Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Truly I never want to hear from broke ass Nebraskans begging for more welfare after seeing them laughing and guffawing when their leader said Iran can nuke Southern California Truly stfu Cornhuskers 2419054
Melissa @melissacpainter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Cities - most lean blue - might welcome rural refugees and institute a type of Temporary Protective Status for them. This obvious migration pattern needs structural support and celebration. Maybe a holiday with bbqs. New Neighbor Day. 000
Reposted by MelissaAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Blumenthal: Tether is a crypto company that has a stablecoin known as USDT, and it is the major means of Iran avoiding and evading sanctions. What we’ve also exposed is that Cantor Fitzgerald has a major financial tie. Cantor Fitzgerald was owned by Howard Lutnick. It’s still run by his family. 19053582516
Reposted by MelissaMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I think if you do this you should be removed from society but what do I know. We need to establish an island to send all these weirdos to so they only get to interact with each other. 1613213
Reposted by MelissaRebuild Local News @rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026In this issue of The Press Advocate: ✍️ Gov. Newsom signs the Community NEWS Act into law 📈 New research shows rising support for government aid to local news 🤝 William McKenzie, senior editorial advisor at the George W. Bush Institute, joins our board of directors 🔗: mailchi.mp/rebuildlocal... 011
Reposted by MelissaRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 156165205566
Reposted by MelissaChris Krewson @ckrewson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Gov. Gavin Newsom is signing the bill that provides tax credits for journalism jobs in California; this is going to be a Big Deal. Proud of @lionpubs.bsky.social for advocating for this and for @rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social for leading the charge on it. www.youtube.com/live/PDLAoU7...youtube.comGovernor Newsom Signs Legislation & Speaks with MediaYouTube video by California Governor Gavin Newsom 151
Reposted by MelissaAlicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Sometimes something happens that's so undeniably good that you've got to celebrate, and Newsom signing AB 2222 is one of those things. Shout out to @mattdpearce.com and @rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social for their efforts on getting this in front of the right people and also across the finish line.static.klipy.comHamilton: We Won! Lafayette's Victory CelebrationAlt: Hamilton: We Won! Lafayette's Victory Celebration 18623
Reposted by MelissaMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Nearly all the Extras in this iconic scene were French expatriates. Their tears during the stirring rendition of La Marseillaise were genuine— filmed at a time when the fate of France was still uncertain. CASABLANCA (1942) 942765564
Reposted by MelissaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Samuel Alito has recused himself from a Supreme Court climate case, after ethics watchdogs uncovered his fossil fuel stockholdings. Instead of relying on the justices to occasionally do the right thing, we need Congress to enact real SCOTUS reform.youtube.comHow to Fix a Broken Supreme Court | Robert ReichJustice Roberts refused to testify in a hearing on SCOTUS ethics.Thomas and Alito accepted luxury vacations from GOP meg 15667572173
Reposted by MelissaSarah Good @sassy0210.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🎯 'A man raped her' instead of 'she was raped.' Have you ever read a headline that reads "A bank was robbed by a suspect?" Nope. It's "A suspect robbed a bank." 4168371954
Reposted by MelissaNithya Raman @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Trump administration wants to impose an English-only mandate on Head Start. As a mother and an immigrant, I'm outraged - and LA has seen this playbook before. 35511
Reposted by MelissaAnn @lifeinthepnw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Dear Eric Schmitt: Other places where Jack Smith was not on February 3 — Skateboarding with Tony Hawk Watching a Howard Hawks film Visiting Ethan Hawke Jamming with Hamish Hawk At a Seattle Seahawks game At a Chicago Blackhawks game Birdwatching Cooper’s hawks …but now he’s watching you like a hawk 41989612110
Reposted by MelissaJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I hope this headline haunts Eric Schmitt for the rest of his pathetic political career. 1158159764515
Reposted by MelissaCarolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"As things stand, students who commit infractions like plagiarism — which typically has no real victims — are often punished more harshly than the male students directly responsible for making the campus dangerous for female ones." www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 0163
Reposted by MelissaDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What's especially notable is that after having his nose rubbed deep in the unwashed crack of his own stupidity, the Honorable Senator doubles down and insists Jack Smith is a perjuring dirtball. Even Emily Latella, on being lurched back to reality, offers up a quiet "nevermind." 4367075
Reposted by MelissaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Two Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day. 1542181143456
Reposted by MelissaRichard Wayne Bowling @rchrdwynbwlngk100.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Why did Eric Schmitt fuck up his gotcha moment so badly? No one involved considered the possibility that Jack Smith attended a women’s basketball game. A MAGAt undone by misogyny. Not at all surprising. 31588461617
Reposted by MelissaAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt. 644216853581
Reposted by MelissaMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The late great JIM HENSON — born 90yrs ago today— and ‘Dr. Teeth’ on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1975. 532794522
Reposted by MelissaMaya Media @mayamedia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Epic lecturing of LAPD for violating a court order. Most of LA cops are moonlighting as ICE slave catchers. 871783012
Reposted by MelissaKim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Chapek on Iger’s 2020 departure: “I have been told by several high-ranking people both in government and business that in their opinions, the real reason he left the company so abruptly was his anticipation of the arrival of Covid.” That was my guess.  www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/b...nytimes.comDisney’s Fired C.E.O. Bob Chapek Settles Scores With Bob Iger in New BookIn a new memoir, Bob Chapek publicly addresses his 2022 ouster for the first time. He blames Mr. Iger, who both preceded and succeeded him at Disney. 173
Reposted by MelissaTroy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Susan Collins is blatantly corrupt. Hollywood couldn't write this in a script. 393111884245
Melissa @melissacpainter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Not funneling legislation to the President from Project 2025 will be a welcome change. 000
Reposted by MelissaAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026Please stop overestimating what a democratic Congress can do. The oligarchs are spending money to make you think a Dem Congress can arrest people and hold trials and pass laws without a POTUS signature so that you’ll be disappointed when they don’t do stuff they can’t do. Don’t fall for it. 1023131533814
Reposted by MelissaPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In an Uber. Driver having loud phone conversation with someone in Spanish. A little annoying, but it happens. He hangs up. Says, “Mi hermano. La Migra.” And starts weeping. 1665772959
Reposted by MelissaMalcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The WB-Paramount Merger (rather, Paramount's takeover) is going to be a disaster for Los Angeles, short-term and long-term. Private Equity, i.e. big money players who don't understand the business they're buying into, yet buying into the business anyway ALWAYS makes things worse for the consumer. 26520128
