Reposted by MelAllison 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. 1023131483813
Reposted by MelRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like. 537153527215
Reposted by MelMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Don't download the Trump app. Everything he does is underhanded and dishonest. 1391611708
Reposted by MelThe Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 22/09/2026Truth and Consequences — A cartoon by Nick Anderson 323958
Reposted by MelAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 08/09/2026We’re suing to bring transparency back to Trump’s State Department—and you can help! Are you aware of an international agreement that the U.S. may have concluded since Jan. 2025? Have you been unable to locate it on the State Department’s site? Let us know 👇 ⬇️ www.lawfaremedia.org/article/why-...lawfaremedia.orgWhy We’re Suing the State Department Over International AgreementsLawfare is suing to bring transparency back to international agreements—and you can help. 8534256
Reposted by MelBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Be a poll worker, save democracy: powerthepolls.org/btc 901514400
Reposted by MelOutspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Corruption isn’t a victimless crime. When Trump and Republicans trade the public good for power, profit and billionaire interests, Americans pay with their health, their safety and sometimes their lives. Trump’s #CostOfCorruption kills US. 👇🏼 10250148
Reposted by MelAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/08/2026Quite a community note here. Reminder that your taxpayer dollars are paying for these Nazi social media accounts. 13471362020
Reposted by MelWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton 378154034303
Reposted by MelMark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026This was our technology, until Donald Trump pulled us out of the renewable energy market. Another stupid economic choice by the enemy within. 17351108
Reposted by MelDr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 21/07/2026“As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air—however slight—lest we 1/2 19034
Reposted by MelWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Jonathan Banks reprises him Mike Ehrmantraut character from Breaking Bad for a message for America’s 250th "There is right vs. left. And there is right vs. wrong" 131131356
Reposted by MelRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/07/2026We must demand that OSHA head (and former Amazon exec) David Keeling restore strong heat protections for workers — or be removed from his job. Here's how: robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-is… 331107388
Reposted by MelHCR HQ @hcrhq.bsky.social · 04/07/2026The Heart Behind the U.S. Declaration of Independence | From yesterday's Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/live/RCsf4t2bxjA 04615
Reposted by MelHCR HQ @hcrhq.bsky.social · 02/07/2026How Six People Are Destroying Democracy | Explainer from yesterday’s Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6aorcnloFIyoutube.comHow Six People Are Destroying Democracy | ExplainerIn which I try to answer your questions about modern politics....From Politics Chat, June 30, 2026The live streamed version is available here: https://www.yo... 14926
Reposted by MelMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Trump voters tell us that they want to ban trans athletes because they so sincerely want to "protect girls and women." And yet they voted for a man who routinely insults, manhandles, and rapes girls and women. As usual, their actions are deafening compared to their words. 631860437
Reposted by MelProPublica @propublica.org · 27/06/2026Staffing “was always bad. And now it’s at a breaking point,” a VA psychologist said. They described being stretched so thin that one-on-one appointments were cut down to 16 minutes or replaced with group sessions with as many as 35 veterans. (Published March)propublica.orgVeterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under TrumpHundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ... 40752352
Reposted by MelMother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/06/2026NEW: Eight protesters who the DOJ accused of having connections to antifa were sentenced to decades in prison over a shooting outside a Texas immigration detention center that left one police officer wounded. Activists who didn’t plan the protest and left when asked still received 50-year terms.motherjones.comPrairieland ICE protesters sentenced to decades in prisonActivists who didn't plan the protest and left when asked still received 50-year terms. 73711463
Reposted by MelBrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Loathed and isolated vs Loved and respected 371260262
Reposted by MelDefiance Dispatch @defiancedispatch.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Every U.S. city hosting the World Cup this summer also runs an ICE concentration camp, some just miles from the stadium. While the world watches, children are being held nearby. This is the Let Them Go map. Share it. Visit letthemgo.us to learn more and take action. 610690
Reposted by MelMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Thank you President Obama. 🙏 I appreciate your honesty, intelligence, dignity, integrity, humility & humor. 👍 Looking forward to the opening of your Presidential Center this week! 👀 Wishing you & your family all the best & continued success, Mar🐫 522294376823
Reposted by MelAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/06/2026Happy Obama Appreciation Day! A personal note: www.muellershewrote.com/p/happy-obam...muellershewrote.comHappy Obama Appreciation DayA personal tribute to an inspirational leader 10960691251
Reposted by MelMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 14/06/2026TOMORROW!!! #NoKingsDay 🇺🇸 581280957945
Reposted by MelMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/06/2026The world's first trillionaire received 38 Billion Dollars from the US government. But, no, we won't have enough money to pay for school lunches for your kids. Or give you healthcare. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 928164766556
Reposted by MelBrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 13/06/2026How are we supposed to give a flying fuck that Elon is a trillionaire when the guy literally used his power to END programs that fed the poorest people on Earth? Fuck that selfish asshole, and fuck his trillion dollars helping nobody but his damn self. 1383222946
Reposted by MelHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Samuel Adams, as told by his biographer Stacy Schiff. #WeAreHistory250 11533134
Reposted by MelHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I love the story of An Wang. #WeAreHistory250 15615172
Reposted by MelBrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026When 300 detainees risk punishment by launching a hunger strike, they're telling us something. They're telling us the conditions are so bad they'd rather endure hunger than stay silent. Don't look away from Delaney Hall. 11760284
