Sign in

MelonheadRed

@melonheadred.bsky.social
415 followers 822 following 7 posts
PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by MelonheadRed
David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Two Democratic antitrust commissioners fighting in court for their jobs this week blasted Trump's attempt to fire them. In a court filing, they said the move would destabilize the economy and would "brush aside a century of precedent." buff.ly/HwuxrkC
buff.ly
Trump is trying to fire antitrust commissioners. They say it's "blatantly illegal" • Ohio Capital Journal
Two Democratic antitrust commissioners fighting in court for their jobs this week blasted Trump's attempt to fire them. In a court filing, they said the move would destabilize the economy and would…
0164
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
For what it's worth, the Dow has dropped 250 points and counting since Trump started babbling in his presser with Canada's Carney.
613213
Reposted by MelonheadRed
United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Close to 150 community members rallied at Batavia ICE detention facility in upstate NY demanding the release of UFW farm worker leaders who were targeted for arrest and detention last Friday. #WeFeedYou
321640561
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
‘Kennedy told reporters that there were "many, many good ways to treat measles and doctors need to know that and to know those methods.’ One problem; there is no treatment for measles. Signed, a doctor who’s been forced to deal with measles because of this stupid fraud.
cbsnews.com
RFK Jr. asks CDC for new measles treatment guidance amid his unfounded claims
Kennedy claimed that drugs like budesonide and clarithromycin "have been shown very effective" for measles, but doctors say they don't fight the infection itself.
1471330889919
Reposted by MelonheadRed
jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/05/2025
this is legitimately evil
452160654217
Reposted by MelonheadRed
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down
9405494511532
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
University of Michigan Regents come out squarely and publicly in defense of academic freedom against political coercion and the role of higher education and research in making America prosperous, secure ... and well ... maybe even Great? www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
michigandaily.com
In defense of our institutional independence
This University is a proud public university that belongs to all of us and generations to follow. It is a place to test ideas, shape futures and pursue, not prescribe, truth.
573593844
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Purported ICE agents raid a courthouse in Charlottesville in plain clothes without badges, ID or warrants, cart off two men without explanation. One of the three men was masked and the detainees were ushered into unmarked van. Video in the article. dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
dailyprogress.com
ICE detains 2 men in Charlottesville courthouse raid
Three men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation.
64444342315
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Good on this library.
alreporter.com
Fairhope Public Library declines to move challenged books amid APLS spat
The move comes as the Alabama Public Library Service has asserted that the Fairhope library is not in compliance with state code.
201113161786
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
It’s weird that the Tesla earnings report give every excuse in the book—tariffs! Plant retooling!—but avoid the most obvious problem: The company’s owner destroyed the brand.
852409366
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
My first apartment in 1994 was $350/month. Adjusting for inflation, that apartment should now rent for $744/month. It actually rents for $1500. Greed and inflation are hurting the kids, not their Starbucks lattes.
908254835204
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
This is deranged. Jan. 6 defendants were repped by one of the best public defender offices in the U.S. They were more likely to be released pretrial & got comparatively light sentences. SCOTUS threw out a bunch of convictions, which almost never happens. They got gold-plated due process!
858171053676
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/04/2025
Remember the 6 men who forcibly removed Dr. Teresa Borrenphol from the Coeur d'Alene town hall? They’ve been arrested and charged! www.kivitv.com/news/six-men...
17324382110473
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.
8623286711620
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/04/2025
We found the government “waste, fraud, and abuse”.
7713464212766
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
The acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service plans to resign following the agency’s data-sharing agreement with the Department of Homeland Security, which supports the Trump administration’s efforts to deport undocumented immigrants.
523319601
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Republicans in Congress can end this any time
1023627854
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
In a supposedly “safe red” state. Don’t ignore local elections, folks.
12721676
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Nikki Petersen @nikki-m.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
My husband and I run a game store and after all the tariff announcements, he decided to write out kind of a "behind the scenes" of how we spend and spill it out for people who don't understand. He's had so many reactions and shares I wanted to bring it here, too.
8231201133
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/04/2025
I'm no good with patterns. Can someone help me out here?
12423551813060
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Renee Faust @renofaust.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
so my favorite dive bar in WI passed up showing tonight’s Bucks game so they could show live poll results. when the election was called for Crawford, the whole bar started chanting, “Fuck El*n”. the bartender pulled out the good stuff and handed out free shots to us all—an absolutely electric nite
613361695107
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Records are meant to be broken. Congrats @booker.senate.gov for stepping up and standing up for the American people. Blazing your own path for the W 👏👏👏👏👏
1068997059572
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Psycho Pete @psychopete.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
That’s called aggravated kidnapping, a felony. Ice has no jurisdiction over citizens.
583353
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Dave Krantz @weskrantz.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
final QC inspection time
74636
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 16/03/2025
This is the end of democracy. This.
928448
Reposted by MelonheadRed
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Hey look — DOGE found dead people on social security and cut off their benefits… one problem: THEY ARE ALIVE. 😕 www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
340105834039
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/03/2025
I remember when Schumer refused to bring the Military Justice Improvement Act to the floor. It had 66 yes votes. I never got an answer as to why. They ended up watering it down and folding it into the NDAA.
450159854177
Reposted by MelonheadRed
U.S. Representative Al Green @algreen.house.gov · 16/03/2025
Mary Prince escaped in 1828, sharing her story and those of enslaved women. In 1831, The History of Mary Prince became the first account of a Black enslaved woman’s life published in the UK, inspiring the anti-slavery movement. 158 days to Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountDowntoSRD
154151192816
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
698292095822
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed. No one knows why he was detained.
nhpr.org
Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.
19563047912474
Reposted by MelonheadRed
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
NYT: “The White House did not comment on why the group had altered the contracts data or why it’s now harder for the public to scrutinize it.” The *savings* have been changed and altered — and are nowhere near what @MarshaBlackburn claims they are. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
317126014249
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest “Stop resisting” “He’s not resisting” Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
671101774994
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Call your Member of Congress & Senators especially those who aren't fighting to protect Medicare & Medicaid and ask: Are you prepared to end taxpayer subsidies for your gold level healthcare plan? Taxpayers pay 75% of their premiums which covers 80% or more of their health care costs
17575300
Reposted by MelonheadRed
YourAnonRiots 🐈‍⬛🏴🇵🇸🇲🇲🇺🇦🇸🇦🦋 @youranonriots.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Justice for Breonna Taylor Justice for Sonya Massey Justice for Sandra Bland Justice for Tamir Rice Justice for Kalief Browder Justice for Eric Garner Justice for George Floyd Justice for Daunte Wright Justice for Alexia Christian Justice for Rayshard Brooks Say Their Names!!!
161123902469
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
"the plan to shrink IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
washingtonpost.com
Opinion | DOGE says it’s saving $100 billion. It’s about to lose a lot more.
Cuts to the IRS will backfire by giving tax evaders a free pass.
1484263979874
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/03/2025
This is also why folks need to stay LOUD—make your opinions known. It’s making a difference.
369163414978
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
This is all to pay for a tax cut for the wealthiest Americans
16654621508
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Rogue SSA @alt-ssa.altgov.info · 12/03/2025
Just to be clear, a big reason @altssa.altgov.info and I are here is because it's painfully obvious to employees that SSA is being sabotaged. They want it to break so they can kill it and blame us. We need all your help to spread the word far and wide so these people can't escape responsibility.
7746081697
Reposted by MelonheadRed
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
ICYMI — Gwynne Wilcox, a member of the National Labor Relations Board fired by Trump, returned to the office to cheers on Monday after a judge ordered her reinstatement.
6055971125
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Yo @durbin.senate.gov, no one is picking up your Senate phone and you don’t even have a voicemail. Vote no on cloture and the spending bill or I will do whatever it takes to make sure the next Senator from Illinois has basic constituent services set up during business hours.
1038428287389
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
…
8085382210797
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Josh Mankiewicz @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Quite a story here about how justice gets done in the Salt Lake City DA’s ofc kutv.com/news/2news-i...
kutv.com
2News Investigates: Alleged inappropriate relationship’s impact on teen charged w/ murder
An alleged scandal at the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office and accusations of a cover-up that goes all the way up to the District Attorney himself.A
3264
Reposted by MelonheadRed
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Cowardice. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/u...
20941451385
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Christoph Jacob @christophjacob.eu · 11/03/2025
The ACS Inclusivity Style Guide used to include sections on “Gender and Sexuality” and on “Race, Ethnicity, and Sexuality”. Both are now gone. www.acs.org/about/inclus...
acs.org
Inclusivity Style Guide - American Chemical Society
The ACS Inclusivity Style Guide aims to help American Chemical Society staff and members communicate in ways that recognize and respect diversity in all its forms.
55127
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Every time I get a journalist call for comment now I close my remarks with “members of a government that believes it is not bound by the rule of law are not entitled to its protection.”
353372635
Reposted by MelonheadRed
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This is a grave and sobering admission: they are not pursuing the “WELL ACTUALLY he broke the law during protests,” they are bragging that they are deporting people for protected speech.
9543541785