Reposted by Monte MerrickProPublica @propublica.org · 23hFor years, Project 2025 architect Russell Vought has set out to erode our system of checks and balances of power and to concentrate power in the hands of one person: President Trump. Now he’s quietly making it all happen. 🔊 Listen to this episode: propub.li/3TzIyaA 67935526
Reposted by Monte MerrickTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 18hI’ve seen dunks on this, pro and con. Both are fine, whatever. I’m just out here to say that I can’t imagine having this kind of free time to leisurely pursue one-on-ones to preserve the culture of civility or what have you. That is all. 1530322
Monte Merrick @montemerrick.bsky.social · 21hMy beloved’s late husband, the incomparable Ted Joans, was born in Cairo Il in 1928. We visited the town in 2011 to pay our respects. It still reeks of despair. An object lesson in the ruinous dead end of racism 041
Reposted by Monte Merrickebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Insanity 😡 19292303183
Monte Merrick @montemerrick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026please, call me talafreako @jamestalarico.bsky.social 000
Reposted by Monte MerrickAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Folks have insulted: My Southern drawl. My loc’d hair. My clothes. My shoes. My intelligence. I’ve been called a ghetto Black b!t€h. Now @JDVance says I don’t belong and should leave the very country my ancestors helped build. This is a lot y’all. It is. #AngieForFlorida 68793272177
Reposted by Monte MerrickAyanna Pressley @ayannapressley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026When we invest in Black leaders like @justinjpearson.bsky.social, everybody wins. 34212
Monte Merrick @montemerrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026JD Vance is vile scum. His soul has many owners. He isn't one of them. 010
Reposted by Monte MerrickElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My newsletter is up. Eric Schmitt should be mocked and John Roberts should be hounded and I will not be persuaded otherwise. www.thenation.com/article/poli...thenation.comEric Schmitt Deserves to Be Mocked ForeverIn this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent relives the senator’s glorious face plant. Plus: whyt John Roberts’s also deserves our mockery. 31975181
Reposted by Monte MerrickPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I went to the grand reopening of the African American Civil War museum this week and the timing is just right — its mission to preserve Black history is more relevant now than everhuffpost.comThe African American Civil War Museum Reopens To Honor The Black Soldiers Who Changed HistoryThe museum recently held its grand reopening in Washington’s historic U Street Corridor. 172343592
Reposted by Monte MerrickM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Naomi Klein Is Spot On....... 15787303389
Monte Merrick @montemerrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It’s a deep shame that we’re even talking about this 000
Monte Merrick @montemerrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026people love their stupid religions to the point of embarrassing themselves and think that shame is a badge of motherfucking faith. i hate churches, lord I do. 000
Monte Merrick @montemerrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026he said he would lie 9 eating the cats, eating the dogs) long before he had any real power. what stinking steaming pile of shit this soulless fucktwit is. a worthless life 010
Reposted by Monte MerrickBrendan O’Neill @permafrostee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My gma passed at 99 this spring. She taught me to bake when I was young As I kneaded the dough for these loaves, I thought of her I guess I will every time I bake now 🥰 2133711188
Monte Merrick @montemerrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026it's gonna take a whole lot more than midterms. 000
Reposted by Monte MerrickStay_Gold @seratnin33.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Let me remind the audience that this is not "the CDC". It is "RFK Jr's CDC", which has been taken over by his hand picked sycophants. HUGE DIFFERENCE. 1143
Monte Merrick @montemerrick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What can I say? I actually did see Marcel Marceau at a small theater in Show Low Arizona the winter of 81/82. Mummenshanz opened. It was all I dreamed it would be and more. I was also a practicing mime back then if that helps explain it. 000
Monte Merrick @montemerrick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026one thing is certainly true. my afterlife commitments as an avenging ghost are getting a little thick. I'm gonna need a bigger datebook. 000
Monte Merrick @montemerrick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026it doesnt matter much what i think in the scheme of things, but frat boy asshole rapists have been a major problem for a long freaking time. and white boys grow up not even knowing how to fold their own damn underwear. and i stay away from them as much as i can. 000
Reposted by Monte MerrickFLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Know their names: Scott Kretzschmar, Scott Norris, Diego Sarabia, Gillio Lopes, Winston Lee, Johnathan Newell and Matthew Ingalls #Cornell7 But also, everyone in the group chat, the administrators, university, and DA. SHAME. 17056191975
Reposted by Monte MerrickPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Hegseth is aspirational for some white people. He's proof that mediocrity is rewarded if you are a white man. You can always fail up. That's his appeal and make no mistake, the appeal is real. 941180
Reposted by Monte MerrickElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Hive mind, settle a Gen X debate for me. What's more famous: "I learned it by watching you" OR "This is your brain on drugs" And if you need more context then you aren't allowed to answer. 1139152379
Reposted by Monte MerrickCongresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 30/09/2026While today’s court ruling was disappointing, we will continue to defend our constitutional rights, dismantle DHS, and protect our neighbors! 013325
Monte Merrick @montemerrick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026and i feel it everyday and it hurts. machinists can go to hell. 000
Monte Merrick @montemerrick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026what a beautifully apt and sufficiently deep reference. c'est parfait! J'adore les gens. 000
Monte Merrick @montemerrick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It’s starting to look like the war against the machines has begun and just as we knew it would happen, it’s because some few people built the machines exactly for this to happen - they’re machinists. Machinists through and through. 010
Monte Merrick @montemerrick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026this was not written by AI birdallyx.net/predator-bar...birdallyx.netPredator Barn Owls Predate Barns by Millions of Years.Over the last few Summers, American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata) babies have become common patients at Humboldt Wildlife Care Center. In 2022 we admitted six who had been nesting babies in bales of hay … 000
Reposted by Monte MerrickErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I’ve had so many Christians absolutely shocked that as Jews we don’t worship Jesus. I’ve been met with utter confusion. “Ok so how does he factor then? What do you see him as?” “We don’t even think about him. He was just a random guy.” They refuse to believe me. 3250550
Reposted by Monte MerrickTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Are…you going to kill them?? 4793
Reposted by Monte MerrickOmg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Thank you, AOC 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 “Students vs. Billionaires” town hall in Ithaca hosted by More Perfect University. She opened by addressing the lawsuit from a former Cornell student, identified as Jane Doe. #Cornell 🌸💖 #Pinks 🌸💖 20635241
Reposted by Monte MerrickMichelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I just want to give a huge shout out to whoever decided that potatoes can be included with breakfast. 991618101