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Mel

@narrobrown.bsky.social
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Wife, empty-nester, cat lady, Democrat, historian, book lover, TV & film addict, sports fan, beginner knitter & brokenhearted American living abroad.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How is it not news when the president nods off in public meetings and press conferences dozens of times? If you follow independent media, you see it and know about it. But why hasn’t CBS, NBC or ABC showed a montage of it on their evening news? They simply refuse to ever show it.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
"A brand new CNN poll shows President Trump at an all time low in his approval rating... look at his net approval rating now with pure independents - it's negative 71 points! I mean, these are the deep depths of the ocean. You never see numbers like these. An 86 point shift away from the president!"
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
No country needs regime change more than America does.
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Aida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙🐸 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Insane! #Pinks #USDemocracy
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Donald Trump’s economy.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/09/2026
Dr. Jill Biden, Former President Joe Biden, Laura Bush, and Former President George W. Bush at the 25th anniversary commemoration of the September 11, 2001 attacks at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York on September 11, 2026. Hiroko Masuike/Pool via REUTERS
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"Would you say you feel better off or worse off financially since Trump took office in 2025?" Worse off: 57% About the same: 26% Better off: 18% Focaldata / Sept 2, 2026
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I wrote about a group of Black dads who are building community by meeting up for yoga, and a instructor who randomly drives up to people on the street for on the spot yoga sessions
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These Black Men Are Forging Meaningful Bonds Through Yoga
A yoga session for Black dads takes place on Saturdays at the Barack Obama Presidential Center.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I think the general consensus of people around the world is that Americans can get fooled by a con man once, but to return him to power a 2nd time after having seen his corruption, incompetence, ignorance, & buffoonery, the problem isn’t just Trump it’s the American people.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Can you guess how much the minimum wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?
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Sophia_Nyx 🐰 @sophianyx.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Name your fav book or book series from childhood.
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
on this day in 1854 Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden” is first published. “Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.” “A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Dear American voter, It is August 6, 2026. Economic growth is slow, prices are up, housing and health care is unaffordable, we are in a war Trump started, we are $39 trillion in debt, corruption in govt is rampant. What are Republicans focused on AGAIN today? Dr. Fauci.
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
He's done it folks He's crossed 60% disapproval
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
happy bday English writer/illustrator/conservationist Beatrix Potter, b.1866. “All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. . . . Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
How many more soldiers have to die for Trump’s ridiculous war? How many more billions do we have to spend? How many more thousands is it going to cost American families in higher prices? When will Republicans in Congress finally stop acting like neutered cultists?
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Mel @narrobrown.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
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‘I felt Holden was talking to me alone’: The Catcher in the Rye at 75
JD Salinger’s wry, subversive classic inspired novelist Joseph O’Connor to be a writer. He reflects on why this story of a disaffected teenager remains as fresh and transgressive as ever
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
the World Cup final will be between two teams that Cape Verde played even through 90 minutes
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Needs no words from me. Emily Maitlis nails it.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Iran War disaster. Knicks game loss. Hail at Mt. Rushmore on July 3. Sandstorm in DC on July 4. 4-1 World Cup loss. Trump is like a traveling pestilence.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Juneteenth marks the celebration of America's second independence day. Like the people in this photo—Texans celebrating Juneteenth in 1900—we know that progress hasn't made our union perfect. But we can recommit to reaching toward that more perfect union together. Happy Juneteenth.
A black and white photo of a group of elegantly dressed Black people in a grassy space outdoors
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
All the Iran hawks said that the way to get rid of Iran’s hardline regime, nuclear program, missiles, and support for terrorism was to go to war with Iran. We went to war with Iran. And the hardline regime, nuclear program, missiles and terrorism aid are all still there.
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Mel @narrobrown.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
#ObamaAppreciationDay
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
To recap the Knicks game, Trump: Inconvenienced everyone. Cost businesses money. Got booed. Fell asleep. Jinxed the Knicks.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/06/2026
Dear ABC and @espn.com, Please don't edit out the boos Monday night at MSG. ~ All of us
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Happy Orthodox Star Wars Day to all who celebrate. The movie that changed movies forever is 49 years old today!
A photo of George Lucas taken in 1984, standing with a room full of screen used props—from puppets and droids, to space ships and the Death Star. Lucas crosses his arms and has never looked cooler in his life.
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Q: What was it that made you break with Trump? Trump voter: Just seeing the lies. He put us in a war. He's putting up gold statues of himself. When are people going to wake up? All those stupid rallies I went to...I got rid of my Make America Great Again hat. I can't even believe I wore that hat.
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Dave Braica @sugarriver.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Kudos to the #NAACP for asking black athletes and their parents not to send their athletes to Red State universities. Now tell the NFL players union to do the same to the #Superbowl in Jim Crow state, Tennessee!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/05/2026
The first honest thing he’s said
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Nadine Smith @nadinesmith.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/04/2026
Let’s all post it and see if they indict all of us.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/04/2026
New photos from the USS Abraham Lincoln show service members receiving minimal food portions as reports grow that some troops have lost significant weight and aren’t receiving care packages—while the Pentagon denies any shortages. (Newsweek)
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
With so much awful news, here is something to brighten your day:
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Mel @narrobrown.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Liam Rosenior chewed up by BlueCo’s bizarre ChatGPT version of Chelsea | Barney Ronay
While the novice coach was clearly not a good fit, the lesson here is that billionaire owners are not always right after all
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
For the record: The Washington Post can go fuck itself. Support pro-democracy media that doesn't have its head stuck up Donald Trump's ass. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Trump Approval Polling: Disapprove: 63% Approve: 37% NBC / April 13, 2026 (Worst Trump Approval from NBC polling)
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Child: I know your name. Mamdani. Obama: What’s his first name? Child: Mayor.
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Dad, how good was life before Trump became President?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/04/2026
"You're just voluntarily complying with this whimsical cosplay" -- holy shit, Tim Kaine is *demolishing* Russ Vought
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The U.S. doesn’t have an immigrant problem; it has a White Christian Nationalist problem, courtesy of the Heritage Foundation.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
JD Vance is on a historic roll: He campaigns for AfD in Germany - they lose. Invited the Pope to come to US for Trump’s big event - Pope refuses. Leads peace negotiations with Iran - fails miserably. Campaigns in Hungary for Orbán - who gets smoked.
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Mel @narrobrown.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Just texted with friends in Hungary on their way to vote out the mini-dictator, #Orbon. If they can do it, so can the US in November ‘26 & ‘28 🤞🏼
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
We’re about to pay Iran $6 billion to re-open the thing that was open before the war. Art of the deal, baby.
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Larry Colvin @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Enten: People in US really don't care for Melania. Lowest ever net favorability for a First Lady at 12 points net favorability. -12 points underwater. These numbers are absolutely awful. Look at the rest of these First Ladies. Melania Trump breaking records in the worst way.
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Either absolutely nothing will happen tonight or we're about to see an American bombing campaign that kills countless civilians and commits warcrimes on a scale not yet seen How Congress has not moved to impeach the president is beyond me
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