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Peg Melchior ❌👑

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Ex-journalist. Retired software engineer. Married cat mom. VOTER HELP HOTLINE: 866-OUR-VOTE My dad didn’t fight Nazis in Europe so we could have them here. Vote! 💙🇺🇸

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Durham County Department of Public Health (DCoDPH) @durhamhealthnc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As COVID-19 cases continue to increase, it's important to know accurate information about COVID-19 in order to protect yourself and others! Get the facts about common myths, and take steps to protect yourself and others.
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Peg Melchior ❌👑 @pegmelchior.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
For years, I have volunteered registering voters. This year, I’ve met two people who thought they had registered, but when I checked for them, their registration couldn’t be found. Both were female. Both had non-Anglo-Saxon names. Weird. 🤔 Check your registration! vote.org
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Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.org
Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.
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Peg Melchior ❌👑 @pegmelchior.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
HANDS OFF OUR VOTE! Trump is trying to sabotage the midterms and we can't let him succeed. We have tremendous power to protect our elections in 2026. Use this link to join us. share.indvs.org/s/zv3FhBgj
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We are democracy's strongest line of defense.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Private prison profits are up 700% since Trump's return. This week's Next Comes What looks at the history and present of forcing prisoners in concentration camps to work, profiting off atrocity. Our unique place in history gives us a real chance to stop this injustice.
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Profiting off forced labor in ICE camps
Listen to Profiting off forced labor in ICE camps from Next Comes What wherever you get your podcasts!
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Peg Melchior ❌👑 @pegmelchior.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Tell Your Republican Members of Congress: Not One Penny More for ICE Brutality act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-yo...
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Tell Your Republican Members of Congress: Not One Penny More for ICE Brutality
Email your Republican Members of Congress and urge them to vote NO on any budget reconciliation bill that will shovel more taxpayer dollars to ICE and Border Patrol.
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Peg Melchior ❌👑 @pegmelchior.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Tell Your Republican Members of Congress: Not One Penny More for #ICE Brutality act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-yo...
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Tell Your Republican Members of Congress: Not One Penny More for ICE Brutality
Email your Republican Members of Congress and urge them to vote NO on any budget reconciliation bill that will shovel more taxpayer dollars to ICE and Border Patrol.
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CNN @cnn.com · 22/05/2026
Consumer sentiment sinks to all-time low, with Americans feeling worse now than they did during wars, 9/11, the Great Recession and Covid-19 pandemic. cnn.it/4a2sliS
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Hawaii just enacted a law that effectively neuters Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 11/05/2026
Billions for a ballroom and bonuses for ICE thugs — the GOP is trying to shovel even more tax money to the regime and its secret police. Republicans think they can get away with it because people aren’t paying attention. If you’ve got a GOP Member of Congress, send them an email in a few clicks. 👇
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Tell Your Republican Members of Congress: Not One Penny More for ICE Brutality
Email your Republican Members of Congress and urge them to vote NO on any budget reconciliation bill that will shovel more taxpayer dollars to ICE and Border Patrol.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The Trump appointee in charge of grazing policy owns at least 5 cattle operations that will directly benefit from the opening of federal lands to cattle grazing.
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Peg Melchior ❌👑 @pegmelchior.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Tell Your Republican Members of Congress: Not One Penny More for ICE Brutality act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-yo...
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Tell Your Republican Members of Congress: Not One Penny More for ICE Brutality
Email your Republican Members of Congress and urge them to vote NO on any budget reconciliation bill that will shovel more taxpayer dollars to ICE and Border Patrol.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/04/2026
“We’re asking people to not just show up on a Saturday, but actually flex the economic power that you have.” @ezralevin.bsky.social and @maddow.bsky.social talk about the many ways you can join us on May Day, and why a nationwide day of economic disruption is how we prepare to protect the midterms.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
New economic analysis finds that nearly all Americans will pay more in taxes this year, with just the top 5% of earners getting a tax cut.
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Peg Melchior ❌👑 @pegmelchior.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I just sent an email to the VP’s office asking Vance to invoke the 25th Amendment over Trump’s threats to #Iran. vice.president@whitehouse.gov
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5 Calls @5calls.org · 07/04/2026
Yes, Congress is in recess. Yes, they should probably come back now. Yes, you can still call them while they're out. Call a local office! We have those numbers for you @ 5calls.org 🔥📞🔥
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/04/2026
You can use our new database to explore the financial disclosures — and potential conflicts of interest — of President Donald Trump and more than 1,500 of his appointees. Here's what Trump budget chief Russell Vought has disclosed:
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Russell Vought - Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica
Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their…
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Peg Melchior ❌👑 @pegmelchior.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Tell Congress: Push back on Trump's attacks on our voting rights Take action: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Push back on Trump's attacks on our voting rights
Contact Congress today!
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Peg Melchior ❌👑 @pegmelchior.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
History is clear: People-led movements—not force, not one politician—are how we end authoritarianism. Every time Trump escalates attacks on everyday people, our movement grows STRONGER. March 28 will prove we will not back down. #NoKings2026 social.demcast.com/s/LuU2BmX4
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Peg Melchior ❌👑 @pegmelchior.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
💯 Anybody with a Democratic Senator, please light up those phone lines!
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Peg Melchior ❌👑 @pegmelchior.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Stand for Campus Freedom is launching an urgent petition from alumni to university presidents to reject ICE cooperation agreements and defend campus freedom. The sooner you can sign and share, the stronger the signal will be: alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/re...
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Alumni: Tell University Presidents to Reject ICE Agreements
As Americans reel from the shocking news out of Minneapolis, college and university presidents are deciding whether and how their institutions will collaborate with ICE. For alumni, it is a stark remi...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
"He has no known criminal record. "But for an entire year, he has remained imprisoned with no access to a lawyer, no contact with his family and no prospect of a trial before a judge... www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Deportees sent by Trump to Salvadoran prison are still stuck a year later
Little is known about the status or whereabouts of the Salvadorans deported by President Donald Trump to CECOT, an infamous megaprison.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15/03/2026
No wars of aggression. No terrorizing our communities or yours. No tyrants, no conquests, no kings. Please join us on March 28 for the world-historic day of protest that this moment demands: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
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Peg Melchior ❌👑 @pegmelchior.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
With this many events, there’s bound to be one near you. ❌👑
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Peg Melchior ❌👑 @pegmelchior.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The Strait of Hormuz carries 20% of the world’s oil. Trump shut it down with a war no one voted for. Now YOU pay more for gas, groceries, flights, and everything in between. #TrumpsGasProblem
A graphic with data indicating that we currently are undergoing the largest oil supply shock in history.
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5 Calls @5calls.org · 12/02/2026
🚨🚨 The funding cliff for DHS is *TOMORROW* February 13th. Votes in the Senate are expected soon. Demand your reps vote NO on any DHS funding bill or CR that fails to rein in ICE and Border Patrol's violent lawlessness. Info, numbers, script @ 5calls.org punchbowl.news/article/bord...
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DHS shutdown near after new White House offer
Breaking overnight: The White House sent Democrats text of their offer for Department of Homeland Security funding on Wednesday night.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
"A jury in Florida found the man guilty of five charges, including molesting a child under 12 and another under 16... "He tried to silence one victim by claiming he would receive $10 million from the Trump administration as restitution for Jan. 6 defendants... www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Peg Melchior ❌👑 @pegmelchior.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Tell Your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
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Tell Your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc...
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Peg Melchior ❌👑 @pegmelchior.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Tell Your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
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Tell Your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc...
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Peg Melchior ❌👑 @pegmelchior.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
🚨🚨🚨 NC VOTERS: The NC #election board is trying to label certain voters as “presumptive noncitizens,” potentially purging them from the rolls. It's the latest move to politicize voter list maintenance. PUSH BACK. Public comment period ENDS MARCH 16. Comment here: www.ncsbe.gov/about-electi...
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Public Comment Portal: 2026 Rulemaking - List Maintenance | NCSBE
Comment on proposed rules related to voter roll list maintenance on the basis on non-citizenship.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Periodic reminder that ICE still isn’t going after “hardened criminals” We would all support that. What do we gain from yanking this father away from his wife and child? What do we gain from deporting people who have been here for 20 years and never been in legal trouble?
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Peg Melchior ❌👑 @pegmelchior.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
REPOST THIS VIDEO if you want Democrats to HOLD THE LINE TOMORROW and block more ICE funding. We need Dems to stand up and protect us. We’re watching you, @SenSchumer #NoMoneyForMurderers 📞 202-224-3121
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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Peg Melchior ❌👑 @pegmelchior.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
#MeltICE I just called my senators on the DHS/ICE funding bill with this message: “Please cast a vote for law and order by voting NO on the DHS funding bill.” You can too - let’s light up those phone lines! Tips on calling are in my pinned post.
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Peg Melchior ❌👑 @pegmelchior.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
If you can afford to donate, here are ways to help #Minnesota. www.standwithminnesota.com?sfnsn=mo
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Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Holy shit. He was filming. He went over to help a lady that ICE shoved down. Agents engaged him. His hands were on the pavement when he was shot. He never had his hand on a weapon. Cold blooded murder.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 24/01/2026
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
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5 Calls @5calls.org · 24/01/2026
We got you. ✊ Call scripts are updated to demand investigations, block funding for ICE, and impeach, like, everyone. Have at it. 🔥☎️🔥
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/01/2026
Rosen and Cortez Masto have already said they'd vote no. Call the rest.
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
His personal opposition is irrelevant - his actual job is to unite the House Dems. It ain't over til it's over - now's the time to push for a strategy shift. Call your rep and ask them to: 1) Publicly oppose ICE funding 2) Call on Jeffries to whip the vote prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
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Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
With every one of Trump's big, aggressive moves it's a question of whether we're gonna get TACO Trump or Jan 6 Trump and the answer lies in how much resistance he faces.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death. The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post. This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide. wapo.st/4qR1T1U
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DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.
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Peg Melchior ❌👑 @pegmelchior.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
#ICE is teargassing babies, kidnapping our neighbors, and killing innocent people. This is NOT law enforcement, it’s lawlessness. The DHS funding bill needs restrictions on ICE and the Border Patrol. They shouldn’t get another penny until they can obey the law. PLEASE call your legislators!
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Peg Melchior ❌👑 @pegmelchior.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
We saw the Buddhist monks begin today’s leg of their Peace Walk this morning. It was an inspiring sight, and we’re grateful for what they are doing.
Buddhist monks walk on a city street with a police escort.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Read this story and decide if this is the America you want to live in. ICE saw a Latino man driving a car. Chased him down and rammed him. Just because he wasn’t white. He was just a guy - an American citizen - driving to the auto shop.
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ICE rams car in south Minneapolis while profiling Latino driver
ICE agents rammed into a man’s car in south Minneapolis Monday afternoon while profiling the Latino driver.
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Peg Melchior ❌👑 @pegmelchior.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Kristi Noem’s podium said, “One of ours, all of yours.” The Labor Department posted, “One homeland. One people. One heritage.” Both echo Nazi slogans. Ask your GOP legislators if they are ok with the administration becoming fascist. ☎️ Tips on how to call in my pinned post.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 13/01/2026
In a couple of weeks, every senator and representative will vote on whether to empower Trump to send more secret police forces into our communities. This means it’s extra important for Congress to hear from you right now. Demand that your senators use their power to rein in ICE. #ICEOutForGood
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CALL NOW: Tell the Senate We Need ICE Out For Good
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
BREAKING REPORTS: Ice has blocked off an entire street and is going door to door in Minneapolis. This has been also reported by @veronicadelacruztv.bsky.social ICE is not meant to be an occupying army! We demand #ICEOUTforGood!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
PSA: Examples of a judicial warrant and an administrative warrant. ICE cannot enter your home with only an administrative warrant.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
HOST a Protest: bit.ly/iceoutforgood FIND a Protest: bit.ly/justiceforgood FLYER + LOGO: bit.ly/iceoutflyer AUDIO PROGRAMMING: bit.ly/iceoutaudio PROTEST SONG: bit.ly/iceoutsong HOST TOOLKIT: bit.ly/iceouttoolkit MEDIA ADVISORY: bit.ly/iceoutrelease HASHTAGS: #ICEOutForGood #FuckICE #AbolishICE
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ICE Out For Good · Mobilize
An American citizen was killed by ICE this week – and silence is not an option. This weekend, communities nationwide are coming together to demand accountability and honor the life lost. Join the ICE ...
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