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Stacy Parker Le Melle

@stacyparkerlemelle.bsky.social
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Writer. *Government Girl: Young and Female in the White House* (Ecco/Harpercollins). The Katrina Experience oral history project. “Ferry Cross the Mersey” (2021 Thornwillow Patrons’ Prize). Harlem, NYC. Born in Detroit. Header image by Sirin Thada.

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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mayor Mamdani confirms he has received his high-level federal security clearance. “I have my security clearance now," he says in Brooklyn. This comes after @elizabethkim.bsky.social reported earlier this month that the feds still hadn't approved his clearance: gothamist.com/news/mayor-m...
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Mayor Mamdani still waiting on federal security clearance 8 months into office
Former officials, including ex-Mayor de Blasio, said it is crucially important for Mamdani to have the clearance.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ummmm…
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Holly Masturzo @hollym.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Florida problems: when you come home after a long day of teaching & a dr. appointment and grab a bag of popcorn from the counter but don’t realize a lizard is on the underside so now you have a lizard in your hand. 🦎Too tired to even scream. cc: @stacyparkerlemelle.bsky.social
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Amid outcry, NY prosecutors have reopened the criminal investigation into the 7 Cornell gang rapists, a case that was covered up 2 years ago. These assholes would’ve been punished if they had written “free Palestine” instead of “free p*ssy.” Cornell leadership should be investigated too.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I heard through the grapevine that Sen. Eric Schmitt has 18 staffers on his legislative team: 17 men and one woman. The woman on his staff deals exclusively with foreign policy, which means today's disaster during the hearing was all by conservative men who don't know sports.
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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"gas prices have risen more in red states"
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The legendary defenders of women's sports don't know the difference between Caitlin Clark's Iowa Hawkeyes and the Atlanta Hawks. Just putting that one out there.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
GoFundMe was a lot more effective when it was called taxes.
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Richmond Eustis @reustis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yeah, I'm already tired of the centrist/media Rahmmentum being foisted on us.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
this gaffe should follow Eric Schmitt around for the rest of his political life (Jack Smith was actually in Maryland at a HAWKEYES game, not in Atlanta colluding with Fani Willis as Schmitt alleged) (Win McNamee/Getty)
photo of Schmitt's team holding up a poster board that made false claims about Jack Smith's whereabouts in February 2024
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 29/09/2026
Despite one call to the police suggesting one of the deaths may be related to some form of overdose, there is no evidence yet available suggesting that the kratom recovered from both scenes was the cause of the deaths. www.mississippifreepress.org/2-university...
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2 University of Mississippi Students Found Dead, Causes of Death Unknown
Two University of Mississippi students were found dead in separate incidents on Sept. 21. Causes of death for each student are pending.
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Richmond Eustis @reustis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
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Dan Frazier @danrfrazier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/b...
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Trump Administration Prepares to Ask Tax Filers if They Are U.S. Citizens (Gift Article)
The new question, included on a draft version of the primary tax form, comes as part of an anti-immigrant turn at an agency that long prioritized tax administration.
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Given this appalling response from university administration, I have no choice but to declare a new policy directive…implementing an immediate moratorium on all student event & special event permits, including, but not limited to Greek life.” - Mayor of Ithaca, actually doin’ shit
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Ithaca Mayor responds to reopened sexual assault case
ITHACA, N.Y. (WETM) – Robert G. Cantelmo, Mayor of Ithaca, has issued a statement on suspending Greek life at Cornell University until certain official procedures are put into place. Below is the s…
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Rachel @slightlycaustic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
AI doesn’t think. It produces text from preloaded information. That’s it, not sentient. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
An adult bear popped open a parked car in Gatlinburg, and the whole family piled in for a little retail therapy. They raided the car, grabbed what they could, then dumped the loot in the parking lot.
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is my take as well. If you create a car that spontaneously accelerates because of how it’s designed, nobody says the car went rogue. You, who designed and sold the car, are on the hook. It’s not everybody else’s problem. Can’t keep it from spontaneously accelerating? Don’t sell it.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is why more women don't come forward, and why more rapists aren't jailed. Because mostly-male cops and prosecutors find it more believable that a 20-yr-old would want to have sex with a room full of fraternity brothers than accept she was raped. What ever happened to common fucking sense?
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Carrying That Weight—Again
I can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
THAT IS NOT THE SAME THING AS SAYING AN ASSAULT WAS CONSENSUAL
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I was totally baffled by this—I thought maybe I missed something. Because why would she go to police if she said it was all consensual? It turns out the DA was playing language games: Doe described what happened to her, and *prosecutors* made a legal determination that what happened wasn’t a crime.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please don't give the DA reopening the Cornell case any cookies. District Attorney Matthew Van Houten all but called Jane Doe a liar today. He said that in Doe's initial statement, she described "her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual.” CONSENSUAL
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BeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
God I love Angie Nixon. I hope she wins
Now @AshleyMoodyFL. Why would I want to abolish the police when I want you arrested and in jail for stealing $10 million from sick kids? BFFR
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026
this is legitimately very funny
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Stacy Parker Le Melle @stacyparkerlemelle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cornell Denies That Defendants in Alleged Chi Phi Gang Rape Only Wrote Essays, Confirms Expulsions via The Cornell Daily Sun www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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Cornell Denies That Defendants in Alleged Chi Phi Gang Rape Only Wrote Essays, Confirms Expulsions
Cornell has denied that essay-writing was the “sole consequence” offered by the University to defendants in the alleged 2024 Chi Phi gang rape, according to a Monday morning statement by Kyle Kimball,...
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Rainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This thread is an essential read:
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the humans who moderate chatbots say they're inundated with people trying to generate nonconsensual nudes: www.404media.co/humans-readi...
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Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified
Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI...
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Okay Leo is still making me begrudgingly like him. Previous popes have treated the healing-based events as opportunities to prey on vulnerable sick and disabled people and their families, but he used it as a moment to disavow the language of eugenics.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know, if you *really* cared about the wellbeing of women in college, instead of carping about the statistically insignificant number of trans athletes in sports minding their own business, you’d be railing against these Cornell fraternity cretins who drugged and gang-raped a passed-out women:
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Brooklyn Kennedy Scott @brookekennedyscott.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cornell University President: Michael Kotlikoff phones: (607) 255-5201 (607)255-9924 email: president@cornell.edu
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Stacy Parker Le Melle @stacyparkerlemelle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Onward! #Cornell7
ABC News headline: District attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University ‘gang rape’
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Detroit Free Press @freep.com · 27/09/2026
The Detroit Lions scored 31 points for the third straight week and their defense made a stop when it needed it most. 📰Story by Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press 📸Photo by Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press See link below ⬇️
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Mike Vorkunov @mikevorkunov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Is this the worst hurdle attempt ever in a NFL game?
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cornell had a chance to implement any smidgeon of justice and exhibit that their university was safe. Then they only expelled two of 7 students who allegedly drugged and repeatedly sexually assaulted a woman. The other five were given various lighter punishments such as writing an essay. /
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Stacy Parker Le Melle @stacyparkerlemelle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
WELL DONE, LIONS!!!!
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Stacy Parker Le Melle @stacyparkerlemelle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good job, Coach Glenn. Great performance coming home.
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Stacy Parker Le Melle @stacyparkerlemelle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Look at Goff blocking for Gibbs 💙 @detroitlions.bsky.social #Lions
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Stacy Parker Le Melle @stacyparkerlemelle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm surprised you haven't been posting about the #Cornell7 @mattdrudge.bsky.social @drudgereport.bsky.social
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Stacy Parker Le Melle @stacyparkerlemelle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Best part. #SNL
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Stacy Parker Le Melle @stacyparkerlemelle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
With the Cornell 7 not yet acknowledged in national media, but very much part of nightmare as latest horror of patriarchy in this country, the “never missing a train” and the stupid glasses/shark tank skits are leaving me cold. #SNL
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Stacy Parker Le Melle @stacyparkerlemelle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cornell has botched this so badly.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS SHOULDN’T EVEN BE IN QUESTION AT THIS POINT And we definitely need more reporting on this issue: HEAT Data centers devour electricity and water, dump heat into communities, and Big Tech is building them faster than lawmakers are dealing with the consequences.
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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 27/09/2026
The most telling thing that everyone needs to take away from this is: Why does Meta / Zucky keep trying to integrate this tech into our lives so desperately? They brought out pervert glasses and everyone has started rejecting them. Then the non-camera pervert glasses... Now, the pervert necklace
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Stacy Parker Le Melle @stacyparkerlemelle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
God bless that this game was ruled OVER!
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