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Melinda Kovacs

@dancingdeacon84.bsky.social

Spoonie, autoimmune and cancer warrior, immigrant, fully cooked political scientist with a doctorate. Currently teaching public school. Academia is the evil ex Taylor Swift sings about. Fave SM is Counter Social.

212 Followers  |  169 Following  |  159 Posts  |  Joined: 16.11.2024  |  1.7866

Latest posts by dancingdeacon84.bsky.social on Bluesky

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Congratulations California on letting your voice be heard! Prop 50 passes!!! Lets not forget, Republicans started this! We will finish it!!

05.11.2025 04:22 β€” πŸ‘ 812    πŸ” 102    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 5

That NYC has a new mayor who is 34, a Democratic Socialist, a Muslim and of South Asian descent, makes me think maybe the America I came to 30 years ago is not completely lost.
#Elections #ElectionNight

05.11.2025 04:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Insane demented dictators will insane demented dictator.

04.11.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the first things I read this morning was @mehdirhasan.bsky.social saying Dick Cheney should have died alone in a prison cell at The Hague. I like it when ppl are not afraid of saying things.

04.11.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When Graham Platner says "regular guy" and "regular people" he means white, right?

29.10.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Had to block bot accounts again. To all the bots I haven't yet purged, nicely played. To all the actual people I want to talk to, here is one of our cats. His name is BalΓ zs.

20.10.2025 04:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The cult requires that you share in the delusion or at least say that you do. Standard authoritarian oppression - and I should know: I grew up under state socialism.

16.10.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Boom.

16.10.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I keep thinking about the definition "random indiscriminate violence" which defines terrorism and describes perfectly what they are doing

16.10.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am losing hope in: 1. My brain's processing capability 2. Humanity

16.10.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I was sleeping like a sleeping thing, when a giant paw forcefully hit me and I was greeted with this "Mommy I need you" face. So I got up a half hour before my alarm because I am not a monster and Mozart needed me. Still unclear for what, though. Still: antidote to the world.

16.10.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We need to find a pressure point that will make him stop. I like the suggestion that somehow we need to go after his money.

16.10.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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Here’s what nobody’s talking about.

The government is shut down because they’re waiting for the Supreme Court to shut down the voter rights act.

There, I said it.

#GovShutDown #MikeJohnson #Epstein #SupremeCourt #VoterRightsAct

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16.10.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Unless of course your state had open primaries 😘

16.10.2025 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hiya! I think I haven't been here in about six or seven weeks. Sorry. Mental health, physical health, political landscape, everything makes me want to hide. But maybe I should read what y'all say.

16.10.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@cajunblue.bsky.social hello! Long time no talk! Different platform - hope you are doing amazing

04.09.2025 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Where and when I grew up it was political opponents who were disappeared in the middle of the night. Not children.

31.08.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Out for a stroll on another incredible Chicago day. This is β€˜meet me on Milwaukee,’ a car free event in the Wicker Park neighborhood. Happy people & happy dogs everywhere. Remember this when Trump tries to paint an ugly picture of our beautiful city. #chicago

31.08.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 345    πŸ” 82    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 5
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'It infuriates us': Veterans rage at 'abusive' Trump over reports of him stiffing soldiers Donald Trump has reportedly gone out of his way to avoid paying national guard troops sent in to Washington, D.C., resulting in outrage from veterans.The reports started earlier in the summer that Tru...

Trump limits National Guard assignments to 29 days at a time to keep the called up service members from getting healthcare and housing benefits while on duty. And the NG troops are catching on.

Stereotypical Trump. Don't give those losers and suckers an extra dime.
www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri...

31.08.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2499    πŸ” 1199    πŸ’¬ 161    πŸ“Œ 83

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com is so elegant, the elegance almost masks how ruthless he is. Almost. And I love him for it.

16.07.2025 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Clock it.

22.06.2025 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yo, anyone got an interpretive frame for the "we love you God" line from the presidential address tonight? I mean other than cognitive decline?

22.06.2025 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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NO KINGS ST. JOSEPH - MO Β· No Kings Sponsored by Persisterhood - St. Joseph as a part of this national day of mass protests. **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilizatio...

I'm attending No Kings's event, β€œNO KINGS ST. JOSEPH - MO” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

11.06.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The age of repercussions is over. SCOTUS ended it.

06.06.2025 04:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Love means letting someone sleep with her leg on you. #Lepke #Neville #DogsofBluesky

04.06.2025 04:10 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for watching so we didn't have to. Appreciate your sacrifice.

02.06.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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OMG @maddow.msnbc.com is featuring Alex Wagner and I am losing my mind because they are discussing Hungary which is where I am originally from and now I live in the US and there is authoritarianism in both places. Thank you.

29.04.2025 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The point is to only have Walmarts

15.04.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I can't make things better in any way other than posting a box'o kitteh w #Milo #Ruby and #Balazs for #Caturday
#CatsofBlueSky

13.04.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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