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@melinahammer.bsky.social

Award-winning author, A YEAR AT CATBIRD COTTAGE. Chef. Photographer. Stylist. Forager, gardener… Queer, clear-eyed about terrors of the imperial machine & the need to meet the climate crisis. https://catbirdcottage.substack.com/

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The Drey Dossier (@thedreydossier) Trump isn’t building a ballroom. This much is obvious. TikTok pulled my video at 7-8 million views without appeal, and people keep asking where it went — so I’m reposting it here. I’ll just say thi...

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07.11.2025 16:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Oh man, the New York Young Republicans implicated in the Nazi groupchat scandal ran up a $23,000 tab eating filet mignon and drinking at a hotel in Syracuse -- a city with one of the highest child poverty rates *in the nation* -- and then refused to pay the bill.

21.10.2025 12:22 — 👍 3034    🔁 1060    💬 191    📌 232

SHE DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONSTITUENTS UNTIL YOU SWEAR HER IN, MIKE

20.10.2025 14:47 — 👍 348    🔁 74    💬 6    📌 0
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Google: Stop fueling Netanyahu’s lies In August, as people in Gaza were being starved, one YouTube ad by the Israeli foreign ministry showed misleading images of markets full of food. The text on the ad read “There is food in Gaza. Any ot

Google: Stop fueling Israel’s lies action.eko.org/a/google-sto...

21.10.2025 14:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Help Dr. Hamza and his family to survive Help & prayers needed.

Help Dr. Hamza and his family to survive chuffed.org/project/1331...

02.08.2025 02:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Mamdani cruises to easiest victory ever recorded as 37 unlikeable freaks split the vote on the independent ticket (good ending)

14.07.2025 02:41 — 👍 96    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 2
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Stop fueling the “economy of genocide” A historic new UN report just did what the UN almost never does — it named dozens of global corporations fueling Israel’s “economy of genocide”. They’re helping bomb Gaza and steal Palestinian land fo

Stop the big corporations fueling Gaza’s destruction.
action.eko.org/a/stop-fueli...

09.07.2025 11:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Abdullah and his family face unimaginable challenges in Gaza, and every donation can make a real difference in helping them find safety & food. If you're able to, please consider clicking the link below to donate or share it with others who might want to help. Thank you!

07.07.2025 11:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Tea Party protests in April 2009 had about a third of a million people involved, and the political media treated it like a game changer for the Obama presidency.

The No Kings rallies were AT LEAST ten times bigger than the Tea Party protests. Will the press keep pretending Trump is popular?

15.06.2025 14:44 — 👍 9206    🔁 2827    💬 274    📌 133

What’s wild about the current political use of “antisemitism” (as opposed to its actual instances) is it has nothing to do with Jewish people at all. So much so that an Italian sexual harasser can wield it against a Muslim who is endorsed by a Jewish candidate. It’s just all nonsense.

14.06.2025 00:59 — 👍 2577    🔁 451    💬 53    📌 10

Keep spreading the word:

Don't rank Cuomo.

12.06.2025 01:39 — 👍 204    🔁 34    💬 1    📌 0

@mayor.lacity.gov needs to rein in her police force.

Those horses are being mistreated and the cops are using unnecessary and excessive force on peaceful protesters.

I saw another video of cops trying to use their horses to trample protesters.

Start disciplining this behavior.

12.06.2025 02:15 — 👍 119    🔁 16    💬 2    📌 0
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Mamdani surges in new poll, leading Cuomo for first time in New York mayor's race The former governor has topped every voter survey since entering the race, but the democratic socialist is gaining on him.

"The survey, conducted by Public Policy Polling for Democrat Justin Brannan’s city comptroller campaign, found Mamdani beating Cuomo 35 percent to 31 percent — a difference that is narrowly within the 4.1 percent margin of error."

good things are still possible

www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

12.06.2025 00:55 — 👍 696    🔁 93    💬 9    📌 25
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City officials confirm Trump will send tactical ICE agents to Chicago At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chief of Staff Cristina Pacione-Zayas confirmed reports Trump is sending tactical immigration agents to Chicago.

Tactical agents and ICE min-tanks expected in Chicago tomorrow www.cbsnews.com/chicago/vide...

12.06.2025 02:15 — 👍 88    🔁 72    💬 13    📌 9

The reporters who can fairly and accurately cover protests are not working at the NYT. WAPO, CNN etc... they are freelancers or working at independent publications.

12.06.2025 02:25 — 👍 1656    🔁 343    💬 11    📌 0

I think we got 3 inches of rain last week…? The biting insects are out of control, too.

06.06.2025 01:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

SO beautiful.

06.06.2025 01:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NYC mayoral candidate Mamdani declared he’s anti-Zionist at 2021 protest, video shows Clip shows socialist in 2nd place ahead of primary rejecting Jewish sovereignty in Israel, insisting anti-Zionism isn't antisemitic, amid questions over his position on Israel's right to exist

Good for him! Stand strong Brother!

www.timesofisrael.com/nyc-mayoral-...

30.05.2025 01:56 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Federal agents' seemingly universal adoption of neck gaiters worn just below the eyes like they're robbing the railroad is emblematic of this time in the US

09.05.2025 14:06 — 👍 13144    🔁 3377    💬 556    📌 278

Please PLEASE NYC friends, vote for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for mayor. We all deserve a smart, forward-thinking, authentic mayor for a change. Let’s manifest this reality. Spread the word!!

13.05.2025 02:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Good to know! @itsalexberg.bsky.social in case you haven’t already seen it 🙏🏼

13.05.2025 02:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The cost of Grok: "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside. How come I can't breathe at home and y'all get to breathe at home?"

10.05.2025 16:25 — 👍 14004    🔁 7240    💬 116    📌 205

Really can’t get over the fact that Trump is trying to score a $400 million luxury jet for himself on the same day his party announces a budget that’d rip health insurance from 13.7 million Americans.

13.05.2025 00:14 — 👍 642    🔁 184    💬 10    📌 10

The Trump administration claims white Afrikaners face racial discrimination, even though South Africa’s white minority still own the vast majority of farmland decades after the end of apartheid rule.

13.05.2025 02:19 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Stunning shot, Beth!

06.05.2025 12:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Look, it’s not uncommon for recent suburban transplants to hide all day in their luxury apartments. The city can be a little overwhelming when you’re used to Westchester!

23.04.2025 17:23 — 👍 1095    🔁 132    💬 16    📌 13
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Dreamboat salmon, grain mustard-caper vinaigrette, purple potatoes + custardy eggs With some Easter menu favorites, like garlicky spice-crusted leg of lamb

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21.04.2025 00:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Truth. Given that, do you think Zohran can bust through the corruption? He’s our shining hope but we know corruption likes to uplift its own….

15.04.2025 12:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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