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@melanieannb.bsky.social

Singer, photographer and cat mom! 😻😻😻

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RAW STORY: β€œThe first woman nominated to lead the Naval Special Warfare command overseeing Navy SEALs had her promotion abruptly canceled β€” military sources blame Hegseth's hostility to women in combat roles.” πŸ€” www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...

11.11.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1491    πŸ” 706    πŸ’¬ 121    πŸ“Œ 68

Disgusting. You engaged in political gamesmanship using them as pawns knowing they would get harmed and now you question *their* patriotism because some of them aren't wealthy like you and didn't want to work a high stress job for no pay?

11.11.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5000    πŸ” 1088    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 52
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Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...

NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...

11.11.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 13514    πŸ” 4507    πŸ’¬ 406    πŸ“Œ 530
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A high school student and budding mariachi recounts the damage done to his family by two separate immigration raids, four months apart, detailing the lasting trauma federal enforcement is leaving on brown youth across the U.S.

The full story: lataco.com/oxnard-ice-r...

By Izzy Ramirez

11.11.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 534    πŸ” 295    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 8
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Michael Bennet: I really am a Bolshevik. I believe we should provide universal healthcare to all Americans as a right. There is no reason not to do it in the richest country in the world, especially if we can do it at half of the cost of care we are providing now.

10.11.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1897    πŸ” 435    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 23

Absolutely correct

10.11.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 10595    πŸ” 2426    πŸ’¬ 337    πŸ“Œ 87
cinesthetic. @ @TheCinesthetic - 6h
Edge of Tomorrow (2014) was sunk by confusing marketing and a forgettable title, yet it turned out to be one of the smartest and most entertaining sci-fi films of the last decade. Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt at their absolute best.
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cinesthetic. @ @TheCinesthetic - 6h Edge of Tomorrow (2014) was sunk by confusing marketing and a forgettable title, yet it turned out to be one of the smartest and most entertaining sci-fi films of the last decade. Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt at their absolute best. 5 cinesthetic. Β© @TheCinesthetic - 14h What film have you gone into absolutely expecting to hate but that ended up pleasantly surprising you the most? 303 t7 703 β€’ 15K Elon Musk β€’ Great movie 9 98 17 47 0

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Man on Fire (2004) sits at 38% on Rotten Tomatoes, proof that critics don't always see the vision. Tony Scott turned vengeance into poetry, and Denzel Washington gave one of his most quietly devastating performances.
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cinesthetic. @@TheCinesthetic - 1d Man on Fire (2004) sits at 38% on Rotten Tomatoes, proof that critics don't always see the vision. Tony Scott turned vengeance into poetry, and Denzel Washington gave one of his most quietly devastating performances. cinesthetic. β€’ @TheCinesthetic-2d What's your favorite movie with a "rotten" (below 60%) rating on Rotten Tomatoes? Β© 44ΠΊ ni 217K 贝 Elon Musk β€’ x 2 @elonmusk - 16m Man on Fire is great! β€’ 64 to 16 β€’ 187

Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years

10.11.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 7035    πŸ” 1010    πŸ’¬ 156    πŸ“Œ 282

The administration went all the way to the Supreme Court on Friday night to halt food-stamp funding. 🀑

10.11.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4486    πŸ” 1132    πŸ’¬ 283    πŸ“Œ 44
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Ford fast-tracking water permits despite environmental concerns Despite strongΒ public opposition, the Ford government is moving ahead withΒ changes to Ontario’sΒ long-standing rules for water use that critics say will weaken public oversight and eventually suck Onta...

By the time this man leaves office, we will have lost critical tracts of arable farming lands, been bled dry of potable drinking water, paved over critical wetlands, forestry, habitats of specifies at risk:

β€œDespite strongΒ public opposition, the Ford

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/28/n...

10.11.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5
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Not many people are talking about the children being harmed by #ICELawlessness but it's important to talk about.

What's happening to these kids is being paid for by our tax dollars.

We're paying for the torture of children.

I know this is beyond grim, but we must let people know about this!

10.11.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2179    πŸ” 1460    πŸ’¬ 138    πŸ“Œ 129

The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.

10.11.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 8785    πŸ” 1920    πŸ’¬ 252    πŸ“Œ 130
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.

10.11.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 23112    πŸ” 6038    πŸ’¬ 268    πŸ“Œ 228
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Zack Polanski, "I'm not alone in my disillusionment with Labour"

"The two child benefit cap, the disability cuts, the genocide in Gaza"

"Keir Starmer is not a man I would be willing to work with"

09.11.2025 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 468    πŸ” 102    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 16
In response to Elon Musk dunking on someone as a "taker, not a maker," JCO quotes and replies "So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciatesβ€”scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the 'most wealthy person in the world.'"

In response to Elon Musk dunking on someone as a "taker, not a maker," JCO quotes and replies "So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciatesβ€”scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the 'most wealthy person in the world.'"

My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash

09.11.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4926    πŸ” 836    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 54
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omg

09.11.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 15717    πŸ” 4519    πŸ’¬ 317    πŸ“Œ 207
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OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:

β€œWe started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”

09.11.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7158    πŸ” 1530    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 205

Ask him why so many air traffic controllers are retiring at once. Ask him if it has anything to do with Reagan firing 11K union strikers in 1981 and having to replace them all at once. Ask him how the mass firings this year will impact us the same way 40 years from now. Ask him, Jake.

09.11.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 14280    πŸ” 4354    πŸ’¬ 948    πŸ“Œ 221
I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.

Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again.

An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next.

Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.

I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.

β€œI want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

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09.11.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 14147    πŸ” 6845    πŸ’¬ 325    πŸ“Œ 389
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NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...

09.11.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 17389    πŸ” 6714    πŸ’¬ 845    πŸ“Œ 417
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These clips r from the Chicago Moms Insta account. They were protesting at Broadview n got arrested for peacefully protesting. Follow on Instagram n if in Chicago join them. #chicago #moms #iceout

07.11.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 202    πŸ” 109    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3
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Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as β€˜normal’ Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given

This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.

08.11.2025 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4272    πŸ” 1291    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 63
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DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files Are Even Worse for Trump Details in the files are reportedly even more damning for Donald Trump than previously indicatedβ€”and it was already bad.

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07.11.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4

They want you to leave your phones at home so you can’t take video of them. If you leave your phone at home, take a go-pro with you. Cameras out, America!

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08.11.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 9409    πŸ” 2412    πŸ’¬ 1461    πŸ“Œ 374
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Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response

08.11.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 13020    πŸ” 1942    πŸ’¬ 319    πŸ“Œ 335

Read this thread. This is what @katmabu.bsky.social was protesting, and why she repeatedly says getting beaten up by ICE outside is nothing compared to the torture and crimes being committed inside Broadview. These thugs must be held to account.

07.11.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4556    πŸ” 1327    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 20

This is the correct explanation of what happened tonightπŸ‘‡

08.11.2025 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4861    πŸ” 1500    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 64
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"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”

08.11.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 6887    πŸ” 3216    πŸ’¬ 230    πŸ“Œ 310
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The contradictory messages are happening because we have a senile old fool who is mentally unstable who bases his foreign policy off things he sees or Fox and clips from social media that his hacks show him. The entire world is less safe as a result.

07.11.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5015    πŸ” 1484    πŸ’¬ 187    πŸ“Œ 38

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