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@melanie-seder.bsky.social

Midwestern millennial wife and mom of 3, outraged by American fascism.

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The Brits have such a way with words. You know. Those things with letter that help you define and say stuff about things.

26.09.2025 00:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3979    ๐Ÿ” 1336    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 249    ๐Ÿ“Œ 124
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26.09.2025 00:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29097    ๐Ÿ” 8946    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1801
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Gov Gavin Newsomโ€™s TikTok page is ๐Ÿ”ฅ

18.06.2025 00:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13908    ๐Ÿ” 4992    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 498    ๐Ÿ“Œ 241

Or "reverse replacement theory." Because that's what it is, when combined with the mass deportations and attempt to end birthright citizenship.

18.05.2025 14:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 654    ๐Ÿ” 162    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Just curious, whatโ€™s the tariff on a $400 million jet from Qatar?

11.05.2025 21:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47387    ๐Ÿ” 9552    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1645    ๐Ÿ“Œ 395

Hotels also need to buy items from other countries.

09.05.2025 02:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Casar: "I've knocked on 1000s of doors and not a single time has someone said, 'Thank God you're here. I want to ask about trans people fencing'..what the hell are we doing? We are here bc MTG thinks if she picks on trans folks, she can avoid having a discussion about allegations of insider trading"

07.05.2025 19:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12598    ๐Ÿ” 3508    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 238    ๐Ÿ“Œ 200
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Seattle port commissioner: "We currently do not have any container ships at port right now.โ€

So by Trumpโ€™s logic this means weโ€™re making money?

08.05.2025 03:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5609    ๐Ÿ” 1919    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 250    ๐Ÿ“Œ 139
07.05.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1325    ๐Ÿ” 155    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

JD Vance broke the National Championship trophy, then visited the Pope who died the next day, then visited India and a terrorist attack happened and war broke out, then endorsed his brother for mayor who lost 83-11%.

Whatโ€™s next on the agenda?

07.05.2025 01:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16289    ๐Ÿ” 3288    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1343    ๐Ÿ“Œ 385
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Virginia Giuffreโ€™s dad insists his daughter didnโ€™t die by suicide Virginia Giuffre was 41 when she died in Neergabby, Australia

Virginia Guiffreโ€™s dad insists she didnโ€™t die by suicide, claims someone โ€˜got toโ€™ her www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

01.05.2025 22:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 167    ๐Ÿ” 53    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
Pritzker: Itโ€™s time for us to be done with optimism about their motives. Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who donโ€™t know how to organize a group chat. Itโ€™s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of childrenโ€™s cancer researchโ€ฆ Autistic kids and adults who are loving contributors to our society donโ€™t deserve to be stigmatized by a weird nepo baby who once stashed a dead bear in his car. Our military service members donโ€™t deserve to be told by a washed-up Fox TV commentator, who drank too much before being appointed Secretary of Defense, that they canโ€™t serve their country simply because they are Black, gay, or a woman.

Pritzker: Itโ€™s time for us to be done with optimism about their motives. Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who donโ€™t know how to organize a group chat. Itโ€™s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of childrenโ€™s cancer researchโ€ฆ Autistic kids and adults who are loving contributors to our society donโ€™t deserve to be stigmatized by a weird nepo baby who once stashed a dead bear in his car. Our military service members donโ€™t deserve to be told by a washed-up Fox TV commentator, who drank too much before being appointed Secretary of Defense, that they canโ€™t serve their country simply because they are Black, gay, or a woman.

Dear god let this man cook.

29.04.2025 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 82708    ๐Ÿ” 17572    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1116    ๐Ÿ“Œ 794
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Lindsey Graham, then and now. Exhibit A in what Trump did to the Republican Party.

30.04.2025 01:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1469    ๐Ÿ” 388    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 199    ๐Ÿ“Œ 59
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Macron shook one hand.

26.04.2025 13:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56755    ๐Ÿ” 11946    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4736    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2093
Welp... Ohio.
THE VL
ERSEY BE
TOLEDO
CONTACT SUBMIT A STORY
In compliance with S81, UToledo is suspending admissions beginning with the 2025-26 academic year to the following undergraduate programs:
โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Africana Studios
โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Asian Studies
โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Data Analytics
โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Disability Studies
โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Middle East Studies
โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Philosophy
โ€ข Bochelor of Arts (B.A.) in Religious Studios
โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Spanish
โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Women's and Gender Studios
Al these programs remain available as minors for stud
In compliance with SB1, UToledo is suspending admissions beginning with the 2025-26 academic year to the following undergraduate programs:
โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Africana Studies
โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Asian Studies
โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Data Analytics
โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Disability Studies
โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Middle East Studies
โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Philosophy
โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Religious Studies
โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Spanish
โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Women's and Gender

Welp... Ohio. THE VL ERSEY BE TOLEDO CONTACT SUBMIT A STORY In compliance with S81, UToledo is suspending admissions beginning with the 2025-26 academic year to the following undergraduate programs: โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Africana Studios โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Asian Studies โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Data Analytics โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Disability Studies โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Middle East Studies โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Philosophy โ€ข Bochelor of Arts (B.A.) in Religious Studios โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Spanish โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Women's and Gender Studios Al these programs remain available as minors for stud In compliance with SB1, UToledo is suspending admissions beginning with the 2025-26 academic year to the following undergraduate programs: โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Africana Studies โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Asian Studies โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Data Analytics โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Disability Studies โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Middle East Studies โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Philosophy โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Religious Studies โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Spanish โ€ข Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Women's and Gender

Gov. DeWine just signed SB1, a law ending โ€œDEIโ€ in Ohio public higher ed.

Now that itโ€™s law, U of Toledo just killed the following BA programs:

โ€ข Africana Studies
โ€ข Asian Studies
โ€ข Disability Studies
โ€ข Middle East Studies
โ€ข Philosophy
โ€ข Religious Studies
โ€ข Women's/Gender Studies

Andโ€ฆ

โ€ข Spanish

23.04.2025 15:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2913    ๐Ÿ” 1618    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 357    ๐Ÿ“Œ 668
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Al gore is pissed off and Iโ€™m here for it

23.04.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38739    ๐Ÿ” 10478    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1381    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1396
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Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia moves to safe house after DHS posts address online Homeland Security shared copy of protective order from 2021 revealing familyโ€™s address on social media

We are monsters
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

23.04.2025 23:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2608    ๐Ÿ” 734    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 174    ๐Ÿ“Œ 101
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Mayor Adams rips Maryland Sen. Van Hollen over โ€˜tequila drinkโ€™ with โ€˜gang memberโ€™ The statement was an apparent reference to Van Hollen's trip to El Salvador last week to meet with a constituent who was mistakenly deported to the country.

This guy is the absolute worst.

gothamist.com/news/mayor-a...

23.04.2025 23:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4336    ๐Ÿ” 696    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 493    ๐Ÿ“Œ 124

In SCOTUS's 7-2 ruling stopping more kidnapped people from being sent to El Salvador, the majority justices didn't wait for Alito to write his dissent.

That's odd and suggests they didn't trust him to act in good faith, that his plan was to hold up the order until the prisoners were already gone.

23.04.2025 23:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15704    ๐Ÿ” 3735    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 453    ๐Ÿ“Œ 162
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23.04.2025 23:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8081    ๐Ÿ” 1133    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1055    ๐Ÿ“Œ 189
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Robert Wolf on Fox News: "I've been in finance for 40 years. This is probably the biggest manufactured crisis I've seen with a bunch of unforced errors. The execution of 'liberation day' was pathetic."

23.04.2025 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30153    ๐Ÿ” 7316    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1271    ๐Ÿ“Œ 481
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Okay Markwayne.

22.04.2025 15:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13184    ๐Ÿ” 2604    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1069    ๐Ÿ“Œ 262
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Youโ€™re going to keep hearing stories like thisโ€”because Trump doesnโ€™t GAF about these folks.

WAKE UP!

โ€œWe have a quarter million dollars in inventory stuck in Chinaโ€ฆ we donโ€™t have $400K to pay the tariffsโ€ฆ so we had to freeze all shipmentsโ€ฆ and let go of most of our people already this year.โ€

23.04.2025 02:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3009    ๐Ÿ” 1333    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 210    ๐Ÿ“Œ 81
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Flashback to 2023, when Pete Hegseth emphatically argued that there are โ€œtwo tiers of justiceโ€ and there must be accountability for โ€œhandling classified documents flippantly.โ€

Fast forward to 2025, and Hegsethโ€™s hypocrisy is breathtaking in the wake of TWO Signalgateโ€ฆ

22.04.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4080    ๐Ÿ” 1353    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 140    ๐Ÿ“Œ 95

After Judge Xinis ordered discovery to take place in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case, his lawyers today have filed a letter to the Court requesting a conference/hearing due to the Trump Administration's "failure to comply with [the] Court's orders."

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

22.04.2025 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1038    ๐Ÿ” 211    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

๐Ÿ“ŒBREAKING: โ€œ60 Minutesโ€ Executive Producer Bill Owens, resigns saying, โ€œOver the past months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it, to make independent decisions based on what was right for โ€˜60 Minutes,โ€™ right for the audience.โ€

๐Ÿ“ŒCHILLING

22.04.2025 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12279    ๐Ÿ” 4304    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 605    ๐Ÿ“Œ 331
April 22, 2025
BY EMAIL
Todd Blanche
Deputy Attorney General
United States Department of Justice

Dear Deputy Attorney General Blanche,
The Department placed each of us on administrative leave ostensibly to review our, and
the Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney's Office's, handling of the Adams case. It is now clear that one of the preconditions you have placed on our returning to the Office is that we must express regret and admit some wrongdoing by the Office in connection with the refusal to move to dismiss the case. We will not confess wrongdoing when there was none.
We have served under Presidents of both parties, advancing their priorities while pursuing
justice without fear or favor. The role of a career prosecutor is not to set policy. But a prosecutor must abide by the oath to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States and the rules of professional ethics set by the bar and the courts. The Department has long understood that these duties can and should coexist with the need to follow Department policies and orders. This is to the benefit of all: the courts, defendants, and the public, who can have confidence in the good faith and judgment of line prosecutors; the Department, which retains credibility while still receiving zealous advocacy from its lawyers; and the prosecutors themselves, who can stand in court confident that they are ethically carrying out their duties.
Now, the Department has decided that obedience supersedes all else, requiring us to abdicate our legal and ethical obligations in favor of directions from Washington. That is wrong.
Serving in the Southern District of New York has been an honor. There is no greater privilege than to work for an institution whose mandate is to do the right thing, the right way, for the right reasons. We will not abandon this principle to keep our jobs. We resign.
Sincerely,
Celia V. Cohen
Andrew Rohrbach
Derek Wikstrom
Assistant United States Attorneys

April 22, 2025 BY EMAIL Todd Blanche Deputy Attorney General United States Department of Justice Dear Deputy Attorney General Blanche, The Department placed each of us on administrative leave ostensibly to review our, and the Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney's Office's, handling of the Adams case. It is now clear that one of the preconditions you have placed on our returning to the Office is that we must express regret and admit some wrongdoing by the Office in connection with the refusal to move to dismiss the case. We will not confess wrongdoing when there was none. We have served under Presidents of both parties, advancing their priorities while pursuing justice without fear or favor. The role of a career prosecutor is not to set policy. But a prosecutor must abide by the oath to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States and the rules of professional ethics set by the bar and the courts. The Department has long understood that these duties can and should coexist with the need to follow Department policies and orders. This is to the benefit of all: the courts, defendants, and the public, who can have confidence in the good faith and judgment of line prosecutors; the Department, which retains credibility while still receiving zealous advocacy from its lawyers; and the prosecutors themselves, who can stand in court confident that they are ethically carrying out their duties. Now, the Department has decided that obedience supersedes all else, requiring us to abdicate our legal and ethical obligations in favor of directions from Washington. That is wrong. Serving in the Southern District of New York has been an honor. There is no greater privilege than to work for an institution whose mandate is to do the right thing, the right way, for the right reasons. We will not abandon this principle to keep our jobs. We resign. Sincerely, Celia V. Cohen Andrew Rohrbach Derek Wikstrom Assistant United States Attorneys

NEW: Read the resignation letter of three federal prosecutors who'd worked on the Eric Adams case: "Now, the Department has decided that obedience supersedes all else, requiring us to abdicate our legal and ethical obligations in favor of directions from Washington." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

22.04.2025 20:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10824    ๐Ÿ” 3873    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 68    ๐Ÿ“Œ 264

In THIS administration we value WARFIGHTERS who WARFIGHT the enemy and if youโ€™re not WARFIGHTING the enemy to DEATH we donโ€™t want you in the DEPARTMENT OF WARFIGHTING, take your โ€œlogisticsโ€ and โ€œintelligenceโ€ BULLSHIT somewhere else this place is for WARFIGHTING WARFIGHTERS WHO WARFIGHT. GRRR!

22.04.2025 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9892    ๐Ÿ” 1106    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 745    ๐Ÿ“Œ 155

Holy shit this is why we need DEI.

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