Melissa Hex

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery.

America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.

Watch and share his message.

Today is the day! Join me for intrigue and high tech mystery in a fictional future, delivered via Wikipedia-style articles once a week. It is, quite frankly, hauntingly good.

Boy howdy I tell you what, I'm a grown ass woman but when my folks start arguing I'm ten years old again, helpless and terrified, trying to protect my younger siblings while I also try to mediate between my parents to create peace. Oldest daughter, responsible for everyone, checking in. 😓

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A huge ruling in Ohio yesterday: universal vouchers struck down as unconstitutional

A 🧵 on some of the damning facts:

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Cincinnati - hearing it's unseasonably chilly at Jungle Jim's in Fairfield today. 🧊 Look out for each other.

Unseasonably frozen conditions also popping up around the Kenwood Mall area again today.

Unseasonably cold conditions reported in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Cincinnati this afternoon. May need to salt the sidewalks. Watch out for each other out there.

The popo pepper sprayed a sin bather in a a Georges Seurat painting

LAPD out there like

Please do not send emails to avelo via this contact form.

Voicing your anger at their complicit role in the inhumane deportations might hurt their fee fees.

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pride is next week

pride wasn't brought to you by delta air lines, microsoft, coca-cola or even the democratic party. it was brought to you by trans women throwing bricks at cops and lesbians taking care of gay men dying of AIDS during reagan.

do not forget where we came from. now more than ever.

If you're only following this "debate" through popular media you probably have the impression that studies on youth gender medicine are roughly split between benefits and harms.

Nope! Nearly every study finds benefits. The "debate" is just a bunch of people going, "Those don't count."

No new episode of What A Day this morning, so I finally found myself exploring their nightly newsletter. Well played, @crooked.com, well played. 😉😂

Kudos to everyone participating in the various Flying Pig races this weekend! I'm definitely not a running sort of person, but I'm intrigued, perplexed, & impressed by those who are.

Here's the "Dream Big & Fly High Elevator," just completed in ArtWorks' office! Interior mural by Lindsey Whittle

Had to cancel a mural tour for a group of Girl Scouts this morning because of the weather and that's a heckin bummer. We were all set to brave Flying Pig weekend in downtown/OTR together to learn about art and then...*gestures at sky* Ohio spring happened.

Help Stop Ohio's SAVE Act.docx Find this resource useful? Support our work! Help Stop Ohio's SAVE Act Updated Friday 4/25/25 at 12:00 pm It’s hard to explain how dangerous Ohio’s SAVE Act is. This bill (SB 153 and its identical t...

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This toolkit explains #Ohio's SAVE Act (SB 153 and HB 233) and provides actions you can take to stop it:
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Gave one of my friends the birthday gift that keeps on giving and tempted him into starting Blue Prince. 😆 Now I have someone other than my partner to talk to about this game. Muah hahahahaha.

Blue Prince Day 20: accessed the antechamber for the first time
Blue Prince Day 21: figured out how to run instead of just sauntering around my soon-to-be inheritance.

One of these things was infinitely more helpful than the other. 🤣

Standing in solidarity with my trans siblings in the UK today. We see you, we hear you, your rights are human rights. What the government is doing to you is abhorrent. I will never stop fighting for you, and for trans rights everywhere.

JUST IN: Judge Boasberg finds probable cause to hold administration in contempt of court for defying his order to turn around planes, demands new details in order for officials to “purge” their contempt. Details TK

i think “schlemiel, schlimazel—hassenpfeffer incorporated”
has untapped potential as a rallying cry.

Screenshot of BookRiot.com's publication of an open letter to actor John Lithgow asking him to walk away from Harry Potter and the role of Dumbledore

John Lithgow: Please Walk Away From Harry Potter

"Stepping away would send a message to trans young people that they matter more than a fantasy franchise. It would align with the values you’ve shared throughout your career, both in interviews and in your performances." ✅

Wouldn’t it be convenient if we could blame how hard it is to have a family in America on people without them?
Alas, it’s the persistent “I suffered raising kids so you should have to suffer too” attitude in power that has the most dominant and damaging structural influence on how our country runs.

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It's apprentice interview day for our summer mural programs and I'm staring down 4+ hours of interviewing hopeful teenage artists. Continually reminding myself that they're more scared of me than I am of them and hoping to make their (likely first ever) interviews an overall positive experience.

Coloring adorable mice on delftware teacups while musing about my upcoming Curse of Strahd campaign is a whole mood.

Maddow tries to shake Jeffries into meeting the moment: "Policy doesn't feel like the main convo…we are in the middle of a Ketamine-fueled autocratic power grab rendering Congress irrelevant, making the rule of law an afterthought if not a joke”:

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGe93bq...

Not content with purchasing the presidency, Elon Musk now wants to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court as well.

His PAC just pumped $1M into supporting anti-choice right-wing extremist Brad Schimel.

Wisconsin — don't become Musk's latest acquisition! Vote @crawfordforwi.bsky.social.

A few recent lil colorings, as I continue attempting to survive winter and cope with...*gestures vaguely at the USA.* I think the monkey bookshop might be my favorite yet. Hank the Snail is a close runner up, though.

You do not fight political fights with the same policy as your opponent, especially if you paint your opponent’s policy as dangerous.

Democrats should not get more conservative, the party should get dark money out and advocate for Medicare for All.