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Meliabella @meliabella.bsky.social · May 5

Crocheted a pile of tumbler coozies for my NEACAC AMC 2025 MarCom team and my college roommate. Forgot to photograph 4 others… #yarn #knitting #knit #🧶 #crochet

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Meliabella @meliabella.bsky.social · May 5

Painted a bowl at Endicott today for the empty bowl fundraiser. Sales of the bowls benefit the local food bank. #neacac #amc2025

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Apr 3

Just a reminder that Grubhub is a Bezos/Amazon joint. Delete your Grubhub app and leave them behind. 🙏💙

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Apr 2

The incompetence of this Administration never ceases to amaze. Waltz and other NSC members used Gmail to conduct official government business, with Waltz’s staff even sharing information about sensitive military positions and advanced weapon systems tied to an ongoing conflict.

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Meliabella @meliabella.bsky.social · Apr 2

#sewthemin2025
@littleowldesigns is hosting a finish along to sew in ends! I’m working on finishing my granny square blanket out of @rowoneyarn mini skeins and will have lots of ends to weave in as I add 3 more columns to my blanket. Hope it can get it all done in time! 🫣 #crochet #grannysquare #🧶

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Bergere @bergere.bsky.social · Mar 8

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Mar 6

One thing Trump didn't talk about last night: his plans to abandon American women’s right to abortion care in medical emergencies.

I wonder why he wouldn't want anyone to know that.

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · Mar 6

My father was a union leader. He used to say, “You can’t beg for your rights. You have to fight and take them.” I am a proud original cosponsor of the PRO Act because workers are fighting for their rights and they need labor law to have their backs.

AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · Mar 5

Millions of workers would become union members tomorrow if they could. But American labor law is broken, weighted on the side of bosses and against workers.

The PRO Act is long overdue. We urge elected leaders to move this critical legislation forward.
aflcio.org/press/releas...

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Feb 24

Big news for anyone with federal student loans: after we rang the alarm, a judge stopped Elon Musk and his team from seizing your personal data.

This is why we get in the fight.

Judge blocks OPM, Education Department from sharing personal info with DOGE

The order is the most wide-ranging block on DOGE’s activities to date.

www.politico.com

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · Feb 24

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: All HHS employees just received this email informing them that they no longer have to comply with Elon Musk’s 5 bullet point email, but if they do, they should “assume that what [they] write will be read by malign foreign actors . . .”

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Jimmy Colvin @jimmythemodel.com · Feb 24

The hypocrisy is strong.

The same people who preach about the First Amendment conveniently forget it when speech challenges their views. It’s not about free speech for them—it’s about control. I’ve been calling this shit out for a while now. And it’s getting pretty damn old.

blackpeopleknit.bsky.social @blackpeopleknit.bsky.social · Feb 24

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UPDATE on town hall chaos: Woman who was dragged out speaks, police chief condemns security, name of security firm confirmed

A legislative town hall organized by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee devolved into chaos Saturday when unidentified, plainclothes security personnel dragged a Post Falls woman from th...

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Feb 24

Three years ago today, Putin's tanks rolled into Ukraine, and Russian aircraft began bombing the country.

Trump is lying. Russia started the war, not Ukraine.

Putin is a dictator, not Zelensky.

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Meliabella @meliabella.bsky.social · Feb 21

And you absolutely should make some bread!

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Meliabella @meliabella.bsky.social · Feb 21

It’s so hard to focus. I’m glad you also have bread going so that you have that creative outlet as well!

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 21

3. The Trump administration has ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to indefinitely postpone a public meeting of its vaccine advisory panel, a key forum for discussing vaccine safety and effectiveness.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 21

2. Trump is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service and bring the independent mail agency under his administration’s control.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 21

Three updates:
1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.

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Meliabella @meliabella.bsky.social · Feb 21

Beautiful! Love how you styled it as well!

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Feb 21

The Senate just voted on a simple idea: If you make $1 BILLION in a year, you don't deserve a tax handout.

Democrats voted yes.

Republicans voted no.

Republicans are planning huge tax cuts for the rich, but they’re not the ones who need a break — working people do.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Feb 20

One more time for the people in the back: Trump does not give a f*ck about working folks!

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · Feb 20

They’re going to try and prosecute their political enemies

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Feb 20

The Mar-a-Lago crew might not care about hurricanes in Florida.

But gutting disaster recovery will hurt the same people Donald Trump promised to help.

Trump Team Plans Cuts at HUD Office That Funds Disaster Recovery

Staff at the office, a branch of the U.S. housing department that Congress uses to address the worst catastrophes, would be reduced by 84 percent.

www.nytimes.com

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 20

Trump administration is planning to use polygraphs to assess federal employee loyalty. There are ways to manipulate polygraph results, and we will provide guidance to coalition members. Polygraph results are not admissible in court due to their potential for false positives and negatives.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Feb 20

Keep in mind that the probationary federal employees who are now being fired are NOT just newly hired ones. If a long-term employee is promoted to a higher-level position, such as a supervisory or managerial role, then the employee may be subject to a probationary period for that new position.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · Feb 20

It would be far less time-consuming to just document when he tells the truth.

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Analysis: Trump’s 13 biggest lies of his first month back in office | CNN Politics

In speeches, interviews, exchanges with reporters and posts on social media, the president filled his public statements not only with exaggerations but outright fabrications. As he did during his firs...

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