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Mel Kolstad

@melkolstadart.bsky.social

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Artist, instructor, speaker, writer, proud wife, sister, auntie, Pommie mom, and friend. I love art (natch), comedy, food, reading, bebop and West Coast jazz, rock music history, and The Beatles, just to name a few of my passions. 😍

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Mel Kolstad @melkolstadart.bsky.social · Mar 30

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/pr...

Protect LGBTQ+ and Immigrant Sanctuary Communities

Iowa recently passed legislation to undo protections for trans people by removing gender identity from the state civil rights code—making it the first time a state has removed a protected class from a...

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Mel Kolstad @melkolstadart.bsky.social · Mar 5

They could care less. 😞

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NO KINGS IN AMERICA… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · Mar 4

And now this…👇

Angry yet?!

This. Once. Great. Country. Is. Weeping. ✨

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Mel Kolstad @melkolstadart.bsky.social · Mar 5

280 million acres of trees, clear-cut?!?! With an EXECUTIVE ORDER?! Please say this is not possible without congressional approval?! 😩

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · Mar 4

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Nikita Gill @nikitagill.bsky.social · Mar 4

A few people have shared this here today, so I thought I’d post it.

The rage you are feeling comes from the same place inside your heart as the love.
This is why you refuse to accept a world where cruelty reigns and the fire consumes all.
You have known hope and joy and kindness like you have known water.
And justice is a river that demands
you do not give up on it.
- Nikita Gill

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Mel Kolstad @melkolstadart.bsky.social · Mar 5

4 bucks!! 🤯🤯🤯
That’s still only like $28! 🤯

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Protect Democracy @guarddemocracy.bsky.social · Mar 4

IMPEACH TRUMP

... the economy is starting to decline due to Trump's policies ...

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Mel Kolstad @melkolstadart.bsky.social · Mar 4

It’s The Big Share today in Wisconsin! 😍
I’m proud to have supported Wisconsin Council for the Blind and Visually Impaired, a cause very dear to my heart. ❤️

www.thebigshare.org/organization...

Support Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired | The Big Share 2025

I’m ready to support Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired on March 3, 2025 during The Big Share 2025. Learn more about Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired and all the ot...

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Mel Kolstad @melkolstadart.bsky.social · Mar 3

What a terrible human being. 🤬

Mel Kolstad @melkolstadart.bsky.social · Mar 3

I’m so sorry you have to deal with this terrible administration. You’re doing a job!

Mel Kolstad @melkolstadart.bsky.social · Mar 3

I’ve wondered this every. Single. Day.

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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · Mar 3

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Mel Kolstad @melkolstadart.bsky.social · Mar 3

🤞🤞🤞

Mel Kolstad @melkolstadart.bsky.social · Mar 3

This would be incredibly appropriate! 😂😂😂

Mel Kolstad @melkolstadart.bsky.social · Mar 3

Sorry - this is all gibberish to me. Can someone break this down so those of us afraid to admit that they don’t know what this means can follow along? 😬

Mel Kolstad @melkolstadart.bsky.social · Mar 3

There are plans for marches at nearly every one of our capitols! 😍😍😍

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Erin Davisson 🌲 @erindeenews.bsky.social · Mar 2

‘Are we gonna let Elon Musk buy a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court?’
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Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford talks Elon Musk, opponent Brad Schimel at meet-and-greet

Candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court and Dane County Circuit Court Judge Susan Crawford held a meet-and-greet on Saturday at EVP Coffee in Madison. About 40 supporters gathered in the small coffee sh...

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Mel Kolstad @melkolstadart.bsky.social · Mar 3

A friend of mine came up with an idea - have the democratic candidate hold the town hall!

Mel Kolstad @melkolstadart.bsky.social · Mar 3

Well said!! That’s exactly right. They’re all cowards.

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Liz Ahern 🌈🧜🏼‍♀️🇲🇽🍉 @austinmermaid.bsky.social · Mar 2

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · Mar 2

Mass firings, shutting down critical services, blowing up our alliances, crashing the markets, encouraging inflation...

These aren't the actions of a political party aspiring to get reelected.

These are the actions of an authoritarian regime that does not intend to honor elections ever again.

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Mel Kolstad @melkolstadart.bsky.social · Mar 3

I think the plastic waste is the worst part! 😞

Mel Kolstad @melkolstadart.bsky.social · Mar 3

Listen again - they’re not saying that at all.

Mel Kolstad @melkolstadart.bsky.social · Mar 3

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...

To President Zelenskyy, From Embarrassed Americans

Please help the voices of the American people reach President Zelenskyy, the people of Ukraine, the US Government, and the world.

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