Mel
@mnuss.bsky.social
Bookstore owner, climate activist, urbanist, consumer of cat pictures. No gods; no masters. JB Pritzker fangirl; Hot for Bernie Forever. Pronouns we/us/ours. #StepDownSchumer
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NBC NEWS: Jack Smith’s final report “said that Trump ‘inspired his supporters to commit acts of physical violence’ by spreading ‘demonstrably and, in many cases, obviously false’ claims about the 2020 election.”
@ryanjreilly.com
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December 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NBC NEWS: Jack Smith’s final report “said that Trump ‘inspired his supporters to commit acts of physical violence’ by spreading ‘demonstrably and, in many cases, obviously false’ claims about the 2020 election.”
@ryanjreilly.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
@ryanjreilly.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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"Brett Kavanaugh had six figures in credit card debt shortly before he was confirmed to the Supreme Court" is one of those things that will live rent-free in my head forever because I quite literally have represented someone in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy over substantially less debt.
December 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"Brett Kavanaugh had six figures in credit card debt shortly before he was confirmed to the Supreme Court" is one of those things that will live rent-free in my head forever because I quite literally have represented someone in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy over substantially less debt.
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Really love how this guy posted this on TikTok thinking the woman who broke his Meta glasses would come off as the villain, as opposed to him, the guy recording her without her consent for social media content via a surveillance device made by one of the worst companies on earth
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Really love how this guy posted this on TikTok thinking the woman who broke his Meta glasses would come off as the villain, as opposed to him, the guy recording her without her consent for social media content via a surveillance device made by one of the worst companies on earth
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We need to create a “fell for it again award“ edit for hakeem jeffries
Pardoned Democrat Henry Cuellar wants GOP to probe his prosecutors
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Pardoned Democrat Henry Cuellar wants GOP to probe his prosecutors
The Texas lawmaker said in an interview he'd be willing to cooperate with a House Judiciary "weaponization" probe.
www.politico.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
We need to create a “fell for it again award“ edit for hakeem jeffries
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I cannot get over how evil this is.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I cannot get over how evil this is.
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If Trump and Musk had a falling out, and if Musk is no longer involved in politics, why is the Trump admin using levers of US foreign policy to get Musk’s company out of well deserved fines?
This is the moment, Europe. Stand up for yourself, your laws, your freedom against foreign interference.
This is the moment, Europe. Stand up for yourself, your laws, your freedom against foreign interference.
Trump administration officials banded together to denounce the European Union after the bloc fined Elon Musk’s X, with some suggesting a US response is warranted, Cristiano Lima-Strong reports: www.techpolicy.press/trump-admini...
Trump Administration Locks Arms with Musk’s X Against EU Tech Enforcement | TechPolicy.Press
Senior Trump administration officials banded together against the EU for fining Elon Musk's X on transparency grounds.
www.techpolicy.press
December 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
If Trump and Musk had a falling out, and if Musk is no longer involved in politics, why is the Trump admin using levers of US foreign policy to get Musk’s company out of well deserved fines?
This is the moment, Europe. Stand up for yourself, your laws, your freedom against foreign interference.
This is the moment, Europe. Stand up for yourself, your laws, your freedom against foreign interference.
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As I was saying. The threat to Europe is open and real. Our countries should be having nothing to do with these people who are trying to destroy them.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right
Text signed by president seems to echo ‘great replacement’ theory, saying Europe faces ‘civilisational erasure’
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
As I was saying. The threat to Europe is open and real. Our countries should be having nothing to do with these people who are trying to destroy them.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Stop saying “DEI” or “equity-related.”
Stop using the words they choose to mask their vile racist ideology with the language of those they hate.
Say they want to remove any books that speak to the lives of anyone who isn’t white, straight, Christian, or male.
Name the hate. Make them own it.
Stop using the words they choose to mask their vile racist ideology with the language of those they hate.
Say they want to remove any books that speak to the lives of anyone who isn’t white, straight, Christian, or male.
Name the hate. Make them own it.
A new memo gives the National Park Service two weeks to review bookstores for “equity-related” content for removal.
Trump Orders DEI Out of National Park Bookstores | KQED
A new memo gives the National Park Service two weeks to review bookstores for “equity-related” content for removal.
www.kqed.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Stop saying “DEI” or “equity-related.”
Stop using the words they choose to mask their vile racist ideology with the language of those they hate.
Say they want to remove any books that speak to the lives of anyone who isn’t white, straight, Christian, or male.
Name the hate. Make them own it.
Stop using the words they choose to mask their vile racist ideology with the language of those they hate.
Say they want to remove any books that speak to the lives of anyone who isn’t white, straight, Christian, or male.
Name the hate. Make them own it.
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There is no legitimate reason not to release the complete Sep. 2 video.
They released video of the first strike. What national security justification could there be for releasing video of the first part of the action but not the second? They wanted to cover up what happened after the first strike.
They released video of the first strike. What national security justification could there be for releasing video of the first part of the action but not the second? They wanted to cover up what happened after the first strike.
December 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
There is no legitimate reason not to release the complete Sep. 2 video.
They released video of the first strike. What national security justification could there be for releasing video of the first part of the action but not the second? They wanted to cover up what happened after the first strike.
They released video of the first strike. What national security justification could there be for releasing video of the first part of the action but not the second? They wanted to cover up what happened after the first strike.
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In my personal newsletter this week: On Democratic email fundraising & why actually you don't *have* to treat supporters like shit if you don't want to. amandalitman.substack.com/p/some-thoug...
Some thoughts on Democratic email fundraising...
And why I'm okay with doing it the hard way
amandalitman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
In my personal newsletter this week: On Democratic email fundraising & why actually you don't *have* to treat supporters like shit if you don't want to. amandalitman.substack.com/p/some-thoug...
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Netflix is planning to buy Warner Bros for $72 billion, allowing it to acquire its major competitor HBO Max.
This corporate monopoly will be great for Netflix’s executives and a raw deal for everyone else.
Lina Khan explains the danger of corporate concentration.
This corporate monopoly will be great for Netflix’s executives and a raw deal for everyone else.
Lina Khan explains the danger of corporate concentration.
The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Netflix is planning to buy Warner Bros for $72 billion, allowing it to acquire its major competitor HBO Max.
This corporate monopoly will be great for Netflix’s executives and a raw deal for everyone else.
Lina Khan explains the danger of corporate concentration.
This corporate monopoly will be great for Netflix’s executives and a raw deal for everyone else.
Lina Khan explains the danger of corporate concentration.
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I'm so tired man.
I need you cis people to understand this. Rachel Levine did everything right. Legal name change. Legal sex update. So professional and accomplished she got SENATE APPROVAL as an open trans woman.
There's nothing we can do that they won't ignore to hurt us. So don't let them.
I need you cis people to understand this. Rachel Levine did everything right. Legal name change. Legal sex update. So professional and accomplished she got SENATE APPROVAL as an open trans woman.
There's nothing we can do that they won't ignore to hurt us. So don't let them.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I'm so tired man.
I need you cis people to understand this. Rachel Levine did everything right. Legal name change. Legal sex update. So professional and accomplished she got SENATE APPROVAL as an open trans woman.
There's nothing we can do that they won't ignore to hurt us. So don't let them.
I need you cis people to understand this. Rachel Levine did everything right. Legal name change. Legal sex update. So professional and accomplished she got SENATE APPROVAL as an open trans woman.
There's nothing we can do that they won't ignore to hurt us. So don't let them.
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For decades, sustainable & responsible cities haven’t just been possible — they’ve been common sense, logical, ridiculously obvious! And yet we’ve failed to act. A better future through better cities is STILL possible with real leadership at every level. #ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
For decades, sustainable & responsible cities haven’t just been possible — they’ve been common sense, logical, ridiculously obvious! And yet we’ve failed to act. A better future through better cities is STILL possible with real leadership at every level. #ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
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NEW— DC Metropolitan Police just shared a tiny bit more body cam footage from the March US Institute of Peace raid in response to my FOIA lawsuit w/ @rcfp.org
One clip shows USIP President George Moose being escorted out.
Moose: You know we're gonna see you all in court.
MPD: Yea we figured that.
One clip shows USIP President George Moose being escorted out.
Moose: You know we're gonna see you all in court.
MPD: Yea we figured that.
December 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
NEW— DC Metropolitan Police just shared a tiny bit more body cam footage from the March US Institute of Peace raid in response to my FOIA lawsuit w/ @rcfp.org
One clip shows USIP President George Moose being escorted out.
Moose: You know we're gonna see you all in court.
MPD: Yea we figured that.
One clip shows USIP President George Moose being escorted out.
Moose: You know we're gonna see you all in court.
MPD: Yea we figured that.
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We've heard so much about the DOGE raids but have very little physical evidence of what they were actually like. It's weird to be able to see an instance of it actually happening—the mundanity of it all. how the cops were jovially complicit.
December 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
We've heard so much about the DOGE raids but have very little physical evidence of what they were actually like. It's weird to be able to see an instance of it actually happening—the mundanity of it all. how the cops were jovially complicit.
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The family of a fisherman from Colombia has filed the first legal challenge to the U.S. military strikes on boats at sea, alleging that Alejandro Andres Carranza Medina was "murdered," says attorney Dan Kovalik.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/5/boat_strikes
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/5/boat_strikes
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The family of a fisherman from Colombia has filed the first legal challenge to the U.S. military strikes on boats at sea, alleging that Alejandro Andres Carranza Medina was "murdered," says attorney Dan Kovalik.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/5/boat_strikes
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/5/boat_strikes
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One of the other benefits of a building with an external single-stair: the stair and hallway can combine in a way that makes it much easier for fire services to work around residents who are being evacuated.
This is one of the many values of a #SocialStair that is the centre of a building's life.
This is one of the many values of a #SocialStair that is the centre of a building's life.
December 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
One of the other benefits of a building with an external single-stair: the stair and hallway can combine in a way that makes it much easier for fire services to work around residents who are being evacuated.
This is one of the many values of a #SocialStair that is the centre of a building's life.
This is one of the many values of a #SocialStair that is the centre of a building's life.
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The depths of this Administration’s depravity continue to sink daily.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The depths of this Administration’s depravity continue to sink daily.
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Yes. The first step is delegitimizing the corrupt Roberts Court to the public
No, it’s good for the judiciary.
The only way to fix this country is total reform and disempowerment of the Supreme Court. And the 5th Circuit, and Fed Soc circuit and district court judges from Cannon to Kaczmarek.
The first step in getting there is delegimitization. We WANT a fight.
The only way to fix this country is total reform and disempowerment of the Supreme Court. And the 5th Circuit, and Fed Soc circuit and district court judges from Cannon to Kaczmarek.
The first step in getting there is delegimitization. We WANT a fight.
I don't think the Justices understand the extent to which they are playing with fire. The more they do this, the more District Courts will engage in open disrespect of the Supreme Court, because what other response is there to open disrespect directed at them? That's bad for the Judiciary, period.
December 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Yes. The first step is delegitimizing the corrupt Roberts Court to the public
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If I were ever going to be a single issue voter, that issue right now would be REFORM THE SUPREME COURT. Expand it to match the federal circuits, plus one. Term limits.
December 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
If I were ever going to be a single issue voter, that issue right now would be REFORM THE SUPREME COURT. Expand it to match the federal circuits, plus one. Term limits.
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Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
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"on more than one occasion" lmfao
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"on more than one occasion" lmfao
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Ultimately I blame Mitch McConnell - all of this - gestures broadly - could and should have been avoided
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Ultimately I blame Mitch McConnell - all of this - gestures broadly - could and should have been avoided
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The US govt is screaming—in words, actions, and now a strategic document—that America has switched sides in the world, preferring authoritarians and a transnational white nationalism over liberal democracy.
Like Russia, a US foreign policy goal is to undermine the EU.
Will Europe finally listen?
Like Russia, a US foreign policy goal is to undermine the EU.
Will Europe finally listen?
‘Civilisational erasure’: US strategy document appears to echo far-right conspiracy theories about Europe
Official text, signed by Donald Trump, outlines plan to ‘cultivate resistance’ in EU nations to their ‘current trajectory’
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The US govt is screaming—in words, actions, and now a strategic document—that America has switched sides in the world, preferring authoritarians and a transnational white nationalism over liberal democracy.
Like Russia, a US foreign policy goal is to undermine the EU.
Will Europe finally listen?
Like Russia, a US foreign policy goal is to undermine the EU.
Will Europe finally listen?