Melanie Javan Javidan
@brightermelanie.bsky.social
easily existential, pediatric cancer parent, bright bookkeeper, compulsively creative, proud Irish-Iranian-American
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Israel invented the yellow line to gain more control of Gaza. Now, it’s turning it into a physical border.
Israel’s genocide was always about stealing more Palestinian land without regard for Palestinian life.
Israel’s genocide was always about stealing more Palestinian land without regard for Palestinian life.
Israel Is Turning the Yellow Line Splitting Gaza into a Physical Barrier
Last month, the Israeli military began constructing earth berms in areas along the yellow line, physically cutting off Palestinians from the Israeli-controlled zone and the rest of Gaza.
www.dropsitenews.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Israel invented the yellow line to gain more control of Gaza. Now, it’s turning it into a physical border.
Israel’s genocide was always about stealing more Palestinian land without regard for Palestinian life.
Israel’s genocide was always about stealing more Palestinian land without regard for Palestinian life.
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I have no words for this:
“The goalkeeper told me I’m an illegal immigrant even though I was born in America, and he said Trump was gonna get me and send me back.”
How is destroying the spirit of our children making this country great?
Who will repair their trauma when this is over?
Sickening.
“The goalkeeper told me I’m an illegal immigrant even though I was born in America, and he said Trump was gonna get me and send me back.”
How is destroying the spirit of our children making this country great?
Who will repair their trauma when this is over?
Sickening.
January 21, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I have no words for this:
“The goalkeeper told me I’m an illegal immigrant even though I was born in America, and he said Trump was gonna get me and send me back.”
How is destroying the spirit of our children making this country great?
Who will repair their trauma when this is over?
Sickening.
“The goalkeeper told me I’m an illegal immigrant even though I was born in America, and he said Trump was gonna get me and send me back.”
How is destroying the spirit of our children making this country great?
Who will repair their trauma when this is over?
Sickening.
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I remain awestruck that you can be chief WH correspondent of the New York Times while apparently accepting the version of history that you were taught in grade school in the 1970’s
January 20, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I remain awestruck that you can be chief WH correspondent of the New York Times while apparently accepting the version of history that you were taught in grade school in the 1970’s
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Every time Trump breaks the clear letter of the law, the NYT and WaPo write a story about how he’s “pushing boundaries” or “testing the limits of his authority”
He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.
He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.
January 19, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Every time Trump breaks the clear letter of the law, the NYT and WaPo write a story about how he’s “pushing boundaries” or “testing the limits of his authority”
He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.
He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.
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✅ More than 80 Members Signed On
✅ More than 20,500 letters sent to Congress
Join the growing number of Americans telling their representatives to impeach Kristi Noem:
✅ More than 20,500 letters sent to Congress
Join the growing number of Americans telling their representatives to impeach Kristi Noem:
Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
January 16, 2026 at 7:07 PM
✅ More than 80 Members Signed On
✅ More than 20,500 letters sent to Congress
Join the growing number of Americans telling their representatives to impeach Kristi Noem:
✅ More than 20,500 letters sent to Congress
Join the growing number of Americans telling their representatives to impeach Kristi Noem:
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Republicans are lying about what we can all clearly see in the video of Jonathan Ross murdering Renee Nicole Good because that is their strategy for everything.
Force the debate into whether or not obvious facts are real and suck up time away from debating appropriate action.
Force the debate into whether or not obvious facts are real and suck up time away from debating appropriate action.
January 16, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Republicans are lying about what we can all clearly see in the video of Jonathan Ross murdering Renee Nicole Good because that is their strategy for everything.
Force the debate into whether or not obvious facts are real and suck up time away from debating appropriate action.
Force the debate into whether or not obvious facts are real and suck up time away from debating appropriate action.
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Another reminder that mutual aid is an act of resistance and revolutionary community building. Relearning how to be in community & care for each other is a radical act.
They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding
DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.
www.mprnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Another reminder that mutual aid is an act of resistance and revolutionary community building. Relearning how to be in community & care for each other is a radical act.
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Not "why was the tear gas in the toddler's neighborhood" but "why was the toddler in the tear gas's neighborhood"
NEWSMAX host Carl Higbie: “This 6 month old who unfortunately got tear gassed by ICE… That sucks 🤷🏼 , but why was a 6 month old near tear gas in the first place?”
The live there Carl, you soulless puppet
The live there Carl, you soulless puppet
January 16, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Not "why was the tear gas in the toddler's neighborhood" but "why was the toddler in the tear gas's neighborhood"
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It’s kind of like ICE murdered Renee Good twice.
January 16, 2026 at 5:17 PM
It’s kind of like ICE murdered Renee Good twice.
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Roses are red
Nazis are lurking
Beware of them here because
Nazis are lurking
Beware of them here because
X has stopped working
X has stopped working
www.independent.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Roses are red
Nazis are lurking
Beware of them here because
Nazis are lurking
Beware of them here because
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Israel moves Yellow Line deeper into Gaza, satellite images show
Israel moves Yellow Line deeper into Gaza, satellite images show
Israel placed and later moved control markers in three areas, with placed deeper inside Gaza than maps suggested.
www.bbc.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Israel moves Yellow Line deeper into Gaza, satellite images show
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
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"He said he saw guards choking Lunas Campos and heard Lunas Campos repeatedly saying, 'No puedo respirar' — Spanish for 'I can’t breathe'..."
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:10 AM
"He said he saw guards choking Lunas Campos and heard Lunas Campos repeatedly saying, 'No puedo respirar' — Spanish for 'I can’t breathe'..."
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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From today’s Politics Chat | @hcrichardson.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 3:15 AM
From today’s Politics Chat | @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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A vast majority of Iranians have not had access to the internet for 133 hours.
January 14, 2026 at 5:38 AM
A vast majority of Iranians have not had access to the internet for 133 hours.
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I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
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checking in on elon musk, the guy who absolutely did not give a nazi salute last year
January 8, 2026 at 2:35 PM
checking in on elon musk, the guy who absolutely did not give a nazi salute last year
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A professor at Harvard released a study that indicates that the death toll on Gaza is close to 400,000 people.
Incredible. Just insane.
And the USA enabled and sponsored every single death.
One of the most disgusting things to happen in my lifetime.
Incredible. Just insane.
And the USA enabled and sponsored every single death.
One of the most disgusting things to happen in my lifetime.
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
A professor at Harvard released a study that indicates that the death toll on Gaza is close to 400,000 people.
Incredible. Just insane.
And the USA enabled and sponsored every single death.
One of the most disgusting things to happen in my lifetime.
Incredible. Just insane.
And the USA enabled and sponsored every single death.
One of the most disgusting things to happen in my lifetime.
Me to 10 year old, exasperated: You can't just start reading a 600 page book at bedtime!
10 yo, after slowly flipping to the back of the book: It's 580 pages.
10 yo, after slowly flipping to the back of the book: It's 580 pages.
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Me to 10 year old, exasperated: You can't just start reading a 600 page book at bedtime!
10 yo, after slowly flipping to the back of the book: It's 580 pages.
10 yo, after slowly flipping to the back of the book: It's 580 pages.
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
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It is not easy to keep myself from being dragged into the rushing currents of anger and grief that are running through my heart right now. Others must feel the same. Yet these very feelings press me forward into action. Meet me there.
March 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
It is not easy to keep myself from being dragged into the rushing currents of anger and grief that are running through my heart right now. Others must feel the same. Yet these very feelings press me forward into action. Meet me there.
