Melanie O’Malley (she/her)
@melanie-omalley.bsky.social
Outreach and Operations Director at @progressivemass.bsky.social. Rarely expressed views are my own.
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We can never get true justice for those killed by ICE. Because true justice would mean they would be alive today.
But our demands for accountability remain clear:
Abolish ICE.
Impeach Kristi Noem.
End qualified immunity.
But our demands for accountability remain clear:
Abolish ICE.
Impeach Kristi Noem.
End qualified immunity.
February 15, 2026 at 3:14 PM
We can never get true justice for those killed by ICE. Because true justice would mean they would be alive today.
But our demands for accountability remain clear:
Abolish ICE.
Impeach Kristi Noem.
End qualified immunity.
But our demands for accountability remain clear:
Abolish ICE.
Impeach Kristi Noem.
End qualified immunity.
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“Do something, bitch”
“Fucking bitch”
Trump’s war on immigrants is violent racism, for sure. And it’s also violent misogyny. The language used by the agents that shot Renee Good and Marimar Martinez exposes their blatant hatred of the women they are hunting. 1/
“Fucking bitch”
Trump’s war on immigrants is violent racism, for sure. And it’s also violent misogyny. The language used by the agents that shot Renee Good and Marimar Martinez exposes their blatant hatred of the women they are hunting. 1/
The Border Patrol agents lied. They always lie. And they lie to destroy other people's lives for fun.
www.huffpost.com/entry/border...
www.huffpost.com/entry/border...
Agents Who Shot Marimar Martinez Caught On Video Saying 'Do Something, Bitch'
Newly released body camera footage shows Border Patrol agents swerving their car into the Chicago woman before shooting her five times.
www.huffpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:56 AM
“Do something, bitch”
“Fucking bitch”
Trump’s war on immigrants is violent racism, for sure. And it’s also violent misogyny. The language used by the agents that shot Renee Good and Marimar Martinez exposes their blatant hatred of the women they are hunting. 1/
“Fucking bitch”
Trump’s war on immigrants is violent racism, for sure. And it’s also violent misogyny. The language used by the agents that shot Renee Good and Marimar Martinez exposes their blatant hatred of the women they are hunting. 1/
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Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
February 11, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
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Damn. I just wrote about the sexual violence that runs throughout Trump’s war on immigrants and this is a whole new horrific angle. We cannot talk about Trump’s campaign of terror without talking about the widespread sexual abuse perpetrated by this administration at every level. 1/2
Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a **background checker for ICE agents.**
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
February 11, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Damn. I just wrote about the sexual violence that runs throughout Trump’s war on immigrants and this is a whole new horrific angle. We cannot talk about Trump’s campaign of terror without talking about the widespread sexual abuse perpetrated by this administration at every level. 1/2
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The pedophile president's Gestapo is zip-tieing teen girls.
"Images obtained by CBS News appear to show the zip ties and bruised wrists of Anabel Romero's 14-year-old daughter SueHey, a U.S. citizen who was tending to her 6- and 8-year-old siblings when the agents descended on the crowd in military-style gear and herded them into a confined area."
Feds zip-tied a 14-year-old girl during Idaho raid, sparking fresh questions about ICE tactics
A 14-year-old girl said she was "crying" and "struggling to breathe" when law enforcement officers herded her onto a racetrack with other detainees and zip-tied her hands.
www.cbsnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The pedophile president's Gestapo is zip-tieing teen girls.
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Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, the second-highest ranking Democrat in the House, said she was turned away from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Burlington field office early Monday morning when she arrived for an unannounced oversight visit. https://bit.ly/46uuMck
'Lawless': Mass. Congresswoman denied entry to Burlington ICE facility
High-ranking House Democrat says DHS denial made her 'profoundly angry'
www.wgbh.org
February 10, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, the second-highest ranking Democrat in the House, said she was turned away from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Burlington field office early Monday morning when she arrived for an unannounced oversight visit. https://bit.ly/46uuMck
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There are a whole host of reasons why we should be calling for ICE to be shut down. Ended. Done. One of those reasons? Sexual assault.
The reports of ICE agents (or impersonators) sexually assaulting women are beyond alarming. It has to be shut down. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...
The reports of ICE agents (or impersonators) sexually assaulting women are beyond alarming. It has to be shut down. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...
Sexual assault and ICE
Rape is a tool of war, including Trump’s war on immigrants.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:39 PM
There are a whole host of reasons why we should be calling for ICE to be shut down. Ended. Done. One of those reasons? Sexual assault.
The reports of ICE agents (or impersonators) sexually assaulting women are beyond alarming. It has to be shut down. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...
The reports of ICE agents (or impersonators) sexually assaulting women are beyond alarming. It has to be shut down. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...
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Katie Paris founded Red, Wine & Blue to harness suburban women's political power — now more than 600,000 members are deploying it to oppose ICE in their communities.
The original ‘wine moms’ are in Ohio. They’re mobilizing to support Haitians in Springfield.
Katie Paris founded Red, Wine & Blue to harness suburban women's political power — now more than 600,000 members are deploying it to oppose ICE in their communities.
19thnews.org
February 5, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Katie Paris founded Red, Wine & Blue to harness suburban women's political power — now more than 600,000 members are deploying it to oppose ICE in their communities.
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Keep calling and marching and organizing for all of the other Liams. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Keep calling and marching and organizing for all of the other Liams. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
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I. Cannot. Even.
Massachusetts has a Democratic supermajority. Governor Healey has no real challengers. Bill would protect crime victims from ICE. But Black and Latino Caucus head Andy Vargas said caucus has “met with the governor and legislative leadership… but have not yet received commitments of support.”
Black and Latino Caucus pushes immigration reform legislation
Members of the Massachusetts Legislative Black and Latino Caucus are advancing legislation that would bar state and local police from cooperating with civil immigration enforcement cases.
flipsidenews.net
January 29, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I. Cannot. Even.
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Every time I think my heart can’t shatter any more…
NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
www.huffpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Every time I think my heart can’t shatter any more…
Hence the right-wing drive to paint so-called wine moms as enemy combatants
Study finds that news describing victims of war as "civilians who were women" triggers outrage & sympathy; "soldiers who were women" does not. Thus, the protection granted to women is conditional, depending on conformance to feminine norms of innocence or passivity. www.psypost.org/the-psycholo...
The psychological reason news reports single out women and children
Research shows that highlighting female victims elicits as much outrage as highlighting children. However, this protective instinct disappears when women step outside traditional gender roles, such as...
www.psypost.org
January 17, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Hence the right-wing drive to paint so-called wine moms as enemy combatants
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The LUCE network has been *doing* protection work since the beginning and has a ton of trainings this weekend. If you are in MA save their number to your phone and consider getting trained. www.lucemass.org
LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of MA
www.lucemass.org
January 16, 2026 at 12:46 PM
The LUCE network has been *doing* protection work since the beginning and has a ton of trainings this weekend. If you are in MA save their number to your phone and consider getting trained. www.lucemass.org
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A week after an agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) fatally shot a Minneapolis woman, half of American women are in favor of abolishing the law enforcement agency altogether, new polling shows.
Progressive Democratic women take the lead in reviving ‘abolish ICE’ messaging
The ramped-up rhetoric comes as polling shows a surge in support among women for dismantling the agency.
bit.ly
January 14, 2026 at 7:35 PM
A week after an agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) fatally shot a Minneapolis woman, half of American women are in favor of abolishing the law enforcement agency altogether, new polling shows.
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Trump is cutting off welfare funding for blue states on the basis of racist conspiracy theories, but thinks it's okay for Mississippi to shovel welfare funds to Brett Favre. Got it.
www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
Trump Admin Went Soft On Welfare Fraud In A Red State
Mississippi caught a break on an embezzlement scandal that funneled money to Brett Favre and others.
www.huffpost.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Trump is cutting off welfare funding for blue states on the basis of racist conspiracy theories, but thinks it's okay for Mississippi to shovel welfare funds to Brett Favre. Got it.
www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
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After the social media app's AI chatbot started generating sexualized images of women and children, two countries have blocked it and several more have launched investigations. n.pr/4aSZcYZ
Elon Musk's X faces bans and investigations over nonconsensual bikini images
After the social media app's AI chatbot started generating sexualized images of women and children, two countries have blocked it and several more have launched investigations.
n.pr
January 12, 2026 at 11:02 PM
After the social media app's AI chatbot started generating sexualized images of women and children, two countries have blocked it and several more have launched investigations. n.pr/4aSZcYZ
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Dr. Janell Green Smith's death has renewed attention to long-standing inequities in maternal health outcomes in the United States. https://bit.ly/4ss35ua
January 5, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Dr. Janell Green Smith's death has renewed attention to long-standing inequities in maternal health outcomes in the United States. https://bit.ly/4ss35ua
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Happy New Year! We're looking forward to kicking it off soon with our annual meeting on Saturday, January 31!
Hope to see you there!
#mapoli
actionnetwork.org/events/progr...
Hope to see you there!
#mapoli
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Progressive Mass 2026 Annual Member Meeting
Join us for our 2026 annual member meeting!
We'll be talking about how to build pressure for our legislative priorities, honing our organizing skills, and getting ready for the suite of 2026 ballot q...
actionnetwork.org
January 2, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Happy New Year! We're looking forward to kicking it off soon with our annual meeting on Saturday, January 31!
Hope to see you there!
#mapoli
actionnetwork.org/events/progr...
Hope to see you there!
#mapoli
actionnetwork.org/events/progr...
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Trump is trying to sell the federal student loan portfolio so predatory companies & his billionaire buddies can keep profiting & preying on our borrowers.
This is dangerous & unacceptable.
@warren.senate.gov, @sanders.senate.gov & I are leading our colleagues and demanding Trump back down NOW.
This is dangerous & unacceptable.
@warren.senate.gov, @sanders.senate.gov & I are leading our colleagues and demanding Trump back down NOW.
Warren urges Trump administration to 'immediately cease' student loan selloff plans
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is attempting to stop the reported selloff of the $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio to private companies.
abcnews.go.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Trump is trying to sell the federal student loan portfolio so predatory companies & his billionaire buddies can keep profiting & preying on our borrowers.
This is dangerous & unacceptable.
@warren.senate.gov, @sanders.senate.gov & I are leading our colleagues and demanding Trump back down NOW.
This is dangerous & unacceptable.
@warren.senate.gov, @sanders.senate.gov & I are leading our colleagues and demanding Trump back down NOW.
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My dear friend Emilia is raising money for Sister's Unchained for her birthday. She's halfway to her goal and every gift goes a long way! givebutter.com/emilias40th
Emilia's 40th Birthday Fundraiser
By Sisters Unchained Inc
givebutter.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
My dear friend Emilia is raising money for Sister's Unchained for her birthday. She's halfway to her goal and every gift goes a long way! givebutter.com/emilias40th
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
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We can participate in democracy and be flawed while also having non-negotiable. No nazis. No racists. We aren’t abandoning trans people. Triple the minimum wage. Universal healthcare. Reproductive freedom. Etc etc etc. Stand for something! Appeasement accomplishes very little.
October 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
We can participate in democracy and be flawed while also having non-negotiable. No nazis. No racists. We aren’t abandoning trans people. Triple the minimum wage. Universal healthcare. Reproductive freedom. Etc etc etc. Stand for something! Appeasement accomplishes very little.
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"Mamdani's proposals, such as freezing the rent for some New York tenants, free buses and free child care, are not only feasible but also build off the foundations of previous New York City laws, political analysts told ABC News."
Zohran Mamdani's proposals for NYC build off city's progressive foundation: Experts
While some critics decry Zohran Mamdani's vision for New York City as far-fetched, experts noted that they build off progressive foundations laid by past policies.
abcnews.go.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Mamdani's proposals, such as freezing the rent for some New York tenants, free buses and free child care, are not only feasible but also build off the foundations of previous New York City laws, political analysts told ABC News."