Melinda Marble
@melindamarble.bsky.social
Question everything, leave no one behind.
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Harvard’s Pricing Lab data shows that goods prices – which were previously declining – have been on the rise since Trump started his trade war. Even domestic goods prices rose, though by a smaller amount.
December 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Harvard’s Pricing Lab data shows that goods prices – which were previously declining – have been on the rise since Trump started his trade war. Even domestic goods prices rose, though by a smaller amount.
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
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ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
The figures don't include arrests made by Border Patrol, which has launched aggressive immigration operations in several cities in recent months.
www.nbcnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | ‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
The NYT is on a bad headline spree: MacKenzie Scott Expands Giving Spree to Tribal Colleges www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
MacKenzie Scott Expands Giving Spree to Tribal Colleges
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The NYT is on a bad headline spree: MacKenzie Scott Expands Giving Spree to Tribal Colleges www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
What a disrespectful headline! I can't imagine it being used for a man. MacKenzie Scott Expands Giving Spree to Tribal Colleges www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
MacKenzie Scott Expands Giving Spree to Tribal Colleges
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
What a disrespectful headline! I can't imagine it being used for a man. MacKenzie Scott Expands Giving Spree to Tribal Colleges www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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The US is the only industrialized country that treats healthcare like a commodity & not a necessity, and it's costing Americans their health & lives.
All Americans should have access to the healthcare they need without going into medical debt because they needed medical care.
#Pinks
All Americans should have access to the healthcare they need without going into medical debt because they needed medical care.
#Pinks
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The US is the only industrialized country that treats healthcare like a commodity & not a necessity, and it's costing Americans their health & lives.
All Americans should have access to the healthcare they need without going into medical debt because they needed medical care.
#Pinks
All Americans should have access to the healthcare they need without going into medical debt because they needed medical care.
#Pinks
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The link to the segment is up...
It's powerful. And may be useful to share with others, including students.
@brian-goldstone.bsky.social
www.cbsnews.com/video/when-t...
It's powerful. And may be useful to share with others, including students.
@brian-goldstone.bsky.social
www.cbsnews.com/video/when-t...
November 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The link to the segment is up...
It's powerful. And may be useful to share with others, including students.
@brian-goldstone.bsky.social
www.cbsnews.com/video/when-t...
It's powerful. And may be useful to share with others, including students.
@brian-goldstone.bsky.social
www.cbsnews.com/video/when-t...
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A humanoid robot powered by artificial intelligence, believed to be one of the first in Russia, face-planted during its highly anticipated debut in Moscow on Tuesday after briefly staggering onstage. nyti.ms/49Ly3GI
November 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
A humanoid robot powered by artificial intelligence, believed to be one of the first in Russia, face-planted during its highly anticipated debut in Moscow on Tuesday after briefly staggering onstage. nyti.ms/49Ly3GI
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Turns out tanking the economy, using secret police to round up families, sending the troops into American cities, and firing tens of thousands of public employees is not super popular, huh.
November 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Turns out tanking the economy, using secret police to round up families, sending the troops into American cities, and firing tens of thousands of public employees is not super popular, huh.
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The woman's family had to scramble to prove she was Indigenous and shouldn't be turned over to federal immigration authorities
story via @glorihuh.bsky.social
story via @glorihuh.bsky.social
Arizona tribal member nearly deported after Iowa jail issues ICE detainer by mistake
Native American ICE detainer mistake nearly leads to deportation of Arizona tribal member after Iowa jail clerical error
azmirror.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The woman's family had to scramble to prove she was Indigenous and shouldn't be turned over to federal immigration authorities
story via @glorihuh.bsky.social
story via @glorihuh.bsky.social
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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When you vote for a guy who’s only ever looked out for himself, don’t act shocked when he forgets about you. Your rent, your grocery bill, your kid’s future, none of it’s on his list.
His priority? Himself. Always was. Always will be. He’ll build his gilded ballroom over your house and then brag .
His priority? Himself. Always was. Always will be. He’ll build his gilded ballroom over your house and then brag .
November 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
When you vote for a guy who’s only ever looked out for himself, don’t act shocked when he forgets about you. Your rent, your grocery bill, your kid’s future, none of it’s on his list.
His priority? Himself. Always was. Always will be. He’ll build his gilded ballroom over your house and then brag .
His priority? Himself. Always was. Always will be. He’ll build his gilded ballroom over your house and then brag .
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Fun Fact:
During the last two years of Pete Buttigieg's term as Transportation Secretary, the flight cancellation rate was the lowest it had been in a decade.
During the last two years of Pete Buttigieg's term as Transportation Secretary, the flight cancellation rate was the lowest it had been in a decade.
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Fun Fact:
During the last two years of Pete Buttigieg's term as Transportation Secretary, the flight cancellation rate was the lowest it had been in a decade.
During the last two years of Pete Buttigieg's term as Transportation Secretary, the flight cancellation rate was the lowest it had been in a decade.
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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Trump is dining with top Wall Street executives at the White House tonight — just months after giving them a huge tax cut in his Big Ugly Bill.
Meanwhile, his regime is continuing to withhold SNAP benefits for millions of hungry Americans.
"New Golden Age."
Meanwhile, his regime is continuing to withhold SNAP benefits for millions of hungry Americans.
"New Golden Age."
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Trump is dining with top Wall Street executives at the White House tonight — just months after giving them a huge tax cut in his Big Ugly Bill.
Meanwhile, his regime is continuing to withhold SNAP benefits for millions of hungry Americans.
"New Golden Age."
Meanwhile, his regime is continuing to withhold SNAP benefits for millions of hungry Americans.
"New Golden Age."
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2008 called and they want their sub-prime mortgages back.
We’ve been here before folks….
We’ve been here before folks….
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
2008 called and they want their sub-prime mortgages back.
We’ve been here before folks….
We’ve been here before folks….
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and it's not even a real name change.
Trump's Pentagon name change could cost up to $2 billion www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Trump's Pentagon name change could cost up to $2 billion
Officially changing the Department of Defense to the Department of War can only be done by Congress and would require updating thousands of signs, rewriting digital code and creating new letterheads,...
www.nbcnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
and it's not even a real name change.
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Since January, Trump's Treasury has quietly gutted enforcement of the corporate alternative minimum tax — a huge boon for big business and wealthy investors.
Meanwhile, he's led an all-out assault on Medicaid, SNAP, and other programs that help the poor.
Reverse Robin Hood.
Meanwhile, he's led an all-out assault on Medicaid, SNAP, and other programs that help the poor.
Reverse Robin Hood.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Since January, Trump's Treasury has quietly gutted enforcement of the corporate alternative minimum tax — a huge boon for big business and wealthy investors.
Meanwhile, he's led an all-out assault on Medicaid, SNAP, and other programs that help the poor.
Reverse Robin Hood.
Meanwhile, he's led an all-out assault on Medicaid, SNAP, and other programs that help the poor.
Reverse Robin Hood.
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Last night, tragically, 8 Democrats caved.
But the struggle continues.
Short term, we must not allow health care premiums to double for more than 20 million Americans.
Long term, we must provide health care to all as a human right.
But the struggle continues.
Short term, we must not allow health care premiums to double for more than 20 million Americans.
Long term, we must provide health care to all as a human right.
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Last night, tragically, 8 Democrats caved.
But the struggle continues.
Short term, we must not allow health care premiums to double for more than 20 million Americans.
Long term, we must provide health care to all as a human right.
But the struggle continues.
Short term, we must not allow health care premiums to double for more than 20 million Americans.
Long term, we must provide health care to all as a human right.
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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Two good newsletters from @billmckibben.bsky.social...first, Australia has so much solar power that it will require utilities to give people three hours of free electricity every day: billmckibben.substack.com/p/free-elect...
Free Electricity. Like, at no cost. For everyone. Now.
Let's talk about affordability, abundance, and Australia--and why thanks to Trump we can't have nice things
billmckibben.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Two good newsletters from @billmckibben.bsky.social...first, Australia has so much solar power that it will require utilities to give people three hours of free electricity every day: billmckibben.substack.com/p/free-elect...
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As many as 267,000 U.S. veterans will lose their healthcare because Congress has failed to extend the health care tax credit, which expires soon.
americanscovered.org/267000-u-s-v...
americanscovered.org/267000-u-s-v...
267,000 U.S. Veterans to Lose Their Coverage without Health Care Tax Credit
As many as 267,000 U.S. military veterans are set to lose their health coverage next year because Congress has so
americanscovered.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
As many as 267,000 U.S. veterans will lose their healthcare because Congress has failed to extend the health care tax credit, which expires soon.
americanscovered.org/267000-u-s-v...
americanscovered.org/267000-u-s-v...