Melissa Smith ❌👑
@melissa4thrivingmt.bsky.social
Montanan. Politics Junkie. Bookworm. Musician. Cook.
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It was astounding to hear that argument before MT Supreme Court.
Rikki Held to appear in Great Falls on Thursday, December 5.
#HeldvsMontana
Rikki Held to appear in Great Falls on Thursday, December 5.
#HeldvsMontana
Gianforte admin uses the same lazy excuse
If Ireland's emissions are "too small to matter" then I might as well evade my taxes and eat doughnuts for lunch.
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
December 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
It was astounding to hear that argument before MT Supreme Court.
Rikki Held to appear in Great Falls on Thursday, December 5.
#HeldvsMontana
Rikki Held to appear in Great Falls on Thursday, December 5.
#HeldvsMontana
A terrible company.
Starbucks will pay $38.9 million to settle NYC probe over worker schedules reut.rs/48JX5F7
Starbucks will pay $38.9 million to settle NYC probe over worker schedules
Starbucks has agreed to pay $38.9 million to settle claims by New York City that the coffee chain violated a local law requiring fast food businesses to give workers predictable and stable schedules more than half a million times over a three-year period, Mayor Eric Adams' office said on Monday.
reut.rs
December 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
A terrible company.
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Climate change "hasn’t arrived all at once as some biblical apocalypse but as a creeping drain on rents, utility bills, and grocery prices."
@katearonoff.bsky.social with a post-mortem on the IRA and the hopes it pinned on an elusive green capital coalition.
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
@katearonoff.bsky.social with a post-mortem on the IRA and the hopes it pinned on an elusive green capital coalition.
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
The Quick and Shameful Death of Biden’s Biggest Policy
It was far too easy for Republicans to kill the Inflation Reduction Act. Where did those who crafted it go wrong?
newrepublic.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Climate change "hasn’t arrived all at once as some biblical apocalypse but as a creeping drain on rents, utility bills, and grocery prices."
@katearonoff.bsky.social with a post-mortem on the IRA and the hopes it pinned on an elusive green capital coalition.
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
@katearonoff.bsky.social with a post-mortem on the IRA and the hopes it pinned on an elusive green capital coalition.
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
Good job, Bozeman to all the yahoos that wanted to keep your children “pure” with no vaccinations.
🚨 Bozeman, MT Measles Public Exposure 11/26 & 11/28 at the following locations
December 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Good job, Bozeman to all the yahoos that wanted to keep your children “pure” with no vaccinations.
Being a billionaire is a crime against humanity. What Starbucks executives are doing is WAGE THEFT. I’m with the workers.
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Being a billionaire is a crime against humanity. What Starbucks executives are doing is WAGE THEFT. I’m with the workers.
I see the long lines for Starbucks in my town where income equality is starkly present - and I weep.
So many better coffee options.
So many better coffee options.
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
December 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I see the long lines for Starbucks in my town where income equality is starkly present - and I weep.
So many better coffee options.
So many better coffee options.
The “abuse” of SNAP benefits is when the government denies benefits.
Brooke Rollins has made a case for sweeping changes to food aid programs by claiming USDA has uncovered "massive fraud." But she and USDA haven't provided the underlying data or any evidence. n.pr/4paRygE
The agriculture secretary says SNAP changes are coming. Here's what we know
Brooke Rollins has made a case for sweeping changes to food aid programs by claiming USDA has uncovered "massive fraud." But she and USDA haven't provided the underlying data or any evidence.
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The “abuse” of SNAP benefits is when the government denies benefits.
The moment has arrived.
The Trump administration openly says that it will use its domestic spying capabilities to target people who oppose ICE’s actions. And ICE has been bulking up on the latest surveillance technology.
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The moment has arrived.
Oh, Clippy.
Back in the day - when someone in our office used you, you crashed our entire computer network.
I used to wonder how much productivity was lost in America because of you and your awful creator - MICROSOFT!
Back in the day - when someone in our office used you, you crashed our entire computer network.
I used to wonder how much productivity was lost in America because of you and your awful creator - MICROSOFT!
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Oh, Clippy.
Back in the day - when someone in our office used you, you crashed our entire computer network.
I used to wonder how much productivity was lost in America because of you and your awful creator - MICROSOFT!
Back in the day - when someone in our office used you, you crashed our entire computer network.
I used to wonder how much productivity was lost in America because of you and your awful creator - MICROSOFT!
Don’t Opt In!
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Don’t Opt In!
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Next year, Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" will hand $67 BILLION of YOUR taxpayer dollars over to corporations for a single tax break.
Why? To "incentivize" research these companies did years ago.
Let that sink in. YOUR money being used to boost Amazon's profits even more.
Why? To "incentivize" research these companies did years ago.
Let that sink in. YOUR money being used to boost Amazon's profits even more.
November 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Next year, Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" will hand $67 BILLION of YOUR taxpayer dollars over to corporations for a single tax break.
Why? To "incentivize" research these companies did years ago.
Let that sink in. YOUR money being used to boost Amazon's profits even more.
Why? To "incentivize" research these companies did years ago.
Let that sink in. YOUR money being used to boost Amazon's profits even more.
Is this like a “strongly worded” letter?
Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) issued a statement Saturday vowing to conduct “vigorous oversight” on Caribbean strikes after a report surfaced that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military to “kill everybody” aboard an alleged drug vessel.
Senators vow oversight after report Hegseth told troops to ‘kill everybody’ in boat strike
Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) issued a statement Saturday vowing to conduct “vigorous oversight” on Caribbean strikes after a report surfaced that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...
www.aol.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Is this like a “strongly worded” letter?
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The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
robertreich.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
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I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired of these sadists running amok.
They're thieves, murderers, and rapists.
And those are only the crimes they publicly brag about.
Enough is enough.
Every single cell in my body is ready to turn the page on this national nightmare.
They're thieves, murderers, and rapists.
And those are only the crimes they publicly brag about.
Enough is enough.
Every single cell in my body is ready to turn the page on this national nightmare.
November 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired of these sadists running amok.
They're thieves, murderers, and rapists.
And those are only the crimes they publicly brag about.
Enough is enough.
Every single cell in my body is ready to turn the page on this national nightmare.
They're thieves, murderers, and rapists.
And those are only the crimes they publicly brag about.
Enough is enough.
Every single cell in my body is ready to turn the page on this national nightmare.
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Holiday carolers are protesting Home Depot’s association with ICE
🎶 We don't want no more deportations 🎶
🎶 We don't want no more deportations 🎶
November 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Holiday carolers are protesting Home Depot’s association with ICE
🎶 We don't want no more deportations 🎶
🎶 We don't want no more deportations 🎶
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Karma
Sorry, dear Americans, but if the Native Americans throw you out of the country, I'll tell you right away, don't think of coming back to Europe. 🤔😉🤣
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Karma
November 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This year I’m only responsible for the Relish Tray.
Another throwback to my childhood Thanksgiving. I also was responsible for the relish tray every year. But that was usually just opening jars of pickles and olives.
Not a lot has changed. 😂
Another throwback to my childhood Thanksgiving. I also was responsible for the relish tray every year. But that was usually just opening jars of pickles and olives.
Not a lot has changed. 😂
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This year I’m only responsible for the Relish Tray.
Another throwback to my childhood Thanksgiving. I also was responsible for the relish tray every year. But that was usually just opening jars of pickles and olives.
Not a lot has changed. 😂
Another throwback to my childhood Thanksgiving. I also was responsible for the relish tray every year. But that was usually just opening jars of pickles and olives.
Not a lot has changed. 😂
This Thanksgiving I’m remembering and honoring my Dad. He was a math professor at what once was NMC, but now is MSU-Northern. Every Thanksgiving he invited the foreign students to eat with us. We gathered around the make-shift table on sawhorses in our basement.
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This Thanksgiving I’m remembering and honoring my Dad. He was a math professor at what once was NMC, but now is MSU-Northern. Every Thanksgiving he invited the foreign students to eat with us. We gathered around the make-shift table on sawhorses in our basement.
So far my favorite Thanksgiving message.
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
So far my favorite Thanksgiving message.
May their family and friends find some comfort this holiday season. I grieve for them.
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
May their family and friends find some comfort this holiday season. I grieve for them.
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Trump’s tariffs are making your Thanksgiving more expensive.
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Trump’s tariffs are making your Thanksgiving more expensive.
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#ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them.
#DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.
#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.
#PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
#CivilRights
@aclu.org #FuckICE
#DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.
#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.
#PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
#CivilRights
@aclu.org #FuckICE
November 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM