Melissa Taylor
@melissamctastic.bsky.social
Just happy to be here. She/her
Anti-Trump, pro-choice, 🌈🏳️⚧️ ally. Comedian, mom of humans and dogs, writer, and organizer. Formerly @fromrvatola on Twitter.
Anti-Trump, pro-choice, 🌈🏳️⚧️ ally. Comedian, mom of humans and dogs, writer, and organizer. Formerly @fromrvatola on Twitter.
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When the waiter says, “Sorry, we only serve Pepsi.”
I thought “hotline bling” was a song written for dance moms who need help making shirts sparkle.
December 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I thought “hotline bling” was a song written for dance moms who need help making shirts sparkle.
“Nana! Give the President his Binky again. He’s having night tweets.”
December 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
“Nana! Give the President his Binky again. He’s having night tweets.”
Still didn’t come close to third place
SPORTICO: “Riley Gaines received $474,313 in compensation last year from the Leadership Institute, according to the conservative organization’s most recent tax filing… a staggering $420,155 (89%) classified as bonus or incentive compensation…” www.sportico.com/business/med...
December 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Still didn’t come close to third place
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That should be the nail in the coffin for Trump. But it won’t be
December 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
That should be the nail in the coffin for Trump. But it won’t be
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I watched the CBS 13 minute segment on CECOT, and this is what I saw.
December 23, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I watched the CBS 13 minute segment on CECOT, and this is what I saw.
I watched the CBS 13 minute segment on CECOT, and this is what I saw.
December 23, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I watched the CBS 13 minute segment on CECOT, and this is what I saw.
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Hawai‘i is nearing a pivotal deadline on military land leases, exposing how the US has long abused Hawaiian land and opening a rare chance for Native communities to assert Indigenous sovereignty and demand the land’s return for public and ecological healing.
Hawai‘i Has a Rare Opportunity to Reclaim Land From the US Military
The US military is abusing Hawaiian land. Will residents be able to exert Indigenous sovereignty and get it back?
truthout.org
December 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Hawai‘i is nearing a pivotal deadline on military land leases, exposing how the US has long abused Hawaiian land and opening a rare chance for Native communities to assert Indigenous sovereignty and demand the land’s return for public and ecological healing.
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Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit
December 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit
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"'I worry we’re gonna have a good year. And people will be like oh, see, everything’s fine. We don’t really need to make the investments we need to make in the places we need to make them.'"
lnk.thebulwark.com/4j9yPzO
lnk.thebulwark.com/4j9yPzO
An Autopsy Report of the DNC’s Autopsy Report
Who killed the committee’s look back at the 2024 election—and why?
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"'I worry we’re gonna have a good year. And people will be like oh, see, everything’s fine. We don’t really need to make the investments we need to make in the places we need to make them.'"
lnk.thebulwark.com/4j9yPzO
lnk.thebulwark.com/4j9yPzO
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It's 2025, and we're sharing bootleg 60 Minutes segments broadcast in other countries because our own country is being run by fascists and their billionaire-owned state media helpers, just as the Founding Fathers intended, of course.
December 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
It's 2025, and we're sharing bootleg 60 Minutes segments broadcast in other countries because our own country is being run by fascists and their billionaire-owned state media helpers, just as the Founding Fathers intended, of course.
Yes.
‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ ignites the weekend — but has the franchise lost its box office spark? www.theomnicosm.com/avatar-fire-...
The Box Office Report: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ ignites the weekend — but has the franchise lost its spark?
Sure, an $88M opening weekend is great, but does it live up to the ‘Avatar’ series’ record-setting box office history?
www.theomnicosm.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Yes.
It’s been eleven fucking years with this man.
SOMEONE BE THE ADULT.
SOMEONE BE THE ADULT.
December 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It’s been eleven fucking years with this man.
SOMEONE BE THE ADULT.
SOMEONE BE THE ADULT.
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I hope Bari Weiss is having a terrible day. I hope it's the worst day of her life and I hope the rest of them are even worse
December 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I hope Bari Weiss is having a terrible day. I hope it's the worst day of her life and I hope the rest of them are even worse
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NBC or ABC could make a fortune by hiring the 60 Minutes staff lock, stock, and barrel, then relaunching it under a slightly different name. 2 Minutes 2 60 or something.
December 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
NBC or ABC could make a fortune by hiring the 60 Minutes staff lock, stock, and barrel, then relaunching it under a slightly different name. 2 Minutes 2 60 or something.
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Heather Cox Richardson: Romney “appears to acknowledge the political ideology of the past forty-five years has failed. He called for addressing the economic inequalities in the United States by placing higher taxes on the rich….”
December 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Heather Cox Richardson: Romney “appears to acknowledge the political ideology of the past forty-five years has failed. He called for addressing the economic inequalities in the United States by placing higher taxes on the rich….”
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New, at Can We Still Govern?
Poverty is not some insurmountable problem, we can fix it.
A group of National Academies of Science researchers review the temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit during the pandemic, showing it cut child poverty in half. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-have-...
Poverty is not some insurmountable problem, we can fix it.
A group of National Academies of Science researchers review the temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit during the pandemic, showing it cut child poverty in half. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-have-...
What have we learned about child poverty in America?
Members of a National Academy of Sciences committee share insights
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
New, at Can We Still Govern?
Poverty is not some insurmountable problem, we can fix it.
A group of National Academies of Science researchers review the temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit during the pandemic, showing it cut child poverty in half. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-have-...
Poverty is not some insurmountable problem, we can fix it.
A group of National Academies of Science researchers review the temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit during the pandemic, showing it cut child poverty in half. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-have-...
If you have not listened to Zoo from Zootopia 2, do it now.
It is reminding me of early aughts Ke$ha, and it’s so fun.
It is reminding me of early aughts Ke$ha, and it’s so fun.
December 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
If you have not listened to Zoo from Zootopia 2, do it now.
It is reminding me of early aughts Ke$ha, and it’s so fun.
It is reminding me of early aughts Ke$ha, and it’s so fun.
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Reposted by Melissa Taylor
Christopher Chambers (River Phoenix) in Stand By Me, dies of a stab wound to the neck (almost instantly) and the news that Rob Reiner was murdered in a similar fashion is chilling.
December 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Christopher Chambers (River Phoenix) in Stand By Me, dies of a stab wound to the neck (almost instantly) and the news that Rob Reiner was murdered in a similar fashion is chilling.
Christopher Chambers (River Phoenix) in Stand By Me, dies of a stab wound to the neck (almost instantly) and the news that Rob Reiner was murdered in a similar fashion is chilling.
December 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Christopher Chambers (River Phoenix) in Stand By Me, dies of a stab wound to the neck (almost instantly) and the news that Rob Reiner was murdered in a similar fashion is chilling.
I always say “I was so jazzed”….
I never knew I got this from Stand By Me.
I never knew I got this from Stand By Me.
December 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I always say “I was so jazzed”….
I never knew I got this from Stand By Me.
I never knew I got this from Stand By Me.
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the number one requirement for the next Dem president is that they are willing to look back
with a flamethrower
with a flamethrower
There's a series of things (like the ballroom, Gulf of America) that we're going to have to *undo* the moment this guy is out of office.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
The president's name was added to the sign outside the performing arts center.
December 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
the number one requirement for the next Dem president is that they are willing to look back
with a flamethrower
with a flamethrower
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a sequel:
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by the trump-kennedy center than the fact that congress said a second time in 2 days, “no, really this kind of child’s healthcare should be banned & criminalized” & 46/47 non-GOP senators won’t commit to “i will oppose this.”
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by the trump-kennedy center than the fact that congress said a second time in 2 days, “no, really this kind of child’s healthcare should be banned & criminalized” & 46/47 non-GOP senators won’t commit to “i will oppose this.”
December 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
a sequel:
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by the trump-kennedy center than the fact that congress said a second time in 2 days, “no, really this kind of child’s healthcare should be banned & criminalized” & 46/47 non-GOP senators won’t commit to “i will oppose this.”
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by the trump-kennedy center than the fact that congress said a second time in 2 days, “no, really this kind of child’s healthcare should be banned & criminalized” & 46/47 non-GOP senators won’t commit to “i will oppose this.”
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
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the main reward you are likely to get for total loyalty to trump is the destruction of your career and your reputation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
the main reward you are likely to get for total loyalty to trump is the destruction of your career and your reputation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...