Melinda S
@melsti.bsky.social
Rescue dog mom. Blue dot in red state. Love = Love. Finding the world a tad stressful these days. Believe that the truth and sarcasm are strengths @melstitzinger.threads.net. No DMs
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Layoffs have hit over 1.1M so far this year — the most since the pandemic.
Yet corporate profits continue to hit record highs, with corporations increasingly spending those earnings on stock buybacks to enrich execs and shareholders.
This is what a rigged economy looks like.
Yet corporate profits continue to hit record highs, with corporations increasingly spending those earnings on stock buybacks to enrich execs and shareholders.
This is what a rigged economy looks like.
December 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Layoffs have hit over 1.1M so far this year — the most since the pandemic.
Yet corporate profits continue to hit record highs, with corporations increasingly spending those earnings on stock buybacks to enrich execs and shareholders.
This is what a rigged economy looks like.
Yet corporate profits continue to hit record highs, with corporations increasingly spending those earnings on stock buybacks to enrich execs and shareholders.
This is what a rigged economy looks like.
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Under Trump, the government isn't just withholding data it doesn't like; it's killing its own capacity to produce reliable data.
Trump’s One Weird Trick for Eliminating Bad News: Delete It
The disappearance of inconvenient facts and the remaking of reality.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Under Trump, the government isn't just withholding data it doesn't like; it's killing its own capacity to produce reliable data.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
Watch. Share.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Watch. Share.
California just told the Texas state legislature that they're "all hat and no cattle"😏
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
California just told the Texas state legislature that they're "all hat and no cattle"😏
Absolutely true 👍
Dems have won Va with a moderate, have won NJ with a liberal and NYC with a progressive- it’s all about fighting for working people to deal with the cost of living and a repudiation of the cruelty, cronyism and abuses of Trump, Trumpism
and his billionaire crew.
and his billionaire crew.
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Absolutely true 👍
Getting ready to be thrown 😉
several bottles of ketchup are lined up on a table
ALT: several bottles of ketchup are lined up on a table
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Getting ready to be thrown 😉
What a sweetie!
November 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
What a sweetie!
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Helping the human water the garden. There’s not much left now except SO MANY tomatoes 🍅 and marigolds 🌼
#DogsOfBlueSky #gardening
#DogsOfBlueSky #gardening
September 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Helping the human water the garden. There’s not much left now except SO MANY tomatoes 🍅 and marigolds 🌼
#DogsOfBlueSky #gardening
#DogsOfBlueSky #gardening
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You are saving money by cutting funding for something that’s 80% done. You just wasted the money already invested and have nothing to show for it. Idiotic.
Lamont: We have something called Revolution Wind. It’s 80% complete and will likely power 300,000 to 400,000 homes by this time next year. It will dramatically bring down costs.. We were almost done — and then, at the very last moment, Trump pulled the plug on it.
September 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
You are saving money by cutting funding for something that’s 80% done. You just wasted the money already invested and have nothing to show for it. Idiotic.
Memphian here. National Guard on its way here. So much is still up in the air. Very much a wait and see situation. County Mayor against this move, City Mayor more resigned to the fact. Crime here is down 25% the last couple of years. This is painful for my adopted city 😢
September 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Memphian here. National Guard on its way here. So much is still up in the air. Very much a wait and see situation. County Mayor against this move, City Mayor more resigned to the fact. Crime here is down 25% the last couple of years. This is painful for my adopted city 😢
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Minneapolis: The shooter did not act alone.
He was assisted by 219 members of the House, 53 Senators, hundreds of NRA lobbyists, and one President.
He was assisted by 219 members of the House, 53 Senators, hundreds of NRA lobbyists, and one President.
August 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Minneapolis: The shooter did not act alone.
He was assisted by 219 members of the House, 53 Senators, hundreds of NRA lobbyists, and one President.
He was assisted by 219 members of the House, 53 Senators, hundreds of NRA lobbyists, and one President.
This 👇
When Ted Turner asked Carl Sagan if he was a socialist, Sagan gave the answer America keeps failing to learn.
August 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This 👇
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important
August 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
important
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Traveling to US with Zelenskyy:
EU Commission President v/d Leyen, French President Macron, Finnish President Stubb, German Chancellor Merz, NATO Secretary General Rutte, Italian Prime Minister Meloni, and UK Prime Minister Starmer have officially confirmed their participation.
EU Commission President v/d Leyen, French President Macron, Finnish President Stubb, German Chancellor Merz, NATO Secretary General Rutte, Italian Prime Minister Meloni, and UK Prime Minister Starmer have officially confirmed their participation.
August 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Traveling to US with Zelenskyy:
EU Commission President v/d Leyen, French President Macron, Finnish President Stubb, German Chancellor Merz, NATO Secretary General Rutte, Italian Prime Minister Meloni, and UK Prime Minister Starmer have officially confirmed their participation.
EU Commission President v/d Leyen, French President Macron, Finnish President Stubb, German Chancellor Merz, NATO Secretary General Rutte, Italian Prime Minister Meloni, and UK Prime Minister Starmer have officially confirmed their participation.
The Trumpster looks like he's having a rough time keeping his eyes open during this presser
August 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The Trumpster looks like he's having a rough time keeping his eyes open during this presser
Uh huh 😏
Talarico owns Will Cain so hard that he has to tap out of their interview based on "time"
August 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Uh huh 😏
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July 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat.
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
July 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat.
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
I love the people of Memphis and the great city they are forming.
But.
It sounds like a frigging war zone in Midtown on the 4th of July 🙄
But.
It sounds like a frigging war zone in Midtown on the 4th of July 🙄
July 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I love the people of Memphis and the great city they are forming.
But.
It sounds like a frigging war zone in Midtown on the 4th of July 🙄
But.
It sounds like a frigging war zone in Midtown on the 4th of July 🙄
This 👇
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
July 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This 👇
The U.S.A. is now the T.I.C
T-rump
I-industrial
C-omplex
T-rump
I-industrial
C-omplex
July 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The U.S.A. is now the T.I.C
T-rump
I-industrial
C-omplex
T-rump
I-industrial
C-omplex
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Here's a whole feature that I wrote at the time on the subject, which I completely forgot about until just now. web.archive.org/web/20170207...
The Unlikely Story Of How Religion Helped Bring Same-Sex Marriage To North Carolina
ASHEVILLE, NC — It was a rainy October morning when Associate Minister Gary Mitchell half-sprinted up to the glass entrance of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Asheville, North…
web.archive.org
June 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Here's a whole feature that I wrote at the time on the subject, which I completely forgot about until just now. web.archive.org/web/20170207...
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June 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM