Tina Melquist
@tinamelquist.bsky.social
If you can’t tell I’m not a bot, that’s on you.
@kentremendous.bsky.social I feel like this was one of the key takeaways of Parks and Recreation.
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
@kentremendous.bsky.social I feel like this was one of the key takeaways of Parks and Recreation.
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This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
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Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."
December 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."
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The BLS continues to produce high quality employment estimates. I understand where this comes from, but part of how Trump undermines institutions is by generating mistrust of legitimate institutions.
The only reliable data we are going to get on this stuff now comes from the private sector. bsky.app/profile/atru...
🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"
December 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The BLS continues to produce high quality employment estimates. I understand where this comes from, but part of how Trump undermines institutions is by generating mistrust of legitimate institutions.
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After World War II, 3 German U-boat crewmen were sentenced to death for machine-gunning Allied sailors who were clinging to life rafts after their boat was sunk.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
After World War II, 3 German U-boat crewmen were sentenced to death for machine-gunning Allied sailors who were clinging to life rafts after their boat was sunk.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
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Trump’s second administration is like a rewrite of All in the Family in which a reactionary bigot from queens who basically wants to be liked by the people he meets is instead influenced by his wife Ann Coulter (not the lovely Edith) and his child Nick Fuentes & his live in “friend” Stephen Miller.
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Trump’s second administration is like a rewrite of All in the Family in which a reactionary bigot from queens who basically wants to be liked by the people he meets is instead influenced by his wife Ann Coulter (not the lovely Edith) and his child Nick Fuentes & his live in “friend” Stephen Miller.
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Stop telling me there is no difference between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Stop telling me there is no difference between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
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sucks to suck. they’ve killed hundreds of thousands of children.
i won’t lose a second of sleep if they are sentenced to life in prison for violating every national security law in the book
i won’t lose a second of sleep if they are sentenced to life in prison for violating every national security law in the book
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
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November 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
sucks to suck. they’ve killed hundreds of thousands of children.
i won’t lose a second of sleep if they are sentenced to life in prison for violating every national security law in the book
i won’t lose a second of sleep if they are sentenced to life in prison for violating every national security law in the book
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I would like to say that the online MAGA people are NOT in fact the persuadables. They aren't going to be brought *onboard.* That will happen or not in actual community with people. Sorry.
November 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I would like to say that the online MAGA people are NOT in fact the persuadables. They aren't going to be brought *onboard.* That will happen or not in actual community with people. Sorry.
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The president of the most powerful nation on Earth is so terrified of the tales that an imprisoned sex trafficker can tell that he plies her with a comfort puppy and custom meals and is holding out the prospect of a pardon.
77 million people voted for this.
77 million people voted for this.
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The president of the most powerful nation on Earth is so terrified of the tales that an imprisoned sex trafficker can tell that he plies her with a comfort puppy and custom meals and is holding out the prospect of a pardon.
77 million people voted for this.
77 million people voted for this.
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crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
crazy
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IG em_clarkson
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The funniest thing about Twitter these days is that right wing dipshits still think their content is being suppressed by some unseen liberal forces.
Elon Musk has owned the site for over three years now.
Elon Musk has owned the site for over three years now.
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The funniest thing about Twitter these days is that right wing dipshits still think their content is being suppressed by some unseen liberal forces.
Elon Musk has owned the site for over three years now.
Elon Musk has owned the site for over three years now.
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Right wing men: being a wife and a mother is the most important job in the world.
Also right wing men: that bitch should have gotten a “real” job instead of taking my money.
Also right wing men: that bitch should have gotten a “real” job instead of taking my money.
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Right wing men: being a wife and a mother is the most important job in the world.
Also right wing men: that bitch should have gotten a “real” job instead of taking my money.
Also right wing men: that bitch should have gotten a “real” job instead of taking my money.
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This is called rent, except you’re responsible for all the expenses, insurance and taxes.
November 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This is called rent, except you’re responsible for all the expenses, insurance and taxes.
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"It is difficult to anticipate problems of readers who are inattentive."
-- E. P. Thompson
-- E. P. Thompson
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"It is difficult to anticipate problems of readers who are inattentive."
-- E. P. Thompson
-- E. P. Thompson
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People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.
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Folks really should read up on Jordan Wood. Mills isn’t the only other Dem running.
Cons:
- No prior elected office (same as Platner)
Pros:
+ Congressional staffing experience
+ Under 70 years old (36, fwiw)
+ Not a former mercenary
+ No Nazi tattoos
Cons:
- No prior elected office (same as Platner)
Pros:
+ Congressional staffing experience
+ Under 70 years old (36, fwiw)
+ Not a former mercenary
+ No Nazi tattoos
Jordan Wood for Maine
A reformer who works for Maine, not corporations and lobbyists. Join us today to defeat Susan Collins.
electjordan.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Folks really should read up on Jordan Wood. Mills isn’t the only other Dem running.
Cons:
- No prior elected office (same as Platner)
Pros:
+ Congressional staffing experience
+ Under 70 years old (36, fwiw)
+ Not a former mercenary
+ No Nazi tattoos
Cons:
- No prior elected office (same as Platner)
Pros:
+ Congressional staffing experience
+ Under 70 years old (36, fwiw)
+ Not a former mercenary
+ No Nazi tattoos
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Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the USA is losing
go.nature.com/3WB8bFS
go.nature.com/3WB8bFS
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the country is losing.
go.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the USA is losing
go.nature.com/3WB8bFS
go.nature.com/3WB8bFS
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Congrats to everyone who put Republicans in charge "for the economy," the first three quarters of 2025 already had more layoffs than any of the years in which Biden or Obama was President except 2009 (when Dems were still cleaning up the prior Republican mess).
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Congrats to everyone who put Republicans in charge "for the economy," the first three quarters of 2025 already had more layoffs than any of the years in which Biden or Obama was President except 2009 (when Dems were still cleaning up the prior Republican mess).
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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They're STILL protecting the sexual predators who raped young girls procured by Epstein and Maxwell.
And there's strong evidence to suggest one of those predators is currently the President of the United States.
And there's strong evidence to suggest one of those predators is currently the President of the United States.
November 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
They're STILL protecting the sexual predators who raped young girls procured by Epstein and Maxwell.
And there's strong evidence to suggest one of those predators is currently the President of the United States.
And there's strong evidence to suggest one of those predators is currently the President of the United States.
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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"If we had a contingency fund."
You mean like this contingency fund the Trump Administration just deleted off their website? The one they are legally required to use to keep SNAP funded?
www.notus.org/trump-white-...
You mean like this contingency fund the Trump Administration just deleted off their website? The one they are legally required to use to keep SNAP funded?
www.notus.org/trump-white-...
October 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"If we had a contingency fund."
You mean like this contingency fund the Trump Administration just deleted off their website? The one they are legally required to use to keep SNAP funded?
www.notus.org/trump-white-...
You mean like this contingency fund the Trump Administration just deleted off their website? The one they are legally required to use to keep SNAP funded?
www.notus.org/trump-white-...