Melanie Figg
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Poet, essayist, teacher, writing coach. She/her. Poetry book: TRACE ~ www.melaniefigg.net
how a total a**hole leaves office
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Alex Ip č㏠é
11 days ago
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google. My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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Ron Filipkowski
4 days ago
Little kid just wants to hear about Santa and Trump wants to talk about himself again.
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4 days ago
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Number of people in ICE detention hits record high, data shows
ICE held more than 68,400 people as of 14 December, breaking previous high set at beginning of December
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/22/ice-detentions-record-immigration
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ProPublica
5 days ago
Who are the Venezuelan immigrants Trump sent to CECOT? Earlier this year, our team compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador. These are their stories.
https://propub.li/492QTqQ
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The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
On March 15, President Donald Trumpâs administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as theyâd been t...
https://projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-immigrants-trump-deported-cecot/?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1766538010&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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The Tennessee Holler
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Dawn Xiana Moon
8 days ago
Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.
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Mark Hamill
8 days ago
The EPSTEIN Files are a much quicker read than I expected.
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someone said no republicans would go on the record supporting the nasty post....where there is this guy
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Ron Filipkowski
12 days ago
This is a Member of Congress.
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agreed. stop acting like this is "criticism" - when is the media and Congress gonna call Trump out for this?
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Raw Story
17 days ago
New report reveals extent of Barron Trump's relationship to far-right influencer
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New report reveals extent of Barron Trump's relationship to far-right influencer
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, a pair of far-right masculinity influencers under criminal investigation by the Romanian government for sex trafficking, got a reprieve after the Trump administration got to work leaning on that country's prosecutors to lift their travel ban, allowing them to vis...
https://bit.ly/4psc10E
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Alt National Park Service
18 days ago
executive privilege to stop the National Archives from releasing those materials. The officers had requested the documents earlier this year as part of their effort to hold him accountable for the violence at the Capitol. So much for Trump âsupporting our police.â
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Trump Personally Intervenes to Block Release of January 6 Documents
Donald Trump is blocking access in a lawsuit brought by police officers injured in the January 6 riot.
https://newrepublic.com/post/204173/donald-trump-personally-intervenes-block-release-january-6-documents
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Charles GetCovered-ba âĄď¸
18 days ago
BOOM! FLIP! Thatâs a 14-15 point overperformance via
@the-downballot.com
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Greg Bluestein
18 days ago
In a stealth upset, Democrat Eric Gisler flips a GOP-held Georgia House seat spanning parts of Athens and Oconee County. Gisler won 39% of vote last November. He captured 51% tonight to defeat a Republican backed by Gov. Brian Kemp and other GOP leaders.
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ICE cut off her f*cking wedding ring
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Multi Facet Fables
20 days ago
"Gus is a kid with special needs. A kid who did nothing except be born in a nation where cruelty has become a badge of honor for fascist monsters. To the adults who did this, hear Me. You screamed a slur at a child. You tried to frighten a family. You chose hatred over humanity. You are cowards."
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The Tennessee Holler
20 days ago
File this under Least Surprising News of the Day The Corruption never ends
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Bill Kristol
20 days ago
"We could roll our eyes and pretend that regular order still exists. In private, everyone admits nothing in the federal apparatus can be trusted. But publicly, we pantomime as if the foundation of the federal government hasnât transformed. America chose pretend."
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Donald Trump and the Power of the Little Lie
The war against Venezuela isnât about drugs. Itâs about the destruction of regular order.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/donald-trump-and-the-power-of-the-little-lie?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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19 days ago
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The Tennessee Holler
19 days ago
If you think Paramount is just trying to buy Warner Brothers so Ellison can stop CNN from criticizing Trump⌠youâre right!
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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ProPublica
20 days ago
NEW: Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them. They finally got their wish.
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Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Threshold for Safe Formaldehyde Exposure
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-formaldehyde-risk-assessment?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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thrilled to have a poem in her with so many great writers:
www.whaleroadreview.com/figg/
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The Tennessee Holler
23 days ago
The Secretary of Defense taking extrajudicial killing requests from podcast hosts
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The Tennessee Holler
23 days ago
đĽ KOH: âWhat weâre seeing is what the founding fathers feared the most â the collapse of our checks & balances. The Supreme court is supposed to be a co-equal branch, It's basically a mouthpiece for Trump. Members of congress are resigning rather than stand up to him.â
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OMG - who needs a laugh/crying laugh?!!
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26 days ago
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Alt National Park Service
26 days ago
The Trump administration said it will withhold federal SNAP funding from more than 20 Democratic-led states unless they turn over sensitive personal data about program recipients to the Trump administration.
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Trump to halt some food aid support for Democratic-led states over data fight
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump will halt federal payments that help administer the food stamp program to Democratic-led states next week if they do not turn over aid recipient data,...
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-halt-some-food-aid-support-democratic-led-states-over-data-fight-2025-12-02/
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Robert Reich
26 days ago
The U.S. has conducted 19 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing at least 76 people. Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it. Heâs unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner. This is a danger to us all.
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Phil Lewis
about 1 month ago
Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
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âNorthern Exposureâ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it âfake,â she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/indigenous-actress-elaine-miles-says-ice-called-her-tribal-id-fake/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=owned_echobox_tw_m&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1764252115
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Marc Elias
about 1 month ago
This is a really big story that should not be missed.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/doj-noem-approved-el-salvador-removals-court-order-breach/
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Dana Stevens
about 1 month ago
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
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this is fascism
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Just Jack
about 1 month ago
The truth will have its day. That day is now. Release all the Epstein files.
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about 2 months ago
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beyond disgusting
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Writers, heads up -
#writers
#authors
#literary
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Brian Tyler Cohen
about 2 months ago
This is Adelita Grijalva. She was elected 43 days ago. Republicans still refuse to swear her in because she is the final vote needed to release the Epstein Files.
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The Tennessee Holler
about 2 months ago
LA: âThey took a US citizen father out and left a toddler in the backseat. Two heavily armed border patrol agents got in that car and drove the child and the vehicle away.â What are we doing?
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Charlotte Clymer
about 2 months ago
It got drowned out in all the good news from last night, but Boston Mayor Michelle Wu became the youngest person to be reelected in the city's history. She ran unopposed because her opponent--Patriots owner Bob Kraft's son--withdrew a few months ago after realizing he had no hope of winning.
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The Tennessee Holler
about 2 months ago
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): âIf this is what theyâre doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities⌠what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?â
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One way we've been making an impact is with corporate boycotts. Please consider cancelling your Spotify subscription until the ICE ads are removed. Streaming hate is a choice; refuse to fund it.
#CancelSpotify
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Donât Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
https://app.sosha.ai/s/5xwPbr9h
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Chris Geidner
2 months ago
This enrages me. Honestly, you should just roll up the paper, throw it in the trash can, and join the White House Office of Communications if this is what youâre going to do these days.
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good riddance
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no one does a major "renovation" who plans to move in a few years. The GOP is calling our alarm/grief "manufactured furor" of course
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TERRIFYING
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Trumpâs ICE Jacks Up Weapons Spending by 700%âIncluding âGuided Missile Warheadsâ | Common Dreams
The Trump administration's massive increase in funding for ICE weapons is alarming. ICE is now armed to the teeth, treating its officers as a private military to deploy against Americans. Why does ICE...
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-weapons?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=dea22de2f4-Top+News%3A+Mon.+10%2F20%2F25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c56d0ea580-601334348
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Khashoggi's Ghost
2 months ago
Does he even know his "peace deal" has fallen apart already? Maybe no one told him because they didn't want to deal with his inevitable tantrum?
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ACLU
2 months ago
It's Prison Banned Books Week â a week dedicated to shining a light on the widespread denial of incarcerated people's freedom to read. We all have a First Amendment right to read and receive information, in and out of prison. Censorship has no place in a democracy.
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Dear Israel, A "ceasefire" doesn't mean you get to bomb shit again and then resume the ceasefire FFS -
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Israel strikes Gaza and halts aid, accusing Hamas of attacks in gravest test of truce so far
The fighting is the gravest test yet to the Gaza ceasefire and is dimming hopes that the U.S.-mediated truce would lead to a lasting peace.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-media-reports-military-attack-gaza-2025-10-19/
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The hat says it all -
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'Naked Corruption': Trump Commutes Fraud Sentence of Ex-GOP Congressman George Santos | Common Dreams
"Trump says it plainly: Crimes donât count if you 'vote Republican,'" said one Democratic congressman. "Just like his pardons of those who violently attacked police."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-pardons-george-santos?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=afb32fd86d-Top+News%3A+Sun.+10%2F19%2F25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c56d0ea580-601334348
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Bill Grueskin
2 months ago
Well, you can finally cross âIâve seen a handcuffed, inflatable penisâ off your bucket list
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