The largest group in ICE detention is now immigrants with no criminal record, with more than 16,500 currently being held. Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about going after the “worst of the worst.” This was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.

"the menswear guy isn't fair and balanced." do you even hear yourself? "fork lady is eroding public confidence." "ladder baby is undermining the credibility of the field." "lemon raccoon is acting without transparency or accountability." that's what you sound like.

“We Amish do not involve ourselves in politics, but I still like to have knowledge about what is going on in the world. Ignorance is not always bliss. We need to remember Hitler and the atrocities that happened in World War II.” open.substack.com/pub/melissah...

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"Family says." There is video. They did it. "ICE agents held Leominster family's daughter outside their home so they would turn themselves over," if you care for the truth.

My favorite essay of all time. I read it when I need to laugh — now more than ever. 🎃🎃🎃@mcsweeneys.net www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its...

Remember that MLK said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."

the funny thing about the constant misappropriation of MLK is that the guy left a massive body of writing specifically aimed at explaining his views of those of the movement he represented to the broad public. it is extremely easy to know what the guy thought on a variety of subjects and yet

“But because I have the freedom to write, I can say what I want. And because I live in a country that gives me freedom of religion, I don’t have to adhere to those principals if I choose not to.“ open.substack.com/pub/melissah...

Andor would want you to cancel your Disney+ subscription. It's the least you can do for the Rebellion.

“I think it is important to speak up now because if people don’t speak up now, it will be harder to speak up later,”

Just found out my father was a terrorist,He was a member of Antifa from 1943-1946 Back then it was called the US Army

I did not buy a new fridge to have to replace the damn water filter every six months.

Anyone else feeling this way these days? 😂

“Everything feels off. I can’t shake the feeling a force that’s been lurking behind a door we closed long ago has been reopened. Whatever was waiting has been thrust to the forefront and I don’t think we can stuff it back in. It’s too big. It’s too monstrous.” open.substack.com/pub/melissah...

RIP, Robert Redford 10/18/1936-9/16/2025

Yes, release the Epstein files!!!

Release the Epstein files!!!

This spoke to me. open.substack.com/pub/tripphud...

Say it with me “release the Epstein files” (Sound up)

A mainstream outlet finally does more than repeat the official BS statement from ICE about the shooting of Silvero Villegas-Gonzalez. This man's death should be a national scandal. Grateful for indy journalists who questioned the official narrative that corporate outlets mindlessly echoed last week.

The saddest part about all this is that there’s enough political violence to point fingers at ten different “sides.”

“My son-in-law Sediq became a US citizen last week. He was the only person from Afghanistan in his swearing in class of 45 souls. George and I dipped and wove through gorgeous mountains to be there to support him, to support our daughter.” open.substack.com/pub/melissah...

This guy doesn’t know anything. I’m so jealous.

Well, nobody's talking about this anymore, are they?

Six weeks ago, my daughter learned to use the big girl potty. Next week, she’ll be learning how to run, hide, and fight. The training will be held in the same building where I work. I hate this. I hate that this is the world we’ve made for her.

Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.

“Let the hope begin.” — George Herrera 🫣

No ICE! No Trump! No Troops! Thousands gather downtown with organizers @chicago-cata.bsky.social & @icirr.bsky.social in defense of our city and our people.

Holy freaking hell. This documentary did me in. Saddest thing I’ve ever watched. #UnknownNumber

So our military just bombed a boat in international waters and extrajudicially killed suspected drug traffickers without so much as a conversation, let alone a trial? Then posted it on social media? And we’re all supposed to just trust their account?

Lost Boys on September 1. The Craft tonight, 9/2.

An awesome read to begin September. 🍁👻 @kimkelly.bsky.social proteanmag.com/2022/10/31/s...

“This will be the last column I’ll write for The Bargain Hunter. My decision to stop this space was mine alone. In my gut I knew I’d run the course I was meant to run. I leave knowing I am content with what I’ve written here each week. I wouldn’t change one word.” open.substack.com/pub/melissah...

We survived another year…but it seems to me that the clock is ticking faster and faster.

“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...

Republicans keep telling us not to "politicize" these shootings, but that's only because they understand that these shootings were entirely motivated by the political arguments they themselves have been making and entirely facilitated by the political campaign against gun control that they have led.

"A fascist president is assembling a national army of right-wing thugs & invading US cities to terrorize their citizens & intimidate their leaders." I mean ... does that sound real? Even if you know, intellectually, that it is, have you really *absorbed* it?

National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments. Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

I just sent in my last column to the paper I wrote for for 15 years. Not sure how to feel but I know it was the right decision.

“Feeling uncomfortable when reading something means we still have something to learn. It means we’re alive and paying attention, with time to change our minds.“ open.substack.com/pub/melissah...

“It was like a small universe from one backyard to the next, and I can still smell the thick summer smells from the top of the swing set: tomatoes on the vine, freshly mown grass, the way a lightning bug smelled if you squished it.” open.substack.com/pub/melissah...

Perhaps an award for “Breakout Autocrat”?

THE ENDING WRITES ITSELF, by Evelyn Clarke: Clearly in the running for the best mystery novel of 2026 (it bows in April). A trove of tropes that mystery-lovers will love, right down to the dark and stormy night in its climax. Funny and scary. It will remind you of AND THEN THERE WERE NONE.

WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “The summit ended Putin’s isolation from the West, and he gave up nothing for it. He also appears to have gained more time to continue bombing 🇺🇦 cities and slowly taking more territory. It isn’t clear what Mr. Trump gained.” www.wsj.com/opinion/no-u...

An incredible moment at tonight's Washington Spirit home game at Audi Field, as the crowd erupts in a "FREE DC" chant.