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Melissa Whalen
Melissa Whalen
@melissanky.bsky.social
Blue dot in a red state. Single mom, attorney, former social worker, defender of democracy. 🇺🇦 🇨🇦
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THEY ARE NOT POWERLESS TO STOP HIM! Go back to Washington, stand on the steps of the Capitol and demand Johnson and Thune recall the House and Senate, and impeach him. THIS IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK! THERE IS LITERALLY AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL! (It's called the Constitution.)
Republican lawmakers are incensed about Trump's dismissal of Ukraine — and powerless to stop him. That frustration hit a new peak on Monday as they sought to address Trump’s decision to purchase Russian diesel, waive sanctions on Moscow, and potentially stop sharing intelligence with Ukraine.
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Important stuff. In Kentucky we've never had money. What we need is bodies. It's why I'll be knocking on doors from now until election day.
The press ban is real and it's illegal and three newsrooms have lawyers on it already. The story that will actually cost votes ran on the AP wire this morning and vanished by lunch. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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If you’re in the DC area tomorrow, please RSVP: protest.handsoffthearts.org to attend HANDS AROUND THE KENNEDY CENTER 🎶 💙 #Pinks #Voices4Victory
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This story about Don Jr. wedding … www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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There's never a bad time to punch Nazis.
Trump pardoned J6 rioter far-right agitator Jake Lang who came to Minnesota spreading "Christian Nationalism" white supremacists ideologies. They drove their trucks into the crowd of protesters standing on the sidewalk, in front of city hall. Spiderman arrived and did his thing...⚡️💥 #SheShed
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Be honest. Were you looking for a President to turn DC into Liberace's living room? Money and power certainly don't buy class.
The guy who campaigned on grocery prices is gold-plating horse statues on our dime. It’s going to be hard to tell the difference between Washington, DC and the Las Vegas Strip in a minute.
Cleansing of the time line. I found this video of the new baby panda at the Cincinnati Zoo, since it's not on exhibit yet youtube.com/shorts/5-cBQ...
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Replying to @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social
Everyone knows that the Trump regime is coming to an ignominious end within two years, if not sooner. Especially with the Midterms threatening to change the majority party from GOP to Democrats on 11.03.2026 in just: 102 days 3 months 10 days 14 weeks 4 days 2,448 hours vote.gov Tic tock, tic tock!
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Despite calls for Beshear to ‘do something’ about Mitch McConnell, the answer isn’t so simple From @mckennahorsley.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2026/07/22/d...
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Listen what @rbreich.bsky.social 👏🏻⚠️ says: "As #ICE continues its murder spree, some of #America 's biggest corporations are still profiting from the agency's cruelty." .
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Lindsey Graham spent the last decade of his life in public service as a US Senator, trying hard to be remembered as an enemy of the Constitution who worked to destroy American democracy and exhibited occasional signs that he knew why that was bad but kept doing it anyway. I will honor his choice.
When a politician dies we see a lot of hagiographies about them. If you mention they were a terrible person IRL, you get chastised. My feeling? If you don't want people to talk shit about you after you die, don't be shitty when you're alive.