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Malevolent Mel

@themel

GenX Grandma who is hoping for a better tomorrow. Anti fascist. Pro democracy πŸ’™ Good Trouble/Chaotic Good. πŸ‰ I follow back kind people and block all 🍊 cultists. Make Critical Thinking a thing again

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Lede and headline don't seem to match

13.03.2026 03:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are Sociologists looking at cases like these? What drives people to commit such horrid acts? And why are more people forgetting about stories like this so quickly? Hurt people hurt people. Where does it end?

13.03.2026 03:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I keep hearing social media influencers say "MAGA is abandoning Trump" and I'm not seeing it. It'd be nice. Would love for it to be true but I really think these people have lied to themselves for so long that they're too far gone. There's no return.

13.03.2026 02:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Seriously, why is Trump doing campaign rallies and exerting so much pressure on elections? He CAN'T run for a 3rd term. It's not a thing and everyone needs to stop normalizing this shit.

13.03.2026 02:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ It fits!

13.03.2026 02:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man with a cast on his leg is laying on a lounge chair in a backyard . Alt: a man with a cast on his leg is laying on a lounge chair in a backyard. The character Stuart from SNL leaps
12.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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We've gotten numb to it, but what Trump/Hegseth is now doing to Anthropicβ€”and what Trump did to the law firmsβ€”are not just tantrums, they are impeachable abuses of power. They are, in effect, executive branch bills of attainder. ...
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12.03.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 471 πŸ” 197 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 9
The Federal Government has not
demonstrated a strong likelihood of success on the merits or β€œserious legal questions” coupled with a balance of hardships tipping decidedly in its favor. Any harm from the investigation- specific disqualification is abstract at best, whereas granting a stay would reinstate an official who acted without lawful authority -- a clear injury to the State Government. The public interest likewise favors ensuring that governmental power is exercised only by officials with lawful authority. Each factor, and all four taken together, weigh against granting a stay.

The Federal Government has not demonstrated a strong likelihood of success on the merits or β€œserious legal questions” coupled with a balance of hardships tipping decidedly in its favor. Any harm from the investigation- specific disqualification is abstract at best, whereas granting a stay would reinstate an official who acted without lawful authority -- a clear injury to the State Government. The public interest likewise favors ensuring that governmental power is exercised only by officials with lawful authority. Each factor, and all four taken together, weigh against granting a stay.

Another defeat for another unconstitutionally appointed Trump DOJ prosecutor:

Ex-Trump campaign lawyer John Sarcone will remain disqualified as U.S. Attorney for Albany, and his subpoenas to Letitia James' office will stay quashed.

He's not likely to succeed on appeal, a judge finds.

11.03.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 1389 πŸ” 420 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 17

Oh my! May I ask what general area of the country is this?

11.03.2026 03:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The Heritage Foundation and all its affiliated should be dismantled, with malice.

10.03.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 231 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 4

Doubt it. If Iran's oil production is rendered helpless customers, such as China, will turn to Saudi Arabia; at higher prices too. Think about how much money Saudi Arabia has already given to Trump and family. This "threat" is smoke & mirrors.

09.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: Judge Brann has ejected the new leaders of the NJ U.S. attorney's office, once again finding the Trump administration is illegally attempting to circumvent Senate confirmation.

He says this could result in dismissals of indictments.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

09.03.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 2778 πŸ” 912 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 27
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Fox News just showed footage of Trump in his ballcap at the dignified transfer, though you had to look pretty hard to see him

09.03.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 816 πŸ” 152 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 17

Dear Republicans,

If you're calculating your political future and thinking Trump will have a successful coup so you want to stay in his favor, you do realize, if that happens, he'll have no need for a Congress at all?

You get that, right?

09.03.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Aaron Parnas (@aaronparnas) on Threads This is a real post from a sitting Republican Congressman

www.threads.com/@aaronparnas...

09.03.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NEWS

Trump DOJ offers a deferred prosecution agreement to Halkbank, the Turkish state-run bank charged with laundering billions in Iranian oil money.

Trump repeatedly tried to end this case in his first termβ€”per John Bolton, as a favor to one of the "dictators he liked" (i.e. Erdogan).

09.03.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 687 πŸ” 396 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 35

Iran, the middle east, Ecuador, Cuba(?) and what's next?

As my heart breaks for the innocent people being harmed, it dawned on me today that Drafting our sons and daughters to go die is a very real possibility now.

Would any parents like to discuss?

08.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It doesn't seem like these rulings have any impact. This administration keeps doing whatever they please, as if they're already a dictatorship. I'm surprised they haven't tried to dismiss Congress.

08.03.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

FFS 🍊 is trying to get everyone on 🌎 killed

07.03.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

To be fair, he didn't spend much time learning English.

07.03.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently Iran is another Gaza?

07.03.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't want to see anyone die but anyone who still thinks of themselves as MAGA should be the sacrificial lambs.

07.03.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pssssst
The DOW is below 50K

07.03.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My adult son and beautiful daughter in law are expecting a baby later this year. And I'm heartbroken πŸ’” this is the America my grandchild is coming into.

06.03.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump prosecutor running for appeals court judge
Fulton County Deputy DA Will Wooten qualified Thursday to run against Judge E. Trenton Brown III for a seat on the Georgia Court of Appeals.
Fulton Deputy DA Will Wooten (left) and and special prosecutor Nathan Wade were part of the prosecutorial team in the case against Donald Trump. (Jason Getz/AJC 2023)
By Anna Bower - For the AJC

POLITICS Trump prosecutor running for appeals court judge Fulton County Deputy DA Will Wooten qualified Thursday to run against Judge E. Trenton Brown III for a seat on the Georgia Court of Appeals. Fulton Deputy DA Will Wooten (left) and and special prosecutor Nathan Wade were part of the prosecutorial team in the case against Donald Trump. (Jason Getz/AJC 2023) By Anna Bower - For the AJC

SCOOP: A prosecutor who helped build the Georgia election interference case against Trump is running to unseat the appeals court judge whose ruling helped bring the case to an end.

Will Wooten will challenge Trent Brown, who wrote the opinion disqualifying Fani Willis.

Me for @ajc.com (link in πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡)

05.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 1089 πŸ” 321 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 19
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Motion filed Consolidate Appeals – #4 in United States v. Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia Unive (11th Cir., 26-10674) – CourtListener.com MOTION to consolidate appeals 25-14507 and 26-10674 filed by Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. Motion is Opposed. [4] [26-10674] (ECF: Scott Wilkens)

The 2 advocacy groups trying to permit the public to see Jack Smith’s Vol 2 each tried to intervene before Judge Cannon twiceβ€”once in 2/25 and once in 2/26. She refused each time. They’re now asking to have all their appeals heard the week of June 22.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

05.03.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Tweets about people asking Grok which president told the most lies.

Tweets about people asking Grok which president told the most lies.

Bahahaha. 😁😏

#DJT #DJ6T #FDJ6T #PantsOnFireDJ6T

04.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 13502 πŸ” 3458 πŸ’¬ 379 πŸ“Œ 203
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β€˜Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans’ racist group chat The chat is the subject of a Florida International University police investigation.

The secretary of Miami-Dade County’s GOP started a group chat for conservative students β€” and within 3 weeks, it was filled with over 400 instances of the N-word, Nazi rhetoric and writings of "dozens of ways of violently killing Black people"

05.03.2026 03:14 πŸ‘ 5575 πŸ” 2685 πŸ’¬ 284 πŸ“Œ 588

Iran has been 2 weeks away from building nuclear weapons since when Reagan was in office.

05.03.2026 05:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm actually scared. Hearing that commanders are telling troops this is all Biblically Sanctioned and Trump is anointed to call back Jesus ... I never thought before about religious zealots in our armed forces and this is terrifying.

04.03.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0