TJ Melon

Reminder: Amazon Blackout—starting tomorrow. Amazon ❌, Whole Foods ❌ off the to-do list!

I’m pretty sure this is what voters want from their elected officials www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

A reminder for these times.

This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote. There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.

More true every day

Hey, I'm going to do this, and I hope you will too. Not because I think a one day pause will be a devastating blow, but because coordinated action takes practice, and if you don't do the small stuff, you will have a harder time gearing up for the big stuff.

2016, 2020, 2024—and they still don’t realize they’re on the menu…

One of the most powerful political cartoons I have seen. Follow the artist at @ellabaron.bsky.social.

They learned something from their first term. The only thing that stops a bad guy with a grift is a good guy with principles. So this time they're firing all the good guys with principles.

PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.

America is under a bloodless terror attack for the benefit of a foreign country. Perhaps this article sheds some light as to who. www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

(📢) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: The Daily Beast publishes a sourced allegation that Trump has been a Russian spy since 1987 and then—possibly under some form of threat—deletes it. But in an act of unusual heroism, it left it up long enough for Wayback Machine to capture it text. Here it is (please share):

This is how you do it. Other news agencies like Axios and CBS, stop rolling over! Grow a spine, stand up straight and fight!

10 athletes out of 500,000 in NCAA sports are trans. 10 Less than 1% The EO is purely about hate.

If you are a small to med size business, would you rather buy health insurance from the big insurance companies, or from a new Non Profit Healthcare program offered by the biggest Unions ?

Ive said this before. Unions have a moment in time to create parallel, Non Profit Trust or Associated Health Plans and offer them to small to medium size businesses. Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations . Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ? Thoughts ?

With a massive purge of the FBI/DOJ underway, who is going to stop him from ignoring the verdict of a federal judge? The Supreme Court? The Constitution?

We’re gonna have to march.

Seems like an admission of guilt. Hopefully, law enforcement in Pennsylvania is paying attention.

RESIST. Don't quit. Don't stop fighting. Don't obey in advance. Don't stop calling them out. Keep raising your voices as loudly as you can. Keep organizing your friends, family, everyone. Keep supporting orgs that are leading the fight. RESIST.

Attention Pennsylvania Attorney General.

"[Elon] knows those computers better than anybody. Those vote counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like in a landslide. IS THAT A FUCKING CONFESSION??? h/t: @acyn.bsky.social

This is an oligarchy. The founders never intended people to have this much power… EVER Stop the oligarchy

Elon pretty much paid Trump so he could become Co-President of the United States. We have serious work ahead of us to protect our Democracy by getting billionaire and corporate money out of our politics.

Smart words from @davidfrum.bsky.social reflecting on Mika and Joe: “I do not write to scold anyone; I write because fear is infectious. Let it spread, and it will paralyze us all. The only antidote is courage. And that’s infectious, too.” www.americaamerica.news/p/these-time...

They’re planning a heist in plain sight.

This goes one of two ways: our democracy sinks beneath the ocean permanently (80%) or the backlash against billionaires is shocking in its size, scope and fury (20%) The latter would take people realizing that a very small group of people are destroying Earth, but it's not as fun as owning the libs

Virtually every question today at the WH Press briefing was about the Hunter pardon, as if that is the thing the American people care about most right now. The DC press is so disconnected from the American public and serves them poorly more often than not.

The culture wars, the race wars, the gender wars...all smoke screens for the war they don't want you to fight. The class wars.

Important

This doctor’s letter to United Heathcare for denying nausea medication to a child on chemotherapy.

This is the most-read piece on @theatlantic.com. It should be the most-read piece. You should all read it, even though it may make you sad. Here’s a gift link so you can read it. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Well played. And frighteningly accurate.

So a reminder: It’s not ‘liberals’ saying Hegseth abuses women. It’s his mom. It’s not ‘liberals’ comparing Trump to Hitler. It’s his vice-president. It’s not ‘liberals’ calling Musk a liar and a racist. It’s his own child. For the record.

Trump cheated.

Zuckerberg owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp. Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post. Elon Musk owns Twitter/X. When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy