Michael Melillo
@michaelmelillo.bsky.social
Data Scientist, father of 2, housing and education advocate, derivatives trader, beach enjoyer, future triathlete
Running for San Jose Unified School Board 2026
Running for San Jose Unified School Board 2026
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It’s been five years since Alex Jones lost InfoWars to the Sandy Hook families.
As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny.
Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway.
The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.
As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny.
Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway.
The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.
The Onion says it won’t wait for the courts, will launch Infowars to pay Sandy Hook families
The Onion’s staff is tired of waiting for the courts to settle its pending takeover of Alex Jones’ brand, so the new Infowars will launch next month.
www.ms.now
June 18, 2026 at 5:28 PM
It’s been five years since Alex Jones lost InfoWars to the Sandy Hook families.
As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny.
Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway.
The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.
As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny.
Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway.
The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.
They want to gut the Department of Education and call it "local control." What's actually on the chopping block: civil rights enforcement in schools, special-ed oversight, and Title I dollars for poor kids. That's not freedom. It's abandonment, aimed at the children with the least.
June 18, 2026 at 12:39 PM
They want to gut the Department of Education and call it "local control." What's actually on the chopping block: civil rights enforcement in schools, special-ed oversight, and Title I dollars for poor kids. That's not freedom. It's abandonment, aimed at the children with the least.
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This answer alone should destroy this administration. This conversation is essentially:
“people are hurting.”
“ceos are fine.”
“people are hurting.”
“ceos are fine.”
BREAM: The Journal says percentage of delinquent credit card balances is 13%, the highest in 15 years. People are using them for necessities. Your message to them?
HASSETT: We talk to CEOs of the credit card companies all the time, and there's not any threat to them. People are taking a bit longer.
HASSETT: We talk to CEOs of the credit card companies all the time, and there's not any threat to them. People are taking a bit longer.
May 31, 2026 at 4:04 PM
This answer alone should destroy this administration. This conversation is essentially:
“people are hurting.”
“ceos are fine.”
“people are hurting.”
“ceos are fine.”
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1) Someone really needs to push back on this idea of 1st Amendment zones. I haven't taught polisci 101 in 20 years, but last time I checked the entire US was a 1st Amendment zone. 2) What's the point of having 1st Amendment zones if you're just going to have police rampage through them?
New Jersey State Police push past barricades outside the Delaney Hall Detention Facility
May 31, 2026 at 3:05 AM
1) Someone really needs to push back on this idea of 1st Amendment zones. I haven't taught polisci 101 in 20 years, but last time I checked the entire US was a 1st Amendment zone. 2) What's the point of having 1st Amendment zones if you're just going to have police rampage through them?
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BREAKING: Police identify 17-year-old Cain Clark & 18-year-old Caleb Velasquez as the shooters who attacked the San Diego Islamic Center, killing 3, including security guard Amin Abdullah, a father of 8.
Cain left a suicide note about "racial pride." White supremacy terror thriving in 2026 USA.
Cain left a suicide note about "racial pride." White supremacy terror thriving in 2026 USA.
May 19, 2026 at 3:31 AM
BREAKING: Police identify 17-year-old Cain Clark & 18-year-old Caleb Velasquez as the shooters who attacked the San Diego Islamic Center, killing 3, including security guard Amin Abdullah, a father of 8.
Cain left a suicide note about "racial pride." White supremacy terror thriving in 2026 USA.
Cain left a suicide note about "racial pride." White supremacy terror thriving in 2026 USA.
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School boards in Texas that have been at the center of book ban and trans rights debates held elections today.
And in early results out of local elections, I'm seeing at least 5 conservative school board members who are trailing.
Let's see where these end up!
And in early results out of local elections, I'm seeing at least 5 conservative school board members who are trailing.
Let's see where these end up!
May 3, 2026 at 1:15 AM
School boards in Texas that have been at the center of book ban and trans rights debates held elections today.
And in early results out of local elections, I'm seeing at least 5 conservative school board members who are trailing.
Let's see where these end up!
And in early results out of local elections, I'm seeing at least 5 conservative school board members who are trailing.
Let's see where these end up!
This Pioneer HS Education Foundation is holding a fundraiser at the BBQ Pit. Orders that show the flyer or use the code PHSFOUNDATION for online orders, or mention the fundraiser at checkout will help raise money for the foundation. The foundation funds the student newspaper, The Pony Express.
April 15, 2026 at 12:55 AM
This Pioneer HS Education Foundation is holding a fundraiser at the BBQ Pit. Orders that show the flyer or use the code PHSFOUNDATION for online orders, or mention the fundraiser at checkout will help raise money for the foundation. The foundation funds the student newspaper, The Pony Express.
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San Diego Unified is building 3,000 teacher housing units on six sites using private developers, no taxpayer construction funds, and built-in backup plans.
timesofsandiego.com/housing/2026...
timesofsandiego.com/housing/2026...
San Diego Unified enters the development game — and aims to avoid other public agencies’ struggles
San Diego Unified School District overshoots its affordable housing goals so 10% of workforce will still be housed if something goes wrong.
timesofsandiego.com
April 9, 2026 at 4:12 AM
San Diego Unified is building 3,000 teacher housing units on six sites using private developers, no taxpayer construction funds, and built-in backup plans.
timesofsandiego.com/housing/2026...
timesofsandiego.com/housing/2026...
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Happy Surrender and Freedom Day! On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac. home.nps.gov/apco/planyou...
April 9, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Happy Surrender and Freedom Day! On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac. home.nps.gov/apco/planyou...
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This is not who we should be—but ICE is so desperate for stats they detain a woman who is legally applying for her green card, a scholarship college student who teaches Sunday School. Trump would have us believe he’s taking criminal aliens off the streets. It’s a lie www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...
ICE Agents Detain Newlywed Spouse of Soldier Training to Deploy
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2026 at 10:37 PM
This is not who we should be—but ICE is so desperate for stats they detain a woman who is legally applying for her green card, a scholarship college student who teaches Sunday School. Trump would have us believe he’s taking criminal aliens off the streets. It’s a lie www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...
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Pope Leo XIV carried the cross across all fourteen stations for over an hour.
The prayers named children who had been “taken away and imprisoned during protests, deported by policies devoid of compassion, shipwrecked on desperate journeys of hope, killed in war zones, and wiped out in death camps.”
The prayers named children who had been “taken away and imprisoned during protests, deported by policies devoid of compassion, shipwrecked on desperate journeys of hope, killed in war zones, and wiped out in death camps.”
April 4, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Pope Leo XIV carried the cross across all fourteen stations for over an hour.
The prayers named children who had been “taken away and imprisoned during protests, deported by policies devoid of compassion, shipwrecked on desperate journeys of hope, killed in war zones, and wiped out in death camps.”
The prayers named children who had been “taken away and imprisoned during protests, deported by policies devoid of compassion, shipwrecked on desperate journeys of hope, killed in war zones, and wiped out in death camps.”
This morning I released a statement about San Josè Unified’s decision to close 5 elementary schools. You can read it in full on my website.
www.melilloforsjusd.com
www.melilloforsjusd.com
Michael Melillo for SJUSD Area 4 Trustee
Michael Melillo is running for San Jose Unified School District Area 4 Trustee. Election: November 3, 2026.
www.melilloforsjusd.com
March 30, 2026 at 4:43 PM
This morning I released a statement about San Josè Unified’s decision to close 5 elementary schools. You can read it in full on my website.
www.melilloforsjusd.com
www.melilloforsjusd.com
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Pope Leo on Palm Sunday: “This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: ‘Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood’ (Is 1:15).”
March 29, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Pope Leo on Palm Sunday: “This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: ‘Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood’ (Is 1:15).”
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Weingarten: He golfed when people were losing SNAP, and he's attacked universities and public schools that 90% of kids in America go to. He’s doing all of this while Melania is trying to replace teachers with robots.
March 28, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Weingarten: He golfed when people were losing SNAP, and he's attacked universities and public schools that 90% of kids in America go to. He’s doing all of this while Melania is trying to replace teachers with robots.
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Trump's brain flits wildly from Mamdani to shoveling snow to having a conversation with a woman in the audience who has bad eyes. He claims he "gave her a lot of money to get her eyes fixed." This event is totally off the rails.
February 23, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Trump's brain flits wildly from Mamdani to shoveling snow to having a conversation with a woman in the audience who has bad eyes. He claims he "gave her a lot of money to get her eyes fixed." This event is totally off the rails.
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It’s come to this: “Catholic members of the US armed forces could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland if such orders were issued, according to Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the bishop responsible for the pastoral care of US military personnel.”
Military archbishop: Troops could refuse orders on Greenland
Speaking to Britain's Sunday program on BBC, Archbishop Timothy Broglio reiterated that conscience could permit refusal of an unjust military order.
aleteia.org
January 20, 2026 at 1:24 AM
It’s come to this: “Catholic members of the US armed forces could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland if such orders were issued, according to Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the bishop responsible for the pastoral care of US military personnel.”
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I wonder how long it will take the media to catch on to the fact that ICE’s recruiting spree has effectively deputized every white supremacist hate group out there.
January 17, 2026 at 5:32 AM
I wonder how long it will take the media to catch on to the fact that ICE’s recruiting spree has effectively deputized every white supremacist hate group out there.
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If the US invested in child care and had national policies like paid leave comparable to other industrialized countries, we would generate $775 billion of economic activity a year. The question should not be, “how can we afford to do this?” The question is, “how can we afford not to?” Let’s do this.
December 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
If the US invested in child care and had national policies like paid leave comparable to other industrialized countries, we would generate $775 billion of economic activity a year. The question should not be, “how can we afford to do this?” The question is, “how can we afford not to?” Let’s do this.
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Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
He said the same thing about what he inherited from Obama which was also a lie.
BARTIROMO: What are you expecting the president's economic message to be?
SEN. McCORMICK: I think the message is that we inherited a trainwreck from the Biden administration and we made a lot of progress
SEN. McCORMICK: I think the message is that we inherited a trainwreck from the Biden administration and we made a lot of progress
December 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
He said the same thing about what he inherited from Obama which was also a lie.
Self preservation is a hell of a drug
California Republican suddenly supporting a national partisan gerrymandering ban. IT’S GAME THEORY BABY THINK OF THE STRATEGERY, WE PLAYING DEFECT-DEFECT NOT DEFECT-COOPERATE, IT’S TIT FOR TAT, CONSIDER THE INCENTIVES
November 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Self preservation is a hell of a drug
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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DNC Vice Chair calls Chuck Schumer's shutdown deal a "mistake"
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
DNC Vice Chair calls Chuck Schumer's shutdown deal a "mistake"