Melissa
@moatis.bsky.social
Author: Rural Indigenousnness (SU Press, 2018). Historian turned fiction writer - querying my debut women’s fiction manuscript in 2025! k-drama fan since Covid. Love my family, travel and learning about people and places and especially Democracy!!
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🚨NEWS: U.N.-backed investigators say they found “reasonable grounds” to believe the U.S. committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including one on a school in Minab. apnews.com/article/un-h...
September 17, 2026 at 10:13 AM
🚨NEWS: U.N.-backed investigators say they found “reasonable grounds” to believe the U.S. committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including one on a school in Minab. apnews.com/article/un-h...
September 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Romance writers: agents are already signing up for Love at First Pitch on LitConnect. Get matched to agents building their romance lists and submit your pitches Aug 24 to 31. #LoveAtFirstPitch litconnect.net/romance-pitc...
Love at First Pitch - Romance Pitch Event for Writers on LitConnect
Love at First Pitch is a romance-only pitch event on LitConnect. Submit your romance pitch Aug 24 to 31, 2026. Your pitch is matched to agents building their romance lists, and an agent's like opens y...
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August 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Romance writers: agents are already signing up for Love at First Pitch on LitConnect. Get matched to agents building their romance lists and submit your pitches Aug 24 to 31. #LoveAtFirstPitch litconnect.net/romance-pitc...
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Worth a listen. “If I was gonna stage a coup in 2028…”
August 20, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Worth a listen. “If I was gonna stage a coup in 2028…”
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Just posting this because, as of yesterday, the US national debt surpassed $40 trillion for the first time. The GOP: the party of fiscal responsibility. 🥴
August 20, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Just posting this because, as of yesterday, the US national debt surpassed $40 trillion for the first time. The GOP: the party of fiscal responsibility. 🥴
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Tonight the Senate is voting to start debate on the annual defense bill. It's essentially an Iran War authorization bill. A totally unprecedented 50% increase in spending to fund the war without any meaningful restraints.
I'm voting NO.
I'm voting NO.
July 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Tonight the Senate is voting to start debate on the annual defense bill. It's essentially an Iran War authorization bill. A totally unprecedented 50% increase in spending to fund the war without any meaningful restraints.
I'm voting NO.
I'm voting NO.
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President Trump signed orders to shrink two national monuments in Utah by more than a million acres each, potentially opening up vast wilderness and sacred tribal lands to exploration for minerals, oil and gas.
Trump again shrinks two national monuments in Utah
The president’s orders trim Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments to a small fraction of their current size.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 13, 2026 at 11:45 PM
President Trump signed orders to shrink two national monuments in Utah by more than a million acres each, potentially opening up vast wilderness and sacred tribal lands to exploration for minerals, oil and gas.
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MAINE marches against ICE…
July 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
MAINE marches against ICE…
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It's called "complicity"
July 8, 2026 at 5:35 PM
It's called "complicity"
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Spot the difference
July 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Spot the difference
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traffic stops, workplace operations, and in public spaces.
The surge appears to be national rather than limited to a single region. If you or someone you know lives in one of these communities, stay informed, know your rights, and follow trusted local updates as enforcement activity continues.
The surge appears to be national rather than limited to a single region. If you or someone you know lives in one of these communities, stay informed, know your rights, and follow trusted local updates as enforcement activity continues.
July 2, 2026 at 2:05 AM
traffic stops, workplace operations, and in public spaces.
The surge appears to be national rather than limited to a single region. If you or someone you know lives in one of these communities, stay informed, know your rights, and follow trusted local updates as enforcement activity continues.
The surge appears to be national rather than limited to a single region. If you or someone you know lives in one of these communities, stay informed, know your rights, and follow trusted local updates as enforcement activity continues.
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Reports indicate heightened enforcement activity in Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston, Dallas, McAllen, Brownsville, New York City, Newark, Passaic, Plainfield, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Nashville, Charlotte, Chicago, and Minneapolis. Officials have made arrests during immigration check-ins,
July 2, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Reports indicate heightened enforcement activity in Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston, Dallas, McAllen, Brownsville, New York City, Newark, Passaic, Plainfield, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Nashville, Charlotte, Chicago, and Minneapolis. Officials have made arrests during immigration check-ins,
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🚨 The number of ICE activity reports we’re receiving is overwhelming. Communities across the country are reporting enforcement at a rapid pace, and we’re working to verify and share as much information as possible.
July 2, 2026 at 2:44 AM
🚨 The number of ICE activity reports we’re receiving is overwhelming. Communities across the country are reporting enforcement at a rapid pace, and we’re working to verify and share as much information as possible.
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NO 👇 BULLSHIT DETECTED
July 1, 2026 at 9:22 PM
NO 👇 BULLSHIT DETECTED
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Chump Always Admired Dick Tators, So Now He Copies Them,
And Copulates With One, Right,
Putin......?
And Copulates With One, Right,
Putin......?
June 24, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Chump Always Admired Dick Tators, So Now He Copies Them,
And Copulates With One, Right,
Putin......?
And Copulates With One, Right,
Putin......?
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Steve Hutkins, a retired New York University professor and a leading advocate for the USPS through savethepostoffice.com, told Democracy Docket that if the agency ultimately moves forward with the proposal, he believes “it will destroy the Postal Service.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘It will destroy the Postal Service’: USPS plan to crack down on mail voting spurs alarm
“It won’t just be tainted. Its whole brand will be destroyed," one leading Postal Service advocate told Democracy Docket.
www.democracydocket.com
June 24, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Steve Hutkins, a retired New York University professor and a leading advocate for the USPS through savethepostoffice.com, told Democracy Docket that if the agency ultimately moves forward with the proposal, he believes “it will destroy the Postal Service.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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This is really important.
“More than 100 retired NASA astronauts have banded together to form a new nonpartisan organization…” and its members believe deeply in “principles such as the rule of law, checks and balances, and the peaceful transition of power.”
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“More than 100 retired NASA astronauts have banded together to form a new nonpartisan organization…” and its members believe deeply in “principles such as the rule of law, checks and balances, and the peaceful transition of power.”
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Former NASA astronauts launch new group to promote U.S. constitutional values
More than 100 NASA astronauts have signed on to a nonpartisan effort to promote “the principles that have propelled our nation for 250 years”
www.scientificamerican.com
June 2, 2026 at 2:54 AM
This is really important.
“More than 100 retired NASA astronauts have banded together to form a new nonpartisan organization…” and its members believe deeply in “principles such as the rule of law, checks and balances, and the peaceful transition of power.”
Follow @astronauts4america.bsky.social
“More than 100 retired NASA astronauts have banded together to form a new nonpartisan organization…” and its members believe deeply in “principles such as the rule of law, checks and balances, and the peaceful transition of power.”
Follow @astronauts4america.bsky.social
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I STAND WITH THE PROTESTERS
If a detention facility can’t withstand public scrutiny, congressional oversight, and media attention, the problem isn’t the protesters.
The problem is what’s happening inside.
#ShutDownDelaneyHall
If a detention facility can’t withstand public scrutiny, congressional oversight, and media attention, the problem isn’t the protesters.
The problem is what’s happening inside.
#ShutDownDelaneyHall
June 1, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I STAND WITH THE PROTESTERS
If a detention facility can’t withstand public scrutiny, congressional oversight, and media attention, the problem isn’t the protesters.
The problem is what’s happening inside.
#ShutDownDelaneyHall
If a detention facility can’t withstand public scrutiny, congressional oversight, and media attention, the problem isn’t the protesters.
The problem is what’s happening inside.
#ShutDownDelaneyHall