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Melissa Bynes-Brooks, MBA, CRT

@melbbrooks.bsky.social

Mother. Wife. Respiratory Therapist. Licensed Health Insurance Agent. HBCU-FAMU. NSU. McFatter Tech. Opinions are my own. NAACP, ACLU, Democracy Docket, and Independent Media Supporter. Member of the 92%.

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Melissa Bynes-Brooks, MBA, CRT@melbbrooks.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm attending VoteRiders's event, “Georgia & Texas Text Bank w/ National Redistricting Foundation & VoteRiders!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/voteriders/e...

Georgia & Texas Text Bank w/ National Redistricting Foundation & VoteRiders! · VoteRiders

Join The National Redistricting Foundation & VoteRiders for a virtual text bank on Tuesday, August 25 at 7:00PM ET to Georgia and Texas voters! You can help ensure that voters have the information an...

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Ohio Capital Journal@ohiocapitaljournal.com · last mo.

Trump’s demand for states to provide Social Security numbers, immigration status, and private information on low-income residents who receive cash benefits is improper and unconstitutional, a group of mostly Democratic-led states alleges in a new lawsuit. ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/state...

States sue Trump administration over plan to share antipoverty program data • Ohio Capital Journal

A group of states is challenging a Trump administration rule that would force them to provide data on people receiving antipoverty benefits.

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PBS News@pbsnews.org · last mo.

House Democrats are adding a dozen Republican-held seats to their list of targets for the November midterms, expanding the national campaign map to districts Donald Trump won easily less than two years ago. https://to.pbs.org/4z6Lifx

House Democrats just added 12 'safe' Trump districts to their midterm election target list

The move brings the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's list of targets to 58, an ambitious list that reflects President Donald Trump's diminished standing with the electorate and Democrats'...

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Jay Rosen@jayrosen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Here's an idea. Instead of giving MAGA your millions, fight back a litte. "The Disney-owned broadcast network launched an on-air campaign Monday urging viewers to weigh in against the Federal Communications Commission’s early review of its broadcast licenses." www.wsj.com/business/med... Gift link

ABC Launches On-Air Campaign Against FCC Investigations

The Disney-owned network is encouraging viewers to tell the FCC to drop probes into “The View” and ABC broadcast licenses.

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Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“Given the signals that we’ve received from this administration, all of the ways they have acted to intervene in elections and to insert DOJ in election processes in a way that is inappropriate, we would be foolish to not be prepared,” she said. “So we are prepared." www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

ACLU to monitor election certification as part of $50 million midterm effort

Half of the group’s spending will go toward ensuring proper administration of elections in key states amid Trump’s efforts to exert greater influence over the process.

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Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Trump and Republicans "Big Beautiful Bill" has already taken food assistance away from more than 770,000 American kids: www.propublica.org/article/snap...

More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program

Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show ch...

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Melissa Bynes-Brooks, MBA, CRT@melbbrooks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Finding the Pope’s Roots by Henry Louis Gates Jr. in collaboration with American Ancestors and the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami. Explore this gift article about Pope Leo XIV from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

We Traced Pope Leo XIV’s Ancestry Back 500 Years. Here’s What We Found. (Gift Article)

Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.

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Melissa Bynes-Brooks, MBA, CRT@melbbrooks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See’s role in legitimizing slavery. This is the Pope we need for these times when Black history is being erased by the current administration in America. apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican's role in legitimizing slavery

Pope Leo XIV has made a historic apology for the role the Holy See played in legitimizing slavery. Leo’s own family history includes both enslaved people and slave owners.

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Melissa Bynes-Brooks, MBA, CRT@melbbrooks.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I'm attending National Democratic Redistricting Committee's event, “Post-Callais Grassroots Organizing Call w/ AG Eric Holder & House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries” - sign up now to join www.mobilize.us/ndrc/event/9... #VotingRights #Vote #MidtermElections

Post-Callais Grassroots Organizing Call w/ AG Eric Holder & House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries · National Democratic Redistricting Committee

We invite you to join the National Democratic Redistricting Committee and Affiliates for a special emergency briefing on Monday, May 4 at 6:00 pm ET in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Loui...

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