Melissa Ryan
@melissaryan.bsky.social
I want to help build a world where we can all do our work, share our stories, and live our lives free from hate, harassment, and harm. Newsletter: https://www.altrightdelete.news/ Work with me: hello@inviolable.ai
Watches in horror as everyone on Bluesky suddenly declares themselves an expert on cheese curds...
Clean Observer@hammbear2024.bsky.social · 11h agoThis is the takeaway that matters for all of you road trippers. If you grab an airport or grocery store bag, you need to let them warm up. This is canon.
37.6% of the vote counted in Michigan: El-Sayed and Stevens are separated by fewer votes than non-candidate Mallory McMorrow is getting. Too early to call.
The paperback of Invisible Rulers is out today! To celebrate I dropped audio of the Twitter Space where Mike Benz first groomed Matt Taibbi into believing there'd been "mass censorship" of "hundreds of millions of tweets"—something he'd then testify before Congress. open.substack.com/pub/agentsof...
When Matt Taibbi Met Mike Benz
How independent media turned an obscure political operative into a "whistleblower"—and his claims into government action.
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Bad night for reactionary centrist concern trolls.
G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com · 14h agoThe numbers coming out of Detroit are not enough for Stevens. It’s a bloodbath
Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...
bloomberg.com
I always loved the quirky story of Da Ponte running a grocery store in New Jersey for a while before helping introduce America to opera. Cool that the Times found his descendants. Fun story, even if you don't care for opera or Mozart. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/a...
Their Forefather Was a Grocer and Mozart’s Most Important Librettist (Gift Article)
Generations on, Lorenzo Da Ponte’s family keeps alive the memory of this poet and libertine, who ended up in the middle of Pennsylvania after being booted from Venice and Vienna.
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You know your workplace is toxic when leaks come out nearly every time a meeting occurs.
Jon Passantino@passantino.bsky.social · 2d agoNEW: “60 Minutes” EP Nick Bilton tells staffers that he’s sick of the “rumors” about the show after Bari Weiss’ firings, saying that “95% of them are fabrications and blatantly incorrect.” The details in @status.news www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
"Trump is Lucy. GOP senators are the football. D.C. political reporters are Charlie Brown." @davidkurtz.bsky.social h/t @joshtpm.bsky.social
Faux Deal Ends Faux Fight Over Blanche Nomination
Wet Noodle Award: Cornyn and Tillis Trump is Lucy. GOP senators are...
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Combing through Facebook this morning, looking at the early origins of the anti-trans athletes campaign here in WA state. Found an AI-filtered image used to drastically masculinize the appearance of the trans girl athlete… perhaps the origin of the “young girls competing against grown men” line.
Y'all, when @tmz-news.bsky.social is giving America moral clarity about MAGA's Anthony Fauci obsession, things have clearly gone off the rails. My latest: www.altrightdelete.news/p/dysfunctio...
Dysfunction Junction
Fauci takes the 5th on the Hill. Here's what you need to know.
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With J6ers getting jobs in the justice department, and presidential memorandum NSPM-7 targeting the “left-wing” and “anti-fascists” as terrorists, it's never been more important to support those tracking the far right.
“As Americans are still worried about whether you can eat lettuce without suffering explosive diarrhea, RFK Jr. launched an online cooking show. Admittedly, this is maybe the least offensive thing the man has done since taking office…” By @melissaryan.bsky.social
Dysfunction Junction
Fauci takes the 5th on the Hill. Here's what you need to know.
open.substack.com
Y'all, when @tmz-news.bsky.social is giving America moral clarity about MAGA's Anthony Fauci obsession, things have clearly gone off the rails. My latest: www.altrightdelete.news/p/dysfunctio...
Dysfunction Junction
Fauci takes the 5th on the Hill. Here's what you need to know.
altrightdelete.news
Does Senator Kennedy know that the Odyssey is fiction?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoSen. John Kennedy says his response to Iranian cyberattacks would be to "eat them up and spit the bones on the floor"
The fact that no one in the mainstream press (or, more understandably, on the knives-out city council) seems to think SPD bears any culpability for inaccurate information SPD has put out and for SPD's actions on Sunday night is bonkers, and goes to show how differently this mayor is being treated.
Absolutely incredible that Westneat and other critics of the mayor believe Shon Barnes was appointed by her and that SHE should have "worked out" his desire to travel constantly with him as part of his contract, when he was appointed by Bruce Harrell in 2024. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Seattle City Hall rarely runs smoothly. This week it hit new lows
The spectacle of the neophyte mayor and the frequent flyer police chief, both failing at their jobs when they were needed most, is not going to pass lightly.
seattletimes.com
A Tech Founder Wanted to Start a New Country. An Actual Country Got in the Way. Wall Street Journal covers Network State cult founder Balaji Srinivasan. “Federal records indicate he and his wife renounced American citizenship in 2023.” 👀 Gift link: www.wsj.com/tech/a-tech-...
A Tech Founder Wanted to Start a New Country. An Actual Country Got in the Way.
Balaji Srinivasan says he believes America is descending into anarchy. His solution: Build a new country from scratch.
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Not content to raise all of our children Ms. Rachel has now set her sights on saving humanity. We don't deserve her. But our kids do.
Seems like the right call given everything this week. In addition to all the usual reasons SPD is terrible.
Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 6d agoHearing on good authority that Police Chief Shon Barnes has just been fired. He just left the mayor's office this evening after being inside for quite a while. Barnes is currently calling around the police department to tell his captains. Still waiting on confirmation from mayor's office and SPD.
This is morally monstrous behavior. These are ordinary, innocent people that Trump is condemning to suffering & death out of political vindictiveness. Every decent human being, regardless of political party, should condemn it. Where is the fucking *anger*? From the press? From civic leaders? Pols?
FEMA said yes to Democratic disaster requests. Trump killed them anyway.
President Donald Trump cast aside bipartisan precedent when he rejected eligible disaster requests from four blue states.
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Sounds about right. Hopefully Bluesky has more spine than the other platforms have. Though this is a good sign. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/b...
Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda
The company said it was fighting Russian efforts to hijack real users’ accounts to post fake content, an apparently novel tactic.
nytimes.com
I had an incredible conversation with @benwikler.bsky.social about his new book this morning. Worth a listen if you need some inspiration about how to fight the Trump Regime in your own backyard or just love all things Wisconsin. www.altrightdelete.news/p/card-live-...
CARD live with Ben Wikler and Melissa Ryan
A recording from Melissa Ryan's live video
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This is why we can't have nice things. 👇
Evan Sutton@evansutton.bsky.social · last wk.Johnny Soccer wants to sell the World Cup and other FIFA tournaments to a Kushner-backed investment group. Hopefully I don't need to tell you why this is bad. Sign the fan petition demanding FIFA voters reject his corrupt plan and show him the door. actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...
