Annie Melcher

my picture is 14 years old...probably not gonna change it anytime soon 🤷🏼‍♀️ they/them

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Journalist and college professor Stacey Patton goes viral by penning a stunningly powerful statement about how she was on Charlie Kirk’s “digital hit list” and recounting the horror that he inflicted on her.

We cannot allow this tragic assassination to whitewash Kirk’s legacy…

“I am on Charlie Kirk’s hit list,” Patton wrote to her 215,000 followers on Facebook. “His so-called ‘Professor Watchlist,’ run under the umbrella of Turning Point USA, is nothing more than a digital hit list for academics who dare to speak truth to power. I landed there in 2024 after writing commentary that inflamed the MAGA faithful. And once my name went up, the harassment machine roared to life.”

“For weeks my inbox and voicemail were deluged. Mostly white men spat venom through the phone: ‘bitch,’ ‘c*nt,’ ‘n****r.’ They threatened all manner of violence,” she continued.

“They overwhelmed the university’s PR lines and the president’s office with calls demanding that I be fired,” Patton wrote. “The flood was so relentless that the head of campus security reached out to offer me an escort, because they feared one of these keyboard soldiers might step out of his basement and come do me harm.”

“And I am not unique,” she added.

“Kirk’s Watchlist has terrorized legions of professors across this country. Women, Black faculty, queer scholars, basically anyone who challenged white supremacy, gun culture, or Christian nationalism suddenly found themselves targets of coordinated abuse,” Patton wrote.

“Some received death threats. Some had their jobs threatened. Some left academia entirely. Kirk sent the loud message to us: speak the truth and we will unleash the mob!” she continued.

“That is the culture of violence Charlie Kirk built. He normalized violence. He curated it, monetized it, and sicced it on anyone who dared to puncture his movement’s lies,” she wrote.

“And now, in the wake of his shooting, there’s all this national outpouring of mourning, moments of silence, yellow prayer hands, and tributes painting him as a civil debater,” Patton continued. “But the truth is that Kirk and his foot soldiers spent years terrorizing educators, trying to silence us with harassment and fear!”

“And now the same violence he unleashed on others has come full circle.”

“But what i find especially jarring is the dissonance in public mourning for a smug white man whose life work was actively hostile to certain groups,” she continued. “Kirk spent years demonizing LGBTQ people, mocking gun survivors, spewing racism about Black folks, and pushing policies that literally shorten lives.”

“It is so revolting to watch a bipartisan wave of grief sweep over this hateful racist as if he was a neutral community servant,” she concluded.

This is pure unvarnished truth from Patton. Charlie Kirk did not deserve what happened to him, but nor did his victims deserve the hell that he unleashed on them. If Americans are going to build a more peaceful future for ourselves we must condemn political violence while also condemning the hateful, bigoted rhetoric that made Kirk a multimillionaire.

Please retweet and ❤️ if Patton’s message struck a chord with you!

[@[email protected] @Imani_Barbarin]

So, like it turns out, as disabled people have been saying, pandemics do, in fact, bring with them a rise in fascism and eugenics…

[kaitlyn @kfunggg_]

My new answer for whenever people ask why I like Yellowjackets https://t.co/7QaFaRXmti

[Alb3rt0 @APPictures9]

Zelda Williams (the daughter of the great Robin Williams) sure had a lot to say about the “Studio Ghibli style” AI images that have been trending recently.

I think those people should read these posts and really think about what they’re doing.

[victoria ♀️ @fatfabfeminist]

this dystopian fucking story reminds us once again that homelessness is a policy choice and they literally could just solve it by giving people homes but only chose to do that after two children died. an absolutely morally bankrupt society.

[@[email protected] @Imani_Barbarin]

I’m so serious.

[Sulaiman Ahmed @ShaykhSulaiman]

IF MARY TRAVELLED FROM NAZARETH TO BETHLEHEM TODAY SHE WOULD BE STOPPED AT 7 CHECKPOINTS

[‏Martyrs of Gaza @GazaMartyrs]

While the world watches in silence, Kamal Adwan Hospital is facing extermination. We wanted to make sure you’re aware, even if no one cares enough to act.

[Rashida Tlaib @RashidaTlaib]

Silence. This is what we will continue to get from our country as the gruesome genocide in Gaza continues. Members of Congress own stock in war manufacturing, so the more bombs they authorize to be sent, they gain financially. It's all so sick.

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

“It’s like modern-day slavery. Because it’s cheap labor,” says Nerima Wako-Ojiwa, a Kenyan civil rights activist. Big American tech companies advertise AI jobs as a ticket to the future, but she calls the workspaces AI sweatshops. https://t.co/iQTFVvTwUn

[🔻 @atlajala]

ppl like to ask the question "what radicalized you?", but imo it's never a stationary concept. ppl slip from radical thought & action into liberalism all the time, consciously or unconsciously. to me it's a constant process of analysis. you don't just sharpen a knife once.

[UN News @UN_News_Centre]

#BREAKING
United States VETOES Security Council draft resolution that would have demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and the release of all hostages

RESULT
In Favor: 14
Against: 1 (US)
Abstain: 0

[Nick @StrayDogNZ]

This is so badass 🔥

[YourFavoriteGuy @guychristensen_]

Say it louder!

[Briahna Joy Gray @briebriejoy]

“If you were able to overlook a genocide and cast a vote for Harris, you already know how a conservative was able to overlook Trump’s extremism and vote for him.”

[Abby Martin @AbbyMartin]

“The ages most represented among the dead were five to nine-year-olds.”

[AshleyStevens @The_Acumen]

Do NOT donate money to any of these politicians. Over the next 4 years, there will be organizations and communities that need your funds and your time if you’re able to volunteer. They’ve got billionaire and millionaire backers, your neighbors don’t. Build on the ground.

[Friendly Neighborhood Comrade @SpiritofLenin]

Malcolm X on liberals