The last newsletter before I take a long vacation is out. This issue is devoted to Pride, current threats to the LGBTQ+ community, and a call to action for straight readers to show solidarity. Some resources included. Enjoy! https://medium.com/ctrlalt...
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Pride. Indictment Summer is officially here. I… | by Melissa Ryan | CtrlAltRightDelete | Jun, 2023 | Medium
Indictment Summer is officially here. I don’t have much to say, but it would be weird not to mention that Donald Trump was indicted a second time on Friday. He’s now the first former president to…
06:23 PM - Jun 11, 2023
Always amusing when I head to my office for a Zoom call that overlaps with bedtime, and my kids say, "Night night, Mama," like I'm gonna be gone a month, and not simply in another room while they take their evening bath. Toddlers are little terrors but also little sweeties.
10:01 PM - Jun 07, 2023
There's always some dude that didn't read what you wrote or listen to what you said but still feels entitled to tell you that you're wrong. Always.
12:26 PM - May 31, 2023
I had a wonderful conversation with DoBigThings CEO (and longtime friend) Henri Makembe about my work. Check it out! https://dobigthings.today/...
03:44 PM - May 30, 2023
For anyone about to go through Succession withdrawal I highly recommend Peep Show. It's also written by Jesse Armstrong, features Olivia Colman pre-Oscar, and seasons 2-4 in particular are perfection.
07:51 PM - May 28, 2023
Stewart Rhodes' sentence is 18 years.
Here's what Rhodes' ex-wife said the day he was convicted. “This is the first time he’s ever faced consequences ― ever. Really, it’s the first time he’s ever been held accountable for anything he’s ever done.” https://www.huffpost.com/e...
Here's what Rhodes' ex-wife said the day he was convicted. “This is the first time he’s ever faced consequences ― ever. Really, it’s the first time he’s ever been held accountable for anything he’s ever done.” https://www.huffpost.com/e...
02:40 PM - May 25, 2023
Matt Walsh out here giving the game away. I do appreciate how these assholes are more than happy to say the quiet part out loud, unprompted.
Corporate America should be aware that Walsh and his ilk are a small minority. They have a lot less buying power than they claim.
Corporate America should be aware that Walsh and his ilk are a small minority. They have a lot less buying power than they claim.
12:59 PM - May 24, 2023
The entire GOP presidential primary is gonna be one big shitpost. Most of it won't make any sense to Americans who aren't extremely online. Candidates either don't care what voters think, or they hope voters will tune out the idiocy until the general.
04:09 PM - May 23, 2023
What unsung hero would you award a MacArthur Geniuus Grant to?
I'd give it to the person who first put a convertible car seat on a dolly cart for airport use.
I'd give it to the person who first put a convertible car seat on a dolly cart for airport use.
12:45 PM - May 21, 2023
There's another word for Trump's "vision." Authoritarianism. Media outlets need to get comfortable using it when covering Trump and the GOP. https://www.axios.com/2023...
10:51 AM - May 21, 2023
In this week's Ctrl Alt-Right Delete, CNN put Donald Trump back on prime-time TV. And apparently, CEO Chris Licht believes the network is supposed to make news rather than report the news. https://medium.com/ctrlalt...
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Trump Returns to Prime-Time. I didn’t watch the Trump Town Hall on… | by Melissa Ryan | CtrlAltRightDelete | May, 2023 | Medium
I didn’t watch the Trump Town Hall on CNN, not because of protest but because now that I live on the West Coast, I usually spend time with the kids during prime-time viewing hours. But when I finally…
06:59 PM - May 14, 2023
Not that anyone would pay attention to the GOP's Biden conspiracy fiction anyway, but how pissed is Rep. Comer at George Santos right now?
11:48 AM - May 10, 2023
Best decision I've had to make today is whether to use a picture of Mike Lindell at CPAC or Rudy at Four Seasons Total Landscaping on a slide about election denial.
06:09 PM - May 08, 2023
This interview with one of the Proud Boys trial jurors has a lot of interesting insight into the trial and the verdict. https://www.vice.com/en/ar...
11:42 AM - May 08, 2023
Stopping by a brewery for a round with twin toddlers:
-1/3 of customers tell you how your kids make them miss when their own kids were little.
-1/3 are holding newborn babies, wondering if we're their terrible future.
-1/3 see us as straight-up birth control.
At least the beer was good.
-1/3 of customers tell you how your kids make them miss when their own kids were little.
-1/3 are holding newborn babies, wondering if we're their terrible future.
-1/3 see us as straight-up birth control.
At least the beer was good.
10:24 PM - May 07, 2023
New from me: Let's talk about those Proud Boys convictions. https://medium.com/ctrlalt...
06:24 PM - May 07, 2023
2 Threaded Spouts
America can't move forward as a nation until we hold everyone who tried to overthrow our government accountable. Once again, a jury has chosen accountability, and I'm just so glad to see it. https://www.cnn.com/2023/0...
11:50 AM - May 04, 2023
In the end, Captain Shaw died as he lived: just trying to get Picard and Riker off of his ship and out of his life. #StarTrekPicard
https://www.denofgeek.com/...
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03:51 PM - May 01, 2023
My other half and I are at lunch and we've been chatting with the most delightful 4 year old at the next table. I said goodbye as the family got up to leave and the kid looks right at me to say "You haven't seen the last of me!" ❤️
04:40 PM - Apr 28, 2023
If you're following all the Fox News/Murdoch drama in the US, don't sleep on what's happening in the UK. It's easy for Americans to dismiss news about the Royal Family as celebrity gossip, but the monarch is a head of state, so it's ultimately a story about media and government. https://www.theguard
05:47 PM - Apr 25, 2023
I was on NPR's morning edition talking about how Tucker Carlson used his show to mainstream hate and conspiracies. https://wamu.org/story/23/...
10:01 AM - Apr 25, 2023
I'm so happy that Tucker's harassment engine disguised as a cable news show is finally a thing of the past. I've lost count of how many friends and colleagues whose lives and careers were turned upside down by Carlson and his viewers.
12:15 PM - Apr 24, 2023
Me to spouse: Tucker is out at Fox. I think he must have been fired.
Toddler: Bye bye!
Toddler: Bye bye!
11:50 AM - Apr 24, 2023
Despite going to bed on West Coast time, my boys got up with the East Coast sun this morning. I'm exhausted, but also, if they go to bed earlier tonight, my husband and I can watch #StarTrekPicard sooner rather than later. So, winning?
07:54 AM - Apr 20, 2023
The MAGA Right wants to turn the humanity of Transgender people into a wedge issue. This puts them directly in harm's way, especially Trans children. We need to show solidarity. https://medium.com/ctrlalt...
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06:19 PM - Apr 16, 2023
One of my kids has watched that Biden entrance 20+ times this morning. Not sure if this is because of his being Irish (via his Dad), into good music (via me), or because he's a budding politico (the family business.)
Maybe all of the above?
11:04 AM - Apr 16, 2023
