Melissa JeltsenVerified account

@quasimado

Senior reporter at writing about violence against women. RTs mean whatever I want.

New York City
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    Mar 28

    My feature on the Noor Salman trial -->

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  2. Retweeted
    21 hours ago

    You’re 8 years old. Your 3rd grade class orders chinese food & your father delivers it. You are so excited to see your pops in school. He’s your hero. But apparently other kids don’t think he’s so cool. They laugh at him and mimic his accent. You don’t want to be Chinese anymore.

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  3. 23 hours ago

    I hate aggressive air conditioning more than humidity. There, I said it.

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    Aug 17

    Officials are defending closing almost all of the polling places in a majority black county in Georgia, saying the locations aren't compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The ACLU and local residents think their justification is absurd

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  5. 24 hours ago

    Shanann Watts appeared to have a perfect marriage and a perfect husband. But things aren't always what they seem -- especially when it comes to domestic violence.

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  6. Aug 16

    The on why it didn't participate in today's media campaign denouncing Trump's attacks on the press: "the president’s opinion, frankly, is just not that important to us."

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  7. Aug 16

    After sending cops on a search for his missing pregnant wife and two kids, husband admits to killing them

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  8. Aug 15

    Dave Cullen, author of Columbine, is writing a book about the Parkland school shooting

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    Aug 15

    I can't believe what I'm reading. Two women tied up and tortured a Muslim man all while filming the assault. The women punched him repeatedly, hit his legs with a hammer, cut his hair and shoved wood filler into his mouth

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  10. Aug 14

    Not to be a grump on twitter, but are these loud-ass emergency warnings really necessary for a spot of rain?

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  11. Aug 14

    Just another day in America, where the sitting president calls a woman a "crazed, crying lowlife" and a "dog."

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    Aug 14

    Payment processors like and said they would stop helping white supremacists fundraise and turn a profit selling Nazi-themed merchandise — But these companies are still quietly working with a whole bunch of racist groups and individuals

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  13. Aug 13

    God bless the excellent Alabama-based reporter for helping me out w/ court records. Everyone follow him!

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  14. Aug 13

    There's nothing more frustrating than trying to get court records from a county that refuses to put them online.

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  15. Aug 12

    The Sutherland Springs shooter duct-taped his wife and tied her to the bed before committing the massacre.

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    Aug 11

    Last year, I spoke to Susan Bro the day after Heather Heyer was murdered in Charlottesville. Today, I drove with her and asked what changed for her since her daughter became a symbol for the fight against extremism. Turns out, everything.

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    Aug 11

    Good morning from . Heather Heyer’s memorial nearly one year since she was killed

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    Aug 11

    The things my colleagues do to stay happy and sane include solo karaoke and taking the marginally more scenic route. Read ‘em all, they will make you smile:

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    Aug 10

    Just in----> Trump Officials Keep ‘Temporary’ Tent Shelter For Migrant Kids Open Yet Another Month

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  20. Aug 10

    The campaign is putting pressure on Cuomo to commute the sentences of domestic violence victims who killed in self-defense

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  21. Aug 10

    Will Cynthia Nixon push Andrew Cuomo to the left on granting clemency to incarcerated women who killed their abusers?

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