@bleachedperiwinkle.bsky.social
Rallying with you for the unrealized promise of liberty and justice for all. Striving to notice beauty and humor along the way. We've beat back regimes by bullies for billionaires before. Together, let's overcome.
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Similar to how abolition speech & press were banned throughout the south before the civil war, based on the claim that those expressions would incite violent insurrections by enslaved people.
"... these materials, although controversial in their advocacy for insurrection, squatting, and anarchy, are all squarely constitutionally protected speech"
reason.com/2025/11/26/t...
reason.com/2025/11/26/t...
Texas man faces up to 40 years in prison for transporting constitutionally protected pamphlets
A man in Texas faces up to 40 years in prison for transporting constitutionally protected zines and pamphlets.
reason.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Similar to how abolition speech & press were banned throughout the south before the civil war, based on the claim that those expressions would incite violent insurrections by enslaved people.
"'Right now he’s feeling like he doesn’t want to live anymore,' Arnaout said of Wael, 'because they took the main reason that he’s fighting for [his father.]'"
ICE: Release Maher Tarabishi!
ICE: Release Maher Tarabishi!
ICE detains Texas father as son’s health declines: ‘Don’t forget about me’
Maher Tarabishi was arrested at a routine visit despite decades in the US, leaving his son with Pompe disease
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"'Right now he’s feeling like he doesn’t want to live anymore,' Arnaout said of Wael, 'because they took the main reason that he’s fighting for [his father.]'"
ICE: Release Maher Tarabishi!
ICE: Release Maher Tarabishi!
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November 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"In 1861, Americans went to war to keep a cabal from taking control of the government and turning it into an oligarchy... Americans rallied ... on the battlefields even as they continued to work on the home front for a government that defended democracy and equality before the law."
November 26, 2025
Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday…but not for the reasons we generally remember.
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"In 1861, Americans went to war to keep a cabal from taking control of the government and turning it into an oligarchy... Americans rallied ... on the battlefields even as they continued to work on the home front for a government that defended democracy and equality before the law."
How can some claim a broad geographic area as theirs?
"MINE!"
That is toddleresque.
Because someone fought for it? They did not fight the Earth for the right to own it. Paid taxes? To the Earth?
Protect. Share.
"MINE!"
That is toddleresque.
Because someone fought for it? They did not fight the Earth for the right to own it. Paid taxes? To the Earth?
Protect. Share.
People in the U.S. need to be paying attention to what’s happening in the U.K., because it’s going hand in hand with what is happening in the U.S., the agitators at work on both sides of the pond are working hand in hand with each other, and both have similar goals of ethnic cleansing.
YOU WANTED NET IMMIGRATION TO COME DOWN! THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE!
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
How can some claim a broad geographic area as theirs?
"MINE!"
That is toddleresque.
Because someone fought for it? They did not fight the Earth for the right to own it. Paid taxes? To the Earth?
Protect. Share.
"MINE!"
That is toddleresque.
Because someone fought for it? They did not fight the Earth for the right to own it. Paid taxes? To the Earth?
Protect. Share.
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This needs to be getting significantly more national attention.
November 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This needs to be getting significantly more national attention.
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There are moments when it feels like the nation gave up after the 2024 election, but we urgently need to turn things around next year and '28. The complete deregulation taking place at the EPA allowing for the use of PFAs pesticides on food is yet another wake up call for the nation.
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
There are moments when it feels like the nation gave up after the 2024 election, but we urgently need to turn things around next year and '28. The complete deregulation taking place at the EPA allowing for the use of PFAs pesticides on food is yet another wake up call for the nation.
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Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
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On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we not only mourn the lives of our trans siblings and neighbors taken too soon, but also demand a cultural shift.
Every person of every gender deserves safety, support, and love—period.
Every person of every gender deserves safety, support, and love—period.
November 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we not only mourn the lives of our trans siblings and neighbors taken too soon, but also demand a cultural shift.
Every person of every gender deserves safety, support, and love—period.
Every person of every gender deserves safety, support, and love—period.
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An insult to students and families—announced during American Education Week. Students need more support, not less.
Trump Administration Announces Steps to Dismantle Education Department
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
An insult to students and families—announced during American Education Week. Students need more support, not less.
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You may not know it, but November is National Family Engagement Month—and parents and families are our best partners.
Students truly thrive when educators and families have shared trust, and collaborate to ensure student success.
Students truly thrive when educators and families have shared trust, and collaborate to ensure student success.
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
You may not know it, but November is National Family Engagement Month—and parents and families are our best partners.
Students truly thrive when educators and families have shared trust, and collaborate to ensure student success.
Students truly thrive when educators and families have shared trust, and collaborate to ensure student success.
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This week we will mark fifty years of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Now is the time to strengthen and fully fund IDEA—not deprioritize and devalue our students with disabilities #IDEA50
Now is the time to strengthen and fully fund IDEA—not deprioritize and devalue our students with disabilities #IDEA50
Inclusion isn't optional—it's a civil right. IDEA guarantees students with disabilities can learn in the least restrictive environment alongside their peers. https://action.momsrising.org/sign/Disability_Education_cuts/?source=bsky.mr #IDEA50 #MomSky
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This week we will mark fifty years of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Now is the time to strengthen and fully fund IDEA—not deprioritize and devalue our students with disabilities #IDEA50
Now is the time to strengthen and fully fund IDEA—not deprioritize and devalue our students with disabilities #IDEA50
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As you do your Thanksgiving shopping this week, remember to buy union-made goods! #BetterInAUnion https://aflcio.org/union-thanksgiving
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
As you do your Thanksgiving shopping this week, remember to buy union-made goods! #BetterInAUnion https://aflcio.org/union-thanksgiving
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Today—and all days—wishing everyone a restful time surrounded by loved ones. Even amidst turmoil there is much to be thankful for.
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Today—and all days—wishing everyone a restful time surrounded by loved ones. Even amidst turmoil there is much to be thankful for.
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‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
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During this season of giving, let’s do what we can to give back to the communities that have given us so much. From our family to yours, have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
During this season of giving, let’s do what we can to give back to the communities that have given us so much. From our family to yours, have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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...it’s important to remember those in America who now live in want and in fear. Millions of people in this nation — including a large number of children — are unhoused and hungry. Millions of immigrants to America are living in fear...
together, we can and will end this...
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...it’s important to remember those in America who now live in want and in fear. Millions of people in this nation — including a large number of children — are unhoused and hungry. Millions of immigrants to America are living in fear...
together, we can and will end this...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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...it’s important to remember those in America who now live in want and in fear. Millions of people in this nation — including a large number of children — are unhoused and hungry. Millions of immigrants to America are living in fear...
together, we can and will end this...
"
...it’s important to remember those in America who now live in want and in fear. Millions of people in this nation — including a large number of children — are unhoused and hungry. Millions of immigrants to America are living in fear...
together, we can and will end this...
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How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
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Violence has no place in America. Michelle and I are praying for the servicemembers shot in Washington, DC today, and send our love to their families as they enter this holiday season under the most tragic of circumstances.
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Violence has no place in America. Michelle and I are praying for the servicemembers shot in Washington, DC today, and send our love to their families as they enter this holiday season under the most tragic of circumstances.
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Thanksgiving came early for hatemongers, nativists, and bigots who will use this to be anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim but never have a word to say when shooters and terrorists are white men.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Live updates: D.C. shooting suspect is an Afghan national; 2 National Guard members in critical condition
By 3 p.m., D.C. police said they had one suspect in custody.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Thanksgiving came early for hatemongers, nativists, and bigots who will use this to be anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim but never have a word to say when shooters and terrorists are white men.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
"As Joy-Ann Reid put it in a...video: 'Dear retailers who’ve decided you don’t like diversity, equity, and inclusion, or you really love ICE and you have no problem with them busting into your establishments to drag people away...We ain’t buying it...for real, for real, we ain’t buyin’ it.'”
November 25, 2025
Last week, a poll conducted for Global EV Alliance, made up of electric vehicle driver associations around the world, found that 52% of Americans would avoid buying a Tesla for political reasons.
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
"As Joy-Ann Reid put it in a...video: 'Dear retailers who’ve decided you don’t like diversity, equity, and inclusion, or you really love ICE and you have no problem with them busting into your establishments to drag people away...We ain’t buying it...for real, for real, we ain’t buyin’ it.'”
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I haven't seen a Kent Shore Lark since Jan 2022 but found one today at Sandwich Bay
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I haven't seen a Kent Shore Lark since Jan 2022 but found one today at Sandwich Bay
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No contract, no coffee.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
No contract, no coffee.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
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Back home in Chicagoland on Lake Michigan. November 26, 2025.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Back home in Chicagoland on Lake Michigan. November 26, 2025.