Erin Grunze
@eringrunze.bsky.social
Lifelong Wisconsinite. Lover of music, sunshine, and democracy. I think the world of my boys.
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Colorado became the first state to mandate polling places inside all county jails—and turnout among voters who were detained in jails skyrocketed.
It grew by roughly 900% between 2022 and 2024.
It grew by roughly 900% between 2022 and 2024.
Jail Voting Soars in Colorado After State Mandates Polling Places in County Lockups
Local officials had claimed they were already giving detained people ballot access, but the first-in-the-nation mandate forced their hands and increased turnout across the state.
boltsmag.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Colorado became the first state to mandate polling places inside all county jails—and turnout among voters who were detained in jails skyrocketed.
It grew by roughly 900% between 2022 and 2024.
It grew by roughly 900% between 2022 and 2024.
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♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
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Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 @uwmadison.bsky.social political science professor and Elections Research Center director @bcburden.bsky.social explains the premise and status of two lawsuits that seek to redraw Wisconsin's congressional district maps.
Barry Burden on lawsuits over Wisconsin's congressional maps
Barry Burden on two lawsuits that seek to redraw Wisconsin's congressional district maps.
pbswisconsin.org
December 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 @uwmadison.bsky.social political science professor and Elections Research Center director @bcburden.bsky.social explains the premise and status of two lawsuits that seek to redraw Wisconsin's congressional district maps.
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Streaming? Out. Borrowing physical media from your public library? In.
Have libraries have become the new Blockbuster?
Streaming is over. The magazine is back. And everyone who’s too online is apparently getting off again. The time is ripe for an analog revolution. And where better to start than the stacks? A…
buff.ly
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Streaming? Out. Borrowing physical media from your public library? In.
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Yuanxin, the 6 year old kidnapped by ICE earlier this week, has been located in the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
This is also where they sent Emmanuel Garcia, the 15 year old autistic boy who went missing in Texas.
It took his mother 50 days to get him back.
We must get Yuanxin out faster.
This is also where they sent Emmanuel Garcia, the 15 year old autistic boy who went missing in Texas.
It took his mother 50 days to get him back.
We must get Yuanxin out faster.
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 6, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Yuanxin, the 6 year old kidnapped by ICE earlier this week, has been located in the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
This is also where they sent Emmanuel Garcia, the 15 year old autistic boy who went missing in Texas.
It took his mother 50 days to get him back.
We must get Yuanxin out faster.
This is also where they sent Emmanuel Garcia, the 15 year old autistic boy who went missing in Texas.
It took his mother 50 days to get him back.
We must get Yuanxin out faster.
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You can find our full answers to 12 childhood vaccination questions (that you may have been afraid to ask) at m.yale.edu/cyy8.
Answers written by: @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
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Answers written by: @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
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Childhood Vaccinations Fact Sheet | Yale School of Public Health
Explore essential information about childhood vaccinations through a comprehensive fact sheet, offering public health insights on safety, effectiveness, and the impact of childhood vaccinations. Learn...
m.yale.edu
February 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
You can find our full answers to 12 childhood vaccination questions (that you may have been afraid to ask) at m.yale.edu/cyy8.
Answers written by: @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
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Answers written by: @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
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I know so many great people who are doing so much. If you are isolated from people who are trying their best, I can understand feeling like no one's doing anything, but really, you just need to find the people who are trying and try with them — or maybe encourage some new folks to try alongside you.
December 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I know so many great people who are doing so much. If you are isolated from people who are trying their best, I can understand feeling like no one's doing anything, but really, you just need to find the people who are trying and try with them — or maybe encourage some new folks to try alongside you.
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should not be complicated to grasp that we cannot have war crimes without a war — but we can and we do have murder, and when we've programmatically murdered scores of victims we have mass murder
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM
should not be complicated to grasp that we cannot have war crimes without a war — but we can and we do have murder, and when we've programmatically murdered scores of victims we have mass murder
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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The first step toward reforming an institution like SCOTUS is exposing its corruption. The goal is to discredit it enough so that politicians feel compelled to act. These district court rulings do just that, in a very visceral way.
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The first step toward reforming an institution like SCOTUS is exposing its corruption. The goal is to discredit it enough so that politicians feel compelled to act. These district court rulings do just that, in a very visceral way.
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High schools teach the Constitution as some miraculous perfect document but as an instrument of democracy it’s deeply flawed. We’ve learned a lot about how to run a government in 240 years.
The U.S. is the only democracy in the world with:
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
December 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
High schools teach the Constitution as some miraculous perfect document but as an instrument of democracy it’s deeply flawed. We’ve learned a lot about how to run a government in 240 years.
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What a story! How France uncovered the mystery of the forbidden photos of Nazi-occupied Paris
www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...
www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...
How France uncovered the mystery of the forbidden photos of Nazi-occupied Paris
The search for the unknown photographer began in the summer of 2020, with the discovery of an old photo album at a flea market in southern France.
www.npr.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
What a story! How France uncovered the mystery of the forbidden photos of Nazi-occupied Paris
www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...
www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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ICE is a terrorist organization.
Abolition is the moderate position.
Abolition is the moderate position.
Pastor Jorge Bautista was telling a Border Patrol agent "we come in peace" when the agent fired toxic powder at him, leaving him struggling to breathe.
“No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” he says.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
“No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” he says.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
ICE is a terrorist organization.
Abolition is the moderate position.
Abolition is the moderate position.
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this just flooded my brain with so much dopamine
This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
December 1, 2025 at 3:44 AM
this just flooded my brain with so much dopamine
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I send money to @wikipedia.org every year.
This is something you can do to make a difference and fight against AI slop.
This is something you can do to make a difference and fight against AI slop.
I take Wikipedia for granted. Reading this Jimmy Wales interview reminded me in our Fantasyland age what a remarkable and important creation it is. True pillar of civilization. Runs on only $200 million a year. Requires our support. So I’m finally donating. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
The Culture Wars Came for Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales Is Staying the Course.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I send money to @wikipedia.org every year.
This is something you can do to make a difference and fight against AI slop.
This is something you can do to make a difference and fight against AI slop.
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Among Native Americans and First Nations peoples, the planting combination of corn, squash, and beans is known as "Three Sisters."
In Central America and Mexico, the practice is known as milpa, and it dates back thousands of years. 🧵⬇️
In Central America and Mexico, the practice is known as milpa, and it dates back thousands of years. 🧵⬇️
November 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Among Native Americans and First Nations peoples, the planting combination of corn, squash, and beans is known as "Three Sisters."
In Central America and Mexico, the practice is known as milpa, and it dates back thousands of years. 🧵⬇️
In Central America and Mexico, the practice is known as milpa, and it dates back thousands of years. 🧵⬇️
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The most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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More than a dozen children were taken out of a Chicago apartment building during a federal immigration raid.
One man said he worried about his 6-year-old nephew, who clung to his legs when agents knocked down the door.
By @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
One man said he worried about his 6-year-old nephew, who clung to his legs when agents knocked down the door.
By @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
What the Trump Administration’s Videos From a Chicago Immigration Raid Don’t Show
Detained and deported Venezuelans tell their stories of what happened when immigration agents raided their apartment building.
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
More than a dozen children were taken out of a Chicago apartment building during a federal immigration raid.
One man said he worried about his 6-year-old nephew, who clung to his legs when agents knocked down the door.
By @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
One man said he worried about his 6-year-old nephew, who clung to his legs when agents knocked down the door.
By @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
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A lot of people need to read this.
We Don’t Know Where We Will End Up…
A Year Since the 2024 Election
prisonculture.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A lot of people need to read this.