@loupgrru.bsky.social
I'm an English teacher/tutor & a writer with progressive politics. My recent writing has mostly been about climate change and community at climatesteps.org. I like to cook and read fiction.
The order will be in effect for 14 days. It requires officials to provide detainees at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the west Chicago suburb of Broadview with a clean bedding mat and sufficient space to sleep, soap, towels, toilet paper, toothbrushes, toothpaste,
06.11.2025 12:22 — 👍 54 🔁 24 💬 5 📌 3
Texas… it’s not just Grijalva….
#TrumpEpsteinFilesCoverUp
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
06.11.2025 19:27 — 👍 23128 🔁 5407 💬 1017 📌 1449
Voters in West Ada’s Zone 3 picked a new face with an inclusive voice, after the district received national attention this year for ordering a teacher to remove a poster featuring multiracial hands and the words, #EveryoneIsWelcomeHere. boisedev.com/news/2025/11... #Idaho #SchoolBoard
06.11.2025 05:10 — 👍 20 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
There are over 900 rallies, protests, marches, and more this week!!! And last week, there were over 800 events.
Though it is a bit early to tell, early signs are pointing to an increase activism post No Kings.
THIS WEEK, hundreds of cities are hosting protests on Veterans’ Day.
“Resist” stickers are popping up on ICE machines across Chicago.
A cute and subtle defiance tactic out in the real world that helps get the message out and normalize resistance.
“...the spider group [spun] a web — and like bees — they were pollinating resources across the divided landscape. They attended to the needs of each location while they stitched something held in common....without convening the whole until people were ready.”
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/07/why-...
“The traditional power analysis presents four issues that leave movements at a disadvantage.“
“With this tool, you can consider your power, your opponent’s power and how you might chart a path to victory.”
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/this...
Still of Last Week Tonight. John Oliver is talking about an Oct. 8, 2021 ProPublica/WPLN investigation titled "Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn't Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge."
The new @lastweektonight.com piece on juvenile incarceration featured several @ProPublica stories.
First up was our 2021 investigation with @wpln.bsky.social about young Black kids in Tennessee jailed for a crime that doesn't exist:
www.propublica.org/article/blac...
No, we should work to end the carceral state.
07.05.2025 19:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
School officials in Maine say they will not comply with a proposed agreement from President Trump’s administration that would bar transgender athletes from participating in girls’ sports.
27.03.2025 22:15 — 👍 2391 🔁 451 💬 83 📌 143Before I joined @propublica.org, I spent five years working in population research. Many of my former colleagues were funded through NIH grants. Some of those grants have been terminated.
Would appreciate you sharing this with your colleagues and groups.
Got a tip related to the CDC? Here's how to contact @sheinvestigates.bsky.social ⤵️
28.03.2025 20:44 — 👍 154 🔁 51 💬 2 📌 0It's hard to know how to think about these blunders. On the one hand, you could say we only have to wait, they'll give us the openings we need. But on the other, they can kill people with stupidity just as well as they can with viciousness.
24.03.2025 22:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0But then how will seniors find out about this library service? They’re not reading email. Should we approach churches? Schools?
22.03.2025 20:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Share this information with your local library. If the local librarian is red, you don’t even have to sound critical of the administration. They’re cutting waste, but in this case seniors may suffer without access to computers. Libraries can make things easier, especially if they’re prepared.
22.03.2025 20:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0And they’re doing this while they’re closing offices and laying people off. If seniors don’t like or have computers or cell phones, they’ll have to travel farther and wait longer for issue resolution.
22.03.2025 20:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Acting SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek says if you can’t access their online system to prove your identity, you’ll have to do so in person while they’re closing offices (mostly in red states) & firing personnel.
We can serve the vulnerable: mobilize local libraries and find venues to spread word.
16.03.2025 10:46 — 👍 27 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0
If anyone is an Eli Crane constituent, call him at (202) 225-3361 and let him know how you feel about him letting Pete Hegseth disappear the heroism of the Navajo Code Talkers.
www.axios.com/local/salt-l...
BREAKING: A court overturned Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
This is a critical victory for trans rights.
28.02.2025 00:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🚨Trump & Musk are coming for your VA benefits. They’re coming for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid.
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While some agencies have resisted efforts by Elon Musk’s team to access confidential records, HUD has opened the door.
The potential harm to privacy could be significant.
Read @jessecoburn.bsky.social's latest: www.propublica.org/article/doge...
