Samhain Night

@samhainnight.bsky.social

Artist, writer, musician, maker of pies.

Call your Senators and let them know to BLOCK BLANCHE. He's coming for your reproductive rights.

Reproductive Freedom for All@reproductivefreedomforall.org · 6h ago

@katiephang.bsky.social lays out how nominee for AG Todd Blanche is saying the quiet part out loud: The Trump admin will use every lever they can to restrict abortion, in every state. Call your Senators and tell them to vote NO on Blanche. 📞 888-380-2711 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vXNF98NXAjg

The Fresno picket line was strong today as members came together to demand a fair Contract and protest the State's bad faith bargaining. Thank you to everyone who showed up. Join the next action and stand with your fellow members as we fight for the Contract we deserve. #SEIU1000

This excellent Washpost story is an illustration of how the anguish from an unjustified arrest — in this case, of a veterinarian trying to protect animals near the Reflecting Pool —can linger long after the charges are dropped. Gift link ⤵️ wapo.st/3RSQ6nU

Arrested at Reflecting Pool, woman details ‘heartbreaking’ toll case has taken

Sophie Dennison-Gibby was one of three defendants charged with a misdemeanor related to Reflecting Pool damage. The charges were all dropped.

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Last year, the US saw a 13% increase in workers joining major strikes. From sanitation workers in Philly to nurses in Oregon, the working class is uniting to take our power back. Thriving wages aren't freely given, they are fought for on the picket line.

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every time I see this there's a lot of "what if we did a completely different thing that isn't James Bond at all" hypotheticals and, yes, many of those hypotheticals sound neat and I would like to see those movies but they are not James Bond, lots of us still like James Bond, let's do both

Senator Whitehouse pointing out how absolutely ludicrous it is to vote for Todd Blanche. There will never be any justice for the Epstein survivors, no justice for the families of the victims of ICE andno justice for the Capitol police that were attacked on Jan. 6. #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance

Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸@judiciarydems.senate.gov · yesterday

Sen. WHITEHOUSE: Voting for this guy Todd Blanche today gives Republicans’ blessing to the botched Epstein Files release. Even Pam Bondi pointed at Blanche as responsible. It gives their blessing to his continuing role in the coverup.

Josh Turek wants something better for Iowans — he’s the Dem running to flip the Senate. Just an amazing human being! He wants to lower costs, raise wages, restore Roe,protect workers, SS & Medicare, reproductive healthcare and will fight for farmers and education. More of this 🙏🏼 #BlueWaveIn90Days

JOSH TUREK
READY TO FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE
FOUR-TIME PARALYMPIAN
TWO-TIME
GOLD MEDALIST

LIFELONG FIGHTER

JOSH WAS BORN WITH SPINA BIFIDA
21 SURGERIES
BEFORE AGE 12
HE NEVER STOPPED PUSHING FORWARD
HE DIDN'T JUST
OVERCOME THE ODDS HE REDEFINED THEM
HE KNOWS
WHAT STRUGGLE IS

He was 3 sport varsity high school athlete. Rhodes scholar Michigan grad. Epidemiologist Plays/played football, lacrosse etc If he were european white, he would be the poster child for "all american" That he isn't is because of his name, ethnicity, heritage, and skin color...sheer bigotry

The ruling follows the Supreme Court’s June decision that cleared the way for the administration to end the humanitarian program, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of losing their legal status and facing deportation.

Are you familiar with Alisa Valdes Rodriguez? She’s a novelist but lives in New Mexico and started to look into this from a local angle. I haven’t followed everything she’s looking at but some has been interesting