Eleanor Grano
@ellepolloloca.bsky.social
Mom, fronteriza. Comms Manager at Chicago Abortion Fund. Previously, Jane’s Due Process and National Domestic Violence Hotline. Views my own. she/her/ella
Email: eleanor@chicagoabortionfund.org
Email: eleanor@chicagoabortionfund.org
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This isn’t just about individual scams but also about a system so confusing and inaccessible that people feel they have no choice but to trust anyone promising a path forward. And reporting fraud is just as complicated.
A new investigation I reported w/ Max Blaisdell shows how immigrants seeking legal help are being targeted by scams. During a time when people are desperate for work permits, green cards, or asylum, notarios & impostors can exploit that fear. Via @southsideweekly.bsky.social @typeinvestigations.org
Fraudsters target immigrants seeking legal help
In Illinois, immigrants have lost thousands of dollars to notarios offering legal assistance they’re not qualified to provide—as well as other impostors. Nationally, the figure is at least $1.2 millio...
southsideweekly.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This isn’t just about individual scams but also about a system so confusing and inaccessible that people feel they have no choice but to trust anyone promising a path forward. And reporting fraud is just as complicated.
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New: chatted with an attorney from @aclutx.bsky.social about SB 8, the Texas bathroom bill, and what it means for Texans, trans and cis alike. The law goes into effect tomorrow, Dec. 4. Here's what it does (and does not) do - www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Know your rights under Texas' new 'bathroom bill'
Senate Bill 8, dubbed the "bathroom bill," goes into force on Dec. 4. The new law could impact transgender and cisgender Texans alike.
www.chron.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
New: chatted with an attorney from @aclutx.bsky.social about SB 8, the Texas bathroom bill, and what it means for Texans, trans and cis alike. The law goes into effect tomorrow, Dec. 4. Here's what it does (and does not) do - www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Please clap! I’ve survived 11 days without daycare + a major snow storm that kept us stuck inside. January me would’ve crumbled. But, look at me now. I’ve hit a parenting growth curve 🌱
December 1, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Please clap! I’ve survived 11 days without daycare + a major snow storm that kept us stuck inside. January me would’ve crumbled. But, look at me now. I’ve hit a parenting growth curve 🌱
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every single baby had to be
hospitalized.
hospitalized.
The leader of the Association of Food and Drug Officials told Healthbeat that the FDA has been slow to share distribution lists for recalled ByHeart formula. “I’m not sure they recognize the sense of urgency,” he said.
FDA delays left recalled baby formula on store shelves, food safety expert says
The leader of the Association of Food and Drug Officials told Healthbeat that the FDA has been slow to share distribution lists for recalled ByHeart formula. “I’m not sure they recognize the sense of urgency,” he said.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
every single baby had to be
hospitalized.
hospitalized.
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A new article with @mjnelson.bsky.social in PRQ, using a conjoint, CPS ASES and medical residency application data, finds that abortion bans make states less desirable places to live for young women, college graduates and doctors.
This law is more extreme.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
This law is more extreme.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A new article with @mjnelson.bsky.social in PRQ, using a conjoint, CPS ASES and medical residency application data, finds that abortion bans make states less desirable places to live for young women, college graduates and doctors.
This law is more extreme.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
This law is more extreme.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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vibes have chilled somewhat.
lines of police facing protesters on both sides of the “free speech” zone.
faith leaders still leading demonstrators in song as people dance and chant. “get up, get down. chicago is an immigrant town!”
lines of police facing protesters on both sides of the “free speech” zone.
faith leaders still leading demonstrators in song as people dance and chant. “get up, get down. chicago is an immigrant town!”
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
vibes have chilled somewhat.
lines of police facing protesters on both sides of the “free speech” zone.
faith leaders still leading demonstrators in song as people dance and chant. “get up, get down. chicago is an immigrant town!”
lines of police facing protesters on both sides of the “free speech” zone.
faith leaders still leading demonstrators in song as people dance and chant. “get up, get down. chicago is an immigrant town!”
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Happening now: clergy protest ICE detention center in Chicago.
“Why are you still here? Greg Bovino already left.”
“It’s an internment camp…no medicine…toilets don’t work”
“Why are you still here? Greg Bovino already left.”
“It’s an internment camp…no medicine…toilets don’t work”
November 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Happening now: clergy protest ICE detention center in Chicago.
“Why are you still here? Greg Bovino already left.”
“It’s an internment camp…no medicine…toilets don’t work”
“Why are you still here? Greg Bovino already left.”
“It’s an internment camp…no medicine…toilets don’t work”
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🎉 Congratulations to @chiabortionfund.bsky.social for four decades of fearless advocacy, care, and community. As the largest independent abortion fund in the country, CAF sets the standard for access, care, & compassion, proving that Illinois is the blueprint. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/11/c...
Chicago Abortion Fund Celebrates Milestone As State Expands Reproductive Health Efforts
At the 40-year mark, the Chicago nonprofit — the largest independent abortion fund in the country — is serving record numbers of patients.
blockclubchicago.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🎉 Congratulations to @chiabortionfund.bsky.social for four decades of fearless advocacy, care, and community. As the largest independent abortion fund in the country, CAF sets the standard for access, care, & compassion, proving that Illinois is the blueprint. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/11/c...
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Wisconsin Republicans are proposing a bill that would mandate women use ‘catch kits’ when they have a miscarriage or abortion—forcing them to bag up their pregnancy tissue and bring it to the doctor as medical waste.
Republicans Are Pushing 'Catch Kits' For Miscarriages & Abortion
11.12.24
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Wisconsin Republicans are proposing a bill that would mandate women use ‘catch kits’ when they have a miscarriage or abortion—forcing them to bag up their pregnancy tissue and bring it to the doctor as medical waste.
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Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
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It may feel like they are riding high because Project 2025 was high profile, but Heritage has been falling apart ever since Kevin Roberts took over. They’ve never had so little ability to do real policy analysis and advance conservative policy. All they do is produce slop for conservative media.
My assumption is that the New York Post has better sources inside Heritage than most other press outlets. One tidbit of note: Princeton's Robert P. George, a Heritage trustee, is said to be pushing fellow board members to oust its president Kevin Roberts. Hope he succeeds.
Exclusive | Heritage Foundation in revolt over Tucker Carlson defense after controversial Nick Fuentes interview: ‘Footsie with literal Nazis’
“I’m disgusted by this,” said one Heritage staffer.
nypost.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It may feel like they are riding high because Project 2025 was high profile, but Heritage has been falling apart ever since Kevin Roberts took over. They’ve never had so little ability to do real policy analysis and advance conservative policy. All they do is produce slop for conservative media.
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Unlike other projects the Trump administration has canceled during the shutdown to punish Democratic-leaning places, disruption to SNAP will touch every corner of the country, including many communities that support the president.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...
Here’s Who Will Be Affected by Disruptions to Federal Food Aid
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Unlike other projects the Trump administration has canceled during the shutdown to punish Democratic-leaning places, disruption to SNAP will touch every corner of the country, including many communities that support the president.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...
Just hit 100 trick or treaters! Just 400 away from my goal and it’s only 6:30PM. LFG baby 🙂↔️🙂↔️🙂↔️🙂↔️
I know this top tier Millennial cringe. But one of the teen girls who came by my house tonight told me I was the coolest mom on the block bc I had specific treats for them (bat eye masks & Halloween socks) & everyone is taking pics with their family in front of my yard.
Mom, I’ve made it!
Mom, I’ve made it!
October 31, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Just hit 100 trick or treaters! Just 400 away from my goal and it’s only 6:30PM. LFG baby 🙂↔️🙂↔️🙂↔️🙂↔️
I know this top tier Millennial cringe. But one of the teen girls who came by my house tonight told me I was the coolest mom on the block bc I had specific treats for them (bat eye masks & Halloween socks) & everyone is taking pics with their family in front of my yard.
Mom, I’ve made it!
Mom, I’ve made it!
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I know this top tier Millennial cringe. But one of the teen girls who came by my house tonight told me I was the coolest mom on the block bc I had specific treats for them (bat eye masks & Halloween socks) & everyone is taking pics with their family in front of my yard.
Mom, I’ve made it!
Mom, I’ve made it!
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In a given week, OpenAI estimated that around .07 percent of active ChatGPT users show “possible signs of mental health emergencies related to psychosis or mania” and .15 percent “have conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.”
Here's How Many People May Use ChatGPT During a Mental Health Crisis Each Week
OpenAI released initial estimates about the share of users who may be experiencing symptoms like delusional thinking, mania, or suicidal ideation, and says it has tweaked GPT-5 to respond more effecti...
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
In a given week, OpenAI estimated that around .07 percent of active ChatGPT users show “possible signs of mental health emergencies related to psychosis or mania” and .15 percent “have conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.”
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As access to contraception spread it changed our world – making it newly possible for more women to build prestigious careers and civic lives. I've spent my career carefully contributing to the evidence of this amazing, messy process. So I know that it has done a lot of good and this will hurt many.
They’ve RIF’d the DHHS Office of Population Affairs, which overseas the Title X program funding contraception for low-income women.
Trump Administration Decimates Birth Control Office in Layoffs
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
As access to contraception spread it changed our world – making it newly possible for more women to build prestigious careers and civic lives. I've spent my career carefully contributing to the evidence of this amazing, messy process. So I know that it has done a lot of good and this will hurt many.
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NEW: 51 Senators urge RFK Jr. and Marty Makary to end telemedicine prescriptions of the abortion drug mifepristone— and to suspend its distribution as an "imminent hazard" under Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Collins and Murkowski only GOP members not to sign
justthenews.com/sites/defaul...
justthenews.com/sites/defaul...
October 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
NEW: 51 Senators urge RFK Jr. and Marty Makary to end telemedicine prescriptions of the abortion drug mifepristone— and to suspend its distribution as an "imminent hazard" under Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Collins and Murkowski only GOP members not to sign
justthenews.com/sites/defaul...
justthenews.com/sites/defaul...
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@susanrinkunas.com and I contacted every Planned Parenthood affiliate potentially affected by the Medicaid “defund.”
Here’s what we learned about whether people with Medicaid can still visit their local PP:
Here’s what we learned about whether people with Medicaid can still visit their local PP:
In the wake of federal “defunding,” one Planned Parenthood affiliate has halted abortions, another has suspended all Medicaid services, and others are self-pay only. Find out where your local organization stands:
Here’s Which Planned Parenthood Clinics Are Still Seeing Medicaid Patients
In the wake of federal “defunding,” one Planned Parenthood affiliate has halted abortions, another has suspended all Medicaid services, and others are self-pay only. Find out where your local organiza...
www.autonomynews.co
October 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
@susanrinkunas.com and I contacted every Planned Parenthood affiliate potentially affected by the Medicaid “defund.”
Here’s what we learned about whether people with Medicaid can still visit their local PP:
Here’s what we learned about whether people with Medicaid can still visit their local PP:
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Lots of inaccuracies floating around re: the new generic mifepristone. It's not the first generic, it's the second, and it's not a "new abortion pill." It's the same thing that's already on the market, there are just a total of three companies making the drug now (brand name and two generics).
October 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Lots of inaccuracies floating around re: the new generic mifepristone. It's not the first generic, it's the second, and it's not a "new abortion pill." It's the same thing that's already on the market, there are just a total of three companies making the drug now (brand name and two generics).
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The Trump administration says it's freezing $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure funding.
October 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The Trump administration says it's freezing $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure funding.
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It’s game day in #Chicago and every day is a win when abortion is safe and accessible. 🐻🧡🏈 #InternationalSafeAbortionDay
September 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It’s game day in #Chicago and every day is a win when abortion is safe and accessible. 🐻🧡🏈 #InternationalSafeAbortionDay
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NEW: California was on track to pass a law this year that'd bring a path out of prison for some survivors of domestic violence who've been convicted of harming their abuser.
But the bill ended up dying in the state Senate as the session drew to a close this summer. Bolts reviews what happened:
But the bill ended up dying in the state Senate as the session drew to a close this summer. Bolts reviews what happened:
For Third Year, California Kills Bill to Help Incarcerated Domestic Violence Survivors - Bolts
Advocates in California have pushed for relief for people convicted of harming their abuser, hoping to build on states across the political spectrum that have adopted such reforms.
boltsmag.org
September 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
NEW: California was on track to pass a law this year that'd bring a path out of prison for some survivors of domestic violence who've been convicted of harming their abuser.
But the bill ended up dying in the state Senate as the session drew to a close this summer. Bolts reviews what happened:
But the bill ended up dying in the state Senate as the session drew to a close this summer. Bolts reviews what happened:
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Join us on November 6th at Room 1520 as we celebrate 40 Years of Meeting the Moment for abortion access in Illinois and beyond. 💚
🎟️ Tickets: chicagoabortionfund.org/40thevent
🎟️ Tickets: chicagoabortionfund.org/40thevent
September 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Join us on November 6th at Room 1520 as we celebrate 40 Years of Meeting the Moment for abortion access in Illinois and beyond. 💚
🎟️ Tickets: chicagoabortionfund.org/40thevent
🎟️ Tickets: chicagoabortionfund.org/40thevent
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U.S. citizens reportedly make up less than 7% of foreigners living in Mexico City. Yet their impact has been outsize: whole swaths of Mexico City’s food scene — a point of immense pride — have been remade in the American image. It started with the salsas. nyti.ms/4nxs63V
September 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
U.S. citizens reportedly make up less than 7% of foreigners living in Mexico City. Yet their impact has been outsize: whole swaths of Mexico City’s food scene — a point of immense pride — have been remade in the American image. It started with the salsas. nyti.ms/4nxs63V
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Despite Trump's claims, data shows that right-wing extremists are far more violent than those on the left.
And the origins of today's far-right insurrectionism lie in the anti-abortion movement.
I spoke with Carol Mason for @thenation.com:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
And the origins of today's far-right insurrectionism lie in the anti-abortion movement.
I spoke with Carol Mason for @thenation.com:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Carol Mason Explains How Abortion Opponents Went From Blockading Clinics to Storming the Capitol
A conversation with the author about her new book, From the Clinics to the Capitol: How Opposing Abortion Became Insurrectionary.
www.thenation.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Despite Trump's claims, data shows that right-wing extremists are far more violent than those on the left.
And the origins of today's far-right insurrectionism lie in the anti-abortion movement.
I spoke with Carol Mason for @thenation.com:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
And the origins of today's far-right insurrectionism lie in the anti-abortion movement.
I spoke with Carol Mason for @thenation.com:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...