shabol.bsky.social
@shabol.bsky.social
Look what Indiana’s State Republicans are trying to do now:

Curb early voting.

If you are a Hoosier, call your state senator and tell them to stop trying to suppress votes!
February 18, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Sitting in Indiana House session, which started 30 minutes late and is now further held up by a House Resolution honoring someone’s retirement.

Meanwhile citizens who showed up at 1:30 for the session have been sitting here for almost an hour waiting for session to begin.

Pretty unreal.
February 9, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Let’s continuing paying teachers a pittance and shovel money and energy into a Constitutionally questionable partnership with TurningPoint USA. That’s what Indiana’s gov/lt.gov plan to do, starting 3/12/26: Check out this article from IndyStar:

www.indystar.com/story/news/e...
Indiana to partner with Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA to expand presence in schools
The partnership would strive to start chapters in every school and punish schools that prevent students from creating or joining the club.
www.indystar.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:47 PM
“”This content was rightfully removed, should have never been posted to begin with, and is not who we are as a nation,” wrote Sen. Katie Britt, an Alabama Republican.”

Hate to tell you Senator Britt but this is EXACTLY who many Americans are, including Trump.”

apnews.com/article/trum...
Republicans rarely criticize Trump in his second term. A racist post briefly changed that
President Donald Trump is facing rare criticism from his Republican Party over a racist video. Trump's White House removed a video that contained a racist image of former President Barack Obama and fo...
apnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM
The White House is ratcheting up its propaganda machine in pushing out deep fake AI imagery that it is passing off as real. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...
‘They Couldn’t Break Me’: A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Check out my new series on immigration in America - specifically legal immigrants who arrive in America as refugees. My first post sets the stage: voices4democracyindiana.substack.com/p/meet-the-i...
From Strangers to Neighbors
My experience is not of “filthy” countries or “garbage” people
voices4democracyindiana.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:12 AM
ICE isn’t just murdering people. They are also seriously injuring or disabling people and then lying medical personnel about how the immigrant sustained the injuries. #ICEOut #DefundICE: apnews.com/article/immi...
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
apnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Reposted
No arrests of the ICE thugs who murdered Alex Pretti, Renee Good, or Keith Porter. No arrests of anyone in the Epstein Files. But they arrested Don Lemon because of his journalism.
January 30, 2026 at 1:44 PM
January 5, 2026 at 12:51 AM
And now Trump is spewing lies about our major cities: Washington D.C., and LA, specifically. How does he get away with all the lies he tells? He damages and harms so many people with his lies about crime, terrorism…God help us all.
January 3, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Russia invaded Ukraine and it was a crime. Now America invades Venezuela and Trump wants us to believe we are heroes as he announces “we will run the country.”

This is wrong. Period. Congress has completely rolled over.
January 3, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Hoosiers deserve far better. This report on the state of Indiana’s political system - and how very, very broken it is - is an indictment of BOTH political parties in Indiana. I sat up late last night reading it. I *thought* I knew current state. I did not: drive.google.com/file/d/1d7QB...
Report on Competitive Elections.pdf
drive.google.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Indiana is in the news but not for a good reason. Our lack of civics knowledge and involvement got us here: open.substack.com/pub/voices4d...
The Quiet Cure for Gerrymandering
Civics education is the answer Indiana needs
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
My submission to testify before Indiana’s Senate committee re: the proposed redistricting bill was not recorded. Here’s the testimony I’d hoped to offer: #Indiana #Democracy open.substack.com/pub/shaboller/…
https://open.substack.com/pub/shaboller/…
December 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Excited for this to come to Carmel, IN - a civics literacy worksop! substack.com/@voices4demo...
Voices4DemocracyIndiana (@voices4democracyindiana)
MADVoters has been a force in Indiana for the past couple of years working to create “mutually assured democracy” in Indiana, which has had a supermajority in Indiana’s legislature since 2010 (House) ...
substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Love this post. Happy Veterans Day to all those who have served in our wars: shttps://open.substack.com/pub/voices4democracyindiana/p/a-white-veterans-reflections-on-veterans?r=28e7a9&utm_medium=ios
A white veteran’s reflections on Veteran’s Day
History shows us that diversity is needed in our military and our alliances
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Very intriguing combo! I want to attend.
Due to an overwhelming response, we're making virtual passes available for "History Has Its Eyes On Us" on November 18.

Join me, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and @hcrichardson.bsky.social for a conversation about the history we're living through and how we can all shape our country's future. bit.ly/OT-LV
Special Conversation with Hillary Clinton, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Heather Cox Richardson
Support Onward Together and Latino Victory Project on November 18
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
ICYMI - these are all big, big signs - particularly the results in Texas, Mississippi, and Maine: red states: open.substack.com/pub/populari...
Six election results that didn’t make the headlines
Although Democratic victories in New York, Virginia, New Jersey, and California dominated the headlines, significant contests were held across the nation.
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I'm attending Showing Up for Racial Justice's event, “Mass Call: Showed up? Keep it up! What's next after No Kings Day” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...
Mass Call: Showed up? Keep it up! What's next after No Kings Day · Showing Up for Racial Justice
While times are very intense and wild, the growing signs of mass resistance are impactful and huge. The No Kings Day protest was the largest single-day political protest ever in the U.S. Just last mon...
www.mobilize.us
October 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Trump proposes limiting total number of refugees accepted by U.S. in 2026 to 7500. This is a travesty. Worse, 7K of those slots will be designated for one group: white South Africans who don’t meet definition of refugee.

substack.com/@shaboller/n...
Where do the neediest refugees come from?
Hint: Not South Africa
substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Despite Republicans efforts to cast No Kings protests as “hate America” protests when the reality is that they were “We love America” rallies and calls to protect democracy.
Chicago - no kings
October 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reposted
Sanders: In my state, people received notices from insurance companies that their health care premiums in some cases would triple or quadruple. That is going on all over the country, at a time when we already pay by far the highest prices in the world for health care…
October 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Reposted
Boston. Wow.
October 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Thousands gathered in Indianapolis at No Kings singing National Anthem together. We love our country. We protest because we want to protect and defend a democracy Trump and Project 2025 are destroying.
October 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM