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Bicycle Utopia
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Making space for environmental, economic, political, social sustainability.
One conversation, one bike ride at a time.

https://bicycleutopia.io
https://jeannehilary.substack.com/

#radicalcourtesy
#loveofplace
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Oh, and if you need a guide on how to 3D-print your own whistles for ICE awareness, there are printables linked in our story:
The Latest Defense Against ICE: 3D-Printed Whistles
Chicagoans are making, sharing, and printing designs for whistles that can warn people when ICE is in the area. The goal is to “prevent as many people from being kidnapped as possible.”
www.404media.co
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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You can call Senator Thune's office to voice your complaints.
November 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Boston doesn’t back down.
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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This has not gotten much attention, but it should.

Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.

Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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This is for all the stupid doomer twits who kept whining that the lawsuit was pointless bc the Trump administration wouldn't comply with the ruling anyway.
BREAKING: The USDA tells states funds will be made available later today to pay November SNAP benefits in full.
November 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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I do slightly think that what is happening in Chicago could be the beginnings of a non-violent civil disobedience movement that goes way beyond just like, No Kings protests, and could grow quite a lot
This morning, in Broadview, 14 suburban women were arrested during an act of civil disobedience calling for an end to ICE/CBP’s kidnappings throughout the Chicago area.

“We want to encourage other people who feel strongly about ICE’s actions to step off the sidelines and take our cities back.”
Fourteen suburban moms arrested in sit-in protest outside Broadview ICE facility
The mothers sat in a circle on Beach Street on Friday to “demand an end” to the immigration raids that have swept through the Chicago area since the Trump administration launched “Operation Midway Bli...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Thank you, @pelosi.house.gov for your service.
Among the great, you stand alone.
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The "Constitutionalists."

Who the hell do these people think they are?
Running for office to avoid prison.

And admitting it.

Let’s vote for people who run for office to do good.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Could it be? Yes, it could
Something's coming, something good if I can wait
Something's coming, I don't know what it is
But it is gonna be great

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com
Thanks to everyone who attended our online budget consultation meeting last night. Both @jleiper.bsky.social and I heard you loud and clear: you want a city that works, one that is affordable and one where no one gets left behind.
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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ATTN: If you were on the Sandwich Guy jury and you'd like to chat, my Signal is in my bio. I'll keep you anonymous! Please share this post!
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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We just wanted to say thank you to everyone! ICE agents keep lying under oath, and you’re the reason the truth is coming out.

Your videos and documentation have been crucial in revealing the truth behind those claims.
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Very exciting to see activists launching a new nonprofit today to keep building on the community of volunteers that came together to get Mamdani elected.

Our Time is a 501(c)(4) and plans to start events in December.
Our Time
A campaign for an affordable NYC
ourtime.nyc
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Mother speaks out after ICE raids #Chicago day care center.

“They are coming for all our children!”

#immigration
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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I also pull up the ICIRR on my phone so I don’t have to scramble if I see something

ICIRR 1-855-435-7693
When I run errands these days, I make sure I have my keys, my phone and my whistle. I wear the whistle in case I spot Homeland Security thugs terrorizing people and need to alert my neighbors. Lots of people are wearing them.
That’s how Trump has changed life in my hometown, Evanston, IL.
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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There were 13 elections last night for a statewide office.

Democrats swept all 13.

That’s 1 in NJ. 3 in VA. 2 in GA. And 7 in PA (all judges, retention and regular).

They won 12 of the 13 races by double-digits, with margins up to 24%. The only other race, the tightest, they won by 6%.
November 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Yes, they certainly are!!!
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Thank you, New York City. Together we made history.

Now let’s get to work.

transition2025.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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🎯🎯
Came here to say this, but Jamelle Bouie has this covered. 👇
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
1,000 times this.
The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Yes, yes, yes, 1,000 times yes.
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Seeing Mamdani win by a LANDSLIDE is giving me hope. That’s such a big deal these days. It’s amazing.
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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The Trump administration found $40 billion to bail out Argentina.

But Republicans are unwilling to spend a dime to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits.

The extremists will always put their billionaire donors first.

And America last.
November 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM