@nikep.bsky.social
Teacher. Wife. Mom. Kansas Citian. Democracy matters. Support local. Onward.
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My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."
They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.
Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.
organizingmythoughts.org
October 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."
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ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants
Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"
October 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants
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The NPR interview with Pritzker Goes well beyond the Chi. immigration raids.
Does he agree that gov’t may get in the way of progress? “Could not agree more.”
What’s this billionaire think of billionaires in gov’t? “It’s about your values and not how much money you have.”
youtu.be/BQTujyWZ6Ec?...
Does he agree that gov’t may get in the way of progress? “Could not agree more.”
What’s this billionaire think of billionaires in gov’t? “It’s about your values and not how much money you have.”
youtu.be/BQTujyWZ6Ec?...
JB Pritzker on “Operation Midway Blitz” and what he calls Trump’s “racist ends” | Morning Edition
YouTube video by NPR
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September 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The NPR interview with Pritzker Goes well beyond the Chi. immigration raids.
Does he agree that gov’t may get in the way of progress? “Could not agree more.”
What’s this billionaire think of billionaires in gov’t? “It’s about your values and not how much money you have.”
youtu.be/BQTujyWZ6Ec?...
Does he agree that gov’t may get in the way of progress? “Could not agree more.”
What’s this billionaire think of billionaires in gov’t? “It’s about your values and not how much money you have.”
youtu.be/BQTujyWZ6Ec?...
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Note: Criticism of Mr. Kennedy is coming from both sides of the aisle.
"[RFK Jr.]'s Senate testimony Thursday made one thing crystal clear: He won’t be restoring sanity to our public health bureaucracies, desperate as the need is."
nypost.com/2025/09/04/o... via @nypost.com
"[RFK Jr.]'s Senate testimony Thursday made one thing crystal clear: He won’t be restoring sanity to our public health bureaucracies, desperate as the need is."
nypost.com/2025/09/04/o... via @nypost.com
RFK Jr.’s Senate ravings prove he won’t bring sanity back to public health
Health Secretary Robert Kennedy’s Senate testimony Thursday made one thing crystal clear: He won’t be restoring sanity to our public-health bureaucracies, desperate as the need is.
nypost.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Note: Criticism of Mr. Kennedy is coming from both sides of the aisle.
"[RFK Jr.]'s Senate testimony Thursday made one thing crystal clear: He won’t be restoring sanity to our public health bureaucracies, desperate as the need is."
nypost.com/2025/09/04/o... via @nypost.com
"[RFK Jr.]'s Senate testimony Thursday made one thing crystal clear: He won’t be restoring sanity to our public health bureaucracies, desperate as the need is."
nypost.com/2025/09/04/o... via @nypost.com
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POPE LEO: “Let us plead God to stop the pandemic of arms, large and small, which infects our world.”
He prays for the victims in Minneapolis, and “the countless children killed and injured every day around the world”
He prays for the victims in Minneapolis, and “the countless children killed and injured every day around the world”
September 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
POPE LEO: “Let us plead God to stop the pandemic of arms, large and small, which infects our world.”
He prays for the victims in Minneapolis, and “the countless children killed and injured every day around the world”
He prays for the victims in Minneapolis, and “the countless children killed and injured every day around the world”
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What makes “The Great British Bake Off” so beloved is that it’s one of the most successful unscripted shows of the century and still feels like an underdog. Ruby Tandoh, a former contestant, shares stories from inside the tent.
Inside the World of “The Great British Bake Off”
The show captures disastrous custard-making, quintessentially British faux-modesty, and the blistering hubris of bakers—including me.
www.newyorker.com
August 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
What makes “The Great British Bake Off” so beloved is that it’s one of the most successful unscripted shows of the century and still feels like an underdog. Ruby Tandoh, a former contestant, shares stories from inside the tent.
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Personally I think the real concern is that the GOP believes most people hate California and DC and thinks they (we) deserve whatever we get and Dems don’t want to defend “liberal establishments.”
we see very clearly in public polling that people in california and D.C. hate the deployments and that americans broadly disapprove of them, but here we have an assertion that the smart strategy is to avoid any discussion of the situation in favor of a pivot to, you guessed it, kitchen table issues.
If you’re mad about Dems avoiding talking about DC, you can blame the Democratic quants, as demonstrated in this memo from David Shor’s Blue Rose Research
August 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Personally I think the real concern is that the GOP believes most people hate California and DC and thinks they (we) deserve whatever we get and Dems don’t want to defend “liberal establishments.”
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America is no longer descending into fascism. We are seconds away from impact
Military occupation has come to DC. If and when military occupation comes to where you are, there are things that you can do. This article outlines some of them
Military occupation has come to DC. If and when military occupation comes to where you are, there are things that you can do. This article outlines some of them
How To Fight A Military Occupation
Friction. Obstruction. Demoralization.
www.bannedinyourstate.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
America is no longer descending into fascism. We are seconds away from impact
Military occupation has come to DC. If and when military occupation comes to where you are, there are things that you can do. This article outlines some of them
Military occupation has come to DC. If and when military occupation comes to where you are, there are things that you can do. This article outlines some of them
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if sandwiches are outlawed, only outlaws will have sandwiches
August 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
if sandwiches are outlawed, only outlaws will have sandwiches
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There's so much that's so wrong about Trump's "he stole her" comments on the late Virginia Giuffre. A great columnist pounces on this. @rexhuppke.bsky.social is a great columnist www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Trump says Epstein 'stole' Virginia Giuffre, a heartless and revealing admission | Opinion
Without a hint of empathy, Donald Trump said his former close friend Jeffrey Epstein 'stole' a teenage Mar-a-Lago spa worker named Virginia Giuffre.
www.usatoday.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
There's so much that's so wrong about Trump's "he stole her" comments on the late Virginia Giuffre. A great columnist pounces on this. @rexhuppke.bsky.social is a great columnist www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.
ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field
Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one years—including four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, “You don’t have more rights than they do....
www.newyorker.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.
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“On Wednesday, OpenAI and edtech company Instructure announced a partnership that brings generative AI into the heart of classroom instruction.” 💀
ChatGPT was a homework cheating tool. Now OpenAI is carving out a more official role in education.
A new partnership weaves the startup's powerful AI models into a learning app used by thousands of schools and colleges.
www.businessinsider.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“On Wednesday, OpenAI and edtech company Instructure announced a partnership that brings generative AI into the heart of classroom instruction.” 💀
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The Dem 2026 messaging seems, at this point, pretty damn simple. Donald Trump is running a protection racket for the elites.
www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats’ 2026 Rallying Cry Is Staring Them in the Face
Plus: The big difference in where money for the midterms is going so far.
www.thebulwark.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The Dem 2026 messaging seems, at this point, pretty damn simple. Donald Trump is running a protection racket for the elites.
www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
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"It’s almost as if the truth has been staring us in the face all this time, but seventy-seven million Americans voted for Donald Trump anyway."
Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein: A Quiz
1. Were Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein friends? A. I don’t know. B. If by “friends” you mean that the two men partied together at Mar-a-Lago, tha...
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July 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"It’s almost as if the truth has been staring us in the face all this time, but seventy-seven million Americans voted for Donald Trump anyway."
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Seriously, stop doing this. Signed a liberal midwesterner.
July 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Seriously, stop doing this. Signed a liberal midwesterner.
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The facts are simple and devastating: Aid cuts have already cost lives, and the number of deaths will continue to rise. Here’s the evidence.
July 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The facts are simple and devastating: Aid cuts have already cost lives, and the number of deaths will continue to rise. Here’s the evidence.
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Since I'm not president, I say Sen. Jamelle Bouie (D-VA).
If I were president, I'd put Jamelle Bouie on the Supreme Court.
June 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Since I'm not president, I say Sen. Jamelle Bouie (D-VA).
Be the good you want to see in the world.
To mark "Trump will declare a national emergency for mass deportations" day: here is the initial spreadsheet of our crowd-sourced *local* immigration advocacy/support organizations.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
July 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Be the good you want to see in the world.
We’re in danger. Read.
July 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We’re in danger. Read.
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• Mamdani is not in the country illegally
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
Debunking All the B.S. About Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, is facing a wave of Islamophobic misinformation attacking his character and politics
www.rollingstone.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
• Mamdani is not in the country illegally
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
The worst of the worst, huh?? Brought to you by the DJT admin.
ICE forces U.S. Army Purple Heart veteran to deport—after taking 2 bullets in combat.
Sae Joon Park "miraculously" survived being shot in spine—then given 3 weeks to deport to South Korea.
Will miss dying mother's funeral—then his daughter's wedding.
Was legally in U.S. under deferred action.
Sae Joon Park "miraculously" survived being shot in spine—then given 3 weeks to deport to South Korea.
Will miss dying mother's funeral—then his daughter's wedding.
Was legally in U.S. under deferred action.
June 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The worst of the worst, huh?? Brought to you by the DJT admin.