Purple Iris Pam 🦋
@purpleirispam.bsky.social
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Cubs 🐻 & Bears fan
-Chicagoland
-Pro Democracy 🌊 🌻💙
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-Mom/Nan/Wife
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-No DMs
- #resist #resistance
Cubs 🐻 & Bears fan
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Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
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Making fun of our neighborhoods and communities is disgusting.
Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Making fun of our neighborhoods and communities is disgusting.
Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
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I'm Canadian.
Our airports are open.
We feed our poor.
Everyone has healthcare.
We have allies.
We don't stab friends in the back.
Our leadership is sane and thoughtful.
We don't snatch people off the streets.
We have rule of law for everyone.
Why would anyone think we'd want to be a 51st state?
Our airports are open.
We feed our poor.
Everyone has healthcare.
We have allies.
We don't stab friends in the back.
Our leadership is sane and thoughtful.
We don't snatch people off the streets.
We have rule of law for everyone.
Why would anyone think we'd want to be a 51st state?
November 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I'm Canadian.
Our airports are open.
We feed our poor.
Everyone has healthcare.
We have allies.
We don't stab friends in the back.
Our leadership is sane and thoughtful.
We don't snatch people off the streets.
We have rule of law for everyone.
Why would anyone think we'd want to be a 51st state?
Our airports are open.
We feed our poor.
Everyone has healthcare.
We have allies.
We don't stab friends in the back.
Our leadership is sane and thoughtful.
We don't snatch people off the streets.
We have rule of law for everyone.
Why would anyone think we'd want to be a 51st state?
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In Trump's first term, he was directly responsible for 25% OF ALL US DEBT acquired – going back to the beginning of the country. In the last 9.5 months, he's added another $4 Trillion to the national debt.
Scream this at every Republican who claims they're the party of fiscal responsibility.
Scream this at every Republican who claims they're the party of fiscal responsibility.
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
In Trump's first term, he was directly responsible for 25% OF ALL US DEBT acquired – going back to the beginning of the country. In the last 9.5 months, he's added another $4 Trillion to the national debt.
Scream this at every Republican who claims they're the party of fiscal responsibility.
Scream this at every Republican who claims they're the party of fiscal responsibility.
Exactly...how utterly disgusting and crappy, among other appropriate adjectives
November 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Exactly...how utterly disgusting and crappy, among other appropriate adjectives
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The self-proclaimed dealmaker has become the famine king. Trump’s “Art of the Deal” rots while millions go hungry. He feeds the rich and starves the poor, holding food stamps hostage like a mob boss shaking down democracy.
'Art of the Deal' guy Trump suddenly can't make deals: NY Times
President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social Friday that he's asking "the Court to clarify how we can legally fund SNAP as soon as possible," after a federal judge ordered his administration to continue funding the program during the shutdown. But Trump already knows how to shuffle money, says the ...
www.rawstory.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The self-proclaimed dealmaker has become the famine king. Trump’s “Art of the Deal” rots while millions go hungry. He feeds the rich and starves the poor, holding food stamps hostage like a mob boss shaking down democracy.
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Saw this during the playoff game last night...Brilliant! Hope it is shared & goes very viral...thanks Ontario 🇨🇦
📌This Ontario, Canada, commercial is the truth, sheer brilliance, and should spread like wildfire across the United States.
Ontario launches $75 million ad campaign using the words of Ronald Reagan to argue against tariffs.
YouTube video by Toronto Sun
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Saw this during the playoff game last night...Brilliant! Hope it is shared & goes very viral...thanks Ontario 🇨🇦
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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
Know your First Amendment
Know your First Amendment
October 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Sadists. Truly sick people.
ICE is thoroughly un-American.
Don't you want to know—as I do—how many of these armed, masked, warrantless, insignia-less, nameless, essentially untrained Big Government goons are Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters and other J6 runoff? apnews.com/article/immi...
ICE is thoroughly un-American.
Don't you want to know—as I do—how many of these armed, masked, warrantless, insignia-less, nameless, essentially untrained Big Government goons are Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters and other J6 runoff? apnews.com/article/immi...
ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.
apnews.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Sadists. Truly sick people.
ICE is thoroughly un-American.
Don't you want to know—as I do—how many of these armed, masked, warrantless, insignia-less, nameless, essentially untrained Big Government goons are Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters and other J6 runoff? apnews.com/article/immi...
ICE is thoroughly un-American.
Don't you want to know—as I do—how many of these armed, masked, warrantless, insignia-less, nameless, essentially untrained Big Government goons are Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters and other J6 runoff? apnews.com/article/immi...
Saving this especially for the holidays.....
October 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Saving this especially for the holidays.....
Exactly....what idiocy
October 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Exactly....what idiocy
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This is what it looks like when your community stands up.
October 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is what it looks like when your community stands up.
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Chicago PD: arrest these motherfuckers threatening civilians. Put them in jail. Let the courts sort it out
October 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Chicago PD: arrest these motherfuckers threatening civilians. Put them in jail. Let the courts sort it out
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."
( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )
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October 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."
( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )
( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )
RIP Jamal
Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.
They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.
But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.
RIP, Jamal.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.
But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.
RIP, Jamal.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out
As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.
open.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
RIP Jamal
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Just take a look!
At the exhibition Ukraine WOW
the paintings of Kateryna Bilokur have blossomed.
Kateryna Bilokur (1900–1961) –
a Ukrainian self-taught artist,
celebrated for her detailed paintings of flowers.
At the exhibition Ukraine WOW
the paintings of Kateryna Bilokur have blossomed.
Kateryna Bilokur (1900–1961) –
a Ukrainian self-taught artist,
celebrated for her detailed paintings of flowers.
September 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Just take a look!
At the exhibition Ukraine WOW
the paintings of Kateryna Bilokur have blossomed.
Kateryna Bilokur (1900–1961) –
a Ukrainian self-taught artist,
celebrated for her detailed paintings of flowers.
At the exhibition Ukraine WOW
the paintings of Kateryna Bilokur have blossomed.
Kateryna Bilokur (1900–1961) –
a Ukrainian self-taught artist,
celebrated for her detailed paintings of flowers.
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#HappyPublicLandsDay! Today, I celebrate the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, where millions of Angelenos can hike, explore, and connect with nature close to home.
I’ll keep fighting to protect our public lands so everyone can enjoy their beauty for generations to come!
I’ll keep fighting to protect our public lands so everyone can enjoy their beauty for generations to come!
September 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
#HappyPublicLandsDay! Today, I celebrate the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, where millions of Angelenos can hike, explore, and connect with nature close to home.
I’ll keep fighting to protect our public lands so everyone can enjoy their beauty for generations to come!
I’ll keep fighting to protect our public lands so everyone can enjoy their beauty for generations to come!
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Today is Mexican Independence Day. This crew of farm workers celebrated it by wearing the colors of the Mexican flag as they harvested peas today on CAs Central Coast. #WeFeedYou
September 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Today is Mexican Independence Day. This crew of farm workers celebrated it by wearing the colors of the Mexican flag as they harvested peas today on CAs Central Coast. #WeFeedYou
RIP Robert Redford...my favorite actor while growing up...I totally agree with this quote
Robert Redford on Trump:
“Instead of a moral compass in the Oval Office, there’s a moral vacuum.
Instead of a president who says we’re all in it together, we have a president who’s in it for himself.
Instead of words that uplift and unite, we hear words that inflame and divide.”
“Instead of a moral compass in the Oval Office, there’s a moral vacuum.
Instead of a president who says we’re all in it together, we have a president who’s in it for himself.
Instead of words that uplift and unite, we hear words that inflame and divide.”
September 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
RIP Robert Redford...my favorite actor while growing up...I totally agree with this quote
👇 yes
The First Amendment protects our right to record ICE officers and law enforcement in public, whether Secretary Noem likes it or not.
DHS Claims Videotaping ICE Raids Is ‘Violence’
The expanded definition has justified assaults on journalists who have documented detentions of immigrants.
prospect.org
September 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
👇 yes
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For those attacking Chicago today
September 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
For those attacking Chicago today