purlyshell.bsky.social
@purlyshell.bsky.social
Hoosier Socialist and black cat mom
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What do county election boards actually do in Indiana? Read below to learn more about how local boards play a direct role in how accessible and efficient elections are in your community.
#LWVIN #democracylivesinthelight
#LWVIN #democracylivesinthelight
April 29, 2026 at 11:46 PM
What do county election boards actually do in Indiana? Read below to learn more about how local boards play a direct role in how accessible and efficient elections are in your community.
#LWVIN #democracylivesinthelight
#LWVIN #democracylivesinthelight
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OG Woke
Eleanor Roosevelt’s gun permit (which she got it around the time the klan put a $25k bounty on her head). What a vibe
April 5, 2026 at 10:59 PM
OG Woke
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📷 We protest AND we participate✊
No Kings returns in 3 weeks, and this time we’re focused on defending our votes for the upcoming midterms, starting with the primary elections on Tuesday, May 5!
📍Monday 4/6
Voter registration deadline. Be sure to check your registration at IndianaVoters.com!
No Kings returns in 3 weeks, and this time we’re focused on defending our votes for the upcoming midterms, starting with the primary elections on Tuesday, May 5!
📍Monday 4/6
Voter registration deadline. Be sure to check your registration at IndianaVoters.com!
March 7, 2026 at 9:02 PM
📷 We protest AND we participate✊
No Kings returns in 3 weeks, and this time we’re focused on defending our votes for the upcoming midterms, starting with the primary elections on Tuesday, May 5!
📍Monday 4/6
Voter registration deadline. Be sure to check your registration at IndianaVoters.com!
No Kings returns in 3 weeks, and this time we’re focused on defending our votes for the upcoming midterms, starting with the primary elections on Tuesday, May 5!
📍Monday 4/6
Voter registration deadline. Be sure to check your registration at IndianaVoters.com!
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🏁 That’s a wrap on the 2026 legislative session!
This one was defined by the power of advocacy. ✊ Hoosiers were more engaged than ever before, helping to secure hard-fought victories even as the Statehouse remains a Republican supermajority.
This one was defined by the power of advocacy. ✊ Hoosiers were more engaged than ever before, helping to secure hard-fought victories even as the Statehouse remains a Republican supermajority.
February 28, 2026 at 4:07 PM
🏁 That’s a wrap on the 2026 legislative session!
This one was defined by the power of advocacy. ✊ Hoosiers were more engaged than ever before, helping to secure hard-fought victories even as the Statehouse remains a Republican supermajority.
This one was defined by the power of advocacy. ✊ Hoosiers were more engaged than ever before, helping to secure hard-fought victories even as the Statehouse remains a Republican supermajority.
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Republicans revive push to shorten Indiana's early voting period
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/02/16/r...
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Republicans revive push to shorten Indiana's early voting period • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Indiana’s early voting period would be cut from 28 days to 16 days in a year-old push revived by Republican state senators.
indianacapitalchronicle.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Republicans revive push to shorten Indiana's early voting period
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/02/16/r...
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/02/16/r...
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Yesterday, the Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee advanced SB 236, which would ban abortion pills & create citizen bounty hunters. Hear attorney Kathleen Delaney explain how this could impact Hoosiers.
Contact your Senator at MADVoters.org/bill-tracker and urge them to vote NO to SB 236.
Contact your Senator at MADVoters.org/bill-tracker and urge them to vote NO to SB 236.
January 22, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Yesterday, the Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee advanced SB 236, which would ban abortion pills & create citizen bounty hunters. Hear attorney Kathleen Delaney explain how this could impact Hoosiers.
Contact your Senator at MADVoters.org/bill-tracker and urge them to vote NO to SB 236.
Contact your Senator at MADVoters.org/bill-tracker and urge them to vote NO to SB 236.
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20 data center projects, with an estimated $98 billion collective price tag, were blocked or delayed in just one three month period last year.
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The Cult of Data Centers
Big Tech sways too many economic development officials, and local residents are fed up.
boondoggle.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:05 PM
20 data center projects, with an estimated $98 billion collective price tag, were blocked or delayed in just one three month period last year.
boondoggle.substack.com/p/the-cult-o...
boondoggle.substack.com/p/the-cult-o...
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Join the conversation on Gun Safety & Public Policy
🗓 Jan 22 | ⏰ 7 PM ET | 💻 Online
🎤 @senfadyqaddoura.bsky.social & Rep. Maureen Bauer
Register today www.eventbrite.com/e/hoosiers-c...
#INlegis
🗓 Jan 22 | ⏰ 7 PM ET | 💻 Online
🎤 @senfadyqaddoura.bsky.social & Rep. Maureen Bauer
Register today www.eventbrite.com/e/hoosiers-c...
#INlegis
January 7, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Join the conversation on Gun Safety & Public Policy
🗓 Jan 22 | ⏰ 7 PM ET | 💻 Online
🎤 @senfadyqaddoura.bsky.social & Rep. Maureen Bauer
Register today www.eventbrite.com/e/hoosiers-c...
#INlegis
🗓 Jan 22 | ⏰ 7 PM ET | 💻 Online
🎤 @senfadyqaddoura.bsky.social & Rep. Maureen Bauer
Register today www.eventbrite.com/e/hoosiers-c...
#INlegis
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People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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Indiana House Republicans are willing to break their own rules to try and push through new maps that eliminate Congressional representation for 40% of Hoosier voters. The fight continues tomorrow morning at the House Committee hearing at 9am. 💜✊
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Indiana House Republicans are willing to break their own rules to try and push through new maps that eliminate Congressional representation for 40% of Hoosier voters. The fight continues tomorrow morning at the House Committee hearing at 9am. 💜✊
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Join us this week to take action! ✊
➡️ Monday 12/1: Rally Against Redistricting
www.mobilize.us/acluin/event...
➡️ Tuesday 12/2: House Committee Hearing
madvoters.org/TestifyNow
➡️ Thursday 12/4: Redistricting Update webinar
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...
💜 WEAR PURPLE 💜
#madvoters #getmadindiana
➡️ Monday 12/1: Rally Against Redistricting
www.mobilize.us/acluin/event...
➡️ Tuesday 12/2: House Committee Hearing
madvoters.org/TestifyNow
➡️ Thursday 12/4: Redistricting Update webinar
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...
💜 WEAR PURPLE 💜
#madvoters #getmadindiana
November 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Join us this week to take action! ✊
➡️ Monday 12/1: Rally Against Redistricting
www.mobilize.us/acluin/event...
➡️ Tuesday 12/2: House Committee Hearing
madvoters.org/TestifyNow
➡️ Thursday 12/4: Redistricting Update webinar
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...
💜 WEAR PURPLE 💜
#madvoters #getmadindiana
➡️ Monday 12/1: Rally Against Redistricting
www.mobilize.us/acluin/event...
➡️ Tuesday 12/2: House Committee Hearing
madvoters.org/TestifyNow
➡️ Thursday 12/4: Redistricting Update webinar
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...
💜 WEAR PURPLE 💜
#madvoters #getmadindiana
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The House announced just days before a major holiday that they will vote next week on a bill that hasn’t been filed — to redraw maps that haven’t been released. This is bad governance in the extreme. Hoosiers deserve fair maps. And they deserve transparency.
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The House announced just days before a major holiday that they will vote next week on a bill that hasn’t been filed — to redraw maps that haven’t been released. This is bad governance in the extreme. Hoosiers deserve fair maps. And they deserve transparency.
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Heading into holiday dinner and bracing for the conversations? This guide covers free speech, federal deployments, immigrants’ rights, and trans justice, with simple ways to respond and take action. Read the full guide here: aclu.org/the-aclus-holiday-conversation-guide#
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Heading into holiday dinner and bracing for the conversations? This guide covers free speech, federal deployments, immigrants’ rights, and trans justice, with simple ways to respond and take action. Read the full guide here: aclu.org/the-aclus-holiday-conversation-guide#
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The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
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“Of the 1,400 immigrants arrested in Indiana in the first six months of this year, somewhere around 70% had no criminal legal contact,” said Lisa Koop, national director of the NIJC’s legal services and an adjunct law professor at Notre Dame.
Long-term detention of immigrants is harming their physical, mental health
Detained immigrants are experiencing deteriorating physical and mental health. Policymakers should reconsider long-term detention practices.
www.journalgazette.net
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“Of the 1,400 immigrants arrested in Indiana in the first six months of this year, somewhere around 70% had no criminal legal contact,” said Lisa Koop, national director of the NIJC’s legal services and an adjunct law professor at Notre Dame.
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A few weeks ago, Wanamaker resident Jane was mocked on social media by her own state representative, Andrew Ireland, on No Kings Day.
Join us, Jane herself, and others next Wednesday at 5:30pm at the Franklin Township Civic League.
youtu.be/Qq9hmdjsQnA?...
Join us, Jane herself, and others next Wednesday at 5:30pm at the Franklin Township Civic League.
youtu.be/Qq9hmdjsQnA?...
October 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A few weeks ago, Wanamaker resident Jane was mocked on social media by her own state representative, Andrew Ireland, on No Kings Day.
Join us, Jane herself, and others next Wednesday at 5:30pm at the Franklin Township Civic League.
youtu.be/Qq9hmdjsQnA?...
Join us, Jane herself, and others next Wednesday at 5:30pm at the Franklin Township Civic League.
youtu.be/Qq9hmdjsQnA?...
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Democrats work for a future that resembles Star Trek. Republicans work for a future that resembles Blade Runner.
October 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Democrats work for a future that resembles Star Trek. Republicans work for a future that resembles Blade Runner.
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A study released earlier this year found in states that implemented near-total abortion bans since 2022 - including Indiana - domestic violence increased up to 10 percent.
It's more evidence of what we already know: abortion bans harm women.
It's more evidence of what we already know: abortion bans harm women.
Abortion restrictions may be fueling a rise in domestic violence, experts warn
On average, a woman’s risk of being killed in the U.S. increases by 20% when pregnant or after giving birth. Pregnant and postpartum women are more likely to be killed than to die from childbirth-rela...
www.pbs.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A study released earlier this year found in states that implemented near-total abortion bans since 2022 - including Indiana - domestic violence increased up to 10 percent.
It's more evidence of what we already know: abortion bans harm women.
It's more evidence of what we already know: abortion bans harm women.
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So far in 2025 the U.S. has lost a total of 33,000 manufacturing jobs.
October 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
So far in 2025 the U.S. has lost a total of 33,000 manufacturing jobs.
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This year during Banned Books Week, we’re celebrating the freedom to read whatever we choose – free from government interference. Here are some of the reasons our Banned Book Club Members read banned books.
Why do you read banned books? Tell us below.
Why do you read banned books? Tell us below.
October 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This year during Banned Books Week, we’re celebrating the freedom to read whatever we choose – free from government interference. Here are some of the reasons our Banned Book Club Members read banned books.
Why do you read banned books? Tell us below.
Why do you read banned books? Tell us below.
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No Notes….#thisisamerica #jesusisblack
October 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
No Notes….#thisisamerica #jesusisblack
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Trump’s authoritarian agenda is not popular. His big, ugly bill is not popular. Ripping health care away from millions of Americans is not popular.
As @aoc.bsky.social explains, he and Republicans are weaker than they look. Democrats must stand strong and refuse to cave.
As @aoc.bsky.social explains, he and Republicans are weaker than they look. Democrats must stand strong and refuse to cave.
October 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Trump’s authoritarian agenda is not popular. His big, ugly bill is not popular. Ripping health care away from millions of Americans is not popular.
As @aoc.bsky.social explains, he and Republicans are weaker than they look. Democrats must stand strong and refuse to cave.
As @aoc.bsky.social explains, he and Republicans are weaker than they look. Democrats must stand strong and refuse to cave.
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Some federal officials worry about private equity’s interest in psychiatric hospitals.
“Instead of helping families, billionaire corporations are denying sick patients legally protected emergency care to turn healthy profits,” one senator said.
“Instead of helping families, billionaire corporations are denying sick patients legally protected emergency care to turn healthy profits,” one senator said.
For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions.
Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica ...
www.propublica.org
September 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Some federal officials worry about private equity’s interest in psychiatric hospitals.
“Instead of helping families, billionaire corporations are denying sick patients legally protected emergency care to turn healthy profits,” one senator said.
“Instead of helping families, billionaire corporations are denying sick patients legally protected emergency care to turn healthy profits,” one senator said.
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Why Portland? This is why.
September 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Why Portland? This is why.
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Call your Congressperson now and demand Accountability, Transparency, and Justice - release the Epstein files!
☎️ 202-224-3121
#SOS2025 #resist #educationisactivism #madvoters #mutuallyassureddemocracy #getmadindiana #standupfightback
☎️ 202-224-3121
#SOS2025 #resist #educationisactivism #madvoters #mutuallyassureddemocracy #getmadindiana #standupfightback
September 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Call your Congressperson now and demand Accountability, Transparency, and Justice - release the Epstein files!
☎️ 202-224-3121
#SOS2025 #resist #educationisactivism #madvoters #mutuallyassureddemocracy #getmadindiana #standupfightback
☎️ 202-224-3121
#SOS2025 #resist #educationisactivism #madvoters #mutuallyassureddemocracy #getmadindiana #standupfightback