Kelly Guinan
@kellyguinan.bsky.social
Writer. Peace educator. Proud Grammy & Mom. I wander and wonder.
#NightInAmerica driving across this country as an act of resistance and hope. Follow their journey.
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Day Ten - Moline, IL and Davenport, IA
Two of the Quad Cities on the Shores of the Mighty Mississippi
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December 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
#NightInAmerica driving across this country as an act of resistance and hope. Follow their journey.
open.substack.com/pub/wanderin...
open.substack.com/pub/wanderin...
When he did this the first time, I created Grandmother Healing Dolls and drove them over 3500 miles to give them to therapists who could help the children process some trauma
Earlier this year, JD Vance told us that Donald Trump was “the most pro-family, most pro-life American president of our lifetimes.” Yeah, about that. ICYMI @monacharen.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3Yl0Tqn
Trump’s Deportations Are Ripping Mothers from Their Babies
The president’s immigration policy is “beyond inhumane.”
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December 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
When he did this the first time, I created Grandmother Healing Dolls and drove them over 3500 miles to give them to therapists who could help the children process some trauma
The #WomenInHistory whose stories I have used as daily meditation were created by @hcrichardson.bsky.social They were the first 10 in a series called "The Declaration in Action - Journey to American Democracy."
It's our turn to simply give what we can. It matters.
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It's our turn to simply give what we can. It matters.
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The Declaration in Action | Journey to American Democracy - YouTube
The revolutionary idea that everyone is created equal inspired Americans who were excluded from voting, economic opportunity, civil rights, or citizenship, t...
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December 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The #WomenInHistory whose stories I have used as daily meditation were created by @hcrichardson.bsky.social They were the first 10 in a series called "The Declaration in Action - Journey to American Democracy."
It's our turn to simply give what we can. It matters.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
It's our turn to simply give what we can. It matters.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
"Operation Prairie Thunder" a joint effort between ICE and the Governor of SD has announced it will be conducting terror (not their quote) in the Brookings, SD area Dec. 17-19.
And, there is an unconfirmed report that right now ICE is arresting Native American people in the Rapid City area.
And, there is an unconfirmed report that right now ICE is arresting Native American people in the Rapid City area.
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 AM
"Operation Prairie Thunder" a joint effort between ICE and the Governor of SD has announced it will be conducting terror (not their quote) in the Brookings, SD area Dec. 17-19.
And, there is an unconfirmed report that right now ICE is arresting Native American people in the Rapid City area.
And, there is an unconfirmed report that right now ICE is arresting Native American people in the Rapid City area.
Ella Baker knew that grassroots activism by ordinary people was the way to make lasting social change.
She was a leader whose absolute dedication to participatory democracy held the country accountable to its higher ideals. #WomenInHistory from @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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She was a leader whose absolute dedication to participatory democracy held the country accountable to its higher ideals. #WomenInHistory from @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Ella Baker | Episode 9, The Declaration in Action
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Ella Baker knew that grassroots activism by ordinary people was the way to make lasting social change.
She was a leader whose absolute dedication to participatory democracy held the country accountable to its higher ideals. #WomenInHistory from @hcrichardson.bsky.social
youtu.be/f6q66tfr_E8?...
She was a leader whose absolute dedication to participatory democracy held the country accountable to its higher ideals. #WomenInHistory from @hcrichardson.bsky.social
youtu.be/f6q66tfr_E8?...
#NightInAmerica. Join my friends as they drive from coast to coast witnessing first-hand the contrasts in this time of history. #OrdinaryResistance #ChoosingWhoWeWillBe
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Day Nine - Chicago to Moline, IL
Slot Machines and Centenarians
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December 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
#NightInAmerica. Join my friends as they drive from coast to coast witnessing first-hand the contrasts in this time of history. #OrdinaryResistance #ChoosingWhoWeWillBe
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De-mystifying economics with @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @pkrugman.bsky.social
My favorite part-- a numbers guy telling why it's smart to spend "government's" money on children. "It's the right thing to do, and it's an extremely cost effective investment."
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My favorite part-- a numbers guy telling why it's smart to spend "government's" money on children. "It's the right thing to do, and it's an extremely cost effective investment."
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A Conversation with Paul Krugman
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
De-mystifying economics with @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @pkrugman.bsky.social
My favorite part-- a numbers guy telling why it's smart to spend "government's" money on children. "It's the right thing to do, and it's an extremely cost effective investment."
youtu.be/A8V00Z5McYA?...
My favorite part-- a numbers guy telling why it's smart to spend "government's" money on children. "It's the right thing to do, and it's an extremely cost effective investment."
youtu.be/A8V00Z5McYA?...
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This is what is going to happen. There will be a thin top layer of non-digital universities — and all the tech billionaires will send their kids to those places.
Total success to the first college/university that pledges to be AI-free and brand it as an opportunity to receive a real education.
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This is what is going to happen. There will be a thin top layer of non-digital universities — and all the tech billionaires will send their kids to those places.
Mabel Ping-Hua Lee said, "Woman's Suffrage is the application of democracy to woman..." and this #WomenInHistory was a smart, educated, business woman who worked for civil rights and against the racism of the #ChineseExclusionAct Learn from @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Mabel Ping-Hua Lee | Episode 5, The Declaration in Action
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Mabel Ping-Hua Lee said, "Woman's Suffrage is the application of democracy to woman..." and this #WomenInHistory was a smart, educated, business woman who worked for civil rights and against the racism of the #ChineseExclusionAct Learn from @hcrichardson.bsky.social
youtu.be/P59fuNfnOgQ?...
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I made Grandmother Healing Dolls and drove them to the baby prisons and gave them to the therapists who were helping the children through this trauma the last time my country did #FamilySeparation
Earlier this year, JD Vance told us that Donald Trump was “the most pro-family, most pro-life American president of our lifetimes.”
Now read this. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Yl0Tqn
Now read this. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Yl0Tqn
Trump’s Deportations Are Ripping Mothers from Their Babies
The president’s immigration policy is “beyond inhumane.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I made Grandmother Healing Dolls and drove them to the baby prisons and gave them to the therapists who were helping the children through this trauma the last time my country did #FamilySeparation
"Both of us felt drawn to leave the comfort of our home and engage with America, this magnificent, troubled, ordinary America —one of us with words, the other with images—and make a record of it. " #NightInAmerica Follow my friends' journey here...
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#Ukraine #Chicago
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#Ukraine #Chicago
Day Eight - Chicago, IL (Part II)
Local Conversations and International Troubles
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December 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Both of us felt drawn to leave the comfort of our home and engage with America, this magnificent, troubled, ordinary America —one of us with words, the other with images—and make a record of it. " #NightInAmerica Follow my friends' journey here...
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#Ukraine #Chicago
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#Ukraine #Chicago
"The trip gives us hope; the headlines make us ashamed." #NightInAmerica
Join my friends Photographer Amanda Merullo and writer Roland Merullo, as they drive across America actively witnessing the truth of this time in history.
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Join my friends Photographer Amanda Merullo and writer Roland Merullo, as they drive across America actively witnessing the truth of this time in history.
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Day Seven - Indiana to Chicago, IL
Working for the Poor and Pandering to the Rich
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December 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"The trip gives us hope; the headlines make us ashamed." #NightInAmerica
Join my friends Photographer Amanda Merullo and writer Roland Merullo, as they drive across America actively witnessing the truth of this time in history.
open.substack.com/pub/wanderin...
Join my friends Photographer Amanda Merullo and writer Roland Merullo, as they drive across America actively witnessing the truth of this time in history.
open.substack.com/pub/wanderin...
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God is trying to tell us that vouchers are bad and vaccines are good.
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Bird Flu Is Suspected After Vulture Carcasses Sat Rotting Outside Ohio School
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December 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
God is trying to tell us that vouchers are bad and vaccines are good.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Zitkala-Ša was a violinist, composer, writer, and member of the Yankton Dakota tribe. Learn about her work from @hcrichardson.bsky.social
in what should be an award winning video.
#NativeAmericanCitizenship
#CivilRights
#WomenInHistory
#CulturalRecognition
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in what should be an award winning video.
#NativeAmericanCitizenship
#CivilRights
#WomenInHistory
#CulturalRecognition
youtu.be/E1Md0It6HWc?...
Zitkala-Ša | Episode 6, The Declaration in Action
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Zitkala-Ša was a violinist, composer, writer, and member of the Yankton Dakota tribe. Learn about her work from @hcrichardson.bsky.social
in what should be an award winning video.
#NativeAmericanCitizenship
#CivilRights
#WomenInHistory
#CulturalRecognition
youtu.be/E1Md0It6HWc?...
in what should be an award winning video.
#NativeAmericanCitizenship
#CivilRights
#WomenInHistory
#CulturalRecognition
youtu.be/E1Md0It6HWc?...
"I’m hoping to find a way to contrast our past or present national troubles with local stories, often positive local stories," Roland Merullo. #NightInAmerica Join two ordinary people as they travel coast to coast documenting this time in our history. substack.com/@wanderingey...
Day Six - Noblesville, IN
The Heroic and the Demonic
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December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"I’m hoping to find a way to contrast our past or present national troubles with local stories, often positive local stories," Roland Merullo. #NightInAmerica Join two ordinary people as they travel coast to coast documenting this time in our history. substack.com/@wanderingey...
Teachers are the best of us. Mary McLeod Bethune was one of these leading beacons who educated, motivated, and created a better world. She wrote,"There can be no divided democracy, no class government, no half free country..." @hcrichardson.bsky.social #WomenInHistory
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Mary McLeod Bethune | Episode 7, The Declaration in Action
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Teachers are the best of us. Mary McLeod Bethune was one of these leading beacons who educated, motivated, and created a better world. She wrote,"There can be no divided democracy, no class government, no half free country..." @hcrichardson.bsky.social #WomenInHistory
youtu.be/ImnWEv3SN_Q?...
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We've had internment camps on American soil before - learn from @maddow.bsky.social and her new podcast "Burn Order." Free anywhere you get your podcasts. #JapaneseInternmentCamps #RiseUp #Resist
Don't let your neighbors down now. #OurTimeToStandUpForDemocracy
Don't let your neighbors down now. #OurTimeToStandUpForDemocracy
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
We've had internment camps on American soil before - learn from @maddow.bsky.social and her new podcast "Burn Order." Free anywhere you get your podcasts. #JapaneseInternmentCamps #RiseUp #Resist
Don't let your neighbors down now. #OurTimeToStandUpForDemocracy
Don't let your neighbors down now. #OurTimeToStandUpForDemocracy
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Barbara Gittings changed medical diagnosis with her activism and advocacy. Learn about this fantastic #WomanInHistory from @hcrichardson.bsky.social Love, happiness, and being gay is normal -- a simple assertion which later changed laws as well. youtu.be/kMn-8Oz7Dpk?...
Barbara Gittings | Episode 10, The Declaration in Action
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Barbara Gittings changed medical diagnosis with her activism and advocacy. Learn about this fantastic #WomanInHistory from @hcrichardson.bsky.social Love, happiness, and being gay is normal -- a simple assertion which later changed laws as well. youtu.be/kMn-8Oz7Dpk?...
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Mabel Ping-Hua Lee said, "Woman's Suffrage is the application of democracy to woman..." and this #WomenInHistory was a smart, educated, business woman who worked for women's rights and against the racism of the #ChineseExclusionAct learn from @hcrichardson.bsky.social youtu.be/P59fuNfnOgQ?...
Mabel Ping-Hua Lee | Episode 5, The Declaration in Action
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Mabel Ping-Hua Lee said, "Woman's Suffrage is the application of democracy to woman..." and this #WomenInHistory was a smart, educated, business woman who worked for women's rights and against the racism of the #ChineseExclusionAct learn from @hcrichardson.bsky.social youtu.be/P59fuNfnOgQ?...
#NightInAmerica - driving across this country to learn during these times. Join them vicariously! #GalaxyCon #ComicCon #Comic-Con
They met Darius, "I just want to do something to help people..."
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They met Darius, "I just want to do something to help people..."
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Day Five - Columbus, Ohio
Football as Religion, Racism as National Policy, and (in the audio) a Convention of Self-Described Nerds
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December 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
#NightInAmerica - driving across this country to learn during these times. Join them vicariously! #GalaxyCon #ComicCon #Comic-Con
They met Darius, "I just want to do something to help people..."
substack.com/@wanderingey...
They met Darius, "I just want to do something to help people..."
substack.com/@wanderingey...
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Semester is over and they are "back from their runs" (not :)) Join @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jbf1755.bsky.social to share in this friendly conversation about how current events and lived history fit into our cultural moment and into the whole of history. www.youtube.com/live/ApscIwD...
What the Heck Just Happened?
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Semester is over and they are "back from their runs" (not :)) Join @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jbf1755.bsky.social to share in this friendly conversation about how current events and lived history fit into our cultural moment and into the whole of history. www.youtube.com/live/ApscIwD...
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Peace talks between the US and Ukraine have stumbled over one main issue: how to force Ukraine to give up what the Kremlin has failed to seize during the war — the entirety of the Donbas region.
What the US wants from Ukraine: Leave Donbas, one way or another
Kyiv keeps insisting war should be frozen along current lines.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Peace talks between the US and Ukraine have stumbled over one main issue: how to force Ukraine to give up what the Kremlin has failed to seize during the war — the entirety of the Donbas region.
There would not be a social safety net in this country had Frances Perkins not dedicated her life to improving worker's rights. @hcrichardson.bsky.social points out how this #WomanInHistory directly affects our current lives.
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#ChildLabor #SocialSecurity
#SafeWorkSpaces
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#ChildLabor #SocialSecurity
#SafeWorkSpaces
Frances Perkins | Episode 8, The Declaration in Action
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
There would not be a social safety net in this country had Frances Perkins not dedicated her life to improving worker's rights. @hcrichardson.bsky.social points out how this #WomanInHistory directly affects our current lives.
youtu.be/s6x_7Kq0Psc?...
#ChildLabor #SocialSecurity
#SafeWorkSpaces
youtu.be/s6x_7Kq0Psc?...
#ChildLabor #SocialSecurity
#SafeWorkSpaces
Who says history doesn't repeat itself? I so thought were beyond this...
NEW: We sent a letter demanding that ICE end immigration detention at Fort Bliss, the same facility used to intern people of Japanese descent during World War II.
People detained at this facility are denied adequate food, medical care, and are physically and sexually abused by the guards.
People detained at this facility are denied adequate food, medical care, and are physically and sexually abused by the guards.
December 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Who says history doesn't repeat itself? I so thought were beyond this...