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Librarian, politics-lover, so-so sailor, and wannbe traveler (again).

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Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.

19.11.2025 13:13 πŸ‘ 8759 πŸ” 4592 πŸ’¬ 747 πŸ“Œ 539
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Missouri court strikes down 2022 law that pulled library books off shelves β€’ Missouri Independent A Jackson County Circuit Court struck down a 2022 law that criminalized school employees for providing "sexually explicit material."

!!! Missouri just killed the law that prosecuted school employees for providing "sexually explicit materials" to students.

missouriindependent.com/2025/11/18/m...

19.11.2025 13:16 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

13.10.2025 21:32 πŸ‘ 10332 πŸ” 2934 πŸ’¬ 311 πŸ“Œ 201

Nobody is β€œgrooming” your kids to be gay or trans but people ARE grooming them to be Nazis.

03.09.2025 12:17 πŸ‘ 7414 πŸ” 2286 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 53

Dems. Wanna get your polling out of the gutter? Stop talking about redrawing house maps in blue states and do it. Go big. Don't match them seat for seat. Blow them out of the water. Then endorse Mamdani. You're welcome.

Love, Allison

30.07.2025 23:23 πŸ‘ 37040 πŸ” 8753 πŸ’¬ 1361 πŸ“Œ 778
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Early Closure of House Leaves IMLS Future Hanging; What This Means & What You Can Do The abrupt early recess in the House of Representatives means the future of IMLS funding remains a question mark. Use this time to act.

The early recess called in the House of Representatives means that the Appropriations committee didn't yet markup the budget related to the future of the IMLS.

What this means & what you can do to save public libraries & museums across the country: bookriot.com/imls-funding...

30.07.2025 11:19 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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State Dept: Trump’s β€œThird Countries” for Immigrants Have Awful Human Rights Records The White House search for partners in its global gulag has grown to 64 nations. Most of them are notorious violators of human rights.

Trump administration is creating a Global Gulag

The U.S. has sought deals with 64 nations to accept 3rd-country nationals

58 were rebuked for human rights violations by the U.S. That's 91%!

More than 8,100 people have been expelled in this manner since January 20

theintercept.com/2025/07/29/t...

30.07.2025 11:09 πŸ‘ 99 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 6
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Supreme Court Protects Federal Broadband Funding | American Libraries Magazine The ALA applauded today's Supreme Court 6–3Β decision to uphold the Universal Service Fund, which funds the E-Rate program.

NEW: The Supreme Court has ruled to protect the Universal Service Fund, the E-Rate broadband discount program's funding mechanism!

This is a seismic win for communities that rely on the E-Rate program at their libraries and schools: americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-sc... #ForOurLibraries

27.06.2025 17:11 πŸ‘ 106 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
A screen shot of five sessions from a library conference

A screen shot of five sessions from a library conference

WHY are all these sessions at the same time?! 😭

Has a time machine been invented yet?

#ALAAC2025

27.06.2025 16:50 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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Concerns Grow Over Dire Conditions in Immigrant Detention

Some immigrants have gone a week without showers. Others sleep on bare floors. Medications have gone unprovided. As detentions have soared, former detainees, lawyers, family members and lawmakers tell us conditions in facilities across the country have become intolerable.

28.06.2025 13:47 πŸ‘ 212 πŸ” 97 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 10

why am i not surprised he doesn’t understand that no means no

26.06.2025 23:20 πŸ‘ 6883 πŸ” 1202 πŸ’¬ 257 πŸ“Œ 43

No Dem is the worst of the worst right now. That honor belongs to the MAGAs. This lib πŸ’œs you, but this characterization is beyond silly.

21.06.2025 14:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Incredible stuff

www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

21.06.2025 13:13 πŸ‘ 5432 πŸ” 2435 πŸ’¬ 454 πŸ“Œ 202
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The Democracy Index This week’s edition of The Democracy Index is especially important.

This week’s edition of The Democracy Index is especially important. We write every week with people who have less time to engage with the news in mind. Our goal is to make sure everyone has access to information about what’s happening to our democracy. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

21.06.2025 14:24 πŸ‘ 1290 πŸ” 348 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 8
Job standing in front of a car

Job standing in front of a car

Bradford, job and two friends hanging at dodger stadium

Bradford, job and two friends hanging at dodger stadium

Bradford and job sitting in his car

Bradford and job sitting in his car

Bradford, Job and two friends hanging

Bradford, Job and two friends hanging

ICE arrested Job Garcia while he was running errands in LA. Job is a US citizen, a scholar, and a brilliant photographer. He’s also my friend. But none of that should determine his humanity.

ICE must release Job Garcia immediately.

20.06.2025 01:40 πŸ‘ 9905 πŸ” 3799 πŸ’¬ 157 πŸ“Œ 135

Publish an op-ed in your student newspaper advocating for human rights?

You’re a national security threat, and should be abducted and imprisoned for months.

Write a capstone paper arguing the Constitution only protects and empowers white people?

You’re a free speech champion worthy of an award.

21.06.2025 12:05 πŸ‘ 327 πŸ” 121 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 6
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CATO: β€œNew nonpublic data from ICE indicates the government is primarily detaining individuals with no criminal convictions of any kind… 93% had no violent convictions… 65% no criminal record at all…” @MarshaBlackburn
www.cato.org/blog/65-peop...

21.06.2025 14:17 πŸ‘ 8263 πŸ” 4504 πŸ’¬ 405 πŸ“Œ 296

NEW ANALYSIS: Red states spent their legislative sessions stealthily restricting ballot access.

Here are the most important new voting laws that will shape elections in 2026 and beyond:

By:
β€ͺ@yuniorarivas.bsky.social‬ and @jenrice.bsky.social‬

www.democracydocket.com/analysis/red...

21.06.2025 13:02 πŸ‘ 284 πŸ” 122 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2
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The newest issue of The Political Librarian includes "A Love Letter to Libraries in Our Darkest Hour" by special Guest Editors Allison Jennings-Roche and Paul T. Jaeger.

buff.ly/3PNFguj

19.06.2025 21:03 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜β€œI’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable. I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this,” said U.S. District Judge to the #Trump admin!

17.06.2025 01:44 πŸ‘ 478 πŸ” 114 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

In America, we have no Kings, no Queens, no nobles, no dictators, and no emperors. We have no slaves, no serfs and no subjects.

Just usβ€”β€˜We the People.’

14.06.2025 15:31 πŸ‘ 10423 πŸ” 2297 πŸ’¬ 408 πŸ“Œ 155
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#nokings

14.06.2025 10:40 πŸ‘ 8237 πŸ” 1608 πŸ’¬ 118 πŸ“Œ 106
A few hundred Americans of all ages standing in dappled sun with flags and signs

A few hundred Americans of all ages standing in dappled sun with flags and signs

Hello from Berlin where a few hundred Americans are outside the embassy, currently reading aloud from the Declaration of Independence. #nokings

14.06.2025 12:11 πŸ‘ 38284 πŸ” 7677 πŸ’¬ 456 πŸ“Œ 409
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Today, the U.S. Army plans to roll tanks and march troops through the streets of Washington, D.C., in a massive parade to celebrate its 250th anniversary.

Here are five things $45 million could pay for instead of a massive military parade: www.splcenter.org/resources/ho...

14.06.2025 13:05 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4

I encourage people protesting to be non destructive and non violent. And I remind: Proud Boys like infiltrating crowds, whipping up normies (this is what happened on 1.6) and creating chaos. Putting you, using your 1a, in peril. Distinguish yourself from these goons always. Heads on swivels, folks.

13.06.2025 11:03 πŸ‘ 1149 πŸ” 306 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 15
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Why are people so triggered by the Mexican flag at the LA protests? | Daniel PeΓ±a The flag serves as a reminder of a fundamental truth about Mexican Americans: we are from here; we are also from there

Why are people so triggered by the Mexican flag at the LA protests? | Daniel PeΓ±a

12.06.2025 17:02 πŸ‘ 111 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 13
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The White House Marching Orders That Sparked the L.A. Migrant Crackdown After deportations fell short of President Trump’s campaign promises, federal agents summoned to a meeting in Washington were told to β€œjust go out there and arrest illegal aliens.”

The WSJ news pages expands on the NYT: since Stephen Miller demanded ICE increase its numbers, they’ve started grabbing people without even checking their immigration status, let alone their criminal history. Gift link: www.wsj.com/us-news/prot...

12.06.2025 11:12 πŸ‘ 593 πŸ” 268 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 17
Photo of President Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s president, during a meeting in the Oval Office in April 2025. Trump has praised Bukele as β€œone hell of a president.” Credit: Al Drago/The Washington Post/Getty Images

Photo of President Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s president, during a meeting in the Oval Office in April 2025. Trump has praised Bukele as β€œone hell of a president.” Credit: Al Drago/The Washington Post/Getty Images

In April, President Trump and Salvadoran President Bukele shook hands in the Oval Office to celebrate a deal to ship gang members to the notorious CECOT prison.

But a new ProPublica investigation found there’s more to the story. πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡

12.06.2025 11:06 πŸ‘ 2233 πŸ” 1142 πŸ’¬ 78 πŸ“Œ 200
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Yes, there are two NO KINGS DAY protests in Providence on Saturday. (don't ask) I'm going to India Point Park from 1-3pm, which promises to be the most focused. Speakers include @SenatorJackReed
Here's the link to register: mobilize.us/s/Xt9P7Y
@individsibleri #NoKings #nokingsday #protest

11.06.2025 12:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0