kristi noem got fired after she told congress trump approved a $220 million no-bid ad campaign. trump said he never knew anything about it. noem starred in the ads. on horseback. in front of mount rushmore. why're we still pretending any of this is governing? www.npr.org/2026/03/05/n...

wyoming's book ban bill died in the senate this week after passing the house. librarians, first amendment advocates, and the clock itself stopped it. a small win in a very long fight. how many of these close calls before one doesn't go our way?

congress introduced hr 7661 to withhold federal funds from any school library that carries "sexually-oriented material" — language broad enough to erase most lgbtq+ content from shelves entirely. the american booksellers association is alarmed.

utah just added 4 more books to its statewide school ban list bringing the total to 27… including the graphic novel version of the handmaid’s tale… get outta here how is banning more books helping kids learn exactly anyone wanna explain? www.sltrib.com/news/educati...

so congress wants to pull federal money from schools if a library has books they decide are too sexual which apparently now includes anything mentioning lgbtq people… wtf is happening… seriously who thought this was a good idea and what am i missing?

book bans keep spreading across states and now distributors like baker & taylor are shutting down while schools freeze book orders… authors losing careers over politics, i’m pissed, how is wrecking the book industry helping anyone www.npr.org/2025/12/29/n....

house republicans dropped a federal bill that could yank funding from schools if books mention lgbtq topics or gender identity… like seriously this is insane, nationwide book policing now? what exactly do they think kids are reading people.com/new-bill-see...

76 stories about new bans but only 14 bills to undo them, censorship within censorship and i’m so done, how are we this deep in and still pretending it’s about protecting kids? what am i missing here

wisconsin supreme court candidate maria lazar sharing a stage with moms for liberty folks after local attempts to yank 30+ books, i can’t even, is this what judicial independence looks like now? who’s protecting students here

canadian libraries throwing banned books pajama parties and launching youth contests against censorship and holy crap it shouldn’t take this much hustle to protect a library card, anyone else inspired by this energy? lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbri...

maxwell frost reintroduces the fight book bans act after nearly 7000 books got yanked last year and this is messed up, how did we let it get this bad? federal grants to help districts push back sounds wild but necessary, thoughts? www.quiverquant.com/news/Press+R...

rj may a former moms for liberty honoree just got 17.5 years in federal prison for child sex abuse material distribution and this is such bs the moral panic crowd can’t even police their own what are we supposed to do with this thespacecoastrocket.com/rj-may-sente...

pen america says there’ve been 22000+ book ban instances since 2021 and authors are quitting kids lit over fear, holy crap how is silencing stories the new normal who thinks this helps anyone

utah just yanked stephen king’s bag of bones from every public school, 23 books gone and counting while 300 people show up to read in protest at the capitol like wtf is happening who’s scared of paperbacks now www.schoollibraryjournal.com/story/Scythe...

moms for liberty co-founder tied to a florida gop sex scandal mess and we’re supposed to take their moral panic seriously, get outta here. the hypocrisy is loud. how do they keep lecturing schools with this going on? www.aol.com/she-dangerou...

nc school board candidate bragged about a book ban that didn’t even happen and then had to walk it back, i can’t even. how are we this sloppy with facts about kids’ libraries? anyone else tired of this circus? www.wfdd.org/education/20...

new hampshire senate just advanced a bill letting one person yank books from schools, like one person decides for everyone, wtf is happening. and they tacked on a parent notification thing too. who asked for this nonsense? indepthnh.org/2026/02/20/n...

chestermere lake middle school is spotlighting banned books for freedom to read week and honestly i’m losing it at the fact this is still controversial in 2026, why is letting kids see challenged titles such a threat? chestermerelake.rockyview.ab.ca/news/post/fr... post 6:

freedom to read week rolls around and one school is proudly showing banned books while a calgary legion event gets cancelled, i can’t even, how do you celebrate free expression by shutting it down, anyone else see the irony? writersunion.ca/news/reading...

canadian libraries are actually fighting back and the jake epp library board just said nope to banning a christian gender-affirming book, wtf is happening when protecting access feels rebellious, who’s mad about people reading anyway?

byron donalds lining up his florida governor run with moms for liberty priorities and pushing parental rights like it’s a battle cry, you’ve got to be kidding, is this about safety or control?

thousands of books pulled from u.s. schools in 2025 and it’s still rolling into this year, like seriously? this is insane, who decided libraries are the enemy now?

wyoming lawmakers want to yank books from kids sections over “sexually explicit” vibes and librarians are begging them to read the first amendment first, like are you kidding me right now, what am i missing here?

are you kidding me right now a children’s author gets his school visit canceled because adults are scared of books chris barton writes for kids and even that’s too dangerous apparently seriously who is this protecting

i’m over it the constant pretending moms for liberty isn’t shaping local elections while everyone shrugs like it’s normal how is this still flying under the radar anyone else exhausted

holy crap librarians are being harassed fired and threatened and now there’s a whole pbs documentary about it called the librarians honestly how did protecting books become this dangerous anyone else watching this unfold

These people are about as transparent as Trump's tax returns and Epstein logs.

Athletes speaking out against Trump and his bullshit are the real heroes and role models. Tomorrow, Patriots can prove they're true patriots against Trump's ICE crap. Seahawks can show they're real 12s defending freedom like Seattle fights censorship. GO HAWKS.

Bold choice to be racist and embarrassing at the same time. Share if you agree.

utah officially wins the race to ban the most school books, honestly i can’t even how is pulling stories off shelves helping students learn anything, anyone else tired of this yet

so now librarians could go to jail for loaning the wrong book to a kid, seriously, who thought this was a good idea, wtf is happening and how does this protect anyone at all

moms for liberty linking up with glenn beck for patriotic school content, get outta here how did this become a thing and who decided kids needed this, anyone else side eyeing this hard

trump's isolation machine 🧵 on the new episode of banned camp (a comedy podcast where we read banned books and try to figure out why they were banned), we read chapter 4 of the catcher in the rye. here are the 5 most interesting things we found that relate to what we're dealing with today...

NEW - 2/3/26 you knew they'd make you choose between truth and fitting in. chapter 4 of the catcher in the rye explains trump's isolation tactic. click to listen. no app needed. 👉 bannedcamppodcast.com/isolated if you refuse to let trump isolate you for seeing the truth, repost this.

so we’re firing educators over a book with the word "butt" 🍑 now wtf is happening honestly anyone else exhausted by how fragile ❄️ these bans are getting

wait so the state just won a case where only censorship fans get to complain about books? wtf is happening in florida? seriously, can someone explain this bs legal system?

usha vance is out here promoting a summer reading challenge while books keep getting banned?? get outta here with the performative literacy. how do you promote reading while letting this censorship slide?

why the hell is marjorie taylor greene headlining a moms for liberty fundraiser? like seriously, what timeline are we in? i’m so done with this mess. who keeps giving them a mic?

so parents who don’t want to ban books get zero say? how is this okay? florida’s law literally lets pro-censorship parents override everyone else. i’m beyond annoyed rn. how is this even legal?

why are we banning slaughterhouse-five again? utah’s yanking classics over a few lines they don’t like. get outta here with this fragile fear-based nonsense

seriously? a moms for liberty founder wants schools to team up with ice and the fbi like it’s a damn surveillance state. this is insane

Try not to stand in front of cars, asshat. Try to find one good person in trump’s administration. You can’t. Because there aren’t any.

Remember when Obama wore a tan suit? These are non serious people running the government and the people who voted for them and who continue supporting them are just… I mean… wtf?

they're teaching you to punish yourself 🧵 on the new episode of banned camp (a comedy podcast where we read banned books and try to figure out why they were banned), we read chapter 18 of brave new world. here are the 5 most interesting things we found that relate to our current shit-show...

a new banned camp episode just dropped. brave new world ch 18.2: someone catches himself being happy and treats it like a crime. the world state doesn't need to punish him anymore. he's doing it to himself. sound familiar? 👉 listen on your favorite pod player

NEW - 1/6/26 you always knew they'd make joy feel like theft. this is the chapter of brave new world where Trump's playbook becomes obvious. click to listen. no app needed. 👉 bannedcamppodcast.com/shame if you're done letting Trump make you feel guilty for existing, repost this.

our president, who many say is the color of a koi fish with anger issues, was asked about freeing political prisoners. his answer? "we want to fix up the oil." human rights aren't even on the list. sad.

just like when you have to explain why a joke is funny... it probably isn't. Senator Sweatpants explaining that america is "the good guy" probably means america isn't doing good guy stuff. this is the guy who ran as a progressive, btw.

a north carolina county fired its entire library board for keeping a kids book about a trans boy. retaliation isnt parental rights. its control. seriously how is this okay?

stephen king is the most banned author in us schools. yes, really. florida texas and tennessee lead the way. horror writers didnt do this. lawmakers did. what are they so afraid of?