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In view of the generally depressing political news, I might post an inspirational quote from time to time. Love it? Think it's a waste of time? Let me know.

We have the right to read what we want, no matter what politicians or school officials say. Let us know what your favorite banned book is below. 📚

Trump hates to be the object of humor. He understands that humor can be a more powerful antidote to tyranny than any other form of criticism. I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]

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Seriously, if you don't have a library card, get one. Libraries more than ever need support from people who don't want to ban books. Additionally, unlike Amazon, books are available for free in the library. 😊 It is also a place that provides much-needed services for those with limited means.

I was reading an essay by Anne Lamott this morning, and this one sentence stood out and made me weep: "There should be one inviolable rule: Children are not shot or starved to death." Such a simple thing and so far out of reach.

President Trump is using our tax dollars to pay for his unwarranted deployment of military troops to D.C. in a blatant attempt to expand his power. We’re fighting back.

It’s time to fight against book bans - www.bookbanpetition.us

You know, maybe we should approach protests like we did in the 60s. Put flowers in gun barrels. Give the police or whoever chocolate cookies. Sing encouraging songs. Make the fact that they are there look silly.

Accountability is out of the question while ICE agents feel emboldened to hide their face and identity. Tell your members of Congress to pass the VISIBLE Act to compel federal agents to wear visible ID and stop wearing non-medical face coverings.

This is both crazy and scary. It could escalate so quickly and further divide us.

I feel this should be a bigger story, right?

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This is outrageous.

I would second this. Our town is too small for a library, but the librarian from the next town visits our independent/assisted living complex twice a week and brings books for us. She keeps us reading!

This is true. I listen to far more books than I read. Helpful when old eyes are failing.

DOGE has a plan to catalogue the private data of everyone in America, including our bank accounts, health records, Social Security numbers, and more. This could allow the government to spy on us like never before. Tell Congress: Keep DOGE's hands off our data.

warning lights flashing like the control board at chernobyl at this point

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Try and make it through this. Really watch. youtube.com/shorts/tEVFP...

The damage Trump's budget bill will cause is almost impossible to comprehend. Republicans must pay the price for it at the ballot box. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]

Book banners have NEVER been the good guys - www.bookbanpetition.us

I'm not surprised, but I am disgusted. Shame on you, Ohio!

Right now, Congress is considering a bill that would funnel billions of our taxpayer dollars to help President Trump deport our immigrant neighbors and loved ones. We can't let that happen. Tell Congress: No more money for ICE.

No country has ever increased freedom and liberty by banning books - www.bookbanpetition.us

That’s why the work ahead of us has never been more important. The freedom to receive reproductive health care must be restored as a constitutional right. Congress needs to act and pass the Women’s Health Protection Act to codify Roe and protect the rights of all.

This is the truth. As is the fact that Medicaid does not begin to cover the costs of skilled nursing. We need to fund it at a decent rate, not take money away.

#ProudBlue Video credit: @jesscraven101.bsky.social The horrific trauma Los Angeles is experiencing right now is real. The pure emotion Jess shows in this video is being felt by most of us here.

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The fight for trans rights is far from over. Tell Congress to take action and defend health care for trans people NOW.

Vance is here to grab content he can post on X, using your replies. Starve the beast.

Take action and tell Congress to keep the military out of our neighborhoods NOW.

This is typical authoritarian behavior. It is important we fight back against crippling libraries.

Your safety is the top priority. Peaceful protesters have already been harmed for doing nothing. The story they’re selling isn’t legit. Please film everything, document everything.

America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...

We don’t celebrate Pride for the rainbows or parades, we do it because *right now* someone out there believes they don’t deserve love, just because of who they are or who they love.   That’s why we celebrate Pride—because we want to build a world where no one feels that way.

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Don’t let them take your books! - www.bookbanpetition.us

This is so true. My county has already lost all but one care facility because of New York's paltry medicaid payments. This may close the last one. Where are older folks to go?

This intolerable attack on Harvard’s independence and academic freedom is plainly government retaliation for Harvard’s speech standing up for itself and the rule of law. America must rally to the side of Harvard and its students in court, in Congress and in our communities.

I am so angry that that petty vindictive man (who probably has never been in a library in his life) fired Carla Hayden. For her whole career she’s been a shining light—the North Star—of the library community, making the world better for everybody.