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Trump budget chief Russ Vought testified PEPFAR sent millions of dollars to Russia to advise doctors on how to perform abortions & “gender analysis," but the global AIDS relief program has not operated in Russia since 2012. Lying to Congress is a crime. Hold him accountable!
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Virginia Giuffre’s brother: I think we were shocked by it—especially the use of the term “stolen.” Because she’s not an object. She’s a person. Someone who was recruited at Mar-a-Lago—his property… it just kind of makes us wonder… how much he knew
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Kevin M. Kruse
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“The president cut your health care so he could build himself a golden ballroom” is a pretty easy message to sell
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Quick signature: Tell Congress to cancel the cuts to health care and pass the Protecting Health Care And Lowering Costs Act!
#ProtectMedicaid
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Quick signature: Tell Congress to cancel the cuts to health care and pass the Protecting Health Care And Lowering Costs Act!
Our health care just took a major hit. No administration has ever slashed health care as deeply as the budget bill Republicans passed this month and President Trump signed into law—and it’s all to giv...
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Nearly 600 books, including works by Maya Angelou, Ibram X. Kendi, and authors documenting the Holocaust and American lynching, were removed from military Academy libraries under orders from Pete Hegseth.
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The 596 Books Banned by the Department of Defense
This is a coordinated purge of literature that reflects the diverse realities of American families and students.
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An increased federal minimum wage would provide the most benefit to those earning the least. QUICK SIGNATURE:
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The federal minimum wage is now a poverty wage
A full time wage of $7.25 an hour meets slightly less than three-quarters of the income that's needed for a two-person household to stay out of poverty.
https://action.momsrising.org/sign/anniversary-without-min-wage-increase-2025/
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A recent study published in the Journal of Cultural Economics examined what happened when a new library branch opened in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Want Safer Neighborhoods? Invest in Libraries
When library funding goes up, crime tends to go down
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Tell Congress to unfreeze $6.8 million of education funds! QUICK SIGNATURE:
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RELEASE THE FUNDS: Demand Congress Act Now to Unfreeze K-12 Education Funds!
More than $6.8 billion in essential K-12 education funds, approved by Congress, are sitting in limbo. The Trump administration has refused to release these funds, halting critical programs and stallin...
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On May 2, 2025, the Trump Administration released its FY2026 federal budget proposal. On page 39 he calls for the complete elimination of the only federal agency dedicated solely to supporting America’s libraries and museums.
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SIGN THE PETITION: Stand Against Trump's Budget Proposal to Defund IMLS.
Trump is more emboldened than ever to destroy library funding. We need you to take action today!
https://bit.ly/4cXcPFj
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What’s happening to America’s libraries isn’t just a political issue; it’s an assault on knowledge, access, and democracy. From censorship to leadership purges, libraries are under siege.
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Libraries, Literacy, and Government Transparency are Under Attack from the Trump Administration
Help support libraries across the country by taking action today!
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Join the fight against government regulations on the books that you and your family are allowed to read in the United States by signing the petition today.
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PETITION: Don't Ban Books in the United States
Proposed censorship measures in several states could deny your right to read some books in our Nation's libraries and lead to librarians facing criminal charges for the books on the shelves.
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HB4 and SB6, two severe anti-library bills in Alabama, are dead. EveryLibrary stands behind frontline advocates and professional organizations, helping them succeed in their states and communities.
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The Advocacy Partnership that Defeated Two Bad Alabama Bills
EveryLibrary is so proud to be part of this kind of advocacy partnership.
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Sign the petition to bring wrongfully deported Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia HOME!
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Tell Congress to Demand Trump bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home and obey the courts!
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an innocent husband and father living legally in the US for 14 years, has been illegally renditioned to an El Salvadoran torture prison without due process, in defiance of our co...
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Write Congress — Activate America
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Will you take action to save our public Postal Service with
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Defend Our Public Postal Service
The public service mission of the Postal Service has made it one of our nation’s most trusted institutions. However, this essential service is under threat if we do not act now. The American peop...
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Will you take action to save our public Postal Service with
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Defend Our Public Postal Service
The public service mission of the Postal Service has made it one of our nation’s most trusted institutions. However, this essential service is under threat if we do not act now. The American peop...
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On May 2, 2025, the Trump Administration released its FY2026 federal budget proposal. On page 39 he calls for the complete elimination of the only federal agency dedicated solely to supporting America’s libraries and museums.
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SIGN THE PETITION: Stand Against Trump's Budget Proposal to Defund IMLS.
Trump is more emboldened than ever to destroy library funding. We need you to take action today!
https://bit.ly/4cXcPFj
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Tell Congress: We Need Childcare & Healthcare, Not Menstrual Education!
This week, President Trump proposed we support moms and increase birth rates through menstrual education, as he continues to gut essential programs like Medicaid and Head Start. Sign on and tell Congr...
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There is a well-established link between low literacy, dropout rates, and criminal behavior, and federal funding for libraries helps increase literacy rates in prisons across the country.
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Federal Funding for Libraries Helps Reduce Recidivism
Trump is destroying Federal Funding for libraries through the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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6 months ago
The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
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HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/national-suicide-hotline-lgbtq-youth-cuts-rfk-jr-hhs/
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Tristan Snell
7 months ago
Forcing people to pay $130 for a passport in order to vote is just a Jim Crow poll tax by another name. It is blatantly unconstitutional.
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When the Bunnvale Library in Lebanon Township, NJ was at risk of being closed, EveryLibrary provided quick, effective support to local residents and helped save the Library.
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A Win For Lebanon Township NJ
EveryLibrary provided quick, effective support to local residents and helped save the Library.
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Another finished baby blanket 🤍🧶
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Tim Onion
7 months ago
I'm watching CNBC. These anchors are so angry. They really didn't believe he'd do it. They're actually just now, 10 years into this shit, realizing he's a maniac hellbent on revenge and there's no grand plan for the markets. Better late than never but holy shit.
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Mehdi Hasan
7 months ago
Pretty simple rule of thumb when wondering why the Trump administration does anything is to ask two questions: 1) is it racist? Or 2) are they stupid? Tends to cover most Trump administration stuff.
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Tell Congress to REPEAL Trump's Tariffs
Trump's tariff threats have already destroyed TRILLIONS in market wealth. Now his actual tariffs will increase the cost of everything we buy. It's a national sales tax of $4,200 per year. Trump's ta...
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Tell Your Representative: Vote NO on Michigan’s Anti-Voter Bill
Michigan lawmakers are pushing a bill that would force voters to prove their citizenship—again—just to stay registered. It’s a copycat of Trump’s federal SAVE Act and could purge eligible voters from ...
https://act.commoncause.org/letters/tell-your-representative-vote-no-on-michigans-anti-voter-bill?source=direct_link&
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The Resistance Is Alive and Well in Michigan and across the country. So Why Isn’t the Media Covering It?
Thousands of Michiganders are protesting every week—from Medicaid cuts to voter suppression and corporate overreach. The resistance is real. So why is the media staying silent?
https://open.substack.com/pub/distillsocial/p/the-resistance-is-alive-and-well?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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Will you take action to save our public Postal Service with
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The public service mission of the Postal Service has made it one of our nation’s most trusted institutions. However, this essential service is under threat if we do not act now. The American peop...
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Alt National Park Service
8 months ago
We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
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Trump signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries. Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!
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SEND AN EMAIL: Stop Trump's E.O. Attacking Federal Funding for Libraries
We need your help TODAY to tell your governors and key members of the House and Senate that federal funding for libraries - the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) - needs to be preserved!
https://action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025
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We need leaders, not kings!
President Trump has seemingly given billionaire Elon Musk complete power to take a chainsaw to norms and institutions that protect our human rights.
https://act.amnestyusa.org/page/166913/action/1?chain&supporter.appealCode=W2502XAADM0
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In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients.
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Statement on Trump's Attack on Federal Funding for Libraries
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Kevin Collins
8 months ago
When AOC and Adam Kinzinger are both furious at Chuck Schumer, for the exact same reason, maybe you need to give up the idea this is just a backlash coming from far left activists.
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SIGN NOW to Protect SNAP!
Tell Congress to reject the cuts to SNAP (food stamps) benefits that hardworking families rely on to put food on the table!
https://action.momsrising.org/sign/reject-cuts-SNAP?source=aae&aktmid=tm11647618.XScr3l&akid=a30378739.3501568.s5q85w&t=2&utm_campaign=outreach&utm_medium=email&utm_source=actionkit
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Take Action: Women's Social Security at risk
Demand that Congress keep DOGE out of the Social Security Administration.
https://act.weareultraviolet.org/sign/save-social-security?as_text=1&akid=s1400859..GPKjEB
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My first finished project of 2025 - Ice Cream Baby Blanket by Simply Tunisian using various colors of
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Alejandro Alvarez
8 months ago
Supporters of Ukraine just unfurled the world’s biggest 🇺🇦 flag on the White House ellipse calling for the U.S. not to abandon the country in its efforts to resist the Russian attack.
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Michelle Rapp, 1/1 Spirit Mom
8 months ago
Happy International Women's Day! May we all embody this energy today and always.
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Your Voice Needed: Tell your governor to defend Medicaid funding
Republicans in Congress are pushing for massive tax breaks for the rich and think we should pay for them by cutting Medicaid, putting millions of people at risk of losing healthcare coverage. Tell you...
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Josh Chafetz
8 months ago
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
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First he proposed an anti same sex marriage house resolution, now this. Why is Rep. Schriver so obsessed with the sex lives of strangers?
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Michigan Republican Josh Schriver proposes total porn ban
Michigan state Rep. Josh Schriver (R-Oxford) announced he is working on legislation that would ban pornography for everyone in the state if signed into law.
https://heartlandsignal.com/2025/03/06/michigan-republican-josh-schriver-proposes-total-porn-ban/
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Randi Mayem Singer
8 months ago
"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."
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Jon Cooper
8 months ago
Exactly this.
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