Author Robin Currie Presents: JUST ENOUGH ROOM FOR CHRISTMAS + A Chance to Win a Copy darlenebeckjacobson.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/a... Lovely and thoughtful retelling of the Christmas Story by author @robincurrie.bsky.social

ROBIN NEWMAN and DEBORAH ZEMKE PRESENT: TRIAL & ERROR: A SAWYER THE LAWYER STORY + A Chance to Win a Copy darlenebeckjacobson.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/r... A great new book from author @robinnewmanbooks.bsky.social and illustrator Deborah Zemke. @crestonbooks.bsky.social

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.

Jon Bon Jovi doubled down on his comments about Charlie Kirk. He previously shared on his social media: “If you want people to have kind words when you pass, you should say kind words when you’re alive.” After facing backlash, Bon Jovi added: “And I’ll stand behind this. Be kind, now more than ever.

More facts. #Pinks

Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension wasn’t “cancel culture.” It was government coercion. Brendan Carr told Benny Johnson, “we can do this the easy way or the hard way,” and affiliates panicked. Regulatory threats can’t be the answer to speech we don’t like. If we let this stand, no voice is safe.

"But we're free speeching the hell out of them!!"

Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit after Kimmel suspension Disney faces a wave of cancellations after pulling Jimmy Kimmel Live!, with subscribers reporting that the Disney+ cancellation page keeps crashing. 🤭 creators.yahoo.com/lifestyle/st...

Donald Trump and his handpicked FCC chair, Brendan Carr, just made satire a crime. WATCH THIS 📺 : https://youtu.be/6i9jIQ4J2v8

Thank you @dbeckjacobson.bsky.social for sharing this! Hurrah for a new one from @robinnewmanbooks.bsky.social and Deborah Zemke!

Open SmartNews and read "UK TV to air entire night dedicated to Trump’s ‘untruths’ and ‘distortions’ ahead of visit" here: l.smartnews.com/p-6cX1PkJi/Q... To read it on the web, tap here: l.smartnews.com/6cX1Pl3W/Qdc...

ROBIN NEWMAN and DEBORAH ZEMKE PRESENT: TRIAL & ERROR: A SAWYER THE LAWYER STORY + A Chance to Win a Copy darlenebeckjacobson.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/r... A great new book from author @robinnewmanbooks.bsky.social and illustrator Deborah Zemke. @crestonbooks.bsky.social

Extra! Extra! 9/14 💕 open.substack.com/pub/chopwood... Celebrate good news @chopwoodcarrywater.bsky.social

Concluding Thoughts on 9/11 open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...

Q&A with Darlene P. Campos about her new middle grade novel, THE CENTER OF THE EARTH. tinyurl.com/bddy573c

Concluding Thoughts on 9/11 open.substack.com/pub/roberthu... Hope for our future. @rbhubbell.bsky.social

Come on you other states, don’t be slackers.

"When Americans lend a hand to one another, nothing is impossible. We’re not about what happened on 9/11. We’re about what happened on 9/12.” ​-Jeff Parness Be your best American self. It's what we need right now.

Open SmartNews and read "Here’s the Name of Every Republican Who Voted to Kill Epstein Bill" here: l.smartnews.com/p-6aKMZplu/7... To read it on the web, tap here: l.smartnews.com/6aKMZqOk/7Dt... Hold them accountable. Vote them out!

Book Review: SPARK by Chris Baron darlenebeckjacobson.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/b... Amazing new book from author @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social

Holy shit! During the national anthem at the US Open men's final, the moment Trump is shown on the jumbotron the entire stadium erupted in boos. To say the pedophile president is loathed in his own hometown would be an understatement. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👇

I wanted to share some recent praise for my newest novel in verse Lilac and the Switchback! #kidlit #novelsinverse #middlegradebooks

This. 👇👇👇 JB Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: Once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?”

Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.

To everyone else, it’s time to fight back however you can. • Get connected to the resistance: fiftyfifty.one • Get trained on noncooperation: nokings.org/rise • Get bold by joining protests: nokings.org • Get engaged in politics: pol-rev.com • Get started: Choosedemocracy.us

On September 6, 2025, ICE was seen kidnapping protestors in unmarked vans in Chicago.

Read this. ‼️😳 Lori is not a librarian by the way. Animating one doesn’t make it so.

Anti-ICE/Gestapo protest - Chicago, IL Right now!

Fascinating read for others who sometimes swear their iPhone is listening to them. Short answer: It isn't. However, this article about data brokering is one more reason I need to need to stop being lazy & finally cull down my apps, cut down data I give off each day. www.cnet.com/tech/service...

> @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Donald Trump’s Tax Cuts for the Rich Are Already Creating Big Problems open.substack.com/pub/fairshar... Spread the word as real life problems for working people are beginning to take hold from these cruel policies.

Back to School Blues: Books to Ease the Transition darlenebeckjacobson.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b... #backtoschool @DrewDaywalt @mrschureads.bsky.social

The children who survived the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis on Wednesday are now part of a group that numbers nearly 400,000: America’s children who have been exposed to gun violence at school.

Open SmartNews and read "The Anti-Trump Strategy That’s Actually Working" here: l.smartnews.com/p-67Xhhwkg/2... To read it on the web, tap here: l.smartnews.com/67SHXMZi/2eY... @rbhubbell.bsky.social @chopwoodcarrywater.bsky.social

Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history act.indivisible.org/sign/smithso...

Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history act.indivisible.org/sign/smithso...

Open SmartNews and read "MAGA is panicking as Trump finally meets his match" here: l.smartnews.com/p-640iWfwk/8... To read it on the web, tap here: l.smartnews.com/640jr2ta/8cz... How Democrats can reclaim our culture. A must read.

Interview with Katherine Marsh, Author of The Gods' Revenge api.follow.it/trackstatist... Great interview with the author of an MG series about the women of Greek mythology.

Q&A with Cordelia Jensen about her new middle grade novel in verse, LILAC AND THE SWITCHBACK. tinyurl.com/3emmj8hd @cordeliajensen.bsky.social

245 years ago, a moment in history planted the seed for our A MITZVAH FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON. Read about it here www.publisherspotlight.com/explore-dive...

MG Book Review: LILAC AND THE SWITCHBACK by Cordelia Jensen + A giveaway darlenebeckjacobson.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/m... @cordeliajensen.bsky.social

#bookmail Thanks to @rosihollinbeck.bsky.social & @dbeckjacobson.bsky.social who both have fabulous #writingcommunity blogs SAM by Eric Walters THE COUCH IN THE YARD by Kate Hoefler & Dena Seiferling #MG #PB #BookSky

🎈Congratulations🎈 to Laura Sassi, for her new #PB PUMPKIN DAY FOR BOO & BELLE! You can learn more about Laura and her book here. #kidlit #Halloween #nevertooearlytostartcelebratingHalloween

Book Review: THE NIGHT WAR by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley darlenebeckjacobson.wordpress.com/2025/08/11/b... @kimberlybrubakerbradley #MGHistoricalfiction

Extra! Extra! 8/10 👏🏼👏🏼 open.substack.com/pub/chopwood...

Make it make sense

Interview With MG Author Ellie Kirk About Her Book BONNIE BAILEY AND THE FAIRE OF WORLDS + a Giveaway darlenebeckjacobson.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/i... @elliekirkauthor.bsky.social #MGbooks