Colin and Sophie Hortman, the children of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, are asking Trump to remove the false posts about their parents' killing:

Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social

Call your reps + please read the thread. Do it now, please. Script.

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All based on a “gotcha” video claiming that 3 daycares had no kids. One hadn’t opened yet for the day; one is actually closed. Dude arrived with no I.D. No call ahead. They DIDN’T LET HIM IN! The fraud they’re referencing was investigated & prosecuted by the Biden DOJ. The ringleader was white.

Learn how one teeny, tiny, very specific line in SB 13 is helping SLACs vote to KEEP books in Texas schools. Despite the book banners best efforts.

I wonder, if inconveniently, if Epstein's victims are able to compartmentalize well enough to have a happy Christmas. In that vein, here is a deeply poignant read by @mollyjongfast.bsky.social because we must't look away or become distracted. Gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...

20 state attorneys general filed an Amicus Brief, appealing to the 11th Circuit Court that they hear the state of Florida's appeal in a case about book bans. That sounds complicated, but it's not. 21 states *want to gleefully take away your First Amendment Rights*. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

Please don’t take your eyes away from the damage book banning laws are doing in Texas. In Boerne ISD, a kindergarten class was forced to cancel its planned holiday party book exchange due to HB900 and SB13.

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 also - do you follow Kelly yet???? Do you do what Kelly says!!!!!

This week, we learned 21 states are eager to dismantle your First Amendment Rights. It should be bigger news. Here's the story, and here's what you can be doing about it. These are YOUR RIGHTS that the states want to steal from you. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

It's a 21 state problem. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

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"When same-sex marriage was still years away, there was America’s Uncle, straight as can be, demanding a future in which LGBTQ families be given a full stake in the American Dream and hurry the fuck up on that, please and thank you." charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/americas-u...

Are you in Mesa County, Colorado? Your public library board is about to be overtaken with extremists. Get to the board meeting TOMORROW to speak up and out about what's going to come if these two get appointed. annelandmanblog.com/2025/12/maga...

York County Library (SC) Bans “Gender Identity” Books for Minors, Strips Citizens of First Amendment Rights. I don't know why this York story doesn't get the national attention that others have. It needs it. This board just destroyed the public library. Again. bookriot.com/york-county-...

What Is The National Book Rating Index?: Another "New" Review Tool Attempting to Legitimize Bias in Book Evaluation The National Book Rating Index is a convenient answer to public institutions asking how to subscribe to right-wing review guides. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

So here's the update. California folks, get in your state legislators' ears. You have a law in place. This board needs to follow the law. Maryland uses their teeth in their laws. Why don't you? www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/2025/12/09/r...

“Leaving the Fifth Circuit’s ruling in place erodes the most elemental principles of free speech and allows state and local governments to exert ideological control over the people with impunity…. The government has no place telling people what they can and cannot read.”

State book ban laws only matter as much as they're enforced, and in California, that continues to be a big question mark, especially in Redlands... www.communityforwardredlands.com/redlands-uni...

#MahmoudvTaylor may be used to dismantle vaccination protections in NY public schools, which make it safe for medically vulnerable children or those with vulnerable family members to attend public school. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...

One should always always listen to @kellybarnhill.bsky.social. Always a truth teller.

Read this WHOLE thread. Book bans are never ever just about "protecting children" or "books."

As always. @heykellyjensen.bsky.social has the analysis you need. Read this carefully and understand what is happening. 💯

This would make a great Christmas Gift for oh so many people 😺💜

Highlights from the article below reveal the misuse and harm caused by laws that are passed to affirm “parental rights.” Whose rights will be honored when a book is removed after the objection of one when less than 1% of students have parental restrictions in place? jaxtoday.org/2025/12/02/d...

2026 is going to be a *great* year to run for office. @runforsomething.net will help you. Filing deadlines are coming up fast - it's just barely not too late to get started. runforwhat.net

Coalition Protests Tennessee’s Directive to Public Libraries buff.ly/s1LnmIX

Stand with kids can press.

Short notice, but if anyone is served by the Irving County Library board in Texas they have a Library board meeting tomorrow Dec 1 that might discuss LGBTQ+ materials, new bylaws, & collection development policy. Time & location: irvingtx.gov/index.php?se...

EXCITING! Book Promo News! My dad's book is being published. March 2026. Preorder and use MN94100 for 30% until mid Jan. www.upress.umn.edu/978081666760...

Asking again for someone to cover Canadian library budget cuts and issues. Here's Vancouver: www.cupe.bc.ca/2025/11/25/a...

You'll never guess what book got the Carroll ISD school library advisory committee to say "genitals" a dozen times in 20 minutes. @txfreedomread.bsky.social will have more on this story soon, but for now, you have to hear this audio. open.substack.com/pub/franklin...

THIS THIS THIS: "Because just as there is no child we can sacrifice to keep other children safe, there is no book we can sacrifice to keep other books safe." And SO much more. Thank you @maggietokudahall.bsky.social THank you.

You wanna know who has made a singular difference in fighting book bans - @authorsabb.bsky.social - they are doing rock star things but they bring hope. Needed hope. To communities under fire.

Please help

I'm going to need every other professional organization that is health and human services adjacent speak out on behalf of all the degree for professions that Trump's Wrecking Ball administration just changed to "non professional degree." Nurses? PAs? PTs? Audiologists? Social Workers? Teachers?

YES. lancasteronline.com/news/local/e...

I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...

NEW: As Texas school districts scramble to comply with a new state law banning "indecent" and "profane" library books, one startup is cashing in. I dug into tens of thousands of dollars in contracts between the company and Texas public schools. Here's what I learned: 🧵

What is Take Back The Classroom? A deep dive into one of the most well-funded book banning operations, as well as its "review" materials to help target books in schools nationwide, happening right now: bookriot.com/what-is-take...

And if you want to read a holistic analysis of what physics is and could be, socially and politically, grab a copy of my first book, which won many accolades www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/chand...

Finally got my Election Recap posted! The summary? Voters hate book banners. It’s an established pattern, even in red states like Texas. Read the details of how pro-censorship school board candidates took another drubbing in the Lone Star State: franklinstrong.substack.com/p/election-r...

The complaint is lengthy but worth reading. Our favorite line: "Throughout the story, the main character, a pink unicorn w/ eyelashes & other traditionally feminine features, is consistently referred to as a boy." The mom who filed the complaint asked for the book to be removed from the library.

Both male and female horses have eyelashes. Unicorns don't exist so this can't be scientifically verified. Valiant use of taxpayer money to micromanage the acceptable eyelash representation of fictional animals.

AI is now being used to “flag” school library books. The new CLCD tool, Class-Shelf Plus v3, may speed up censorship under the guise of efficiency. This development should alarm every librarian and educator. #TLSky #EduSkyAi #libraries #censorship open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

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1. Going to the Library in Smyrna or Murfreesboro, TN? You might be greeted by an EMERGENCY CLOSURE sign. Apparently they have detected the presence of "transgender books" and are quarantining them as if they were a dangerous plague. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Celebrating the extraordinary @sarahsbrannen.bsky.social 's new book!!!!!! LOLLY ON THE ICE!!!!!