While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities. Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

Spanberger orders state agencies to terminate all 287(g) agreements with ICE

Five days iced in and we haven't lost power, water, or internet. Which sounds like a blessing until you realize it gave everyone full connectivity to yell at city workers, contractors, officials, and volunteers around the clock.

The Trump Administration is violating federal law every day it doesn’t produce the Epstein files redaction report. 27 days and counting.

Spain's economy far outgrows peers with 2.8% expansion in 2025 www.reuters.com/business/spa...

Just as Mamie Till refused to hide the visual truth that was her son Emmett’s beaten body in the 1950s, just as we saw the visual truth of the beating of John Lewis on the Pettus bridge in 1965, we must confront the visual truth of agents killing U.S. citizens in Minneapolis. Do not look away.

RFK Jr. is dedicated to actively undermining proven cures and treatments, and now that he’s leading America’s public health system – he’s putting the lives of American children at risk. RFK Jr. and his team of quacks need to be fired or removed immediately. youtube.com/shorts/SMI7M...

During a bipartisan visit to Denmark, Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Lisa Murkowski write in a guest essay, “we heard from Greenlanders who can’t sleep, and who told us that their children are crying amid fear of invasion — not from China or Russia, but from the United States.”

CNN airs compilation of federal agents acting with extreme aggression towards peaceful observers.

Concentration camps. In the U.S.

It is conventional wisdom that the Washington Post's current death spiral and was caused by the Harris endorsement fiasco. I actually think it was these endorsements in January 2025. Support pro-democracy, independent media. Sign up for Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

“Imagine how they lie when there’s no evidence to contradict them.” Watch this powerful message from Jon Stewart.

In six violent encounters, evidence contradicts Trump immigration officials' narratives reut.rs/49KHBS3

“Over the course of a lifetime, we face only a few moments where the decisions we make and the actions we take will shape our history for years to come. This is one of them. If we give our freedoms away after 250 years, we might never get them back.” — President Bill Clinton, 1/25/26

Defenceless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages: May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust, Beleaguered by the same Negation and despair, Show an affirming flame. — W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939

I will not support an income tax for people who make less than $1 million in a year. Less than one half of one percent of Washingtonians will pay the Millionaires’ Tax, and it will raise at least $3 billion each year. It’s time to change our state’s upside-down tax system.

A very generous donor — Tom from Seattle — is matching all gifts made to his GoFundMe benefiting ProPublica, up to $15K. Make your gift and double your impact:

While Amazon is investing billions of dollars to expand AI, independent bookstores are hosting community events, personally recommending books to readers, and providing a space that is safe and welcoming during a time when we need them most. Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.

Mayor Gaskins, City Council ask sheriff to cease voluntary inmate transfers to ICE

The Trump regime is lying, again, so they can terrorize immigrant communities with impunity. We must never forget the cruelty this administration has inflicted. https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-fbi-raids-no-criminal-charges

We're excited to announce the winner of the 2025 Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award (SUFTA): CROSSING WATERS by Luisa Etxenike, translated from Spanish by Lilit Žekulin Thwaites @lzt-zhuk.bsky.social, pub. Sundial House! literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...

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Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

2026 is going to be a good year to run for office, no matter how long the odds. runforwhat.net

My friend @michaelfanone.bsky.social and I pushed back against Trump’s lies about January 6th during a town hall at the University of Virginia. Fanone told his full story from that day. His courage to continue to fight for our democracy and his family is inspiring: www.youtube.com/live/NJHMXKM...

Hi to new followers, via the translators starter pack and the ETN discussion! #amtranslating #literarytranslation and #booksky are useful for finding likeminded people too... Let's keep the chat going :)

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

“The anthology’s constellation of animals, children, misfits and survivors reshapes the image of Poland for the English reader...” Agnes Dudek interviews ALTA member Antonia Lloyd-Jones about her recent translation project, a collection of Polish short stories. At Culture Pi:

The biggest sporting event in the world is happening in our backyard. But most New Yorkers will be priced out of watching it live. Sign our petition calling on FIFA to put game over greed: zohranfornyc.com/gameovergreed

Excited to be taking part in both these September events with the marvelous @enaselimo.bsky.social, @leeyamehta.bsky.social, @kktranslation.bsky.social, and so many other wonderful writers and translators. Join us!

@tobiascarroll.bsky.social 's July Watchlist is here! Feat. books by @kktranslation.bsky.social @vivekshanbhag.bsky.social @writerkimsimonsen.bsky.social @shaunwhiteside.bsky.social @mcnallyeditions.com @deepvellum.bsky.social @unnamedpress.bsky.social wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Adolfo, who has been in America since he was a teenager—with NO criminal record and 4 kids who are CITIZENS— was detained by ICE while dropping his kids off at school. Trump isn't focusing on criminals; he's tearing apart the families who build our communities. This is wrong.

We are still reporting. Do you know someone among the people who were deported? Do you have information about the deportation operation to share? You can fill out the form below or reach our tip line on Signal at 917-512-0201 or WhatsApp at 917-327-4868.

America needs its Eduardo Porters, Stephen Colberts, and all others in the media and in academia who have helped the nation understand just how truly dangerous Trump is. Shame on any media outlet or university that allows Trump to silence it. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-silencing

Textbook case of letting Trump set the agenda. Oh, good, the #MurdochJournal headline implies, it's 15% not 25%. But it was 2%. The headline should be that Trump raises Japanese tariffs by 650%.

Trump's subcontracted concentration camp. In our name. Free link. U.S. deportees, freed from Salvadoran prison, describe ‘horror movie’ wapo.st/3GZuXCW

‘Like hers, my ambition was all-consuming; the difference was that mine was to write a great poem, and hers was to save the world through Revolution.’ Carmen Boullosa on the friend who joined the Sandinistas, translated by Samantha Schnee. granta.com/the-dead-rev...

You may be wondering what the Senate is up to tonight… or what a rescissions bill is… or how Donald Trump is trying to gut public media and important foreign aid. Let me explain it to you.

“There are certain books where…the pleasure there isn’t really the ending but rather the journey.” In praise of re-reading.

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

Happy Independence Day! Now more than ever we need to celebrate the incredible feat that is our democracy and stand up to defend it from all who seek to destroy it.

In this Ohio diner, ICE still means the high ABV beer that you break out for fancy occasions. But they do know this: by deporting caregivers, the Trump administration will open doors for Americans who’ve long wanted jobs changing dementia patients’ diapers.

PROTECT THE CREATIVE PROFESSION. SIGN AND SHARE THIS PETITION. It's already been delivered to Congress, but we're keeping the pressure on them and need your help! Sign the petition: authorsguild.org/news/congres...

“As a former Library of Congress employee, along with both the presidents of the Authors Guild and Authors Guild Foundation, Ralph Eubanks and Marie Arana, we are profoundly saddened by Trump’s politically motivated removal of Dr. Hayden.” authorsguild.org/news/ag-cond...

We're past the 11-hour mark, on the second day of the Ways and Means markup of Republicans' tax cut for the rich. Dems offered amendments to protect your health care, stop Trump's trade war, and expand the Child Tax Credit. Republicans voted them all down. We're fighting on.

A finalist for the 2024 Changes Prize, Alana Levinson-LaBrosse's DREAM STATE is a beautiful and timely collection of poetry, experience, memory and collaboration with the Kurdish people, their history, and resistance. AVAILABLE NOW wherever books are sold and at

The Trump Administration has abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.