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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

@blklibrarygirl.bsky.social

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7th/Newest book: Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings (June 24). Substack: honoreejeffers

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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social · Aug 20

No. 2, let’s fix this educational gap on #slavery right now:

Where my Early African American scholars who specialize and/or have a book focused on #slavery ?

Let’s get a roll call—respond to this post w/ your book or article & I’ll quote you.

I’ll 📌 this.

PS Non-scholars, remain silent. 😊🙏🏾

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 7d

White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.

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Tuttle Tuttle Toil & Trouble 🎃 @katekilla.bsky.social · 1h

Image shows a chaise longue next to a bookcase. Pillows, a throw blanket, and soft lighting make it appealing.

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 2h

interesting that justice barrett thinks it's appropriate for a judge to appear on a transparently partisan propaganda network like FNC

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 5h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 2d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Steve Hofstetter @stevehofstetter.bsky.social · 1d

More than half of ALL government shut down days in the history of America have come under just one president.

Simply put, the man is a terrible leader.

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 1d

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 1d

So if Russ Vought and Bob Kennedy were deliberately trying on behalf of an enemy to sicken and kill Americans by destroying the public health structure - what would they be doing differently?

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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social · 1d

People talking about Harris “ran a bad campaign” while we are hearing the news of children being zip-tied by ICE & we saw a priest (or minister?) being shot in the face with pepper balls because he was praying.

As my grandma like to say, y’all sound “besides like a fool.”

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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social · 1d

You sound so silly.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

I recently sat down with three leaders who are part of the @obamafoundation.bsky.social's alumni network to hear more about their work to strengthen democracy in Hungary and Poland. They’re an example for us all. Take a look:

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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a pale rider kind of day.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey.

I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 1d

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Javachik @javachik.bsky.social · 1d

I was not prepared whatsoever for Diane Keaton to die.

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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social · 1d

SAME.

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social · 1d

I think I haven’t yet asked this week:

You eligible voters who sat out the election entirely or who voted third party instead of for Harris, are you still feeling great about that decision?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."