Eileen AJ Connelly
@ajconn.bsky.social
Writer at PEN America & Baruch College adjunct; Recovering journalist with history at NYPost, AP, Dow Jones, SI Advance et al; UW-Madison alum; hiker & national park nerd; Deadhead; dog mom & damn good cook.
Need an idea for little ones for the holidays? My latest for @penamerica.bsky.social might inspire your gift list!
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‘Super Gross Butts’ Book Judged by Silly Title
“I would urge them to pick up a copy and read it, so they can see the educational value of these books,” Lavelle said.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Need an idea for little ones for the holidays? My latest for @penamerica.bsky.social might inspire your gift list!
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Jamal Khashoggi. Say his name.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Jamal Khashoggi. Say his name.
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Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) has been sworn in!
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) has been sworn in!
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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PEN America: New White House press restriction "severs one more line of accountability between the government and the American people, part of a pattern that is straining the nation’s foundational principle of a free press.” pen.org/press-releas...
New White House Restriction on Press Access Severs One More Line of Accountability
PEN America today condemned the White House’s decision to restrict the White House press corps from the press secretary’s office and the “Upper Press” office space, citing security concerns.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
PEN America: New White House press restriction "severs one more line of accountability between the government and the American people, part of a pattern that is straining the nation’s foundational principle of a free press.” pen.org/press-releas...
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
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Happy 50th to the GOAT of #tabloidheds
October 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Happy 50th to the GOAT of #tabloidheds
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Reading a picture book about a woman’s bicycle journey doesn’t seem controversial. But when her story time event was canceled, @boonewrites.bsky.social realized “the Commander-in-Chief... had effectively declared a woman on a bike too threatening for children.” www.seattletimes.com/opinion/wa-a...
Why my children's book was labeled too radical for storytime | Op-Ed
Celebrating Women’s History Month by reading a picture book about a woman’s bicycle journey turned out to be more controversial than I ever imagined.
www.seattletimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Reading a picture book about a woman’s bicycle journey doesn’t seem controversial. But when her story time event was canceled, @boonewrites.bsky.social realized “the Commander-in-Chief... had effectively declared a woman on a bike too threatening for children.” www.seattletimes.com/opinion/wa-a...
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PEN America: "Canceling Wole Soyinka’s multiple entry visa to the United States is... an abrupt and arbitrary change in the normal visa process... (with) negative implications for free expression and cultural exchange with writers... around the world." pen.org/press-releas...
Canceling U.S. Visa for Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka is “Deeply Troubling” and Likely to Impede Further Cultural Exchanges with the United States
PEN America today condemned the cancellation of entry visas for Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, saying the “abrupt and arbitrary” decision will further weaken the United States’ position as a le...
pen.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
PEN America: "Canceling Wole Soyinka’s multiple entry visa to the United States is... an abrupt and arbitrary change in the normal visa process... (with) negative implications for free expression and cultural exchange with writers... around the world." pen.org/press-releas...
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Notice how it’s somehow the government’s job to legislate a few Bible verses on human sexuality over our entire country, but it’s suddenly “not the government’s job” when it comes to the +2,500 Bible verses calling for a generous use of wealth that prioritizes the poor.
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Notice how it’s somehow the government’s job to legislate a few Bible verses on human sexuality over our entire country, but it’s suddenly “not the government’s job” when it comes to the +2,500 Bible verses calling for a generous use of wealth that prioritizes the poor.
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first book banners told us it was just about what was in schools
then they came for books in the public libraries
then they started getting book stores for carrying certain stock
now I'm hearing about little free libraries being shut down
also a reminder that Utah still has a book destruction law.
then they came for books in the public libraries
then they started getting book stores for carrying certain stock
now I'm hearing about little free libraries being shut down
also a reminder that Utah still has a book destruction law.
October 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
first book banners told us it was just about what was in schools
then they came for books in the public libraries
then they started getting book stores for carrying certain stock
now I'm hearing about little free libraries being shut down
also a reminder that Utah still has a book destruction law.
then they came for books in the public libraries
then they started getting book stores for carrying certain stock
now I'm hearing about little free libraries being shut down
also a reminder that Utah still has a book destruction law.
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"For every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There's no way we can meet that gap. There's no way we can replace every single one of those meals. It is not sustainable for food banks to fill this gap. We were not built to do this."
October 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"For every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There's no way we can meet that gap. There's no way we can replace every single one of those meals. It is not sustainable for food banks to fill this gap. We were not built to do this."
I just donated in anticipation that need will grow dramatically in the coming weeks.
give.foodbanknyc.org/campaign/675...
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Give Meals and Hope to New Yorkers in Need
Every $1 donated provides up to 5 meals for New Yorkers in need. Your gift also helps support access to nourishing food and services for our neighbors across...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I just donated in anticipation that need will grow dramatically in the coming weeks.
give.foodbanknyc.org/campaign/675...
give.foodbanknyc.org/campaign/675...
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Pope today: “With the abuse of vulnerable migrants, we are witnessing not the legitimate exercise of national sovereignty but grave crimes committed and tolerated by the state. Ever more inhuman measures are being adopted, even celebrated politically, that treat these 'undesirables' like garbage.”
October 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Pope today: “With the abuse of vulnerable migrants, we are witnessing not the legitimate exercise of national sovereignty but grave crimes committed and tolerated by the state. Ever more inhuman measures are being adopted, even celebrated politically, that treat these 'undesirables' like garbage.”
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Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
October 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
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Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
Well I, for one, am shocked!
"He's not even taking his salary!"
"He's not even taking his salary!"
Trump policies boost the Trump Family Empire
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Trump policies boost the Trump Family Empire
twp.ai
October 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Well I, for one, am shocked!
"He's not even taking his salary!"
"He's not even taking his salary!"
This is being done in our name.
34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
October 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is being done in our name.
"...when history judges this shit, it won't remember the ballroom, it'll remember the wreckage."
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On The White House Wreckage
Writer, songwriter, story teller, I write poems and songs and essays. I post them here and hope they find who they are supposed to find.
substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"...when history judges this shit, it won't remember the ballroom, it'll remember the wreckage."
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Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them
Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
n.pr
October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
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