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Julie J @j1j2.bsky.social · 2h

Freeport, Maine
Weekly StandOut
Saturday November 1, 8 & 15

TCarlson @tcw123.bsky.social · 2d

#SPEAKUP
#Persist
#Maine
Freeport Maine
Weekly Standout
Saturdays through Nov 15
11am – 12:30pm EDT
U.S. Route 1 & Desert Road
Freeport, ME 04032
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

Weekly Standout · Mobilize

This a local Indivisible event! Standout every Saturday, 11:00am-12:30pm, at the intersection of Desert Rd and Main St/Rte. 1 (near Shaw's). Join us in our efforts to connect with and activate others...

www.mobilize.us

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2h

Chicago City Council member searching for agents on bike during school pick-up: "We are gonna have to be as relentless as ICE"

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 4h

I came across this from that other place, written 12 days after J6 and two days before Trump was evicted and Biden took over. We are in the trouble we’re in because Trump was not held accountable for his crimes, particularly inciting a ldeadly insurrection. Accountability is key for our future.

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Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · 2h

This is really something! A federal appeals court, which recently ruled 2-1 (both Trump judges) to stop a lower court block on Trump deploying the National Guard to Portland, has stayed its own order after finding a "material factual error" in the regime's argument.
lawandcrime.com/high-profile...

9th Circuit reverses victory for Trump admin in National Guard case after feds get caught lying

By Friday, the full 9th Circuit administratively stayed the panel's own stay – "[w]ithout objection from the panel."

lawandcrime.com

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Julie J @j1j2.bsky.social · 2h

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Democracy Mondays

TCarlson @tcw123.bsky.social · Sep 3

#SPEAKUP
#STANDUP
#Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Democracy Mondays
Mondays through
Jan 5 2026
4:30 – 6pm EDT
South Braddock Avenue & Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15221
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

Democracy Mondays · Mobilize

[PLEASE REPLACE THE TEXT BELOW WITH YOUR SPECIFIC EVENT DETAILS BUT LEAVE THE NON-VIOLENCE CLAUSE IN THE DESCRIPTION - THANK YOU] This a local Indivisible event! We are Indivisible Regent Square Jo...

www.mobilize.us

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 3h

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Julie J @j1j2.bsky.social · 2h

OKLAHOMA

TCarlson @tcw123.bsky.social · Sep 9

#SPEAKUP
#STANDUP
#Oklahoma
Oklahoma Small Businesses: Sign on to Support State Question 832! This initiative is a key part of the game plan to gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2029. State Question 832 is officially on the ballot for the June 2026 election.
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

Oklahoma Small Businesses: Sign on to Support State Question 832! · Mobilize

## **Oklahoma Small Businesses: We’ve Got a New Game Plan for Our Economy!** 🏀 Just like our Thunder showed us how to win it all, Oklahoma small businesses have a chance to build a championship-level...

www.mobilize.us

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Miriam @miri100.bsky.social · 4h

Everyone that is able should be heading to their local food bank, donating food or money. I have to decide which is more feasible, but I will definitely be donating. Everybody that is not in their situation should be donating food or money.

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Julie J @j1j2.bsky.social · 2h

Sacramento, California
Weekly Wednesdays
Sacramento Capital Protest

TCarlson @tcw123.bsky.social · Sep 4

#SPEAKUP
#STANDUP
#California
Sacramento California
Every Wednesday - Sacramento Capital Protest
Wednesdays through Dec 17
11:30am – 1pm PDT
On the corner
15th and L st.
Sacramento, CA 95825
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

Every Wednesday - Sacramento Capital Protest · Mobilize

Every Wednesday. 15th and L st. 11:30 to 1:00 Join us! We rise up to speak out against the CRUEL and UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTIONS OF THE TRUMP REGIME and ICE!!! Stop by on your lunch, and protest this ...

www.mobilize.us

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Mark Ebenhoch aka INGLORIOUS BASTARD @realmarkebenhoch.bsky.social · 2h

Theyre on the RIGHT TRACK....

Blackout The System @blackoutthesystem.bsky.social · 1d

This is what we are working towards! Join us for the #secondwave of #blackoutthesystem and let’s work together to see a #generalstrike that will change the world! Stop the flow from WITHIN!

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 6h

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 12h

🚨ICE posing as sheriff in Hollywood, CA. Governor Newsom is going to see this and he is going to be lit with rage, as he should be. The guy asking questions on video pointing out all the illegal acts they are committing. Let’s make sure he sees what happened tonight. 1/2

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5h

Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy in order to construct a sprawling network of migrant detention centers in Louisiana, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Pennsylvania and Utah. A source tells CNN that facilities could hold as many as 10,000 people each.

Civil Rights Groups Demand ICE Stop Jailing Pregnant Immigrants Amid Reports of Medical Neglect

A group of civil and human rights organizations is calling on Immigration and Customs Enforcement to end the jailing of pregnant people and to immediately investigate reports of severe medical neglect...

www.democracynow.org

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Julie J @j1j2.bsky.social · 2h

Chaska Minnesota
Saturdays thru November 15
Protest @ Congressman Emmer’s Office

TCarlson @tcw123.bsky.social · 7d

#SPEAKUP
#RISEUP
#Minnesota
Protest at Congressman Emmer's Office in
Chaska, Minnesota
Saturdays through Nov 15
1 – 2pm CDT
Congressman Emmer's Chaska District Office
1107 Hazeltine Blvd
Chaska, MN 55318
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

Protest at Congressman Emmer's Office in Chaska, Minnesota · Mobilize

We have a weekly protest event near Congressman Emmer's office in Chaska, Minnesota. We are there weekly on Saturday from 1 to 2. Good visibility near a large shopping complex, State Highway and near ...

www.mobilize.us

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 2h

But who is going to fund that data?

EveryLibrary and EveryLibrary Institute are working on it.

EveryLibrary is the only org in the US that can use the data to support elections, political initiatives, and library ballot initiatives.

We’re all ears for your $500k ideas though.

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 2h

But this data would completely change how we can communicate with the voters about why libraries are important, why they should vote for them, and it would allow us to do effective VoterID and GOTV work during ballot initaitives.

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 2h

We literally have 0 data we need to rebuild public support for libraries.

It would be a $500k proposition to do it.

It's called "voter modeling," and it's very common in politics for causes and campaigns to build models that allow them to understand and engage their voters.

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 2h

We don’t know what messages to use to engage them.

Do they respond to messages about social justice, education, community, marginalized communities, etc?

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 2h

We don’t know what mediums they receive their messaging through.

Do library voters respond to direct mail, paid media, social media, influencer marketing, text messages, email, canvassing, phone banking?

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 2h

We don’t know WHY they vote for the library.

Are they voting for libraries because they believe in literacy, education, community, third space?

Do they believe in libraries or are they voting against the group who they believe are against libraries? (We saw this during Trump)

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 2h

For example, we don’t know WHO votes for libraries.

Is it Americans who are older, younger, wealthier, poorer?

Is it mothers, fathers, home owners, renters, grandparents?

Is it people who read Forbes magazine or people who drive blue Subarus?

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 2h

But it’s not enough. While the OCLC data was interesting and VERY helpful, it wasn’t useful.

We still don’t have the data we need to push back and win.

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 2h

And our industry just doesn't care.

Before @EveryLibrary our industry published only 4 articles per year on the politics of libraries.

That's why we publish and do trainings and conferences focused on the politics of FUNDING libraries.

everylibraryinstitute.org/publishing

The Political Librarian Journal

As an open source academic journal, The Political Librarian is dedicated to expanding the discussion of about library advocacy and activism while promoting research and new thinking about policy and funding issues for libraries.

everylibraryinstitute.org

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 2h

AND WE WERE UP TO 42% IN 2018!!!!

This is literally the ONLY thing we should be talking about in libraries.

Because this voter support is the only reason that we are able to exist at all!

This is the countdown clock to losing 98% of library funding

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 2h

That’s a problem because once over 50% of Americans are unwilling to vote for libraries, local ballot initiatives for libraries will fail at unprecedented rates.

We’ll also see legislators stop funding libraries because why would they fund something Americans don’t care about?

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