Julie Goldberg
@juliegoldberg.bsky.social
Academic librarian, reader, writer, teacher, mother of grown-ups. One-time NY State Senate candidate. Extremely curious person. Ed.M, MA, MLIS. ADHD. Dual citizen 🇺🇸🇮🇪. Tá cúpla focal agam, but don’t quote me on that.
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Reality has a way of getting the last word.
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Let me put this more productively: there was considerable public fury toward previous Republicans for lies, crimes, misbegotten wars, etc. But it ran up against the *enormous, extremely powerful* forces defending elite impunity. And the latter forces won, decisively. It was barely a fight.
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Let me put this more productively: there was considerable public fury toward previous Republicans for lies, crimes, misbegotten wars, etc. But it ran up against the *enormous, extremely powerful* forces defending elite impunity. And the latter forces won, decisively. It was barely a fight.
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JD Vance repeatedly lied, calling legal immigrants "illegal" during the campaign. He did this, because he knew that voters would balk at a plan to deport legal immigrants.
Polls repeatedly show most Americans support robust legal immigration. So Trump et all lied.
www.npr.org/2024/09/18/g...
Polls repeatedly show most Americans support robust legal immigration. So Trump et all lied.
www.npr.org/2024/09/18/g...
Vance says Haitian migrants with protected status are 'illegal aliens' to be deported
The Republican vice presidential nominee continues to rail against Haitian migrants living in Ohio, though many have Temporary Protected Status, as the GOP escalates its hardline immigration stance.
www.npr.org
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
JD Vance repeatedly lied, calling legal immigrants "illegal" during the campaign. He did this, because he knew that voters would balk at a plan to deport legal immigrants.
Polls repeatedly show most Americans support robust legal immigration. So Trump et all lied.
www.npr.org/2024/09/18/g...
Polls repeatedly show most Americans support robust legal immigration. So Trump et all lied.
www.npr.org/2024/09/18/g...
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This would be a great day for Gov. Hochul to sign New York’s Freedom the Read Act into law!
tennessee just kept 140+ books banned until at least next year. beloved. catch-22. on pause because lawmakers panic at paper. students are literally the collateral damage.
how is this still happening?
how is this still happening?
U.S. Book Challenges Update: November 2025 Edition
Libraries and schools across the country are experiencing unprecedented levels of attempts to ban or remove books from their shelves. I Love Libraries will continue to raise awareness by highlighting…
ilovelibraries.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This would be a great day for Gov. Hochul to sign New York’s Freedom the Read Act into law!
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Have I got a book for you if you weren't taught historic US immigration policy. My book about how the US migration & citizenship policy history and law, from the colonial period to 1888 is available for pre-order for March 10, 2026 delivery. Order info in the link on my bio.
Trump and Miller want to turn the clock back to the era of American immigration politics I think few of us were taught honestly about in American public education, outside reading The Great Gatsby
November 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Have I got a book for you if you weren't taught historic US immigration policy. My book about how the US migration & citizenship policy history and law, from the colonial period to 1888 is available for pre-order for March 10, 2026 delivery. Order info in the link on my bio.
4-year-old great nephew sidles up to me at the table, whispering, “Aunt Julie, can I tell you a secret?”
“Of course!”
Whispers even more dramatically, “I LOVE YOUR SOUP!”
“Of course!”
Whispers even more dramatically, “I LOVE YOUR SOUP!”
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
4-year-old great nephew sidles up to me at the table, whispering, “Aunt Julie, can I tell you a secret?”
“Of course!”
Whispers even more dramatically, “I LOVE YOUR SOUP!”
“Of course!”
Whispers even more dramatically, “I LOVE YOUR SOUP!”
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Since January, THE LIBRARIANS has been educating people about the extremist assault on school boards. People are listening, learning, and voting for intellectual freedom. @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
In November's School Board Elections, Voters Stood with Librarians
From New Hampshire to New Mexico, voters aligned with educators, librarians, and unions and ushered in candidates with liberal leanings to their local school boards. We looked at the outcomes in sever...
www.publishersweekly.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Since January, THE LIBRARIANS has been educating people about the extremist assault on school boards. People are listening, learning, and voting for intellectual freedom. @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
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Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
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November 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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I was at the ER the night before Thanksgiving/early hours of Thanksgiving last year with a family member, and we overheard two doctors call that block of time "The Night of the Mandolines" due to the sheer number of sharps injuries during meal prep.
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I was at the ER the night before Thanksgiving/early hours of Thanksgiving last year with a family member, and we overheard two doctors call that block of time "The Night of the Mandolines" due to the sheer number of sharps injuries during meal prep.
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This is who we're deporting while we're importing sex traffickers like the Tate brothers and white supremacists who are nostalgic for Apartheid.
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is who we're deporting while we're importing sex traffickers like the Tate brothers and white supremacists who are nostalgic for Apartheid.
Imagine Nancy Pelosi reading this aloud to her husband over breakfast this morning, both of them laughing until tears drop onto their toast.
‘In Triage Every Day’: A Beleaguered Speaker Says He’s Overwhelmed www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
‘In Triage Every Day’: A Beleaguered Speaker Says He’s Overwhelmed www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
‘In Triage Every Day’: A Beleaguered Speaker Says He’s Overwhelmed
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Imagine Nancy Pelosi reading this aloud to her husband over breakfast this morning, both of them laughing until tears drop onto their toast.
‘In Triage Every Day’: A Beleaguered Speaker Says He’s Overwhelmed www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
‘In Triage Every Day’: A Beleaguered Speaker Says He’s Overwhelmed www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Part of the problem is people think what persuades them is logic and facts.
In reality, most people's opinions are shaped primarily what they perceive to be the views of the community they're in.
So if you hang out with Nazis all day, it starts to feel "normal."
In reality, most people's opinions are shaped primarily what they perceive to be the views of the community they're in.
So if you hang out with Nazis all day, it starts to feel "normal."
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Part of the problem is people think what persuades them is logic and facts.
In reality, most people's opinions are shaped primarily what they perceive to be the views of the community they're in.
So if you hang out with Nazis all day, it starts to feel "normal."
In reality, most people's opinions are shaped primarily what they perceive to be the views of the community they're in.
So if you hang out with Nazis all day, it starts to feel "normal."
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2/ nor can we forget Thomas Fugate, the 22 year old Trump campaign worked appointed as the lead counter terrorism coordinator at DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 AM
2/ nor can we forget Thomas Fugate, the 22 year old Trump campaign worked appointed as the lead counter terrorism coordinator at DHS.
I am sorry to report that the pie-baking is kind of a drag tonight.
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I am sorry to report that the pie-baking is kind of a drag tonight.
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One deeply underappreciated aspect of MAHA is how much it's often a fig leaf for domestic abuse. I'm not surprised doctors on the ground belive men are withholding kids' vaccines as a way to control and terrorize their wives. They obviously are!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
One deeply underappreciated aspect of MAHA is how much it's often a fig leaf for domestic abuse. I'm not surprised doctors on the ground belive men are withholding kids' vaccines as a way to control and terrorize their wives. They obviously are!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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I hope the two National Guardsmen are OK.
Using the National Guard as props is dangerous and unethical.
Reassigning ATF agents to focus on immigration means more deadly guns in the street.
These 3 things can all be true.
Using the National Guard as props is dangerous and unethical.
Reassigning ATF agents to focus on immigration means more deadly guns in the street.
These 3 things can all be true.
November 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I hope the two National Guardsmen are OK.
Using the National Guard as props is dangerous and unethical.
Reassigning ATF agents to focus on immigration means more deadly guns in the street.
These 3 things can all be true.
Using the National Guard as props is dangerous and unethical.
Reassigning ATF agents to focus on immigration means more deadly guns in the street.
These 3 things can all be true.
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TIP: Anyone who posts wild speculation as something that is “almost certainly” the case right now is ~almost certainly~ someone you should not rely on in moments where news is breaking and a story is rapidly developing.
November 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
TIP: Anyone who posts wild speculation as something that is “almost certainly” the case right now is ~almost certainly~ someone you should not rely on in moments where news is breaking and a story is rapidly developing.
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The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
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Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
The future of the country is in the hands of low-information voters. God help us.
nymag.com/intelligence...?
nymag.com/intelligence...?
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The future of the country is in the hands of low-information voters. God help us.
nymag.com/intelligence...?
nymag.com/intelligence...?
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I once saw someone on Reddit justify pirating my book as "a tax on the golden elite."
I had no other employment at that point in time, and hadn't received an advance on my book. I literally had no money.
Those words made me want to cry, and to never write another word for publication.
I had no other employment at that point in time, and hadn't received an advance on my book. I literally had no money.
Those words made me want to cry, and to never write another word for publication.
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I once saw someone on Reddit justify pirating my book as "a tax on the golden elite."
I had no other employment at that point in time, and hadn't received an advance on my book. I literally had no money.
Those words made me want to cry, and to never write another word for publication.
I had no other employment at that point in time, and hadn't received an advance on my book. I literally had no money.
Those words made me want to cry, and to never write another word for publication.
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Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
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The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
Kristi Noem will be pardoned for her crimes, as will every other Trump Administration criminal. It's infuriating.
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Kristi Noem will be pardoned for her crimes, as will every other Trump Administration criminal. It's infuriating.