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Kim Dare @kimjdare.bsky.social · Jul 18

Last night’s gathering of about 400 old and new friends in the Reston-Herndon area was so energizing as we joined more than 1500 groups around the US in celebrating John Lewis’s legacy. Let’s all carry it forward.
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Kim Dare @kimjdare.bsky.social · May 31

It’s a beautiful day to advocate for libraries and the right to read! And what a gorgeous portrait Jarrett Krosoczka created to celebrate Dr. Hayden and all who support #freadom 💜✨

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Kim Dare @kimjdare.bsky.social · May 26

Champion 🔥
#sarahjessicaparker #PENAmerica #censorship

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · Apr 8

Proof your public library loves you: they leave you alone when you're reading, they love when you bring your kids over, and they'll literally let you borrow any book you want...even their hardcovers

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Kim Dare @kimjdare.bsky.social · Apr 8

Reston Regional Library is a happening place! We loved the conversations on Monday while sharing postcards, coloring sheets, & bookmarks for #righttoreadday and #nationallibraryweek . What’s your favorite thing about your library?
#drawntofreedom
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · Apr 7

Libraries continued to provide critical services and develop innovative programs and services, despite the challenges they faced in 2024. Learn more and see which books face the most censorship challenges in this year's State of America's Libraries Report:
www.ala.org/news/state-a...

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Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social · Apr 8

If you believe that:
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.

Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/

Unite Against Book Bans. Raise your voice. Join the movement. UniteAgainstBookBans.org.

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Kim Dare @kimjdare.bsky.social · Mar 31

What’s better than reading a recap of Timothy Snyder’s 20 Lessons on Tyranny? Having them read by John Lithgow.

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20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl

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David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social · Mar 29

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Kim Dare @kimjdare.bsky.social · Mar 30

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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow

Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

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Kim Dare @kimjdare.bsky.social · Mar 30

I choose to resist allowing my country to grab people off the street, illegally take them out of state, and imprison them in a facility with no due process or just cause. #rumeysa #freerumeysaozturk

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Mar 26

The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again.

This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Mar 26

Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.

They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.

From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY

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Kim Dare @kimjdare.bsky.social · Mar 12

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Kim Dare @kimjdare.bsky.social · Mar 11

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The U.S. Is Trying to Deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Legal Resident. Here’s What to Know. (Gift Article)

Mr. Khalil, who helped lead protests at Columbia University against high civilian casualties in Gaza, was arrested by immigration officers and sent to a detention center in Louisiana.

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Kim Dare @kimjdare.bsky.social · Mar 9

Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley lays it all out.
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Sen. Jeff Merkley: 'What else could a Russian agent do that Trump didn't?'

YouTube video by Fuad Sadigov

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Kim Dare @kimjdare.bsky.social · Mar 9

Elon Musk’s DOGE Staffers Have Quite a Nice Salary—Thanks to Taxpayers newrepublic.com/post/192304/... via @newrepublic.com

Elon Musk’s DOGE Staffers Have Quite a Nice Salary—Thanks to Taxpayers

DOGE staffers are making bank as they wage war on the federal government, often from the same agencies they’re cutting.

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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · Mar 3

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · Mar 3

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Liz Cheney @lizcheney.bsky.social · Feb 28

History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · Mar 1

All federal employees must respond to an email from a Nigerian prince with their bank account number or risk being terminated.

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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · Mar 1

“If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

Opinion | A Day of American Infamy

A dreadful moment for Ukraine, for the free world, for the legacy of an America that once stood for the principles of the Atlantic Charter.

www.nytimes.com

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · Feb 28

2016: GOP dilutes party platform regarding aid to Ukraine under Trump

2019: Trump tries to withhold military aid until Zelensky “announces” an investigation into the Bidens

2025: Trump and Vance openly side with Putin

It’s been the play the whole time, now it’s just out in the open

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Feb 28

Anger. Righteous anger. We need more of it in this country.

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Kim Dare @kimjdare.bsky.social · Feb 27

This ad from Families Over Billionaires is 🔥🔥
@taxwarroom.bsky.social

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Tax Breaks

YouTube video by Families Over Billionaires

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