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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 20h

She plays to her strengths.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 23h

Be on the lookout for bills to restrict "porn," because that means any book acknowledging human sexuality, or with any LGBTQ+ themes at all.
"Antifa" or "critical race theory" = no books about resistance or written by Black authors.

#BannedBooksWeek

Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 1d

Is your state trying to ban books? Here's how to testify before your legislature against them. And, no, you don't have to be an author or a teacher or a lobbyist to do it. You just have to be a reader, who's a bit brave.
pen.org/how-to-testi...

#BannedBooksWeek

How to Testify Against Book Ban Bills: Preparation and a Strong Argument

Be prepared, stay composed, and make an undeniable, bipartisan argument about why book bans in any form are a poor policy choice.

pen.org

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 23h

Naturally! 😇

Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 1d

*Aren't

Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 1d

Pops enjoying the sunshine and morning breeze, just as Katie and Lucky prescribed. Just before I trim his bangs.

Adorable gray dog, whose bangs need a trim, sitting on a front porch, with dappled sunlight on a slate-gray wall behind him, a green lawn in the distance.

Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 1d

I think that might be a Squish Mallow come to life!

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 1d

I regret to inform you that Finlay might be the boss of the family. She's bossy because she loves.

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 1d

For a sec, I thought one of these two *is* Tropical Storm Priscilla!

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 1d

I was going to say, if your snacks are giving you joy, might be time to reevaluate!

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 1d

Is your state trying to ban books? Here's how to testify before your legislature against them. And, no, you don't have to be an author or a teacher or a lobbyist to do it. You just have to be a reader, who's a bit brave.
pen.org/how-to-testi...

#BannedBooksWeek

How to Testify Against Book Ban Bills: Preparation and a Strong Argument

Be prepared, stay composed, and make an undeniable, bipartisan argument about why book bans in any form are a poor policy choice.

pen.org

Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 1d

THIS!

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#Nobel

Erin Overbey @erinoverbey.bsky.social · 1d

the group & people most deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize this year are the Palestinian journalists in Gaza, who kept courageously telling the world the truth no matter the cost #nobelpeaceprize @nobelprize.bsky.social

Illustration of some of the Palestinian journalists in Gaza

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 1d

AND, the administration is getting their ears bent by a profit-seeking former CIA agent, and the Venezuelan Ahmad Chalabi, who are profiting by peddling bad intel:
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...

Trump's Alt Pipeline for Venezuela Intel Confirmed

Venezuelan expat with rich, dissident clients and an ex-CIA partner told Trump that Maduro's waging a covert war

open.substack.com

Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone hang onto this so someone can give it to the preliminary investigator the ICC, y'all.

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 2d

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 1d

I look forward to watching Tish James humiliate him once again.

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 1d

BREAKING: NY State AG Letitia James indicted by federal grand jury in Virginia www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Letitia James indicted by federal grand jury in Virginia

State Attorney General Letitia James has reportedly been indicted for alleged mortgage fraud.

www.cityandstateny.com

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 1d

Keep your corrupt, grubby, abusive hands off Tish James, Donald Trump.

Your cowardice is showing — weak men seek revenge on powerful women who hold them to account.

But NY’rs don’t play. Our AG has been a fierce warrior for our rights, time & again. You better believe we’ll be there for hers.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

The Attorney General of New York was just indicted by our tinpot dictator

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

My #WITHPod interview w Tish James in April.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

“Trump Is Not a King” with NY Attorney General Letitia James

Podcast Episode · Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast · 04/29/2025 · 55m

podcasts.apple.com

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 1d

From The New Yorker

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 1d

This one is my favorite so far...

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 1d

As the administration goes all in on an alternate reality about portland that bears no resemblance to fact and rule of law, continuing radical (and just plain funny, ridiculing) acts of the imagination along with other ways of getting out the reality on the ground may help curb their momentum.

fake film poster with a sunset and the portland frog protestor with words The Portland War, A Film by Ken Burns

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 2d

When we think of book bans, we think school libraries, classrooms.

But as this @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social chart shows, more than *half* are aimed at public libraries.

They're aimed at the whole community.

Check a targeted book out today! pen.org/banned-books...

#BannedBooksWeek

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 2d

I think we all need a little encouragement today, right? And this one by Angela Lam is especially lovely.

www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes...

#WritingCommunity

Encouragement by Angela Lam — Five Minutes

Four months after a concussion, I lay on the sofa wondering if I would be useless for the rest of my life.

www.fiveminutelit.com

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 2d

When we think of book bans, we think school libraries, classrooms.

But as this @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social chart shows, more than *half* are aimed at public libraries.

They're aimed at the whole community.

Check a targeted book out today! pen.org/banned-books...

#BannedBooksWeek

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Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing @mackidssl.bsky.social · 2d

We believe that every person, of every age, of every race, of every gender, no matter who they love, or where they live, should have access to books that reflect and expand their worldview. #UniteAgainstBookBans #BannedBooksWeek

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 2d

Her name is Jocelyn. She's from Cicero. It looks like she was picking her children up from school when she was abducted.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 2d

Describe your Bluesky account with a single image.