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Ohio selling out LGBTQ+ folks in exchange for state budget, Salem may become the only US capital without a public library, and the IMLS domino effect are three library stories I'm watching right now: buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
3 Library & Censorship Stories I'm Watching Right Now
I am currently out of the office on caretaking leave for most of April. Much as I wish I could be a person who completely logs off during periods of time...
buttondown.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Ohio selling out LGBTQ+ folks in exchange for state budget, Salem may become the only US capital without a public library, and the IMLS domino effect are three library stories I'm watching right now: buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
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Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
April 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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ICE smashing car windows to drag out a woman and her daughter - BOTH HERE LEGALLY - and arrest the mother with NO WARRANT. The #carrollcomd sheriff has agreed to work with ICE to kidnap people on bogus "gang related" charges.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window
Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
ICE smashing car windows to drag out a woman and her daughter - BOTH HERE LEGALLY - and arrest the mother with NO WARRANT. The #carrollcomd sheriff has agreed to work with ICE to kidnap people on bogus "gang related" charges.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
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📌 20 Actions You Can Take to Support Libraries
1. Read up on the executive order gutting the IMLS, and how it will affect libraries and museums
2. Use this script from 5Calls to call your representatives and urge them to save the IMLS buff.ly/MjrlAZG
3. Find your local library buff.ly/AEml8oX
1. Read up on the executive order gutting the IMLS, and how it will affect libraries and museums
2. Use this script from 5Calls to call your representatives and urge them to save the IMLS buff.ly/MjrlAZG
3. Find your local library buff.ly/AEml8oX
Save the Institute of Museum & Library Services (UPDATED 3/31) ⭑ 5 Calls
Updates March 31, 2025: After a meeting with DOGE, the entire staff of the IMLS - roughly 70 people - has been put on administrative leave for the …
5calls.org
April 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
📌 20 Actions You Can Take to Support Libraries
1. Read up on the executive order gutting the IMLS, and how it will affect libraries and museums
2. Use this script from 5Calls to call your representatives and urge them to save the IMLS buff.ly/MjrlAZG
3. Find your local library buff.ly/AEml8oX
1. Read up on the executive order gutting the IMLS, and how it will affect libraries and museums
2. Use this script from 5Calls to call your representatives and urge them to save the IMLS buff.ly/MjrlAZG
3. Find your local library buff.ly/AEml8oX
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HELP! I'm being inspired against my own will! I'm feeling seen! I'm uncovering hope under layers of cynicsm! Who is this spokesperson for a self-reflective party that is committing to fight back, and what does he think he's doing??
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
HELP! I'm being inspired against my own will! I'm feeling seen! I'm uncovering hope under layers of cynicsm! Who is this spokesperson for a self-reflective party that is committing to fight back, and what does he think he's doing??
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Footage of DOGE members just after noon outside the building housing IMLS.
March 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM