When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

You know your immigration policy is just racism when Indigenous people are being detained by immigration enforcement

Read.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.

Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.

Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.

Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.

My wife predicted this three days ago. “They are gonna ‘let’s go Brandon’ the Nazi salute, aren’t they?”

it’s so insane to me that people work for ICE like did you watch star wars and think man i want to be like the guys in the plastic white suits who can’t aim for shit

Prior to Covid it was normal to mask in the NICU. People understood that premature babies are as vulnerable as they come and need to protected.

Now? Gowns & gloves but no masking.

The damage caused by anti mask rhetoric will be felt for years (possibly decades) to come.

I would be lying if I said I wasn’t scared of what’s to come, but I do not intend to stop living. I do not intend to stop thriving. And I will jam it down their throats as long as I have breath in my lungs.

I love y’all, my siblings. Let us get through this bullshit.

One thing before tomorrow:

Use your local libraries.

Get your card.

Borrow books, manga, films, audios, ebooks.

Recommend titles for purchase (usually online).

Attend promoted activities.

Fill out those "How are we doing?" questionnaires.

Tell your kids that libraries are good.

They are.

📚

History has already shown us what happens when warnings are ignored…

Stay vigilant—freedom depends on it.

More than 200 executive orders expected tomorrow.

Not one of them will lower the price of eggs.

Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.

RESIST.
Don't quit.
Don't stop fighting.
Don't obey in advance.
Don't stop calling them out.
Keep raising your voices as loudly as you can.
Keep organizing your friends, family, everyone.
Keep supporting orgs that are leading the fight.

RESIST.

Hello to all my new followers! Let’s just make this super clear:

-reading is political
-problematics authors suck: SJM, TJ Klune, Yarros, JKR, and more
-audiobooks are reading
-diverse reading should be the goal (BIPOC, queer, disabled, indie)
-AI is stupid and gross
-free Palestine

#booksky