Michele Dupey
michele-dupey.bsky.social
Michele Dupey
@michele-dupey.bsky.social
PR prof'l/Librarian (ret) * Writer * Hockey, NJ Devils * Feminist * Activist * City-loving/living Tree-hugger * Reading Dancing Yoga * Bi * Widow: Sugar Ray II
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NJ & VA Gov. - Mikie Sherrill & Abigail Spanberger
NYC Mayor - Zohran Mamdani
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Sign the petition to support H.R.5527 and stop Trump's book bans in schools on military bases in the US and abroad.

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PETITION: Restore the Right to Read at DoDEA Schools
Sign the petition to support H.R.5527 and stop the DoDEA book bans in schools on military bases in the US and abroad.
action.everylibrary.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
📚 It’s Banned Books Week. Book bans don’t protect kids — they censor them. Stand with libraries, stand with readers, stand for the #FreedomToRead. ✊ #BannedBooksWeek #StopBookBans Sign the pledge today! via @everylibrary.bsky.social

action.everylibrary.org/bookbanpledge
Pledge to Protect the Freedom to Read
This Banned Books Week (October 5–11, 2025), join EveryLibrary and We Believe in standing up for every reader’s right to read and access every story.
action.everylibrary.org
October 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
STOP BOOK BANS!!

We made it easy to send an email to your representative to fight against book bans in your state!

action.everylibrary.org/nationalaccess via @everylibrary.bsky.social
EMAIL YOUR REPS: Don't Ban Books in the United States
Proposed censorship measures in several states could deny your right to read some books in our Nation's libraries and lead to librarians facing criminal charges for the books on the shelves.
action.everylibrary.org
October 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Great idea by NJ's junior U.S. Senator Andy Kim. Think about becoming a leader? Apply!
newjerseyglobe.com/congress/sen...
Senator Andy Kim seeks to train next generation of N.J. leaders - New Jersey Globe
U.S. Senator Andy Kim is launching a leadership training program to prepare the next generation of civic and political leaders in New Jersey. “There’s a
newjerseyglobe.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Opinion | We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Sat, Sept 6, 2025: , I participated as a vendor for the first Bayonne Heritage of Pride Festival, as chair of the Hudson County LGBTQ+ Advisory Task Force. Glorious day - rain or shine! - w/photos reflecting the sunshine before the torrential rains stopped the festival, mid-afternoon. ❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜🖤🩶🤍🤎
September 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Thanks to reporter Jordan Coll, of the New Jersey Urban News, there was coverage of the Bayonne Heritage of Pride Festival - the first of many to come. ❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜🖤🩶🤍🤎
njurbannews.com/2025/09/08/b...
Bayonne Hosts Historic First Pride Festival Showcasing LGBTQ+ Solidarity
The Pride Festival marked a milestone for the city and New Jersey’s expanding Pride movement.
njurbannews.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Thank YOU, Governor Phil Murphy!!! Got my Tdap last year. Got my MMR & Hep B this year. Get ALL your lifetime vaccines NOW. Unfortunately, you just can't trust the direction on access to vaccines of the Trump administration and RFK Jr. SMH 🤬 GIFTED (no paywall)
www.nj.com/politics/202...
Florida is ending vaccine mandates. Murphy had a blunt response about whether it’d happen in N.J.
Gov. Phil Murphy said he's troubled by the Florida move.
www.nj.com
September 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
*THIS* 👇👇👇 is sooo egregious and distorts U.S. history. 🤬
GIFTED (no paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Scrubbing Slavery From Our Historical Sites
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
<< "Donald Trump's 'takeover' of Washington, DC, is authoritarian thuggery," Balko argues. "It's a projection of power, driven by retrograde racism. It has nothing to do with recent crimes, or actual crime, or actual crime rates." >>
www.alternet.org/balko-trump-...
'Everything they're claiming' is 'a lie': How the Trump admin manufactures a crisis
During his long writing career, journalist/author Radley Balko has focused heavily on civil liberties and criminal justice. Balko has been a scathing critic of the War on Drugs, detailing many example...
www.alternet.org
August 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
From the wisdom of Robert Reich...
youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?...
Five Ways to Fight Trump's Fascism
YouTube video by Robert Reich
youtu.be
August 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Trump’s “State Capitalism”
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Trump’s “State Capitalism”
It would be communism under any other dictator
open.substack.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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GIFTED (no paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/b...
Social Security Is Turning 90. Here Are 6 Myths About It That Won’t Go Away.
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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*THIS* 👇👇👇 I wonder if this is the reason so many younger people (under 50) are dying of cancer...???
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Ultra-processed foods make up over half of Americans’ calories, CDC says
Roughly 55 percent of the average daily caloric intake comes from ultra-processed foods, which HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has vowed to crack down on.
wapo.st
August 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Wow! Look what's happened in 50 years! From brand new degree in Broadcasting to a School and now, a *College*!!! /// Proud member of the Class of 1975 - the *first* graduating class in Broadcasting (Speech & Theater, Broadcasting, 1975).
youtu.be/FZGqdqSzToI?...
Montclair CCOM Welcome Video, 2025
YouTube video by College of Communication and Media at Montclair
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August 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM