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Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan, wants the world to know that he was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison.
He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT
Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released…
www.propublica.org
August 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan, wants the world to know that he was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison.
He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
New Report: Codifying Censorship or Reclaiming Rights from @everylibrary.bsky.social: The State-by-State 2025 Legislative Landscape for Libraries
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New Report: The State-by-State 2025 Legislative Landscape for Libraries
The 2025 report provides a comprehensive overview of legislative trends, including an executive summary of 11 categories of harmful bills and their impact on libraries.
www.everylibrary.org
July 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New Report: Codifying Censorship or Reclaiming Rights from @everylibrary.bsky.social: The State-by-State 2025 Legislative Landscape for Libraries
www.everylibrary.org/state_by_sta...
www.everylibrary.org/state_by_sta...
What’s happening to America’s libraries isn’t just a political issue; it’s an assault on knowledge, access, and democracy. From censorship to leadership purges, libraries are under siege.
action.everylibrary.org/liblittrump @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/liblittrump @everylibrary.bsky.social
Libraries, Literacy, and Government Transparency are Under Attack from the Trump Administration
Help support libraries across the country by taking action today!
action.everylibrary.org
June 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
What’s happening to America’s libraries isn’t just a political issue; it’s an assault on knowledge, access, and democracy. From censorship to leadership purges, libraries are under siege.
action.everylibrary.org/liblittrump @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/liblittrump @everylibrary.bsky.social
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/nationalaccess via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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
May 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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/nationalaccess via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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DOGE has been trying to take over the Government Accountability Office, but GAO is a legislative branch agency not under executive control. It’s not subject to Executive Orders and has refused DOGE’s request to embed a team inside.
May 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
DOGE has been trying to take over the Government Accountability Office, but GAO is a legislative branch agency not under executive control. It’s not subject to Executive Orders and has refused DOGE’s request to embed a team inside.
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What the last Trump presidency can teach us about fighting back | Kenneth Roth
What the last Trump presidency can teach us about fighting back | Kenneth Roth
History shows that if western governments mount a defense, the human rights movement will survive this rough patch
www.theguardian.com
May 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
What the last Trump presidency can teach us about fighting back | Kenneth Roth
The Trump Administration is desperate to have this case dismissed
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STATEMENT: Federal Funding for Libraries Makes it Case in Court
The Trump Administration is attempting to have this case dismissed based on standing.
www.everylibrary.org
April 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Trump Administration is desperate to have this case dismissed
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www.everylibrary.org/trump_imls_e... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
The first two statewide elections of the Trump era have underscored a vital truth:
Libraries are not red or blue, liberal or conservative, left or right—they are essential.
www.everylibrary.org/first_librar... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Libraries are not red or blue, liberal or conservative, left or right—they are essential.
www.everylibrary.org/first_librar... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Results of the First Library Ballot Initiatives in the Trump Era
www.everylibrary.org
April 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The first two statewide elections of the Trump era have underscored a vital truth:
Libraries are not red or blue, liberal or conservative, left or right—they are essential.
www.everylibrary.org/first_librar... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Libraries are not red or blue, liberal or conservative, left or right—they are essential.
www.everylibrary.org/first_librar... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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@naomiaklein.bsky.social: "Free market ideology has been discredited by decades of deepening inequality & corruption... It is slowly dawning on...us that no one is going to step in & fix this crisis: if change is to take place it will only be b/c leadership bubbled up from below." bit.ly/4hkaVA6
March 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
@naomiaklein.bsky.social: "Free market ideology has been discredited by decades of deepening inequality & corruption... It is slowly dawning on...us that no one is going to step in & fix this crisis: if change is to take place it will only be b/c leadership bubbled up from below." bit.ly/4hkaVA6
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What # should we get to before the joint session ends tonight? We’re close to 300k. What about 303,303? 😬 Share, like, comment, tag this post!
Join the General Strike and give ALL of congress, and our President & his cronies a piece of your mind: generalstrikeus.com.
Join the General Strike and give ALL of congress, and our President & his cronies a piece of your mind: generalstrikeus.com.
The General Strike
The General strike -the people united shall never be stopped. If we strike together we can make true real change. Sign the strike card today.
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March 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
What # should we get to before the joint session ends tonight? We’re close to 300k. What about 303,303? 😬 Share, like, comment, tag this post!
Join the General Strike and give ALL of congress, and our President & his cronies a piece of your mind: generalstrikeus.com.
Join the General Strike and give ALL of congress, and our President & his cronies a piece of your mind: generalstrikeus.com.
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This week, plus the big picture for Congress: Funding the government by March 14 and next fiscal year www.govtrack.us/posts/483/20...
This week, plus the big picture for Congress: Funding the government by March 14 and next fiscal year - GovTrack.us
Original reporting and other news from GovTrack.us
www.govtrack.us
March 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This week, plus the big picture for Congress: Funding the government by March 14 and next fiscal year www.govtrack.us/posts/483/20...
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Women Messing with Men's Heads du jour: Queen Tomyris with the head of Cyrus. Revenge! Worried what lesson modern ladies (& dog) at right are taking from this. By Michiel Coxcie, born OTD 1499.
March 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Women Messing with Men's Heads du jour: Queen Tomyris with the head of Cyrus. Revenge! Worried what lesson modern ladies (& dog) at right are taking from this. By Michiel Coxcie, born OTD 1499.
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I’m pretty sure this is what voters want from their elected officials
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
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March 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I’m pretty sure this is what voters want from their elected officials
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“I promise to be the best lover and defender of Mother Earth that I can be.” Might this #OrderOfTheSacredEarth pledge save humanity & our biosphere? It is surely worth a try. Only by humans acting together as lovers & defenders of our Earth mother will life prevail. bit.ly/3WRTQFD
March 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
“I promise to be the best lover and defender of Mother Earth that I can be.” Might this #OrderOfTheSacredEarth pledge save humanity & our biosphere? It is surely worth a try. Only by humans acting together as lovers & defenders of our Earth mother will life prevail. bit.ly/3WRTQFD
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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp'
Donald Trump took office eight years ago pledging to “drain the swamp” of the dominance of Washington influence peddlers.
apnews.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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The understaffed Social Security Administration faces further cuts and office closures at the same time as retiring Baby Boomers have caused a surge in the number of people receiving benefits.
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Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In
Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be…
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February 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The understaffed Social Security Administration faces further cuts and office closures at the same time as retiring Baby Boomers have caused a surge in the number of people receiving benefits.
https://propub.li/4ia5PX5
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THANK YOU to our friends @wearesaners.bsky.social for making this YouTube video supporting the General Strike. So grateful to all those who take up the initiative to support this movement. All power to the people.
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Strike! The Weakness of Tyrants
YouTube video by The Saners
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February 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
THANK YOU to our friends @wearesaners.bsky.social for making this YouTube video supporting the General Strike. So grateful to all those who take up the initiative to support this movement. All power to the people.
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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Want to learn more about the General Strike? Here’s our Welcome Packet. We’re so happy you’re here! #USprotests
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GSUS Welcome Packet
The Packet Welcome to the resource hub for everything GSUS They came down on us because we had a grass-roots, real people's revolution, complete with the programs, complete with the unity, complete wi...
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February 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Want to learn more about the General Strike? Here’s our Welcome Packet. We’re so happy you’re here! #USprotests
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March 4th For Democracy!! 🚨 Get more info, resources, or find a protest: fiftyfifty.one (check back next week for protest listings).
50 Protests, 50 States, 1 Movement.
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FAQs + talking points + other ways to act next. 🪡🧵
50 Protests, 50 States, 1 Movement.
#50501Movement #FiftyFiftyOne #March4thForDemocracy @polrev.bsky.social
FAQs + talking points + other ways to act next. 🪡🧵
February 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
March 4th For Democracy!! 🚨 Get more info, resources, or find a protest: fiftyfifty.one (check back next week for protest listings).
50 Protests, 50 States, 1 Movement.
#50501Movement #FiftyFiftyOne #March4thForDemocracy @polrev.bsky.social
FAQs + talking points + other ways to act next. 🪡🧵
50 Protests, 50 States, 1 Movement.
#50501Movement #FiftyFiftyOne #March4thForDemocracy @polrev.bsky.social
FAQs + talking points + other ways to act next. 🪡🧵