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Scout Reads @scoutreads.bsky.social · 2d
Kansas librarian fired because he refused to give Trump the sword that was given to Eisenhower decades ago.
He was fired because he refused to give away a sword to Trump — the sword was given to President Eisenhower decades ago.
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Scout Reads @scoutreads.bsky.social · 3d
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Scout Reads @scoutreads.bsky.social · 3d
"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats it's children."
` Nelson Mandela
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 3d
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d
Attn Black people, stop scrolling.

This is not a drill: Chicago
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Scout Reads @scoutreads.bsky.social · 5d
Propaganda for book bans:
Moms for Liberty "Top 10 Books Radicalizing the Left"
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Scout Reads @scoutreads.bsky.social · 7d
Book ban in Leander, Texas that includes To Kill A Mockingbird
September 30, 2025 Texas school district Leander ISD pulls 40 books than an AI identified as “DEI” including To Kill a Mockingbird, Les Mis, and 21 books dealing with system racism. Leander ISD comm...
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Scout Reads @scoutreads.bsky.social · 10d
TikTok censorship and surveillance:
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IwillNeverBeSilent @ctraveler.bsky.social · 12d
Censorship of TikTok was never about China or national security, it was always about Trump not getting his way.

It was always about silencing the voices on the left.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16d
Sounds like the segregationists in Connecticut are having a grand ole time

“While waiting for the police to arrive, the old Karen’s friend said, ‘You’re not the minority anymore.'”

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Alex O'Keefe, Award-Winning Black Screenwriter, Pulled From Train After White Woman Objects To How He Was Sitting
Alex O'Keefe, an award-winning Black screenwriter, was pulled from a train by the police after a white woman objected to his posture.
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boomdrummer.bsky.social @boomdrummer.bsky.social · 19d
The more things change …,

News from 1939 Germany from the archives of The New York Times

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Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime (Published 1939)
www.nytimes.com
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19d
You’re not allowed to criticize Dear Leader. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19d
Trump: When you have a network and you have evening shows and all they do is hit Trump… They’re licensed. They’re not allowed to do that.
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Scout Reads @scoutreads.bsky.social · 23d
Shira Perlmutter reinstated as copyright chief for the Library of Congress
Appeals court, weighing Trump’s Library of Congress takeover, reinstates copyright chief
Shira Perlmutter sued the Trump administration following her May dismissal.
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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 24d
The literacy nonprofit’s interactive Book Ban Map now includes the latest data on censored books at state and county levels, supplied by the ALA and PEN America, as well as the locations of its book-sharing boxes.
As Censorship Escalates, Little Free Library Updates Interactive Book Ban Map
The literacy nonprofit’s interactive Book Ban Map now includes the latest data on censored books at state and county levels, supplied by the ALA and PEN America, as well as the locations of its…
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Scout Reads @scoutreads.bsky.social · Sep 8
"Vicious compliance" 🤣
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Aleianjack @aleianjack.bsky.social · Sep 7
Hero Librarians Protest Book Ban By Obeying In Advance
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Hero Librarians Protest Book Ban By Obeying In Advance
The United Conservative Party of Alberta has always been at war with the Edmonton Public School Board.
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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · Sep 5
Here's something that is the opposite of tremendously shitty. A big win for libraries and the freedom to read in California!
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We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social · Sep 5
www.aclusocal.org/en/press-rel... We are thrilled by this outcome!
Court Rules Against Huntington Beach Censorship Scheme
HB ordinance called for “review of library materials containing sexual content”SANTA ANA — Today, in a win for the freedom to read, a state superior court issued a tentative ruling against the City
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Sep 4
The argument, as the White House makes it, is that Trump simply wants art to promote patriotic American values. But what the administration is really engaging in is censorship. And increasingly, the target is a familiar one: immigrants.
Trump’s War on Latino Art
He doesn’t just want immigrants out, but also their history and culture erased.
www.thebulwark.com
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Mike Schnier @mikeschnier.bsky.social · Sep 4
Alberta's government is attempting to rework a public school book ban to 'only' remove queer books.
Canada: Alberta pauses book ban after schools remove Handmaid’s Tale, 1984 and other classics
The province says it will review its controversial policy after outcry over removing beloved novels from classrooms
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Banned Camp podcast @bannedcamp.bsky.social · Sep 3
a federal judge just called desantis’ book ban law what it is: unconstitutional. this isn’t about protecting kids — it’s about controlling what they’re allowed to think.

how is this not authoritarianism in plain sight?
Every Week Is Banned Book Week in Florida | Diane Roberts | FlaglerLive
Every day seems to bring another hissy fit from a state goon or “concerned” parent hell-bent on returning us to the glory days of censorship. We live in a state where librarians are called child…
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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · Aug 30
Alberta’s book ban is cultural vandalism. The Handmaid’s Tale, The Color Purple, 1984 — gone.

This is the MAGA playbook in Canada: censor, control, erase.
CBC exposed it. Without them, we’d be in the dark.

📖 Defend the right to read.
📺 Defend CBC.

🔗 r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
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Scout Reads @scoutreads.bsky.social · Aug 28
It's never been about protecting children.
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · Aug 28
Number of Books Banned By Schools In Each US State

Florida (4,500) and Iowa (3,600) recorded the highest number of book bans.

Do you think schools should ban books to protect children?

List of most banned books & authors: brilliantmaps.com/book-bans...
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Paula Wirth @paulawirth.bsky.social · Aug 25
We’re back to a time where fascist dictators remove art and other content from museums and ban art they find “degenerate”. Yet another page they’re following in the Nazi playbook. Book bans already in place, other media being controlled…

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Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art
A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with.
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LeftwardSwing 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @leftwardswing.bsky.social · Aug 23
How about some GOOD NEWS to start your day? 😀

A Federal judge has smacked down Florida's book ban law "Don't Say Gay".
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CHBstills @chbstills.bsky.social · Aug 22
Federal Judge Strikes Down Florida’s Book Ban Law | Court rules Florida’s expanded “Don’t Say Gay” law is unconstitutionally vague, violating the First Amendment and censoring acclaimed books. | www.metroweekly.com/2025/08/flor...
Federal Judge Strikes Down Florida’s Book Ban Law
Court rules Florida’s expanded “Don’t Say Gay” law is unconstitutionally vague, violating the First Amendment and censoring acclaimed books.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · Aug 16
Do you know about how Norway's teachers stood up to Nazis? I talk about it in my new book, Why Fascists Fear Teachers. You can preorder here: www.WhyFascistsFearTeachers.com
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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · Aug 16
Judge Carlos Mendoza in Florida has sided with authors and publishers in a lawsuit against the state's book ban, determining that the law violates free speech protections.

It was ruled that Florida's ban on books that "describe sexual conduct" is too broad.
Florida judge strikes down state law used to ban books: 'None of these books are obscene
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Scout Reads @scoutreads.bsky.social · Aug 11
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Scout Reads @scoutreads.bsky.social · Aug 11
Allowing students across the country access to banned books:
Long Beach Post: Long Beach will open up its e-book library so teens from other states can read banned books - Long Beach Public Library Foundation
Free digital Long Beach Public Library cards will soon be available to teens across the nation in an effort to offset bookbanning in other parts of the country, thanks to a new partnership between Lon...
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