Erin Kinney
@erincandescent.bsky.social
Currently a Hoosier. SD Padres fan. Sometimes a librarian, now in library support. A+ certified. She/her
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Sign the Petition! Tell the Spanish Fort (AL) Library Board to Stop Their Unconstitutional Policy Changes! www.fightforthefirst.org/petitions/te...
Sign the Petition! Tell the Spanish Fort (AL) Library Board to Stop Their Unconstitutional Policy Changes!
A Message to the Spanish Fort Library Board:
At your most recent April 21st meeting, you discussed your intent to implement policy changes that would censor books that are vital to the Spanish Fort c...
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May 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Sign the Petition! Tell the Spanish Fort (AL) Library Board to Stop Their Unconstitutional Policy Changes! www.fightforthefirst.org/petitions/te...
The recent executive orders from the Trump Administration represent an unprecedented attack on American democracy by targeting the institutions that safeguard public knowledge, history, and civic participation.
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The Trump Administration Is Attacking Democracy | Opinion
This is about control—an attempt to control our history, and with it, the future of American democracy.
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April 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The recent executive orders from the Trump Administration represent an unprecedented attack on American democracy by targeting the institutions that safeguard public knowledge, history, and civic participation.
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bit.ly/4jl5n9C via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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“This is about control. Control of libraries. Control of schools. Control of children’s minds. They accuse others of grooming, yet seek to groom the state itself into a reflection of their narrow, weaponized version of Christianity.”
“This is about control. Control of libraries. Control of schools. Control of children’s minds. They accuse others of grooming, yet seek to groom the state itself into a reflection of their narrow, weaponized version of Christianity.”
Opinion | Wahl and APLS want to "protect kids" — by banning reality and truth
Wahl and APLS call it "common sense," but this censorship agenda is anything but. It's calculated, coercive and chillingly un-American.
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April 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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“This is about control. Control of libraries. Control of schools. Control of children’s minds. They accuse others of grooming, yet seek to groom the state itself into a reflection of their narrow, weaponized version of Christianity.”
“This is about control. Control of libraries. Control of schools. Control of children’s minds. They accuse others of grooming, yet seek to groom the state itself into a reflection of their narrow, weaponized version of Christianity.”
Federal cuts mean $40 million loss for state, local health departments indianacapitalchronicle.com/briefs/feder...
Federal cuts mean $40 million loss for state, local health departments • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Indiana officials received notice this week that the federal government is clawing back pandemic-related money sent to health departments
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March 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Federal cuts mean $40 million loss for state, local health departments indianacapitalchronicle.com/briefs/feder...
Alabama halted a library’s funding. Supporters raised the cash in days.
March 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Alabama halted a library’s funding. Supporters raised the cash in days.
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Letter calls for removal of free tampon dispensers from men's restrooms at EVPL libraries
The letter from Vanderburgh County Commissioners President Justin Elpers calls the costs associated with the machines an "unnecessary expenditure of taxpayer dollars."
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March 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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“It feels like a fake technological solution for a problem that doesn’t exist,” says one expert.
The Trump Administration Wants USAID on the Blockchain
A memo detailing plans for USAID touts blockchain technology. “It feels like a fake technological solution for a problem that doesn’t exist,” says one expert.
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March 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“It feels like a fake technological solution for a problem that doesn’t exist,” says one expert.
President Trump names new acting head of Institute of Museum and Library Services
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"There is no efficiency argument when IMLS represents just 0.0046% of the federal budget, while museums generate $50 billion in economic impact.”
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"There is no efficiency argument when IMLS represents just 0.0046% of the federal budget, while museums generate $50 billion in economic impact.”
Federal agency responsible for library and museum funding gets a visit from DOGE
Keith E. Sonderling is the new acting head of The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the main source of federal funding for libraries and museums across the country. President Trump issued an e...
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March 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
President Trump names new acting head of Institute of Museum and Library Services
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"There is no efficiency argument when IMLS represents just 0.0046% of the federal budget, while museums generate $50 billion in economic impact.”
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"There is no efficiency argument when IMLS represents just 0.0046% of the federal budget, while museums generate $50 billion in economic impact.”
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The IMLS is more than a grantmaking entity – it is the only federal agency dedicated to sustaining the entire museum and library ecosystem in the United States.
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Trump administration seeks to starve libraries and museums of funding by shuttering this little-known agency
The consequences of shutting down the Institute of Museum and Library Services would be particularly dire for smaller museums and rural museums.
theconversation.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The IMLS is more than a grantmaking entity – it is the only federal agency dedicated to sustaining the entire museum and library ecosystem in the United States.
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Worth a listen to what Al Green says after he was removed from the chamber.
Thank you, Rep. Al Green!
YouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko
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March 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Worth a listen to what Al Green says after he was removed from the chamber.
Gonna watch the new season of Shoresy.
I’m absolutely NOT watching Trump’s #SOTU speech tonight — I’d rather stick a red hot poker in my eye.
How about you?
How about you?
March 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Gonna watch the new season of Shoresy.
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RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
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RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
WASHINGTON—Addressing the ongoing outbreak in Texas that has infected at least 124 state residents and killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Thursday to make measles deaths so common that they wouldn’t be upsetting anymore. “When President Trump appointed me, I pledged to desensitize Americans to preventable death by […]
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March 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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To deal with this, I propose a system in which Congress creates government departments, setting out a basic organizational hierarchy and command structure, and then the President takes care that these laws are faithfully executed.
Judge Kollar-Kotelly grilled counsel for the government on DOGE's command structure.
Counsel repeatedly said he didn't know the answer to her questions.
The judge said the questions are relevant bc she has concerns about whether DOGE is operating constitutionally under the Appointments Clause.
Counsel repeatedly said he didn't know the answer to her questions.
The judge said the questions are relevant bc she has concerns about whether DOGE is operating constitutionally under the Appointments Clause.
February 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
To deal with this, I propose a system in which Congress creates government departments, setting out a basic organizational hierarchy and command structure, and then the President takes care that these laws are faithfully executed.