LibALGal
@libalgal.bsky.social
Retired medical librarian, lifelong blue dot in a distressingly red state. Now that the US is apparently Alabama, I suppose I shouldn't feel lonely... #angret
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The U.S. government just banned five people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Department, is necessary to protect free speech.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.
Opinion | Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship
Mike Masnick: In the name of protecting free speech, the U.S. government just banned five Europeans from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech.
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December 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The U.S. government just banned five people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Department, is necessary to protect free speech.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.
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Our government’s priorities are entirely backward. And purposefully so.
December 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Our government’s priorities are entirely backward. And purposefully so.
Dan Rather: "With every slow-walked release of documents related to the case, more questions arise — especially for the victims." - Redacting The Truth open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Redacting The Truth
Nothing to see here, or so Trump wants you to think
open.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Dan Rather: "With every slow-walked release of documents related to the case, more questions arise — especially for the victims." - Redacting The Truth open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Nigeria Clarifies What Really Happened With Trump’s Airstrikes newrepublic.com/post/204748/... via @newrepublic.com
Nigeria Clarifies What Really Happened With Trump’s Airstrikes
The Nigerian foreign ministry is fact-checking Donald Trump.
newrepublic.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Nigeria Clarifies What Really Happened With Trump’s Airstrikes newrepublic.com/post/204748/... via @newrepublic.com
"If this keeps up, Alabama could be on the verge of being a two-party state, where candidates have to present ideas for governing and actually address the needs and interests of all voters, instead of tiny pockets of base supporters." www.alreporter.com/2025/12/19/a... @joshmoonal.bsky.social
Opinion | Alabama Democrats are showing signs of life
Alabama Democrats suddenly have a plan, solid candidates, a good ticket and they've stopped the bickering with each other.
www.alreporter.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"If this keeps up, Alabama could be on the verge of being a two-party state, where candidates have to present ideas for governing and actually address the needs and interests of all voters, instead of tiny pockets of base supporters." www.alreporter.com/2025/12/19/a... @joshmoonal.bsky.social
Some positive criminal justice proposed legislation (for a change) for Alabama state legislators to consider in the new legislative year - www.alreporter.com/2025/12/25/p...
Proposed legislation would require parole board to weigh rehabilitation
HB86 would require Alabama’s parole board to positively consider rehabilitation, low recidivism risk, work and education when reviewing parole decisions.
www.alreporter.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Some positive criminal justice proposed legislation (for a change) for Alabama state legislators to consider in the new legislative year - www.alreporter.com/2025/12/25/p...
Robert Hubbell - Merry Christmas to you, too, Mr. President! open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
Merry Christmas to you, too, Mr. President!
December 27, 2025
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December 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Robert Hubbell - Merry Christmas to you, too, Mr. President! open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
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If they can drive people out of rural spaces, or make them so desperate that they’ll accept any job at any pay rate, they can bring in large corporate farms and there is no one to protest the environmental impacts or force them to pay their fair share in taxes.
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
If they can drive people out of rural spaces, or make them so desperate that they’ll accept any job at any pay rate, they can bring in large corporate farms and there is no one to protest the environmental impacts or force them to pay their fair share in taxes.
UA continues its shameful "obedience in advance" strategy by eliminating support for student publications. www.ms.now/opinion/univ...
Opinion | The University of Alabama censors students to appease Trump
Sara Beth Caddell: Our wrongly censored campus publications have crafted diverse, welcoming environments for everybody
www.ms.now
December 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
UA continues its shameful "obedience in advance" strategy by eliminating support for student publications. www.ms.now/opinion/univ...
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Putin held a closed meeting for the Russian oligarchs where he stated that he demands the “entire Donbas region”, referring to the “Anchoridge agreements”.
Remember, I guesstimated we will find out what was actually said there months and years from now..?
Remember, I guesstimated we will find out what was actually said there months and years from now..?
December 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Putin held a closed meeting for the Russian oligarchs where he stated that he demands the “entire Donbas region”, referring to the “Anchoridge agreements”.
Remember, I guesstimated we will find out what was actually said there months and years from now..?
Remember, I guesstimated we will find out what was actually said there months and years from now..?
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This Needs To Stop!🛑
Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
December 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This Needs To Stop!🛑
Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
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here's today's post: "oh fuck, we forgot to have a War on Christmas" — shit, what do we do now?
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oh fuck, we forgot to have a War on Christmas
shit, what do we do now?
bit.ly
December 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
here's today's post: "oh fuck, we forgot to have a War on Christmas" — shit, what do we do now?
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
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A psychiatrist explains the fundamental misunderstanding of human (and animal) progress by MAGA and Felon 47 in their worship of hierarchy over empathy. youtu.be/aZ9sZUamXRw?...
A Psychiatrist Explains The Key Flaw In The MAGA Mindset & Why Donald Trump Is Not An Alpha Male
YouTube video by Dr Russell Razzaque
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December 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A psychiatrist explains the fundamental misunderstanding of human (and animal) progress by MAGA and Felon 47 in their worship of hierarchy over empathy. youtu.be/aZ9sZUamXRw?...
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Post from Robert Reich - YouTube
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December 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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He let loose almost 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day.
You’d think someone would have wrestled his phone away after 20, 40 or even a hundred posts.
They know he’s too far gone.
They also know he won’t escape the Epstein fallout.
They’re letting him make his case for the 25th amendment.
You’d think someone would have wrestled his phone away after 20, 40 or even a hundred posts.
They know he’s too far gone.
They also know he won’t escape the Epstein fallout.
They’re letting him make his case for the 25th amendment.
December 26, 2025 at 6:13 AM
He let loose almost 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day.
You’d think someone would have wrestled his phone away after 20, 40 or even a hundred posts.
They know he’s too far gone.
They also know he won’t escape the Epstein fallout.
They’re letting him make his case for the 25th amendment.
You’d think someone would have wrestled his phone away after 20, 40 or even a hundred posts.
They know he’s too far gone.
They also know he won’t escape the Epstein fallout.
They’re letting him make his case for the 25th amendment.
Robert Reich - Ethics Shmethics open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Ethics Shmethics
Why are America’s most powerful professional associations silent in the face of professional disgraces in the Trump regime?
open.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Robert Reich - Ethics Shmethics open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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What is Jim Jordan afraid of?
December 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
What is Jim Jordan afraid of?
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Irrespective of whether Jesus was a real person or not, the fact is the Bible states he was born in Bethlehem, Palestine to non-white parents & was of no fixed abode.
He disliked the rich & spent his life advocating for the vulnerable & poor.
Perhaps Christians should take note.
He disliked the rich & spent his life advocating for the vulnerable & poor.
Perhaps Christians should take note.
December 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Irrespective of whether Jesus was a real person or not, the fact is the Bible states he was born in Bethlehem, Palestine to non-white parents & was of no fixed abode.
He disliked the rich & spent his life advocating for the vulnerable & poor.
Perhaps Christians should take note.
He disliked the rich & spent his life advocating for the vulnerable & poor.
Perhaps Christians should take note.
"A British anti-disinformation campaigner told by the Trump administration that he faces possible removal from the US has said he is being targeted by arrogant and “sociopathic” tech companies for trying to hold them to account." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #Musk
UK campaigner targeted by Trump accuses tech giants of ‘sociopathic greed’
Exclusive: Imran Ahmed says US companies are ‘corrupting the system’ of politics by seeking to avoid accountability
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"A British anti-disinformation campaigner told by the Trump administration that he faces possible removal from the US has said he is being targeted by arrogant and “sociopathic” tech companies for trying to hold them to account." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #Musk
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A country that had begun to make progress in believing women is regressing. In this environment, it becomes more and more difficult for victims to come forward, which means that the people committing crimes against them are going to get away with it. Again.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Which Side Is DOJ on: The Epstein Files
With apologies for writing about such a serious topic as we enter the Christmas holidays, these developments seemed too important to ignore.
open.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A country that had begun to make progress in believing women is regressing. In this environment, it becomes more and more difficult for victims to come forward, which means that the people committing crimes against them are going to get away with it. Again.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Robert Reich - "There is no place in a civilized society for the warehousing of people." The Brazen Cruelty of the Trump Regime open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
The Brazen Cruelty of the Trump Regime
Its plan to warehouse immigrants has shades of Nazi concentration camps and America's shameful imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
open.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Robert Reich - "There is no place in a civilized society for the warehousing of people." The Brazen Cruelty of the Trump Regime open.substack.com/pub/robertre...