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Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.

The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
August 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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sassylibrarian.bsky.social
Allison Grubbs, Florida Library Assoc: “Parents have always had a right to guide their children in what media they consume, but the effort to dictate what other children consume is not a right.” archive.ph/3e53i
Freedom to Read Advocates Cheer Decision in ‘PRH v. Gibson’
The American Library Association, Authors Guild, Florida Library Association, Florida Freedom to Read Project, and others see Judge Carlos E. Mendoza’s August 13 order in PRH v. Gibson as an important...
www.publishersweekly.com
August 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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advocate.com
“I want the world to know that being Venezuelan is not a crime,” the gay makeup artist told The Advocate in an exclusive interview.
Andry Hernández Romero on surviving CECOT: 'They told us we would die there'
“I want the world to know that being Venezuelan is not a crime,” the gay makeup artist told The Advocate in an exclusive interview.
bit.ly
August 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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librarianjones.com
0 Days Since an Embarrassing U.S. “Mistake”

(I have stayed at that hotel. 😳)
August 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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hcrichardson.bsky.social
June 17, 2025
June 17, 2025
Yesterday at the meeting of the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), a forum of democracies with advanced economies, President Donald Trump told reporters: “The UK is very well protected.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
JOB: Assistant Professor of Environmental History with a Focus on Water in Human History, Texas State University
#envhist
jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/53213
Assistant Professor of Environmental History with a Focus on Water in Human History
The Department of History at Texas State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of environmental history with a focus on water in human history (regional and period spe...
jobs.hr.txstate.edu
June 18, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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realjakebroe.bsky.social
If you are Active Duty, Reserve, or National Guard in the US military and you are being ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline.

There is support for you and you do not have to follow illegal orders. 1-877-447-4487
June 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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realjakebroe.bsky.social
Nobody is rioting. Nobody is breaking any laws. These are cops in my city of Las Vegas just assaulting and arresting anyone on Fremont Street who looks at them. This is fascism.
June 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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ianboudreau.com
Couple things I learned today:
- Seniors are extremely fired up about this
- "Fuck ICE" is a normie position now
- People are MASSIVELY pissed off about Sen. Padilla being wrestled to the ground in LA
- We all we got, we all we need
June 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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mikemaihack.com
Happy World Book Day! ❤️🌎📚
Poor Kara (aka Supergirl)! Looks like Babs (aka Batgirl) has given her a bunch of homework to do in the form of a big pile of books to read. No matter. Sure she'll read them in a flash and be back to flying around the globe in no time! Hopefully with a lot more knowledge about it. ❤️
April 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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nancylevinestearns.bsky.social
💥 BREAKING: Goldman Sachs shareholders voted today to reject two anti-DEI proposals, both by 98-2 percent. GS Board urged shareholders to vote to reject proposals. "We believe that diversity, including diversity of thought, experience and perspectives, is important to our commercial success."
April 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
lovethelibrary1.bsky.social
Shameful!
nycsouthpaw.bsky.social southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Apr 23
A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...
Tricia McLaughlin & @TriciaOhio 0... The narrative being pushed about Jose Hermosillo is false. On April 8, Hermosillo approached Border Patrol in Tucson and stated he had entered the U.S. illegally through Nogales. He said he wanted to turn himself in and completed a sworn statement identifying as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully. He was processed and appeared in court on April 11. Afterward, he was held by the U.S. Marshals in Florence, AZ. A few days later, his family presented documents showing U.S. citizenship. The charges were dismissed, and he was released to his family. This arrest was the direct result of Hermosillo's own actions and statements. In an interview with Popular Information, his first with any media outlet, Hermosillo said DHS'. 's account was false. According to Hermosillo, he was visiting his girlfriend's family in Tucson from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several hours before his arrest, Hermosillo was transported to a hospital in Tucson by ambulance after suffering from a seizure. He has a New Mexico state ID, but did not take it with him during the medical emergency. After being released from the hospital following treatment, Hermosillo did not know how to return to where he was staying. He approached the Border Patrol officer because he was looking for someone to help him. "I saw a car, and I askled] him for help," Hermosillo said. He told the officer that he was staying in Tucson. "You" re not from here. Do you have your papers?" the officer said, according to Hermosillo. When the officer asked where he was from, Hermosillo said he told the officer, "New Mexico." The officer then accused Hermosillo of lying. "Don't make me lout] like [I'm] stupid," the officer said. "I know you're from Mexico." After that, Hermosillo said, he was arrested. Hermosillo said that he never told the officer that he was born in Mexico, was a citizen of Mexico, or entered the country illegally. And he would not have said those things because they are not true. He signed the transcript released by DHS because the officer ordered him to "sign everything." But Hermosillo did not read it, because he cannot read. According to Hermosillo's girlfriend, Grace Hernandez, Hermosillo has learning disabilities and can only write his name. Hermosillo said he did not graduate from high school and dropped out after the 10th grade. The officer also signed the document, which said Hermosillo "read" the document or had it read to him. But Hermosillo said no one read him the document. Other documents created by the officer have inaccuracies. For example, the criminal complaint says that Hermosillo was detained "at or near Nogales, Arizona." But Hermosillo was detained in Tuscon, which is more than 70 miles from Nogales. John Mennell, a spokesperson for the U.S. Border Patrol, said that it was an "unintentional" error. Hermosillo said he was detained with about 15 other men in a cell at the Florence Correctional Center. He was served only cold food. He said he contracted the flu because "they have it cold in there and everybody's getting sick." Hermosillo said he requested medicine but was not provided with any.
April 24, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
t.co/lg46ijHLDF
April 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
Good on this library.
Fairhope Public Library declines to move challenged books amid APLS spat
The move comes as the Alabama Public Library Service has asserted that the Fairhope library is not in compliance with state code.
www.alreporter.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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socialmedialab.ca
Eventually, everyone will be classified as a terrorist. "Swedish journalist faces 12 years in Turkish prison after ‘insulting’ Erdoğan" www.politico.eu/article/swed...
April 24, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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nancylevinestearns.bsky.social
💥 BREAKING: Levi Strauss shareholders voted today to reject a proposal calling on the company to cease / abolish all DEI efforts (tally TBD). LEVI Board: “Diversity and inclusion principles are critical in ensuring that our products reflect and are relevant to our diverse global consumer base.”
April 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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ptalamantes.bsky.social
This is a powerful line-up on #pressfreedom.

It’s also a great way to catch up on efforts to #FreeAustinTice with Austin’s mother, Debra. Hopefully she will have updates from President Trunp’s administration on how they will bring Austin Tice home.

www.press.org/newsroom/wor...
World Press Freedom Week – Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club May 1-2, 2025
Contact: Bill McCarren, 202-725-7534 or wmccarren@press.org for the Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club News Advisory: As attacks on journalists escalate worldwide, the Press Freedom Cente...
www.press.org
April 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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newsen.bsky.social
Press Freedom Center's Lunch Event for Austin Tice: A Call for Justice and Awareness#United_States#Washington#Press_Freedom#Journalism#Austin_Tice
Press Freedom Center's Lunch Event for Austin Tice: A Call for Justice and Awareness
Join us for a significant lunch event on May 1, honoring journalist Austin Tice, as his mother speaks on ongoing efforts to secure his release.
third-news.com
April 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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drewlandry.substack.com
From @scottbraddock.bsky.social, the motion to allow a statewide vote on #schoolvouchers was tabled. Motion is essentially killed. #txlege #publiceducation
April 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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scottbraddock.bsky.social
What the hell are the Democrats doing? Anything?
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
What are the Democrats Doing? No, Seriously.
Podcast Episode · Texas Take · 03/28/2025 · 1h
podcasts.apple.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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mentack.bsky.social
I know everyone’s still reeling from vouchers, but pls read this article and encourage Dem lawmakers to listen to these women. We can’t allow Republicans to criminalize women or their support systems via SB31/HB44. #txlege

TX women denied abortions speak out against abortion bill
Texas women denied care speak out against 'dangerous' new abortion bill
Advocates say SB 31 could pave the way for the criminalization of pregnant patients.
www.chron.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
Koh: So we're playing politics with funding that's supposed to currently be going to Alzheimer's victims, stroke victims, diabetes victims. And that advancement can't wait for politics.
April 16, 2025 at 3:54 AM