Sara Stevenson
@saras1959.bsky.social
Former school librarian and advocate for public education. Writer of op-eds and letters to the editor.
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Sara Stevenson
@saras1959.bsky.social
· Apr 18
Librarians aren't bouncers. Texas teens shouldn't be carded to read serious books | Opinion
The bill’s threat of a $10,000 fine per infraction will only create fear and lead to banning perfectly good books for people who happen to be minors.
www.statesman.com
My latest op-ed.The bill’s threat of a $10,000 fine per infraction will only create fear and lead to banning perfectly good books for people who happen to be minors. www.statesman.com/story/opinio... @frankstrong.bsky.social @technolibrary.bsky.social @becalzada.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social
So exciting and hopeful! Yea, Democracy! Federal court blocks Texas from using new congressional gerrymander in 2026 midterms www.texastribune.org/2025/11/18/t...
Federal court blocks new Texas congressional map for 2026
The decision is a major blow for Republicans, in Texas and nationally, who pushed through this unusual mid-decade redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump.
www.texastribune.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
So exciting and hopeful! Yea, Democracy! Federal court blocks Texas from using new congressional gerrymander in 2026 midterms www.texastribune.org/2025/11/18/t...
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Long thread alert! The 20 craziest books currently unavailable to students in New Braunfels ISD in Central Texas due to the efforts of Texas book banners.
(Not in order, just going through the list)
1. A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams (1947)
(Not in order, just going through the list)
1. A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams (1947)
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Long thread alert! The 20 craziest books currently unavailable to students in New Braunfels ISD in Central Texas due to the efforts of Texas book banners.
(Not in order, just going through the list)
1. A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams (1947)
(Not in order, just going through the list)
1. A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams (1947)
‘Antivirus for libraries’: How a Texas startup is capitalizing on school book bans www.statesman.com/politics/art...
@frankstrong.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social @txfreedomread.bsky.social
@frankstrong.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social @txfreedomread.bsky.social
'Antivirus for libraries': How a Texas startup is capitalizing on book bans
The company Bookmarked, whose cofounder advocated for SB 13, describes itself as a neutral player in the censorship debate. Critics disagree.
www.statesman.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
‘Antivirus for libraries’: How a Texas startup is capitalizing on school book bans www.statesman.com/politics/art...
@frankstrong.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social @txfreedomread.bsky.social
@frankstrong.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social @txfreedomread.bsky.social
Oh happy day for First Amendment rights! Texas #HB900 found unconstitutional. @freadomfighters.bsky.social @txfreedomread.bsky.social @bookpeople.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Oh happy day for First Amendment rights! Texas #HB900 found unconstitutional. @freadomfighters.bsky.social @txfreedomread.bsky.social @bookpeople.com
By son Jack Queen: www.reuters.com/world/us/did...
Did Trump’s crime crackdown in Washington work? It’s complicated.
After mobilizing hundreds of federal agents and thousands of soldiers to the nation's capital, President Donald Trump has declared victory over what he called a “crisis” of crime in Washington, and floated the idea of using such deployments to U.S. cities as training grounds for the military.
www.reuters.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
By son Jack Queen: www.reuters.com/world/us/did...
Wake up, Texas! @ashleyhopeperez.bsky.social @txfreedomread.bsky.social @frankstrong.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social www.statesman.com/opinion/outl...
First Texas schools banned my book. Now it's 'To Kill a Mockingbird.'
The problem isn't just the new state law. It's how some school leaders are reacting to it.
www.statesman.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
By son Jack Queen: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Exclusive: Charging Trump foes over mortgage misstatements would be rare step, data shows
The Justice Department opened investigations into Lisa Cook and two others for allegedly misstating their primary residences on mortgage applications, which the U.S. has criminally charged only 20 times in the past eight years.
www.reuters.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
By son Jack Queen: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
By son Jack Queen. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Inside Trump's DC crackdown: Swarms of agents and arrests for minor offenses
One night last week, police officers in Washington stopped a man carrying a designer handbag after spotting a small, clear plastic bag poking out of it, which they suspected might contain marijuana.
www.reuters.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
By son Jack Queen. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Calling all Texans. If you can’t show up in person, please submit public comments against Todd Hunter’s HB 4 which further gerrymanders Texas to appease Trump. comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c055 House Public Comment
House Public Comment
The purpose of this form is to aid Texas residents in electronically submitting public comments to House committees on measures or matters included on public hearing notices.
comments.house.texas.gov
August 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Calling all Texans. If you can’t show up in person, please submit public comments against Todd Hunter’s HB 4 which further gerrymanders Texas to appease Trump. comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c055 House Public Comment
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Texas Republicans are trying to silence your vote with their MAGA Maps. @juliejohnsonTX and I want you in this fight. Get on the bus from Dallas to Austin so YOU can testify.
It’s time to stand up and fight back to demand fair maps!
🚌 Sign up now: bit.ly/NDallasTrip
#StopTheSteal #FairMaps #TXLege
It’s time to stand up and fight back to demand fair maps!
🚌 Sign up now: bit.ly/NDallasTrip
#StopTheSteal #FairMaps #TXLege
July 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Texas Republicans are trying to silence your vote with their MAGA Maps. @juliejohnsonTX and I want you in this fight. Get on the bus from Dallas to Austin so YOU can testify.
It’s time to stand up and fight back to demand fair maps!
🚌 Sign up now: bit.ly/NDallasTrip
#StopTheSteal #FairMaps #TXLege
It’s time to stand up and fight back to demand fair maps!
🚌 Sign up now: bit.ly/NDallasTrip
#StopTheSteal #FairMaps #TXLege
By son Jack Queen: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Trump pushes for release of Epstein, Maxwell grand jury testimony
Donald Trump's administration, seeking to ease an uproar plaguing his presidency, urged two judges to release testimony to a grand jury that indicted Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell on sex trafficking charges.
www.reuters.com
July 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
By son Jack Queen: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Jeffrey Epstein’s friends sent him bawdy letters for a 50th-birthday album. One was from Donald Trump. - The Wall Street Journal
July 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Jeffrey Epstein’s friends sent him bawdy letters for a 50th-birthday album. One was from Donald Trump. - The Wall Street Journal
Failing to address a stark public safety need — one with a staggering death toll and compounding grief — would be a dereliction of duty.
July 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Failing to address a stark public safety need — one with a staggering death toll and compounding grief — would be a dereliction of duty.
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The time has come—first anti-malaria pill down the hatch as @librarianjones.com, @captainlibrary.bsky.social & I prepare for our adventure to Kenya to build a library. Learn more about this work and get updates for our journey at buildinglibraries.org. TY to all who helped make this happen! #TLsky
July 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The time has come—first anti-malaria pill down the hatch as @librarianjones.com, @captainlibrary.bsky.social & I prepare for our adventure to Kenya to build a library. Learn more about this work and get updates for our journey at buildinglibraries.org. TY to all who helped make this happen! #TLsky
We’ve lost civility in our language. I remember reading old 1900 headlines, “a Negro fiend” and feeling we’d progressed. No. Even the SSA parrots Trump’s way of speaking.
This is the way DHS talks in official communications now. From Office of Public Affairs email.
July 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
We’ve lost civility in our language. I remember reading old 1900 headlines, “a Negro fiend” and feeling we’d progressed. No. Even the SSA parrots Trump’s way of speaking.
Holiday tragedies: Flash floods and wildfires haunt Central Texas - Austin American-Statesman
July 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Holiday tragedies: Flash floods and wildfires haunt Central Texas - Austin American-Statesman
Pray for the girls at Camp Mystic. About 20 girls remain missing from Kerr County summer camp after 'catastrophic level' floods
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
About 20 girls missing from Kerr County summer camp after 'catastrophic' floods
An estimate of 20 girls remained missing after deadly flooding caused “destructive” floods at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said.
www.houstonchronicle.com
July 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Pray for the girls at Camp Mystic. About 20 girls remain missing from Kerr County summer camp after 'catastrophic level' floods
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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"Well, we are all going to die." --Senator Joni Ernst
That has to be the glibbest way any politician has ever told a constituent that they didn’t give a shit about them.
That has to be the glibbest way any politician has ever told a constituent that they didn’t give a shit about them.
May 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Well, we are all going to die." --Senator Joni Ernst
That has to be the glibbest way any politician has ever told a constituent that they didn’t give a shit about them.
That has to be the glibbest way any politician has ever told a constituent that they didn’t give a shit about them.
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ZELDIN: I understand you're an aspiring fiction writer. I see why.
SCHIFF: I understand your view that you can cut half of the agency and it won't affect people's health or their water or their air. That to me is a big fiction ... you could give a rat's ass about how much cancer your agency causes
SCHIFF: I understand your view that you can cut half of the agency and it won't affect people's health or their water or their air. That to me is a big fiction ... you could give a rat's ass about how much cancer your agency causes
May 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
ZELDIN: I understand you're an aspiring fiction writer. I see why.
SCHIFF: I understand your view that you can cut half of the agency and it won't affect people's health or their water or their air. That to me is a big fiction ... you could give a rat's ass about how much cancer your agency causes
SCHIFF: I understand your view that you can cut half of the agency and it won't affect people's health or their water or their air. That to me is a big fiction ... you could give a rat's ass about how much cancer your agency causes
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We couldn’t agree more. Say no to HB3225.
May 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
We couldn’t agree more. Say no to HB3225.
Trump Claims Springsteen Not Born in USA
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
Trump Claims Springsteen Not Born in USA
“He’s not half as good a singer as Kid Rock," he added.
open.substack.com
May 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Trump Claims Springsteen Not Born in USA
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...