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A 15-Point Guide to Surviving Authoritarianism
Explore a 15-point guide that helps recognize and resist authoritarianism, emphasizing critical thinking and democratic values for survival.
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June 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Join the fight against government regulations on the books that you and your family are allowed to read in the United States by signing the petition today.

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PETITION: Don't Ban Books in the United States
Proposed censorship measures in several states could deny your right to read some books in our Nation's libraries and lead to librarians facing criminal charges for the books on the shelves.
action.everylibrary.org
June 3, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Mother's Day supper for my wife. Gouda smothered beef tenderloin with bacon and crab, sweet potato dauphiois, and chili corn.
May 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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EveryLibrary's 2024 Annual Impact Report highlights the organization's unwavering commitment to defending the right to read, supporting library funding initiatives, and empowering local advocacy across the nation.

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EveryLibrary’s 2024 Annual Impact Report - Executive Summary
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May 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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On May 2, 2025, the Trump Administration released its FY2026 federal budget proposal.

On page 39 he calls for the complete elimination of the only federal agency dedicated solely to supporting America’s libraries and museums.

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SIGN THE PETITION: Stand Against Trump's Budget Proposal to Defund IMLS.
Trump is more emboldened than ever to destroy library funding. We need you to take action today!
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May 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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At the nation’s elite military academies, the library stacks are being emptied by executive order.

Adults 18 and over attend these academies, not children.

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Trump’s Military Academies Are Becoming Laboratories for Unconstitutional Censorship​​, Not Leadership
Adults 18 and over attend these schools, not children.
action.everylibrary.org
May 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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After months of organizing, advocacy, and coalition-building in North Dakota, Senate Bill 2307 has finally been defeated.

bit.ly/4d2yhZO via @everylibrary.bsky.social
How EveryLibrary Helped Right to Read North Dakota Defeat SB 2307
Why It Matters for the Future of Library Advocacy
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April 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Tonight's supper
April 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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There is a well-established link between low literacy, dropout rates, and criminal behavior, and federal funding for libraries helps increase literacy rates in prisons across the country.

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Federal Funding for Libraries Helps Reduce Recidivism
Trump is destroying Federal Funding for libraries through the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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April 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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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 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Trump attacked Federal Funding for Libraries.

We need Americans like you to take action today!

Please sign and share the petition before it's too late!

action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
PETITION: Stop Trump's E.O. Attacks on Federal Funding for Libraries
In a new executive order, President Trump has targeted the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state librari...
action.everylibrary.org
April 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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The Trump Administration is desperate to have this case dismissed

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STATEMENT: Federal Funding for Libraries Makes it Case in Court
The Trump Administration is attempting to have this case dismissed based on standing.
www.everylibrary.org
April 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Bill 536, which would have abolished the Arkansas State Library and eliminated the State Library Board, was defeated in a House committee last week.

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Together, We Stopped a Dangerous Bill in Arkansas
Senate Bill 536, which would have abolished the Arkansas State Library and eliminated the State Library Board, was defeated in a House committee last week
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April 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Regardless of your political views, check your facts. I've done a bit of checking lately, and I'm finding inaccuracies on both sides of the fence. Misinformation is EVERYONE'S enemy!
April 11, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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The first two statewide elections of the Trump era have underscored a vital truth:

Libraries are not red or blue, liberal or conservative, left or right—they are essential.

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Results of the First Library Ballot Initiatives in the Trump Era
www.everylibrary.org
April 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Trump signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries.

Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!

action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
SEND AN EMAIL: Stop Trump's E.O. Attacking Federal Funding for Libraries
We need your help TODAY to tell your governors and key members of the House and Senate that federal funding for libraries - the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) - needs to be preserved!
action.everylibrary.org
April 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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simongandrew.bsky.social Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · Mar 29
One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
There is an impulse in moments like this to appeal to self-interest. To say: These horrors you are allowing to happen, they will come to your doorstep one day; to repeat the famous phrase about who they came for first and who they'll come for next. But this appeal cannot, in matter of fact, work. If the people well served by a system that condones such butchery ever truly believed the same butchery could one day be inflicted on them, they'd tear the system down tomorrow. And anyway, by the time such a thing happens, the rest of us will already be dead. No, there is no terrible thing coming for you in some distant future, but know that a terrible thing is happening to you now. You are being asked to kill off a part of you that would otherwise scream in opposition to injustice. You are being asked to dismantle the machinery of a functioning conscience. Who cares if diplomatic expediency prefers you shrug away the sight of dismembered children? Who cares if great distance from the bloodstained middle allows obliviousness. Forget pity, forget even the dead if you must, but at least fight against the theft of your soul.
March 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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February 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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The American people aren’t just watching Trump’s second term unfold—they’re pushing back. From lawsuits challenging his overreach to protests in 50 state capitals, this week’s Week In Wins rounds up the ways people are saying ‘not so fast’ to his agenda 👏
Our Wins Of The Week
Almost three weeks into Donald Trump’s second term, and things aren’t going all that well for him.
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February 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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This little boy is a true hero and should be celebrated as such.
Eagles Star Praises Young Fan Critically Injured In Philly Plane Crash While Saving His Sister's Life
This selfless little boy is a true hero ❤️🥹
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February 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Just saw a picture of a sign at the anti trump rally. "Super callous fragile racist exist nazi POTUS" Damn near died! (And yes, I sang it.)
February 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Got through surgery. I'm pretty sore, but hey, there were robots involved. So still pretty cool.
February 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Thanks, Donald
February 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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kelseyhightower.com Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · Feb 5
I remember watching Star Wars as a kid and asking myself, who would voluntarily join the dark side? I understood Darth Vader's motivation, but not the stormtrooper's.
February 6, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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I'm going in for surgery on Thursday to repair an umbilical hernia. Robots will be involved, so that's pretty awesome.
February 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM