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Craig Johnson
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Ex(-ish) librarian mostly livin' the -ish life.
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zhougsauce.bsky.social
I think the chant every time Trump speaks from now on should be “Quiet, quiet Piggy [clap, clap]. Quiet, quiet Piggy [clap, clap]...”
November 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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sethcotlar.bsky.social
There’s no daylight between what Candace says here about “the Jews” & what Nazi propagandists & Father Coughlin said about the Jews in the 1930s. Her show is one of the top 5 “conservative” podcasts in the US. She has 5.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 7.3 million followers on X.
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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crampell.bsky.social
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
It started with Reagan and has accelerated under Trump.
A tweet from Melat Kiros for Congress reads: “I’m sure it’ll trickle down any day now.” It quotes John Fugelsang’s tweet, which says: “The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year. In 1981, the year trickle-down economics began, it was 31.”
October 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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sarapartridge.bsky.social
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.
October 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
A second generation nepo baby, raised by a pair of sociopaths and given every advantage in the world. I'm sure this story will end well.
robertscotthorton.bsky.social Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · Oct 11
Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job
US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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theonion.com
ICE Boasts Zero Murders Committed By 5-Year-Olds Since Child Detainments Began https://theonion.com/ice-boasts-zero-murders-committed-by-5-year-olds-since-child-detainments-began/
ICE Boasts Zero Murders Committed By 5-Year-Olds Since Child Detainments Began
October 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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pauletteparis1.bsky.social
I tried all day to join antifa.
I was thwarted!
•No website.
•No email.
•No Substack.
•No Instagram.
•No LinkedIn
•No TikTok
•Not even a lousy Facebook page.

I wonder if Pam Bondi can help me find them.
October 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
What does it really mean when a book is banned?
ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom breaks down the difference between challenges, restrictions, and bans—and how we’re fighting censorship every day.
Join the fight: UniteAgainstBookBans.org
Donate to ALA: ilovelibraries.org/1984
#BannedBooksWeek
October 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
zhougsauce.bsky.social
Orville and Mavis, experimenting with sexy-time locations, try a road/trail sign.
October 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
zhougsauce.bsky.social
Feed, by Mira Grant (2010). As much a political thriller as a zombie/horror title, it was remarkably prescient about the effects of a pandemic, including the rise of Christian Nationalists, who were/are willing to use fear & lies to sacrifice the lives of Americans while pursuing & wielding power.
October 7, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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sarahjeong.bsky.social
idk if you've seen this south korean editorial that ran a few days ago. google translate version scorched my eyebrows www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...
Maga is fundamentally a populist white racism. The slogan "Make America Great Again" is more accurately described as "Make White America Greater." The fact that the tariff policy insisted on a 50% tariff only on steel and aluminum stems from the concentration of these groups in the Rust Belt. The massive crackdown on illegal immigrants at the Hyundai-LG Energy Solutions joint venture plant in Georgia must be understood in this context. The scenes of our workers being chained and escorted away were reminiscent of the dragging of African slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Department of Homeland Security boasted of "the largest single-site raid in history," and Immigration and Customs Enforcement even brazenly released footage of the raid, which was highly violating human rights, as if to boast of their "achievement." Far-right whites may have secretly rejoiced. Even politicians like the Georgia governor and local lawmakers, who had been active in attracting factories, have shifted their stance and sympathized with their grievances. This is likely because it's difficult to ignore the anti-immigrant sentiment of native Americans. Like the McCarthyism that swept through American society in the 1950s, irrational madness dominates American society. The recent visa issue, which could have been resolved diplomatically with advance notice from an ally, is difficult to explain beyond political maneuvering. The fact that they mobilized helicopters and armored vehicles for show, as if they had been caught, is difficult to explain.
September 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle
One thing that has become really clear since yesterday is that we live in at least two different realities. Talking to a friend who only knew Charlie as a Christian motivational speaker because that's all that ever came across her feed. Showed me videos I've never seen before of him saying perfectly reasonable and empowering things. I showed her videos she'd never seen before of his racism, misogyny, homophobia, advocating for violence against specific groups of people. She was horrified by his remarks about Pelosi's husband's attacker being bailed out and celebrated for his violent act. She was horrified by a number of things that he said, but she had never seen or heard them before, the same as I had never seen or heard the generalized clips of him sounding like a perfectly nice loving man and father. Neither of us had a whole picture of this man. I mentioned he was a known white supremacist and she thought I was joking. She talked about him giving a speech about finding your purpose and doing good in the world and I thought she was joking. I saw why this friend was mourning the loss of a person she thought was a good person. My friend, bless her, saw why I feel the way I do about him. We understood each other better. In spite of a multi-billion dollar internet machine specifically focused on keeping us apart. Because we talked to each other with the desire to listen and to learn rather than the desire to change someone else's mind or to be "right". None of those motivational things he said change my opinion about him because they don't erase the negativity, the subtle calls for violence, the belittling and denigrating of other races religions genders etc. His negative and blaming comments about homeless people, the poor, and victims of domestic violence. His comments about rounding up people who didn't think like him and putting them in camps where their behavior could be corrected. That time he said empathy was a made-up word he didnt believe in. That other time he said the Civil Rights Act was a mistake. The time he said most people are afraid when they get on a plane and see that there's a black pilot. His anti-vaccination rhetoric and his active campaigning against people being allowed to wear masks for their own health. His open support of fascism and white supremacy. To me, all of those are fully unchristian sentiments. Those are undeniable and just one of them would be a deal-breaker for me. All of them together are a picture of a man who was polarizing, enraged a lot of people and rightly so, but even with all of that I would never wish upon him or especially his children the end that he got. Oh, and my friend had never heard, and God help me I don't know how she escaped the news, but she had never heard of the Minnesota legislators who were shot in June. The husband and wife and dog who were killed, one after throwing themselves over their child to protect the child. The other couple who somehow survived. Politically motivated attacks specifically because they were democrats. She learned about those shootings that happened months ago because I showed her Charlie Kirk's comments about them. The kidnapping plot against a female Midwestern Democratic governor. The assassination attempt against Pennsylvania's democratic governor. All things Charlie had plenty to say about while supporting the Second Amendment and bashing the Democratic party. She didn't know about any of it because we're all living in two different worlds and none of us have the whole story.
September 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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newseye.bsky.social
REPORTER: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk.
How are you holding up, sir?

TRUMP: THE NEW BALLROOM IS GONNA BE A BEAUTY!!

This fucking guy, man.
REPORTER: Mr. President, my condolences to you, Sir. My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. [unintelligible] How are you holding up over the last day and a half, Sir? TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there, you see all the trucks? They've just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get, as you know, for about 150 years. And it's gonna be a beauty. Absolutely magnificent construction. We just started, so it'll get done very nicely. And it will be one of the best anywhere in the world, actually.
September 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
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September 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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jbendery.bsky.social
Photo passed along from a federal employee from inside the Dept of Labor building, where a giant Orwellian image of Trump's face is now draped outside.

Big Brother is watching.
September 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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noethematt.bsky.social
"Freedom shouldn't be something that only some people can buy."

*slaps table*

THANK YOU!

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August 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
zhougsauce.bsky.social
Huh. Insight into the anatomy of our loudmouth president as well??
The Louder the Monkey, the Smaller Its Balls, Study Finds
Howler monkeys can be well-endowed in the voice box or the family jewels, but not both.
www.vice.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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avielroshwald.bsky.social
Greenland breathes sigh of relief as it turns out Trump has decided on a military occupation of the United States instead.
August 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
zhougsauce.bsky.social
The last quasi-president who defended slavery was Jefferson Davis. MAGA - Make America biGoted Again
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
President Trump complains Smithsonian museums discuss ‘how bad Slavery was’
“Families didn’t vote for Trump to police museums or rant about exhibits showing the horrors of slavery,” said Brandon Weathersby,
www.yahoo.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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rachelsstorm.bsky.social
Heads up library workers, Overdrive is shoving AI into Libby. It will be making book recommendations and they are rolling it out over the next few weeks. Smoke is pouring out of my ears. 📚
Inspire Me in Libby. Inspire Me is a major new feature that encourages Libby users to explore the farthest reaches of your digital collection for their next read. This engaging experience uses artificial intelligence to suggest creative book "inspirations" that lead readers to matching book recommendations at your library. To distribute content discovery across your entire collection, the AI-generated inspirations and recommendations presented by Inspire Me will favor titles that are available to borrow. The primary purpose of Inspire Me is to maximize the value of your library's existing catalog.
August 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
Last night, chants of “FREE DC” echoed loud and clear through the Washington Spirit broadcast, absolutely incredible. Huge shoutout to everyone who made noise. Free DC is doing amazing work! ✊💚
August 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
zhougsauce.bsky.social
Gramps got out again, climbed up onto the roof, and, once more, is yelling at a cloud. Somebody go up, speak to him gently, bring him down, and put him to bed. Please.
August 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
He’s got a good case, but the devil’s in the micro things.
July 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM