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PSA! 📢 The dept of Ed is planning to reclassify nursing, counseling, social work, & other degrees from "professional" to "graduate." This would cut in HALF the amount of loans students can take out & would undermine these vital, women-dominated fields. Sign to join the fight app.sosha.ai/s/NJI5o0fG
Sign now: Protect professional status for nurses, teachers, & social workers!
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December 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
USDA must use the SNAP contingency fund to keep food assistance programs funded during the government shutdown as is required by law and has been done in every other government shutdown in modern history. sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Stop Playing Politics With Food Assistance Programs
USDA must use the SNAP contingency fund to keep food assistance programs funded during the government shutdown as is required by law and has been done in every other government shutdown in modern hist...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Send a letter to Congress urging them not to let Donald Trump get rid of FEMA! act.350.org/letter/jul-2...
Tell Congress: Don’t let Trump gut FEMA
The Trump EPA’s plan to roll back crucial climate and environmental regulations will dismantle decades of progress in reducing harmful climate pollution. It’s a giveaway to Big Oil, and it comes at ev...
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October 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Trump declared a fake emergency in D.C. and sent in the military. Congress can end this abuse of power—join @standupamerica.com & demand action now: act.standupamerica.com/letters/cte-...
Stop Trump’s D.C. Takeover
Trump sent the National Guard into Washington, D.C. to intimidate his opponents and distract from his failed agenda. Email Congress now and demand they end his takeover of our nation’s capital.
act.standupamerica.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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"It's an universal law-- intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility."

-- Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, who died #OTD 2008

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MAGA movement | Meaning, Beliefs, Origins, Donald Trump, & Facts | Britannica
The MAGA movement is a nativist political movement that emerged in the United States during the 2016 presidential campaign of its putative leader, Donald Trump. Its name is derived from Trump’s 2016 c...
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August 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Hurricane forecasters are losing 3 key satellites ahead of peak storm season − a meteorologist explains why it matters
theconversation.com/hurricane-fo...
Hurricane forecasters are losing 3 key satellites ahead of peak storm season − a meteorologist explains why it matters
The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program has been particularly important for understanding when a hurricane is about to rapidly intensify, a dangerous situation for coastal communities.
theconversation.com
July 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Paramount’s spineless decision to settle Trump’s patently unconstitutional lawsuit is an insult to the First Amendment and to the journalists and viewers of ‘60 Minutes.’

It's a dark day for press freedom. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/b...
Paramount to Pay Trump $16 Million to Settle ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
apnews.com/article/trum... directs ICE to expand deportations in Democratic-run cities, undeterred by protests
Trump directs ICE to expand deportations in Democratic-run cities, undeterred by protests
This comes after large protests erupted in Los Angeles and other major cities against the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
apnews.com
June 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Elon Musk and his DOGE team have fired the staff responsible for fulfilling Freedom of Information Act Requests at the Office of Personnel Management.

www.everylibrary.org/foiafiringss...

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Statement on Government Transparency, Don't Fire FOIA Staff!
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February 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Sign and share the petition to put an end to legislation that would allow for the incarceration of librarians for the books on the shelves.

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PETITION: Don't Arrest Librarians in the United States
Arresting librarians and banning books has never led to more liberty and freedom.
action.everylibrary.org
January 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM