Michele Manning
@chelemanning.bsky.social
Kidlit author, School librarian, Seaglass searcher, Traveler
7 things everyone should know about Trump's megabill
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7 things everyone should know about Trump's megabill
The Republican reconciliation legislation, which Trump calls his "big, beautiful bill," is massive.
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June 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
7 things everyone should know about Trump's megabill
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June 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
June 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
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If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
June 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
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Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.
June 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.
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Chris Murphy: "We can't be preparing for the 2026 election. It might not come. All of our focus right now has to be on protecting the democracy, about stopping the corruption."
June 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Chris Murphy: "We can't be preparing for the 2026 election. It might not come. All of our focus right now has to be on protecting the democracy, about stopping the corruption."
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Probably everyone else has read this but goddamn. This person just wrote this on a job application and I couldn’t write fiction this well.
June 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Probably everyone else has read this but goddamn. This person just wrote this on a job application and I couldn’t write fiction this well.
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Actually, yes, this and a fantastic set of encyclopedias
June 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Actually, yes, this and a fantastic set of encyclopedias
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They are fascists.
More from Nadler: “The Trump administration is trying to intimidate members of Congress. They’re behaving like fascists.”
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Aide to Rep. Nadler Is Handcuffed Amid Confrontation With Federal Agents
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June 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
They are fascists.
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We don’t know what we don’t know. Now we know. We can SEE it. If this feels okay to you, we are not the same.
May 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We don’t know what we don’t know. Now we know. We can SEE it. If this feels okay to you, we are not the same.
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Why is this not front-page news? Where is the outrage and alarm?
Department of Homeland Security officers invading a congressman's offices and arresting a staffer who tried to stop them is very, very bad. gothamist.com/news/homelan...
May 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Why is this not front-page news? Where is the outrage and alarm?
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There are 7,591 words in the U.S. Constitution.
Not one is "bible", "Jesus", "Judeo", "Christian" or "God".
Separation of church and state guarantees ALL Americans the right to practice ANY religion. Or none.
Which part of "religious freedom" is not as clear as a church bell?
Not one is "bible", "Jesus", "Judeo", "Christian" or "God".
Separation of church and state guarantees ALL Americans the right to practice ANY religion. Or none.
Which part of "religious freedom" is not as clear as a church bell?
May 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
There are 7,591 words in the U.S. Constitution.
Not one is "bible", "Jesus", "Judeo", "Christian" or "God".
Separation of church and state guarantees ALL Americans the right to practice ANY religion. Or none.
Which part of "religious freedom" is not as clear as a church bell?
Not one is "bible", "Jesus", "Judeo", "Christian" or "God".
Separation of church and state guarantees ALL Americans the right to practice ANY religion. Or none.
Which part of "religious freedom" is not as clear as a church bell?
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "Make America Healthy Again" report cited hundreds of studies, but a closer look by the news organization NOTUS found that some of those studies did not exist.
White House acknowledges problems in RFK Jr.'s 'Make America Healthy Again' report
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "Make America Healthy Again" report cited hundreds of studies, but a closer look by the news organization NOTUS found that some of those studies did not exist.
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May 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "Make America Healthy Again" report cited hundreds of studies, but a closer look by the news organization NOTUS found that some of those studies did not exist.
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Resolution Copper is blocking comments and hiding replies from anyone calling out what they’re doing at Oak Flat. They’re trying to mine on sacred Native American land, with the government’s help, and don’t want the public to push back.
May 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Resolution Copper is blocking comments and hiding replies from anyone calling out what they’re doing at Oak Flat. They’re trying to mine on sacred Native American land, with the government’s help, and don’t want the public to push back.
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Today the Supreme Court cleared the way for the federal government to transfer thousands of acres of national forestland including a Native American sacred site, to Resolution Copper a mining company owned by Rio Tinto and BHP. The land holds deep spiritual significance for the Western Apache tribe.
May 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Today the Supreme Court cleared the way for the federal government to transfer thousands of acres of national forestland including a Native American sacred site, to Resolution Copper a mining company owned by Rio Tinto and BHP. The land holds deep spiritual significance for the Western Apache tribe.
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If you're feeling frozen and don't know how to help fight against fascism, I recommend ChooseDemocracy.us as a good starting place. Lots of tools and ideas here.
Choose Democracy: resources to promote democracy
Regular people can stop an undemocratic power grab, but only if we prepare and together, we choose democracy.
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May 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
If you're feeling frozen and don't know how to help fight against fascism, I recommend ChooseDemocracy.us as a good starting place. Lots of tools and ideas here.
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“At a time when censorship is running rampant at both state & federal levels, this opinion arms the government w/a powerful new & fallacious weapon to erode the free exchange of ideas, a foundation of our democracy. It must be overturned.”
www.wordsandmoney.com/in-a-stunnin...
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In a Stunning Reversal, The Fifth Circuit Deals a Massive Blow to the Freedom to Read
In a closely watched book banning case, the court held that library book decisions are 'government speech' and thus immune from First Amendment challenges, setting up a potential high stakes showdown ...
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May 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
“At a time when censorship is running rampant at both state & federal levels, this opinion arms the government w/a powerful new & fallacious weapon to erode the free exchange of ideas, a foundation of our democracy. It must be overturned.”
www.wordsandmoney.com/in-a-stunnin...
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We will not win the battle for democracy if those in the pro-democracy movement prize caution over taking risks. We cannot permit ourselves to be deterred by the defeats and public criticism that are inevitable along the long path of restoring democracy. Now is the time for fearless leadership.
The Survival of Democracy Depends on Our Willingness to Fight
Justice Riggs is right. We should not have to fight for democracy. But the reality is that we must.
www.democracydocket.com
May 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We will not win the battle for democracy if those in the pro-democracy movement prize caution over taking risks. We cannot permit ourselves to be deterred by the defeats and public criticism that are inevitable along the long path of restoring democracy. Now is the time for fearless leadership.
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“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” – George Washington
May 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” – George Washington