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Elana Churchill
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Reader, writer, and lover of libraries 📚
Dog mom and animal welfare supporter 🐾 Crossword enthusiast 🤓 Runner 🏃🏾‍♀️ #BlackLivesMatter #TransRights #ReadBannedBooks #CelebrateNeurodiversity
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They don’t ban books about rainbows. They ban books about Ruby Bridges walking to school. About Japanese internment camps. About Stonewall. About redlining. Every banned book is a thread they’re trying to pull before we see the whole tapestry of systemic oppression. #FightBookBans
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WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!

Cory Booker is throwing down—filibustering & standing up to Trump’s authoritarian overreach.

This is what we need—Dems who disrupt, resist, and fight back. Booker’s stand is a rallying cry for all of us to demand better.

Watch here 👉🏾 www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx...
April 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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More of this please
March 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Last night I stood up for those who need Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. Democrats will never abandon the fight to make sure every American has a safe, healthy, and financially secure life. #ISaidWhatISaid
March 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Green: I will suffer whatever the consequences are because I don't believe in the richest country in the world people should be without good health care. I stood up for my constituents then. I'm standing up for them now. I would do it again.
March 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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I’m not watching nonsense.
March 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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It is such a confused, brutal, racist purge at MSNBC it's like they're being run by Elon Musk
February 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Jasmine Crockett is shredding this solo. But it’s past time for the rhythm section to enter this song already.
February 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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This is Bear. He disguised himself and snuck into a golden retriever gathering. Safe to say no one suspected a thing. 13/10
February 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Happy #Lawyercat Anniversary for all who celebrate! It's been four years since the kitten appeared in my Zoom courtroom, and I released the 48 second video that made the whole world laugh. Here is the full video showing the big reveal at the end (in two parts because Blue sky). Enjoy!
February 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Happy Black History Month!
February 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Well, we knew they would blame the plane crash on DEI, and Trump's sycophants will just nod their heads even though it is a nonsensical claim. I don't know how Republicans live with themselves. I really don't. And frankly, most of those Democrats, too, as they put up no resistance.
January 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.

Opportunities are everywhere.

Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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The Inspectors General refuse to leave until the action is taken legally, which they do not believe it was, and neither do senators like Chuck Grassley. This is what not backing down looks like.
static.politico.com/b3/3e/5baf92...
January 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The same board micromanaging library shelves while teachers leave in droves thinks their hot take on immigration is what the county needs right now? This isn't governance, it's embarrassing political theater.
RUTHERFORD COUNTY: “@rucoschools passed a resolution during its Thursday night meeting urging Tennessee leaders to expedite the closure of the nation’s borders…” www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...
January 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Watched another school board meeting where fear drowned out facts and personal bias overrode librarian expertise. None of the board members have read the books. Or asked why the books matter. Or listened to the teens who need the books. The frustration is suffocating.
Rutherford County Schools (TN) banned more books. 😠
January 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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It’s interesting seeing people focus on the fact that he’s an addict and not on the fact that he was physically abusive

One of those things is a moral offense, and it’s not addiction
January 25, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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“How about you stand with the officers who were beaten and bloodied protecting you” 👇👇
January 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Permanent mood.
January 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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"they're on this board to represent everyone− not just a handful of people."
www.dnj.com/story/news/2...

Readers deserve access to a variety of viewpoints &ideas so they can have the freedom to choose what to read. Book bans threaten that variety. #UniteAgainstBookBans at: uniteagainstbookbans.org
Rutherford schools book banning upsets free speech advocates: 'We are banished'
The Rutherford County Board of Education decision to ban six books, including one with word, "masturbation," upset free speech advocates Thursday.
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January 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Every democracy that has fallen started with controlling information. Book bans are step one: limit access to diverse perspectives, critical thinking, and uncomfortable truths. #FightBookBans
January 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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GOP members complaining about reduction of military standards while using a chart that misspells the word military!
January 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
When librarians invest their time and expertise to review challenged books, their professional judgment deserves respect. Proud to be part of the Rutherford County Library Alliance and proud to stand with our school librarians whose expertise keeps getting ignored. #ListenToLibrarians #FightBookBans
Last week at the Rutherford County School Board meeting, our board decided to turn their backs on our school librarians and ignore their recommendations on 10 books. The Rutherford County Library Alliance spent the remainder of the meeting standing with our backs turned to them in response.
January 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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In the past week, I have streamed Backdraft and half a season of Station 19. Here are my critiques of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s wildfire response. 1/37….
January 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Of course Jose Andres is now in LA helping feed fire fighters
January 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM