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I’m a school librarian in IL still trying to figure out what I’m doing here
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I made a promise to the women of Illinois — as governor, I will ensure your medical decisions will be your own.

Now, we continue fulfilling that promise.

Public colleges will now provide contraception and medication abortion at on-campus pharmacies and student health centers.
August 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
If there is an afterlife, I hope he is confronted with all the harm he has done in this world.
James Dobson, a politically influential child psychologist who started a radio show counseling Christians on how to be good parents, founded the conservative ministry Focus on the Family and was long a campaigner against abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, has died. https://to.pbs.org/4g7309H
James Dobson, influential founder of conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, has died
Dobson was a child psychologist who started Focus on the Family in 1977.
to.pbs.org
August 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Cutting funding for libraries and museums? Seriously? What’s next, our national parks…oh wait…

I think at this point the only thing that is surprising is that it took this long
🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.

Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.

Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
March 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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March 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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How does eliminating services and jobs for Veterans help to “Make America Great Again?”

This is just another promise betrayed by the Trump/Musk administration. apnews.com/article/vete...
Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo
The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning an “aggressive” reorganization that includes cutting 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency.
apnews.com
March 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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I’m in
February 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM