@justagirlwithabook.bsky.social
Public School Librarian / Pro-Democracy / Dog Lover & Escapist Reader
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It certainly appears the United States murdered an innocent fisherman who was a husband and father to four children, claimed he was a "narco-terrorist," posted a video of the execution, and then made jokes about it
September 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It certainly appears the United States murdered an innocent fisherman who was a husband and father to four children, claimed he was a "narco-terrorist," posted a video of the execution, and then made jokes about it
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The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.
September 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.
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This is an egregiously shameful tweet from a US senator
June 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is an egregiously shameful tweet from a US senator
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I waitress while I run for Congress. I know what it’s like to stretch a paycheck, juggle bills, and still show up for your community.
Washington needs more people who live like us — not just talk about us.
Derrick Van Orden talks the talk. I'll walk the walk.
Washington needs more people who live like us — not just talk about us.
Derrick Van Orden talks the talk. I'll walk the walk.
June 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I waitress while I run for Congress. I know what it’s like to stretch a paycheck, juggle bills, and still show up for your community.
Washington needs more people who live like us — not just talk about us.
Derrick Van Orden talks the talk. I'll walk the walk.
Washington needs more people who live like us — not just talk about us.
Derrick Van Orden talks the talk. I'll walk the walk.
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Workers are not asking to get rich. They just want to afford three meals a day.
In the richest country in the history of the world, no one should work for starvation wages.
It is time to raise the disgraceful $7.25/hr federal minimum wage to a living wage of AT LEAST $17/hr.
In the richest country in the history of the world, no one should work for starvation wages.
It is time to raise the disgraceful $7.25/hr federal minimum wage to a living wage of AT LEAST $17/hr.
April 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Workers are not asking to get rich. They just want to afford three meals a day.
In the richest country in the history of the world, no one should work for starvation wages.
It is time to raise the disgraceful $7.25/hr federal minimum wage to a living wage of AT LEAST $17/hr.
In the richest country in the history of the world, no one should work for starvation wages.
It is time to raise the disgraceful $7.25/hr federal minimum wage to a living wage of AT LEAST $17/hr.
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"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else." - John Burroughs
April 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else." - John Burroughs
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“He did say he was a U.S. citizen, but they didn't believe him,” Layva said. “I think they would have kept him..."
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U.S. citizen in Arizona detained by immigration officials for 10 days
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April 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“He did say he was a U.S. citizen, but they didn't believe him,” Layva said. “I think they would have kept him..."
www.azpm.org/p/headlines/...
www.azpm.org/p/headlines/...
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin screening immigrants’ social media accounts for antisemitic content as grounds to deny visa and green-card applications, the agency announced — a move that immigration law and free-speech experts condemn as an alarming federal overstep.
U.S. will monitor immigrants’ social media for ‘antisemitic activity’
Homeland Security said such activity would be grounds to deny visa and green-card applications, alarming free-speech and immigration experts.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin screening immigrants’ social media accounts for antisemitic content as grounds to deny visa and green-card applications, the agency announced — a move that immigration law and free-speech experts condemn as an alarming federal overstep.
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Jeanine: We found out there are people who are between the ages of one and four who are getting social security
Jessica: That's the benefit for kids whose parents are dead.
Jessica: That's the benefit for kids whose parents are dead.
April 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Jeanine: We found out there are people who are between the ages of one and four who are getting social security
Jessica: That's the benefit for kids whose parents are dead.
Jessica: That's the benefit for kids whose parents are dead.
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A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.
Judge finds Newsmax aired false and defamatory claims about voting-tech company
A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.
www.npr.org
April 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.
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The best case scenario is that this is a stock shorting scheme, and in a week, there will be masterful (non-existent) "dealmaking" that removes the tariffs after the billionaires buy the dip causing a massive transfer of wealth.
That's the *best* case scenario.
That's the *best* case scenario.
April 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The best case scenario is that this is a stock shorting scheme, and in a week, there will be masterful (non-existent) "dealmaking" that removes the tariffs after the billionaires buy the dip causing a massive transfer of wealth.
That's the *best* case scenario.
That's the *best* case scenario.
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My favourite library quote is from newsman Walter Cronkite:
‘Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation’
‘Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation’
April 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
My favourite library quote is from newsman Walter Cronkite:
‘Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation’
‘Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation’
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NONE of this is normal
March 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
NONE of this is normal
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Something to think about
March 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Something to think about
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They will never be forgotten Donald, no matter how hard you try.
Trump Blasted After Military Scrubs WWII Navajo Code Talkers From Websites Due To 'DEI'
You can scrub them from your websites, Donald, but they will never be forgotten.
www.comicsands.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
They will never be forgotten Donald, no matter how hard you try.
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The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
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The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
He was not dead.
I found a ‘dead’ person collecting Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
www.seattletimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
He was not dead.
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A New York Times estimate tells us that DOGE cuts are going to cause 3,300,000 deaths per year, meaning that Elon Musk is killing people at a faster rate than his idol Adolf Hitler.
March 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
A New York Times estimate tells us that DOGE cuts are going to cause 3,300,000 deaths per year, meaning that Elon Musk is killing people at a faster rate than his idol Adolf Hitler.
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I stand for our Freedom to Read, which is inextricably linked with our Freedom for Knowledge.
I stand for generous funding to our cultural institutions.
I stand for the preservation of history, for the celebration of our country must be held in remembrance of our failings, we must safe guard it.
I stand for generous funding to our cultural institutions.
I stand for the preservation of history, for the celebration of our country must be held in remembrance of our failings, we must safe guard it.
March 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I stand for our Freedom to Read, which is inextricably linked with our Freedom for Knowledge.
I stand for generous funding to our cultural institutions.
I stand for the preservation of history, for the celebration of our country must be held in remembrance of our failings, we must safe guard it.
I stand for generous funding to our cultural institutions.
I stand for the preservation of history, for the celebration of our country must be held in remembrance of our failings, we must safe guard it.
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If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks
The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...
www.wunc.org
March 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
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The White House claims planes bearing migrants to El Salvador were in international waters off the Yucatán, so that’s why they ignored the court order to turn them around.
International waters, eh? Isn’t that the Gulf of *America* now?
International waters, eh? Isn’t that the Gulf of *America* now?
March 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The White House claims planes bearing migrants to El Salvador were in international waters off the Yucatán, so that’s why they ignored the court order to turn them around.
International waters, eh? Isn’t that the Gulf of *America* now?
International waters, eh? Isn’t that the Gulf of *America* now?
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ICE is going to arrest Grok soon.
March 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
ICE is going to arrest Grok soon.
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Can I recommend to you some weekend reading?
Hannah Arendt’s ‘The Origins of Totalitarianism’ is really important to read for understanding what’s happening right now.
I don’t like finding a PDF of something not off copyright but here it is:
cheirif.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Hannah Arendt’s ‘The Origins of Totalitarianism’ is really important to read for understanding what’s happening right now.
I don’t like finding a PDF of something not off copyright but here it is:
cheirif.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
cheirif.wordpress.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Can I recommend to you some weekend reading?
Hannah Arendt’s ‘The Origins of Totalitarianism’ is really important to read for understanding what’s happening right now.
I don’t like finding a PDF of something not off copyright but here it is:
cheirif.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Hannah Arendt’s ‘The Origins of Totalitarianism’ is really important to read for understanding what’s happening right now.
I don’t like finding a PDF of something not off copyright but here it is:
cheirif.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...