LibraryLou
@libraryz.bsky.social
Nerd, mom, wife, librarian, cat lover.
I care alot about: my friends and family, cats, books, comics, manga, video games, the environment, human rights, upholding our democracy, and eating the rich.
I care alot about: my friends and family, cats, books, comics, manga, video games, the environment, human rights, upholding our democracy, and eating the rich.
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New 'Thought Policing' Bill May Let Rubio Strip Passports from US Citizens Over Political Speech.
Contact your Senator/Rep ASAP. This bill comes up for a hearing on Wednesday. It’s buried in provision 226... www.commondreams.org/news/rubio-t...
Contact your Senator/Rep ASAP. This bill comes up for a hearing on Wednesday. It’s buried in provision 226... www.commondreams.org/news/rubio-t...
New 'Thought Policing' Bill May Let Rubio Strip Passports from US Citizens Over Political Speech | Common Dreams
Free speech advocates fear a new bill could let the Secretary of State strip passports from US citizens based on their speech. "Rubio has claimed the power to designate people terrorist supporters bas...
www.commondreams.org
September 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New 'Thought Policing' Bill May Let Rubio Strip Passports from US Citizens Over Political Speech.
Contact your Senator/Rep ASAP. This bill comes up for a hearing on Wednesday. It’s buried in provision 226... www.commondreams.org/news/rubio-t...
Contact your Senator/Rep ASAP. This bill comes up for a hearing on Wednesday. It’s buried in provision 226... www.commondreams.org/news/rubio-t...
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June 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
It's really disturbing that the people in charge of the health of the entire United States give about as many fucks as a bored highschool student when creating reports and citing reliable sources.
A report on children’s health released by the Make America Healthy Again Commission referred to scientific papers that did not exist
White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It's really disturbing that the people in charge of the health of the entire United States give about as many fucks as a bored highschool student when creating reports and citing reliable sources.
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The queer community, especially trans Americans, are under attack. Now, Drag Race star Miss Peppermint is coleading Queer History 101, a book club merging stories of queer resistance with community.
“We need those folks to teach us—and the only way we can do it now is to read their stories."
“We need those folks to teach us—and the only way we can do it now is to read their stories."
Trump's Administration Wants to Erase Queer History. An Unconventional Book Club Is Fighting Back
"Drag Race" star Miss Peppermint is coleading Queer History 101, a virtual book club merging stories of queer resistance with community.
www.wired.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The queer community, especially trans Americans, are under attack. Now, Drag Race star Miss Peppermint is coleading Queer History 101, a book club merging stories of queer resistance with community.
“We need those folks to teach us—and the only way we can do it now is to read their stories."
“We need those folks to teach us—and the only way we can do it now is to read their stories."
Dystopia
What is happening in this country? The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly considering a reality show where immigrants compete in challenges for a shot at U.S. citizenship. Officials claim, “This isn’t The Hunger Games for immigrants.”
May 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Dystopia
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Wow! Congress is actually attempting to do something! In a rare bipartisan stand to defend its own authority, lawmakers are quietly pushing back against Trump’s attempt to take control of the Library of Congress.
May 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Wow! Congress is actually attempting to do something! In a rare bipartisan stand to defend its own authority, lawmakers are quietly pushing back against Trump’s attempt to take control of the Library of Congress.
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🔥 DAMN! — @benniegthompson to @kristinoem: “I’m glad you found time among your many photo ops and costume changes to testify.”
May 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🔥 DAMN! — @benniegthompson to @kristinoem: “I’m glad you found time among your many photo ops and costume changes to testify.”
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The Human Genome Project cost taxpayers $3 Billion.
Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more.
If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.
Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more.
If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.
May 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Human Genome Project cost taxpayers $3 Billion.
Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more.
If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.
Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more.
If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.
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There is a reason why millions of workers want to join unions.
There is a reason why greedy corporations oppose unions.
Union membership means higher wages and better benefits.
Let’s grow the trade union movement.
There is a reason why greedy corporations oppose unions.
Union membership means higher wages and better benefits.
Let’s grow the trade union movement.
May 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
There is a reason why millions of workers want to join unions.
There is a reason why greedy corporations oppose unions.
Union membership means higher wages and better benefits.
Let’s grow the trade union movement.
There is a reason why greedy corporations oppose unions.
Union membership means higher wages and better benefits.
Let’s grow the trade union movement.
I wish Jeff Bezos hadn't been such a little bitch and actually followed through with showing the tariff costs on Amazon. #jeffbezos #coward #amazon #tariffs #showthecost
May 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I wish Jeff Bezos hadn't been such a little bitch and actually followed through with showing the tariff costs on Amazon. #jeffbezos #coward #amazon #tariffs #showthecost
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Your kids get a max of two toys and then grow up to work in the same factory as their father and grandfather screwing in tiny screws. It’s called The American Dream.
April 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Your kids get a max of two toys and then grow up to work in the same factory as their father and grandfather screwing in tiny screws. It’s called The American Dream.
I don't want this creep or his "values" anywhere near my kid.
Something, something…indoctrination of our children…
Stephen Miller: "Children will be taught to love America. Children will be taught to be patriots. Children will be taught civic values for schools that want federal taxpayer funding ... we're gonna make sure these funds are not being used to promote communist ideology."
May 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I don't want this creep or his "values" anywhere near my kid.
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This is disgusting behavior from a government agency.
Abrego Garcia's Wife Forced To Move To Safe House After Homeland Security Shares Her Address On Social Media
Absolutely despicable.
www.comicsands.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This is disgusting behavior from a government agency.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that federal authorities may once again seek reporters’ phone records and compel their testimony in leak investigations, reversing a policy that was designed to protect journalists from intrusive government efforts to identify and prosecute sources.
April 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that federal authorities may once again seek reporters’ phone records and compel their testimony in leak investigations, reversing a policy that was designed to protect journalists from intrusive government efforts to identify and prosecute sources.
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Today Trump arrested a judge in Wisconsin. This administration wants to intimidate judges and everyone else who gets in their way. That’s not how our democracy works.
April 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Today Trump arrested a judge in Wisconsin. This administration wants to intimidate judges and everyone else who gets in their way. That’s not how our democracy works.
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The Justice Department quietly invoked the Alien Enemies Act last month, granting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents the power to conduct warrantless searches of people’s homes based solely on suspicion that they are “alien enemies.”
April 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The Justice Department quietly invoked the Alien Enemies Act last month, granting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents the power to conduct warrantless searches of people’s homes based solely on suspicion that they are “alien enemies.”
April 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Forgive the rant, but what the hell is this Administration doing?
Not gonna be easy to undo the damage, folks. But I’ve got some ideas on where to start.
Not gonna be easy to undo the damage, folks. But I’ve got some ideas on where to start.
April 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Forgive the rant, but what the hell is this Administration doing?
Not gonna be easy to undo the damage, folks. But I’ve got some ideas on where to start.
Not gonna be easy to undo the damage, folks. But I’ve got some ideas on where to start.
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This weasel‘s entire career is based on running unopposed or in a deeply gerrymandered district. He has never earned the vote. He does not care about the constituents. He does not work for the voters. He never has. He never will.
Imagine your own congressman screwing you over just to “own the libs.”
Speaker Johnson: Working overtime to hand more cash to billionaires and big corporations — you know, the ones really struggling.
He’s up for reelection along with the rest of the House. Stand up. Vote him out.
Speaker Johnson: Working overtime to hand more cash to billionaires and big corporations — you know, the ones really struggling.
He’s up for reelection along with the rest of the House. Stand up. Vote him out.
April 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This weasel‘s entire career is based on running unopposed or in a deeply gerrymandered district. He has never earned the vote. He does not care about the constituents. He does not work for the voters. He never has. He never will.
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ICYMI — Trump’s Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, folks 🤦🏼♀️
April 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
ICYMI — Trump’s Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, folks 🤦🏼♀️
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An innocent man, picked up by “mistake,” must not be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail.
Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Constitution. Bring him home immediately.
Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Constitution. Bring him home immediately.
April 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
An innocent man, picked up by “mistake,” must not be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail.
Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Constitution. Bring him home immediately.
Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Constitution. Bring him home immediately.
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If you're in congress and you aren't publicly in favor of banning the trading of individual stocks by people in congress, get your head out of your fucking ass.
April 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
If you're in congress and you aren't publicly in favor of banning the trading of individual stocks by people in congress, get your head out of your fucking ass.
EVERYONE should care about this. If it can be him now, it could be you later.
If the government can expel him for his beliefs, then the government can expel you for your beliefs.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mahmoud Khalil can be expelled for his beliefs alone, US government argues
Marco Rubio provides two-page memo to judge who asked government for evidence against Columbia student activist
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
EVERYONE should care about this. If it can be him now, it could be you later.
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Supreme Court required Trump’s administration to “facilitate” the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador!
April 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Supreme Court required Trump’s administration to “facilitate” the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador!