Roxanne Baechler-Gill
@rbaech.bsky.social
"Canada's liberal juggernaut"... I will look for hope and inspiration where I can.
The Liberals Who Can’t Stop Winning
Trump isn’t the only reason Canada’s center-left has stayed in power.
www.theatlantic.com
April 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Canada's liberal juggernaut"... I will look for hope and inspiration where I can.
Very concerning.
We all need to understand that without due process, we are not protected. There is no guarantee that our rights will be respected.
We all need to understand that without due process, we are not protected. There is no guarantee that our rights will be respected.
A Loophole That Would Swallow the Constitution
If Donald Trump can disappear people to El Salvador without due process, he can do anything.
www.theatlantic.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Very concerning.
We all need to understand that without due process, we are not protected. There is no guarantee that our rights will be respected.
We all need to understand that without due process, we are not protected. There is no guarantee that our rights will be respected.
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A coalition of Jewish groups warns that the Trump administration stripping international students of visas under the guise of fighting antisemitism actually makes Jews less safe and undermines the rule of law.
Trump exploiting antisemitism fears to undermine rule of law, warns Jewish coalition
A coalition of Jewish groups warns that the Trump administration stripping international students of visas under the guise of fighting antisemitism actually makes Jews less safe and undermines the rul...
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
A coalition of Jewish groups warns that the Trump administration stripping international students of visas under the guise of fighting antisemitism actually makes Jews less safe and undermines the rule of law.
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Now is a time to stand together in support of our public libraries.
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"Eliminating an agency as impactful as the IMLS is a step that should not be taken lightly."
Read our statement with King County Library System about the impact of the Institute of Museum and Library Services in Washington state and throughout the U.S.
blog.spl.org/2025/03/24/i...
Read our statement with King County Library System about the impact of the Institute of Museum and Library Services in Washington state and throughout the U.S.
blog.spl.org/2025/03/24/i...
IMLS provides invaluable support to libraries in Washington state and throughout the U.S.
Statement by The Seattle Public Library and the King County Library System On the evening of Friday, March 14, a White House Executive Order was issued to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Libr…
blog.spl.org
March 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Now is a time to stand together in support of our public libraries.
Read a message from our CEO: supportspl.org/2025/03/toge...
Sign up for our advocacy action alerts: actionnetwork.org/forms/seattl...
Make a gift to help our library: give.supportspl.org/give/675675/...
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Absolutely horrible for museums and libraries. The arts continue to be decimated: bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
The Institute for Museum and Library Services Was Just Gutted
DOGE fired all IMLS employees and closed down their emails. It is assumed all funding for 2025 coming from the federal agency will not be happening.
bookriot.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Absolutely horrible for museums and libraries. The arts continue to be decimated: bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
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The IMLS effective shutdown is illegal and devastating.
March 31, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The IMLS effective shutdown is illegal and devastating.
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"IMLS makes up .0046% of the federal budget"
DOGE has just completely gutted the IMLS, firing all staff, closing down their email addresses, and leaving any funding for 2025 in question.
bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
The Institute for Museum and Library Services Was Just Gutted
DOGE fired all IMLS employees and closed down their emails. It is assumed all funding for 2025 coming from the federal agency will not be happening.
bookriot.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"IMLS makes up .0046% of the federal budget"
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DOGE has just completely gutted the IMLS, firing all staff, closing down their email addresses, and leaving any funding for 2025 in question.
bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
The Institute for Museum and Library Services Was Just Gutted
DOGE fired all IMLS employees and closed down their emails. It is assumed all funding for 2025 coming from the federal agency will not be happening.
bookriot.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
DOGE has just completely gutted the IMLS, firing all staff, closing down their email addresses, and leaving any funding for 2025 in question.
bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
"The annual budget of [the Institute of Museum and Library Services] amounts to less than $1 per person in the US."
The IMLS was created by a 1996 law passed by Congress and has historically received bipartisan support.
Libraries all over the country will suffer.
www.wired.com/story/instit...
The IMLS was created by a 1996 law passed by Congress and has historically received bipartisan support.
Libraries all over the country will suffer.
www.wired.com/story/instit...
The DOGE Axe Comes for Libraries and Museums
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has long received bipartisan support. But after years of trying, President Donald Trump has delivered it a crushing blow.
www.wired.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"The annual budget of [the Institute of Museum and Library Services] amounts to less than $1 per person in the US."
The IMLS was created by a 1996 law passed by Congress and has historically received bipartisan support.
Libraries all over the country will suffer.
www.wired.com/story/instit...
The IMLS was created by a 1996 law passed by Congress and has historically received bipartisan support.
Libraries all over the country will suffer.
www.wired.com/story/instit...
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Seems like Pete Hegseth thinks Pete Hegseth should resign.
March 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Seems like Pete Hegseth thinks Pete Hegseth should resign.
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Hegseth has to go.
This should be a non-partisan opinion.
This should be a non-partisan opinion.
March 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Hegseth has to go.
This should be a non-partisan opinion.
This should be a non-partisan opinion.
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Hegseth must resign or be fired. This is not a close call.
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
March 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hegseth must resign or be fired. This is not a close call.
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
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Pete Hegseth: “Nobody texted war plans.”
March 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Pete Hegseth: “Nobody texted war plans.”
*sips tea*
"Democrats probably should have elevated a new suite of leaders long ago, well before Trump’s second win. But now, the party’s very existence depends on it."
This party desperately needs to be revitalized.
"Democrats probably should have elevated a new suite of leaders long ago, well before Trump’s second win. But now, the party’s very existence depends on it."
This party desperately needs to be revitalized.
Democrats Are Reaching a Trump Tipping Point
The party leadership’s tepid response to Donald Trump’s agenda could provoke a grassroots insurgency by its own voters.
www.vanityfair.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
*sips tea*
"Democrats probably should have elevated a new suite of leaders long ago, well before Trump’s second win. But now, the party’s very existence depends on it."
This party desperately needs to be revitalized.
"Democrats probably should have elevated a new suite of leaders long ago, well before Trump’s second win. But now, the party’s very existence depends on it."
This party desperately needs to be revitalized.
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Pete Hegseth & his band of stooges are unfit to lead the Department of Defense! The incompetence, dangerous, & sloppy mishandling of highly classified military information in “Signalgate” is what you get when a felon in the WH stacks his cabinet with grossly unqualified buddies, “bros” & donors!
March 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Pete Hegseth & his band of stooges are unfit to lead the Department of Defense! The incompetence, dangerous, & sloppy mishandling of highly classified military information in “Signalgate” is what you get when a felon in the WH stacks his cabinet with grossly unqualified buddies, “bros” & donors!
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Protocol is clear. Every single official on that Signal chain needs to hand over their mobile devices.
Pete Hegseth, JD Vance, Marco Rubio—all of them.
This is a matter of national security and the rule of law.
If it were anyone else, Republicans would call for this too.
Pete Hegseth, JD Vance, Marco Rubio—all of them.
This is a matter of national security and the rule of law.
If it were anyone else, Republicans would call for this too.
March 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Protocol is clear. Every single official on that Signal chain needs to hand over their mobile devices.
Pete Hegseth, JD Vance, Marco Rubio—all of them.
This is a matter of national security and the rule of law.
If it were anyone else, Republicans would call for this too.
Pete Hegseth, JD Vance, Marco Rubio—all of them.
This is a matter of national security and the rule of law.
If it were anyone else, Republicans would call for this too.
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In response to Mark Kelly, Tulsi and Ratcliffe claim not to know abt DOD policy on Controlled unclassified information on Signal.
March 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In response to Mark Kelly, Tulsi and Ratcliffe claim not to know abt DOD policy on Controlled unclassified information on Signal.
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my goodness you can see Tulsi Gabbard trying to come up with evasive answers to Kelly's questions in real time
March 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
my goodness you can see Tulsi Gabbard trying to come up with evasive answers to Kelly's questions in real time
This breach needs to be taken seriously.
Don't just take my word for it, see what implicated National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has to say about this sort of thing!
x.com/michaelgwalt...
Don't just take my word for it, see what implicated National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has to say about this sort of thing!
x.com/michaelgwalt...
March 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This breach needs to be taken seriously.
Don't just take my word for it, see what implicated National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has to say about this sort of thing!
x.com/michaelgwalt...
Don't just take my word for it, see what implicated National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has to say about this sort of thing!
x.com/michaelgwalt...
But her emails.
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb: "I've accidentally sent the wrong person a text. We all have [... but] the unconscionable action was sending this info over non-secure networks. [...] None of this should have been sent on non-secure systems. "
www.axios.com/2025/03/24/a...
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb: "I've accidentally sent the wrong person a text. We all have [... but] the unconscionable action was sending this info over non-secure networks. [...] None of this should have been sent on non-secure systems. "
www.axios.com/2025/03/24/a...
"Heads should roll": Congress erupts over Trump administration's Signal leak
"We can't chalk this up to a simple mistake – people should be fired for this," said one House Democrat.
www.axios.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
But her emails.
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb: "I've accidentally sent the wrong person a text. We all have [... but] the unconscionable action was sending this info over non-secure networks. [...] None of this should have been sent on non-secure systems. "
www.axios.com/2025/03/24/a...
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb: "I've accidentally sent the wrong person a text. We all have [... but] the unconscionable action was sending this info over non-secure networks. [...] None of this should have been sent on non-secure systems. "
www.axios.com/2025/03/24/a...
I'm dumbfounded.
The editor in chief of The Atlantic was erroneously added to a Signal group chat about war plans by Michael Waltz, National Security Advisor of the United States.
He received the war plan including precise locations, timing, targets, several hours before strikes in Yemen began.
The editor in chief of The Atlantic was erroneously added to a Signal group chat about war plans by Michael Waltz, National Security Advisor of the United States.
He received the war plan including precise locations, timing, targets, several hours before strikes in Yemen began.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm dumbfounded.
The editor in chief of The Atlantic was erroneously added to a Signal group chat about war plans by Michael Waltz, National Security Advisor of the United States.
He received the war plan including precise locations, timing, targets, several hours before strikes in Yemen began.
The editor in chief of The Atlantic was erroneously added to a Signal group chat about war plans by Michael Waltz, National Security Advisor of the United States.
He received the war plan including precise locations, timing, targets, several hours before strikes in Yemen began.
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Libraries are vital, providing access to information, technology, and learning. Cutting IMLS funding threatens these services, especially in underserved areas. Library funding isn’t political—it’s an investment in education, opportunity, and civic engagement. #LibraryLove #ForOurLibraries ala.org
March 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Libraries are vital, providing access to information, technology, and learning. Cutting IMLS funding threatens these services, especially in underserved areas. Library funding isn’t political—it’s an investment in education, opportunity, and civic engagement. #LibraryLove #ForOurLibraries ala.org
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#Libraries have always been there for us. Now is the time to stand up #ForOurLibraries ❤️
#Bookish #LibraryLove #CheckOutYourLibrary #LibbyApp
www.libbylife.com/2025-03-17-w...
#Bookish #LibraryLove #CheckOutYourLibrary #LibbyApp
www.libbylife.com/2025-03-17-w...
What you can do to support libraries right now
We all agree: Libraries are essential resources in our communities. Show your support for these vital institutions with a few simple actions you can take today.
www.libbylife.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
#Libraries have always been there for us. Now is the time to stand up #ForOurLibraries ❤️
#Bookish #LibraryLove #CheckOutYourLibrary #LibbyApp
www.libbylife.com/2025-03-17-w...
#Bookish #LibraryLove #CheckOutYourLibrary #LibbyApp
www.libbylife.com/2025-03-17-w...
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The fact congressional Democrats have not hired three dozen D&D rules lawyers with oppositional defiant disorder and turned them loose on parliamentary procedure with the goal of maximum obstruction is such a fucking missed opportunity
I’m bringing this up because this is a simple procedural way to fuck with republicans even if they’re in the majority. Call them out of order, rise to a point of personal privilege, use the very procedural rules that organize their meetings to strangle them. It fucking works.
March 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The fact congressional Democrats have not hired three dozen D&D rules lawyers with oppositional defiant disorder and turned them loose on parliamentary procedure with the goal of maximum obstruction is such a fucking missed opportunity