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Musk has now poured $8.3 million into buying the tie-breaking Wisconsin Supreme Court seat for Brad Schimel. That is vastly more than any other single donor—to eliminate a state-level check on his and Trump's power.

Help us fight back and elect Susan Crawford: PeopleVMusk.com

This likely confirms that the decision to arrest him was made at the highest levels of government, a terrifying return to the policies of ideological exclusion last seen used during the heights of the Cold War. A very, very worrying precedent at the start of this government.

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There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security.

Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."

This #internationalwomensday we can't help but think about how women's voting rights are once again under attack in the U.S.

The SAVE Act is designed to block eligible people from voting, not to protect elections.

Great advice in this thread!

I am finding it hard to focus at work. Working like the world is fine was exhausting today.

YES!!!

The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

Also, how do they hoard huge amounts of something that’s perishable? TP at least didn’t spoil (though that was still bananas).

Just saw this posted on FB and had to share.

A map of the United States with 22 states and DC highlighted. The 22 highlighted states are Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Hawaii, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and North Carolina

USAID needs our help!📢 Keep calling your members of congress, and if you live in one of the states below, also call your attorney general and ask them to include foreign aid in the suit filed by DOJ this morning. Details and call scripts here: tbfighter.link/contact-cong...

Stringer Bell on The Wire. Also Olivia Pope in Scandal.

“Put a pin in it.” — this somehow reminds me of butterflies being pinned to a board.

Dorothy Porter in 1939, at her desk in the Carnegie Library at Howard University. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Manuscript Division, Howard University

Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜

The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.

Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵

UPDATED: ‘That’s bad’: Keynote speaker criticizes IU School of Medicine statement after canceled LGBTQ+ Health Care Conference The change comes amid a string of legislation against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Thanks to the Indiana Daily Student for reaching out to talk with me about the now-canceled LGBTQ+ Health Care Conference, where I had been asked to give a keynote address, that was hosted by the IU School of Medicine: www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

Welp, that’s terrible. I hope Senators like @fetterman.senate.gov can start examining these occurrences and taking action.

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Please share: We’ve received word that Elon Musk’s staffers are using space characters to identify information leakers. Before sharing any information, please use a checker to detect and remove these.

Wow.

Elon Musk has infiltrated the U.S. Treasury Office to identify ways to cut off funding for various projects, prompting the abrupt retirement of the Treasury official responsible for overseeing the government’s vast payment system.

Monday’s lines… So help us
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#jan20 #maga #trump #inauguration #swearingin #mlk #mlkday #racialequality #liberty #freedom #democracy #justice #ruleoflaw #ladyliberty #contemplationofjustice #mountrushmore #america #godhelpus

Public 👏 health 👏 matters.

Entrance of Lemuria Books, Jackson, MS

Sign that reads “I cannot remember a time when I was not in love with them—with the books themselves, cover and binding and the paper they were printed on, with their smell and their weight and with their possession in my arms, captured and carried off to myself.” Eudora Welty

White mug with blue handle from Lemuria Books

I’m glad I visited Lemuria Books in Jackson, MS last year. I could’ve spent an entire afternoon exploring that store. Tell me about your favorite independent bookstores! #booksky #indiebookstore #realbookstore #shopsmall

I’d be curious to hear people’s thoughts/experiences with the Kobo reader or other ereaders that work well with Libby. I borrow more books than I buy & I’m exploring alternatives to my Kindle. #booksky

I bought this last night through Bookshop.org. It’s on back order, but whenever it arrives I believe it will be right on time. #booksky

That looks interesting g just based on the set up. I will check that one out! Have you ever played Dixit? That’s one that we’ve discovered and enjoyed.

Current read: A Fever in the Heartland. I bought it sometime last year, but now feels like the right time to read it. History can teach us a lot. #booksky

Sunday’s Zoom with @hcrichardson.bsky.social was full of wisdom on how to navigate 2025—focus on what you can control, find your people, and never stop learning. So, what’s your game plan to make it through the year?