Nichols: Even though these guys come across as clowns, they're clowns with flamethrowers.. They have the machinery of government behind them. These are people that normally would be struggling to hold on to middle management jobs in a department store somewhere

🙄For all those red hats who said Biden/Kamala were going to lead us into ww3.

Lee: Would say it would be “illegal DEI” for a lesson plan on the Tulsa race massacre?

McMahon: I’d have to get back to you

Lee: Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is?

McMahon: I’d like to look into it more and get back to you on it.

Legislative Advocacy and Public Policy Work for Academic and Research Library Workers ACRL announces the publication of Legislative Advocacy and Public Policy Work for Academic and Research Library Workers, edited by Raymond Pun, Sonya M. Durney, and Tarida Anantachai, addressing acade...

Our latest book - "Legislative Advocacy and Public Policy Work for Academic and Research Library Workers," edited by Raymond Pun, Sonya M. Durney, and Tarida Anantachai - is now available. Learn more in an excerpt from the introduction and pick up your copy today!

ACRL Member of the Week: Monya Tomlinson Monya Tomlinson is a Reference Librarian at Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library in Atlanta, GA. Monya has been a member of ACRL for 7 years and is your ACRL Member of the Week for May...

Your ACRL Member of the Week is Monya Tomlinson, Reference Librarian at Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library in Atlanta, GA!

New on ACRLog... Authors Against Book Bans bit.ly/3ZpqfV1

"Chilling Effect," 11th Circuit Blocks Florida's Drag Ban "But by providing only vague guidance as to which performances it prohibits, the Act wields a shotgun when the First Amendment allows a scalpel at most."

1. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court decision blocking enforcement of Florida's drag ban.

Drag and the first amendment remain legal in the state of Florida.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Man checks out 100 books from Beachwood Library, then burns them in social media post A man applied for a card from the Beachwood Library and, over two visits, withdrew 100 books. He later posted two videos, one in which he burned all of the books.

The man checked out 50 books on topics that included Jewish history, African-American history and LGBTQ education.

Then burned them.

www.cleveland.com/community/20...

TXS4DEI Live Lege Advocacy Toolkit - SB 37 89TH LEGE ADVO TOOLKIT Updated With just about a month left in the 89th Texas Legislative Session, leaders in the legislature are attempting to give the Board of Regents direct control over degree ...

✴️Texas Students for DEI is fighting SB37 from the student/alumni perspective--opposing the state’s attempt to crack down on "DEI" curriculum take over higher ed. Here is a legislative toolkit for those who wish to testify on Tuesday or submit written testimony. Please help!🗣️🗣️
tinyurl.com/legetoolkit

Texas lawmakers aim to strangle liberal arts with SB37 Senate Bill 37, under consideration in the Texas Legislature, would change our public universities so radically that they would no longer be first-class.

Don't make Texas universities unconstitutional by passing SB37 www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm...

Yet national parks generate $55.6 billion in economic output, benefiting the U.S. economy far more than they cost.

‘The Five’: Will tariffs help the masculinity ‘crisis’? | Fox News Video ‘The Five’ co-hosts discuss how some political pundits believe President Donald Trump’s tariffs could help solve an alleged masculinity problem.

Omg... Please.. www.foxnews.com/video/637119...

I know I’m probably biased because I’m in this film, but it’s just so well done. The editing, cinematography, directing…I could go on. Everyone featured pours their hearts into standing up for intellectual freedom and I’m so proud to be a small part of this. @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

The CDC Has Been Gutted Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.

NEW: The CDC has been gutted. Thousands of CDC employees working on HIV prevention and lead poisoning received RIF notices early this morning.

w/ @leahfeiger.bsky.social + @knibbs.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...

And remember the first rule of Fight Club: we don’t talk about Fight Club. We’ll keep everyone updated as we can. Six. Twelve. Twenty-one. Now go cause some good trouble.

Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"

what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!

This museum is one of the best I’ve ever been to. The personal stories and narratives contained within it force visitors to reckon with the history of slavery and segregation, and of the lived experiences of Black people in America.

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: When we see people being pulled off the streets, when we see students at universities being grabbed, detained, and kidnapped, and when we see Kristi Noem filming this disgusting video, we’re looking at a nation we no longer recognize. We don’t want to be like that nation.

Beto O'Rourke:

"For Democrats, too many of them fear to fight at all. You saw Chuck Schumer surender... He gave up the only leverage we have... The only people who they should fear at all is you... You have the power to pick someone else and retire that guy from politics for the rest of his life."

Scientists & faculty of the Columbia Irving Medical Center spoke out today on Trump’s ongoing assault on Columbia & all higher learning in America & how cuts in vital scientific research will harm the health of ALL Americans.

Listen to Dr. Delivette Castor, Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology.

Lawsuit Filed Over LGBTQ+ Book Censorship in South Carolina's Greenville County Public Libraries Library patrons in Greenville, South Carolina, have sued the county over library policies restricting and banning LGBTQ+ materials.

Library patrons in Greenville, South Carolina, with help from the ACLU and ACLU of SC, have sued the county over library policies restricting and banning LGBTQ+ materials.

bookriot.com/greenville-s...

The Biggest Immigration Rally of 2025 is Coming. Will ICE Show Up? Organizers are taking public safety seriously, but there is fear ICE could target attendees

If you're able to get to Dallas this Sunday consider showing up to show solidarity with this. There's a huge risk that ICE is going to show up so the more people who show up in support the better www.thebulwark.com/p/immigratio...

Trump’s Latest Executive Order is a Sham—and a Warning From Marc | The greatest threat to Donald Trump’s authoritarian dream is not the courts — it is free and fair elections.

NEW: The greatest threat to Trump’s authoritarian dream is not the courts — it is free and fair elections, @marcelias.bsky.social writes. The president's latest illegal executive order is a wake-up call for those who believe the danger of election subversion has passed.

Crockett: Free speech is not about whatever it is that you all want somebody to say. And the idea that you want to shut down everybody that isn’t Fox News is bullshit

YouTube video by Bernie Sanders Fighting Oligarchy with Bernie, AOC, and Greg Casar

Greg Casar (rep, tx, chiar of progressive caucus) joins AOC and Bernie at today's rally in Tuscon.

Sanders: You have a president who is suing ABC and CBS and the Des Moines register. He is threatening to investigate PBS and NPR. He loves media that fawns on him.. If you cannot take the criticism, get the hell out of politics

There are research papers showing that students who rely heavily on AI to generate answers for them are genuinely losing cognitive thinking and creative skillsets.

Weingarten: This is a remaking of America to try to undermine the contract that America has had in its modern age that says, opportunity for all.