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Stack of library books including 1984, Maus, The Handmaid’s Take, Banned Book Club and All Boys Aren’t Blue

Kicking off Banned Books Week with grabbing these from the library.

#bannedbooks #bannedbooksweek #stopliterarycensorship

RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

How the Social Security Administration and DOGE are gaslighting Americans The Social Security Administration (SSA) sent an email on March 27 to beneficiaries saying that reports that field offices were closing was an invention of fake news media.

Pushback works, part gazillion:

"Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices."
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We have yet to receive adequate information from Homeland Security about the recent news of Minnesota students being detained by ICE.

Snatching up students who come here legally to work hard and get an education does not make you tough on immigration.

We need answers.

On Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate Minnesota’s transgender community and recommit to standing up for our neighbors in the face of hatred.

As your Governor, I’m proud to stand in this fight with you.

Denmark 🇩🇰 sounds nice!

RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”

Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.

In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”

Jawdropping.

You would expect this in a dictatorship, not the United States.

This country is unrecognizable.

So nearly two thirds of Americans are not. Got it.

These are e most important #s for the Dems. They should be tracking all local media and influencers in these states and reposting it everywhere

The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.

That is exactly true.

Congressman Al Green on X: "Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl" / X Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl

Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...

Since Congress’s allotted funds have already been improperly unallocated, U.S. citizens are questioning whether they are legally required to continue paying federal taxes.

Protect your peace.

Well... the State of the DisUnion will begin, shortly. I'm gonna be in attendance 😳😏. DO NOT WATCH!

#GenderNexus is helping us kick off #SocialWorkMonth at #NASWINLEAD. Hope you will too. If you can’t join us in person, use #NASWINLEAD to follow along with our day.

NASW IN member Andrew Sekeres calls on #NASWINLEAD to call their reps and ask them to oppose SB 289 and amend or kill SB 2.

“Your voices matter.” senator JD Ford reminds #NASWINLEAD attendees that their voices must continue to be heard at the Statehouse and thanks Social Workers for being on the front lines.

Thank you Senator Crider for authoring the Social Work Compact bill! Thank you for encouraging social workers to build relationships with their reps. And thank you for kicking off our lineup of speakers here at #NASWINLEAD.

Social workers, if you haven’t heard it in awhile, Rep Vanessa Summers reminds us “you are doing God’s work” and shares a bit about the maternal health bill she authored this session. #NASWINLEAD

Incredibly powerful words from Emma Vosicky, J.D., from Gender Nexus at #NASWINLEAD. Encourages social workers to continue being gardeners of a beautifully diverse garden because clients need you.

Rep. Cherish Pryor explains that having an established relationship with your reps has more impact than one off emails or calls about specific bills, though that’s important too. Also the state budget is an important indicator of whether legislators are listening to an industry’s needs. #NASWINLEAD

Trump: standing up for Russia and domestic abusers.

What she said.

The heartbreak.

Trump claims USAID is bankrupting America—it’s less than 1% of the budget. Meanwhile, the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is gutting the largest food aid provider. He could end world hunger & still be the richest man alive. But he won’t.

Not just greed. We’re watching evil at work.

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.

Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.

Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”

A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library The country singer started the “Imagination Library” nearly 30 years ago to encourage early literacy.

Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library