Christi of the Library

Here's ICE in Lynn, Massachusetts, throwing a worker from his van and handcuffing him. It happened right outside a school as kids were arriving. Fucked up.

Story: archive.ph/a3nkr

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Cover image for an Instagram post. Week Fourteen: Disability Rights Watch #protectADA @photonovic

Sara Noviç (photonovic on IG) has been documenting the attack on the disability community since week 1. I’m glad others are finally paying attention but, yeah, this isn’t new. www.instagram.com/p/DI6OOMsxhI...

Post-it note on a door that reads “No human is illegal”

No human is illegal

If deporting US citizen children with cancer isn’t your redline, it’s time to reassess your priorities.

“Pro-life”

If we’re serious about more efficient government and better everyday life in America - which we all should be - that means actually improving government, not cutting health care for poor people and slashing support for veterans.

I was at this game! And yes, totally the wildest thing I have ever seen at a baseball game.

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.

That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.

So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?

The image shows 64% of a piechart filled in, with a briefcase icon floating above it. The text reads "64% of Medicaid recipients are already working."

The image shows 18 little human icons. The text reads: "18,000+ people lost Medicaid coverage due to Arkansas 2018 work requirements, with no evidence of increased employment."

Data doesn’t lie. Work requirements don’t help people work — they just take away their healthcare and create more bureaucratic paperwork.


Follow the link to tell your representatives: #HandsoffMedicaid

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Graphic: As many as 69 million American women lack access to valid birth certificates

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?

Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.

Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:

Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000

There’s a lesson there.

Cult of personality watch. These are not the habits of a democratic movement.

why is *every* newspaper/programme running with the headline "tariffs are paused" when they haven't been.

What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.

Yep. Stopping “illegal ideas” 😒

Exactly. And vulnerable communities will be hit hardest.

So gross and ableist

Sure, I go to the library for books, but also sometimes I go just to exist in a space that's welcoming, organized, comfortable, judgement-free, and run by knowledgeable, helpful, passionate people, because that energy is straight up medicinal.

Libraries are also consistently only about 1% of municipal budgets. They often get put on the chopping block in touch budget cycles, but the savings are rarely significant. Library staff are just really good at stretching funds to make big impacts for the community.

Graphic reads: Our circulation software is entirely IMLS funded. Many of our digital databases are funded through IMLS. We are not allowed to discuss the bills and shutdowns in our library or on the library's social media for fear of being perceived as 'political.'"

"Our circulation software is entirely IMLS funded. Many of our digital databases are funded through IMLS. We are not allowed to discuss the bills and shutdowns in our library or on the library's social media for fear of being perceived as 'political.'"

#IMLS #booksky
www.slj.com/story/Cost-L...

To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.

—With love,
Your American allies.

The impact of the decimation of IMLS is huge. But I think that is the point. Destroy libraries, destroy information, destroy democracy.

So proud of Boston! #handsoff

Maya Angelou memoir, Holocaust book are among those pulled from Naval Academy library in DEI purge Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou's famous autobiography, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U...

I’m so sick of this shit. Our history is real, whether you like it or not. It may be horrific, but we must tell it exactly like it happened, not some whitewashed version.

MAGA Republicans desperately want to rewrite American history

Do not let them get away with it!
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Good Morning Blue Skies
#HANDSOFF #MomSky

TO ALL OF YOU MARCHING TODAY

I AM SO PROUD OF YOU
BE SAFE
BE STRONG
BE LOUD

HANDS OFF OUR RIGHTS
HANDS OFF OUR DEMOCRACY
HANDS OFF OUR MEDICAID, SOCIAL SECURITY, EDUCATION, AND HEALTHCARE

WE THE PEOPLE

Yellow protest sign reading “information is power, reading is resistance”

Yellow protest sign reading “hands of our libraries”

Heading to Salem, MA

I covered mine in clear packing tape for the same reason

Yellow protest sign reading “information is POWER reading is RESISTANCE”

Yellow protest sign reading “Hands Off our Libraries”

Sign in hand and ready to go #HandsOff

The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Neil Stone (@DrNeilStone ). The tweet reads: "RFK Jr has cut Alzheimers research. ALZHEIMERS. One of the most devastating, urgent and increasing health problems we face today. He’s not interested. He’s a nasty piece of work."

Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.