Nisa Kesseler

Thank you for creating such an amazing story! We on the committee loved everything about it and are hoping for more!

#booksky

Admiral Rachel Levine’s federal portrait gets deadnamed - Salon.com The first openly transgender four-star official’s portrait was quietly altered by HHS, sparking criticism

Hegseth is waging war on OUR troops.

Deadnaming Admiral Levine's portrait is a calculated, institutional betrayal.

They are sending a dangerous message: Your service is only valid if we approve of who you are.

STOP THE WAR ON OUR WARFIGHTERS.

https://bit.ly/4a6KRI5

Judge finds Trump administration unconstitutionally targeted pro-Palestinian students in searing rebuke A judge gave a blistering assessment of the Trump administration's efforts to go after international students who expressed pro-Palestinian views on college campuses.

The judge was unsparing not only in his views of Noem and Rubio's actions, but also of President Trump, who he said approves of "truly scandalous and unconstitutional suppression of free speech" on the part of two senior administration officials.
www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-t...

Exactly 👏🏻

An excellent thread. I highly recommend following Rebecca Nagle 👍

They Want Self-Hate, But They Can't Get It Book bans aim to create a cycle of self-hate and shame in creators. It won't work for me.

Book banners want us to hate ourselves.

They can't get that.

buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

Pierce County, GA library manager fired following book display including book about trans boy Lavonnia Moore worked for the library system for 15 years.

Pierce County Library (GA) fired a library worker over the inclusion of a book with a trans character in a book display.

Second library in a week to have *fired a library worker* over queer books in book displays.

www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news...

Gross 🤬
This really is the worst timeline.
Thank you, as always, for keeping us informed.

AMEN!

#SenatorMurphy gives Homeland Security secretary and dog-exterminator Kristi #Noem an absolute spanking of epic proportions..

Some good news for a change 👍

Hey, so it's National Library Week. You're going to see a lot of calls to get a library card and check out books. All well and good. But I'm going to ask you to do something a little more supportive: speak up.

Libraries continued to provide critical services and develop innovative programs and services, despite the challenges they faced in 2024. Learn more and see which books face the most censorship challenges in this year's State of America's Libraries Report:
www.ala.org/news/state-a...

Not sure if anyone outside of Michigan is aware, but all of N. MI is without power since Saturday in my case, due to a wicked ice storm. Gov. Whitmer declared a state of emergency yesterday morning, but it could be days to even weeks before power is restored.
Please send good vibes! We need them 🥶

Signal Chat Leak Angers U.S. Military Pilots Men and women who have taken to the air on behalf of the United States expressed bewilderment after the leak of attack plans. “You’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.

Current and former U.S. military pilots expressed bewilderment after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to acknowledge that he should not have disclosed sensitive information in an unsecured group chat.

“If you can’t admit when you’re wrong, you’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.

This is Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense. Labeling the highest ranking black Medal of Honor recipient “DEI.” Pure racism. My latest post. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

DoD sh*ts on a heroes memory The Department of Defense has labeled the highest ranking black Medal of Honor recipient a "DEI" medal

You think Hegseth can't be any more awful and then we discover his racist hunt for "DEI" labeled the highest ranking black Medal of Honor recipients award a 'DEI medal' on Arlington's website. MG Charles Rogers was ten times the man Pete will ever be. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

True, I have been dreading this. He tried to defund IMLS in every budget he submitted in his first administration.

Statement on Trump's Attack on Federal Funding for Libraries

In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients.

www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social

The Great American Pushback Has Begun Patriotic citizens are only beginning to battle against Trump's extreme agenda.

I caught Dr. Francis Collins playing his guitar on the National Mall and it gave me some hope. My latest on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

Support your local Black farmers 🌾🧑🏾‍🌾

#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #TheFireNextTime by James Baldwin.

Why do you think Baldwin asserts that self-definition is essential to navigating the world as Black people?

Valentine’s Day originates in death. I would like to give my annual shout out to all of my Hawaiian relations. Thier ansestors stabbed Captain James Cook in his colonizing neck. 🔥💗🔥

Roses Are Red
Violets Are Black
Book Bans don't Sell Books
The Next Library Board Meeting Is Where I'll See You At.

(Busting Book Ban Myths: bookriot.com/common-myths...)

thank you to Kendrick and the Eagles for making terrible people angry tonight

Starting trade wars to make it easier to take over the government was literally the plot to the Star Wars prequels.

🧵 THREAD: Trump and Rubio have arrested the international humanitarian aid system and forced lifesaving aid programs to completely halt operations — despite an announcement earlier in the week claiming they had changed course. 1/