Joyous

www.indiatoday.in/world/story/...

Imagine that.

www.npr.org/2025/06/02/n...

Trump asks Congress to wipe out funding for public broadcasting President Trump is asking lawmakers to claw back the $1.1 billion in federal subsidies for public broadcasting that Congress approved earlier this year. His request also includes cuts to foreign aid.

President Trump is asking lawmakers to claw back the $1.1 billion in federal subsidies for public broadcasting that Congress approved earlier this year. His request also includes cuts to foreign aid.

#booksky

Proud of journalists & outlets still standing up to power in the face of threats while Big Law, corporations, and other institutions capitulate:

Wired, Mother Jones, Rolling Stone, Miami Herald, Techdirt, Marisa Kabas, the Unpoulist, ProPublica, MSNBC.

(Feel free to add others in replies)

SIGN NOW: Christians stand with Mahmoud Khalil Mahmoud Khalil is a legal resident who is currently being held in captivity by the Trump administration for exercising his right to free speech. Christians must stand in solidarity with Khalil before ...

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Gov. JB Pritzker

Gov. Tim Walz

these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions

We tried to keep him but between trumpism and gerrymandering we just couldn’t hold on!

Socialism is what they called public power. 

Socialism is what they called social security. 
 
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
 
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952

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Repost & like, if you stand with President Zelensky!

Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 ✊

PEN America Criticizes "Alarming" and "Dismissive" Language on Book Bans by U.S. Education Department - PEN America Kasey Meehan, director, Freedom to Read, at PEN America, said: "For over three years we have countered rhetoric that book bans occurring in public schools are a “hoax.” They are absolutely not. This k...

PEN America responds to action taken today by the Department of Education dismissing complaints about book bans and referring to them as a “hoax”:

"All students deserve to see themselves and the world around them reflected in the books shelved within their public schools.“ pen.org/press-releas...

Did you know?

There’s a directory of Black farmers: “The Black Farmers Index.”

Buy and uplift local. Many are small-scale specialists and located in urban areas. I found an organic resource in my area that I will definitely check out.

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So proud of my native city and the contribution made by her black community!

Costco successfully defends its diversity policies as other US companies scale theirs back Costco has claimed victory in pushing back on a shareholder proposal that urges the wholesale club operator to conduct an evaluation of any business risks posed by its diversity, equity and inclusion ...

Business:
Costco successfully defends its diversity policies as other US companies scale theirs back

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I’ve posted about this daily.

Please participate and be sure you have what you need to not have buy anything tomorrow.

Pass this on!!

Thank you for being a decent human being and a spectacular representative for America!

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.

Democracy requires your courage.

That’s the problem. We’ve been standing by for too long.

Multi-level barrage of US book bans is ‘unprecedented’, says PEN America Censorship at local to federal level recalls past authoritarian regimes ‘but this has never all happened at once’

Multi-level barrage of US book bans is "unprecedented," says PEN America

Censorship at local to federal level recalls past authoritarian regimes "but this has never all happened at once," says PEN America's Jonathan Friedman. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #bannedbooks #notahoax

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Instead of Super Bowl Sunday, we're doing Soup Bowl Sunday

Making some bread, starting some onions and cauliflower for the garden.

How are you spending tomorrow witches?

Cancelled my Prime membership today before it renews in March. Our victory may lie in our fiscal choices and who we support or stop supporting.

Credit to Bible Belt Witchy Mama. 🪻🧙🏼‍♀️

Buy some Ben and Jerry’s! Treat yourself to some delicious resistance. 🍨