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Academic Reference Librarian with training in archival management and cataloging; home archivist content @thearchivalaardvark on IG. Childless dog lady. My views expressed here are my own.

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Way to go, everyone! Huge turnouts from small towns to big cities all across the country!

18.10.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 12579    πŸ” 2094    πŸ’¬ 235    πŸ“Œ 42
UFW president Teresa Romero speaking at the kickoff of the march

UFW president Teresa Romero speaking at the kickoff of the march

Marchers carrying ufw flag

Marchers carrying ufw flag

Archer carrying support Farm workers sign

Archer carrying support Farm workers sign

Marchers carrying ufw flag

Marchers carrying ufw flag

SOLIDARITY! UFW President Teresa Romero joined thousands as they marched with @thelafed.bsky.social at the Los Angeles/Long Beach #LaborDay2025 march. Labor knows when we fight we win. #SolidaritySeason

01.09.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 286    πŸ” 82    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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There are no words that will heal the pain of this community.

27.08.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6905    πŸ” 1236    πŸ’¬ 218    πŸ“Œ 62
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Exclusive: VA rescinds weeks of parental leave β€” even for some giving birth this week Last week, the VA was the first federal agency to terminate a union contract.

We are in hell. The VA is cancelling parental leave that has already been approved, some parents already on leave.

#DougCollins is evil.

www.axios.com/2025/08/15/v...

16.08.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 618    πŸ” 329    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 26
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Mother Jones: Anti-Vaxxers Are Making Excuses for the CDC Shooter /RFK Jr. isn’t helping.

πŸ‘‰ bit.ly/4mkuzhV

17.08.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
RALLY FOR THE EPA

PROTECT THE ENVIRONM FIGHT FOR THE EPA

FRIDAY, SEPT. 5 3:30-5:30 PM

SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF EPA-CINCINNATI 26 W. MLK DRIVE IN CLIFTON

BRING SIGNS & SHOW EPA STAFF YOUR SUPPORT REMARKS AT 4 PM

PROTECT THE EPA, PROTECT THE FUTURE!

RALLY FOR THE EPA PROTECT THE ENVIRONM FIGHT FOR THE EPA FRIDAY, SEPT. 5 3:30-5:30 PM SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF EPA-CINCINNATI 26 W. MLK DRIVE IN CLIFTON BRING SIGNS & SHOW EPA STAFF YOUR SUPPORT REMARKS AT 4 PM PROTECT THE EPA, PROTECT THE FUTURE!

For anyone near Cincinnati πŸ‘‡
The EPA is as critical to our health as the CDC.

16.08.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 316    πŸ” 128    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
I'm working pruning citrus trees

I'm working pruning citrus trees

"Eloy" is pruning citrus trees in CAs SJ Valley. He works 6-7 hrs/day. He shares: When it's hot, it feels very humid in the rows. When we pull dry branches from the tree we get scratches on our arms & hands. It's tough work, but it feeds my family. #WeFeedYou

17.08.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 532    πŸ” 123    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 9

"Take each other's hands and come together cause
We are each other's family
All 2,603,040 sisters!
This is our land and we are the queens"

06.07.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Vets will need #VA care, at VA facilities more than ever. Yet, this bill takes hard hits at Federal employees, and recruiting and maintaining staff will suffer. Patient care will suffer, even for people who aren’t on Medicaid…this includes Vets.

03.07.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Health Care Remade the U.S. Economy (Gift Article) Medicine is now the nation’s largest employer, but its growth may be slowing.

Beyond taking #healthcare away from millions of kids, families, and the elderly, the Budget-Busting Bill would mean the loss of thousands of jobs in hospitals, research centers, nursing homes, clinics, doctors’ offices.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

03.07.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 214    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 7

The name "Alligator Alcatraz" reminds us that America is currently run by adults who are like malicious, giggling children using magnifying glasses to burn ants.

02.07.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 20662    πŸ” 5184    πŸ’¬ 1015    πŸ“Œ 292

Thanks to Senate Republicans, 17 million people will lose their health care.

Thanks to Senate Republicans, three million Americans, including veterans and seniors, will lose food assistance.

Thanks to Senate Republicans, families will see their energy bills go up by $400 a year.

01.07.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4199    πŸ” 1689    πŸ’¬ 177    πŸ“Œ 117

Tuesday, June 24 2025

1300 Eastern

That’s 1 PM πŸ˜‰

@altairforce.altgov.info
@altusmc.altgov.info
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24.06.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The VA Just Made It Easier to Discriminateβ€”And They’re Calling It a β€œFormality” The Trump Administration ordered VA hospitals to strip anti-discrimination protectionsβ€”targeting veterans for their politics, marital status, and identity. The AMA is outraged. Doctors are protesting....

The VA just made it easier for doctors to discriminate against veteransβ€”by removing protections based on political affiliation, marital status, and more.

The Trump Admin says it’s a β€œformality.” It’s not.

Read more ⬇️
open.substack.com/pub/onoffens...

16.06.2025 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

May your drink of choice always be perfect and sunsets always golden ✨️

18.06.2025 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Shout out to the #altgov folks for being shining examples of resistance in the face of adversity. You all give me hope and help keep access open to data. Humbly grateful for the risks you all take on the daily. 🀍

18.06.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Minnesota shooting suspect, Vance Boelter, is believed to be armed and dangerous.
Please contact 877.996.6222 with any relevant information you may have.
Bca.tips@state.mn.us

He is a white male shown wearing aa cowboy hat and green coat.

Minnesota shooting suspect, Vance Boelter, is believed to be armed and dangerous. Please contact 877.996.6222 with any relevant information you may have. Bca.tips@state.mn.us He is a white male shown wearing aa cowboy hat and green coat.

Minnesota shooting suspect, Vance Boelter, is believed to be armed and dangerous.
Please contact 877.996.6222 with any relevant information you may have.
Bca.tips@state.mn.us

14.06.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 432    πŸ” 311    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 17
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Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"

14.06.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 36646    πŸ” 13372    πŸ’¬ 2175    πŸ“Œ 2197

A sitting state Representative and her husband have been killed. A state Senator is fighting for his life. A targeted political attack in our country.

This is not just a tragedy. It is a terrifying marker of where we are. When hatred is legitimized & violence is tolerated, democracy begins to die.

14.06.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 189    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country.

We will hold this administration accountable.

12.06.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 13996    πŸ” 4521    πŸ’¬ 902    πŸ“Œ 270
Governor Newsom's Address: Democracy at a Crossroads
YouTube video by Campaign for Democracy Governor Newsom's Address: Democracy at a Crossroads

You may have seen clips of this speech, but if you haven't yet, you really ought to watch the entire thing and then share it with everyone you know!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8slq...

11.06.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4416    πŸ” 1943    πŸ’¬ 114    πŸ“Œ 68
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β€œWe don’t need another king, another tyrant, another dictator.” β€” U.S. Army Veteran, 101st Airborne

We took an oath to the Constitutionβ€”not to serve the ambitions of any one man.

What’s happening isn’t national defense. It’s a warning sign.

10.06.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1317    πŸ” 529    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 28

THIS.

07.06.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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LIVE: Hundreds of Protesters Rally Outside Federal Building To Condemn ICE Raids | California | N18G YouTube video by CNBC-TV18

LA protests going on. Live footage from CNBC. www.youtube.com/live/AZmylow...

07.06.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

What was one good thing about your day?

07.06.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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02.06.2025 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 221    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3

Thank you so much for this wonderful little reprieve!

07.05.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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So proud that the Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the 6888 today -- the first and only all-Black, all-women battalion to serve overseas in World War II.

This recognition is a powerful reminder that the full story of American heroism must be told in all its diversity.

29.04.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 577    πŸ” 137    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 8
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Meet the 1940s secretary who used office time to produce the first lesbian magazine Edythe Eyde, then a 25-year-old secretary at RKO Radio Pictures in L.A., started Vice Versa, which she dubbed β€œAmerica’s Gayest Magazine,” on her office typewriter in 1947.

Lovely bit of lesbian history for you this evening.

www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/nbc-...

30.04.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 148    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 8
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Texas bill could punish bookstores for 'obscene' books A new bill in the Texas Legislature, authored by Rep. Nate Schatzline, would allow businesses to be held liable if a minor reports damages from "obscene" books.

It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books.

It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.

www.chron.com/politics/art...

25.04.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 17313    πŸ” 5500    πŸ’¬ 257    πŸ“Œ 306

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