Pledge to Protect the Freedom to Read This Banned Books Week (October 5–11, 2025), join EveryLibrary and We Believe in standing up for every reader’s right to read and access every story.

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I couldn’t agree more! I’ve written many letters to Jeffries #2, Katherine Clark who is my representative in Washington. All I get back is the standard, generic bullshit letter, telling me nothing. I’m tempted to go to her office for a sit-in!

I wish I shared your confidence. I really do.

Has he been a nightmare though, or is he exactly what they wanted? I said that there was something sleazy about him a long time ago. Way before Porngate, I had a bad feeling about him. So many men like him are closet perverts. God forgive me, but I really hate this guy!

Those clients should be pissed off, not SCARED!!!!!

Hakeem Jeffries Is the Kind of Democrat Voters Have Lost Faith In With most New York Democrats endorsing their party’s candidate for mayor, the two minority leaders in Congress remain holdouts.

Hakeem Jeffries Is the Kind of Democrat Voters Have Lost Faith In
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Is it our turn yet?

Oh Yay!!!! We're all safe now!

The worst part to me is that millions of people 100% agree with every scary, evil quote.

OMG! He looks just like Mickey Rourke at the very beginning of his plastic surgery trip!

So ironic.

I guess they finally said the quiet part out loud!

I could not agree more!!!!

PETITION: Fund the Institute Of Museum and Library Services Congress is deciding right now how much funding IMLS will receive—and your voice matters

Congress is deciding right now how much funding IMLS will receive—and your voice matters.

Join thousands of Americans calling on our elected officials to fully fund IMLS and protect the programs that empower millions every day.

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PETITION: Don't Ban Books in the United States Proposed censorship measures in several states could deny your right to read some books in our Nation's libraries and lead to librarians facing criminal charges for the books on the shelves.

Join the fight against government regulations on the books that you and your family are allowed to read in the United States by signing the petition today.

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Statement on AI Risk | CAIS A statement jointly signed by a historic coalition of experts: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear...

When multiple Nobel Prize winners warn that AI could be the end of humanity you’d expect a strong government response.

So… where is it?
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REPORT: Culture War By Executive Order and Its Impact on Libraries As professionals and as citizens, we must decide whether we will serve as stewards of culture, or as instruments of the state. The future of libraries, museums, and archives depends on our answer.

As professionals and as citizens, we must decide whether we will serve as stewards of culture, or as instruments of the state.

The future of libraries, museums, and archives depends on our answer.

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Those Constant Texts Asking You to Donate to Democrats Are Scams A new analysis shows that if you give $100 to an appeal run by a leading Democratic Party vendor, only $1.60 will actually go to the campaign.

Those Constant Texts Asking You to Donate to Democrats Are Scams
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When Books Become Crimes: Florida’s Dangerous Censorship of Public Libraries Escalates Florida State Board of Education threatens school administrators with criminal prosecution over library books

This unhinged, unsubstantiated, and incredibly harmful claim prompted Superintendent Ayres to concede to the permanent banning of more than fifty titles.

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The 596 Books Banned by the Department of Defense This is a coordinated purge of literature that reflects the diverse realities of American families and students.

Nearly 600 books, including works by Maya Angelou, Ibram X. Kendi, and authors documenting the Holocaust and American lynching, were removed from military Academy libraries under orders from Pete Hegseth.

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Want Safer Neighborhoods? Invest in Libraries When library funding goes up, crime tends to go down

A recent study published in the Journal of Cultural Economics examined what happened when a new library branch opened in Kansas City, Missouri.

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We're not spectators to history, we're the makers of it.

Join us on July 17 to Make Good Trouble Together & carry on John Lewis' legacy of fighting for justice & equality.

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Wisconsin needs to refuse to send federal taxes to DC unless and until trump reinstates the funding!

Send an Email to Congress We built this petition to help you let your representatives know that libraries continue to be an integral part of a healthy American community.

It's easy to send an email to your representatives to ask them to support libraries.

Please send an email and then share it with your networks to help us reach more Americans like you!

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Trump’s wives number 1 and 3 were not US citizens when their children were born. Shouldn’t they be deported too?

Get him off Bluesky!

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They said that Trump doesn't care about protests and his administration would be more likely to shoot us than not. They claim that protesting doesn't really make any difference in the long term in the trump universe we are living in now. I absolutely do not want to believe this!

I am very disturbed about some things I have been reading this past week or so. I protested in April and May and in the NO KINGS rally this month. I was so inspired and proud of us. However, some pundits and Opinion writers are claiming that protesting means nothing!

REPORT: The Censorship Acceleration - An Analysis of Book Ban Trends After 2020 EveryLibrary Institute is a 501c3 organization that supports library funding in the United States.

Drawing on original research, expert analysis, and the latest data, this report highlights how book bans have evolved into a comprehensive political strategy aimed at undermining public education, silencing voices, and promoting school privatization.

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SIGN THE PETITION: Stand Against Trump's Budget Proposal to Defund IMLS. Trump is more emboldened than ever to destroy library funding. We need you to take action today!

After trying to destroy federal funding for libraries through an executive order, Trump is now attempting to do it through his proposed budget.

Take action today!

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