Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA
TRUMP MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY CASE NO.: 2023-CA-008180 NC
GROUP CORP, Division: Civil
Plaintiff,
v.
GUARDIAN NEWS AND MEDIA, LLC,
et al.,
Defendants.
/
NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
Plaintiff TRUMP MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY GROUP CORP. (“Plaintiff”), by and
through their undersigned counsel and pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.420(a)(1),
files this Notice of Voluntary Dismiss Without Prejudice of all claims against all remaining
Defendants1 (“Defendants”)
Nearly two years ago, the company that owns Trump's Truth Social sued the Guardian, Forbes, Reuters and more than a dozen other news orgs for defamation, over supposedly misrepresenting their financials.
Yesterday, Trump's company dropped their case altogether
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“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
“Newby declined multiple interview requests from ProPublica and even had a reporter escorted out of a judicial conference to avoid questions. He also did not answer detailed written questions.”
How Paul Newby Made North Carolina a Blueprint for Conservative Courts @dougbockclark.bsky.social
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“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
Gene Nichol, a constitutional law prof at UNC Chapel Hill, said Paul Newby had essentially turned the NC Supreme Ct into an arm of the GOP. “Newby has become the chief justice who destroyed the North Carolina Supreme Court as an impartial institution.” @dougbockclark.bsky.social
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Few people outside North Carolina have heard of Paul Newby, the chief justice of the state’s Supreme Court.
But Newby has had a huge impact on America and his state. He’s done this with the goal of delivering what he’s called “biblical justice, equal justice, for all.”
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Important new story from @jenafifield.bsky.social
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“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration and I’m sure they would be interested in this matter,” the spokesperson for the North Carolina Republican Party said in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.” @dougbockclark.bsky.social
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Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
For years, people working for the state agency charged with regulating Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry have warned about the dangers of high-pressure injection. But agency leaders have not fined any company for wastewater leaks in the last 5 years. @nickbowlin.bsky.social @readfrontier.bsky.social
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It relies on an order that President Donald Trump issued on his first day in office titled: “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.”
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My State Banned Vaccine Mandates. Here’s How I Covered It as an Idaho Journalist.
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act, which makes it illegal to require almost anyone to take a vaccine, test or other “medical intervention,” comes amid a national measles outbreak larger than the U.S. has ...
“As a journalist, the debate over vaccine policy and the rationales of the people behind the anti-vaccination movement fascinate me…But I’m not just a journalist. I’m an Idahoan with a family, including a young child in school.” @audreydutton.bsky.social
28.10.2025 20:29 — 👍 18 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
Vaccine Skepticism Comes for Pet Owners, Too
🤦♂️ Vaccine Skepticism Comes for Pet Owners, Too
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