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LIBRARIES WIN IN COURT. Federal court issues permanent injunction in Rhode Island V. Trump, stops the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The court ruled that all actions taken by the Administration to dismantle IMLS are nullified. This injunction takes immediate nationwide effect: all grants, in every state and territory. The Administration is stopped from taking these actions again in the future. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!

A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.

Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)

Noting the congressional pension is based on service time, it kicks in at 5 years and her retirement date - Jan. 5, 2026 - will be the first business day after she passes five years since her first swearing in. bsky.app/profile/heli...

@crow.house.gov FYI. Give credit to the Colorado Sentinel @sentinelcolorado.com for standing up for the Constitution.

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FYI. There’s an editorial board of a small paper courageous enough to do what legacy media won’t: call for impeachment.

h/t @sentinelcolorado.com leadership.

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Text "analysis of Nokings coverage" over image of NYT front page: https://open.substack.com/pub/mediaanddemocracyproject/p/analysis-of-no-kings-coverage-the?

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See our grades & analysis of 60+ front pages for #NoKings coverage.
Influential news outlets like NYT/ WSJ continue trivialize coverage of the pro-democracy movement & demonstrations like #NoKings. Editors of local outlets did better.
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FYI.

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Agreed. @ajc.com

agreed

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Instagram’s Antisemitism Economy Instagram has become a marketplace for antisemitism. Influencers like Hayden McDougall, Dylan Shane, Jake Shields, and Myron Gaines are using the platform’s massive reach to glorify Hitler, deny the H...

Instagram is letting neo-Nazism go mainstream. Influencers like Hayden McDougall and Dylan Shane push Holocaust denial, Nazi symbols, and extremist merch to millions — all under Meta’s watch. A platform built for connection is now powering the spread of openly extremist ideology.

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There are even more. We do our best to add.

We omit large national chains.

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"Editorial Boards have been derelict in their defense of American democracy."

... at least most have, esp. the Big Three: NYT, WaPo, and WSJ.

h/t @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social

Local Journalism Directory | Media and Democracy Project We created a directory to help you find local journalism and local news sources in your area worth reading and supporting.

Here’s our searchable 50-state local journalism directory.

Subscribe and share good local news.

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Q: How many editorial boards agree with this?
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Answer: 1

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The cover of the November 21, 1983, edition of Newsweek, with the text: "TV"s Nuclear Nightmare Public Service or Propaganda? How Will It Affect Children? Below this is a color photo of a scene from the movie (oversaturated in orange and yellow) of a large mushroom cloud rising over a road and farm fields, as a young man runs toward the camera while glancing back over his left shoulder at the cloud.

The cover of the November 19-25 edition of TV Guide with the text: "America is Hit 'The Day After Brings Nuclear War Horror ... and Hot Controversy" The cover is a color photo montage of a nuclear fireball, in front of which are running (toward the camera) a young boy in a striped short-sleeve shirt and dark pants and, behind him, an older man (John Cullum) in a plaid long-sleeve shirt and blue jeans.

Tonight in 1983, more than 100 million Americans saw multiple thermonuclear weapons destroy Kansas City, Missouri, in “The Day After” on ABC. A.C. Nielsen Company reported that 62 percent of television sets that night were tuned to the film. I watched in my packed college dorm lounge. How about you?

Editorial Boards have been derelict in their defense of American democracy.

Credit to a local paper for standing up: @sentinelcolorado.com the first to call for #impeachment.

Showing AGSulzberger & NYT, Will Lewis & WaPo, Emma Tucker & WSJ what the Fourth Estate is for.

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EDITORIAL: Trump's savage call for executing Dem vets in Congress warrants impeachment - Sentinel Colorado 'His behavior is not only reducing the presidency to a treacherous farce, he is rapidly dragging the Republican Party down with him'

EDITORIAL: Trump's savage call for executing Dem vets in Congress warrants impeachment

‘His behavior is not only reducing the presidency to a treacherous farce, he is rapidly dragging the Republican Party down with him’

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#ImpeachTrump #Sedition #Pentagon

Queens men meet — Queens Daily Eagle The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday.

The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.

"I Know We Can Win": Ukraine's Most Famous Soldier on the State of War - OffBeat Research Jimmy Rushton sits down with Bohdan Krotevych, the decorated former commander of the Ukrainian National Guard’s elite Azov Brigade, for a wide-ranging interview on the current state of Ukraine’s leade...

A view from the ground from @jimmyrushton.bsky.social

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We’ll say it: Trump’s attack on ABC News journalist Mary Bruce was un-American.

Watch the full episode of Power Lines: youtu.be/rcW4JJ0WHz8?...

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“Heterodoxy”

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Just so you know

In 20 years no one is going to be proud that their father was an ICE thug

Waning immunity and falling vaccination rates fuel pertussis outbreaks | Alaska Beacon The outbreaks are fueled by falling vaccination rates, fading immunity, and delays in public health tracking systems.

Waning immunity and falling vaccination rates fuel pertussis outbreaks, writes @celinegounder.com for @kffhealthnews.org alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/21/w...

She fits the NYT leadership’s love for “heterodoxy”.

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ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.

The Trump administration openly says that it will use its domestic spying capabilities to target people who oppose ICE’s actions. And ICE has been bulking up on the latest surveillance technology.

How ProPublica Investigated a Bird Flu Outbreak in America’s Heartland Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana. Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airb...

After a cascade of bird flu cases drove egg prices to record highs, ProPublica reporter @natlash.bsky.social unraveled the outbreak and revealed major flaws in how we combat the disease:

Different than this.. @msignorile.bsky.social

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Flatwater Free Press and Grist hire Anila Yoganathan to cover climate change in Nebraska Yoganathan will report local stories, which will be available to republish for free.

Flatwater Free Press and Grist hire Anila Yoganathan to cover climate change in Nebraska

For the collective memory.

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Elphaba wants you to use green energy NBCUniversal is leveraging "Wicked: For Good" to promote rooftop solar, electric cars and plant-based foods.

Wrote about @nbcuniversal.com working with @rare.org & @rewildorg.bsky.social to create a climate-forward marketing campaign around "Wicked: For Good." It is legit: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/wicked-cyn...