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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 1h

How did Jane Eyre, the novel that inspired the Texas Bronte Club to form in 1855, get banned in 2026? A new Texas law — SB 13 law — inspired some school disctricts to place restrictions on anything written for adults, including classics: pen.org/jane-eyre-banned-in-texas #BannedBooksWeek

This image is a promotional poster for Banned Books Week 2026. It features a partially blurred portrait of Charlotte Brontë alongside the cover of "Jane Eyre." The text discusses how certain Texas districts have restricted books written for adults, highlighting "Jane Eyre" as an example. A quote from Suzanne Trimel, Senior Advisor at PEN America, is included, advocating for young readers having access to advanced literature.

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 4h

I couldn't agree more 👇

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 5h

Banned Books Week is almost over! The Trump administration had at least 596 books removed from schools serving military families. Don’t forget to get out there and read some of the books they tried to keep off the shelves. Happy Banned Books Week!

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 1h

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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

26 days to go! Make sure and vote and when you do vote blue down the ballot. We can’t afford the #CostsOfTrumpsCorruption anymore. People need food, shelter and healthcare. Not an Arch dedicated to Trump. ##Momsky#sheshed

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 20h

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

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April Kendra @ank2025.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Is that an orange or a flowerpot? What about the six-eyed creature—is it a dog or an anteater? Hyesu Lee’s colorful design for this year’s Banned Books Week theme, “Let Books Be: Protect the Freedom to Read,” reminds us that reading sets our imaginations free. 📚💙 #BannedBooksWeek #ALA

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Attn: A FBI supervisor is blowing the whistle on the Trump administration’s targeting of anti-ICE protesters. Jill Fields states the White House pushed the FBI to investigate people in Los Angeles even after agents determined their actions were protected by the First Amendment.

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April Kendra @ank2025.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This was my parents’ song. 🩷

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April Kendra @ank2025.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Came here to share this one, but you beat me to it!

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.

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Pinks📨 @pinksglobal.net · 06/10/2026

Depression Awareness Month is observed every October. Mental health organizations and health systems recognize it as a time to talk openly about depression, take a screening and learn where help is. #Pinks

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Katherine @wordwatcher.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This happens when misinformation persists and when the public doesn’t know who they can trust. It’s tragic and so preventable.

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DEMOCRACY DIVA @greenmamalama.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... The people running our government are not Americans Their goal is the destruction of the administrative state, by their own admission VOTE these mfs OUT EVERY GOP BC THEY ARE ALL KOMPLICIT

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They sat atop a ‘grandmother’ tree for months. Border agents knocked it down.

Activists occupied a cottonwood tree in Arizona for more than two months in a standoff with U.S. Customs and Border Protection contractors.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I don't mean to make waves or anything, but as a journalist, I am definitely opposed to the president talking about arresting journalists.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A lot of what’s happening doesn’t seem to be spreading anymore by mainstream media. A tree that stood for an estimated 150–250 years was destroyed today to make way for Trump’s border wall.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.

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sosad58.bsky.social @sosad58.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Read Banned Books, you might learn something!

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💜Ⓐster💚 @a573r.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Today is the first day of Banned Books Week. I thought I'd share one of my favorite books that I read in school, Fahrenheit 451. Highly recommend, it was way ahead of its time. Banned for swearing, being "blasphemous" & anti-authoritarian, & tackling sensitive topics. #Reading #BookSky

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Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Banned Books Week starts today! This year’s theme is: #LetBooksBe What do you think books should be? Share your answer in the comments: ✨ Let Books Be Free 🎉 Let Books Be Fun 🌎 Let Books Be Diverse 💡 Let Books Be Thought-Provoking ❤️ Let Books Be Themselves

Drawn image of a woman reading, surrounded by books, birds, flowers, clouds, vines, stars. Text reades: Protect the Freedom to Read - Let Books Be - Banned Books Week, Oct. 4-10, 2026. American Library Association. ala.org/bbooks

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April Kendra @ank2025.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Let books be accessible to all. Free people read freely!

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's Banned Books Week. “All kings is mostly rapscallions, as fur as I can make out.” ― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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April Kendra @ank2025.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Happy #BannedBooksWeek! Mikey Burton’s design illustrates this year’s theme, “Let Books Be: Protect the Freedom to Read,” by imagining all the things we can let books be: a wild ride, a safe place, a hiding spot, an exit strategy. What will you let books be this (and every) week? 📚💙 #ALA

Let Books Be: Protect the Freedom to Read. Banned Books Week Oct 4-10, 2026. ala.org/books American Library Association. Line drawings of things books can be (a soap box, a safe place, a wild ride) and what books mean to us (relaxation, resistance, goals on a To Be Read list).

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Trump administration’s latest distraction Watergate. More than 50 years after Nixon resigned, Trump’s DOJ is reviewing claims from a former Nixon aide that the prosecutors were the ones who did something wrong. No formal investigation has been opened yet, but they are considering it.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

EPA hasn’t repealed these protections yet, but its review could weaken pollution-control requirements in Houston, Dallas–Fort Worth, and San Antonio. These protections exist because air pollution hurts people. Calling them burdensome doesn’t make it any safer to breathe.

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EPA Announces Reconsiderations for Various Burdensome Obama and Biden-era Air Related Actions, Responding to Texas’ Request | US EPA

After considering new information provided by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, EPA finds it appropriate to reconsider Texas’ nonattainment classification for the 2015 Ozone National Ambi...

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Clean air is now a “burden.” Trump’s EPA announced it will reconsider smog-control requirements for parts of Texas after Gov. Greg Abbott pushed for relief. This comes as Abbott declared a diesel price “disaster” and separately requested waivers for cleaner diesel standards.

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Folks have insulted: My Southern drawl. My loc’d hair. My clothes. My shoes. My intelligence. I’ve been called a ghetto Black b!t€h. Now @JDVance says I don’t belong and should leave the very country my ancestors helped build. This is a lot y’all. It is. #AngieForFlorida

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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...

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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks

A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time

“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

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April Kendra @ank2025.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Banned Books Week is almost here. Get ready to celebrate your freedom to read! 📚💙 #bannedbooksweek #firstamendment

Image of a girl reading, surrounded by flowers, stars, birds, and a hot air balloon. The caption: "Protect the freedom to read. Let Books Be. Banned Books Week, Oct. 4 - 10, 2026. ala.org/bbooks

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April Kendra @ank2025.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Have a wonderful trip! We’ll be thinking of you! 💙

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.

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April Kendra @ank2025.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Certainly ought to be used to rebuild the East Wing of the White Hiuse.

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