Reposted by Ben BradleyDavid Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 09/05/2025They don't know what the Library of Congress is. 1137
Reposted by Ben Bradleyjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/05/2025seems like trump mainly uses “low IQ” to describe black people. of a piece with his birtherism and his insistence that there are specific, low-wage “black jobs” that must be protected from immigrants 26680441617
Ben Bradley @benjamin-bradley.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Zuck: the average American has three friends.media.tenor.coma cartoon of a frog with a scarf around its neck jumping in the airAlt: a cartoon of three kappas with a scarf around their necks jumping in the air 020
Reposted by Ben BradleyAdam Smith @asmith83.bsky.social · 29/04/2025I love this new free speech regime. popular.info/p/fortune-50...popular.infoFortune 500 company abruptly fires lawyer who helped immigrant familyOn March 4, Clay Jackson, an attorney in the Dallas area, was at a gas station near his home when the attendant asked if he would help a local immigrant family. 13511
Ben Bradley @benjamin-bradley.bsky.social · 29/04/2025When your bus that runs every 30 minutes is now like hourly because there aren’t enough bus operators. 😓😭 010
Reposted by Ben BradleyGinny Bixby @ginnybixbywrites.bsky.social · 28/04/2025The Strathmore in North Bethesda will host a World Pride concert that was removed from the Kennedy Center's lineup following Trump's takeover: bethesdamagazine.com/2025/04/28/s...bethesdamagazine.comStrathmore to host World Pride event dropped by Kennedy CenterThe International Pride Orchestra will perform a concert at the North Bethesda performing arts venue at 7:30 p.m on June 5. 0165
Reposted by Ben BradleyCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...nytimes.comU.S. Texts Barnard Employees and Asks if They Are JewishA questionnaire from a federal commission also inquired about whether professors and other college staff members had been harassed. 39992993254
Reposted by Ben BradleyThe Onion @theonion.com · 22/04/2025Trump Announces Seal Team 6 Killed U.S. Protester In Daring Overnight Raid 17361731131
Reposted by Ben BradleyCharlie Hall @charliehall.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Leadership @stonemaiergames.com takes action. They'll join @pacificlegal.bsky.social's suit against the Trump Administration over the sweeping new tariffs on China.polygon.comWingspan developer Stonemaier Games intends to sue Trump over tariffs‘I try to lead with compassion and empathy, so legal action is very low on my list of ways to handle difficult situations’ 18124
Reposted by Ben BradleyMatthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Using medical records to build a federal "database of people with autism" is, among many other things, going to encourage (more) people to lie to their doctor. To hide information from their nurse. To compromise their health out of, justified, fear. 1115336
Reposted by Ben BradleyBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 21/04/2025there's a county in Alabama where Black people are literally getting sick because the government doesn't provide a working sewer system, and Trump's Justice Department is trying to keep it that way apparently Black people with indoor plumbing is "illegal DEI" ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...ballsandstrikes.orgTrump DOJ: Providing Basic Sewer Services to Black People Is Actually “Illegal DEI”The Trump administration has nixed a 2023 settlement that was building modern sanitation infrastructure in Lowndes County, a predominantly Black county in Alabama. 6027301186
Reposted by Ben BradleyProPublica @propublica.org · 21/04/2025NEW: When a firefighter dies, a small team of federal health workers helps pinpoint what went wrong and identify how to avoid similar accidents in the future. Trump laid off nearly all of them.propublica.orgTrump Laid Off Nearly All the Federal Workers Who Investigate Firefighter DeathsThe cuts, which are part of Trump’s slashing of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, will also halt a first-of-its-kind study of the causes of thousands of firefighters’ cancer cases. 442030985
Reposted by Ben BradleyAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 19/04/2025ErinReed [Apr 19] -- in a legislative frenzy akin to what disability scholars call "eugenics policymaking" in which states seek to legislate some lives out of civil existence, Reps introduced 867 anti-trans bills for 2025. Top issues are care (122) & bathrooms (77). @rikiwilchins.bsky.socialerininthemorning.comOver 850 Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Filed In 2025; Most In History2025 has been a difficult year for transgender people. Over 850 bills targeting the community have been filed, the most in United States history. 39643
Reposted by Ben BradleyDaily Kos @dailykos.com · 18/04/2025Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen did what Trump refuses to do: help at least one American family. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...dailykos.comSenator's El Salvador trip exposes lies behind wrongful deportationDemocratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland secured a meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador on Thursday, fulfilling the promise he made to the Maryland man’s family after he was abducted… 26418
Reposted by Ben BradleySenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/04/2025I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return. 805712267325540
Reposted by Ben BradleyCoffeemancer Vanvidum @vanvidum.bsky.social · 16/04/2025He wants to institutionalize people on the autistic spectrum in much the same way he wants to put everyone on antidepressants, ADHD medication, or illegal drugs to rural work camps indefinitely. 17921
Reposted by Ben BradleySeth Grimes @sethgrimes.bsky.social · 16/04/2025200 strong is downtown Silver Spring, in support of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and appreciation of @vanhollen.senate.gov's efforts to win his return to the US. 141
Reposted by Ben Bradleymtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 16/04/2025The American people built a way to file taxes for free and now they're burning it down to enrich the predatory tax-prep industry who helped Trump get elected. Hail to the thief. 191601487
Reposted by Ben BradleyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/04/2025Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much." 10545417313094
Reposted by Ben BradleyRev. Deral "FreeLink" Fenderson @fendersonia.bsky.social · 14/04/2025bringing manufacturing back to the US 0487
Reposted by Ben BradleyKLM @klm.bsky.social · 15/04/2025hey DMV folks, Kilmer Abrego Garcia is from PG County. you may have noticed that CASA is the organizing force behind the protests for his return home they've served our Latino neighbors for years and years and could really use your $5 monthly donation 23123
Reposted by Ben BradleyMona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return "If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release." 450123183103
Ben Bradley @benjamin-bradley.bsky.social · 14/04/2025"[...] selling games at retail using traditional logistics simply won’t be an option. Brick and mortar stores, including thousands of independent local game stores all around the country, likely won’t have as many board games to put on their shelves going forward."polygon.comTrump tariffs could shrink board game publishing by nearly 25%Local game stores likely won’t have as many board games to put on their shelves 020
Reposted by Ben BradleyEllie Wolfe @elliew0lfe.bsky.social · 11/04/2025NEW: Three Maryland institutions signed on to support a lawsuit against the federal government over its revocation of student visas. The University System of Maryland, which includes 12 public universities/centers signed on, but Johns Hopkins did not: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...thebaltimorebanner.comMaryland colleges back lawsuit to halt Trump visa cancellationsThe University System of Maryland, where at least four students abruptly lost visas, was among those who joined the legal battle. 517062
Reposted by Ben BradleyClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 11/04/2025"Gone is “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” Maya Angelou’s transformative best-selling 1970 memoir chronicling her struggles with racism and trauma. Two copies of “Mein Kampf” by Adolf Hitler are still on the shelves." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...nytimes.comWho’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power. 14344180
Reposted by Ben Bradleyemily blight 🐦⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 09/04/2025so, stephanie turner—the fencer who took a knee & went on a media tour about it—cost a trans girl the chance to participate in society & did it for $5,000 cash, in addition to, i assume, paid speaking gigs with folks like riley gaines. this is grifting. turner is a grifter. also a garbage person.silive.comWagner College confirms transgender fencer at center of controversy is no longer on women’s teamIt appears that stories on Wagner College’s website that mentioned the athlete and tournaments she had competed in have been removed. 5841491173
Reposted by Ben BradleyEvan Glass @evanmglass.bsky.social · 10/04/2025The Trump-Musk cuts to NIH will result in thousands of jobs lost and $34 million in reduced research funding and economic activity for Montgomery County. Bad for science. Bad for healthcare. Bad for the economy. 092
Reposted by Ben BradleyPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Lori Beth Denberg reprised her All That librarian character to do a pro-library, anti-book banning reel and I love it so much??? www.instagram.com/reel/DIK0_bD... 23205806232
Reposted by Ben BradleyThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/04/2025💰 Oh look — Elon just took another $6 BILLION in taxpayer funds for SpaceX www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article... 711237677
Reposted by Ben BradleyAlex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Hey, so it's National Library Week. You're going to see a lot of calls to get a library card and check out books. All well and good. But I'm going to ask you to do something a little more supportive: speak up. 242423781
Reposted by Ben BradleyProPublica @propublica.org · 06/04/2025One flight attendant recalled being told: “‘If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off.’” By @mckenziefunk.compropub.liInside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and… 841551778
Reposted by Ben BradleyIbram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · 05/04/2025“First on the list is ‘How to Be Anti-Racist’ by Ibram X. Kendi.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...nytimes.comThese Are the 381 Books Removed From the Naval Academy LibraryThe office of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the college to adhere to an executive order from President Trump banning educational material related to diversity, equity and inclusion topics. 914938
Reposted by Ben BradleyJanel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 03/04/2025I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold 546286507006
Reposted by Ben BradleyMeredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 03/04/2025to be clear TOMMY FUCKING TUBERVILLE — just one senator who also is unqualified to be a senator — had a blanket hold on Joe Biden's military promotions for TEN MONTHSwashingtonpost.comTommy Tuberville announces end to blanket military holds“We fought hard,” he said after telling his Republican colleagues he was lifting his holds. 39426
Ben Bradley @benjamin-bradley.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Just got this ad while checking special election results online. 100
Reposted by Ben BradleyThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/03/2025CARTOON OF THE DAY #2 🇺🇸 (From @adamzyglis.bsky.social ) 9983272757
Reposted by Ben BradleyProPublica @propublica.org · 26/03/2025NEW: TCE, a chemical used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, can cause cancer, organ damage and a potentially fatal heart defect in babies. Republicans in Congress want to reverse a ban on it. By @fastlerner.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.socialpropub.liTCE Is Linked to Heart Defects in Babies, Cancer and Parkinson’s. Republicans in Congress Want to Reverse a Ban on It.The toxic substance, used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, has been linked to a host of serious health problems. A Biden-era ban on the chemical has faced multiple challenges since Trump took… 58949432
Reposted by Ben BradleyProPublica @propublica.org · 26/03/2025WATCH: A new investigative collaboration from @frontlinepbs.bsky.social and ProPublica explores a transnational online network of extremists accused of inciting acts of white supremacist terrorism on the messaging platform Telegram. They called themselves Terrorgram.youtube.comThe Rise and Fall of Terrorgram (full documentary) | FRONTLINEYouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official 11594196
Reposted by Ben BradleyAmerican Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 25/03/2025This Texas legislative session, multiple stand-alone bills have been filed that would make it easier to prosecute educators and librarians for the books available in classrooms and school libraries. www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...dallasnews.comTexas bills could remove protections for librariansA retired school librarian in Austin explains the negative impact of several bills filed in the Texas Legislative session that would make it easier for... 1123686
Reposted by Ben Bradleyindie_rachael @indie-rachael.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Libraries all over the country are under attack. We have one in little Fairhope, AL that was just defunded because of Moms For Liberty's attacks on age appropriate books for teens. 1168
Reposted by Ben BradleyThe Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Surprising to hear that a government formed exclusively of a country’s most stupid people isn’t really working out. 269172403257
Reposted by Ben BradleyIbram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · 22/03/2025The maintenance of racism requires the public’s ignorance of racism. As the Trump administration strives to unwind the Department of Education and defund libraries, I wanted to elevate these words. I went on to explain how enslavers legislated for ignorance. #departmentofeducation #forourlibraries 419655