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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Booksellers have faced censorship and harassment defending the freedom to read. Celebrate your local bookstore and support their ongoing role in safeguarding intellectual freedom. press.princeton.edu/ideas/bookst... #BookstoreDay

This essay traces the long and turbulent history of American booksellers who have faced censorship, harassment, and even violence for defending the freedom to read. Through vivid anecdotes and historical cases-from undercover stings in the early 1900s and legal battles over “obscene” literature, to FBI surveillance of Black bookstores and bomb threats against feminist and LGBTQ+ shops-the author illustrates how bookstores have repeatedly become battlegrounds in the fight for civil liberties and free expression. Despite intimidation from both government and private groups, booksellers have pushed back, shaping legal precedents and rallying communities to defend First Amendment rights. The essay ultimately calls on readers to recognize bookstores as “arsenals of democracy” and to support their ongoing role in safeguarding intellectual freedom.

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ghlori.bsky.social @ghlori.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Let's elevate the fighters: Van Hollen for risking his life to find Abrego Garcia in El Salvador Booker for his 25 hr speech to expose on Trump & Musk's corruption Schatz for blocking 300 Trump nominees Bernie & AOC for rallying hundreds of thousands of Americans Newsom for suing Trump over tariffs

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 18/04/2025

Don't ask Stephen Miller questions; he wasn't planning on actually answering

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Good morning and Happy Friday to everyone who is glad to see, in a Congress full of Republicans cowering in fear at the idea of trump's retaliation, Senators like Chris Van Hollen can still say FUCK YOU and stand up for the rule of law and due process. Well done, Senator.👏

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Barnes & Noble in Georgetown with a stark “Bohemian Rhapsody”-referencing book display this weekend.

Sign: IS THIS THE REAL LIFE?

Books include: Erasing History, Autocracy, Inc, Fascism: A Warning, How Democracies Die

Sign: IS THIS JUST FANTASY?

Books include; It Can’t Happen Here, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, The Handmaid’s Tale

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Bernie Sanders made a surprise appearance at Coachella 2025 last night. So he went from the LA rally to Coachella. He's 83 and fighting like this. This should be an inspiration to all of us. If he can do this, we can all do a little more.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

“BRING HIM HOME” 🔥

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Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Iconic Photo 📸 On April 12, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed in Birmingham, Alabama. 👮🏻‍♂️💔 He had marched peacefully against segregation — along with at least 55 others, almost all of them Black. This arrest led to the Letter from Birmingham Jail. 📝✊🏾 #MLK #CivilRights #HumanRights

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msesq.bsky.social @msesq.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Warren Buffett, "I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Raskin: If they can just sweep someone off the street, put them on an airplane, and send them to a torturer’s prison in an authoritarian state like El Salvador without due process… then they could do it to anybody.

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Philosophy Bits @philosophybits.com · 10/04/2025

“Knowledge is no guarantee of good behavior, but ignorance is a virtual guarantee of bad behavior.” — Martha Nussbaum, Not for Profit

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BigToasty @bigtoasty1337.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

@golden.house.gov hi I’m not from Maine but wanted to pop by to let you know you’re an absolute embarrassment and a hopeless failure. Please make room for better leadership you closet maga sycophant.

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Rays The Roof @raystherooftb.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

YUSEI KIKUCHI, GET PORCH'D

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 09/04/2025

As a criminal defense attorney, the vast majority of my cases were NOT immigrants. So let's stop pretending immigrants are the problem when there's a 34-count convicted felon sitting in the White House. The hypocrisy is outrageous.

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

!! CALL TO ACTION !! #Booksky please join me in the fight to save our libraries. EveryLibrary is working hard to save the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is the federal agency charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries and grant recipients.

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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Where is our humanity?

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CNN @cnn.com · 06/04/2025

CNN will host a town hall with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, moderated by CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Wednesday, April 9 at 9p ET: cnn.it/43Jw0jC

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CNN to host town hall with Bernie Sanders on April 9 | CNN Politics

CNN will host a town hall with independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday, the network announced Sunday.

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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

These are the signs of the times — as demonstrated in today’s Hands Off! WE ARE THE OPPOSITION!!

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Boyle: It’s pretty striking that literally all Donald Trump had to do was nothing. He could sit there, watch Fox News all day, sit with the remote control, occasionally tweet, and then on weekends go down to Mar-a-Lago and play golf. But instead, he purposely went about ruining this economy.

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 04/04/2025

🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody. She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (1/2):

“It is unconscionable that Rümeysa Öztürk—a young woman pursuing her education, exercising her First Amendment rights, and contributing to her community—remains detained by DHS. Her ongoing incarceration is not only a blatant violation of her constitutional rights to due process and free speech, but it is now an egregious denial of her fundamental right to medical care.

Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (2/2):

“According to her lawyer, Rümeysa has not received her required asthma medications and has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in custody. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

“As her representatives in Congress, we demand DHS immediately provide Rümeysa with access to the health care she needs, and absent compelling evidence justifying her detention and the revocation of her status, we call for Ozturk’s release and the restoration of her visa. Every minute she remains in custody is another minute her health and rights are at risk, and DHS must move with urgency.”

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/04/2025

How many train wrecks do we have to survive before we pull our heads out of our collective asses and let women run this country? They called it from day one.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 03/04/2025

Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again

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Jason Coupet @professajay.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.

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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 02/04/2025

After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Cory Booker now using hour 23 of his filibuster to say he deserved more targets for a 5-6 Stanford team in 1990. "I had better hands than Ed McCaffrey," he tells Congress. "And let me tell you: there's a reason John Lynch didn't play QB in the NFL."

Stanford football stats in 1990. Cory Booker had 13 catches for 162 yards and a TD.

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mooneyc4.bsky.social @mooneyc4.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Longest Senate filibusters ever: Strom Thurmond - opposing voting rights for black people Ted Cruz - opposing health care for poor people Cory Booker - opposing fascism #filibuster

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.

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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

We’re going to annex Canada and invade Greenland but we can’t request return of an innocent man from El Salvador.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Cory Booker has officially taken over the Senate floor for over 20 hours to call out Trump’s assault on the Constitution. And is still going.

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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 01/04/2025

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

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Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker

YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 31/03/2025

On Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate Minnesota’s transgender community and recommit to standing up for our neighbors in the face of hatred. As your Governor, I’m proud to stand in this fight with you.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

The number of good points per minute in this video is extremely high, which is wild because it is 2 hours and 40 minutes long. youtu.be/teqkK0RLNkI?...

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CONSPIRACY | contrapoints

YouTube video by ContraPoints

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Kate Sánchez @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Abolish ICE is not an absurdity statement. ICE was created in 2003 as a response to 9/11 - we do not need it. We already established that following orders isn't an excuse.

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