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Erin a librarian

@heavenisalibrary.bsky.social
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Retired Librarian, community activist, dabbling writer. Avid gardener and reader, wife, mom to 3 humans and 2 dogs. I am all the things I want to be.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.
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Erin a librarian @heavenisalibrary.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
This is the funniest night to be a cradle Catholic.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
91% of the victims of rape and sexual assault are female, and 9% are male. In eight out of 10 cases of rape, the victim knew the person who sexually assaulted them. www.humboldt.edu/supporting-s...
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 05/04/2026
Here are the stories of some of the human beings who died horrific deaths from preventable disease because Trump and Musk and their flunkies decided to murder them by gleefully destroying USAID and the entire global aid system:
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Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
NEW: The Pentagon today invited more than 3,500 employees to attend a Good Friday service at its in-house chapel. Except it’s only for Protestants, not Catholics. www.huffpost.com/entry/news-l...
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Pentagon To Host Good Friday Service Just For Protestants, Not Catholics
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Erin a librarian @heavenisalibrary.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Tag this article to any asking: Why aren’t more people joining the military?
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent." But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."
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Bodycam video contradicts ICE claims in fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas
Video of last year's fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez obtained by CBS News appears to contradict claims that Martinez was shot by an ICE agent because he "accelerated" and "intentionally ran over"...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The majority of America’s teachers — a whopping 71% — have at least one side job because they’re so underpaid. Meanwhile, the country is about to be launched into a long, drawn-out war that has already cost an estimated $2 billion. Priorities.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 28/01/2026
Trump immigration officials’ accounts on violent encounters have repeatedly contracted the evidence, a review has found.
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Evidence repeatedly contradicts Trump immigration officials’ accounts of violent encounters
While officials had painted two who were recently shot dead as aggressors and said the shootings were justified, a review shows that isn’t the case, along with other instances.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 20/01/2026
This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The president unilaterally decided to attack a sovereign nation and kidnap its leader, and now he says he's just going to run that county himself for a while too. Call your representatives now and demand they impeach him.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
It’s not “partisan” to defend science, evidence, and objective reality. It’s partisan to attack science, evidence, and objective reality, to benefit your political “team.” That’s true with climate science, with vaccinology, & with evidence-based city-building, all of which are being attacked. 2/2
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John Hawkinson @johnhawkinson.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
"This case…squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Former counselor to RFK Jr’s predecessor:
Sarah Despres @sarahdespres
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I see @SecKennedy was able to attend Charlie Kirk's memorial. It's unfortunate the Secretary of HHS was not able to attend the funeral of Officer David Rose who was killed in the senseless attack on the CDC, one of the agencies within @hhs.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/
Map of Sinclair stations
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
the hand is way too big, but otherwise? brilliant.
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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The problem with allowing guns everywhere is that no one is safe anywhere.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent." —Justice Sonia Sotomayor
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Erin a librarian @heavenisalibrary.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Taking a break from news to glory in Alaskan fjords has been amazing for my mental health.
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Erin a librarian @heavenisalibrary.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
The rewriting of history to blame a Black president for the mistakes of white leaders is the ultimate goal of today’s GOP
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Allie-gata #Resists @alliegata.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Two Oklahoma board of education members said Ryan Walters was not apologetic after a video of naked women played in his office during a state meeting No paywall link - archive.today/R7tm3
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Oklahoma's Trump-Loving, Bible-Thumping Superintendent Faces Porn Probe
A video of naked women reportedly played in Ryan Walters’ office during an executive session of the Oklahoma State Board of Education.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
“Without immediate intervention, the last remaining reporters in Gaza are going to die.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
RFK Jr. just fired thousands of federal workers at crucial health agencies, including the FDA, CDC, and NIH. These are the people who inspect our food, track infectious diseases, and research life-saving treatments and cures. How is this "Making America Healthy Again"?
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Department of Shouldn't Need To Take A Judicial Order www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Federal judge orders LAPD to stop shooting journalists with rubber bullets at protests
A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order that blocks Los Angeles police officers from using rubber projectiles and other so-called less-lethal munitions against reporters covering pro...
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
I really struck a nerve here. I stand by what I said.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
FROST: Yeah, see, they say they're pro-life because they want the baby to be born and get shot FOXX: *slams gavel* You are not going to come into this room and impugn our integrity! You will not!
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 01/07/2025
If a sitting president can openly muse about arresting and disappearing someone who is likely to become mayor of the country's largest city, while also getting the funding for a massive secret police, it'd be hard to find sufficient evidence to qualify that country as a democracy.
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✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 01/07/2025
Please take the time to read this and absorb all of it.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Trump wants to be the American version of China's Xi. He wants to be a dictator. He's acting that way right now and daring us to stop him.
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Erin a librarian @heavenisalibrary.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
The action to sue is spear headed by none other than HB’s own Michael Gates, who sued CA at every opportunity over culture war nonsense
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John Haubenreich @johnhaubenreich.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
This is just absolute gibberish in any modern society. I'm just repeating what many others have said, but REALLY!?! We're determining the scope of the judiciary's power in 2025 by asking what power the KING had in 1789? What in the ever-loving purple f*** does that have to do with anything?
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Once again, to inject some research into this conversation...although millionaires often threaten to move if taxed, that tends not to actually happen. The millionaire tax flight thing is a myth. See book below ⤵️ www.sup.org/books/sociol...
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The Myth of Millionaire Tax Flight | Stanford University Press
In this age of globalization, many countries and U.S. states are worried about the tax flight of the rich. As income inequality grows and U.S. states consider raising taxes on their wealthiest residen...
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Jason Takes Man-Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE, ANDREW CUOMO
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 24/06/2025
If you told the Supreme Court three years ago today that overturning Roe v. Wade would backfire, they’d call you “hysterical.” Now it’s just historical.
Abortion rates.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
YOU NEED TO RANK FIVE NAMES, NONE OF THEM CUOMO
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
There is no intel,” says one of the officials, who were granted anonymity to discuss sensitive matters. “Nothing new, that I’m aware of…" www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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'There Is No Intel': Trump's Attacks on Iran Were Based on Vibes, Sources Say
Trump’s decision to strike three Iranian nuclear facilities was not based on new intelligence, administration officials say.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
We really need to stop talking about this as some kind of looming threat rather than a process well underway. It’s not “close.” You have arrived at your destination. The order has been delivered.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/06/2025
Gov Gavin Newsom’s TikTok page is 🔥
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17/06/2025
Breaking news: ICE agents should continue conducting immigration raids on farms, hotels and restaurants in a reversal of guidance, Department of Homeland Security officials told staff on Monday.
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Trump officials reverse guidance exempting farms, hotels from immigration raids
ICE agents have been advised to continue conducting workforce enforcement operations on agricultural businesses despite concerns the raids will negatively impact the food industry.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Mr. Antiwar President has us inches away from a Civil War at home and a nuclear war abroad in defense of an ally that is starting random hot regional wars to detract from its ongoing genocide. I’m sure all of this will just naturally cool off.
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Erin a librarian @heavenisalibrary.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
See you out there! #nokings
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Shut it down
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Andy Kroll @andykroll.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Trump hailed El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, as a crime fighter for taking on the MS-13 gang. New @propublica.org reporting shows that senior Bukele officials repeatedly impeded the work of a U.S. task force investigating MS-13. Big scoop here: www.propublica.org/article/buke...
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“Delay, Interfere, Undermine”
President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a U.S....
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
a woman just trying to get home gets shot
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
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