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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 9h

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 $𝟒𝟔𝟒 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭🚨 Autocratic regimes are marked by massive corruption. Republicans are corruptly wasting billions of our taxpayer money on #IceLawlessness, like this fleet of useless & overpriced planes which was a giant kick back for a donor.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 9h

Trump said in 2016 he’d eliminate the national debt in eight years. The national debt apparently took that personally.

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Freedom to Read Foundation @ftrf.bsky.social · 9h

The First Amendment protects our ability to explore ideas, access information, and encounter different perspectives. When books are challenged or access to information is restricted, understanding these protections matters. Explore FTRF’s free resources: tr.ee/ncB8Tf #BannedBooksWeek 📚

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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄 @mu-peter.bsky.social · 9h

🔖 #BannedBooksWeek “If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” ― Haruki Murakami

If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking,
you're not afraid of books, you're afraid of thinking.

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Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social · 9h

During #BannedBooksWeek & all year long, Unite brings together readers, advocates, libraries, & community members to protect the freedom to read. If you believe books should be available, accessible, & free from censorship, please consider a gift to support our work. Donate here: bit.ly/3W4fPeC

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Freedom to Read Project @freedomreadproject.bsky.social · 9h

Perfect for banned books week!

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Universal Write Publications, LLC @uwpbooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

NO BANNED BOOKS JUST JOY🎉 Books live because communities carry them. Buy the book. Order it for your library. Teach it in your classroom. Recommend it to a student. Support an independent bookstore. Share it with someone you love. uwpbooks.com @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social @lukezh.bsky.social

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

New state censorship laws accounted for much of the increase, coupled with the use of artificial intelligence to remove books, and improved grassroots reporting by @txfreedomread.bsky.social and @flfreedomread.bsky.social. #BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Texas recorded the largest number of book bans during the 2025-2026 school year (over 8,100), surpassing Florida (over 3,200), due to the impact of a censorial Texas law, SB13, which bans broad categories of books in schools. Florida had been No. 1 for three consecutive years. #BannedBooks

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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The members of the Banned Books Week Coalition have resources, resources, resources! Check out bannedbooksweek.org/promotional-... and follow our amazing partners! #BannedBooksWeek #LetBooksBe

It’s not too late to join Banned Books Week!
You can find resources at BannedBooksWeek.org:
Free downloads, including social media images, customizable
assets, and shelftalkers.
A public events calendar that you can add your programs and
displays to or use to find an event near you.
You can find additional resources at ALA.org/BBooks.

Banned Books Week is made possible by a coalition of organizations dedicated to fighting for our rights. Follow and support these organizations: American Booksellers for Free Expression, American Library Association, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Amnesty International USA, Association of University Presses, Banned Books Week Norway, Banned Books Week Sweden, Children’s Book Council, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), Freedom to Read Foundation, Little Free Library, National Book Foundation, National Coalition Against Censorship, National Council of Teachers of English, PEN America, People For the American Way Foundation, and PFLAG
Contributors include The Authors Guild, GLAAD, Index on Censorship, and Project Censored. Banned Books Week also receives generous support from Penguin Random House.

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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's finally here! Are you ready to join us in kicking off #BannedBooksWeek?! This year's event is too big for just one piece of art, so we have THREE! #LetBooksBe bannedbooksweek.org

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This year’s #BannedBooksWeek coincides with ALA’s official 150th anniversary. To mark the occasion, ALA has released a list of the 150 most challenged books documented from 1990, when ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom began tracking book challenges, through 2025. ala150.org/150books

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Just Greg @greghartpa.bsky.social · 11h

I've not been on the site since the draft, but this has been written in my head for a while, knowing the day was coming. Thank you Lane Johnson. He's the greatest Eagle in my book. Go enjoy life legend. phillycovercorner.com/2026/10/the-...

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The Island. Thank you Lane Johnson. - Philly Cover Corner

Thank you Lane Johnson. In my book, he's the greatest Eagles ever. Here's why.

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Eagles Nation @phleaglesnation.bsky.social · 10h

Thank You Lane 🙌🦅 #FlyEaglesFly (Via: @phillysport.bsky.social)

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 10h

Lane Johnson does not seem to be a perfect dude by any means. But then, none of us is. Retiring midseason because his family and mental health are more important than football should only cement his legacy. If more male pro athletes were this open about mental health, they'd be better role models.

Lane Johnson's Instagram post announcing his retirement. Sorry, I couldn't find a way to easily copy the text here.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 8h

group in the country is pushing their own idea, but there’s one overarching concept — one word — that can encompass most all of them and do so with a proven political punch: “Corruption.” hartmannreport.com/p/democrats-...

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Democrats Can Put the Entire Republican Party on Trial With One Word: Corruption

Trump’s profiteering is only the latest chapter in a decades-long transfer of American wealth and political power into the hands of billionaires…

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 8h

Democrats are (continuously, it seems) debating what should be their campaign strategy, their main through-line message, for the 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidential election. Every faction and special interest

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MFCarter @mfcarter.bsky.social · 10h

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 10h

the festering rot that has hollowed out a staggering portion of this country. Trump found yet another subterranean depth of depravity to sink to, and his audience was right there, gleefully begging him to keep digging.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 10h

veering into the gleeful hypothetical annihilation of American cities. “Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego,” he sneered. The response? Feral, unhinged cheers from the crowd. I didn't just feel sadness or anger; I felt a visceral disgust at

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 10h

It wasn’t just the sheer venom dripping from Donald Trump’s mouth in Nebraska on October 5 that made my stomach turn. It was the applause. Picture the grotesque tableau in Grand Island: Trump casually discussing the geopolitical costs of a war with Iran, before

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 8h

In a nationwide poll conducted a few weeks ago and reported on by Axios, the majority of all registered voters surveyed said the number one word to describe Donald Trump is “corrupt.” This represents a massive opportunity for Democrats both now and for the next two years.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 9h

Senate Banking just launched the Trumpflation Tracker. The affordability crisis is not a “hoax” like Donald Trump says. See for yourself how much more you’re paying because of Trump’s failed economic agenda

Trumpflation Tracker. Cumulative inflation since Dec. 2024: 5.2%, approximately $3,388 more for the average household. Real wage growth since start of Iran War: -0.7%. Wages aren’t keeping up with Trump’s inflation. 30-year mortgage rate up from 5.99% before the war to 7.6%, or $4,330 more per year for a typical household. Household debt, Q1 ’25 to Q2 ’26: +$56B. Families going into more debt just to get by. Total cost to American borrowers of Trump’s broken promise to cap credit card interest rates: $94.9B. Share of each extra dollar of income going to household debt: 52¢. Take-home income up $109/month since 2022; debt payments up $57. Cost of Living Basket Since Dec. 2024: Electricity +12.7%, approximately $222 more for the average household. Rent +5.1%, approximately $256 more. Gasoline +43.7%, approximately $758 more. Groceries +3.7%, approximately $211 more. Child Care +7.6%, approximately $852 more. Health Care +14.6%, approximately $929 more for average family coverage.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

“Pennsylvania has reported five measles-associated deaths, the most in the U.S. in more than three decades …. The statewide outbreak is now on track to become the largest the country has seen since the 1990s.”

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 9h

And the list keeps growing. Justina Shiroka Pula was elected President of Kosovo today, October 7. On September 29, Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri became Morocco’s first woman Prime Minister. #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Agreed.......

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I would like to believe that these batshit crazy Trump rallies are hurting Republican candidates in the midterms, but it’s extremely rare for any broadcast network or local news to cover and air his craziest and most repulsive statements so they might not matter much.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Barack Obama is back in his role as Democrats’ closer-in-chief. He just cut ads for 24 Senate & gubernatorial campaigns—targeting races where he can help move persuadable voters. At 57% favorability, Obama is the most popular living president. Expect to see much more of him before Election Day. 💙

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ᴄʜᴀʀʟᴇʏ★ᴘɪʀᴏᴛʜ @charlespiroth.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

Contemporary US realist painter Samantha French

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'𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙜𝙪𝙮' @oh-that-guy.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Somewhere near the bottom | Samantha French 2012

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

'Rising Tides' by contemporary US painter Samantha French #UnlockingWomensArt

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Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Anna Maria Lindholm Rogberg born 1972 Swedish artist Laid-back - 2026 Oil - 110 x 110 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Anna Maria Lindholm Rogberg born 1972 Swedish artist Marit - 2025 Oil - 100 x 70 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sudō Kazuyuki (Japanese, b. 1981), To the Port, 2016 #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Early Voting Started in Several States yesterday: 10/05/2026

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Responsible coverage would highlight his mental unfitness daily, provide ample extracts of rants, and play them back to Republicans’ faces. Conscientious journalists, at the very least, could stop calling unhinged rants “speeches” and vitriolic outbursts “answers to interview questions.”

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

refusing to acknowledge that he is deteriorating mentally and emotionally, just as he is physically (evidenced by bruising, swollen ankles, consistent somnolence).

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

As he ages, Trump’s decline will continue (maybe accelerate), meaning this is likely the “best” version of Trump we will see from here on out. Billionaire-owned media has essentially covered up that national crisis,

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

As he put it, “Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he’s actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings.”

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Aaron Rupar, who assiduously records and posts Trump’s and his minions’ remarks arguably more thoroughly than any journalist, recommended (of the transcript) that we “read this to get a sense of the president’s grave cognitive impairment.”

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“In Trump’s telling, he is simply doing what has to be done, even when that means breaking foundational promises to his voters. He campaigned as a president of peace, but is now waging a war he says was necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.”

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