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There are GOP politicians who are not pedophiles or personally massively corrupt, but all of them are in submissive thrall to a president who *is* a corrupt pedophile, and who has, by virtue of his position, made the party into his own image. It now protects and valorizes immorality and corruption.

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 3h

❌ MYTH — “Authors Sell More Books After Being Banned.”

Gold-colored graphic with a dotted line border. There is one myth and its rebuttal displayed at the center of the graphic. Myth: “Authors Sell More Books After Being Banned.” Fact: The vast majority of authors do not see a bump in sales or receive increased financial support after one or more of their titles have been banned. In many cases, book bans mean that an author also loses out on valuable opportunities to connect with readers — such as school visits, book tour stops, festival appearances, or other public speaking engagements — decreasing their income and their ability to promote and sell their books. The effects for smaller authors who are not already considered “bestsellers” can be even more significantly felt. Source: Book Riot - “You’re Wrong About These Common Myths About Book Bans” (2024).

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 3h

❌ MYTH — “If I Can Still Buy a Book Through Retailers, It’s Not Really Banned.”

Gold-colored graphic with a dotted line border. There is one myth and its rebuttal displayed at the center of the graphic. Myth: “If I Can Still Buy a Book Through Retailers, It’s Not Really Banned.” Fact: School libraries and public libraries play a fundamental role in keeping literature accessible to students and patrons. Even if particular book titles can be accessed elsewhere, the restriction of them in libraries and public schools remains a potential infringement of students’ constitutional rights. Privately purchasing books via alternate means is a privilege that not every student or library patron has access to, and further-more, purchasing a book for one’s private collection does not negate or neutralize the impacts of a book ban, nor increase its accessibility to the public. Source: PENAmerica - “What Is a Book Ban? And More Frequently Asked Questions”.

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 3h

❌ MYTH — “Book Bans ‘Only’ Impact School Libraries.”

Gold-colored graphic with a dotted line border. There is one myth and its rebuttal displayed at the center of the graphic. Myth: “Book Bans ‘Only’ Impact School Libraries.” Fact: Increasingly, we’re seeing attempts to ban and censor books beyond school libraries. According to a 2023 article in Harvard Ed., 48% of book challenges were directed at public libraries, impacting the accessibility of titles to the wider community. Even more alarmingly, earlier in 2026, the state of Arkansas introduced an amend-ment known as Arkansas Act 372, which moves to include librarians AND booksellers as being among those who can be criminally charged for “distributing or providing materials deemed harmful to minors”. Book banners also target book stores and booksellers in their efforts. Source: Harvard Ed. - “Book Bans and the Librarians Who Won't Be Hushed” & EveryLibrary.

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 2h

❌ MYTH — “Book Bans Don’t Have Significant Economic Impacts.”

Gold-colored graphic with a dotted line border. There is one myth and its rebuttal displayed at the center of the graphic. Myth: “Book Bans Don’t Have Significant Economic Impacts”. Fact: In order for a book to be banned, copies of the book have to be on shelves, which is taxpayer money already spent. If a ban has to be reviewed by a committee prior to removal, every member of the committee also has to have a copy of the book. Then there is the “labor” component, or the human cost behind such reviews, since taxpayer dollars pay the salary of the employees who are spending some—or much—of their time reading challenged books. Research from EveryLibrary found that in Texas alone, citizens can expect to pay around $3.6 Million to ban books; Florida’s costs come to between $34,000 and $135,000 per library or school per year; in Missouri, taxpayers can expect to pay 10% of a school district’s per-student expenditures on banning just one book. Source: EveryLibrary - “The Taxpayers' Rising Fin

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 2h

Want to learn more about the fight against book bans? Follow and support these groups/organizations!

Gold-colored graphic with a dotted line border. There is one question and its answer displayed at the center of the graphic. Question: “How Can I Learn More About the Fight Against Book Bans?” Answer: Follow and support these organizations/groups: Ad Astra, American Booksellers for Free Expression, American Library Association, Authors Against Book Bans, Authors Guild, EveryLibrary, Florida Freedom to Read Project, Freedom to Read Foundation, Massachusetts Freedom to Read, National Coalition Against Censorship, PENAmerica, Publishing Professionals Against Book Bans, Texas Freedom to Read Project, and Unite Against Book Bans.

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 2h

❌ MYTH — “I’m Not Worried, Because Book Bans Happen Slowly.”

Gold-colored graphic with a dotted line border. There is one myth and its rebuttal displayed at the center of the graphic. Myth: “I’m Not Worried, Because Book Bans Happen Slowly.” Fact: Prior to 2021, the vast majority of book challenges involved one title at a time. But starting in 2022, 90% of attempts were aimed at banning multiple titles at once, according to the ALA, and 40% involved challenges to 100 or more books. According to PENAmerica’s book ban tracking, there were 3,362 book bans filed during the 2022-2023 school year, which dramatically jumped up to 10,046 ban attempts in the 2023-2024 school year, with numbers steadily trending upward every year. We cannot afford to be complacent in our fight against book bans, because they’re impacting authors, schools, librarians, and even book sellers more and more often. Source: Harvard Ed. - “Book Bans and the Librarians Who Won't Be Hushed” & The American Library Association.

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Beth Humphreys 🌺 @producrgrl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

👇👇👇 Vote EARLY & BLUE! Up & down the ballot! 🌊 #nokings

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Meidas Ian @lordye.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How much treasonous behaviour should be tolerated? Dismantling the military, sucking up to the enemy, declaring trade wars on allies, attacking critics through the courts, lying about casualties, wrecking the Kennedy Centre, the East Wing, Reflecting Pool and Rose Garden!

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Steve Pritchard @spcknght.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I gave in and made up my 9 anime list. There's more I wish I could add in (Space Dandy, Common Side Effects, Scavenger's Reign), but this is a good core of my early and favorite anime: My 9 anime #My9Animes my9animes.com/en/share/356...

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My 9 Animes | Shared anime picks

A shared 9-panel anime collage.

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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A couple went on a Fox News podcast and claimed the state of #Massachusetts took away their teen because they won't help the teen transition. But it's actually because the father was charged with beating and threatening to kill the teen and the mother was charged with witness intimidation.

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Mass. parents' story about child's gender transition complicated by court records

Joseph Kutzko was charged with assaulting the child in January 2025, not long before the child was removed from the family’s home. Mother Arlene Kutzko was charged with witness intimidation in connect...

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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Trump during the 2024 campaign promised to bring mortgage interest rates down to 2%: “We’re going to bring it down really fast. We will drive down the rates so you will be able to pay 2% and you will be able to finance and refinance your homes at much lower cost.” x.com/RonFilipkows...

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Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) on X

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Bob Patin @bobpatin.com · 19/09/2026

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Teri Rehkopf @trehkopf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

remember

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

HUGE: Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to push private equity out of healthcare. The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would make it illegal for private equity, insurance companies, and for-profit corporations to own or control medical practices.

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Steve Pritchard @spcknght.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Um...color me confused: I thought we were short on munitions because of TrumpCo's war with Iran? Where do we have $2.8B in bombs for Israel?

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Jennifer R. Povey (she/her) @ninjafingers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Because Amazon takes months to pay authors. They sit on our money longer than, I believe, any other platform. If the book is on Itch or DriveThruRPG, get it there - we can cash out on those platforms any time. Direct from the author is also a good option. But failing that, anyone but Amazon.

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Jennifer R. Povey (she/her) @ninjafingers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Okay, so...I post this every now and then. If an independent author you like is saying they don't have money for groceries/editing/a conference/whatever and need it quickly and you decide to buy their next book to help them out: Unless they're exclusive to Amazon, don't buy from Amazon. Why?

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Trump has been redirecting tens of millions of National Park Service money to wasteful projects in Washington, D.C., while blocking more than 130 planned projects at national parks across the country, putting more than $25 million in already secured funding on hold.

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Steve Pritchard @spcknght.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"Stay a while, and watch!"- Deckard Cain.

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Steve Pritchard @spcknght.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I think Blizzard should "SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS" and get this finished a lot sooner. WTH announce a game 4 years away? This'll end up being StarCraft: Ghost, part 2.

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US Department of Shitposting @usdosp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Think J. G. Wentworth would give me money today for my DOGE, Tariff, and Republican Win checks?

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Steve Pritchard @spcknght.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

$5000 dividend to every adult if the GOP maintains control of Congress and State governments. A.K.A. a BRIBE destined to make inflation WORSE! That's the best TrumpCo can do. What are we up to now, $12k offered throughout this term to every adult? What have we gotten? High gas prices, war, etc.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 08/09/2026

Star Trek is 60.

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Jane Voter @janevoter2018.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Ramaswamy claimed leaving Ohio for Vegas was a rare exception. 4 days later, he is sitting VIP courtside at the US Open. Between spending $700k on private jets & being gone 40% of the time, his biggest talent is pretending Ohioans cannot count. Amy Acton-D is the clear choice for Ohio Governor!

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This guy needs to go ASAP...

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God @thegodshow.com · 27/08/2026

Trump’s ballroom construction caused an air traffic control error that nearly led to a jet colliding with the helicopter carrying him. He almost got killed by his own hubris.

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B'alith Tia | 7.56 spoilers @inmyleylines.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Find out who you are, and do it on purpose.

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Political Cartoon of the Year!

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Steve Pritchard @spcknght.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Y'know, with this Spider-man and Jake Lang business, I wondered if Peter Parker ever used his webbed cameras to gather visual evidence for blackmailing certain individuals if they ever unmasked him and threatened to out him to the public? I'm sure he at least considered it after a few years.

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Steve Pritchard @spcknght.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I'm just laughing that Jake Lang got his ass kicked by an arachnid-loving science nerd from Queens. Good on ya, Spidey.

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Just my thoughts 🇨🇦 @bc60.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

US spends unlimited money on wars; next-generation blackboards in China🇨🇳. Different choices define different futures USA: no $ for that; we spent $ on shock gloves to torture children in concentration camps..China’s doing this for their kids, and we’re putting the Ten Commandments in public schools

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Rob L @robll.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

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