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Zoe Jazz

@zoejazz.bsky.social
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I'm an author, filmmaker, crayon artist, and lifelong resident of Orlando, Florida. I have a beloved cat and spouse, and I’m also a lover of heavy metal music, roller coasters, black coffee, and spicy food. www.zoejazz.com

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Speak by @halseanderson.bsky.social was the 2nd most-banned book in the U.S. during the 2025-26 school year. Anderson told us about the rage she feels over the case of alleged gang rape at Cornell & how our society fails young people when we deprive them of the chance to learn about sex and consent.
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
For #BannedBooksWeek, author Patricia McCormick — whose SOLD was the most-banned book of the 2025-26 school year — visited our office to talk to us about the consequences of repealing young readers’ access to stories about sexual violence.
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ACLU of Florida @aclufl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thousands of people are being abused at Florida’s immigration detention facilities. We say it proudly: Shut down Baker Correctional Institution and every other torturous detention facility.
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Civil rights organizations allege abuse, neglect at Florida’s ‘Deportation Depot’
Baker Correctional Institution is inundated with complaints of medical neglect, insufficient food and water, and abuse, the letter says.
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Manga, the Hugely Popular Graphic Novels That Originated in Japan, Targeted In Growing Number of Book Bans in the U.S. pen.org/banned-manga #BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek
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Manga, the Hugely Popular Graphic Novels That Originated in Japan, Targeted In Growing Number of Book Bans in the U.S.
Many popular manga artists appear on PEN America’s list of most commonly banned authors in the 2025-2026 school year.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 04/10/2026
As ICE arrests increase and the number of people in detention has hit a record high again of over 70,000, immigrant communities can’t wait another second. Constituents can’t wait until Congress is back in session. Urge your representatives to stop this escalation at aclu.org/stop-ice_killings
"Since the second Trump presidency began, ICE has detained 610,000+ people. That’s more than the population of the cities of Atlanta, Baltimore, or Milwaukee. Source: The Marshall Project." ACLU logo. Photo of masked federal agents, some of them armed, standing outdoors.
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Local leaders in Manatee and Sarasota counties are warning that Amendment 3 would create budget gaps far larger than many voters may realize. buff.ly/Ues64bR
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Manatee and Sarasota Leaders Warn Amendment 3 Would Reshape Local Services
A new Observer story out of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance makes one thing clear: Amendment 3 is not a small budget adjustment. Local leaders in Manatee and Sarasota counties are warning that…
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
At a time of significant violence in America's schools, the worst thing that a child could learn from school is how to be empathetic and caring towards others. At least, that is what many book banners would have you believe lately. buff.ly/WPBpmaD #library #libraries #read #reading #book
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Teaching empathy is a threat, that's why they want to ban books.
In a time of increased violence in our nation's schools, can you believe there's a video of Moms 4 Liberty arguing AGAINST empathy?
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Freedom to Read Project @freedomreadproject.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Who pays the price when the state takes book decisions away from local communities? Florida’s public-school students and families. Our latest article looks at whose voices are being elevated, what parents actually choose & why local control matters. freedomtoreadproject.substack.com/p/who-pays-t...
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Who Pays the Price When the State Takes Book Decisions Away from Local Communities?
Last week, Florida Commissioner of Education Henry Mack sent a seven-page memorandum to every school district superintendent and charter school leader in the state.
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The library isn't your mommy or daddy. Nobody is forcing you to check out any books. Nobody is forcing you to read any books. If you don't like a book, don't read it. If you don't want your kids reading the book, grow up, be a parent, and choose a different book.
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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I wrote my senator, Angela Alsobrooks, demanding she oppose KOSA. She wrote back in a condescending form letter that she's one of the bill's sponsors. If you run to the left of her in a primary please let me know.
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Orlando 50501 @orlando50501.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Congressional Democrats on the House Oversight Committee just released a report detailing what whistleblowers inside Florida ICE facilities have documented.
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Michigan, Wisconsin and Utah all tried to pass VPN restrictions this past year. We should expect even more this year: I'm already hearing about new bills being planned in other states, including one that would make it a felony to bypass age-verification using VPN. This isn't about protecting kids.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"A woman leaving the facility 'dropped to her knees. She did the sign of the cross in extreme relief. As if coming out of a nightmare,' he said... “May we never become so accustomed to suffering that we stop seeing the humanity of those experiencing it.” www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Amid whistleblower claims, advocates ask lawmakers to visit ICE office in Miramar
Community leaders demand Florida lawmakers investigate Miramar ICE facility amid whistleblower allegations of severe overcrowding and filthy facilities
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We need to talk about the abortion problem we have in this country.
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laney @saltmalk.in · 23/09/2026
every time I feel the need to make my art more palatable I channel my inner bjork
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wrote it with Rob Smigel. And yes, it was pulled from reruns.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 14/09/2026
Glad folks are appalled by photos of the "phone booth" cage under an awning, but pls understand: This IG report is likely part of a cover-up. Amnesty Int'l interviewed detainees EIGHT MONTHS AGO who said the cage was half this size (couldn't stand up), had no awning, w feet chained to the bottom.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"Facility staff said detainees were not locked in the enclosures, but federal investigators found locking mechanisms on them..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Used Small Cages to Confine Migrants, DHS Watchdog Report Says
The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog provided new details about conditions at the now-shuttered Florida detention center.
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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
plz consider backing my kickstarter campaign. here’s an example of the funny goofball comics I make. thanks for reading 🙏 www.kickstarter.com/projects/car...
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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
in America asking for help is hyper politicized into a cruel punitive humiliation ritual for everyone involved. if you’ve never had to ask for help you’d never know but iykyk.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
ICE arrests have hit a record high for Trump's second term. A vast majority of those who have been arrested are people with no criminal history. Remember that private prison companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group were some of Trump's biggest donors. They're now reporting billions in revenue.
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Dave Against The Machine🏴 @johnbrownbread.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
There is an ethnic cleansing going on is this country, and the government is nazi posting about it, meanwhile the democratic party politicians are more concerned with condemning a person 98% of people have never heard of. What is going on?
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ACLU @aclu.org · 23/08/2026
READ MORE BANNED BOOKS
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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
money for nothing
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lurker474 (ラーカー) @lurker474.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It is important to keep this in circulation
Insult Deflection or Insult Reflection is a single-panel cartoon illustrating the effects one's insults or other forms of verbal attacks directed at a disliked person can inadvertently have on their mutuals, depicting a stick figure shooting at another, who then deflects it into a third person. Spawned by a viral Tumblr post about bodyshaming, the cartoon has been used as an exploitable meme since June 2022.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 20/08/2026
Meet Progressive state Rep. Angie Nixon — the voting rights advocate who may just become Florida's next senator. The midterms are fast approaching, and we're keeping a close eye on the candidates fighting for and against free elections. Subscribe today: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
cw suicide The reckoning for what is being done to these children must make it impossible to even imagine committing such atrocities again Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 11/08/2026
"Do not tell me we cannot afford Medicare for All," said Sen. Bernie Sanders, sharing new research. "What we cannot afford is a broken healthcare system based on greed."
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Yale Study: Sanders' Medicare for All Bill Would Save Over 114,000 Lives and $1 Trillion a Year
"Do not tell me we cannot afford Medicare for All," the senator said. "What we cannot afford is a broken healthcare system based on greed."
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/08/2026
This is whole story is horrifying, and as a journalist covering ICE flights, I was struck by this sentence: “We were shipped to Texas overnight from Los Angeles in horrible conditions that I won’t elaborate on in this letter.”
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
People say we can't compare this to the Third Reich because of the atrocities but we only found out about the atrocities after the fact when it was all said and done and we're not done with this yet so I am sure the worst stomach churning shit has yet to be revealed.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 11/08/2026
These Medicare for All stories seem related.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Leaked video from an ICE camp details people suffering from tuberculosis, a never ending “flu” & conjunctivitis. ICE enforcement is a mass disabling event. These are concentration camps. They’re a breeding ground for disease which will lead to preventable suffering, disability and death.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 08/08/2026
DHS and ICE are pushing a bill, known as CORCA, to spy on all of us at malls and grocery stores nationwide. It's being sold as a way to stop shoplifting, but instead of making our neighborhoods safer it would be a massive expansion of the surveillance state. It must be stopped.
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Congress Might Give ICE the Power to Go After Shoplifters
A bill intended to halt the supposed threat of “organized retail crime” would put ICE in charge of the federal response.
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 06/08/2026
Breaking: @markey.senate.gov continues to lift up the significant concerns with KOSA raised by LGBTQ+ youth and human rights groups. www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-08...
A photo of Senator Ed Markey with a speech bubble reading "I have concerns about how this legislation could be weaponized against LGBTQ+ young people. These concerns are especially heightened today when the Trump FTC is unlawfully and viciously targeting trans kids."
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 06/08/2026
"The top 1% put the American Dream behind a paywall."
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Talarico Explains Infamous 'Powell Memo' to Texas Voters, Making Right-Wing 'Master Plan' a Campaign Issue
State Rep. James Talarico is exposing the 50-year-old master plan that has left working Americans struggling to afford the basics. Are we okay with billionaires hoarding wealth while 1 in 5 Texas children live in poverty? Talarico is fighting back.
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404 Media @404media.co · 04/08/2026
Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.
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The SCREEN Act is a Christian Nationalist Nightmare
Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects...
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 04/08/2026
‼️ACTION ALERT: The Senate Commerce Committee is holding “kids safety” circus again, this time considering both KOSA (the Kids Online Safety Act) & SCREEN Act, two of the most dangerous censorship & age verification bills on the table! CALL YOUR LAWMAKERS & TELL THEM TO OPPOSE 📲 248-331-8665
The image is a graphic poster with a vibrant red background and contrasting dark purple text. At the top, it contains the message: “Senate Commerce Committee is taking up KOSA + SCREEN Act THIS WEDNESDAY” in bold white letters. Below this, in a larger, informal handwriting-style font is the phrase “TAKE ACTION” in yellow. At the bottom of the image is a phone number, “248-331-8665,” displayed inside a rounded rectangle in dark purple. The overall layout is eye-catching and designed to attract attention to the call for action regarding legislation.
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Detainees at Adelanto ICE Processing Center claim that staff have provided them with water from an unknown source that is routinely contaminated. A video L.A. TACO received backs this up. The full story: lataco.com/contaminated... By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A man says "I drew a picture." Another man reviews it and says "hey, that's great!" He then tosses it behind him on a large pile of indistinct garbage. We zoom out to see that the gigantic pile of garbage towers above them. It has a big sign on it labelled "content."
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
BOOK BAN BILL THREAD FOR JULY 27. The House is not currently in session. Representatives are spending the next month working in their own home districts. What does this mean? We won't see action on three of the federal-level book ban bills. That also means go see these people IRL if you can.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Very cool that Shopify’s CEO thinks the poor should have far less of a vote than the rich. Still worth that ad read money, folks?
Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke says “good system.” In response to the following proposal: 

“Interesting... what about weighted voting proportional to the level of income tax you pay? (no income tax paid - O vote, $1-100k - 1 vote, $100-200k 2 votes and so on... cap it at 5 votes for $500k+. For those that constantly complain about the wealthy not paying tax/fair share they'd have nothing to worry about right? Why not reward representation of taxation and build a democracy around those that foot the bill?”
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Kathy Ishizuka @kishizuka.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The threat is real. H.B 7661 and S.B 4925 would enable the federal govt to limit your access to books. @everylibrary.bsky.social makes it easy to take action: bit.ly/4pHPApp - contact your legislators, Congress, and speak out in your community and local media to preserve our freedom to read.
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The Book Banning Bill That Won’t Die
What looked like political theater is becoming a genuine threat to the freedom to read.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 22/07/2026
$37.5 billion dollars is almost 5 years of WIC funding. we could feed the most vulnerable women and children in our country for five years for what they’ve spent on five months of useless war.
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Quinn Blueheart, Author 🔥🔞 @qblueheart.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
KOSA is a back door bill to erode the rights of US citizens that will go far beyond what you can read and say. It will be a back door to monitor your politics, your purchases (including firearms) and much, much more. Use the link and contact your legislator today! Phone if you can!
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Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
And with 143 outstanding vote, HR 7757 passes. Now just a wait to see by how many. Also good to remember this needs to pass the Senate before it becomes law. The Senate is also out until July 13th, so plenty of time to call and fight this.
Floor of the US House

Chyron: on motion to suspend the rules and pass, as amended HR 7757

Republican: 137 yea, 19 nay, 62 not voting
Democratic: 80 yea, 51 nay, 81 not voting
Independent: 1 yea, 0 nay, 0 NV
Totals: 218 yea, 70 nay, 143 NV
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Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Debate for HR 7757 just ended. Not a single Democrat spoke in opposition to the bill. The vote is expected tonight and this bill will be catastrophic if it passes. Call your representatives. Be kind to the staffers who answer, but do not hide your anger.
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Kim Sokol (Open for Commissions/Freelance!) @kimsokol.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Right now the world is full of people who want to code and write and paint and film stuff and people who want to play and read and look at and watch stuff and nobody is allowed to do any of that because some unrelated third guy isn't making enough money off the deal
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Sami⚡ @smaiart.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🎨Happy 35th Anniversary to my fave lil guy Sonic! 💙🎉💙 #sonic35th #sonicthehedgehog
Anniversary art of Sonic, Tails & Knuckles. Surrounded by Green Hill Zone palmtrees and flowers, a TV box with "35th" on it, and animal friends Flicky, Ricky, and Rocky. Decorated with 90's squiggles and shapes based on the Sonic 1 PAL box art.
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Bryn Donovan @bryndonovan.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I’m an writer and I don’t use AI because, as you might recall my mentioning earlier, I’m a writer.
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