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Sanders: I come from the state of Vermont and I am here Bakersfield. Alexandria comes from New York and she is here in Bakersfield. Mr. Congressman, you live in this district, why don’t you show up…

submitted 12 hours ago • 275 comments

I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you. The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.

submitted 13 hours ago • 1159 comments

Love this for Chuck!

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?" Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’” “I’M PISSED!”

submitted 14 hours ago • 1104 comments

Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.

submitted 13 hours ago • 1588 comments

If you paid $1 In federal income taxes, you paid more than: Tesla in 2024 & 2022 AT&T in 2021 Nike in 2020 FedEx in 2020 Dish Network in 2020 Amazon in 2017-2018 Elon Musk in 2018 Jeff Bezos in 2007 & 2011 Carl Icahn in 2016-2017 Yes. It’s time to tax the rich.

submitted 17 hours ago • 157 comments

all else aside, thank god for the library though

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

☹️ Pepper got returned to the shelter. When he first came in last year he was the scrungliest stray but so sweet. He looked like he was 3x his actual age. He got adopted a couple months ago and I don’t know why he was returned but he is just the nicest gentleman. www.hsccvt.org/Cats#sl_embe...

submitted 1 day ago • 214 comments

Books entertain and educate. Book clubs build community. Now's a good time to be a part of a community, if you'd like.

submitted 20 hours ago • 3 comments

They are daring anyone to stop them.

submitted 1 day ago • 315 comments

They don’t care. They don’t care that the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 to bring an innocent man home to his family. They don’t care. They think it’s funny.

submitted 1 day ago • 876 comments

AOC: We saw Majorie Taylor Greene buy that dip. How much did you make? How much did you make off of people’s despair? How much did you make off of that panic? How much did you make off of that suffering? No more. We can’t accept it

submitted 1 day ago • 533 comments

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

submitted 1 day ago • 1586 comments

Requiring REAL IDs and passports and birth certificates to vote?!? Imagine if these were required to buy a gun.

submitted 2 days ago • 601 comments

I have this radical lefty belief that voting should be easier than buying a gun.

submitted 2 days ago • 254 comments

BREAKING: The country of Norway just entered a bill to give transgender Americans asylum in the country of Norway… LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨

submitted 5 days ago • 1048 comments

He will be good for the economy, they say? Legal organization challenging Trump’s tariffs is backed by some of the biggest names in conservative politics. Tensions continue to rise as factions within the party begin targeting each other. 😂

submitted 4 days ago • 91 comments

Hope this helps.

submitted 4 days ago • 1224 comments

Reminder: Use your libraries. It helps them advocate for continued funding. Check out DVDS Use their printers Check out Books Use their digital services (Kanopy, Hoopla, Libby) See if they have a library of things (tools, electronics, games) Take classes Libraries help everyone, including you!

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Nothing seems to go quite as hard as church bells at 6:55 AM, why that time? I'm not sure, I thought they went off on the hour.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

This surprises no one who grew up on the internet.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Tariffs? Out of control. Prices? Skyrocketing. Emergency powers? He’s abusing them. And yet… not a single question about whether he’s even fit to serve. The math ain’t mathing.

submitted 5 days ago • 987 comments

Went swimming for the first time in years yesterday. Felt good to be back in the water but it was a stark reminder of just how changed I am physically since last time. I couldn't get my breathing right during my freestyle stroke 🤦🏽‍♀️

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Take a deep breath and look at these otters relaxing. You probably need it.

submitted 5 days ago • 479 comments

When I die, I wanna see my stats. Like how long was I on the toilet and how many times?

submitted 5 days ago • 10 comments

Just a reminder Hands off our libraries and museums!

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

I took photography in high school and loved working in the dark room watching as my photographs came out. Is this even offered as a course these days?

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

“He made 2.5 million today and he made $900 million. That’s not bad.” Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.

submitted 6 days ago • 2373 comments

Have you visited your local library lately?

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Kid Rock makes music for dudes who are only allowed to see their kids on weekends, but don’t ! 😂😂😂

submitted 6 days ago • 986 comments

🔥WATCH: “Stop acting like you don’t know what this is all about.” Rep. Hakeem unleashes on @AronMaberry for 1 of 2 his anti-DEI bills (he claims are actually fighting discrimination🤔) McKenzie, Glynn, @votegloriaj.bsky.social also made some Maberry juice. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DIP_cUj...

submitted 6 days ago • 181 comments

Every day I set my alarm for 5:15 AM with the intention of getting my shit together. And every day without fail I scroll for an hour and scramble to make it out the door on time at 7:30

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Can the smarter-than-everyone “nothing good will ever happen again” people just shut the fuck up for any moment, ever

submitted 6 days ago • 123 comments

We have 3 branches of federal government. Usually, if one is not working properly, the other 2 can step in. Have we ever had another time in our nation's history when none of the branches were working? Yes, the judiciary seemed prepared to step into the breach--until SCOTUS ruined things again.

submitted 6 days ago • 471 comments

I'm sure this surprises no one. Jasmine Crockett calling out the hypocrisy of the White House

submitted 6 days ago • 62 comments

Enough said.

submitted 6 days ago • 60 comments

#ICYMI folks w/deep experience re:crisis web archiving (@sucho-org.bsky.social)+building tools for it (@webrecorder.net) made a free zine teaching how anyone can archive the things you love on the web before they go away: zinebakery.com/homemade-zin... & why you shouldn't expect others will do so

submitted 6 days ago • 34 comments

I bounce between hope and despair like a pinball these days.

submitted 6 days ago • 308 comments

Had fast food for the first time in several months. My body rejected it forcefully and painfully. So sad because I did eat to be able to enjoy it on occasion.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

I’m saying this in my capacity as an author and once and future library worker: Read whatever the hell you want. I cannot impress enough on you that the “important” books aren’t important if you don’t jive with them. The popular books, the canon, the whatever. Read what you want.

submitted 6 days ago • 186 comments

I didn't even realize season 6 of The Handmaid's Tale was out, guess that's what happens when fiction becomes reality.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Get involved locally and change your part of the world for the better.

submitted 6 days ago • 358 comments

Republicans think slashing and tearing things apart is the solution to everything—especially immigration. But mass deportation isn’t a plan. It’s dangerous—and it leads to innocent U.S. citizens being deported. Just another example of them having no real plan—only concepts of one.

submitted 6 days ago • 111 comments

#NationalLibraryWeek #LiteracyMatters

submitted 6 days ago • 281 comments

And that’s no stretch.

submitted 6 days ago • 48 comments

Anyone else wake up with a song in their head that just plays on repeat all day?

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

I’m going to say this gently; you need to adjust your expectations for how the republicans in your life are going to deal with this, bc it is not going to be with “oh my god I was so wrong” like some seem to be hoping. They are going to double down on blaming whatever other they can find

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

I cannot overstate the importance of reading books, particularly novels by respected authors, for critical thinking skills and reading comprehension. If the big gun novelists don't interest you, start small and work your way up. Or read whatever interests you. Just read. Or listen. It's all books.

submitted 6 days ago • 279 comments