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T’would be a shame if a few rogue IMLS staff decided to fact-check and widely publicize the debunking of this bullshit, as information professionals are excellent at doing.

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#HandsOff #WesternMA

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Good work! I wore a sign saying "Library Lover" and "Re-Fund IMLS" on my back at today's rally. Several people commented on it.

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Publishers Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, Simon & Schuster and Sourcebooks urge Congress to restore IMLS and its funding in a letter to Congress dated April 3. global.penguinrandomhouse.com/announcement... #librarysky #booksky

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Some family just told me there were probably a couple thousand people at the #Roseville CA #HandsOff. That's in red placer county too.

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Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC

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Don't forget that #HandsOff is just the beginning. Join your local resistance groups. Let's turn this energy into action. Let's do this America. Let's take our democracy back!

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This so much. The energy of the crowd was palpable. It had me in tears at points. We're not as alone as it sometimes feels. Thank you for restoring some hope in this sometimes too jaded and cynical heart.

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California #Handsoff

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Downtown Oakland today #resist #handsOff

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My favorite protest was these folks. Unable to make it to the capital, they met each other & participated in #handsoff #Minnesota outside the senior living bldg, garnering a lot of support from passersby.

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People showed up in San Diego today. The signs were excellent! #HandsOff

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Sacramento, California Were showing up for #handsoff #50501

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— #HandsOff my Big Damn Apple!! 🍎

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#HandsOff Sacramento @50501movement.bsky.social @indivisible.org @indivisiblesac.bsky.social

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It was a great day for revolution! I'm proud of you #Sacramento for showing up, making it wall to wall, and telling the Nazis to keep their #handsoff

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www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/04/04/t...

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A sketch of my sign for the rallies this weekend. I am on my small town’s library board. We met this week and went over the cuts coming because of the gutting of federal funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Infuriating!

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I'm sending this letter to Ted Cruz later today. Maybe you've got a senator who might actually listen and you can retool it to be about your library. Or maybe you've just got the energy to sign this petition: action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025

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@schiff.senate.gov, @padilla.senate.gov

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Washington Post on #IMLS cuts s2.washingtonpost.co... "Shunted into that zombie status, staffers keep getting paid but can’t work, which is what counts as 'efficiency' under the madcap reign of Elon Musk" #libraries #reading

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Just a reminder: all current staff of the IMLS were put on leave. All new social media and postings from the Institute of Museum & Library Services are propaganda from the people who shut it down. #libraries #librarians

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Donate today, and we'll use 100% of your donations to fight against the cuts to Federal Funding for libraries and the IMLS.; learn more and take action at saveimls.org.

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If you don't think the IMLS/NEH cuts will make a big difference in your life -- they will.

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tRump cuts funding to tribal #libraries, turns agency focus to 'American exceptionalism' azcentral.com/story/news/l... A direct attack on #tribal nations and cultures. #KeithSonderling, interim director of #IMLS, has no clue what he is doing Incompetents and haters running #America now

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You’ll be seeing a lot more of this in the next few weeks. IMLS and Federal Funding for libraries allowed libraries to make discounted purchase of databases, resources, digital content, and much more. Take action- Saveimls.org

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Thank you to my congresswoman and senators for supporting IMLS funding. Please put pressure on ALL folks in Congress to ensure the IMLS grant funding that was promised to states for the current and next fiscal years are provided. www.merkley.senate.gov/oregon-deleg...

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That's why we have to be louder and keep repeatedly bugging our reps.

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Today I signed a petition and sent an email to my congresspeople asking them to protect public libraries. All staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) were placed on administrative leave, You can do it too! One small thing. action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025...

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It's gross watching congresspeople begging the president for scraps. Maybe do your job instead and take back the power of the purse, seriously, WTF. There's a whole Wikipedia page on the power of the purse with a section about the US Congress in case you forgot the duty you owe to your country.

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Well I got news from the State of California. Career Online High School. An online school that help adults get an official high school degree along with trade school credits. Will be canceled due to the IMLS being shut down. #directeffect #dumpTrump #Resist

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From an email I sent earlier today: "As we seem poised to face an economic downturn in the US ... libraries are going to be more vital than ever. We have seen time and time again that when the economy suffers, people turn to their libraries more." Demand your reps save IMLS. And fast.

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In other words, hope and plead for Congress to do something. I've called every day this week @housedemocrats.bsky.social & @democrats.senate.gov. I've told everyone I know to call. You going to do something any time soon?

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I want you to do more than ask. I want you to demand. With laws. And force. Do better Congress.

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The LTSA gives $15 million to CA libraries and funds a ton of programs. It was absolutely not a "DEI" program. You can see the now defunct 5 year here: www.library.ca.gov/uploads/2025... I am beyond devastated, gutted and defeated. I'm so tired. Please help libraries. Do anything. Please.

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In light of TFG removing funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS,) please check out what you can do to help - even if you only have 5 minutes! www.ala.org/advocacy/sho...

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So the IMLS has been killed at last, through illegal means. Have been busy so haven’t seen if this has been reported elsewhere, but the IMLS Board was dissolved this afternoon, almost certainly as a response to their 2nd stern letter to Sonderling. #Library #Libraries

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This isn't even a DEI grant. What the fuck. www.library.ca.gov/uploads/2025...

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