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Gen X history nerd making the most of her library card | Minnesota Nice DFL'er 💙 | Mom | Presbyterian who loves you just as you are 🌈 | Values her education even as she continues to pay her $150k student loan debt while not actively using her degrees
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Wise words from my favorite senator...

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I needed to hear this voice and these words at this moment. "This chapter will not be written simply by whoever occupies the Oval Office or wealthiest among us. The American story will be written by you, by we the people." Thank you, VP Kamala Harris. #NAACPImageAwards youtu.be/bnmKwxjMKgs?...

submitted 3 hours ago • 32 comments

Worst. Episode. EVER.

submitted 1 day ago • 856 comments

from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

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submitted 6 days ago • 225 comments

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

submitted 12 days ago • 3913 comments

for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care! EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession

submitted 13 days ago • 143 comments

One was fired by email at 12:47 a.m. Another wept as security escorted her from the office. A third frantically tried to fill a prescription after she got a 24-hour notice that her health care was ending. These workers are grappling with the Trump administration’s war on the federal bureaucracy.

submitted 13 days ago • 93 comments

There is no doubt about it that he is reckless. No one can move this fast on a state of affairs without consequences. Change takes time to be successful in the real world.

submitted 15 days ago • 12 comments

Me arguing with MAGA people on my small town newspaper's Facebook page.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Scary sh*t is happening...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

A highly recommended read for this moment in history. I listened to the audiobook on Libby. It was only 2-hours long, but I will be purchasing a hard copy - it requires rereading with a highlighter and note-taking. Any suggestions for a private bookstore who ships that I can order it from?

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

🦬 This land is your land. This government is your government. Don't let them take it without a fight.

submitted 17 days ago • 63 comments

From our earliest days, Black history has always been American history – and Black folks have profoundly shaped our American culture through music, art, literature, sports, and beyond.

submitted 19 days ago • 36 comments

Had a convo recently where the other person--an educated liberal!--was shocked to learn <2% of Americans are trans, puberty blockers are temporary & reversible, and virtually no minors get gender-affirming surgeries. The right is so, so good at inflating things into boogeymen.

submitted 19 days ago • 28 comments

For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation

submitted 21 days ago • 49 comments