@pabj-librarian.bsky.social
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Signs that you might be living in an authoritarian state
September 4, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Signs that you might be living in an authoritarian state
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It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago.
August 30, 2026 at 3:36 PM
It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago.
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A federal judge struck down Texas' ban on drag shows, deeming it an unconstitutional restriction on free speech.
"The solution is relatively simple ... just don't go."
"The solution is relatively simple ... just don't go."
Texas’ limits on some drag shows found unconstitutional again
A federal judge reasserted his 2023 ruling that the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sent back for reconsideration. The law went into effect in March as the case proceeded.
www.texastribune.org
August 26, 2026 at 8:50 PM
A federal judge struck down Texas' ban on drag shows, deeming it an unconstitutional restriction on free speech.
"The solution is relatively simple ... just don't go."
"The solution is relatively simple ... just don't go."
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A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.
West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says
Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.
www.stripes.com
August 26, 2026 at 9:21 PM
A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.
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We get a book from the Dolly Parton imagination library every month as do millions of other families. My real-life four-year-old points at the little insignia on the back of the book and says "Dolly Parton book Daddy."
#Dollykanda forever
#Dollykanda forever
August 26, 2026 at 2:41 AM
We get a book from the Dolly Parton imagination library every month as do millions of other families. My real-life four-year-old points at the little insignia on the back of the book and says "Dolly Parton book Daddy."
#Dollykanda forever
#Dollykanda forever
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50 Senators let a Weekend News Anchorman run the Pentagon
because they were afraid a gameshow host would yell at them
because they were afraid a gameshow host would yell at them
August 16, 2026 at 11:06 PM
50 Senators let a Weekend News Anchorman run the Pentagon
because they were afraid a gameshow host would yell at them
because they were afraid a gameshow host would yell at them
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But congratulations to Bari Weiss and the Free Press, whose effort to link advocacy for child migrants to support for sex trafficking has clearly paid off.
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August 11, 2026 at 2:06 PM
But congratulations to Bari Weiss and the Free Press, whose effort to link advocacy for child migrants to support for sex trafficking has clearly paid off.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/how-the-fr...
radleybalko.substack.com/p/how-the-fr...
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The Trump administration has granted more than 180 polluting facilities nationwide a two-year pause on compliance with Clean Air Act rules.
All they had to do was send an email.
(Published May)
All they had to do was send an email.
(Published May)
Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.
In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering...
www.propublica.org
August 1, 2026 at 2:53 AM
The Trump administration has granted more than 180 polluting facilities nationwide a two-year pause on compliance with Clean Air Act rules.
All they had to do was send an email.
(Published May)
All they had to do was send an email.
(Published May)
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July 31, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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Got the chance to see these talented players in action today! It was great having the @wnba.com at Home Court at the Obama Presidential Center for All-Star Weekend. 🏀
July 24, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Got the chance to see these talented players in action today! It was great having the @wnba.com at Home Court at the Obama Presidential Center for All-Star Weekend. 🏀
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Joseph Schwartz, owner of a nursing home empire, served just three months of his sentence before Trump pardoned him for a $39 million fraud scheme.
Meanwhile, families who won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against him haven’t collected a cent.
(Published March)
Meanwhile, families who won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against him haven’t collected a cent.
(Published March)
A Nursing Home Owner Got a Trump Pardon. The Families of His Patients Got Nothing.
At least three families won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against former Skyline Healthcare owner Joseph Schwartz. They haven’t collected a cent.
www.propublica.org
July 23, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Joseph Schwartz, owner of a nursing home empire, served just three months of his sentence before Trump pardoned him for a $39 million fraud scheme.
Meanwhile, families who won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against him haven’t collected a cent.
(Published March)
Meanwhile, families who won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against him haven’t collected a cent.
(Published March)
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The product is called: Insider trading
Trump Media plans to charge trading firms for access to Trump’s Truth Social posts milliseconds before they appear publicly, the FT reports.
The product, Truth API, is aimed at firms that rely on ultra-fast data to trade in markets that are often moved by those posts.
The product, Truth API, is aimed at firms that rely on ultra-fast data to trade in markets that are often moved by those posts.
July 16, 2026 at 11:09 PM
The product is called: Insider trading
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RFK Jr. asked the National Institute of Health to dedicate $5 billion (!) to finding a link between vaccines and autism. "That would have dedicated more than a tenth of the NIH’s annual budget to investigating a hypothesis already refuted by scientists worldwide."
Inside RFK Jr.’s push to dismantle decades of U.S. vaccine policy
Insider accounts reveal the scale of the health secretary's ambitions to curb childhood immunizations and unearth a link between vaccines and autism.
www.reuters.com
July 15, 2026 at 1:40 PM
RFK Jr. asked the National Institute of Health to dedicate $5 billion (!) to finding a link between vaccines and autism. "That would have dedicated more than a tenth of the NIH’s annual budget to investigating a hypothesis already refuted by scientists worldwide."
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"When crimes against humanity start happening, the people on the inside are often the last to understand how horrific the situation is." Don't look now, but... Actually, do look now.
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4ps3nAi
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4ps3nAi
July 15, 2026 at 4:39 PM
"When crimes against humanity start happening, the people on the inside are often the last to understand how horrific the situation is." Don't look now, but... Actually, do look now.
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4ps3nAi
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4ps3nAi
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ICE is engaged in a very large escalation nationwide, with the agency claiming to be hitting record arrest numbers amid the return of quotas. This has gotten very little attention from the media because ICE learned lessons from the chaotic disasters of Kristi Noem’s tenure.
Keep a watch.
Keep a watch.
ICE is surging in the Seattle area. (Map shows activity in the last week)
Do you have your whistle with you?
Do you have your whistle with you?
July 9, 2026 at 1:20 AM
ICE is engaged in a very large escalation nationwide, with the agency claiming to be hitting record arrest numbers amid the return of quotas. This has gotten very little attention from the media because ICE learned lessons from the chaotic disasters of Kristi Noem’s tenure.
Keep a watch.
Keep a watch.
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Lorenzo Salgado Araujo lived in the United States for 35 years, built a small business, and achieved his dream of building a home for his family.
Yesterday, on his way to work, ICE shot and killed him.
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social talked to his sons about who their father was.
Yesterday, on his way to work, ICE shot and killed him.
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social talked to his sons about who their father was.
July 9, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo lived in the United States for 35 years, built a small business, and achieved his dream of building a home for his family.
Yesterday, on his way to work, ICE shot and killed him.
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social talked to his sons about who their father was.
Yesterday, on his way to work, ICE shot and killed him.
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social talked to his sons about who their father was.
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NEW: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.”
with @texastribune.org
with @texastribune.org
Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.
The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent yo...
www.propublica.org
July 7, 2026 at 5:31 PM
NEW: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.”
with @texastribune.org
with @texastribune.org
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DOGE officially ended over the weekend.
One of its crowning achievements was cutting $15M from the federal government’s screwworm monitoring program.
Now, the Trump administration is preparing to spend $1B to combat the screwworm outbreak.
"Efficiency."
One of its crowning achievements was cutting $15M from the federal government’s screwworm monitoring program.
Now, the Trump administration is preparing to spend $1B to combat the screwworm outbreak.
"Efficiency."
July 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
DOGE officially ended over the weekend.
One of its crowning achievements was cutting $15M from the federal government’s screwworm monitoring program.
Now, the Trump administration is preparing to spend $1B to combat the screwworm outbreak.
"Efficiency."
One of its crowning achievements was cutting $15M from the federal government’s screwworm monitoring program.
Now, the Trump administration is preparing to spend $1B to combat the screwworm outbreak.
"Efficiency."
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This is FALSE. ICE data showed DHS averaging 1,259 deportations/day through April 4. There is ZERO sign deportations rose by 154% since.
Mullin also mixes up DHS's (also FALSE) claim that 70% arrested have any criminal record at all, and claims that 70% are felons. Wildly wrong.
Mullin also mixes up DHS's (also FALSE) claim that 70% arrested have any criminal record at all, and claims that 70% are felons. Wildly wrong.
July 1, 2026 at 7:33 PM
This is FALSE. ICE data showed DHS averaging 1,259 deportations/day through April 4. There is ZERO sign deportations rose by 154% since.
Mullin also mixes up DHS's (also FALSE) claim that 70% arrested have any criminal record at all, and claims that 70% are felons. Wildly wrong.
Mullin also mixes up DHS's (also FALSE) claim that 70% arrested have any criminal record at all, and claims that 70% are felons. Wildly wrong.
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Here at the Reflecting Pool where a big chunk ofTrump's blue paint-apoxie has peeled off the bottom of the pool and is bobbling in the water.
June 18, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Here at the Reflecting Pool where a big chunk ofTrump's blue paint-apoxie has peeled off the bottom of the pool and is bobbling in the water.
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Supreme Court affirms that when it says whites only it means whites only.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/u...
Supreme Court Clears Path for Alabama to Use New Voting Map
www.nytimes.com
May 11, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Supreme Court affirms that when it says whites only it means whites only.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/u...
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Residents in Fayette County, Georgia noticed their water pressure was unusually low.
Turns out that a data center 20 miles away had been drawing 30 million gallons of water in secret through connections the county didn't know existed.
Is it any wonder why so many are opposed to data centers?
Turns out that a data center 20 miles away had been drawing 30 million gallons of water in secret through connections the county didn't know existed.
Is it any wonder why so many are opposed to data centers?
May 11, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Residents in Fayette County, Georgia noticed their water pressure was unusually low.
Turns out that a data center 20 miles away had been drawing 30 million gallons of water in secret through connections the county didn't know existed.
Is it any wonder why so many are opposed to data centers?
Turns out that a data center 20 miles away had been drawing 30 million gallons of water in secret through connections the county didn't know existed.
Is it any wonder why so many are opposed to data centers?
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'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3
Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship
Fed up with the state’s censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom.
www.insidehighered.com
April 20, 2026 at 12:26 PM
'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3
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No idea what's going to happen in Illinois tonight, but I think we can safely say that almost $100 million spent in a handful of primaries is a full-spectrum disaster for democracy
March 18, 2026 at 12:17 AM
No idea what's going to happen in Illinois tonight, but I think we can safely say that almost $100 million spent in a handful of primaries is a full-spectrum disaster for democracy