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In Arkansas, Book Banners Dealt Another Legal Setback

A federal judge has ordered the Crawford County Public Library in Arkansas to stop segregating books with LGBTQ themes into special “social sections,” finding the policy “was motivated in substantial ...

UGH.

New in PN: David Nir on downballot races to watch "The good piece of news is that Dems are flush with cash. They’ve been outraising Rs at every level in every way — candidates and Super PACs. Dems can probably afford to take another gamble on Texas & Florida without shortchanging any other races."

David Nir on downballot races to watch

"If there's one takeaway I hope readers of PN take from this, it’s to pay attention to these state supreme court races."

Seattle/Washington State Friends! My mother has agreed to move in with my sister if, and only if, we can find safe housing for her dogs. My sister is deathly allergic and I'm out of the country. Anyone looking for a hiking buddy? #Dogs#Seattle#PNW

Really pleased to announce the launch of a thoroughly updated version of Locating London's Past: locatinglondon.org@ihr.bsky.social@long18thsem.bsky.social@ihrhistorylab.bsky.social

This is super annoying if only due to the massive backlog it creates for other requesters

MNpaleofuture.bsky.socialOct 2, 2024 4:04am

Researchers for the Heritage Foundation have filed 50,000 FOIA requests over the past two years to find staff at federal agencies using terms like DEI and Trump to figure out who they should fire if Trump retakes power

Heritage Foundation Staffers Flood Federal Agencies With Thousands of Information Requests

The conservative think tank has filed thousands of public-information requests, clogging the pipeline at federal agencies in an apparent attempt to find employees a potential Trump administration woul...

You don’t need to debate phrenologists, flat earthers, race scientists, 9/11 truthers, climate change deniers, or January 6 insurrectionists. Their ideas have been examined and been found lacking. They lost the debate. Pointing that out, and then ignoring them, is not censorship.

On January 6th, I was working and wondering if democracy was going to fall. I thought politicians like Nancy Pelosi might be executed on live TV. Pretending that Donald Trump peacefully gave up power is fake. It’s lies. It’s revisionist history. And it’s the most sickening thing Vance said today.

THANK YOU TIM For pointing out that Mike Pence is not on the stage because Donald Trump tried to have him killed.

DONALD TRUMP DID NOT PEACEFULLY TRANSFER POWER IN JANUARY 2020 GO FUCK YOURSELF JD VANCE.