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I wrote back in February about how the book banning frenzy in Florida caused solely by Ron DeSantis was a complete and utter mess. Well, I have an update for you: it’s still a complete and utter mess. And despite Gov. Ron DeSantis’s ongoing attempts to...
by davidkc
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on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 07:13 AM PDT
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. erroneously contends President Joe Biden is more of a threat to U.S. democracy than former President Donald Trump, a notion political experts find to be “preposterous” and “absurd” Former President Donald J. Trump has declined to...
by frankfaiola
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on Tue Apr 09, 2024 at 08:32 PM PDT
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by BrianMcFadden
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on Fri Apr 05, 2024 at 02:50 PM PDT
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Good evening, everyone. Here is some news from the world of books, and our weekly look at this week’s notable new nonfiction.
BOOK NEWS
The Point Magazine : A Form of Refuge: Atef Alshaer ...
by DebtorsPrison
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on Tue Mar 19, 2024 at 06:00 PM PDT
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Although the Donald is known for hugging and humping our country’s flag, he is against everything the United States of America is really about. And if he somehow gets a second term, he’ll have a cabinet that would enable him to wield a lot more power...
by Perlinator
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on Tue Mar 12, 2024 at 07:00 PM PDT
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*The Republican party really does stand for freedom! Just be aware that they define freedom very differently than you and I do. When the ruling class gets more freedom, the rest of us get less freedom. And if we lose so much freedom that the USA...
by Perlinator
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on Sun Mar 10, 2024 at 08:44 PM PDT
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by angryea
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on Thu Feb 22, 2024 at 05:00 AM PST
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, thoroughly spanked on the public stage by Donald Trump (and Gov. Gavin Newsom), is back in his home state trying to clean up some of the mess he made. On Thursday, DeSantis and his team released an announcement that he will...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Tue Feb 20, 2024 at 10:58 AM PST
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Reposted from My Substack By vast numbers, most Americans agree with the predominantly Democratic position that we should maintain a separation of Church doctrine and State governane — and yet we still have loud and vocal movements to restore prayer in...
by Frank Vyan Walton
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on Fri Feb 02, 2024 at 09:00 AM PST
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The image above is not “poetic license” or exaggeration for the sake of satire. “Moms for Liberty” actually did have “Maus” banned from school libraries; and their stated reason for doing so was because the graphic novel had an image of a naked mouse...
by Perlinator
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on Sat Jan 20, 2024 at 01:43 PM PST
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You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post about book banning and censorship. YCRT! features news and opinion roundups, commentary, history, and reviews. ...
by pwoodford
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on Sat Jan 13, 2024 at 08:00 AM PST
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BOOK NEWS
Book banning continues to be a thing around the country, with school districts and libraries pulling books, and people pushing back with some success in the courts. One that caught my ...
by DebtorsPrison
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on Tue Jan 02, 2024 at 06:00 PM PST
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2023 was a busy year. A former President is under indictment, hawking his mug shot like it’s ...
by blueoregon
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on Sat Dec 30, 2023 at 05:00 PM PST
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www.nytimes.com/… Tom Smothers, the older half of the comic folk duo the Smothers Brothers, whose skits and songs on “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” in the late 1960s brought political satire and a spirit of youthful irreverence to network...
by Blank Regina
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on Wed Dec 27, 2023 at 10:09 AM PST
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You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post about book banning. YCRT! features news and opinion roundups, commentary, history, and reviews. Rather than comment on multiple stories of book banning ...
by pwoodford
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on Sat Dec 16, 2023 at 08:00 AM PST
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According to Jodie Ginsberg, President of the Committee to Protect Journalists, an international advocacy group for reporters, the Israel-Gaza war is the most dangerous conflict for journalists since the group began keeping records 30 years ago. CPJ...
by Mark Taylor Canfield
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on Mon Dec 04, 2023 at 12:56 PM PST
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The iconic actor Robert De Niro was in the middle of presenting an award at the Gotham Independent Film awards ceremony on Monday when he looked up at the teleprompter and noticed that something in his planned speech was missing. Someone—it’s not clear...
by Dartagnan
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on Tue Nov 28, 2023 at 10:14 AM PST
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Jason Rapert, a fundamentalist Christian and Arkansas politician, patrols the ramparts of Castle MAGA, protecting God-fearing Arkansans from the contagion of liberal rage. On his Save the Nation with Jason Rapert TV show, he warned a State Senator of...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Fri Nov 24, 2023 at 04:16 PM PST
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by BrianMcFadden
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on Fri Nov 24, 2023 at 02:50 PM PST
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Since as far back as the 1960s, Big Oil has been building a case that its disinfo is merely free speech. In more recent years, we've seen this narrative being used by Exxon in court and by CFACT and others for fundraising and app hyping. We even warned...
by ClimateDenierRoundup
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on Wed Nov 15, 2023 at 05:17 AM PST
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