There’s another important story getting buried in the brouhaha over a “national ban.” On the call, Blanche said the DOJ is putting policies in place so “prosecutors will no longer be able to use the FACE Act” to go after clinic attackers—even after Trump leaves the White House

Jessica Valenti@jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 5d ago

I was so pissed last night, watching viral videos claim that Blanche promised to pass a national abortion ban. That's not true, and it's not helpful. Because what he actually said is super dangerous, but getting buried

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There's a lot of conservative excitement about this new 'study'—the right-wing rags are already all over it. Please know it's published in an anti-abortion journal by anti-abortion authors—including a concierge-medicine doctor who does body contouring and sells “anti-aging” supplements. 🤡

Hey, romance readers! HEARTS ON THIN ICE is a PRH Exclusive Kindle Deal! Only $1.99 for lots of steam and hockey! #Romance @alcovepress.bsky.social

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One good thing to happen to me today: Came home to learn I won a giveaway on Goodreads! Thank you to: @kathleenglasgow.bsky.social @lzlwsn.bsky.social @georginadonnelly.bsky.social I can't wait to take a break in my current series and dive into this one!

“When we allow political groups to pull books that feature marginalized characters, we’re not just removing ink and paper. We are sending a devastating message to students that their stories…and their very lives do not matter,” Jones said. publishingperspectives.com/2026/07/cens...

Censorship and the Role of Librarians in the Fight for Democracy - Publishing Perspectives

Last month, U.S. librarian Amanda Jones delivered a keynote to the Libraries Connected annual symposium in the U.K., where she spoke about the importance of defending the freedom to read.

publishingperspectives.com

Who could have guessed that when you gut the CDC and put a quack with no medical expertise in charge of American healthcare, diseases we had eradicated would come back and there would be explosive diarrhea situations happening. Just no way to know.

Guaranteed: 1) Black girls will be harassed and demanded to be tested over and over again regardless of how competitive they are. 2) Winners from public schools will be relentlessly hounded by the parents and coaches of losers at private schools, with the goal of making them quit the sport.

Nancy Armour@nrarmour.bsky.social · last mo.

The ban is heinous for what it does to transgender athletes. But if you think cisgender girls and young women won’t be caught up in the fallout, too, you are woefully ignorant

insane even when you don't consider this is a US Representative elected to represent the people of Minnesota talking about the people of Minnesota he's elected to represent

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

Tom Emmer: "Minnesotans are so afraid that you're gonna call us a racist, you're gonna call us an Islamophobe. You know what? I'm done being even the least bit careful. Somalis don't assimilate. And if they don't assimilate, then they should go the hell back to where they came from."

Can't believe I can still by surprised by racism but hey thanks Tom I actually said wow out loud. Congratulations dick

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

Tom Emmer: "Minnesotans are so afraid that you're gonna call us a racist, you're gonna call us an Islamophobe. You know what? I'm done being even the least bit careful. Somalis don't assimilate. And if they don't assimilate, then they should go the hell back to where they came from."

I’m going on tour with @gabrielpicolo.bsky.social for Teen Titans Together in August! For store links and details, visit DC.com/comics

It's hard to fathom how deeply evil this is, and that we have people running our country who get sick pleasure from sending women fleeing violence in Iran to an African country in the middle of a brutal civil war.

Women Who Fled Iran Are to Be Deported to Central African Republic, Lawyers Say

nytimes.com

Excellent op-ed from our own Mark Levin on UChicago's deal with Anthropic:

You're invited to our mystery book club, Blue Herring! 🔎 Our next meeting will be Thursday, July 2 at 11:00am in the bookshop, and we'll discuss THE AGATHAS by @kathleenglasgow.bsky.social and @lzlwsn.bsky.social. All are welcome. See you there, neighbors! buff.ly/3kLWV9E

Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded? (From NPR)

ANYBODY in this country, you say? because several parts of minnesota have people in this country who’ve been victims of weaponization of the federal government 🤔

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

VAN HOLLEN: Will individuals who assaulted Capitol Hill police officers be eligible for this fund? BLANCHE: Anybody in this country is eligible to apply if they believe they are a victim of weaponization

You're about to see headlines saying abortion pills can't be shipped. THAT IS NOT TRUE You can still get abortion pills by mail to all fifty states. Some providers will switch to miso-only, some will ship both mife & miso. I got into all of this when the federal court ruling first dropped:

The Biggest Attack on Abortion Since the End of Roe

A federal court wants to end mifepristone by mail—it's not happening

jessica.substack.com

Working on candidate scorecards for all of the sponsors of HR 7661 & a quick question for all of our authors, publishers, librarians, and readers in blue New York...Y'all cool with this? Maybe you get yourselves to NY-24 to help give Tenney the boot!

REP. @dixie4tn: “THIS IS NOT A GAME.” REP. @HaroldLoveJr: “It is dismantling the power of African-American voters in the 9th district — and anyone saying different is not being forthright.” #Memphis #JimCrow

WALTER BAILEY: “Dr. King took a bullet in the neck. They were shot. Killed. Murdered. Advancing voting rights… it’s an insult to their legacy. To their deaths.” @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn SenJohnson BrentTaylorTN #Memphis

We live in a time dominated by deeply unserious people making deeply unserious arguments in support of tragically serious results that serious people would have both avoided and known to avoid.

🔥 Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social to William Lamberth: “I just wanted to look you in the eye and tell you you’ll be in the history books with George Wallace and Bull Connor, and your children will be ashamed of where you stand by presenting these racist maps.“

“WHOSE STATE? OUR STATE!” Tennesseans sing the national anthem and @OdessaKelly leads a protest after a shambolic rules committee starts a dark week of Black voter disenfranchisement in Tennessee

I read 'How To Make Friends With The Dark' by @kathleenglasgow.bsky.social and it stayed with me. 38 pages into this and I know it will be the same.

Hillary was right about everything.

I have been publishing YA novels for 20 years. I have seen a lot of nonsense written about the category, but this HarperCollins imprint has set a new bar. If anything is “cynical” or tailored for “shock value,” it’s this campaign, which might as well be from Moms for Liberty. This is loathsome.

So many people urge us to vote if we are dissatisfied with our democracy. And yes voting matters. But as today’s Supreme Court ruling tells us, it’s not that simple. Not everyone who should have the right to vote can exercise that right.