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Michele @mgberto.bsky.social · 18h

Good trouble today in the village of York, Maine #nokingsday

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Michele @mgberto.bsky.social · Sep 12

Who is that?

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Michele @mgberto.bsky.social · Sep 6

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Sep 5

WTAF.

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Michele @mgberto.bsky.social · Aug 28

👏🏼

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Aug 27

Whew! Sen. Susan Collins should be “very concerned”

She showed up as the main guest at a ribbon-cutting in Searsport, Maine. It backfired.

The crowd was not happy to have her: “Shame. Shame. Shame.”

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Jul 31

ICE GOONS draw guns on humanitarian aid workers

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · May 31

happy bday writer Walt Whitman, b.1819, Huntington, NY.

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.”

“Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.”

“Peace is always beautiful.”

"Be curious, not judgmental."

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Wendy Boucher @wendyboucher.bsky.social · May 21

🎼🎶🎵

I feel pretty
Oh, so pretty
I feel pretty, and witty, and bright
And I pity
Any girl who isn't me tonight

-Rachel Cattow

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · May 14

JUST NOW — Ben from Ben & Jerry’s interrupts the RFK JR. hearing: “Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza and paying for it by kicking kids off Medicaid! They need to let food in to starving kids in Gaza!”

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DJpRn4B...

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · May 7

TANK vs TESLA

"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"

- ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · May 2

BREAKING: Judge Richard Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, issues a TRO blocking the Trump administration from "dissolv[ing]" the Institute of Museum and Library Services, placing any more employees on administrative leave, or terminating any grants in the coming days.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
^
KEITH SONDERLING, Acting Director,
Institute of Museum and Library Services, et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Case No. 25-1050 (RJL)
MEMORANDUM ORDER
May 1, 2025 [Dkt. #13]
This matter initially came before the Court on plaintiff American Library
Association's ("ALA") and plaintiff American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO's ("AFSCME") motion for a preliminary injunction ("PT"). See Pls.' PI Mot. [Dkt, #13]; Pls.' Mem. in Supp. of PI Mot. ("Pls.' PI Mem.") [Dkt. #13-11.
Plaintiffs sought a decision on the PI by May 4, 2025, as defendants intend to execute a
"mass termination of [Institute of Museum and Library Services] staff' on that day. Pls
PI Mot. at 1.

I.
CONCLUSION
For the reasons set forth above, the Court will GRANT IN PART plaintiffs' motion for a TRO. The Court will not, at this time, issue a TRO providing all of the relief sought
by plaintiffs. Instead, the Court will issue a narrow TRO preserving the status quo as of
this Order.
Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED that defendants Keith Sonderling, Institute of Museum and Library Services ("IMLS"), Amy Gleason, U.S. DOGE Service, U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization, Russel Vought, and U.S. Office of Management and Budget (together, the
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"agency defendants") shall not take any further actions to dissolve IMLS or its operations;
it is further

ORDERED that the agency defendants shall not place any additional IMLS staff
on administrative leave; it is further
ORDERED that the agency defendants shall not terminate the employment of any
IMLS staff; it is further
ORDERED that the agency defendants shall not further pause, cancel, or otherwise
terminate IMLS grants or contracts or fail to fund such grants or contracts for reasons other
than grantees' or contractors' non-compliance with applicable grant or contract terms; and
it is further
ORDERED that by May 6, 2025, the parties shall submit a joint status report (1) informing the Court whether the parties require any supplemental briefing on the preliminary injunction and, if so, proposing a briefing schedule; and (2) stating whether the parties consent to the Court extending this temporary restraining order until the Court issues a ruling on the preliminary injunction or the case is otherwise resolved.
SO ORDERED.
RICHARD J. LEON
United States District Judge

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Michele @mgberto.bsky.social · Apr 30

Indigenous peoples day-from Maine

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Apr 24

Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

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D.L. Mayfield (they/them) @dlmayfield.bsky.social · Apr 15

I am having a bit of a hard time functioning because of Kilmar. I know that the terror and the cruelty is the point. It's just a really really really awful time to be a person with even the tiniest bit of empathy and compassion.

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Michele @mgberto.bsky.social · Apr 16

Yes, I am sickened by the cruelty

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Michele @mgberto.bsky.social · Apr 16

Boston marathon bombings 😔

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · Feb 24

💯 THIS! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · Feb 11

“The American Bar Association supports the rule of law. That means holding governments, including our own, accountable under law.”

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Feb 9

I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · Feb 4

If you're protesting tomorrow:

"I invoke my rights to silence and counsel and will not answer questions without my attorney present."

MEMORIZE THAT, because aside from asking if you're free to leave (or providing ID if you're in a stop and ID state), that's the ONLY thing you ever say to cops.

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Eleven Films @elevenfilms.com · Jan 19

Remember this day.

The last full day with a Democratic President.

We don’t know when or if we’ll ever live another day like this. 🥺

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · Jan 11

Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing is on Tuesday.

Share the link—Help us flood Senators with letters by contacting yours here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...