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Ellen Hopkins

@ellenhopkins.bsky.social

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NY Times bestselling, often banned author. MARRIED feminist. Mom. Grandma. German shepherd lover. Joy seeker midst the chaos. Staunch ally. Democracy defender. Fighting for our kids' future. Not here to be sold anything. #blueresister

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What a difference propaganda makes.

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Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 18h

Now kids' nonfiction books about women succeeding are too woke for some schools. Note: these schools were on military bases. No DEI allowed. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/wa-a...

Why my children's book was labeled too radical for storytime | Op-Ed

Celebrating Women’s History Month by reading a picture book about a woman’s bicycle journey turned out to be more controversial than I ever imagined.

www.seattletimes.com

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They don't believe special needs and disabled children belong in regular classrooms. Or any classrooms. These people are evil, and if you don't think so you're either willfully ignorant or evil, too. abcnews.go.com/Politics/spe...

Special education staff decimated after Trump administration shutdown firings: Sources

The nation’s special education services have been significantly damaged after Fridays’s mass layoffs within the Department of Education, sources told ABC News.

abcnews.go.com

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Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

And who, exactly, will be buying all these robotically produced goods if they don't have reliable incomes? Why, exactly, do we want to eliminate humanity in favor of trillionaires becoming.... what? Quadrillionaires?

youtu.be/dthbi4lzO58?...

AI Could Wipe Out the Working Class | Sen. Bernie Sanders

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders

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Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 3d

I had a three-day-old baby sleeping in the backseat when the news broke. Had to pull over and cry thru the shock.

Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 3d

Let's fucking go! www.cbsnews.com/news/wyoming...

Wyoming library director fired amid uproar over books with LGBTQ+ themes wins $700,000 settlement

Terri Lesley was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for youngsters.

www.cbsnews.com

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Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 3d

I remember the day we lost his voice too well.

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Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 3d

I don't even have to leave my house.

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Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 4d

Hi Jamie…. I am incredibly grateful to hear IMPULSE started your journey toward healing. The book speaks to many and I hope it gets into the hands of those who need it. Thank you for reaching out.

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Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 4d

Construction + morning rush = traffic into St Louis awful. A 2-hr drive took almost 3. Good thing I left early. Airport lines were long. Ticket counters & security short staffed. But flight was on time. Flew into Philly and currently chilling in Ewing NJ. Event tomorrow is at the College of NJ.

Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 4d

Lucky!

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This pisses me off.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 5d

Off to the airport. Wish me luck.

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Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 5d

Opening windows and blowing out the heater vents... cool weather on the way. Oh, and we're in Missouri.

Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 6d

Traveling for a week tomorrow. Had one of those fall-back-asleep right before you have to get up dreams. I'm always looking for something in those dreams, and this time it was for enough clothes for the trip. I could NOT find underwear or enough shirts that fit. And everything I DID find was pink.

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Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 7d

ICYMI, he's out of whatever little mind he ever had. They're showing him old Portland footage, and have convinced him that's what's happening today. This is Stephen Miller's doing.

Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 7d

So Trump's tariffs are killing US farms. So now he's gonna bail them out. So those same farmers vote for him again. Lather, rinse, repeat. Wake the f*ck up, America. No money for healthcare or feeding our hungry, but plenty for bailouts, right?

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Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 8d

Happy Sunday. Going to church today?

Matthew 25:40
“And answering, the King will say to them, 'Amen, I tell you, whatever you did to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.'"

Artist: Max Fowler

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