Image: Photos of Cathi Fuhrman and Erin Jones From Principles to Practice: Building Censorship Resistant Library Policies Tuesday, February 10 11:00am – 11:45am CST Claim your spot now! Torch and Open Book Illustration Preserving Intellectual Freedom Sponsor: Sourcebooks Recharging in Challenging Times An ALA Virtual Event Feb. 10, 2026 FOR OUR LIBRARIES. American Library Association

Image: Photos of Becky Calzada, Leila Green Little, Ashley Hope Pérez, and Eric Stroshane Seeking Support in the Midst of a Challenge Tuesday, February 10 12:45pm – 1:30pm CST Claim your spot now! Torch and Open Book Illustration Preserving Intellectual Freedom Sponsor: Sourcebooks Recharging in Challenging Times An ALA Virtual Event Feb. 10, 2026 FOR OUR LIBRARIES. American Library Association  

Image: Photo of Danya Leebaw Academic Freedom for Library Workers: Why it Matters and How to Defend it Tuesday, February 10 2:15pm – 3:00pm CST Claim your spot now! Torch and Open Book Illustration Preserving Intellectual Freedom Sponsor: Sourcebooks Recharging in Challenging Times An ALA Virtual Event Feb. 10, 2026 FOR OUR LIBRARIES. American Library Association

From drafting clear policies to rallying champions and protecting academic freedom for library workers, these Intellectual Freedom sessions provide the grounding you need to navigate your library's challenges with confidence.

#ALAVirtual26 Claim your spot now! https://www.ala.org/virtual-event

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The Trump administration has deported a 2-year old U.S. citizen to one of the most violent countries in the world.

Why does the House Republican majority continue to enable this disgusting, unchristian-like behavior?

These people are unfit to govern.

Blue postcard reading LOSERS ATTACK OUR LIBRARIES FIGHT FOR LIBRARIANS

From my State Librarian: "[we] received a notice [yesterday] from IMLS for a partial 2025 Grants to States award" My dept thinks they will get the full amount allotted to them for 2025.

Did all the states got these notices, or just the 20 which sued?

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#SaveIMLS

Trump incited rebellion on 1/6/21. Per the constitution he is ineligible to hold office.

How much longer will we let the confederates destroy our Union?

Unfortunately, you’re forgetting that he fired most of the Joint Chiefs and JAG. Those that are there now are Trump supporters so this won’t work. Sorry.

We're suing Trump to save library funding. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEW: ALA is going to court to stop the President’s attempts to illegally dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services.

The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)

I think this is a brilliant framing of this issue. If the government can send people to a third world country to a lifetime of involuntary servitude, that is slavery. Query whether this meets the “jurisdiction” requirement of the 13th Amendment (the officials sending them are!)

Who the hell is buying shit from the McDonald Islands? The point is that he threw the tariffs onto everyone except Russia and Russia’s allies. More proof that he’s being controlled by Putin.

If Anthropic Succeeds, a Nation of Benevolent AI Geniuses Could Be Born The brother goes on vision quests. The sister is a former English major. Together, they defected from OpenAI, started Anthropic, and built (they say) AI’s most upstanding citizen, Claude.

www.wired.com/story/anthro... #AI #artificialintelligence

Flood the phone lines to save library funding. bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries

Federal library funding supports programs, services, and resources at libraries in every state and territory. We need YOU to Show Up #ForOurLibraries and make your voice heard. #FundLibraries

Call Congress: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries

Call Congress to fight Trump's anti-library agenda. Show up for our libraries. ALA American Library Association.

Congress is back in Washington this week. That means they need to hear from library advocates like YOU who care about federal funding for libraries.

Use our easy tool and script to call your members of Congress and tell them to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries

In Letter, IMLS Advisory Board Says Its Core Activities Cannot be Slashed by Executive Action In a letter to the agency's new acting director, the National Museum and Library Services board said it stands ready to help "support and strengthen" the agency's mission as mandated by law.

The Board of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has written a letter explaining its core functions cannot be cut.

www.wordsandmoney.com/in-letter-im...

Traitors with text over their faces. YOUR BOTH AND ENEMY S RUSSIA MAGA AT HOME

NSA warned of vulnerabilities in Signal app a month before Houthi strike chat The National Security Agency sent a bulletin in February warning of Russian hackers trying to access encrypted conversations on Signal.

🚨 CBS News has received an internal NSA bulletin from Feb 2025 warning staff NOT to use Signal app for sensitive info, citing vulnerabilities to Russian hackers. These docs were sent pre-Houthi chat scandal with Jeffrey Goldberg.

🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:

The Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 shortlisted books.

The shortlist for the 2025 @womensprize.bsky.social for non-fiction is out.

Each of the six books weaves a narrative that inspires, informs and entertains.

Congratulations to all the #WomensPrize shortlisted authors.

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We are pleased to launch the second round of our Peer Mentoring scheme.

The purpose of the scheme is to build resilient, strong, well-supported #Library leaders.

Find out more about how to become a mentor or mentee. www.librariesconnected.org.uk/news/librari...

Local libraries and museums face uncertainty after President Trump's potential cut to IMLS funding MADISON (WKOW) -- President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to cut the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a federal agency that helps fund libraries and museums.

Every state would lose funding if the Institute of Museum and Library Services were eliminated. In Wisconsin, communities rely on that funding for their libraries: www.wkow.com/news/local-l...

Call Congress and tell them to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLIbraries #FundLibraries

ALA members standing with Senator Ed Markey in front of the US Capitol, holding signs that read "Defend E-Rate", "Show up for E-Rate", and "Fund Libraries"

ALA members and advocates posing in front of the US Capitol

We’re grateful to all the ALA members who were able to join us this morning.

And a special thank you to Senator @markey.senate.gov, one of the original drafters of the legislation that enabled E-Rate, for joining us to fight for this essential program!

Sonia Alcántara-Antoine speaking at a podium for a press conference on Capitol Hill. She is flanked by library workers and broadband advocates holding signs in support of E-Rate and the Universal Service Fund.

Advocates holding signs that read "Show up for E-Rate"

ALA & broadband advocates gathered today at the Supreme Court for the start of oral arguments in a case that could decide the fate of #ERate

Past PLA President Sonia Alcántara-Antoine shared the profound impact the program has on her community in Baltimore, providing internet access at the library

The American Library Association is Defending E-Rate at the Supreme Court. Here’s Why that Matters. E-Rate has been a quiet powerhouse providing broadband connectivity to libraries and schools across the U.S. for nearly three decades. The American Library Association is defending it at the Supreme C...

As a committed champion of broadband as a human right, ALA filed an amicus brief with the court in support of E-Rate & the Universal Service Fund, its funding mechanism. We will continue to fight for E-Rate & every community it benefits.

Learn more about the case: ilovelibraries.org/article/the-...

Even worse, how many of these have already occurred, but unnoticed. There could be hundreds or thousands of these poor people out there.

Just remember that this is not all US citizens. I think most of us are horrified by this, but don’t know what to do.

And she's been taken to Louisiana, as if there are no detention centers in MA. Some have suggested that's to force appeals cases to the 5th Circuit which is more Trump friendly.

These people know what they are doing is illegal. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t be in masks.

What possible non-treasonous reason would there be for Hegseth to have a Russian email address?

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DOGE IS SCARED at The Institute of Museum and Library Services, 955 L'Enfant Plaza. They are about to start taking phones from employees.
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Trump only cares about himself so he’d be perfectly fine with selling pardons that are reneged after he’s gone.

Am I the only person out here wondering about the odd Dem polling? Yes, Dem leadership is hated right now, but that is because people want MORE fight from them, not less. Right? The way it’s being reported makes it sound like disagreement with Dem positions. The reporting sounds wrong to me.