Jamie Loftus

Yeah. And this is at the university level, to be sure, where books are very expensive.

Yeah. And this is at the university level, to be sure, where books are very expensive.

Yeah. And this is at the university level, to be sure, where books are very expensive.

But at the public and school library level, you know, this is exactly why this is happening is because there is this ongoing narrative from the last few decades where, where people, especially like queer kids say that the library saved their lives.

But at the public and school library level, you know, this is exactly why this is happening is because there is this ongoing narrative from the last few decades where, where people, especially like queer kids say that the library saved their lives.

But at the public and school library level, you know, this is exactly why this is happening is because there is this ongoing narrative from the last few decades where, where people, especially like queer kids say that the library saved their lives.

Young people of color saying like, this is the only place I could see myself in culture by reading these books. So of course, of course this is happening because that, you know, they want to take that away. Yeah.

Young people of color saying like, this is the only place I could see myself in culture by reading these books. So of course, of course this is happening because that, you know, they want to take that away. Yeah.

Young people of color saying like, this is the only place I could see myself in culture by reading these books. So of course, of course this is happening because that, you know, they want to take that away. Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I unfortunately don't have great news. I don't think, you know, because of the way this is working and it is so much about just like raw brute power that no one at the federal government or even state governments for the most part seems to be able to counter. It's just like not something they can conceive of.

I unfortunately don't have great news. I don't think, you know, because of the way this is working and it is so much about just like raw brute power that no one at the federal government or even state governments for the most part seems to be able to counter. It's just like not something they can conceive of.

I unfortunately don't have great news. I don't think, you know, because of the way this is working and it is so much about just like raw brute power that no one at the federal government or even state governments for the most part seems to be able to counter. It's just like not something they can conceive of.

yeah because they already are doing things that supposedly shouldn't be allowed right we've already had the congressional funding this should have a congressional you know this is passed by congress and yet an executive order and elon musk can undo it right if things were working this wouldn't be happening right so so we are really kind of down down the line a little bit in what we can do and how effective it's going to be that said there are things we can do a lot of them are the uh

yeah because they already are doing things that supposedly shouldn't be allowed right we've already had the congressional funding this should have a congressional you know this is passed by congress and yet an executive order and elon musk can undo it right if things were working this wouldn't be happening right so so we are really kind of down down the line a little bit in what we can do and how effective it's going to be that said there are things we can do a lot of them are the uh

yeah because they already are doing things that supposedly shouldn't be allowed right we've already had the congressional funding this should have a congressional you know this is passed by congress and yet an executive order and elon musk can undo it right if things were working this wouldn't be happening right so so we are really kind of down down the line a little bit in what we can do and how effective it's going to be that said there are things we can do a lot of them are the uh

The things that liberals usually do, which is like calling your senator over and over and over again every day and your representatives and your state government, too, to make sure that your state government is paying attention to what they're going to lose. There is certainly, you know... things one can sign on to for major library organizations.

The things that liberals usually do, which is like calling your senator over and over and over again every day and your representatives and your state government, too, to make sure that your state government is paying attention to what they're going to lose. There is certainly, you know... things one can sign on to for major library organizations.