@rswanklibrary

School Library Technology Consultant at the California Department of Education, Past President CSLA, lover of books, Beagles, family & friends

Joined October 2017
Renee Ousley-Swank retweeted
Donald Trump could have signed an affordable housing bill this week. Instead he had a tantrum and torpedoed it because he’s obsessed with suppressing the vote.
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Renee Ousley-Swank retweeted
In the age of smartphone technology, we have instant access to the world’s information right in our pockets. As a result, we might overlook just how valuable libraries truly are. Let’s talk about why libraries are more important than ever before. buff.ly/K5g91dI #Library #Libraries #Services #Resources #WhyWeNeedLibraries #Valuable #Important
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Libraries are where Americans encounter history, ideas, evidence, and one another. That's why President Eisenhower's warning still matters today: "Don't join the book burners." Add your name to the First Amendment Pledge: action.everylibrary.org/dont…
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Help fight against book bans by signing the petition at bookbanpetition.us #library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #librarianship #lit
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Who's paying for Trump's MAGA-fied Freedom 250 festivities? Major corporate donors include Lockheed Martin, ExxonMobil, and Palantir. And YOU — the taxpayer!
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Renee Ousley-Swank retweeted
My father understood that the ballot is not passive. It is one way we help shape justice, leadership, and the future of our communities. On Election Day, let us not only remember his call to march on ballot boxes. Let us answer it. Vote. Stay engaged. Encourage someone else to do the same. #MLK #Vote #ElectionDay
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Renee Ousley-Swank retweeted
A new report revealed that Trump’s ballroom will cost $600 million, with over half that coming from taxpayers. That’s despite his initial claims that taxpayers wouldn’t pay a dime and it would only cost $400 million. Here’s what else you should know about his vanity project…
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Renee Ousley-Swank retweeted
Donald Trump's priorities are all wrong. I'm a UFC fan, but this isn't for the fans. This is a birthday party for Trump and his rich friends. It’s a for-profit fight, while fans at home are forced to pay to watch it and the fighters are sweating through 90-degree D.C. swamp weather. I won’t be tuning in this Sunday.
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As the people suffer, the divine ruler and his fellow elites entertain themselves at an opulent gladiatorial match. Am I describing ancient Rome or Trump's America?
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Don’t believe Trump’s claim that he’s achieved victory in Iran. Compared to where we were on February 28, when he began this war, his so-called “deal” is a terrible failure.
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Renee Ousley-Swank retweeted
The DOJ just gave approval to Paramount — owned by the billionaire Trump allies Larry and David Ellison — to buy Warner Bros Discovery. Trump is advancing his scheme to control the media in broad daylight. State AGs must step in and block this deal.
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Renee Ousley-Swank retweeted
Hawaii just passed the first state law in the country banning corporations from making political donations in state elections. Now a Koch-backed legal group is suing to overturn it. Big Money won't get out of our politics without a fight — one that we the people must win. (via @LeverNews)
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Renee Ousley-Swank retweeted
Look at this astonishing chart and tell me we don't have a billionaire wealth problem.
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Renee Ousley-Swank retweeted
“In this country, we have no ‘other people.’ We are American people, all of us.” This 1940s film warning against bigotry and fascism is more relevant now than ever.
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Renee Ousley-Swank retweeted
According to Public Citizen, more than half of the publicly identified corporate donors to Trump’s White House ballroom project have won new or expanded federal contracts worth over $50 billion during the past six months. See what this was always about?
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Renee Ousley-Swank retweeted
Scott Pelley gave an impassioned speech a year ago that’s worth watching today. Kudos to him and other 60 Minutes correspondents and staff for defending the media and our democracy.
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Renee Ousley-Swank retweeted
Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
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Renee Ousley-Swank retweeted
We've never seen an economy so bad for workers — and so good for the super rich. It’s only going to get worse with AI. How should we respond?
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Renee Ousley-Swank retweeted
This is what Greenwood looked like before it was attacked and destroyed. Before the smoke and flames, before the killing, there was a thriving Black community known as Black Wall Street, filled with Black owned businesses, homes, faith, dignity, and possibility. What began on May 31, 1921 was an assault on one of the most prosperous Black communities in the nation, a place where Black enterprise, excellence, and self determination were visible in every block. The violence would continue into June 1 and leave that community devastated. More than 35 blocks were destroyed, hundreds were killed, and thousands were left homeless. We must remember not only how Greenwood was destroyed, but what was stolen. #TulsaRaceMassacre #BlackWallStreet #BelovedCommunity #Nonviolence365 #MLK
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