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Abe
The Election Book: The People Pick a President | Tamara Hanneman, Carolyn Jackson
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Great read for children on how people pick and elect the president of the United States!

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Amiable
Vote! | Eileen Christelow
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Mailed the last batch of cards today as part of the Postcards for Progress campaign. With this batch to New Jersey plus others to Virginia throughout the summer, I‘ve written and mailed 800 postcards. 👊🏼💙💙👊🏼

Vote like your life depends upon it—because it does.

ChaoticMissAdventures Yay!! So impressive! Thank you for going the extra mile! 1w
lil1inblue 💙💙💙💙💙 1w
Prairiegirl_reading Way to go!!! What a great way to take action! 1w
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Karisa 👏👏👏🎉💗 1w
AnnCrystal
👏🏼🥳✊🏼💌🦅💙💙💙.
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JenReadsAlot Woohoo!! 1w
Deblovestoread 🙌🙌🙌🙌 💙✊️💙 1w
Bookwormjillk Going to cast my vote in Virginia tomorrow! 1w
Suet624 Thank you. 1w
AmyG Huzzah! Go NJ….don‘t disappoint this here Jersey girl. (edited) 1w
dabbe 💙✊🏻💙 1w
Jari-chan WOW!!! 👏👏👏 1w
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Hooked_on_books
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I wanted to take a moment to pay homage to Portlanders who, instead of being cowed by a dictator, embraced their first amendment right to peaceful assembly and continued protesting, but in costume, to prove the lie to their city being “war ravaged.” I cannot think of a better response. I love their creativity and stance for their, and our, rights.

squirrelbrain 💪❤️💪 2w
Amiable We ❤️ U, Portland! 2w
Ruthiella ✊✊✊🐸 2w
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Aims42 I stand with these frogs! 🐸💚🙌 2w
Librarybelle Agreed! 2w
Suet624 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2w
GingerAntics Love this so much!!! Apparently, there is also a naked bike ride protest planned. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2w
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Aruckdes
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During the rapid and accelerated unraveling of our democracy, it is doubly important to read these "boring" stories of the actual American heroes who really did make our country great before the racists and the oligarchs and their cheering sycophants truly understood the ease and effectiveness of demonizing our greatest and most authentic public servants. This won't be one of the first books banned, but it will eventually be added to the list.

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TieDyeDude
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National Constitution Center just released their interactive Declaration of Independence, to match their interactive US Constitution. So many people are claiming these documents, but few people take the time to read and understand them. These free educational resources are brilliant, and, if you ever find yourself in Philadelphia, be sure to visit the museum. It is a truly inspiring space. https://constitutioncenter.org/declaration

Amiable Thank you! 1mo
Suet624 Thank you! 1mo
Bookwormjillk This is a good podcast if you‘re into the Constitution https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/constitutional/ 1mo
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Cuilin Wonderful, thank you 🙏 1mo
kspenmoll Thanks so much! 1mo
TieDyeDude @Bookwormjillk Thank you! I'll check it out. The Constitution Center has their own podcast, We The People. It is one of my favorites. 1mo
AnnCrystal Thank You for sharing this post 👏🏼🦅🌟❤️🤍💙. 1mo
Bookwormjillk @TieDyeDude Thanks! I'll check it out. And Philadelphia isn't so far from me so I'll put this on my list! 1mo
lil1inblue ❤ ❤ ❤ 1mo
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Smarkies
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Short book about some of the inner workings of the American government. TIL that the dept of commerce does not actually have anything to do with business. 😆

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StayCurious
One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote | Bonnie Worth, Katherine Ross
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‘‘Tis the season of freshly sharpened pencils, lunchboxes, and back to school routines. My little one is starting JK this year (I‘m definitely 😢) and this got me thinking of teacher romances (where one or both MCs are teachers). Not Teacher/Student which is a whole trope in itself. Here is the link to vote: https://forms.gle/512c5FRpoGckjcLi7

mcctrish Voted 2mo
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vonnie862 As a teacher, thank you for not picking the teacher/student trope. That weirds me out. Voted! 2mo
Kshakal Voted!! I am excited for this month! 😊 2mo
julesG Voted!! 2mo
LiseWorks Yes voted 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Voted. Although I also won't be mad if Vision in White gets chosen because it's one of my favorite comfort reads 😂 2mo
StayCurious @vonnie862 it weirds me out too! 2mo
OriginalCyn620 Voted! 2mo
julieclair Voted! 2mo
CrowCAH Got my vote in! 2mo
CarolynM Voted! 2mo
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BC_Dittemore
The Federalist Papers: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Ian Shapiro
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Read & listened to this simultaneously because I knew it was gonna take some effort. (Doing the same thing with the Anti-federalists too 😅.)

In America, there has always been this push & pull about what the Founders intended. Now, I can‘t say this book makes it obvious, partly because I believe Hamilton was insincere, but I feel most people can walk away from this wondering why in the hell the Supreme Court has such a problem understanding.

TheBookHippie The Supreme Court is corrupt 😵‍💫 3mo
BC_Dittemore @TheBookHippie very much so. Which is a shame to say because we might possibly have some of the Court‘s best justices ever in Sotomayor, Kagan, & KBJ. 3mo
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LiseWorks
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I do not care that when I phone a Government Service Canada and they tell me the same sob story as 6 months ago, and it's still hasn't been resolved. What in the world are workers doing. Why do I need to call you 30 times to see if it's been done? I'm at the point where I just don't care. @Dabbe

AmyG So much incompetence- everywhere. 3mo
Deblovestoread So frustrating! 3mo
dabbe Ooh, beyond frustrating. So sorry you have to keep on these people's asses. 😖😤🤬 Sending 🩵💙🩵. 3mo
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Eggs
The Federalist Papers: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Ian Shapiro
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