Maggie Tokuda-Hall: This is in Donnelly Idaho as a result of hb 710, which makes libraries financially liable for any complaint of "inappropriateness" Identical legislation is on the floor in Idaho. Book bans used to be quaint, a result of moral panics that ebbed and flowed. Now they're organized. This is the result

This is in Donnelly Idaho as a result of hb 710, which makes libraries financially liable for any complaint of "inappropriateness" Identical legislation is on the floor in Idaho. Book bans used to be quaint, a result of moral panics that ebbed and flowed. Now they're organized. This is the result

This is one of the most dystopian signs I've ever seen. Republicans are quickly turning this country into an unrecognizable freakshow.

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in OHIO I'm a ding dong

Wait. I thought we were talking about Iowa!

Nope, but there's bad leg there too!!!! ITS BAD EVERYWHERE

I cannot stand our legislature and Governor.

tbh neither can I

To get into the library??

yes

That makes me sick to my stomach

it should!!! there is identical legislation on the floor in Ohio now, bc this bill passed in Idaho. if you want to be kept more up to date on this I highly recommend subscribing to Book Riot's LITERARY ACTIVISM substack! literaryactivism.substack.com/welcome

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