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MO State Rep. Peter Merideth (D) on a just-passed GOP budget defunding libraries: "They actually took out all state aid for public libraries explicitly because librarians are suing over their First Amendment rights ... We are starting to live in a dystopian future from 1984."

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Keep It Real!3 years ago

Is he talking about the same people who ran on gas prices too high on last election? Well, they now control the House, and gas prices still too high. In other words, they fooled their voters, again.

Jules3 years ago

Republican cancel culture now cancels LIBRARIES! My God! What has helped to them? ☹️😳😭 @MissouriGOP

Nick Ayer3 years ago

@m_zazigoboom The Republicans really have become the party of cruelty and petty vindictiveness.

Nikos Michals3 years ago

Republicans in Missouri are also looking to get rid of Diversity, equity, and inclusion training as well. So @PeterforMO isn't joking when he says his state is heading toward a "dystopian future".

Fran Taylor3 years ago

Lawmakers must not know what goes in public libraries today! All kinds of services like free computer use for those who can’t afford them, help learning English for our immigrants, activities for teens and little ones,etc. they want to eliminate all this services?

Grammy Diney3 years ago

@piper4missouri Defunding Libraries. What evil pervades in the souls of those who do this?

Joe Strobe 🌻3 years ago

Republicans hate the public libraries. They hate the public schools. I'm beginning to think they just hate the public.

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BREAKING: It's a new week and now Republicans want to defund libraries! The Republican legislature in Missouri is now trying to defund all 399 public libraries in the state. They want to literally give $0 in funding to all libraries. Democratic State Rep. Peter Merideth called out the insane laws that the state is trying to pass: “I feel like we are starting to live in a dystopian future like “1984” or Fahrenheit 451”. We’re talking about book bans from the government and then the government being mad a librarians as the threat to our kids, and defunding public libraries. That’s the real world here today in Republican-led Missouri."

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.James Talarico: It should be troubling to all of us that the most powerful politicians and corporate executives are working together to sell out the First Amendment. They are selling out our freedom of speech in order to protect their own power and their own wealth. An attack on any one of our First Amendment rights is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights — whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican, a progressive or a conservative, this should be concerning to all of us.

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199,701 views • 6 months ago

This is absolutely insane! How the hell did we even get to this point? A grandmother was thrown out of a public meeting because she read lines from a book that are in school libraries. The words were too graphic for adults, but perfectly OK for kids? Wtf

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