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Resistance: How Women Saved Democracy from Donald Trump | Jennifer Rubin

Love it when my #bookmail hits all at once! BOTM, two Thriftbooks orders and the tagged book caught my eye from Amazon, and I thought it would be interesting, given the times. 💙

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AllDebooks

Hope In The Dark | Rebecca Solnit

FYI
I'm not wishing to ruffle feathers re politics, BUT I've seen a lot of people struggling with current events on here.
Rebecca Solnit has launched a new website to post essays, content, and information regarding the defence of democracy. Remember #KnowledgeisPower

https://meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/welcome-to-meditations-in-an-emerge...

Amiable Thank you for posting this. I for one am feeling powerless and angry and afraid and I don't know where to direct my rage.

FYI, if you don't already follow Heather Cox Richardson, I highly recommend that you do. 8h

AllDebooks @Amiable just trying to help, as I've never been so scared at world events as I am rn. It's terrifying watching from the UK and I dread to think of the global impact this will have. I do follow Heather, too. She is so good at making sense of it all. 8h

Karisa Thank you… so much 🤬 at the news from me these past few weeks. Good to know we are not alone. These are more constructive ways to channel our power. 8h

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TiredLibrarian Thank you. 8h

JenReadsAlot Thank you! @Amiable I'm so feeling the same way. 7h

wanderinglynn Thanks for posting this. As someone who currently lives in DC & works for the US government, I can say we‘re all stressed, frustrated, & worried. Every day there‘s something. Some of my policy colleagues have already been laid off. Every day there‘s a new directive. I think it‘s going to get worse before it evens out. 7h

Zuhkeeyah Thank you for sharing! 7h

dabbe 🩶🩷🩶 6h

AnnCrystal Thank you for sharing this 📻💝💝💝. (edited) 5h

Cuilin Some feathers need to be ruffled!!! 💗 2h

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Hooked_on_books

Animal Farm: A Fairy Story | George Orwell

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I‘m surprised that 1984 is the Orwell book that‘s had so much recent traction when this allegory of authoritarianism and the corruption of power is just incredibly timely. I‘m so glad I finally read this and appreciate the reminder that none of this is new.

GingerAntics Right? I have no clue how this isn‘t way more popular right now. It feels more fitting than 1984 to me. 19h

Hooked_on_books @GingerAntics If the orange idiot ever read anything longer than a tweet, I would have thought he read this and was using it as a playbook. 18h

SqueakyChu I‘ve read both, and the book that left the bigger impression on me of the two was 1984. 2h

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GingerAntics

We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience | Lyndsey Stonebridge

Welcome to America, 2025
#LyndseyStonebridge #HannahArendt #WeAreFreeToChangeTheWorld #politics #philosophy

kspenmoll Sadly, yes. #resist #createcommunity #love (edited) 1d

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GingerAntics

We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience | Lyndsey Stonebridge

Hell, the tyranny of the minority is also a threat, as we are seeing right now in America.
#LyndseyStonebridge #HannahArendt #WeAreFreeToChangeTheWorld #politics #philosophy

kspenmoll This is why I need breaks after a chapter- It‘s close to the bone- each day it is as if we are living this tyranny. 1d

GingerAntics @kspenmoll oh thank god I‘m not the only one. Sometimes I can read another chapter the next day. Sometimes it‘s several days between. 1d

kspenmoll @GingerAntics Same here!!! 1d

GingerAntics @kspenmoll I feel so much better about my slow, stilted pace now. lol It‘s not just me. 1d

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GingerAntics

We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience | Lyndsey Stonebridge

I have had this thought since I was a kid, and was told by my Catholic grandmother that it was quite an uncharitable thought to have. 🙄 Apparently people genuinely believe it is wrong to believe the world shouldn‘t need charity, but since it does, it is our duty to do what we can. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Go figure.
#LyndseyStonebridge #HannahArendt #WeAreFreeToChangeTheWorld #charity #politics #philosophy #failure

TheBookHippie It‘s allllll POLICY CHOICES. (edited) 2d

TheBookHippie You should have been at resistance spaghetti dinner -the topic: did Adam blame the apple on Eve when he was in fact guilty and did she take the blame cause “love” and is that actually our curse because she did that?!?! 😂🤷🏻‍♀️😵‍💫😝😅🫨 2d

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie what a discussion topic. That had to have been a good one! I love it. Yeah, every policy should lead to no longer needing charities or voluntary help for people, and yet most policies actually do the opposite. 2d

Bookwormjillk Another book going on my TBR 2d

GingerAntics @Bookwormjillk it‘s really good so far 2d

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catiewithac

Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America | Talia Lavin

How do you cope with anxiety? I buy books. 📚 #TBR #BookHaul

Librarybelle Good strategy! 2d

Tamra 👍🏾 2d

Soubhiville Sometimes I do too. Mostly I do yoga and conscious breathing. But books definitely help! 2d

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KadaGul How do we organize, BUY BOOKCASES, & Make Space for BOOKCASES 2d

kspenmoll Great stack! 2d

dabbe Yes indeedy! Hope your feeling less anxious with the gorgeous stack! 🩶🩷🩶 2d

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megnews

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

Slow start. Tagged was my favorite. Short but a must read.

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Sleepswithbooks

Rage | Bob Woodward

I really like Bob Woodward‘s style of writing.
He couldn‘t have said it better: “The failure to organize. The lack of discipline. The undermining or the attempted undermining of so many American institutions. The unwillingness to acknowledge error. When his performance as president is taken in its entirety, I can only reach one conclusion: Trump is the wrong man for the job.”

Aims42 I fully appreciate that it looks like this book is on a garbage can 😂🗑️ 2d

AmyG I am amazed you had the fortitude to read this. Wrong for the job? Gross understatement. 2d

Sleepswithbooks @aims42 - That is EXACTLY where it‘s at!! 😂 24h

Aims42 @Sleepswithbooks 😂👏👏👏👏 24h

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