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folklore: the long pond studio sessions is out now on Disney+! https://Taylor.lnk.to/longpond/disneyplus

Starring:

Aaron Dessner

Jack Antonoff

Sure I’ll sum up.

So there was a very good peaceful protest by.... Lafayette Park? Right outside the White House. They were chanting, they had multiple reporters in the crowd, it was fucking CHILL, people were waiting for Trump to do a speech in the Rose Garden.

Then, out of nowhere, truly NOWHERE, the cops closed in from three directions and threw gas into the crowd. They used rubber bullets on the crowd IMMEDIATELY. One dude told the reporter “They don’t care about new, move.” They drove out the totally fucking peaceful, pre-curfew protestors.

They moved them all out, and Trump started speaking, and you could hear the fucking gas going off over his speech. CNN fucking did a splitscreen to show the peopple being shoved back as the motherfucker stood up there and said he would protect our rights and would mobilize the military against people.

Then back to the reporters, and everyone was forced further and further away. One woman on a bike told the reporter “They are getting the water cannons ready, you wanna move.”

TURNS OUT.

ALL OF THIS.

WAS BECAUSE TRUMP WANTED A PHOTO OP AT THE CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET. HE WANTED THEM OUT OF THE WAY SO HE COULD STAND WITH A BIBLE IN FRONT OF A CHURCH.

Even CNN is calling him a dictator, at 7PM.

while i don’t claim to be a “book blogger” by any account (more of a cranky publishing-person blogger most days), i know a lot of people have followed me through my book posts, so i’m taking advantage of that captive audience to boost these bookstores. shop them through their own websites and if you’re local, look into curbside pickup to minimize shipping costs and overhead. okay that’s all thanks bye stay safe.

the lit bar (a personal favorite and the bronx’s one remaining bookstore)

hariett’s bookshop

semicolon bookstore

mahogany books

uncle bobbie’s

loyalty bookstore

dare books

listening tree books

underground books

multicultural bookstore

pyramid books

black dot bookstore

brain lair books

medu bookstore

wild fig books and coffee

frugal bookstore

olive tree books

detroit book city

cafe con libros

revolution books

sisters uptown bookstore

source booksellers

hakim’s bookstore

sankofa books and cafe

if you can’t take direct action but still want to support the black lives matter movement, here are some petitions to help you do so:

Justice for George Floyd

Color of Change: #JusticeforBre: Police officers who killed Breonna Taylor must be FIRED

Justice for Breonna Taylor

Julius Jones is innocent. Don’t let him be executed by the state of Oklahoma.

Hands Up Act

Justice for Ahmaud Arbery

Justice for Tony McDade

Justice for Belly Mujinga

Willie Simmons has served 38 years for a $9 robbery.

Abolish Prison Labor in the USA

We Demand Justice for Sheku Bayoh, We Demand to Know the TRUTH.

Wis. Teen Face Life in Prison for Killing Man Who Allegedly Raped Her and Sold Her for Sex

NATIONAL ACTION AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY! PROSECUTE POLICE WHO MURDERED UNARMED INDIVIDUALS!

Justice for Amari Boone

Justice for Tamir Rice

Justice for Crystal Mason

Justice for Amiya Braxton

Justice for Sean

Justice for Rashad Cunningham

Justice for Elijah Nichols

Justice for Andile Mchunu (Bobo)

Dismiss the charges on Marchae Jones and charge the one who shot her and her unborn baby

Justice for Emerald Black

Justice for David McAtee, who was shot and killed by the LMPD and the national guard just after midnight local time on June 1, 2020.