Dear MoveOn member,
It's official: Donald Trump has started banning books.
Last week, he ordered schools on military bases or run by the military to
remove from school shelves any books that discussed equity or
discrimination.^1 One of the first books to be banned is called
"Freckleface Strawberry," a children's book written by actress Julianne
Moore that tells a story of a young girl learning to love her freckles.
Yes, you read that correctly.
They also banned "No Truth Without Ruth," a children's book about the life
of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.^2
This is despicable and dystopian, and it requires us to respond boldly and
with absolute clarity.
MoveOn is working around the clock to stop Trump's efforts, including by
printing our award-winning "LeVar Burton Says Read Banned Books" design on
tote bags that will serve as mini-billboards against Trump's actions when
you take them shopping, to a coffee shop, to school, to work, and around
your community.
Every single dollar we make from these tote bags will go directly toward
our work to stop Trump from implementing his radical plans across the
country—and building the grassroots organization we will need to wrest
power away from him in the midterm elections next year by flipping
Congress blue.
[ [link removed] ]Click here or on the image below to order your "LeVar Burton Says Read
Banned Books" tote now and join the fight to stop book bans.
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Make no mistake, John, banning these books is just the
beginning.
Trump and his puppeteer Elon Musk have also moved to open bogus
investigations into PBS, which aired "Reading Rainbow" with LeVar Burton
for 23 years, and NPR in an effort to take them off the air and shut down
independent public media.
They want to stifle free thinking and force-feed our kids radical
right-wing ideology, and we will not let them get away with it.
You can help build the overwhelming pressure we will need to stop Trump's
efforts by proudly displaying your banned books tote bag, talking to your
community about the dangers of censorship, and continuing to borrow or buy
the books Donald Trump wants banned.
[ [link removed] ]Click here to order your "LeVar Burton Says Read Banned Books" tote bag
now.
Thanks for all you do.
–Sarah, Mona, Chris, Eric, and the rest of the team
Source:
1. "Donald Trump Administration Book Ban Detailed for Some US Schools,"
Yahoo, February 17, 2025
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2. Ibid.
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MoveOn has been leading the movement against right-wing extremism for 26
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forward.
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