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.
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.
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
https://act.moveon.org/go/202775?t=5&akid=425964%2E40999114%2ELeJlh0
2. Ibid.
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