Meghan Fahey

Librarian. Archivist. Feminist. Optimist.

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

Over the last two decades, more school-age children have died from guns than on-duty police officers and active duty military combined.

Think about that.

For God’s sake how much more carnage are we willing to accept?

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

In the aftermath of Uvalde’s preventable tragedy, many of us are asking why Congress seems unable to act. This article provides a useful primer on how the Senate filibuster makes progress on this and other issues difficult, and why it needs to be changed. https://t.co/gUzDfotMLp

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Ted Cruz is speaking at the NRA annual meeting this weekend. @Cinemark - hq'd in Plano, Texas - has donated millions to his campaigns.

Moms love movies. Cinemark will you commit to stop giving money to lawmakers who vote against the safety of our kids? #NoMoreBloodMoney

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

Congress needs to pass universal background checks, ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and confirm Steve Dettelbach as head of the ATF.

It’s time to turn this pain into action.

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

The idea that an 18-year-old can walk into a store and buy assault weapons is just wrong.

What in God’s name do you need an assault weapon for except to kill someone?

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Every American CEO, every corporate leader, every company based in Texas (@HP, @Oracle, @AmericanAir, @SouthwestAir, @WholeFoods, @Dell, @HEB) has a moral responsibility to publicly join the coalition demanding stronger gun laws. Today.

[Meghan Fahey @artarchivist]

Lowering the flag on our library flagpole to half mast for children murdered in cold blood, again. Guns kill people.

[Amanda Gorman @TheAmandaGorman]

Schools scared to death.
The truth is, one education under desks,
Stooped low from bullets;
That plunge when we ask
Where our children
Shall live
& how
& if

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

School shootings are not fucking acts of nature, like hurricanes and tornadoes. They're man-made acts of inaction, of cowardice, of corruption by all lawmakers who refuse to pass laws PROVEN BY DATA to stop preventable, senseless shootings like in Uvalde.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Like the gunmen who carried out mass shootings at the Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018 and an El Paso Walmart in 2019, media are reporting that the Buffalo gunman is a white supremacist who believed conspiracy theories that white people are being replaced by people of other races.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

A reminder that the same lawmakers who say gun laws won't stop gun violence believe abortion laws will stop abortion. #RoeVWade

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

What's happening at the poles right now is terrifying. Temps 30-40 degrees above normal levels. These extreme events are "exceeding model projections", and indicate "we have entered a new extreme phase of climate change much earlier than we had expected." https://t.co/ARaGtFlbLi

[Meghan Fahey @artarchivist]

@CityofAmesbury Borrow not rent!! The equipment is free to use and return from Amesbury Public Library!

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

I'd say she's qualified.

Source: @washingtonpost

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

NEWS: The Library is acquiring the @kitchensisters full body of work, including more than 7,000 hours of audio, photos, handwritten journals, podcasts and storybooks. More: https://t.co/tih0aK9mC1

[Victor Blackwell CNN @VictorBlackwell]

Poet Maya Angelou becomes the first Black woman to appear on a US quarter

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

One year ago, a violent attack on our Capitol made it clear just how fragile the American experiment in democracy really is. Here’s my statement on what the anniversary means, and what we need to do today.