A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV

October 11, 2025 - 16:15 UTC

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Hit 'em where it hurts most...the pocketbook.
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Excellent!
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LMAO! More of this please.
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Sadly all the public has to pay for this, rather than the screeching right wingers.
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But, those books don't belong in a children's section.
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Guess we all agree, because they werenโ€™t in the childrenโ€™s section.
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Cheers to her for standing up to the good old boys' club.
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might be able to buy the whole state with that
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Good for her ... but I always wonder who actually pays for all of these huge settlements since it's not out of the personal pockets of the wrongdoers.
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The taxpayers.

This is taxpayers being forced to cover the financial costs of conservative hatred.

Most white folks still can't be bothered to uninvite the racist grandma or homophobic uncle from family events, but guaranteed if there were social consequences for being shitty, fewer would be.
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I'm sure it's taxpayer money that is needed elsewhere, and not out of the pockets of those directly responsible.
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Yet a huge ass law firm with millions of dollars bent a knee and kissed the ring.

What this takeover has taught me is that the alphas really weren't and those perceived as insignificant are the true definition of strength.
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#FightFascism through the courts.
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โ€œBooks with sexual contentโ€โ€ฆlike the Bible?
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Exactly
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The original instruction manual for oppression.
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Clearly none of these people have consulted Song of Songs cuzzzz
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Ezekiel 23:20 is erotic literature and nobody will ever change my mind.
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Let's not forget that also include incest.....
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Good.
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The awards to victims from trumps abuse will likely rival what he steals from America in his first 2 years.
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Good for her๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿพ
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keep putting the pressure on! have a call/e-mail gathering
๐Ÿง๐ŸŒฎ๐Ÿคก maybe make and donate some costumes? ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฆ–
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๐Ÿธ If I was in the USA would tell everyone on my gift giving list they were getting a costume donated to the resistance.
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Mike Johnson should actually applaud this.
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Let the library board suck on that.
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Right on. So books and drag queens are a threat, but not the maga pastor and politicians who actually committed sexual acts against children. ๐Ÿคจ
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YES!!!!
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This is great news
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Who paying her
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A win for librarians!
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Good
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Yay ! ๐Ÿ“•๐Ÿ“˜๐Ÿ“—๐Ÿ“’
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๐Ÿ’ Grateful some aspects of our courts are holding the line in the
face of fascism and bigotry. Hopefully someday they get to these #KavanaughStops SCOTUS analysis: New lawsuit against โ€œKavanaugh stopsโ€ is devastating. share.google/joYlH95GG3eNuQFhw
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You go girl!
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NOT an appeaser, librarians will help to save us! BRAVO ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ“š
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Not enough!!
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Itโ€™s fucking more tax payer money being used to fix these mferโ€™s actions. Awesome. If we the people make it through this bullshit, there is a lot of $$$ that needs to be repatriated from companies, countries, and individuals.
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Not to mention some new tax rates. This country used to be - better. Women and black Americans were gaining ground, working people were joining unions, education was getting better, and the tax rate at the top was 91%. The country was by no means perfect, but it was progressing.Talk about maga.
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So the press reports NATIONALLY on the hateful attacks on these people, and MAGAts get to cheer for the vindictive, unconstitutional actions, but the TAXPAYERS have to foot the bills??
MAGAt purists who dont live up to their own standards are very good at throwing away other peoples money, eh?
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Booyah!
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This is why you stand up to the regimes sick shit. You fight, you win!
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Awesome!
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Don't mess with librarians. They will fuck you up!
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And how much did she have to spend to defend herself?
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That should be covered as well
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Wonderful news.
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Librarians also led the charge against Patriot Act overreach.
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Good! How will young adults ever learn about life if they can't read how others live.

I read a list of banned books someone had posted on FB last week. I was required to read almost every one of them while in high school or college in the 70s. Why are they now offensive?
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I bet thatโ€™s more than her library budget.
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Excellent.
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Who has to pay that fine?
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The library's insurance.
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Excellent!
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Well thatโ€™s a lot more than 2 yearโ€™s salary for a librarian. No doubt there was plenty of pain and suffering from the kooks.
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So it was Joe Bidens fault?
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Californians who want to help stop Trump's power grab, vote YES on PROP. 50. You should have received your ballot this week. Vote YES and return your ballot ASAP before November 4. Do it today so you don't forget. Let's fight back and defend democracy!
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Di$ney fell for a conmanโ€™s trap even through they literally had the upper hand!
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Folks, thatโ€™s more than back pay. So make them pay. Thatโ€™s your retribution.
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How much might she have gotten in court!!!!
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Womp womp
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Well done โ€” Hero!!!
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Isn't that Wyoming's budget for like 3 years?
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Ist amendment auditors should flood the ICE zone.
Let these untrained radical right hate filled law enforcement officers violate your civil rights on video.
Then we can sue the shit out of ICE
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magats gonna bankrupt the US one way or another.
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YESโœŠ Humanity wins again ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’™
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GREAT
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๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰
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That beats the hell out of her usual salary. Good going MAGA
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Thx for some good news!
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Fantastic!
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Good news
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Funny how the entertainment channel Faux News is still spreading lies
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Wooohooo! I can tell you, as a former library director, thatโ€™s more than she ever would have banked by caving quietly.
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From Timothy Snyderโ€™s book On Tyranny: Do not obey in advance. Congratulations to this brave library director
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Fantastic
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Now this is news I want to hear!
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๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘โœŠโœŠโœŠโœŠโœŠ. Most of what they are doing is illegal. It pays to fight back.
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GOOD!
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Next, please?
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Congratulations are in order! She was right we need to study our history in order to not make the same damn stupid mistakes! The new regime wants to erase the history of Trump and also the illegal things that project 2025 written by Heritage foundation what to do to Americans! We want democracy back
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We need to normalize SUING stupidity when it affects your livelihood.
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All the news that's fit to print. True victory for 1A!
@publiclibraries.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @guerillalibrarian.bsky.social @ala-pla.bsky.social
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$700,000 is not enough. By a long shot.
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Good for her!! And for democracy
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GOOD!!
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good for her! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
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My high school job was at that library. Proud of her.
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Great news!
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Yet the WY Freedom Caucus is continuing to push a new bill that would fine librarians $50,000 per violation.

wyofile.com/fired-wyoming-librarian-hopes-700000-settlement-deters-conservative-lawmakers-they-say-it-wont/
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The Animal House โ€œThank you, sir, may I have anotherโ€ spanking GIF is not available on here.

You know where I was going.
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Who is footing the bill?
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From the article.
A county official said that when Ms. Lesley brought suit, a claim was filed with Campbell Countyโ€™s insurance company. While the county did not comment on the settlement, a lawyer for the insurance company said that the county had settled โ€œearly,โ€ before an expensive federal trial.
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MAGA is going to cost us.
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๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜† good for her
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1) Do not give in to these fascists. Do not obey in advance.

2) Let the rule of law take its course.

3) Profit
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๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ”— Gift link โคต๏ธ
bsky.app/profile/nananancy.bsky.social/post/3m2wozsrlec2j
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This points out a detail that doesn't seem to be in the comments: it's an insurance settlement.
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Good
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The Courts actually defending Freedom of Speech.
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Their wallets remains the most effective place to hit the right. They don't care about morality, shame, corruption or much of anything other than their money. Hit them there and they feel it.
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Go Librarians. Our true heroes!
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Taxpayers pay the fine, not elected officials. Elected and appointed officials should be required to have malpractice insurance like doctors have.
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I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that's a buck or two more than she would have been paid in salary for those 2 years.
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This is wonderful news!
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Good it's important to sue the Christian fascist theocrats. Impose a tax on Christian fascist theocracy.
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If can all get off Oil and coal, Wyoming will die a quick death.
Same goes for most racist red states.
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Still looking for a civil attorney in white supremacist Colorado to sue the violent white state terrorists of Fremont County the D.A. who only shows up 1/2 the time for work & the white transgendered woman Public Defender Emily Gregor who lied to me thrice before the Statute of Limitations runs out.
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See, we can win if weโ€™re brave enough to push back.
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Read up bishes ๐Ÿค˜
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Hooray! ๐ŸŽ‰
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Education is the way.
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Nice when the good guys win one. Congrats on the victory in court, and sorry for all the hardship it took to get to this point.
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Great! Now reinstate her to her position.
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I donโ€™t think I could return to that library despite the win. I agree she should be, I just know I couldnโ€™t bear it!
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Yay! More of this, please! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
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Iโ€™ve always thought of librarians as heroes. And Iโ€™ve got a strong suspicion many librarians are hiding banned books secretly, to be returned to the shelves when and if this madness ends. Fuck this latest iteration of the Comstock Act. ๐Ÿ˜ก
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Did the livestock have to pay with their taxes too?
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I couldn't read it because of the paywall. Who paid the money to her The county?
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archive.is/Jb0cr
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Here is the story from the CBC.

Campbell County (WY) settled (insurance paid out).

www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/wyoming-librarian-settlement-9.6935492
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Gillette is coal country & MAGA country I'm sure. My great grandfather was part owner of a coal mine in the early 1900's. He lost it from drinking & gambling. Two generations of my family are buried there. Good for this woman for standing up these narrow minded bogots.
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Awesome...
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Yessss!!! Congratulations to her!!
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Sue for any Trumpian bullshit.
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Excellent ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿฝ
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I hope her position was reinstated and she got her job back
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I hope she never has to work again! (unless she wants to)
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Hope itโ€™s true!
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The county commissioner who orchestrated most of these problems also posted his pictures from his vacation in Las Vegas this weekend. I hope our county learns a lesson that we all pay for their stupid culture wars while they get off with no financial consequences.
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GOOD !!!
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Gosh Wyoming broke and stupid, but hey being a fascist state is not cheap.
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Way to go, ignorant Wyoming! Congrats to the library director who supported knowledge! That award will buy a lot of books!
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I canโ€™t trust any article from the New York Times

They are in bed with tRump
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Letโ€™s make sure this is duplicated across the country.
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