Donna Cohen, MLIS, MEd

About 3:30 PST today you'll be reciting the Preamble to my Constitution workshop! :-)

5 Library Wins Worth Celebrating | American Libraries Magazine American Libraries highlights five recent victories for libraries, library workers, and their communities.

#2: Jones gets an apology in a Louisiana defamation case

americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2026/03/02/5...

Many on the federal district courts are pissed, as they rightly should be. Should be seeing contempt charges and fines leveled very soon.

Thank you. Critical report.

Thank you

National Consumer Protection Week message: report scams at ReportFraud.FTC.gov and OregonConsumer.gov.

When it comes to scams, we have to look out for each other.

If you see something that you think might be a scam, report it at ReportFraud.FTC.gov or call the Oregon Consumer Hotline at 1-877-877-9392 and submit a complaint at OregonConsumer.gov.

#NCPW2026

Yay, Oregon!

Everybody Reads: Representation, Government & Constitution Duration: 1.5 hours, 30 mins setup / takedown

Today! Bust some myths; learn your rights!
Representation, Our Federal Government and the Constitution
Saturday, March 7, 2026. 3- 4:30 PM. PST. In-person. No registration required. Multnomah County Library - Northwest Branch. 2030 NW Pettygrove Street. Portland, OR.
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NEW: Federal judges have spent months ordering ICE to give detainees a chance for release in bond hearings.

Now, they're worried that the bond hearings themselves — conducted by Executive Branch immigration judges — are a farce.

www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Oregon lawmakers end 2026 legislative session: What you need to know State legislators started the session Feb. 2 and gaveled out after a flurry of major policy and funding moves.

In the last month, Oregon state lawmakers bought a waterfall, spent big to help a billionaire renovate the Moda Center, and spent an inordinate amount of time debating a gas tax that most believe will end up going nowhere. The 2026 legislative session is over.

And this is all he had to replace Noem.

Great reporting and a good opportunity to reup for the public that my office has produced a series of reports, documents and letters that makes the economic case for why it's such a crucial program, while debunking claims or intimations that the tax was driving people out of the county.

court cases has been added! [warrantless arrest, entering homes without a judicial warrant, detention without due process].
Lots of info, some will shatter some myths. /

current importance of 1st and 4th Amendment, history of the reason for and creation of the Constitution, how the structure of Congress is limiting its ability to be truly representative [and changes to consider]. Additional info on Due Process and 4th Amendment 2/

Everybody Reads: Representation, Government & Constitution Duration: 1.5 hours, 30 mins setup / takedown

Representation, Our Federal Government and the Constitution
Saturday, March 7. 3-4:30 PM. PST. In-person. Free. Multnomah County Library - Northwest Branch. 2030 NW Pettygrove Street. Portland, OR.
multcolib.org/events-class...
Topics include: democracy globally, state of civic literacy, 1/

Noem is gone, sort of, but there are lessons to be learned from her tenure, how she was fired, and why it didn’t happen earlier, why the Senate confirmed her in the first place, that we can”t afford to ignore joycevance.substack.com/p/fired-but-...

Same vintage but a la The Whole Earth Catalog but focused on women. I'll try to remember to send some shots of the Contents later.

Thanks for your work

Don't allow yourself to be distracted from the Trump/Epstein files release by Trump's illegal war in Iran. Don't fall for it, please.

The Senate definitely needs radical change - or perhaps abolishment. Lots of options are being tossed around.

Do you remember this?

Great work

Everybody Reads: Representation, Government & Constitution Duration: 1.5 hours, 30 mins setup / takedown

Representation, Our Federal Government and the Constitution
History, current problems, and more on Due Process, 1st and 4th Amend. added!
Saturday, March 7. 3-4:30. Free. Multnomah Cnty Lib - Northwest Branch. 2030 NW Pettygrove St. PDX, OR.
multcolib.org/events-class...

Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration, March 6 YouTube video by Lawfare

Tomorrow at 4pm ET, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org will sit down with @rparloff.bsky.social, @alanrozenshtein.com, @mollyroberts.bsky.social, and Troy Edwards to discuss a contempt hearing in Minnesota, a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s TikTok deal, and more.

BIPARTISAN GROUP OF MORE THAN 180 FORMER FEDERAL AND STATE JUDGES EXPRESS CONCERN THAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS DEFINING THE COURT’S FAVORABLE EMERGENCY ORDERS AS SETTLED LAW A bipartisan coalition of more than 180 former federal and state judges has filed an amicus brief today warning that the government is trying to transform the Supreme Court's emergency orders into set...

BREAKING: We at @democracydefendersfund.org just filed a brief from 180+ bipartisan former judges urging SCOTUS to reject a dangerous Trump admin argument

Unexplained shadow docket orders must not be abused as precedent in other separate cases

We stand by lower courts making that point👇

This bill just passed Oregon’s House & heads to the governor’s desk. Congrats to @senkhanhpham.bsky.social & team for shepherding a bipartisan housing reform that many people said could never happen. 🤩🏢

Breaking on ABC right now. Noem is out!

This is voter suppression.

Thank you

JUST IN: A federal judge has barred Gov DeSantis from designating CAIR as a terrorist organization and punish those who associate with the group.

“Once again, Florida chooses political posturing over the First Amendment,” Judge Walker writes.

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