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ACLU @aclu.org · 28/04/2025

The Trump administration deported two families, including three U.S. citizen children, after cutting them off from their lawyers and disregarding one of the child's need for cancer medication. This is inhumane and illegal.

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Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana

The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 26/04/2025

The working class is sick of a system where CEOs make 238x what workers make. Enough is enough. We stand in solidarity with all working people fighting for their fair share ✊

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Alt School District @altteacher.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I just watched The Barbie movie again yesterday and damn if I didn’t tear up at that one scene. So for those that need it today, or tomorrow, or next week youtu.be/CBqlDWHkdHk?...

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America Ferrera's Iconic Barbie Speech | Barbie | Max

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Alt School District @altteacher.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I just want to be a good person. I know that wont be perfect, that ‘ll make mistakes, and every choice or action will upset someone… But darn it if I don’t want to just do the right thing, be kind, be helpful, be good. Why does that feel so exceptionally hard these days

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 05/04/2025

We will not let this administration and their billionaire friends loot our government and gut the essential services working people rely on without a fight!

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AFT @aft.org · 31/03/2025

📢 On April 5, we’re joining hundreds of thousands across the country to say: Hands off! Hands off our Social Security. Hands off our services. Hands off our democracy. AFT members will be in the streets this Saturday—will you join us? Find an event near you: www.mobilize.us/handsoff

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Professor Amanda Sturgill @drsturg.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Misleading posts thrive on quick reactions. Slow down. Investigate. Be the person who’s always one step ahead. 🕵️‍♀️

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ALT: a man wearing a hat and a coat stands in a hallway

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Ruprecht Polenz @polenz.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Ich würde ergänzen: 5. Wenn auch Russland befristet unter UNO-Verwaltung gestellt wird, damit freie Wahlen durchgeführt werden.

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AFT @aft.org · 28/03/2025

AFT President @rweingarten.bsky.social responded after the president signed an EO that unlawfully terminates federal workers’ collective bargaining rights under the false pretext of national security. We represent thousands of affected employees. www.aft.org/press-releas...

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AFT’s Weingarten on Trump’s Illegal Executive Order Trying to Ban Collective Bargaining for Federal Employees

WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten responded after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that unlawfully terminates federal workers’ collective bargaining rights under the false pret...

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AFT @aft.org · 27/03/2025

Trump & Musk gutting the Dept of Ed means fewer opportunities for 7.5 million students with disabilities & 26 million kids in poverty. “This attack on our kids’ futures is wrong,” writes @rweingarten.bsky.social. Read how we're fighting to #ProtectOurKids in the Spring 2025 #AmericanEducator.

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Where We Stand: Protect Our Kids

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

For anyone who may have forgotten, WE ERADICATED MEASLES IN THE U.S. Now it’s back. With a multi-state, growing outbreak. Because fewer people are vaccinating their kids. Because a cult has lied to them that the vaccine is harmful. Now kids are getting sick. Some are hospitalized. Some are dying.

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Measles Cases in Kansas May Be Linked to Texas Outbreak (Gift Article)

State health officials worry that declining vaccination rates have left many communities vulnerable nationwide.

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AFT @aft.org · 26/03/2025

Professors are standing up to say America believes in knowledge and freedom. - @rweingarten.bsky.social

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AFT @aft.org · 27/03/2025

At a rally in New York yesterday, AFT President @rweingarten.bsky.social made it clear: “We fight discrimination, and we fight for research. But it shouldn’t be an administration that tries to leverage one for the other. That’s McCarthyism, that’s not patriotism.”

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Teachers' unions sue Trump administration over Columbia University funding threats

The American Association of University Professors and American Federation of Teachers have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing it of holding funding hostage at Columbia Universi...

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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 27/03/2025

🚨 MASS LAYOFFS at The Health & Human Services Dept.! 10,000 workers cut— dismantling our health system & risking lives. This administration keeps putting corporate greed over people’s well-being, slashing jobs & endangering public health. We need investment in care, not cuts.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Concerning that when asked about familiarity with Unite Against Book Bans, like... 3 of us in the room raised hands. I don't care what environment you work in, what kind of role you have, if you're in libraries, you have a responsibility to keep up with challenges to intellectual freedom. #CILDC

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AFT @aft.org · 26/03/2025

Children with disabilities are facing a double threat from federal cuts to support systems they need every day. Medicaid covers costs for more than 6,600,000 of them and the Dept. of Ed protects their rights at school. Tell Congress: Hands off Medicaid ➡️ actionnetwork.org/letters/medi...

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously. Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 24/03/2025

How many Signal chats with sensitive information about military operations are ongoing within the Pentagon right now? Where else are war plans being shared with such abject disregard for our national security? We need answers. Right now.

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AFT @aft.org · 24/03/2025

HAPPENING NOW: @sharemylesson.bsky.social is hosting "Vital Lessons: Measles and What You Need to Know," a panel on how you can keep your family and community safe from measles. Panelists include: ✏️ @rweingarten.bsky.social 🩺 @vinguptamd.bsky.social 🩺 Dr. Benjamin Hoffman

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Alt School District @altteacher.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I’m working on making a title 2 breakdown but title 2 is specific so I’m trying to make those parameters understandable :D

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Alt School District @altteacher.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Yup! Its very easy to get sucked in by wanting to see what others say/know and then finding this rabbit hole of information. Too much information can be a bad thing! I had to check myself on this and the sort of doomer attitude it was giving me. It is a conscious effort.

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Alt School District @altteacher.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Checking in to remind everyone to touch grass! It’s easy to be swept up in the chaos of the world and the current admins constant action. It can become a echo chamber that can become overwhelming. While all is alarming, please remember to take a big step back from doom scrolling negative news.

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 21/03/2025

Without a strong Department of Education, kids from working class families will be left behind, unable to access the education they need to succeed. We stand with our affiliated unions as they fight this illegal order.

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'See you in court': Teachers union vows to fight Trump's Education Department order

Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers, issued a stark warning to the Trump administration.

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5 Calls @5calls.org · 20/03/2025

Trump signed an EO to dismantle the Department of Education, which can only legally be done through an act of Congress. This executive overreach will only benefit right-wing extremists who seek to privatize education. 🔥📞🔥 Call your reps - 5calls.org/issue/educat... www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

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Trump signs executive order to dismantle the Education Department

The complete elimination of the department would require the approval of Congress.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 20/03/2025

BREAKING: President Trump issued an executive order to begin dismantling the Department of Education. This will severely hinder the federal government’s ability to meet its legal obligations laid out by Congress to protect students’ civil rights and empower them to achieve their future potential.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 20/03/2025

BREAKING: Flanked by students and educators, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to essentially dismantle the federal Department of Education, making good on a longstanding campaign promise to conservatives reut.rs/4kNfaq7

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Trump signs order aimed at dismantling US Department of Education

Flanked by students and educators, U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order intended to essentially dismantle the federal Department of Education, making good on a longstanding campaign promise to conservatives.

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Today, President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the abolishment of the U.S. Department of Education. In response, @neeratanden.bsky.social, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, released the following statement: www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...

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STATEMENT: Gutting the Department of Education Puts Our Children Last, says CAP’s Neera Tanden

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National Education Association @neatoday.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Donald Trump today issued an executive order calling for the U.S. Department of Education to be dismantled and ceasing many of its activities. Here's how that will harm students: www.nea.org/nea-today/al...

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AFT @aft.org · 20/03/2025

“We have part-time faculty who can barely afford to live in Eugene. Our faculty provide valuable research on treating diseases and preventing injuries as well as work on innovative discoveries in multiple fields,” said @uauoregon.bsky.social president Mike Urbancic.

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University of Oregon faculty threaten to strike for fair contract

Faculty at the University of Oregon have announced their intent to strike, after they say year-long bargaining sessions have “failed to produce a fair contract settlement.”

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 20/03/2025

Shuttering the Department of Education is a radical plan, ripped from the pages of Project 2025, that will close the doors of opportunity for America's students. We stand with our affiliated unions as they challenge this illegal order in court. aflcio.org/press/releas...

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AFT @aft.org · 20/03/2025

Some people believe eliminating the Dept. of Ed, which administers funding for the special ed programs mandated by law, means kids without disabilities will get a better education, @ky120unitedaft.bsky.social's Dan Isenstein writes in AFT Voices. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth.

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Why fund the Department of Education? A special education perspective

By Dan Isenstein

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Alt School District @altteacher.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I ask for discussion and information but all you can give me is an “lol” and then a claim with 0 backing. Clearly you did not read the paper. Clearly you do not wish to be transparent or open minded to discussion or teaching others. You are here for a fight and i don’t know why.

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Alt School District @altteacher.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Heres a great piece from 1975 by an associate law professor at William and Mary discussing cable and the fairness doctrine: scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcont...

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Alt School District @altteacher.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Again, why not share that info then? You keep making these statements but not actually backing them with facts, resources, or information. You accuse me of “but just trust me bro,” but are doing the same. I have done reading. You cant win an argument by saying “nuhuh” as a rebuke.

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Alt School District @altteacher.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

You seem to be very angry and already have made up your mind but I also clearly stated that much of our current conjecture is hindsight based and inferred by modern knowledge and discussion of what ifs.

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Alt School District @altteacher.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

You are saying that but you are not backing your claims. You are simply saying that its false and that I am an idiot. The doctrine began in 1949 but the policy was back in 1954. Cable tv started being rolled out in the mid 1950s with the earliest claim to cable being 1948 by John Walson.

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Alt School District @altteacher.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

What can you do? Be active however works for you. There is not right way. Wether its contacting reps, protesting, or involving yourself in government! What I can ask is to participate. Go to school board meetings! They are open to the public and they discuss changes to your school.

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Alt School District @altteacher.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

My credits: Trust me? Without divulging personal information I cannot give a good way of proof of what I do. I have a degree in History from UCSC and an associates in all but name in Computer Science from Orange Coast Community College.

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Alt School District @altteacher.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

My personal creed: History has shown us that unity is powerful. The sum of humanity is greater than its parts. I will stand by that. While angry and afraid, I will not stoop to absolutist speech of others even when then seek to strip me of my rights for who I am and what I believe.

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Alt School District @altteacher.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

What am I not cont.? I will not condemn anyone or speak of violence. There are some scary people saying scary things, but I do not believe in their ideology of brute force, violence, or non-inclusion. The line of free speech is very thin and leans heavily into morals and ethics.

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Alt School District @altteacher.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

What am I not? Here to tell you how to think or feel. I will share my views, I will share resources and information. I will cite my sources so everyone can have the opportunity to read and come to their own conclusions! Discussion is awesome and how we can grow and progress!

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Alt School District @altteacher.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Why make this account? To share information. Social media is powerful and we have seen that with the past couple of elections. I want to share links, resources, breakdowns, and some perspectives from teachers and educational employees. This is just a piece of my personal efforts to be active.

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Alt School District @altteacher.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

There seems to be debate of the alt gov accounts, intents, verification, and credibility. So let’s do some house cleaning! I am a one man band here. I am not a part of the Department of Education. I am a singular School District employee. I have not been verified by anyone and cannot vouch for alts

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Alt School District @altteacher.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

But further—and this is more theoretic discussion—the integrity of broadcast and journalism with fair representation as a federal requirement did have an impact on cable integrity. But I digress, theres a lot of missed opportunity for modernizing our laws and we seem to be living it now.

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Alt School District @altteacher.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

What can be argued—and this is dependent on hindsight conjecture—the FCC and congress could have and possibly would have considered arguments to extend the doctrine to cable. As such, the efforts to codify and protect the doctrine from Reagan can be seen as a hopeful chance of “could have”

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Alt School District @altteacher.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Correct! The fairness doctrine was initiated when cable networking was in its infancy. However, the implications and discussion around fairness doctrine, cable, and journalistic integrity can still be had and inferred. The FCC and Congress never even had a chance to discuss cable inclusion.

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Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

1/ The rightwing likes to claim it's opposed to higher education because it's "elitist." But the fact that 47's admin is intent on gutting not only DEI programs but also federally funded Pell Grant & student loan programs shows that it's not really aimed at “elitism." No pay wall.

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There’s nothing elitist about college or university. We should reject that idea | Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti

Higher education institutions continue to function as powerful engines of social mobility. They need more, not less, support

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