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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

As @cftunion.bsky.social Pres @jeff-f7.bsky.social said: “Our students’ success is on the line, and so is their safety in our classrooms. That’s why we’re proud to endorse Richard Barrera, the only candidate who will protect and fight for every student in California." www.cft.org/news-release...

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CFT Endorses Richard Barrera for Superintendent of Public Instruction

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CFT – A Union of Educators and Classified Professionals Contact: Matthew Hardy, ...

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AFT @aft.org · 10/06/2026

An attack on LGBTQ workers is an attack on the entire labor movement. - @cftunion.bsky.social President @jeff-f7.bsky.social #AFLCIO26

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

In my speech today, I called for a “devices-down, eyes-up, hands-on” strategy. Kids are drowning in tech, but building safeguards and prioritizing active learning through meaningful projects helps students harness their future and build the country they dream of. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/t...

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Teachers’ Union Urges Schools to Curb A.I. Chatbots and Screen Time

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Happy #TeacherAppreciationWeek! I’m grateful for the kindness, wisdom & dedication educators bring to their work, and for the ways they help students grow, discover their strengths & see what’s possible. If a teacher has made a difference in your life, take a moment to reach out and say thank you.

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Jeff Freitas @jeff-f7.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

This is what we’ve been saying all along: social media has been the real harm and threat to children. That’s why CFT has sponsored bills that X sued to limit soc media. That’s why we support school cell phone bans.

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Meta and YouTube designed addictive products that harmed young people, jury finds

Six-week trial including whistleblowers and top executives at Meta and YouTube was first of its kind to go to trial

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AFT @aft.org · 19/03/2026

From the Bay to LA, @cftunion.bsky.social's @jeff-f7.bsky.social & @bft1078.bsky.social's Regina Chagolla brought state-wide solidarity for @utlanow.bsky.social ✊

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Jeff Freitas @jeff-f7.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Tom Steyer’s values: taxing the wealthy and corporations to fund schools, fighting and developing a plan for single-payer, advocating for the environment, getting ICE out of Ca, and making schools safe and welcome for ALL students. The right values for the state of Ca.

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CFT | A Union of Educators and Classified Professionals @cftunion.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

CFT released the following statement from President Jeff Freitas: “CFT is proud to endorse Tom Steyer – a leader who understands the challenges Californians face and who has outlined a clear path to shared prosperity in our state.”

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AFT @aft.org · 05/03/2026

“All are welcome and safe here.” That’s not just a slogan; it’s a promise we make to our students every day. This week we took that promise to the streets. Thank you to everyone who rallied, marched and spoke up for dignity and respect for every child. We see you.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Regime Change? Iran is a repressive theocracy. But really? Didn’t we learn that Americans don’t want forever wars. And nuclear arsenal? Didn’t Obama have an agreement that stopped Iran that Trump cancelled? www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

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Live Updates: U.S. Attacks Iran as Trump Calls for Overthrow of Government

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Congrats to the United Educators of San Francisco on this incredible win. Our members, their families, and the community will all benefit from this agreement! uesf.org/news/bargain...

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Our members are not only workers & consumers, they're long-term Target investors. Our urgent request to Target's new CEO Michael Fiddelke is that he call for ICE to leave Minnesota now, warning that the company’s silence jeopardizes its brand & our members’ investments. www.aft.org/news/aft-pre...

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AFT President Weingarten Urges New Target CEO to Demand ICE Out of Minnesota

The AFT, whose members participate in pension funds with Target shares, warns Target CEO that Company’s Silence on ICE Operations in Minneapolis Jeopardizes Its Brand and Creates Shareholder RiskMinne...

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

This administration's statements belie what we can see with our own eyes.The federal govt's actions today—both the killing and the cover-up—are a disgrace. Since the president will not, we must call on Congress to act to create accountability 4 this federal malfeasance. www.aft.org/press-releas...

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AFT’s Weingarten Responds to Shooting of Second Protester in Minnesota

WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after federal agents shot and killed a second Minnesotan:“I was in Minnesota yesterday, joining tens of thousands of people gat...

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

ICE's operations have proven to be violent and unchecked. It's important that you remain peaceful and stay safe if you encounter ICE by planning ahead and knowing your rights—particularly if ICE is targeting your community. www.wired.com/story/what-t...

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What to Do if ICE Invades Your Neighborhood

With federal agents storming the streets of American communities, there’s no single right way to approach this dangerous moment. But there are steps you can take to stay safe—and have an impact.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Yes, that does say it all.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Around the country there were thousands of vigils this weekend, demanding ICE stay out our our communities and our schools. We held one in Portland to honor Renee Good & the dozens of others shot and injured by fed agents over the past few months including 2 people shot in Portant

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Jeff Freitas @jeff-f7.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

This administration uses every lie in the world, changes narrative on a dime, to protect their mission of a white christian nation - without true Christian values. Please read 1984. #ICEout4Good #RIPower #ReneeGood

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

The terrible events in Minneapolis today- of an ICE agent killing an American citizen obscured some of the good news from Minnesota. Congratulations to Anoka Hennepin Education Minnesota for reaching a tentative agreement. www.fox9.com/news/anoka-h...

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Anoka-Hennepin schools, teachers reach tentative agreement, averting strike

A tentative agreement has been reached between the Anoka-Hennepin School District and Anoka-Hennepin Education Minnesota, averting a potential strike.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

ICE is terrorizing kids and communities who don't want them there! Why can't this administration focus on working with people to help everyone instead of creating fear, violence and death? bsky.app/profile/educ...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Make it viral.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Tim Walz is not playing. This was a heinous murder by ICE. Every law enforcement official I talked to today was shocked by the heinous killing ICE did today of an unarmed woman in a car

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 07/01/2026

For almost a year, Donald Trump's personal police force has rampaged across America. His administration has driven extremism and cruelty while discarding basic safeguards and accountability. Now, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen is dead.

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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

This week in the Trump admin: Hegseth started an illegal war for oil in Venezuela. Stephen Miller threatened to take over Greenland. RFK Jr. slashed childhood vaccine recs. ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis. What will it take for Republicans to stand up to this?

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

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‘She was an amazing human being:’ Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent

Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in the Twin Cities with her partner.

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Jeff Freitas @jeff-f7.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I won’t mince words! ICE acts like a terrorist organization and should be removed from all cities and shutdown. The man who shot and killed an unarmed citizen should be immediately arrested and charged for murder. Everyone should be outraged by this crime. (And it’s not their first).

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Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting

“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/01/2026

Walz: "Do you have no decency? We have someone dead in their car for no reason whatsoever. I don't want to be right about this, but I said if they do this they're gonna create a chaotic situation where someone innocent is gonna get killed. And they did it."

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

This is a reckless, heinous act of violence against an American citizen. The officer must be held accountable. DHS must stop lying about the horror that was caught on video. ICE must leave our communities immediately. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Minneapolis driver shot and killed by ICE officer during immigration-related operation, DHS says

The Department of Homeland Security said it was a "vehicle ramming related" incident.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

We're suing the TX Education Agency because these investigations aren't about what's happening in the classroom. They're a state-sponsored attack on teachers because of what was expressed privately to friends & family. www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...

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Texas is sued over investigations into teachers’ speech after Charlie Kirk’s death

A lawsuit filed by the Texas branch of the American Federation of Teachers is challenging a conservative effort to punish those who criticized Kirk in the aftermath of his killing.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

You don’t lose your right to express yourself the day you become a teacher. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...

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Texas Is Sued Over Investigations Into Teachers’ Speech After Charlie Kirk’s Death

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The Tesla board, instead of upholding basic governance standards, wants to green-light an outrageous $1 trillion pay package for a CEO who spent most of the year engaged in childish political brawls, rather than working to create shareholder value. www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

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Jeff Freitas @jeff-f7.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

The president has started a war without congressional approval. It doesn’t matter who, where, or why. We have rules not kings or dictators, and once again the president and his cabinet have ignore the rule of law. The people don’t want war - we want health care, public education…

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Maduro is a bad dude, a dictator who refused to leave after losing an election. While it was quite a show of American force, engaging in regime change raises many questions— that’s why the Constitution requires Congress involvement.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Today we filed a lawsuit against the Dept of Ed's abrupt & unlawful decision to stop millions of $$ in funding 4 Full-Service Community Schools in the middle of approved, multi-year projects-projects that give students tutoring and after school & health care at school. www.aft.org/press-releas...

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AFT and Chicago Nonprofit Organization Sue U.S. Department of Education for Unlawful Public Education Funding Cuts

WASHINGTON — The AFT and the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council (BPNC) filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s abrupt and unlawful decision to terminate millions of dollar...

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Jeff Freitas @jeff-f7.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

My thoughts go out to the Brown University students and community and to the Jewish community in Australia. Both have been rocked by terror attacks based on hate. Hate this administration has fueled with other right-wing authoritarian leaders in this world — the hate fueled by othering.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

When did this become America? A 19-year-old college student was detained, shackled and deported as she tried to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. Because of the Trump administration's cruelty, now she's wondering how she'll ever see her family and friends again. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...

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College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving

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Jeff Freitas @jeff-f7.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

While the administration tries to roll back our gains against this enemy, we will continue to advocate for the science to eradicate disease in using AIDS. In Memory of those lost. And standing with those who have survived and are Surviving.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

If this doesn’t move people to release the Epstein files on behalf of survivors I don’t know what will

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Jeff Freitas @jeff-f7.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Huge win!!! The courts are protecting our constitutional rights from the power grab of the authoritarian President. Our universities should always be a safe space for all students, for freedom of speech, for discourse and the building of ideas that should not be controlled by any government.

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Judge bars Trump administration from cutting funding to University of California

White House had demanded $1.2bn from UC to restore funding after saying it allowed antisemitism on campus

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

This order is a major win for students & academic freedom. The Trump–Vance admin tried to strong-arm the UC system and its faculty and staff into giving up their free speech rights — and they were stopped. Proud that AFT was part of the coalition that stood up democracyforward.org/updates/cour...

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Court Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Gain Leverage and Political Control Over University of California System - Democracy Forward

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Jeff Freitas @jeff-f7.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Happy Veterans Day!! I once served with the ideals to protect the rights of our freedoms from foreign adversaries of this country. Now I serve in another capacity, to protect the rights of people in this country from those in power.

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AFT @aft.org · 11/11/2025

Today, veterans across the country are standing up to say NO to the attacks on our rights and freedoms and cuts to programs that our communities depend on. Find an event to join near you here ⬇️ www.vetssayno.org

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TAKE ACTION VETERAN'S DAY

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Schumer voting no.. That’s good. No one wants to continue this shut down but we need to address all the harms including the need to stop skyrocketing healthcare costs www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Schumer's a no

Live updates and analysis from POLITICO’s Congress team.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

While I am disappointed we will continue to keep fighting for affordable health care and for a better life for working folks. The Rs should never have pit hunger and health care. Here's my full statement www.aft.org/press-releas...

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AFT’s Weingarten Responds to Key Vote to End Shutdown

WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement responding to the Senate’s key vote on reopening the federal government:

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CFT | A Union of Educators and Classified Professionals @cftunion.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

STATEMENT: CFT President Jeff Freitas on Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi announcing retirement in 2027

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Jeff Freitas @jeff-f7.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

The voters of this country have rejected Trump and his authoritarian regime. In Ca, the voters have voted to fight back against his power grab. Union members and communities are standing up and fighting back.

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