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Kara McCormick-Lyons

@kmclyons.bsky.social
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Mom, Teacher, President of the White Plains Teachers’ Association, AFT VP, Union Strong All Day Long

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
House Republicans tried to sneak another voucher bill into their NDAA. Thankfully it they weren’t able to do it. Let’s be clear: vouchers drain public schools of much needed funds. We will keep fighting for fully funded public schools for all.
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AFT Progressive Caucus @aftprog.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
AFT is growing and so is the independent AFT Progressive Caucus! One slate. One#AFTPC26
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
“The use of public dollars for private voucher schemes remains anathema. While it’s a good that the political backlash has resulted in some potential uses for public school parents, vouchers are never a substitute for direct, sustained investment in public education.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/u...
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Trump Law Would Also Direct Voucher Money to Public Schools
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Kara McCormick-Lyons @kmclyons.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Cait Conley is a patriot and a champion for working families, our schools, and our communities in the Hudson Valley. It is incredibly disappointing that her opponent is spreading disinformation. Read Cait’s statement below. @rweingarten.bsky.social
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
It's no surprise that the NY Post and an anti union dark money group launched an attack on me intentionally misconstruing union expenses. Fascists really do fear teachers. www.aft.org/press-releas...
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AFT’s Weingarten Slams Fake ‘Freedom Foundation’ Report
WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement exposing an error-riddled document from a far-right activist group released today:“The so-called Freedom Foundation has spent d...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The voucher part of Trump’s tax bill was always about defunding snd destabilizing public schools. Disappointed the Gov would side with big donors rather then even wait to see if the voucher regs even help parents who send their kids to public schools. www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026...
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With Gov. Hochul’s OK, NY could become second Democrat-led state to opt into federal tax-credit scholarship
The announcement represents a win for supporters of private school choice, who have been lobbying Democratic governors to join the federal program.
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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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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
I spent the day at @nysut.bsky.social's RA meeting in Albany. From the Janus decision to this Trump admin, we've faced assaults on our union rights for years, but we have & continue to fight back—and win—through community, organizing, & focusing on solutions to make life better for working families.
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Kara McCormick-Lyons @kmclyons.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
@tomdinapoli.bsky.social knows the power of public education! He quoted from @rweingarten.bsky.social 📕 Why Fascists Fear Teachers because he understands the important work that happens in our 🏫s! @aft.org
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
AI is the most disruptive change maybe ever, certainly in my lifetime. AI, social media & addictive algorithms disrupt learning and harm kids' well-being. We have to act—to put up guardrails & boost engagement. The student-teacher relationship must be central. My column: www.aft.org/column/techn...
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The technology trap
Teachers and parents are calling for ‘devices down, eyes up, hands on’ learning.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Glad to see the Target Boycott is trending. We’re urging our members, & our communities to shop local, not Target for Back to School. Target has not supported Minnesota,the place they got their start, so we are shopping elsewhere www.aft.org/resolution/a... @shanembailey.com @aaronblack.bsky.social
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AFT Urges Its 1.8 Million Members and Families to Shop Local, Not at Target, for Back to School
WHEREAS, in August 2025, the AFT passed a resolution supporting the national boycott of Target stores, which was led by faith and community organizations in reaction to Target’s rollback of commitment...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
This is a big deal.. this is the first election in Fla after its Republican legislature did its Republican Gov’s bidding to pass its anti union legislation. The voters voted for a union guy!!
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
All you need to know how bad this is for working people is that Rupert Murdoch’s editorial board loves the anti-union bill in Florida.
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Kara McCormick-Lyons @kmclyons.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
YES! ▶️ "Working-class Americans need a tax cut now." Excited to see labor leaders taking on bold policy ideas to put money into working people's pockets. @rweingarten.bsky.social 💯! Check out Randi's new column ⤵️ www.aft.org/column/ameri...
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Americans need relief, not war
Working-class Americans need a tax cut now.Americans are paying nearly 60 cents a gallon more to fill up their gas tanks following President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, a war seemingly of choice, no...
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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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AFT @aft.org · 23/01/2026
#ICEOUT #ICEOutSchools @rweingarten.bsky.social
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
In Minneapolis today.. more later
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AFT @aft.org · 24/01/2026
Today we are all Minnesota. The AFT is standing proudly in support and solidarity here in Minneapolis against ICE’s assault on people’s constitutional, civil and human rights. #ICEOUT #ICEOutSchools
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UFT @uft.org · 20/01/2026
Union members in Minneapolis–St. Paul issued a call to show solidarity on Jan. 23 after a brutal ICE operation led to the killing of Renee Nicole Good, a Minneapolis substitute teacher, and the targeting of immigrant communities. Ways you can participate in this Day of Action: bit.ly/4r0H2ZX
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Whether in 1776 or 2026, protest against authoritarian tactics is patriotic. It is what the founders did, and it is what is required of us. Democracy can’t defend itself. Read more in my new column. www.aft.org/column/march...
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The march to autocracy
People are pushing back against assaults on our freedoms.The United States has never fully lived up to our nation’s founding ideals, but our democracy has set us apart from rule by monarchs, despots a...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
In the days after Renee Good’s death, there were more than 1,200 nonviolent gatherings across the country. Americans are rising up in defense of their neighbors and their democracy. More in my new column: www.aft.org/column/march...
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The march to autocracy
People are pushing back against assaults on our freedoms.The United States has never fully lived up to our nation’s founding ideals, but our democracy has set us apart from rule by monarchs, despots a...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Lies, smears and attempts to manipulate public perception are tactics used by authoritarian regimes, not democracies. Trump is testing the limits of presidential power, and we as a nation are at an inflection point. We must stand up. www.aft.org/column/march...
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The march to autocracy
People are pushing back against assaults on our freedoms.The United States has never fully lived up to our nation’s founding ideals, but our democracy has set us apart from rule by monarchs, despots a...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
It is part of American culture to help each other in times of need. But ICE has treated community members who bear witness with whistles, cameras and their mere presence as enemies. More: www.aft.org/column/march...
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The march to autocracy
People are pushing back against assaults on our freedoms.The United States has never fully lived up to our nation’s founding ideals, but our democracy has set us apart from rule by monarchs, despots a...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Americans, including those who voted for Trump, want leaders to make our lives better, not to undermine our constitutional rights or make us less safe. Read more in my latest column here: www.aft.org/column/march...
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The march to autocracy
People are pushing back against assaults on our freedoms.The United States has never fully lived up to our nation’s founding ideals, but our democracy has set us apart from rule by monarchs, despots a...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
The US has never fully lived up to our nation’s founding ideals, but our democracy has set us apart from rule by monarchs, despots & dictators. Today, our rights & freedoms are under attack. We, the people, must act. www.aft.org/column/march...
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The march to autocracy
People are pushing back against assaults on our freedoms.The United States has never fully lived up to our nation’s founding ideals, but our democracy has set us apart from rule by monarchs, despots a...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
This is a huge victory for workers and communities alike. NIOSH is integral to protecting health and safety, and preventing employee injuries, illnesses, and deaths at workplaces nationwide. apnews.com/article/cdc-...
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Hundreds of laid-off researchers at US workplace safety center are being reinstated
Federal officials are reinstating hundreds of U.S. health workers who were laid off last year from a small health agency that aims to protect workers.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
This administration's lies are stoking division and turmoil. This is a moral moment to come together as Americans—not pit us against each other. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
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Opinion | I’m the Mayor of Minneapolis. Trump Is Lying to You.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I love the subway… and I ❤️ NY… (how else should you get around NYC after a protest calling out ICE after the murder of Renee Good)
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
We were joined by Rep. Maxine Dexter and AFLCIO state fed president Graham Trainor.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Our members and leaders from across the region - healthcare workers, bus drivers, public employees, school staff and more - came together to mourn, to honor and call for change.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
This is a moment of profound sadness and grief. Our government is supposed to make us safer, to protect us. But instead after a horrific shooting, the President and his administration are defending it, telling us not to believe what we see with our own eyes.
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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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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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Texas AFT @texasaft.org · 06/01/2026
📢 Free speech is free speech. Educators across Texas have been retaliated against for constitutionally protected speech that had no bearing on job performance and no impact on their classrooms. Read more about our lawsuit against TEA in the New York Times article below 👇
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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 · 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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Kara McCormick-Lyons @kmclyons.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
“This is a real abandonment of the federal role in not just education, but in our future” @rweingarten.bsky.social #TrumpCrushesYourDreams www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xgb...
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How do teachers feel about new plans to dismantle the Education Department?
YouTube video by ABC News
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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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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Anyone surprised by this revelation?https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/politics/epstein-trump-emails-oversight-committee
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Epstein mentioned Trump multiple times in private emails, new release shows | CNN Politics
Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender whose death by suicide has spawned intense scrutiny of the high-profile people he knew, mentioned Donald Trump by name multiple times in private correspondenc...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Tomorrow, veterans across the country are standing up to say no to corruption, to authoritarianism, and to cuts that betray our servicemembers and their communities. You can 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
Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
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Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
We are upset, like many, that the ACA tax credits are not restored in this “deal” to reopen the govt. But let’s be clear why: the Rs refused to budge as the hunger & aviation crises worsened. Let’s be clear who is hurting working families. The AFT will keep fighting 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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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Everyone deserves to feel safe–at home, at school, at work–without the threat of ICE abducting and abusing people. Please join us on Monday for a call on how we can keep our kids, child care providers, educators, and communities safe. bsky.app/profile/aft....
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
The #BigUglyBill was never about working people. It was always meant for the ultra rich. It’s doing nothing to help families pay for groceries and other essentials. www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...
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Here are 6 'Beautiful Bill' tax changes that will benefit wealthy Americans
Tax season is approaching. Tax breaks that were extended as part of President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" will mainly benefit high-net-worth and high-income people.
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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
On a day when students all across the country are out with signs protesting this administration's unconstitutional attack on academic freedom, we law professors are contributing in our own way: with a carefully-hammered-out 9-page single-spaced argument with footnotes. Because that's how we roll. 😉
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Anthony Nicodemo @coachnicodemo.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Lots of Republicans have been throwing around the word Communism after @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social win. I figured I should correct them with some facts! @nysut.bsky.social @aft.org @rweingarten.bsky.social @kmclyons.bsky.social @mspetter.bsky.social
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Kara McCormick-Lyons @kmclyons.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Say NO to the Loyalty Oath @aaup.org ! Scenes from UMass Amherst. @studentsriseup.org @jessjtang.bsky.social
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
These winning candidates are different in style and politics, but they are all laser-focused on what the American people need as opposed to the corruption and abuses of Trumpism.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Voters showed up in record numbers to send a message that they want leaders who will tackle the kitchen-table issues they face every day—from education to soaring housing and healthcare costs to the price of groceries, child care and college. www.aft.org/press-releas...
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AFT President Randi Weingarten on Election Results
WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement on the results of Election Day 2025:“Tonight, in race after race across the country, voters sent a clear message: They want the...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Dems have won Va with a moderate, have won NJ with a liberal and NYC with a progressive- it’s all about fighting for working people to deal with the cost of living and a repudiation of the cruelty, cronyism and abuses of Trump, Trumpism and his billionaire crew.
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