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Russ Weiss-Irwin

@russweissirwin.bsky.social
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He/Him, Dorchester, dad, teacher, proud member of Boston Teachers Union (get on bsky, BTU!), @aftmass.bsky.social and @aftunion.bsky.social. Support my run for BTU exec board here: forms.gle/NPmv3vjetzYs19sQ9

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
💔 😢 💔
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Target has shown that its leadership can change course. But it still refuses to call for an end to ICE’s occupation of the Twin Cities. Until Target stands with its own community, we’re asking members and allies to shop local instead. shopsmart.aft.org
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Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Congratulations to Rashida Tlaib on winning her congressional primary! As the first Palestinian-American woman elected to congress, Rashida continues to fight for Detroit and international solidarity. @detroitdsa.bsky.social
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Senator @edmarkey.bsky.social has dedicated his life to making government work for the people of Massachusetts. He’s led on bringing climate justice to the forefront of our politics while rejecting money from corporations who want to stop him. I am humbled and grateful for Sen. Markey’s endorsement.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Representative @ayannapressley.bsky.social is exactly what courageous leadership in Congress looks like. We both know that rejecting corporate PAC money is the only path towards a more equitable, just America. I'm deeply thankful for her support, and look forward to working with her in Congress.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Reporter: Isn’t there concern that this slippery slope to socialism inevitably ends up as full-blown communism? AOC: They want to call everything they don’t like communist because if people actually wake up to the fact that their elected officials are screwing them over when they get here
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 21/07/2026
"There are other capable progressives weighing a run in 2028," writes @sunraysunray.bsky.social. "However, none of them can do the two things AOC can do at once: run a serious national campaign as one of the most recognized figures in the country, and pull an entire movement into being behind it."
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should run for president | Bhaskar Sunkara
The congresswoman can run a serious national campaign on the left and pull a movement in behind it. She should get in early
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22/07/2026
Tomorrow, the House will vote on the NDAA, which includes a provision to merge parts of our military with the IDF. This amendment is an existential threat to American sovereignty and democracy. Every member of Congress must vote NO.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/07/2026
yes
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hangryeyes.bsky.social @hangryeyes.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
We have tens of thousands of new members. It’s really hard to describe to them or anyone who isn’t in the handful of sickos following all the internal minutia why this decision was made and just how hard it is to work with the governing tendencies of this organization in good faith.
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hangryeyes.bsky.social @hangryeyes.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
B&R NPCers voted to strip a member poll from the 2028 endorsement process after B&R 1) voted for creation of a multitendency 2028 committee at convention 2) OKd using the Bernie process as a baseline 3) never opposed the poll during the committee process 4) voted in committee for the final proposal
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hangryeyes.bsky.social @hangryeyes.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Completely true - the poll in the 2028 proposal would not constrain the NPC at all. The only reason to oppose it is fear of being held accountable for going against the will of the membership.
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Russ Weiss-Irwin @russweissirwin.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Boston has been warned for years that delayed street-safety projects would cost lives. Enough is enough. Read and sign the open letter to Mayor Wu: benjaminsiegel.github.io/enough-is-en...
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ENOUGH IS ENOUGH — An open letter to Mayor Wu on street safety
Boston has been warned for years that delayed street-safety projects would cost lives. Read and sign the open letter.
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Matt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
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Socialist Majority Caucus @socialistmajority.com · 24/06/2026
Workers deserve representatives that will fight for them in Congress. Tonight, NY-7 has chosen SMC member and democratic socialist @claireforny.bsky.social. A new era is dawning in NYC, and Claire is at its head.🌹
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Rep. AOC posts new photo on Instagram celebrating the Knicks alongside Mayor Zohran Mamdani
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
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Socialist Majority Caucus @socialistmajority.com · 05/02/2026
"Winning the world [we] want will require more than just voting—it will require being brave enough to confront a brutal and lawless autocracy." Read SMC member @hangryeyes.bsky.social 's analysis of how the Socialist Left can stop the Fascist Right in @convergencemag.com ! Link below:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/01/2026
GOP Rep. Pat Harrigan: "There are members of Congress that they just cannot trust. And I understand that. We have folks that are Somali first and not America first."
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
You know what’s weak & stupid? Dragging us into another costly endless war that puts our troops & innocent civilians in harm’s way. Strong leaders have moral clarity & use power responsibly. Weak men like Trump make other peoples’ kids fight in their unnecessary, illegal wars.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/01/2026
Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York City, called President Trump on Saturday to personally object to strikes the U.S. had conducted in Venezuela and to the capture of its leader, Nicolás Maduro. Mamdani accused Trump of violating international law.
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Zohran Mamdani Called President Trump to Criticize Venezuela Strikes
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York accused President Trump of violating international law. It was the first time he had criticized the president since their White House meeting.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 11/12/2025
BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. bit.ly/4oNyBQc
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
BTW, if you're into Bolts' coverage of today's elections (which are still ongoing!), I would be remiss to remind you it's Giving Tuesday today, and Bolts is a nonprofit! Become a member :)
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there. Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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Socialist Majority Caucus @socialistmajority.com · 31/10/2025
Do you know what really scares the billionaires? Organized working people🎃👻 Happy Halloween from SMC!
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Socialist Majority Caucus @socialistmajority.com · 18/10/2025
Being a socialist means No Kings, no billionaires, no dictators, no arms for apartheid—join DSA today to join the fight! dsausa.org/join
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Socialist Majority Caucus @socialistmajority.com · 12/10/2025
Yesterday, a group of SMC members, including NPC member @christianaraos.bsky.social, travelled to Jersey City to canvass for fellow SMC member Joel Brooks Can't canvass? No problem! Donate to Joel here: secure.actblue.com/donate/joel-...
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Socialist Majority Caucus @socialistmajority.com · 10/10/2025
The Trump administration is targeting DSA because they know the only thing that can stop fascism is an organized mass movement of working-class people. Join the fight for a better world, join DSA.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
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Socialist Majority Caucus @socialistmajority.com · 01/08/2025
Today, several of our members were arrested with @jvplive.bsky.social for simply demanding that Israel stop starving Gaza by letting aid in and ending the genocide.
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Socialist Majority Caucus @socialistmajority.com · 31/07/2025
In The Agitator, David Duhalde argues for passing the SMC resolution “Workers Will Lead the Way” unamended at next week's Convention. To build a socialist labor slate, we must view our labor & electoral strategy as 1 united task—not 2 separate programs. www.socialistmajority.com/theagitator/...
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Towards a Socialist Labor Slate
SMC has proposed a resolution “Workers Will Lead the Way: Join with Unions to Run Labor Candidates” for the upcoming DSA convention, calling for DSA to recruit ten union members to run for office. There is an amendment to the resolution that proposes making the socialist nature of the candidate, esp
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
INCREDIBLE. Kids (in "a summer day camp") were outside playing as federal immigration agents invaded the MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. Just out of words really ...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
"Please continue peacefully protesting": Sen. Padilla after forced removal from DHS presser
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Keep up the fight.
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Russ Weiss-Irwin @russweissirwin.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Seeing the Sox win at Fenway with an old friend! Just the best
Two bearded guys in Red Sox hats smiling at Fenway Park, with the “Red Sox Win” sign illuminated behind them!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/04/2025
recent polling is just a total repudiation of the idea that full spectrum opposition to trump across every area was/is a bad idea
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kristinme.bsky.social @kristinme.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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AFT @aft.org · 18/04/2025
Wishing peace and reflection to all observing this Good Friday.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 05/04/2025
let's go. sign up for a march near you: wfpus.org/HandsOff
'There's a movement bubbling up': Anti-Trump protests planned nationwide Saturday
Over 1,000 anti-Trump protests, both big and small, are scheduled across America Saturday
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
“Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” ~The Diary of Anne Frank
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Rep. Yara Zokaie @repyara.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I was proud to support the Kelly Loving Act on the House floor today.
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Socialist Majority Caucus @socialistmajority.com · 04/04/2025
The authoritarian turn promised in Project 2025 is here. ICE targets dissidents while the billionaire-run "DOGE" guts the federal government. Working people are mobilizing, but as Sam L argues in The Agitator, DSA's NPC is failing to meet the moment. www.socialistmajority.com/theagitator/...
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DSA Must Seize the Moment
The tasks for socialists in the US in this moment are to mobilize popular support and organization against DOGE and the Trump administration, build whatever coalitions are necessary to stop their agen...
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AFT Massachusetts @aftmass.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The administration just terminated $106M in K-12 education funding for Massachusetts — $$ MA leaders were told only last month they’d have til 2026 to spend. AFT MA remains united in the face of yet another attack on our students, our educators, and our schools. Read more: ma.aft.org/press-releases
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Russ Weiss-Irwin @russweissirwin.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Teachers. Don’t **** with us!
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Russ Weiss-Irwin @russweissirwin.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Very proud of my union’s response to the despicable actions of the federal regime:
Text on a website reading:
“BOSTON TEACHERS UNION
Statement on the Disturbing
Detention of Tufts
University
Student Rumeysa
Ozturk
Published On: March 27, 2025
The Boston Teachers Union stands in opposition to the detention of Tufts University Graduate Student Rumeysa Ozturk, who is in the United States on a valid F-1 visa, in Somerville on Tuesday, March 25th.”
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Boston DSA @bostondsa.org · 26/03/2025
Stand with our community and stand in solidarity with Rumeysa Ozturk! Emergency rally today at 5:30 PM in Powder House Square Park
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Russ Weiss-Irwin @russweissirwin.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Do it, @aoc.bsky.social!
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