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VANormaRae

@stacyshorter.bsky.social
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All Union. All the time. Social Worker. Union Activist. 🥖🌹We march. We vote. We run. We win! She/Her Emerge Alumna

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/09/2025
"If you really want to restore faith in the judiciary, stop lifting injunctions against this administration without explanation."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/08/2025
Putin told him to do this. That’s a very important piece of the story. Im not kidding. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Pledges Unconstitutional Order to Limit Mail-In Voting After Putin Chat
President Trump pledged to eliminate mail-in voting and the use of voting machines following a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/08/2025
"We’re creating something even more dangerous to the country: A masked monster of a law enforcement agency, one uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels."
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Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea
I've covered federal law enforcement for two decades. Here are the things that worry me most.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/08/2025
So, no national guard on January 6th, but definitely on August 11th. Makes total sense.
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VANormaRae @stacyshorter.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
We are being evicted out of our union office on campus. On the bright side, it’s 2025, and telework works. We may not be in the building, but we’re not going anywhere. #union #solidarity #unionbustingisdisgusting
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VANormaRae @stacyshorter.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Secretary Collins is hoping to silence whistleblowers by taking away their union protections at VA. In response, we are gonna tell EVERYONE EVERYTHING. Follow us on FB @afgelocal2328.
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VANormaRae @stacyshorter.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
In case you haven’t heard, Secretary Collins got so pissed off at AFGE for winning in court, he has unilaterally eliminated collective bargaining for 300,000 VA employees. Never in the history of ever have the union busters been the good guys. #ThenTheyCameForTheTradeUnionists
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VANormaRae @stacyshorter.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
“we’Re gOnNa imProVE vETErans heALthCaRe BY FIRING 30,000 employees who provide veteran’s healthcare” #seemslegit #alternativefacts #secretarycollins
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Let that sink in for a sec.
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Defend The Vote @wedefendthevote.org · 22/07/2025
Nothing to see here
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VANormaRae @stacyshorter.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Thanks @ricksmithshow.bsky.social for taking the time to talk with me this week. Federal employees, 1/3 of whom are veterans, deserve to be treated with dignity, fairness, and respect.
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VANormaRae @stacyshorter.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
We made some good trouble in Hampton Virginia tonight!
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VANormaRae @stacyshorter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
#1MillionRising and creating resistance gatherings! Looking forward to connecting with others in Virginia. Let’s do this.
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VANormaRae @stacyshorter.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
I'm attending AFL-CIO's event, “Newport News, VA Rally - It's Better in a Union Bus Tour” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/aflcio/event...
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Newport News, VA Rally - It's Better in a Union Bus Tour · AFL-CIO
The historic ‘It’s Better in a Union’ bus tour is traveling the country this summer to defend workers’ rights to freedom, fairness and security, both on and off the job. We’ll be speaking out against ...
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
BREAKING: The New York Times reports that FEMA failed to answer two-thirds of the calls to its disaster assistance line in the days following devastating floods in Texas, after firing hundreds of call center contractors on July 5.
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FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Your silence will not save you.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
In the time you spend watching this video, Jeff Bezos will earn more than what the majority of full-time American workers earn in a year. Say it with me: Tax the rich.
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VANormaRae @stacyshorter.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Apparently ICE believes the correct response to “do you have a judicial warrant” is “you’re under arrest.” 2025 is a dumpster fire. #Democracy
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
We’re closing in on the 3.5% rule! 8.6 million and counting! We’re in awe. Lots of events still happening make sure to be counted. Big towns, small towns you showed up.
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VANormaRae @stacyshorter.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
The Williamsburg #NoKings rally was amazing! The crowd was huge.
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VANormaRae @stacyshorter.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
While Trump wastes millions on a military parade in DC, we're mobilizing everywhere else to show that organized people power is stronger than his authoritarian aspirations. app.sosha.ai/s/p4JzdHXT
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Join me on June 14
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SEIU California @seiuca.org · 06/06/2025
Let’s be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing. ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him. seiuca.org/press-releas...
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SEIU California | SEIU California President David Huerta Injured, Detained at ICE Raid in Los Angeles
We are proud of President Huerta’s righteous participation as a community observer, in keeping with his long history of advocating for immigrant workers and with the highest values of our movement…
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Next time someone in Congress glibly dismisses your need for healthcare, remember that they have some of the best healthcare in the country. And it was paid for by YOU.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
At a time when people are understandably focused on the daily chaos in Washington, these articles describe the rapidly accelerating impact that AI is going to have on jobs, the economy, and how we live.
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Behind the Curtain: Top AI CEO foresees white-collar bloodbath
Hardly anyone is paying attention.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/05/2025
NEW: Everything wrong in America is because of the ultra-wealthy. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/its-the-ol...
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It's The Oligarchy, Stupid
We're staring down the barrel of the largest transfer of wealth in the history of the world. Let's get on the same page.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I’m not going to pretend for one second that an executive order is a law. I don’t serve a king.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 25/05/2025
George Floyd should be alive today. He should be raising his daughter, living his life. 5 years later, we owe him more than thoughts and hashtags. His daughter said, “My daddy changed the world.” Let’s stop failing her, and him. Congress must pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
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Joshua Clark Davis @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
George Floyd was murdered by police five years ago today. The Say Their Names cemetery in Minneapolis features memorials for Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Amadou Diallo, Oscar Grant, Korryn Gaines, Freddie Gray and far too many more Black people who died at the hands of police.
Memorial for George Floyd at the Say Their Names cemetery
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/05/2025
“Life is better when we leap together.” Kermit the Frog delivered a commencement speech at the University of Maryland on Thursday, the alma mater of his creator, Jim Henson. nyti.ms/4dwMuhQ
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VANormaRae @stacyshorter.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Honored to accept my nomination for President of AFGE Local 2328 this week. I’m ready for the fight. #union #1u #solidarity
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VANormaRae @stacyshorter.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Secretary Collins just emailed all VA employees to report “anti-Christian discrimination” to Anti-ChristianBiasReporting@va.gov
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.
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NPR @npr.org · 11/04/2025
The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
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Major budget cuts proposed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 05/04/2025
💙 DC never disappoints. #handsoff
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Pushback works, part gazillion: "Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices." popular.info/p/how-the-so...
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How the Social Security Administration and DOGE are gaslighting Americans
The Social Security Administration (SSA) sent an email on March 27 to beneficiaries saying that reports that field offices were closing was an invention of fake news media.
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God @thegodshow.com · 30/03/2025
Stop saying “if there is a next time.” There WILL be a next time because of US. WE are coming to save us.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Our immigration policies should not be wielded as union busting, political cudgels. Or as ways to suppress freedom of speech or assembly.
The image is a screenshot of a post on X by a user named Chicano Marine (@elchicanomarine
), with Mexican and U.S. flag emojis. The post reads: "Ahh… WE have hit the disappearing Union leaders phase of authoritarianism." Below this, there is an image with the text: "ICE detains farmworker union leader Lelo Juarez Zeferino." The image shows a person in a denim shirt against a background split between blue and yellow colors.
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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/03/2025
Gosh. If only there were an historical analogue we could study to learn about the horrors of rounding people up without due process and sending them to torture camps in other countries.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
“The 5 things Pete Hegseth did last week” - Shared classified attack plans on an unsecured commercial chat application. - Denied doing it. - Denied the plans were classified. - Denied the plans were plans. - Attacked the journalist who proved he was lying.
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NPR @npr.org · 25/03/2025
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
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A Pentagon-wide email recently went out warning about Signal's vulnerability
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
If Trump can disappear them, he can disappear you. robertreich.substack.com/p/if-trump…
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VANormaRae @stacyshorter.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
So management has instructed staff to continue sending “5 things” email every Monday….even though the OPM mailbox is full. Meanwhile VATAS is still down…..and our fired coworkers still haven’t been returned to work. #FireElon #SaveTheVA
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Trump and DOGE have fired 25,000 federal workers so far. Now Trump and DOGE have to hire them back thanks to court orders. Most workers have been placed on administrative leave — technically rehired and paid, but still unable to do vital work in our communities. "Efficiency."
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