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Stephanie LaTour

@stephanielatour.bsky.social
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32 years as a federal labor lawyer, now retired. Aghast at obscene inequality, which the current plutocracy is only going to worsen. CREDIT: "So what did you think would happen?" was made by Brooklyn artist and carpenter Shawn Gargagliano.

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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This fight isn't over! It's good that Rodneyse Bichotte Hermlyn is stepping down as the Brooklyn Dem. Party Chair, but her successor MUST be elected by the legitimate District Leaders elected in the June primary election!
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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Per Kaitlan Collins, while major news outlets are currently suing for their 1st A right, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBS, & Fox News have banded together and suspended the TV pool. This means he won't get TV coverage from any major news outlet. Love this for him. #ProudBlue #ProudBlue 📹: cnnkaitlancollins/TT
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
YES! The reform-minded coalition has WON its lawsuit against the Brooklyn Democratic Party's outgoing leader!!
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 23/08/2026
Hey, Brooklyn, big news! @newkingsdems.bsky.social are hosting a rally and press conference on Monday at 3 pm to oppose Bichotte-Hermelyn's undemocratic power grab to try to retain control of the Brooklyn Democratic Party! Come make a little noise! partiful.com/e/UzWY6FPbvD...
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RSVP to Rally & Press Conference to Oppose BK Dems Power Grab | Partiful
Democratic elected officials from Brooklyn overwhelmingly slammed Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn’s announced plans to rewrite party rules in order to keep herself in power....
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Indivisible Brooklyn @bkindivisible.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is an appalling power grab from Hermelyn! Call ALL your reps & demand they make a public statement. Find your state & fed reps: elections.ny.gov/new-york-sta... @schumer.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social @repyvetteclarke.bsky.social @velazquez.house.gov @repdangoldman.bsky.social
Script for calling Electeds:

New Kings Dems is calling on everyone to call our elected officials. Call your city council, assemblymemer, state senator, congresspeople, and Schumer/Gillibrand. 

"On Wednesday night the Kings County Democratic party chair announced her intention to pursue an anti-democratic power grab—changing the rules and packing the executive committee so she can overrule Brooklyn voters and hold on to her position. I'm calling on you as my representative to make a public statement against this antidemocratic power grab. Democrats must stand together to ensure that the will of the voters is upheld."
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The Brooklyn Democratic Party is going to have new, reform-minded leadership! Congratulations to Julio Peña and the coalition of new District Leaders!!
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Not too early to canvass for Brad Lander. Only 4 more weeks until early voting begins in the Dem. primary. Lander for Congress in NY 10!
Eight volunteers are standing in a public park, holding up signs for Brad Lander, Dem. candidate for Congress in the upcoming primary election.
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Please support this slate of District Leader candidates for desperately-needed reform within the Brooklyn Democratic party! Matching donations until March 26!!!
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
TODAY IS THE DAY! Rank Brad Lander and Zohran Mamdani as #1 and #2. And DON'T RANK CUOMO at all!
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Bless these 1199 members for speaking out against their union's endorsement of Cuomo for mayor! I hope it's not too late.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The individual maximum a person can donate to a NYC mayoral candidate is $2100. Mike Bloomberg just donated $8.3 million to Andrew Cuomo through a super PAC. This is what a rigged campaign finance system, designed to let the wealthy buy elections, looks like.
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
TODAY!
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Providence” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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NO KINGS Providence · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
THIS SATURDAY! Find a protest near you!!
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
TODAY!
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Democrats in Congress warn cuts at top US labor watchdog will be ‘catastrophic’
Musk’s Doge targets National Labor Relations Board with cuts and terminated leases as union speaks out
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Heads should fucking ROLL for DOGE's egregious data breaches and thefts at the NLRB and all federal agencies. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Signs ready for Saturday's "Hands Off" protest.
Protest sign has a cartoon image of Donald Trump holding a vicious, snarling dog on a leash. The text says "CALL OFF THE VICIOUS DOG - E"
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 5th! Please attend a "Hands Off" protest near you, and spread the word!
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Small section of a Tesla Takedown on Providence, RI.
Multiple protesters stand in front of a Tesla location, with various anti-Elon Musk signs.
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
OFFS! 😡 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
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Trump Moves to End Federal Union Protections Across Government
An executive order signed by the president would cancel collective bargaining for hundreds of thousands of workers, the largest federal employees union said. The union was preparing legal action.
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Save the date, Sat. April 5! A coalition of groups -- including Indivisible, Common Cause, MoveOn, SEIU, NEA -- are coordinating protests all over the U.S. www.mobilize.us/handsoff/?or...
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Hands Off! Join the National Mobilization to Fight Back · Hands Off on Mobilize
Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with Hands Off.
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Member Wilcox returns!!
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 06/03/2025
BREAKING: A D.C. federal judge rules Trump’s firing of Gwynne Wilcox, chair of the National Labor Relations Board, was illegal. This marks the most recent ruling against Trump's unlawful terminations this week.
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Trump Violated Federal Law in Removing Labor Board Chair, Judge Finds
Read more here.
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Economic blackout TODAY (Friday). Blackout bunny artwork by Martha Rich.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities. #50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #March4thForDemocracy #ImpeachTrump #NoKings #PoliticalRevolution #BuildTheResistance #EconomicBlackout @polrev.bsky.social
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Here's what I sent to hr6@opm.gov: 1. Couldn't afford to be innocent; 2. Stood up; 3. Faced the enemy; 4. Managed a do-or-die situation; 5. Was invincible.
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Federal Workers United @fedworkersunited.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
📢 “He’s trying to steal Medicaid to enrich himself. He’s gutting NASA to line his pockets with SpaceX. He’s looting everything good in America for private profit.” - @aoc.bsky.social at today’s #SaveOurServices NYC rally. The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
BREAKING: USAID contractors/aid recipients say Secretary Rubio and USAID leader Peter Marocco should be held in civil contempt for violating a court order to lift spending freeze.
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Protests on Presidents Day in many locations around the country -- including purple and red states!
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15/02/2025
🚨 Your House representative is now back home through February 23. That’s where we come in. With Trump and Elon Musk pulling off a billionaire coup in real time, this congressional recess is about turning up the heat like never before. Let’s get to work: indivisi.org/muskorus
(over images of Elon Musk and Congress) MUSK OR US
CONGRESSIONAL RECESS
FEBRUARY 14-23
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Protest "Presidents" Musk and Trump on Presidents' Day! In NYC, Monday at 1:00 in Union Square.
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Rally TODAY (Tues.) for federal employees!
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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Judge orders sweeping restriction on DOGE access to sensitive Treasury payment systems
The judge limited access to “civil servants with a need for access" who have "passed all background checks and security clearances."
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Indivisible Brooklyn @bkindivisible.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Hundreds of New Yorkers outside @schumer.senate.gov’s telling him to Resist or Resign, Chuck! A fascist coup calls for opposition a la Mitch McConnell, not “bipartisanship.” Step up or Step Down. @indivisible.org @socialists.nyc
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Woo hooo! Federal employees get a reprieve, at least temporarily. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
politico.com
Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s exit plan for federal employees
Senior District Judge George O’Toole has hit pause on the plan until a new hearing Monday.
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Dismissed labor official sues Trump and NLRB chair over firing www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Dismissed labor official sues Trump and NLRB chair over firing
Gwynne Wilcox says her dismissal from National Labor Relations Board was ‘blatant violation’ of law
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Federal employees: AFGE and other unions will rally near the Capitol Building next Tuesday, 2/11, at 12:00. Save the Civil Service!
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Yes, Walter Schaub is 100% correct about the conflict of interest crimes happening. But who is in Trump's federal government is going to prosecute? contrarian.substack.com/p/musks-stat...
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Musk’s Status in Government May Violate Criminal Law
His wealth should not be able to buy a conflict of interest waiver
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
www.courtwatch.news/p/lawsuits-r...
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All The Federal Lawsuits Related to Trump Admin Executive Orders
We put them all in one place.
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Indivisible Brooklyn @bkindivisible.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Still trying to play by pre-2016 rules, Chuck. Trump and Elon have no rules. They don’t care about you standing together, drafting a cute bill. STOP VOTING FOR THEIR NOMS. SHUT DOWN THE SENATE. #ResistOrResign
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
New Yorkers, the Indivisible event below at Schumer and Gillibrand's office in Manhattan is tomorrow (Wed.)!
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Protest TODAY (Tuesday) at 5:00 at the U.S. Treasury building, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW at 15th Street.
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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Lawsuit filed today against Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent to enjoin him from continuing to give Musk and his minions personal and financial information about millions of Americans. Complaint at www.courtlistener.com/docket/69607.... 1/
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Complaint – #1 in ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS v. BESSENT (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-00313) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against All Defendants ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ADCDC-11453107) filed by ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS, SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION AFL-CIO, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERN...
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Props to AFGE, once again!
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Tuesday at 5:00, at the Treasury building!
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Hey federal employees, it appears that a class-action suit was filed last week re: Musk's illegal access to your government email addresses via OPM's computers. www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
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OPM’s new email system sparks questions about cyber compliance
Until very recently, the Office of Personnel Management lacked the capability to send mass emails to all federal employees, a person familiar said, fueling concerns that the agency bypassed procuremen...
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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Today's last-minute protest at the federal office (where Musk and his cyber-thugs took over on Friday) was small but mighty. We made our message loud and clear, and many people who drove by honked in support.... Of course MUCH MORE needs to be done, but this was a decent start.
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DCMediaGroup @dcmediagroup.us · 02/02/2025
Video of Federal workers protest of Elon Musk’s hostile takeover of U.S. Government Administrative arm; vow to return to scene of his data theft. #FederalGovernmentTakeover #AdministrativeCoup #FederalWorkers dcmediagroup.us/2025/02/01/f...
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Federal Workers Protest Elon Musk Takeover Of Top Government Office - DCMediaGroup
Washington DC—A handful of Federal employees demonstrated against billionaire Elon Musk’s takeover of the top Federal government administrative building on Saturday afternoon. They said their protest ...
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