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Nema Brewer

@thatnema.bsky.social
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Working mom, wife. Hellraiser. Co-founder of #120Strong. Union. Truth teller. Coal miner’s daughter. Baseball. By God Kentuckian.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Cell phone bans in schools are helping boost engagement and improve the classroom experience. According to Cincinnati Federation of Teachers Vice President Clayton Adams, kids are now "more likely to take notes, ask questions and collaborate." spectrumnews1.com/oh/cleveland...
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Cincinnati Public Schools adjust to cellphone-free classrooms
Going through the school day without a cellphone is becoming the new normal as the new Ohio school cellphone ban took effect on Jan. 1.
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Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. 

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
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AFT @aft.org · 18/06/2025
“This closure disregards the commitment of the frontline nurses who have built this program over the past decade, many of whom relocated from across the country to serve this community.” - Vicky Byrd, Montana Nurses Association @mtnurses.bsky.social
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Nema Brewer @thatnema.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Lexington, KY, y’all. #NoKings @ky120unitedaft.bsky.social @aft.org
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v-r-byrd.bsky.social @v-r-byrd.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
No Kings Rally Helena Montana Capitol! Nurses showing up for democracy, healthcare, human rights.
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AFT @aft.org · 14/06/2025
It's rallyin' time ✊ #NoKings @ctulocal1.bsky.social @iftaft.bsky.social
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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
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Nema Brewer @thatnema.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
I’ve seen bigger crowds at the cock fights in Blackey. 🤷🏼‍♀️
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Sen. Alex Padilla: "If this is how this DHS responds to a senator with a question, I can only imagine what they're doing to farmers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country. We will hold this administration accountable."
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Nema Brewer @thatnema.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Floyd County KY 120 United AFT member Kyle O’Quinn utilized @aft resources to engage his students in their communities, identify problems, find solutions, and empower them to take action. www.facebook.com/share/v/1979...
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Nema Brewer @thatnema.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
🔥 what side are you on? Collective bargaining could help students and teachers in Fayette County schools | Opinion www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-e... For more great content like this subscribe to the Lexington Herald Leader app here: www.kentucky.com/subscribe
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Collective bargaining could help students and teachers in Fayette County schools | Opinion
OpEd: When teachers are adequately supported and able to have a unified voice at the bargaining table to solve problems, students reap the benefits.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Today’s executive orders make clear that despite their mantra of local control, the Trump Administration really does want to be in the business of education after all. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Trump issues array of executive orders for K-12 schools and colleges
Taken together, Trump’s suite of orders represent significant maneuvers to squeeze the finances of higher education institutions and expand his already sweeping federal intervention into the country’s...
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Blue Kentucky Gal @bluekentuckygal.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Happy to see some of my favorite Kentuckians in these photos! You rock Lexington!
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Donna Meers @dtmbehave.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Hands Off!! Lexington, Ky
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
They want us to be silent. But we won’t be. Because we know there’s no cavalry coming. We are the cavalry. And we’ll fight in the courts, in the streets and in our communities—because our kids, our jobs and our futures are worth fighting for. #HandsOff
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Progress Kentucky @progressky.org · 06/04/2025
Amazing #HandsOff rally in Lexington!! 1,500 showed up & said the threat of rain was nowhere as scary as the threat to our democracy!! Thanks to all the orgs & organizers! Bluegrass Activist Alliance, KY 120 United-AFT, Peaceful Bluegrass Resistance, Gathering for Democracy, & 50501!
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Every year, I look forward to the @psrp-aft.bsky.social Conference & this year in Portland did not disappoint. Paraprofessionals & support staff are the heartbeat of our schools. As I said last night: they deserve dignity, respect & a living wage—and we’ll never stop fighting alongside them. #PSRP25
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Nema Brewer @thatnema.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
This is why Frankfort electeds like Felicia Rabourn should stay the fuck out of bullying districts over NTI days. My heart breaks for this child and family and school community. www.wlky.com/article/kent...
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Kentucky 9-year-old dies walking to bus stop after being swept away by floodwaters
A boy is dead after being swept away by floodwaters in Kentucky, police say.
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Nema Brewer @thatnema.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Honestly, I don’t trust my state electeds with $$ from the Dept. Of Ed. Why would I? They are being sued by STUDENTS for years of underfunding, didn’t fund transportation fully, hate public education and have a fetish for charters and vouchers. It’s not the Dept. Of Ed, it’s the KY General Assembly.
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Nema Brewer @thatnema.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Is this real? I mean…..wut? God save us from the KY General Assembly.
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Nema Brewer @thatnema.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Max Wise is nothing more than an empty suit carrying Kelly Craft’s purse and her 10 million dollar ham. What side are you on, Max? Nevermind. We already know. Pitiful.
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Nema Brewer @thatnema.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Max Wise has ran a sloppy, sloppy mess of a Senate floor.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
KY 120 United President Sarah Fightmaster Bayerle is right. It’s our job as educators to teach our communities about the consequences of these cuts, and to help mobilize parents and activists to stop them. #ProtectOurKids www.lex18.com/news/coverin...
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KY 120 United-AFT holds 'Protect Our Kids' Day of Action
KY 120 United-AFT organized a rally in Lexington on Tuesday as part of the American Federation of Teachers' national "Protect Our Kids" Day of Action.
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AFT @aft.org · 06/03/2025
On March 4, we came together. Across the country, in towns big and small, educators, parents, students, and community members stood up for our public schools, our kids, and our communities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEFj... #ProtectOurKids
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March 4 Day of Action to Protect Our Kids
YouTube video by AFT
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Thank you @cincyteachers for all you do for Cincinnati students! #ProtectOurKids 👏👏👏 local12.com/news/local/c...
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CPS hosts clap-in to support students and stand against Trump's plan to abolish DOE
CINCINNATI (WKRC)- Cincinnati Public Schools clapped in students on Tuesday morning to show support for public education.Cincinnati schools joined the national
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Nema Brewer @thatnema.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Proud to have been involved in this Day of Action. Proud to be union. Proud to be @aftunion.bsky.social ✊🏼
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betterbluegrass.bsky.social @betterbluegrass.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Added to the pile of "ideas that waste taxpayer money", KY DOGE passed committee yesterday and is headed for a full vote in the state Senate.
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Nema Brewer @thatnema.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Rep. Blanton- this is the face of what cutting safety nets in a coal mines looks like. HB 196 is shameful and a DISGRACE to the memories of the brothers, fathers and friends of the Scotia mine disaster. Shame on you. Her husband survived Vietnam but died underground for King Coal.
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Nema Brewer @thatnema.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Evergreen.
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Progress Kentucky @progressky.org · 27/02/2025
ICYMI - We had an INSPIRING #ColonelsOfTruth livestream last night with @camuelforky.bsky.social & Lou Metro Councilwoman Shameka Parrish-Wright - Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts! Aaron, Kim & @thatnema.bsky.social hosted a great show! www.youtube.com/live/TQlyCcF...
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Nema Brewer @thatnema.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Deb Yetter continues to be the QUEEN of KY journalism. And Matt Bevin can rot in hell. Along with his wife. She ain’t a victim. kentuckylantern.com/2025/02/28/i...
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'I don't have anybody': Adoptive teen son of a KY governor talks about life on his own • Kentucky Lantern
Jonah Bevin, adoptive son of former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, is speaking out to expose the abuse he and other boys suffered in a facility in Jamaica.
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Nema Brewer @thatnema.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I have about as much interest in how to start a worm farm as I do watching Andy Barr and Daniel Cameron toddler slap and trade “burns” on social media. Grow the fuck up.
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AFT @aft.org · 22/02/2025
ICYMI: The Oregon Nurses Association reached a tentative agreement with Providence Health! Voting on the TA is open today through tomorrow.
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AFT @aft.org · 22/02/2025
The City Council president’s office honored several local unions and African American community members that are part of those unions.
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Several local unions honored at Yonkers Black History Month event
The City Council President’s Office honored several local unions and African American community members that are part of those unions.
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Nema Brewer @thatnema.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Ya don’t say?
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Nema Brewer @thatnema.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Wait. So allegedly Maddox and Massie are a couple? Allegedly. Color me shocked. #kyga25 #familyvalues
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Nema Brewer @thatnema.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Felicia Rabourn is not a serious elected. She must troll FB comments all day seeing what everyone is yelling about at that second and just file legislation to outlaw it. This isn’t how government should work. Embarrassing. #byeFelicia
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protecthb.org.bsky.social @protecthb.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Civil disobedience is often necessary. Thank you Chris Kluwe.#civil disobedience
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AFT @aft.org · 10/02/2025
Walking into our workplaces to organize this week like
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Proud of the doctors & providers at St. Vincent who stood up for their patients & themselves. Their fight for staffing, wages, and respect led to their first-ever contract. Together, they honored St. Vincent’s mission of quality care for all Oregonians. www.oregonrn.org/page/PSVMCHo...
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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Under fascism, no one is safe. Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc. Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations. Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Because in the United States, it’s legal to feed chicken shit to cattle. That’s why. That’s literally the reason www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Why is the USA the only country in the world with bird flu H5N1 ripping through cattle herds?
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE.
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Nema Brewer @thatnema.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
TJ Roberts. LOL. What a toddler.
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National Labor Relations Board Union @nlrbu.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Late last night, with about 15 minutes notice to the Union, the NLRB’s HR sent an email adopting the terms of the forked-up resignation scam. HR also provided us a contract that appears to be drafted by AI or LegalZoom. As labor lawyers, we’re happy to go over this in detail. 🧵
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Nema Brewer @thatnema.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Y’all remember that time we were going through a pandemic and ol Rep. Jerry Miller lost his shit cause he couldn’t get a chicken plank from Long Johns? I miss that feller.
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Nema Brewer @thatnema.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Super curious as to how Kentucky’s Constitution “warriors” are feelin about all this “tyranny” from their orange God. Don’t tread on me….unless it fits my white Christian nationalist agenda.
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Nema Brewer @thatnema.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
We’re gonna need a bigger dumpster for the fire, y’all.
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a blue dumpster is floating in a flooded area near a sign that says narrows ramp
ALT: a blue dumpster is floating in a flooded area near a sign that says narrows ramp
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
This deliberate chaos is causing fear and harm in our communities - this administration is recklessly hurting kids in schools, pregnant women, nursing home residents, students with special needs, veterans, families who are struggling to get by. www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...
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White House says Medicaid portals 'will be back online shortly'
The outage, which occurred just after the White House ordered a pause on federal grants, raised concerns that billions in Medicaid funding would be cut off.
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Diana B. Henriques @dianabhenriques.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The #KingTrump virus is spreading. Curious to see under which law or statute Ohio's AG thinks Costco can be ordered to disband a law-abiding internal corporate unit. Could he order them to disband HR? Marketing? Also curious to see how all the "free market" zealots in the GOP react to this.
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