v-r-byrd.bsky.social @v-r-byrd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Amazing opportunity to have met this iconic labor leader! 000
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialAFT @aft.org · 27/05/2026"Devices down, eyes up, hands-on." Read @rweingarten.bsky.social's full remarks outlining a bold new vision to boost teaching and learning in the AI era ⤵️ open.substack.com/pub/randiwei...open.substack.comDevices down, eyes up, hands-on: 10 points to boost teaching and learning in the AI eraWe are in an era of massive disruption. 21713
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 27/05/2026In my speech today, I called for a “devices-down, eyes-up, hands-on” strategy. Kids are drowning in tech, but building safeguards and prioritizing active learning through meaningful projects helps students harness their future and build the country they dream of. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/t...nytimes.comTeachers’ Union Urges Schools to Curb A.I. Chatbots and Screen Time 1119068
v-r-byrd.bsky.social @v-r-byrd.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Standing with my nurses in rural Dillon Montana!! No Kings! 020
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialForbes @forbes.com · 12/01/2026Powell said the investigation is a result of the Federal Reserve refusing to adhere to the President’s preferences on sharply slashing interest rates.forbes.comDOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Fed Chair Powell—He Vows To Stand Firm In ‘Face Of Threats’Powell said the investigation is a result of the Federal Reserve refusing to adhere to the President’s preferences on sharply slashing interest rates. 625112243581
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialFederal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 12/01/2026Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...youtube.comStatement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. PowellYouTube video by Federal Reserve 1134238229099
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12/01/2026BREAKING: Sen. Mark Kelly is suing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth 521428270
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Senator Mark Kelly has filed a lawsuit against Pete Hegseth, asking a federal court to stop the Trump administration from downgrading his retirement rank and reducing his military pension. 472763422
v-r-byrd.bsky.social @v-r-byrd.bsky.social · 11/01/2026www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fF4rKK/tiktok.com🇺🇸 A United States combat veteran’s perspective… #repost @kris.and.daveTikTok video by Dena McCoy 010
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialRepublicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 27/12/2025A day after part of a missile fired by the US hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the people of Jabo are in a state of shock and confusion villagers say Jabo is not known for terrorist activity and that local Christians coexist peacefully with the Muslim majority 56675274
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialJeff Freitas @jeff-f7.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Huge win!!! The courts are protecting our constitutional rights from the power grab of the authoritarian President. Our universities should always be a safe space for all students, for freedom of speech, for discourse and the building of ideas that should not be controlled by any government.theguardian.comJudge bars Trump administration from cutting funding to University of CaliforniaWhite House had demanded $1.2bn from UC to restore funding after saying it allowed antisemitism on campus 084
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 10/11/2025While I am disappointed we will continue to keep fighting for affordable health care and for a better life for working folks. The Rs should never have pit hunger and health care. Here's my full statement www.aft.org/press-releas...aft.orgAFT’s Weingarten Responds to Key Vote to End ShutdownWASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement responding to the Senate’s key vote on reopening the federal government: 1112044
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Essentially it is this, yes. 482486728
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19/10/2025Q: "Trump authorized military strikes...in the Caribbean. 20 people have been killed in six different strikes. Do you believe these strikes are legal?" Sen. Rand Paul:" "No...These people have been blown up without us knowing their name or any evidence of a crime." 21646241233
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/10/2025More than 5,000 federal employees have received layoff notices. We’re working to ensure that the administration isn’t using state voter rolls to target registered Democrats for termination. More details soon. 822946827
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 11/10/2025No shit… 32598127
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialAFT @aft.org · 04/10/2025Trump is cutting $1 trillion from Medicaid and the ACA, kicking 13 million people off health insurance—and that’s just the beginning. “To move elected leaders, we have to show up and stand up” says @rweingarten.bsky.social. Read more in the new #AFTHealthCareaft.orgWhere We Stand: Defending Health, Science, and Our Democracy 03413
v-r-byrd.bsky.social @v-r-byrd.bsky.social · 03/10/2025dailymontanan.com/2025/10/01/s...dailymontanan.comShutdown to have 'devastating consequences,' Montana nurses say • Daily MontananThe Montana Nurses Association said shutdown will have "devastating consequences" on rural clinics and hospitals. 010
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Throwing a sandwich at a cop: felony. Beating a cop unconscious with a flag pole: tourist behavior. 525213406714
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 01/08/2025The tariff thing is so stupid. It’s so depressing watching Trump drive the country into a ditch …. Again and again and again 2524964756
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Can we put politics aside and hear the harm and anguish of survivors? The Giuffre family is speaking for the victims of Epstein and Maxwell and demanding answers. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...usatoday.comEpstein accuser's family wants answers from Trump after recent commentsThe family issued a lengthy statement after Trump said Jeffrey Epstein 'stole' Virginia Giuffre from his Mar-a-Lago spa, causing a rift. 615454
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 01/08/2025When families are pessimistic about the direction of the country they want to feel economic progress and know elected leaders are fighting for them, not the billionaires. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...newsweek.comDonald Trump's approval rating falls to new low with white votersWhite voters have long been a crucial pillar of Donald Trump's political base, consistently providing him with strong support . 15516
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Procter and Gamble says Trump’s economic chaos will cost the company $1 billion more next year—and consumers will pay more as a result. How does that make America great? How does that help working families? www.cincinnati.com/story/money/...cincinnati.comProcter & Gamble to raise prices, estimates tariff cost at $1BAs expected, Procter & Gamble on Tuesday, July 29, reported its poorest sales increase since 2018, with organic sales growth up just 2%. 110147
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Whether you agree with them or not, tariffs are taxes. They will raise prices. Targeted tariffs can make sense as part of an industrial policy to protect American industry but Trump tariffs simply raise prices on all Americans… and on products we will never make in America again. 19817
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialAFT @aft.org · 24/07/2025Incredible day on Capitol Hill so far! Thank you to our members for standing up for what kids need - and thank you @smith.senate.gov, @heinrich.senate.gov, @amyklobuchar.com and @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social for meeting with our members. #TEACH25 084
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialPam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 17/07/2025That asshole ordered that a MILLION POUNDS of food be destroyed, rather than disturbed to people in need. A MILLION POUNDS! Do not EVER let his minions claim they are Christians. 441101803327
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialBill Gates @billgates.bsky.social · 04/07/2025The facts are simple and devastating: Aid cuts have already cost lives, and the number of deaths will continue to rise. Here’s the evidence. 1362668726
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 03/07/2025This bill will remove healthcare for 17M people, slash food assistance for 22M, shutter hundreds of hospitals, defund higher education, cut jobs, target immigrant communities and explode the national debt—all for tax breaks to the ultra-rich. www.aft.org/press-releas... 111167
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialProtect Our Care @protectourcare.org · 03/07/2025The bill will fund massive tax breaks for the wealthiest people and corporations by stripping 17 MILLION Americans of their health care. 0148
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/07/202564 percent. 1349153206495
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 03/07/2025Jeffries: “I never thought that I'd be on the House floor saying that this is a crime scene." 451349372
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialAFT @aft.org · 03/07/2025Nurses, doctors & other health professionals converged for this year’s Nurses and Health Professionals Professional Issues Conference to discuss defending patients, protecting communities, and beating back the authoritarian tide washing over American democracy. Read all about it!aft.orgHealth professionals chart a course for care—and democracyNurses, doctors and other health professionals converged for this year’s AFT Nurses and Health Professionals Professional Issues Conference in Chicago from June 11-13, determined to set a course for t... 0217
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialPoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Is your health insurance going to get defunded by the Big Beautiful Bill….? 14332112
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialMelissa Cropper @mcropper.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Budgets are about choices. The Republican legislators and Gov chose to give tax breaks to the wealthy and money for a stadium while underfunding public schools and libraries. Shame on them! They should never win another election. 0125
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialRosa DeLauro @delauro.house.gov · 02/07/202517 million isn't just a number— it's parents, children, veterans, people with disabilities, and seniors. It's also more than everyone in New England combined Republicans are ripping healthcare away from them. Real lives. Real families. 1225386
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 02/07/2025The US lost 33,000 jobs in June, after expecting to gain 100,000. Trump's brought America nothing but job insecurity, unpredictable tariffs, unstable markets and plummeting consumer confidence. 1462485840
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Are we great yet? 1608154295586
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialAFT @aft.org · 02/07/2025“These are congressionally approved programs for this year, and the Trump administration is trying to defund education unilaterally through government overreach. The administration does not have the right to starve children because of its ideology.” - @rweingarten.bsky.socialnytimes.comTrump Withholds Nearly $7 Billion for Schools, With Little Explanation 23725
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 30/06/2025✊Write to your lawmakers ✊Share on social media ✊Meet with elected officials ✊Peacefully protest ✊Make time for activism ✊Get involved locally ✊Connect with student organizations ✊Teach others ✊Educate yourself aftvoices.org/nine-things-...aftvoices.orgNine things you can do to protect education and help save democracyOverwhelming. It’s a word that comes up a lot these days, as we face blow after blow to the infrastructure we thought we could count on… 07338
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/07/2025McGovern: "A family making less than $50,000 a year? They get less than $1 a day in tax cuts. You can't buy a damn cup of coffee with that. But those making a million dollars or more? They'll get more than $250 a day in tax breaks ... that's how rigged this bill is to benefit the wealthy." 331203467182
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 01/07/2025This is the biggest redistribution of wealth from the poor to the rich in decades—far worse, to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars, than the version passed by the House. www.aft.org/press-releas...aft.orgAFT’s Weingarten on Senate’s Big, Ugly Betrayal of America’s Working FamiliesWASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after the Senate passed President Trump’s billionaire tax scam:“This is a big, ugly, obscene betrayal of American working famil... 13025
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Lisa Murkowski and Bill Cassidy are beyond despicable. They will be responsible for thousands of deaths. 690124054210
Reposted by @v-r-byrd.bsky.socialTammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 01/07/2025Senate Republicans just voted to kick 20 million Americans off their health care. JD Vance thinks that is "minutiae." Ernst doesn't care because "we're all gonna die." McConnell says people will "get over it." Don't EVER let Republicans live this down. 782608933
