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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 45m

The questions remain. Why did White House border czar Tom Homan accept a bag with $50,000 cash? Who was it from? What was promised in exchange? Why did the DOJ close the investigation? How does bribery and corruption make America great? www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Pressed on Tom Homan controversy, JD Vance and Pam Bondi struggle to answer

The attorney general and the vice president confronted straightforward questions about the scandal surrounding the border czar. Both Republicans struggled.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1h

“there are a lot of people in this country …who are disgusted, appalled & frightened”by the Trump admin.
@sulliview.bsky.social is right: where’s the news coverage on these folks & the No Kings march? There are countless stories to be told…
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The media is largely ignoring the trauma of millions. Here's why.

Plus: Watch George Stephanopolous pushes JD Vance with follow-up questions, cringe at Bari Weiss's pep talk to CBS journalists; and more

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 46m

So great

Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 16h

After 737 days in captivity, Ariel & David Cunio are finally home.
The Argentinian-Israeli brothers were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7, 2023—the same day Ariel texted he felt like he was in a horror movie.
Nir Oz was nearly destroyed that day.
Today, two sons are home & a family rejoices.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 46m

Good reminder

Similar to the bi partisan Border deal that Trump blew up

Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 49m

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 2h

Virtually every staffer that helps parents of children with special needs is gone from the Dept of Education. This is simply cruelty. abcnews.go.com/Politics/spe...

Special education staff decimated after Trump administration shutdown firings: Sources

The nation’s special education services have been significantly damaged after Fridays’s mass layoffs within the Department of Education, sources told ABC News.

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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 2h

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed..."

-- Dwight D. Eisenhower, born #OTD 1890

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 2h

Watching the hostage return yesterday was complete joy. We couldn’t stop watching the videos. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

A Divided Israel Unites in Joy as Hostages Come Home

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 13h

Throughout history, people have protested authoritarian governments with a unifying color to symbolize their peaceful resistance. Our movement is no different. Yellow is a bright, unmistakable reminder that millions of us stand together in the belief that America belongs to its people — not kings.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 11h

Our AG is an American heroine

MSNBC @msnbc.com · 11h

"I stand on solid rock and I will not bow, I will not break, I will not bend, I will not capitulate, I will not give in, I will not give up."

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks out after being indicted by the Trump DOJ.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 11h

Tomorrow, @ofnhp.bsky.social members will join nearly 45,000 union members on strike to secure a contract that prioritizes patient care. Kaiser caregivers need fair wages, safe staffing & a real voice to deliver the care patients deserve. truthout.org/articles/23-... #OneVoiceOneFightOneFuture

23 Unions Plan to Strike Together If Kaiser Fails to Address Workplace Crises

Overworked and understaffed, over 45,000 health care workers at Kaiser Permanente are poised to strike.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 16h

Yes we did. I still remember mine

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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 18h

For the last 7 months, I’ve partnered with @rweingarten.bsky.social @aft.org to launch Vital Lessons, a series of free national town halls on key topics in public health.

Last week, we found out this series was awarded the Gold Medal by the Academy of Interactive and Digital Media.

Real impact!!

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 16h

Vin-you have been an amazing partner in this as we seek to give Americans honest authentic information on public health issues

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 1d

I’m celebrating the release of the hostages.

I’m also thinking of the victims of this nightmare of a war and their families.

Israelis and Palestinians both have an inalienable right to live in peace, with dignity and freedom.

I pray that peace will hold.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 1d

I’m glued to the TV—yes watching football—but more importantly waiting for the hostages to be released and peace to hold.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 1d

Trump wants peace abroad but here in the US- not so much. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...

Opinion | Peace in Trump’s Time — Except Here

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 1d

Netanyahu and his extremist govt has done huge damage to Israel and its ties in America. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/w...

A Test Now for Israel: Can It Repair Its Ties to Americans?

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 1d

Waiting and watching for peace to hold, for Gaza to get the aid Palestinians need and for the Israeli hostages to cone home. www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

Israelis await release of hostages ahead of major Gaza summit in Egypt | CNN

Tens of thousands of Palestinians are returning home in Gaza as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas entered a third day. Follow for live updates.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 1d

Cruelty is the point

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 1d

I spoke with V at Under the Desk News about Why Fascists Fear Teachers and how public schools help students learn critical thinking skills that are so fundamental to our democracy.
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Fascists Fear Teachers! W/ Randi Weingarten

YouTube video by Under The Desk News

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 1d

Join us on 10/18 in small towns & big cities across the country. We’ll send a clear message to Trump & those who enable his cruelty & unwinding of our democracy: The USA belongs to all of us—people who care, show up & fight for dignity, a life we can afford & real opportunity. go.aft.org/nokings

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 1d

We can all do something to stop the deliberate pattern of censoring and silencing people with diverse points of view. Thank you to everyone involved with #BannedBooksWeek
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Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social · 2d

It's #LetFreedomReadDay! Take at least ONE action today to defend the freedom to read. When we all #UniteAgainstBookBans, we can make a difference. All you need is 5 minutes to make an impact! #BannedBooksWeek

🧵 Check out the thread below or UniteAgainstBookBans.org/LFRD/ for some ideas 👇

The freedom to read is under attack. Let's do something about it. Let Freedom Read Day. Banned Books Week. UniteAgainstBookBans.org/LFRD/ Unite Against Book Bans.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday, today, and tomorrow—take pride in who you are. All of God's children deserve love and respect. 🌈
#NationalComingOutDay

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday, today, and tomorrow—take pride in who you are. All of God's children deserve love and respect. 🌈
#NationalComingOutDay

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