Kyle Stern WSTU Local 571 President
@kstern571.bsky.social
President of WSTU Local 571. A VP of IFT. Proud AFT and AFL-CIO member. He/his. Avid Reader, Ballpark Chaser, and Lego Builder. Work in Progress. Be Kind
WSTU spent the day in Springfield with IFT members pushing for fully funded public schools.
It was good to be in the room with legislators.
Appreciated the chance to connect, advocate, and remind folks that public education deserves more than lip service. It deserves investment.
It was good to be in the room with legislators.
Appreciated the chance to connect, advocate, and remind folks that public education deserves more than lip service. It deserves investment.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
WSTU spent the day in Springfield with IFT members pushing for fully funded public schools.
It was good to be in the room with legislators.
Appreciated the chance to connect, advocate, and remind folks that public education deserves more than lip service. It deserves investment.
It was good to be in the room with legislators.
Appreciated the chance to connect, advocate, and remind folks that public education deserves more than lip service. It deserves investment.
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ICE has fatally shot an Illinois resident close to a school. Schools must be safe zones; ICE should not be creating this fear for our kids and families and communities- I join the IFT in calling for a full accounting
Joint Statement from IFT President Dan Montgomery and West Suburban Teachers Union President Kyle Stern: Condemning ICE Agents’ Fatal Shooting of Franklin Park Resident
https://www.ift-aft.org/post/joint-statement-condemning-ice-agents-fatal-shooting-of-franklin-park-resident
https://www.ift-aft.org/post/joint-statement-condemning-ice-agents-fatal-shooting-of-franklin-park-resident
September 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
ICE has fatally shot an Illinois resident close to a school. Schools must be safe zones; ICE should not be creating this fear for our kids and families and communities- I join the IFT in calling for a full accounting
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🧵 Albuquerque, NM — A man was violently tased & tackled inside the Walmart at 2250 Coors Blvd by unidentified masked thugs in ICE & HSI vests. He screamed for help as he was dragged out. A bystander filmed it—then was kicked out of the store. Walmart is complicit in covering up a public kidnapping.
July 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🧵 Albuquerque, NM — A man was violently tased & tackled inside the Walmart at 2250 Coors Blvd by unidentified masked thugs in ICE & HSI vests. He screamed for help as he was dragged out. A bystander filmed it—then was kicked out of the store. Walmart is complicit in covering up a public kidnapping.
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Lots of tax breaks hidden in the big ugly bill while funding for children’s healthcare and nutrition was slashed.
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
GOP megabill littered with special tax breaks
GOP lawmakers said the provisions provided needed economic relief for some industries, while they took fire from deficit hawks.
www.politico.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Lots of tax breaks hidden in the big ugly bill while funding for children’s healthcare and nutrition was slashed.
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
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Yes, the corner gas station that pays minimum wage will offer a variety of generous health plans with unusually low co-pays.
JIANG: What is the NEC's estimate for how many people could lose healthcare coverage?
HASSETT: The bottom line is the best way to get insurance is to get a job
HASSETT: The bottom line is the best way to get insurance is to get a job
July 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Yes, the corner gas station that pays minimum wage will offer a variety of generous health plans with unusually low co-pays.
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A conservative Arizona Supreme Court justice is warning that the Trump administration is "doing violence" to the Constitution and publicly expressing his concerns about the emerging risk of "authoritarianism." www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
July 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A conservative Arizona Supreme Court justice is warning that the Trump administration is "doing violence" to the Constitution and publicly expressing his concerns about the emerging risk of "authoritarianism." www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Unfortunately many will not live through this.
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Unfortunately many will not live through this.
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@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social just broke the record for the longest floor speech!!! Making history on ensuring the American people understand why this Republican mega bill is a huge ugly betrayal to the American people.
Thank you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Thank you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social just broke the record for the longest floor speech!!! Making history on ensuring the American people understand why this Republican mega bill is a huge ugly betrayal to the American people.
Thank you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Thank you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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Feeling overwhelmed? @aft.org has 9 things you can to do take action and support your community: sharemylesson.com/blog/nine-th...
Nine Things You Can Do to Protect Education and Help Save Democracy
Overwhelming. 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. Funding for medical science is disappearing.
sharemylesson.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Feeling overwhelmed? @aft.org has 9 things you can to do take action and support your community: sharemylesson.com/blog/nine-th...
The "Big Beautiful Bill" is back in the House—and it's anything but beautiful for our communities.
Behind the shiny branding lies a dangerous attempt to erode public education, strip away protections for marginalized youth, and push us further from equity and justice.
Behind the shiny branding lies a dangerous attempt to erode public education, strip away protections for marginalized youth, and push us further from equity and justice.
July 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The "Big Beautiful Bill" is back in the House—and it's anything but beautiful for our communities.
Behind the shiny branding lies a dangerous attempt to erode public education, strip away protections for marginalized youth, and push us further from equity and justice.
Behind the shiny branding lies a dangerous attempt to erode public education, strip away protections for marginalized youth, and push us further from equity and justice.
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The Senate passed the MAGA budget. Now it’s the House’s turn—and we’ve got receipts. 💥
27 vulnerable reps. Their biggest donors.
Time to turn up the heat:
📞 Call 202-224-3121
📲 Tag them. DM them. Flood their feeds.
Let’s stop this bill in its tracks.
#VoteNo
🔗 Link in thread
Thanks eorlins IG
27 vulnerable reps. Their biggest donors.
Time to turn up the heat:
📞 Call 202-224-3121
📲 Tag them. DM them. Flood their feeds.
Let’s stop this bill in its tracks.
#VoteNo
🔗 Link in thread
Thanks eorlins IG
July 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The Senate passed the MAGA budget. Now it’s the House’s turn—and we’ve got receipts. 💥
27 vulnerable reps. Their biggest donors.
Time to turn up the heat:
📞 Call 202-224-3121
📲 Tag them. DM them. Flood their feeds.
Let’s stop this bill in its tracks.
#VoteNo
🔗 Link in thread
Thanks eorlins IG
27 vulnerable reps. Their biggest donors.
Time to turn up the heat:
📞 Call 202-224-3121
📲 Tag them. DM them. Flood their feeds.
Let’s stop this bill in its tracks.
#VoteNo
🔗 Link in thread
Thanks eorlins IG
Whoa! As Snoop Dogg says, "Now this type of s*** happens all the time
You gotta get yours, but fool, I gotta get mine"
You gotta get yours, but fool, I gotta get mine"
Sen. Murkowski admits Trump's budget bill is harmful after she folded and voted yes on it:
"I know that in many parts of the country, there are Americans that are not going to be advantaged by this bill"
"I know that in many parts of the country, there are Americans that are not going to be advantaged by this bill"
July 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Whoa! As Snoop Dogg says, "Now this type of s*** happens all the time
You gotta get yours, but fool, I gotta get mine"
You gotta get yours, but fool, I gotta get mine"
This is so wrong.
www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
Schools and States Scramble as Trump Freezes $6.8 Billion in Federal Funds
After-school programs, English-learner services, migrant education programs, and professional development are all at risk.
www.edweek.org
July 2, 2025 at 2:22 AM
This is so wrong.
www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
So disgusting that Republicans in the Senate don't care for their fellow citizens.
Many seniors can’t afford dental care, hearing aids or glasses.
I’m proud that all Democrats supported my amendment last night to expand Medicare to cover dental, hearing and vision paid for by cutting prescription drug costs for Medicare in half.
No Republicans voted for it.
I’m proud that all Democrats supported my amendment last night to expand Medicare to cover dental, hearing and vision paid for by cutting prescription drug costs for Medicare in half.
No Republicans voted for it.
July 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
So disgusting that Republicans in the Senate don't care for their fellow citizens.
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Senate GOP to Medicaid Recipients: Drop Dead https://twp.ai/4inp1R
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Senate GOP to Medicaid Recipients: Drop Dead
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July 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Senate GOP to Medicaid Recipients: Drop Dead https://twp.ai/4inp1R
Gutting Medicaid, slashing student aid, and handing wins to billionaires—today’s Senate bill is a direct attack on public education. We fight on.
July 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Gutting Medicaid, slashing student aid, and handing wins to billionaires—today’s Senate bill is a direct attack on public education. We fight on.
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This 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’s Weingarten on Senate’s Big, Ugly Betrayal of America’s Working Families
WASHINGTON—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...
www.aft.org
July 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This 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...
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In poll after poll, Americans rejected this bill’s brazen deception. As it travels back to the House & presumably to Trump, we'll continue sounding the alarm to let those who voted for it know they wounded the very people who voted them into office. www.aft.org/press-releas...
AFT’s Weingarten on Senate’s Big, Ugly Betrayal of America’s Working Families
WASHINGTON—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...
www.aft.org
July 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
In poll after poll, Americans rejected this bill’s brazen deception. As it travels back to the House & presumably to Trump, we'll continue sounding the alarm to let those who voted for it know they wounded the very people who voted them into office. www.aft.org/press-releas...
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This big, ugly betrayal ravages our future by:
🚨Kicking millions off healthcare
🚨Closing rural hospitals
🚨Taking food from children
🚨Stunting job growth
🚨Hurting the climate
🚨Defunding schools
🚨Ballooning the debt
www.aft.org/press-releas...
🚨Kicking millions off healthcare
🚨Closing rural hospitals
🚨Taking food from children
🚨Stunting job growth
🚨Hurting the climate
🚨Defunding schools
🚨Ballooning the debt
www.aft.org/press-releas...
AFT’s Weingarten on Senate’s Big, Ugly Betrayal of America’s Working Families
WASHINGTON—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...
www.aft.org
July 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This big, ugly betrayal ravages our future by:
🚨Kicking millions off healthcare
🚨Closing rural hospitals
🚨Taking food from children
🚨Stunting job growth
🚨Hurting the climate
🚨Defunding schools
🚨Ballooning the debt
www.aft.org/press-releas...
🚨Kicking millions off healthcare
🚨Closing rural hospitals
🚨Taking food from children
🚨Stunting job growth
🚨Hurting the climate
🚨Defunding schools
🚨Ballooning the debt
www.aft.org/press-releas...
On a dark day like today, it is great see WSTU Members learning to advocate and fight back at Great Lakes ULI.
July 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
On a dark day like today, it is great see WSTU Members learning to advocate and fight back at Great Lakes ULI.
With deep gratitude, we honor @djmontgomery.bsky.social for his unwavering leadership and years of dedicated service to the Illinois Federation of Teachers—your legacy of courage, care, and conviction will guide us forward.
July 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
With deep gratitude, we honor @djmontgomery.bsky.social for his unwavering leadership and years of dedicated service to the Illinois Federation of Teachers—your legacy of courage, care, and conviction will guide us forward.
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I joined members of @aft.org & @moveon.org making calls to voters so we can stop the GOP’s attacks on healthcare and education. As @vanhollen.senate.gov and I reminded folks:
1. We can stop this.
2. We’ve done it before.
3. When people raise their voices and demand better—we win!
1. We can stop this.
2. We’ve done it before.
3. When people raise their voices and demand better—we win!
July 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I joined members of @aft.org & @moveon.org making calls to voters so we can stop the GOP’s attacks on healthcare and education. As @vanhollen.senate.gov and I reminded folks:
1. We can stop this.
2. We’ve done it before.
3. When people raise their voices and demand better—we win!
1. We can stop this.
2. We’ve done it before.
3. When people raise their voices and demand better—we win!
Reposted by Kyle Stern WSTU Local 571 President
AFT members have sounded the alarm for months: the Big Ugly Bill’s cuts will devastate our communities. As @ky120unitedaft.bsky.social’s Dennis Wheatley put it: “Cutting funding... doesn’t save money. It creates bigger problems.” aftvoices.org/schools-urge...
Schools urgently need federal dollars
By Dennis Wheatley
aftvoices.org
July 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
AFT members have sounded the alarm for months: the Big Ugly Bill’s cuts will devastate our communities. As @ky120unitedaft.bsky.social’s Dennis Wheatley put it: “Cutting funding... doesn’t save money. It creates bigger problems.” aftvoices.org/schools-urge...