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Educational technologists (ETs), all speech-language assessors and all special education assessors are essential to our schools, and to student success. DoDEA's decision to cut these positions is shortsighted and shortchanges students. www.aft.org/press-releas...

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Exactly. Investments into research and development keep our country competitive, giving scientists & researchers the resources they need to find cures and technology to help all of us. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/05/28/i...

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Higher education isn’t just about teaching students the ideas an administration approves. It’s about teaching students honest history, critical thinking, and collaboration. Higher education cannot be a tool of an administration. bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Art classes are the reason so many of our students get up in the morning to go to school. It feeds their passion. We should be nurturing that creativity and investing in the arts to give kids a well-rounded education. @CTULocal1.bsky.social. blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/28/a...

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This big, ugly bill treats education funding like a piggy bank for the wealthy & it could end public education as we know it. bsky.app/profile/aft....

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All children deserve a safe and welcoming environment to live and learn. Sending ICE agents to target children in schools, homes, and shelters under false pretenses is horrifying and disruptive to entire communities. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...

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This big, ugly bill treats education funding like a piggy bank for the wealthy & it could end public education as we know it. bsky.app/profile/aft....

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We’re holding Tesla accountable to protect our members’ retirements and investments. Proud to be part of this group. bsky.app/profile/soci...

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Every worker deserves to retire with security and dignity. We’re demanding that Musk focuses his attention on Tesla and stop putting the retirement savings of so many at risk. bsky.app/profile/lora...

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Trump took a healthy, growing economy on the upswing and caused it to shrink and head toward recession. www.bea.gov/news/2025/gr...

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What Trump promised: ✅Lower prices ✅Good jobs ✅Economic growth What Trump has delivered: ❌Rising prices ❌Higher unemployment ❌Shrinking economy We went from a strong economy with low unemployment to this. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

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Trumpers breaking new ground in helping corporations at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Reversing settlements - they defrauded consumers! - that were already agreed to under the previous administration. So: corporate wrongdoers just have to wait it out until a friendly admin arrives!

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Tesla's falling stock & prices endanger billions of dollars in worker pensions & investments. We want to make sure our members, after years of hard work and saving, have a secure retirement. That's why we're holding Tesla - and Elon Musk - accountable. www.afr.com/world/north-...

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While Musk's been busy dismantling our government institutions, his company's stock is plummeting and endangering our members' retirement funds. We're demanding he focuses on his job at Tesla so workers can retire with security and dignity. www.thetimes.com/us/business/...

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Breakthrough Montessori educators overwhelmingly want a union to improve working and learning conditions—for a strong, more stable school. Welcome to the AFT family! www.aft.org/press-releas...

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Very interesting analysis open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

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International students contribute $44B to our economy, and collaborate on critical scientific research that makes our country — and world —healthier and safer. Why would the President try to stop this? Why this attack on universities ? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...

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🔥🔥 m.arcamax.com/politics/edi...

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Federal judges appointed by Trump, Reagan, and Obama ruled that Trump violated the Constitution. And we all can see the economic chaos this incompetence has on our nation. apnews.com/article/trum...

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And this was brought by Trump’s conservative allies

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Maybe members of Congress should read bills before voting on them? Just a thought. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

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I joined @ondemocracychannel.bsky.social to talk about Trump’s attack on public education—and what it means for our kids, our rights & our democracy. From school cuts to dismantling the Dept. of Ed, this is cruelty as policy. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

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It was great to talk with @mollyjongfast.bsky.social about the Trump admin’s “big ugly bill” and how it's essentially a giveaway to billionaires, using public education as a piggy bank for the rich and wealthy. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

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Right, @ProfTWolf.bsky.social! Organizing in higher education creates better working conditions for higher ed faculty and staff, better learning conditions for students, and more stable universities for all. @AAUP.bsky.social poweratwork.us/trumps-attac...

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I appreciated engaging with C-SPAN callers about topics ranging from school vouchers to rural opportunity. My message was clear: We need real investment in our communities & public schools—not schemes that turn public school funding into a piggy bank for the wealthy. www.c-span.org/program/wash...

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As a union of educators, healthcare professionals, and public employees, it's our duty to provide reliable resources to our communities so they can make informed decisions. It's why we started our Vital Lessons program with @ShareMyLesson.bsky.social. time.com/7288802/heal...

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Losing $44 billion is a big deal - and the ripple effects of this policy will hurt our economy, our research initiatives, and more for years to come. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

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AFT members are pushing back against Trump’s authoritarian spectacle—and rising up for democracy, dignity, and people power. Join us in Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia and more than 1,000 other locations on June 14. Find a #NoKings event near you: go.aft.org/nokings

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A letter — signed by 12 long-term institutional investors that together manage about $950bn in Tesla's assets — calls for corporate governance reforms to address a 'crisis' at the carmaker. www.ft.com/content/6b52...

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It's a huge financial concern when a CEO goes AWOL and the stock prices plummet. We want our members' pensions to be there for them in retirement. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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AFT members participate in pension funds totaling an estimated $4tn. It's obvious that Tesla is a company in crisis—it needs intensive care right now. www.cnbc.com/2025/05/28/t...

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TACO-Trump Always Chickens Out

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I love this video highlighting the Career and Technical Education initiative our members launched in New York. The Advanced Technology Framework is a national model of teachers partnering with superintendents and industry to create real pathways to the American Dream. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnv4...

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This ruling rightly rejected one of the administration’s very first illegal and consequential acts: abolishing the federal role in education. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

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The May 18 protest in Budapest was a strong response opposing Victor Orban‘s clamp down on labor unions, civil society, organizations, and the independent press. Thank you to the Hungarian Teacher Union, PDSZ, for its leadership! apnews.com/article/hung... @eduinternational.bsky.social

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It’s a war on knowledge and a war on any future that is not in Trump’s image.…. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

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Krugman on Ireland's role in the imagined trade deficit with the US. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-letter-t...

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Yes, Trump is corrupt, manipulative and hurting people economically. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/o...

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All students should have access to a high-quality public education. The federal cuts will hurt students and their communities. youtu.be/wKMIz7JIyQ8?...

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Yes, Congress needs to act! But, Meta and other companies can make changes to protect kids now—and they are refusing! www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

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The opportunity for your family to thrive is more important than a billionaire putting another pile of cash in an offshore bank account. bsky.app/profile/aflc...

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ICYMI: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, a first step to reverse this war on knowledge and the undermining of broad-based opportunity. www.forbes.com/sites/alison...

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Nothing new sadly… hopefully Trump now sees what has been plain to see-Putin is the problem in the Ukraine war. www.cnn.com/2025/05/25/p...

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Take a few minutes for this one—because you might need FEMA in the near future, and you need to know what’s currently going on. Or not going on. Thank you, @repjasmine.bsky.social for telling it straight, sounding the alarm, and sharing how we can help.

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Former Rep. Charlie Rangel was a friend to the labor movement and longtime advocate of social justice. His decades of public service are an inspiration to New Yorkers—and all Americans. May his memory be a blessing. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/n...

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