Carla Okouchi (She/Her)
@carlaokouchi.bsky.social
Parent, Educator, Union Organizer, Education Policy. Blogs are my own and do not represent any organizations that I’m affiliated with.
We need Colbert’s bold and frank commentary now as much as ever, and we need to stop corporations like CBS from cowing to political intimidation of this administration. Add your name to the petition to demand they reverse their decision and keep Colbert on air! sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...
Keep Colbert on Air!
We need Colbert’s bold and frank commentary now as much as ever, and we need to stop corporations like CBS from cowing to political intimidation of this administration. Add your name to the petition t...
sign.moveon.org
July 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We need Colbert’s bold and frank commentary now as much as ever, and we need to stop corporations like CBS from cowing to political intimidation of this administration. Add your name to the petition to demand they reverse their decision and keep Colbert on air! sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...
The Everglades Detention Camp is inhumane, and DeSantis must shut it down immediately. Add your name now. sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Stop the Everglades Detention Camp!
The Everglades Detention Camp is inhumane, and DeSantis must shut it down immediately. Add your name now.
sign.moveon.org
July 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Everglades Detention Camp is inhumane, and DeSantis must shut it down immediately. Add your name now. sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
When the data disappears, so do our stories. Sign our letter urging your member of Congress to protect maternal health! #MaternalJustice #MaternalMentalHealth action.momsrising.org/petition/pro...
When the data disappears, so do our stories
Sign our letter urging your member of Congress to protect maternal health!
action.momsrising.org
May 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
When the data disappears, so do our stories. Sign our letter urging your member of Congress to protect maternal health! #MaternalJustice #MaternalMentalHealth action.momsrising.org/petition/pro...
When educators, families, and community members come together, there is nothing we cannot achieve. On May 1, we are reclaiming our power and demanding the future we deserve. Join us: nea.org/mayday
May Day Participant Toolkit | NEA
On May 1, 2025, educators will join workers, parents, students, and community members to rise up for dignity, justice, and public investment in our lives, not in billionaires' profit margins. This too...
nea.org
April 29, 2025 at 3:11 AM
When educators, families, and community members come together, there is nothing we cannot achieve. On May 1, we are reclaiming our power and demanding the future we deserve. Join us: nea.org/mayday
FEU (FEA & FCFT) Fairfax Education Unions message throughout the budget town hall process is clear #FundOurContracts #FundOurSchools
April 3, 2025 at 4:05 AM
FEU (FEA & FCFT) Fairfax Education Unions message throughout the budget town hall process is clear #FundOurContracts #FundOurSchools
I just signed up for Rally for FEDERAL WORKERS! Want to join me? redwineblue.controlshift.app/events/rally...
Rally for FEDERAL WORKERS
Let's support our FEDERAL WORKERS
We will be meeting on the green lawn in front on Rt. 7 at 21430 Cedar Dr. Sterling, VA 20164.
(For those that have attended in the past during COMSTOCK reign its th...
redwineblue.controlshift.app
March 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I just signed up for Rally for FEDERAL WORKERS! Want to join me? redwineblue.controlshift.app/events/rally...
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Removing TSA workers’ collective bargaining rights is union busting. Period. apnews.com/article/coll...
Homeland Security ends TSA collective bargaining agreement, in effort to dismantle union protections
A union representing Transportation Security Administration workers calls the Department of Homeland Security's decision to end the collective bargaining agreement with them an “unprovoked attack.”
apnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Removing TSA workers’ collective bargaining rights is union busting. Period. apnews.com/article/coll...
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We’ll fight every step of the way to ensure TSA officers continue to stand together in a union while providing the vital services Americans depend on.
The @aflcio.org joins AFGE and all unions in strongly condemning this action.
The @aflcio.org joins AFGE and all unions in strongly condemning this action.
March 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
We’ll fight every step of the way to ensure TSA officers continue to stand together in a union while providing the vital services Americans depend on.
The @aflcio.org joins AFGE and all unions in strongly condemning this action.
The @aflcio.org joins AFGE and all unions in strongly condemning this action.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/th...
The Senate Must Block Trump’s Loyalist Cabinet Nominees
Trump's Cabinet appointees have no real interest in serving the American people. Working Americans will pay the price for this dysfunctional leadership, through the repealing of the Affordable Care Ac...
sign.moveon.org
March 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/th...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/pr...
Protect America's Federal Workers from Mass Firings
These mass layoffs hurt all of us. When essential American workers are fired, everybody suffers. From compromised food safety inspections to delayed veterans’ benefits to disrupted Social Security ser...
sign.moveon.org
March 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/pr...
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🍎 Every student deserves access to nutritious meals—no exceptions. But too many kids are going hungry, and it’s time for Congress to step up. This #NationalNutritionMonth, join NEA in advocating for stronger child nutrition policies so every student has the fuel they need to learn. buff.ly/43hs3lP
Child Nutrition | NEA
Students need healthy, nutritious school meals that are free to all and prepare them for learning.
buff.ly
March 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
🍎 Every student deserves access to nutritious meals—no exceptions. But too many kids are going hungry, and it’s time for Congress to step up. This #NationalNutritionMonth, join NEA in advocating for stronger child nutrition policies so every student has the fuel they need to learn. buff.ly/43hs3lP
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At tonight's joint address to Congress, the president continued to spread fear and sow division—but no matter what extreme politicians will try to do to our schools and communities, we are united to protect them.
Sign the pledge ➡️ buff.ly/tUxDjH9
Sign the pledge ➡️ buff.ly/tUxDjH9
Pledge to Protect Students and Public Schools | NEA
We will be heard at every level of government—from the school board to the Senate—to reject any efforts to gut public schools, expand vouchers, or dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.
buff.ly
March 5, 2025 at 4:25 AM
At tonight's joint address to Congress, the president continued to spread fear and sow division—but no matter what extreme politicians will try to do to our schools and communities, we are united to protect them.
Sign the pledge ➡️ buff.ly/tUxDjH9
Sign the pledge ➡️ buff.ly/tUxDjH9
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We need more Bernies.
Bernie Sanders calls out pathologic liar, Donald Trump, after the State of the Union Address.
www.youtube.com/live/QlrQKv1...
Bernie Sanders calls out pathologic liar, Donald Trump, after the State of the Union Address.
www.youtube.com/live/QlrQKv1...
Sen. Sanders Responds to Trump's Congressional Address
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
www.youtube.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
We need more Bernies.
Bernie Sanders calls out pathologic liar, Donald Trump, after the State of the Union Address.
www.youtube.com/live/QlrQKv1...
Bernie Sanders calls out pathologic liar, Donald Trump, after the State of the Union Address.
www.youtube.com/live/QlrQKv1...
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Elissa Slotkin: “That scene in the Oval Office wasn’t just a bad episode of reality TV. It summed up Trump’s whole approach to the world. He believes in cozying up to dictators like a Vladimir Putin and kicking our friends, like the Canadians, in the teeth.”
#StateoftheUnion
#StateoftheUnion
March 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Elissa Slotkin: “That scene in the Oval Office wasn’t just a bad episode of reality TV. It summed up Trump’s whole approach to the world. He believes in cozying up to dictators like a Vladimir Putin and kicking our friends, like the Canadians, in the teeth.”
#StateoftheUnion
#StateoftheUnion
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Al Green after he was THROWN out of chambers:
“I was making it clear to the President that he has no mandate to cut Medicaid”
"It is the best way to get it across to a person who uses his incivility, who uses his incivility against our civility. "
#SOTU
“I was making it clear to the President that he has no mandate to cut Medicaid”
"It is the best way to get it across to a person who uses his incivility, who uses his incivility against our civility. "
#SOTU
March 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Al Green after he was THROWN out of chambers:
“I was making it clear to the President that he has no mandate to cut Medicaid”
"It is the best way to get it across to a person who uses his incivility, who uses his incivility against our civility. "
#SOTU
“I was making it clear to the President that he has no mandate to cut Medicaid”
"It is the best way to get it across to a person who uses his incivility, who uses his incivility against our civility. "
#SOTU
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Most dangerous person in Trump’s circle is not Musk…. It’s RFK Jr
A measles crisis decades in the making: How RFK Jr. helped drive America to this moment—and now he’s chipping away at the institutions he’s been appointed to lead.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
A measles crisis decades in the making: How RFK Jr. helped drive America to this moment—and now he’s chipping away at the institutions he’s been appointed to lead.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
A measles crisis decades in the making: How RFK Jr. helped drive America to this moment
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sits atop the very health system he spent years attacking, and he’s already chipping away at the institutions he’s been appointed to lead.
www.nbcnews.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Most dangerous person in Trump’s circle is not Musk…. It’s RFK Jr
A measles crisis decades in the making: How RFK Jr. helped drive America to this moment—and now he’s chipping away at the institutions he’s been appointed to lead.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
A measles crisis decades in the making: How RFK Jr. helped drive America to this moment—and now he’s chipping away at the institutions he’s been appointed to lead.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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An excellent explainer for anyone wanting to understand #infectiousdisease models better 👇🏼 #episky
“Modeling the Texas measles outbreak” from @epiellie.bsky.social 👏🏼👏🏼
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
“Modeling the Texas measles outbreak” from @epiellie.bsky.social 👏🏼👏🏼
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
Modeling the Texas measles outbreak
An explainer
open.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
An excellent explainer for anyone wanting to understand #infectiousdisease models better 👇🏼 #episky
“Modeling the Texas measles outbreak” from @epiellie.bsky.social 👏🏼👏🏼
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
“Modeling the Texas measles outbreak” from @epiellie.bsky.social 👏🏼👏🏼
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
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BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732.
Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.
Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.
February 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732.
Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.
Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.
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📢 TODAY in DC! Federal workers & allies are standing up to defend the public services we all rely on—Social Security, Medicare, veterans’ care & more. We won’t let them be gutted.
We’re going again at 5:30.
Join the fight: go.savepublicservices.com #SaveOurServices
We’re going again at 5:30.
Join the fight: go.savepublicservices.com #SaveOurServices
February 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
📢 TODAY in DC! Federal workers & allies are standing up to defend the public services we all rely on—Social Security, Medicare, veterans’ care & more. We won’t let them be gutted.
We’re going again at 5:30.
Join the fight: go.savepublicservices.com #SaveOurServices
We’re going again at 5:30.
Join the fight: go.savepublicservices.com #SaveOurServices
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"[Musk] is trying to gut everything good in America for his own private profit. This is the culmination of what oligarchy is all about...the fusion and the capture of the billionaire class of our democracy." - @aoc.bsky.social with @fedworkersunited.bsky.social today #SaveOurServices
February 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"[Musk] is trying to gut everything good in America for his own private profit. This is the culmination of what oligarchy is all about...the fusion and the capture of the billionaire class of our democracy." - @aoc.bsky.social with @fedworkersunited.bsky.social today #SaveOurServices
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“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
--The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.
#BlackHistoryMonth
--The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
--The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.
#BlackHistoryMonth
--The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.
#BlackHistoryMonth
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If you’re not subscribed to @drruth.bsky.social’s newsletter, you’re missing out on CRITICAL info:
📈Flu is extremely HIGH
🦠1 in 67 ppl have C0VID
🔴Measles outbreak spreading in Texas
🐔H5N1 in humans
🏛️This wk's US Gov’t updates buff.ly/3QilCHD
#medsky #IDsky
✅ drruth.substack.com/p/covid-and-...
📈Flu is extremely HIGH
🦠1 in 67 ppl have C0VID
🔴Measles outbreak spreading in Texas
🐔H5N1 in humans
🏛️This wk's US Gov’t updates buff.ly/3QilCHD
#medsky #IDsky
✅ drruth.substack.com/p/covid-and-...
COVID & Health News 2/15/25
Please see my separate post from today for this week’s government updates at https://drruth.substack.com/p/special-issue-government-updates-096.
drruth.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
If you’re not subscribed to @drruth.bsky.social’s newsletter, you’re missing out on CRITICAL info:
📈Flu is extremely HIGH
🦠1 in 67 ppl have C0VID
🔴Measles outbreak spreading in Texas
🐔H5N1 in humans
🏛️This wk's US Gov’t updates buff.ly/3QilCHD
#medsky #IDsky
✅ drruth.substack.com/p/covid-and-...
📈Flu is extremely HIGH
🦠1 in 67 ppl have C0VID
🔴Measles outbreak spreading in Texas
🐔H5N1 in humans
🏛️This wk's US Gov’t updates buff.ly/3QilCHD
#medsky #IDsky
✅ drruth.substack.com/p/covid-and-...
How will you advocate for adequate working conditions, pay, and benefits for ALL educators?
#QuestionsForLinda
#QuestionsForLinda
February 13, 2025 at 5:12 AM
How will you advocate for adequate working conditions, pay, and benefits for ALL educators?
#QuestionsForLinda
#QuestionsForLinda