Neil Bhaerman
@neilanalien.bsky.social
hype man for unions [@OFTunion comms director]. organizer. baker. cyclist. tarotist. dad. baseball watcher. yinzer at heart, ohioan by accident.
opinions=mine only & often bad.
opinions=mine only & often bad.
It's not a high bar to clear, but Rep. Shontel Brown had the best statement on Venezuela among Ohio's Democratic Congressional delegation
Rep. Brown Statement on Trump Administration’s Escalating Actions in Venezuela
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) today issued a statement after the Trump Administration announced an overnight military operation in Venezuela, including air strikes and the ca...
shontelbrown.house.gov
January 3, 2026 at 10:33 PM
It's not a high bar to clear, but Rep. Shontel Brown had the best statement on Venezuela among Ohio's Democratic Congressional delegation
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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Once again, decades of ludicrous ‘Drug War’ and ‘War on Terror’ rhetoric and policy laid the groundwork for this. These are the sorts of things that must be uprooted.
January 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Once again, decades of ludicrous ‘Drug War’ and ‘War on Terror’ rhetoric and policy laid the groundwork for this. These are the sorts of things that must be uprooted.
A feature, not a bug, for this regime
"By proceeding without any semblance of international legitimacy, valid legal authority or domestic endorsement, Mr. Trump risks providing justification for authoritarians in China, Russia and elsewhere who want to dominate their own neighbors."
NYT Editorial Board
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
NYT Editorial Board
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:36 PM
A feature, not a bug, for this regime
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Made maduros tonight (planned to make during Hanukkah but the plantains weren't ready until now, and actually I probably should have waited a couple more days)
December 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Made maduros tonight (planned to make during Hanukkah but the plantains weren't ready until now, and actually I probably should have waited a couple more days)
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Wrote a thing about my old boss, @ilhanmn.bsky.social, why her story is so American, and why it makes the Right so stupid mad.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Why Ilhan Omar Makes the Right Lose Its Mind
Trump and his MAGA allies want people like Omar to vanish from this country—and they hate her for refusing to do so.
www.thenation.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Wrote a thing about my old boss, @ilhanmn.bsky.social, why her story is so American, and why it makes the Right so stupid mad.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Now I don't know but I've been told
It's hard to run with the weight of gold
Other hand I heard it said
It's just as hard with the weight of lead
It's hard to run with the weight of gold
Other hand I heard it said
It's just as hard with the weight of lead
Name your fav song lyric.
December 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Now I don't know but I've been told
It's hard to run with the weight of gold
Other hand I heard it said
It's just as hard with the weight of lead
It's hard to run with the weight of gold
Other hand I heard it said
It's just as hard with the weight of lead
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VP Vance says we should fight antisemitism by… echoing the very same anti-immigrant conspiracy theories that have directly fueled antisemitic violence — like Charlottesville and Pittsburgh, the deadliest attack on Jews in US history.
This is so dangerous.
This is so dangerous.
December 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
VP Vance says we should fight antisemitism by… echoing the very same anti-immigrant conspiracy theories that have directly fueled antisemitic violence — like Charlottesville and Pittsburgh, the deadliest attack on Jews in US history.
This is so dangerous.
This is so dangerous.
Happy Hanukkah!
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Happy Hanukkah!
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From the picket line to ballot box—solidarity works! Check out @rweingarten.bsky.social's weekly report:
✅New members in VT & OH
📚Columbus Library workers filing for union election
✊Collective bargaining restored in UT
🏥Solidarity w/striking healthcare workers in OR
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iVj...
✅New members in VT & OH
📚Columbus Library workers filing for union election
✊Collective bargaining restored in UT
🏥Solidarity w/striking healthcare workers in OR
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iVj...
What happens when workers stand together? (Spoiler: We Win 😲)
YouTube video by AFT
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
From the picket line to ballot box—solidarity works! Check out @rweingarten.bsky.social's weekly report:
✅New members in VT & OH
📚Columbus Library workers filing for union election
✊Collective bargaining restored in UT
🏥Solidarity w/striking healthcare workers in OR
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iVj...
✅New members in VT & OH
📚Columbus Library workers filing for union election
✊Collective bargaining restored in UT
🏥Solidarity w/striking healthcare workers in OR
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iVj...
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Take action here to stand with Rahaf, TJ, and all their coworkers at Columbus Metropolitan Library:
Tell Columbus Metropolitan Library that you support library workers!
Librarians and library workers at Columbus Metropolitan Library are coming together to form our union because we love our libraries and we are dedicated to serving our community. We deserve a voice i...
actionnetwork.org
December 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Take action here to stand with Rahaf, TJ, and all their coworkers at Columbus Metropolitan Library:
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TJ is organizing because ”We all deserve fair wages, fair treatment, and a workplace that we can be proud of.”
December 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
TJ is organizing because ”We all deserve fair wages, fair treatment, and a workplace that we can be proud of.”
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Rahaf is organizing a union at CML because “Library workers deserve safe, inclusive & sustainable jobs so that they can serve their communities at their best. That won't happen if we don't have a say in the policies that affect our lives, our incomes & our day-to-day interactions with patrons"
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Rahaf is organizing a union at CML because “Library workers deserve safe, inclusive & sustainable jobs so that they can serve their communities at their best. That won't happen if we don't have a say in the policies that affect our lives, our incomes & our day-to-day interactions with patrons"
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We filed for our union election today!!!!!!!! Libraries need workers and workers need unions 💪
It's official — @columbuslibrary.bsky.social workers filed for their union election this morning!
Supermajority of Columbus Metropolitan Library Workers File For Union Election
COLUMBUS — Today, a supermajority of Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML) workers submitted signed union cards to Ohio’s State Employment Relations Board (SERB), initiating the union election process. ...
www.oft-aft.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
We filed for our union election today!!!!!!!! Libraries need workers and workers need unions 💪
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there is no library without library workers. 💕
It's official — @columbuslibrary.bsky.social workers filed for their union election this morning!
Supermajority of Columbus Metropolitan Library Workers File For Union Election
COLUMBUS — Today, a supermajority of Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML) workers submitted signed union cards to Ohio’s State Employment Relations Board (SERB), initiating the union election process. ...
www.oft-aft.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
there is no library without library workers. 💕
People will die because of this abject cronyism
SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.
My story:
My story:
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
www.thehandbasket.co
December 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
People will die because of this abject cronyism
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Losing its long-cultivated partnership with the FBI is a major blow to the Anti-Defamation League. But the group has few left allies to support it against MAGA after recent attempts to align with Trumpworld.
@maricohen.bsky.social & @alexbkane.bsky.social report:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
@maricohen.bsky.social & @alexbkane.bsky.social report:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
The ADL Tried to Appease MAGA. The FBI Cut Ties with Them Anyway.
The Jewish defense group—whose partnership with federal law enforcement goes back decades—has never been more isolated.
jewishcurrents.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Losing its long-cultivated partnership with the FBI is a major blow to the Anti-Defamation League. But the group has few left allies to support it against MAGA after recent attempts to align with Trumpworld.
@maricohen.bsky.social & @alexbkane.bsky.social report:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
@maricohen.bsky.social & @alexbkane.bsky.social report:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
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"there's a new serif in town"
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"there's a new serif in town"
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Solidarity with the Toledo Federation of Teachers as they fight back against potential budget cuts that would hurt not just teachers and staff, but also the students and communities they serve. These budget cut plans were announced by the school district with no input from the union.
December 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Solidarity with the Toledo Federation of Teachers as they fight back against potential budget cuts that would hurt not just teachers and staff, but also the students and communities they serve. These budget cut plans were announced by the school district with no input from the union.
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Remember when helpless idiot dads were like a fun sitcom trope? Like ope the baby peed on him because he couldn't get the diaper on! Now it's like "i need to build a data center in your city's Blackest neighborhood so i can ask a computer if my infant child can microdose LSD"
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Remember when helpless idiot dads were like a fun sitcom trope? Like ope the baby peed on him because he couldn't get the diaper on! Now it's like "i need to build a data center in your city's Blackest neighborhood so i can ask a computer if my infant child can microdose LSD"
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LifeWise Academy, a controversial religious instruction program, expanded to more than 100 Ohio school districts this year, bringing its total to more than 260 of the state's 607 districts, with plans for 300 more by the end of the school year ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/08/m...
More than 100 Ohio school districts add LifeWise Academy in 2025 after religious release law passed • Ohio Capital Journal
LifeWise Academy, a controversial Hilliard-based religious instruction program, is currently operating in more than 260 Ohio school districts.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
LifeWise Academy, a controversial religious instruction program, expanded to more than 100 Ohio school districts this year, bringing its total to more than 260 of the state's 607 districts, with plans for 300 more by the end of the school year ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/08/m...
Sinclair Broadcasting owns 185 television stations in 85 media markets. and this is what they do with that power and reach.
December 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Sinclair Broadcasting owns 185 television stations in 85 media markets. and this is what they do with that power and reach.