Bryant Odega
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Teacher 🍎 | #UTLAStrong | 🎓: El Camino College, Labor Studies @ UCLA, Harvard Ed School | Fighting for Public Education, Worker's Rights & a Green New Deal 🏫🌱 |He/Him| 🇳🇬 | bryantodega.com
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Los Angeles school worker shares frustration over parents having to leave their children’s graduation ceremony because ICE raided an elementary school’s graduation today
June 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Los Angeles school worker shares frustration over parents having to leave their children’s graduation ceremony because ICE raided an elementary school’s graduation today
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia should never have been unlawfully deported in the first place.
While I’m glad he’s back in the US, he should be reunited with his family and the Trump Administration must stop targeting him.
While I’m glad he’s back in the US, he should be reunited with his family and the Trump Administration must stop targeting him.
June 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia should never have been unlawfully deported in the first place.
While I’m glad he’s back in the US, he should be reunited with his family and the Trump Administration must stop targeting him.
While I’m glad he’s back in the US, he should be reunited with his family and the Trump Administration must stop targeting him.
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We got AFT and NEA in the house this morning making sure our students have everything they need to thrive! Thanks to everyone out in the streets this morning fighting to #ProtectOurKids. #EdMatters
March 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We got AFT and NEA in the house this morning making sure our students have everything they need to thrive! Thanks to everyone out in the streets this morning fighting to #ProtectOurKids. #EdMatters
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Canceling TSA workers' union contract is an attack on the brave workers who keep our skies safe. The Trump administration is cheating TSA officers—many of them veterans—out of the wages, leave and protections they fought for & won.
SEIU stands with AFGE & the 47,000 TSA officers! seiu.co/3DD9TAF
SEIU stands with AFGE & the 47,000 TSA officers! seiu.co/3DD9TAF
March 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Canceling TSA workers' union contract is an attack on the brave workers who keep our skies safe. The Trump administration is cheating TSA officers—many of them veterans—out of the wages, leave and protections they fought for & won.
SEIU stands with AFGE & the 47,000 TSA officers! seiu.co/3DD9TAF
SEIU stands with AFGE & the 47,000 TSA officers! seiu.co/3DD9TAF
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Some news: A few hours after I filed the draft to this story, CNN laid me off.
As part of a massive restructuring/changes across the network, my role as climate writer was among the 200 that got cut last week.
It’s disappointing, but I’ll be okay. My last day is on Feb 21. A thread.🧵 1/
As part of a massive restructuring/changes across the network, my role as climate writer was among the 200 that got cut last week.
It’s disappointing, but I’ll be okay. My last day is on Feb 21. A thread.🧵 1/
Trump’s executive order took aim at “environmental justice” — eliminating positions and assessing spending on projects, including those aimed at poor, rural communities.
I talked to former WH environmental justice advisers to the Biden administration on what this means. www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/c...
I talked to former WH environmental justice advisers to the Biden administration on what this means. www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/c...
Trump’s gutting of federal DEI programs will hit rural poor communities | CNN
Just hours after his swearing-in this week, President Donald Trump signed action to end “radical and wasteful government DEI programs and preferencing.” Communities across the country, including in po...
www.cnn.com
January 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Some news: A few hours after I filed the draft to this story, CNN laid me off.
As part of a massive restructuring/changes across the network, my role as climate writer was among the 200 that got cut last week.
It’s disappointing, but I’ll be okay. My last day is on Feb 21. A thread.🧵 1/
As part of a massive restructuring/changes across the network, my role as climate writer was among the 200 that got cut last week.
It’s disappointing, but I’ll be okay. My last day is on Feb 21. A thread.🧵 1/
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I wish people on the left would stop using “diversity hire” or “affirmative action” to describe folks like Hegseth. This reinforces the racist, sexist notion that diversity and affirmative action are promoting unqualified people, doing the right’s work for the.
January 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I wish people on the left would stop using “diversity hire” or “affirmative action” to describe folks like Hegseth. This reinforces the racist, sexist notion that diversity and affirmative action are promoting unqualified people, doing the right’s work for the.
"For me revolution was never an interim “thing-to-do” before settling down...Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary’s life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime." — Professor Angela Y. Davis
Happy birthday to the iconic #AngelaDavis
Happy birthday to the iconic #AngelaDavis
January 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"For me revolution was never an interim “thing-to-do” before settling down...Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary’s life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime." — Professor Angela Y. Davis
Happy birthday to the iconic #AngelaDavis
Happy birthday to the iconic #AngelaDavis
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"I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today -- my own government... I cannot be silent." - Dr King
Happy MLK Day!
Happy MLK Day!
January 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today -- my own government... I cannot be silent." - Dr King
Happy MLK Day!
Happy MLK Day!
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Democrats must restore its connection to working people. It starts with leadership.
Join the DC Labor Council on January 6 for a virtual forum of candidates for chair, where they will share their vision for the future of working people and the Democratic Party
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Join the DC Labor Council on January 6 for a virtual forum of candidates for chair, where they will share their vision for the future of working people and the Democratic Party
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January 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Democrats must restore its connection to working people. It starts with leadership.
Join the DC Labor Council on January 6 for a virtual forum of candidates for chair, where they will share their vision for the future of working people and the Democratic Party
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join the DC Labor Council on January 6 for a virtual forum of candidates for chair, where they will share their vision for the future of working people and the Democratic Party
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Two separate terror attacks in the last 24 hours by, apparently, two former US Army soldiers. And the far right is talking about immigration.
January 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Two separate terror attacks in the last 24 hours by, apparently, two former US Army soldiers. And the far right is talking about immigration.
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President Biden is expected to permanently ban new oil and gas drilling in large sections of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, as well as other federal waters. The move relies on a 70-year-old law that could make it difficult for the Trump administration to reverse it.
Biden Expected to Permanently Ban Oil Drilling in Some Federal Waters
The move, expected as early as Monday, relies on a 70-year-old law that could make it difficult for the Trump administration to reverse it.
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
President Biden is expected to permanently ban new oil and gas drilling in large sections of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, as well as other federal waters. The move relies on a 70-year-old law that could make it difficult for the Trump administration to reverse it.
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A hospital visit or prescribed medication that puts you into debt.
Education and childcare you can't afford.
Grocery prices going up, but take home pay staying the same.
Unattainable housing costs
Working people deserve more than they're getting in the richest country in the world. Period.
Education and childcare you can't afford.
Grocery prices going up, but take home pay staying the same.
Unattainable housing costs
Working people deserve more than they're getting in the richest country in the world. Period.
December 28, 2024 at 3:57 PM
A hospital visit or prescribed medication that puts you into debt.
Education and childcare you can't afford.
Grocery prices going up, but take home pay staying the same.
Unattainable housing costs
Working people deserve more than they're getting in the richest country in the world. Period.
Education and childcare you can't afford.
Grocery prices going up, but take home pay staying the same.
Unattainable housing costs
Working people deserve more than they're getting in the richest country in the world. Period.
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‘The ultimate I told you so’: Black folks sit back and watch MAGA immigration war
‘The ultimate I told you so’: Black folks sit back and watch MAGA immigration war
"These are white people issues. I’m just gonna sit here and mind my black-assed business."
www.whatimreading.net
December 29, 2024 at 12:13 AM
‘The ultimate I told you so’: Black folks sit back and watch MAGA immigration war
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Everybody remember to go get you a library card to help keep them funded
December 27, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Everybody remember to go get you a library card to help keep them funded
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The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he and colleagues "escaped death narrowly" when an Israeli airstrike targeted Yemen's main airport.
WHO chief recounts narrow escape at Yemen airport hit by Israeli missile
The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he and colleagues "escaped death narrowly" when an Israeli airstrike targeted Yemen's main airport.
www.npr.org
December 28, 2024 at 11:44 PM
The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he and colleagues "escaped death narrowly" when an Israeli airstrike targeted Yemen's main airport.
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Even a system that calls itself a democracy can become an oligarchy if power becomes concentrated in the hands of a few very wealthy people.
What is Oligarchy? | Robert Reich
Robert Reich explains why American democracy has become a oligarchy.Watch More: 10 Ways to Save American Democracy ►► https://youtu.be/3OUbWJrbzog
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December 28, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Even a system that calls itself a democracy can become an oligarchy if power becomes concentrated in the hands of a few very wealthy people.
All these billionaires growing and doubling their wealth within a few years while hundreds of thousands of people end up in the streets because they can't afford rent (not even talking home ownership) is a crime against humanity. #TaxTheRich
December 27, 2024 at 9:42 PM
All these billionaires growing and doubling their wealth within a few years while hundreds of thousands of people end up in the streets because they can't afford rent (not even talking home ownership) is a crime against humanity. #TaxTheRich
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I was told that Grants Pass allowing cities to make being homeless illegal would solve this. I was under the impression throwing people in jail and “cleaning up” their encampments would fix the problem because homelessness was a lifestyle choice by moral degenerates who just needed “tough medicine”.
Federal officials say the United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said that federally required tallies taken across the country in January found that more than 770,000 people were counted as homeless.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said that federally required tallies taken across the country in January found that more than 770,000 people were counted as homeless.
December 27, 2024 at 8:12 PM
I was told that Grants Pass allowing cities to make being homeless illegal would solve this. I was under the impression throwing people in jail and “cleaning up” their encampments would fix the problem because homelessness was a lifestyle choice by moral degenerates who just needed “tough medicine”.
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AI data centers are multiplying across the U.S. and sucking up huge amounts of power.
New evidence shows they may also be distorting the normal flow of electricity for millions of Americans
New evidence shows they may also be distorting the normal flow of electricity for millions of Americans
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
www.bloomberg.com
December 27, 2024 at 8:30 PM
AI data centers are multiplying across the U.S. and sucking up huge amounts of power.
New evidence shows they may also be distorting the normal flow of electricity for millions of Americans
New evidence shows they may also be distorting the normal flow of electricity for millions of Americans
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These unfair labor practice strikes are an initial show of strength, and we’re just getting started. We’re going to keep fighting until Starbucks gives us a serious economic offer.
Starbucks should know: This is just the beginning.
Starbucks should know: This is just the beginning.
December 25, 2024 at 1:38 AM
These unfair labor practice strikes are an initial show of strength, and we’re just getting started. We’re going to keep fighting until Starbucks gives us a serious economic offer.
Starbucks should know: This is just the beginning.
Starbucks should know: This is just the beginning.
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Unionized Starbucks workers are on strike in:
-California
-Colorado
-Illinois
-Massachusetts
-New Jersey
-New York
-Ohio
-Oregon
-Pennsylvania
-Missouri
-Texas
-Washington
The strike could reach “hundreds of stores” by Tuesday, according to @sbworkersunited.org.
-California
-Colorado
-Illinois
-Massachusetts
-New Jersey
-New York
-Ohio
-Oregon
-Pennsylvania
-Missouri
-Texas
-Washington
The strike could reach “hundreds of stores” by Tuesday, according to @sbworkersunited.org.
December 23, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Unionized Starbucks workers are on strike in:
-California
-Colorado
-Illinois
-Massachusetts
-New Jersey
-New York
-Ohio
-Oregon
-Pennsylvania
-Missouri
-Texas
-Washington
The strike could reach “hundreds of stores” by Tuesday, according to @sbworkersunited.org.
-California
-Colorado
-Illinois
-Massachusetts
-New Jersey
-New York
-Ohio
-Oregon
-Pennsylvania
-Missouri
-Texas
-Washington
The strike could reach “hundreds of stores” by Tuesday, according to @sbworkersunited.org.
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Happy holidays - Starbucks baristas are ON STRIKE!!
We're going on five days of escalating ULP strikes in response to the company backtracking on our promised path forward, starting today in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle - and many more to come!
We're going on five days of escalating ULP strikes in response to the company backtracking on our promised path forward, starting today in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle - and many more to come!
December 20, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Happy holidays - Starbucks baristas are ON STRIKE!!
We're going on five days of escalating ULP strikes in response to the company backtracking on our promised path forward, starting today in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle - and many more to come!
We're going on five days of escalating ULP strikes in response to the company backtracking on our promised path forward, starting today in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle - and many more to come!
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There is no such thing as “record profits” without workers. An injury to one is an injury to all, we stand in solidarity with our Amazon workers on strike. ✊
December 21, 2024 at 12:21 AM
There is no such thing as “record profits” without workers. An injury to one is an injury to all, we stand in solidarity with our Amazon workers on strike. ✊