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More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
Dozens of scientists find errors in a new Energy Department climate report
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
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September 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
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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...
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Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” includes a tax loophole for billionaires—practically paying them to “donate” to private school tuition for families earning up to $500,000 a year. It increases the deficit & weakens public schools.
Tell your lawmakers: Say NO to school vouchers.
aft.org/NoToVouchers
Tell your lawmakers: Say NO to school vouchers.
aft.org/NoToVouchers
May 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” includes a tax loophole for billionaires—practically paying them to “donate” to private school tuition for families earning up to $500,000 a year. It increases the deficit & weakens public schools.
Tell your lawmakers: Say NO to school vouchers.
aft.org/NoToVouchers
Tell your lawmakers: Say NO to school vouchers.
aft.org/NoToVouchers
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As Congress works to help poor kids, kids with disabilities, first generation college kids, kids who want to work in a trade, and 45 million Americans with student debt, this president is destroying that promise for this and future generations. @rweingarten.bsky.social www.salon.com/2025/04/21/t...
The art of resistance: Trump’s attack on humanities triggers a blowback movement
The rise of resistance to Trump takes root in rural America
www.salon.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
As Congress works to help poor kids, kids with disabilities, first generation college kids, kids who want to work in a trade, and 45 million Americans with student debt, this president is destroying that promise for this and future generations. @rweingarten.bsky.social www.salon.com/2025/04/21/t...
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American soldiers died serving their country. Their bodies returned home, met by senators, military leaders, but not the commander in chief. Trump skipped it ... to attend a golf tournament.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump Skips Honoring Soldiers Killed in Lithuania to Watch Golf
Donald Trump skipped a ceremony to recieve the bodies of four soldiers killed in Lithuania in order to attent a LIV golf tournament at his Doral club.
www.rollingstone.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
American soldiers died serving their country. Their bodies returned home, met by senators, military leaders, but not the commander in chief. Trump skipped it ... to attend a golf tournament.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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If a school’s reading teacher uses a book the President doesn’t like, is funding for after-school care cut? If a school is celebrating Jewish Heritage or Juneteenth, does it lose tutoring support? If an educator teaches Jim Crow, is summer school gone? This is wrong!
www.aft.org/press-releas...
www.aft.org/press-releas...
AFT’s Weingarten on Trump’s Illegal Attack on Poor Kids
WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after the Trump administration released a new memo threatening to withdraw billions of dollars in Title I support for low-incom...
www.aft.org
April 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
If a school’s reading teacher uses a book the President doesn’t like, is funding for after-school care cut? If a school is celebrating Jewish Heritage or Juneteenth, does it lose tutoring support? If an educator teaches Jim Crow, is summer school gone? This is wrong!
www.aft.org/press-releas...
www.aft.org/press-releas...
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On April 5, join thousands of AFT members and allies across the country to fight back against billionaire power grabs and say: Hands off our future. Find a local event and join the fight by visiting: handsoff2025.org #HandsOff
April 4, 2025 at 3:18 AM
On April 5, join thousands of AFT members and allies across the country to fight back against billionaire power grabs and say: Hands off our future. Find a local event and join the fight by visiting: handsoff2025.org #HandsOff
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Thank you @booker.senate.gov ; Thank you for breaking the record on behalf of the American people
April 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Thank you @booker.senate.gov ; Thank you for breaking the record on behalf of the American people
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Mayor Smiley trying to sneak an Excel lease through City Council, not okay! Shady is as shady does! Another closed PVD school being handed-over to a BIG BOX charter, why isn’t the lease agreement attached to the agenda? Let me guess, another $1 deal?!
April 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Mayor Smiley trying to sneak an Excel lease through City Council, not okay! Shady is as shady does! Another closed PVD school being handed-over to a BIG BOX charter, why isn’t the lease agreement attached to the agenda? Let me guess, another $1 deal?!
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Several US national security agencies have halted work on a coordinated effort to counter Russian sabotage, disinformation and cyberattacks, easing pressure on Moscow as the Trump Administration pushes Russia to end its war in Ukraine reut.rs/3Y40dGf
Exclusive: US suspends some efforts to counter Russian sabotage as Trump moves closer to Putin
Several U.S. national security agencies have halted work on a coordinated effort to counter Russian sabotage, disinformation and cyberattacks, easing pressure on Moscow as the Trump Administration pushes Russia to end its war in Ukraine.
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March 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Horrific.
March 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Horrific.
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March 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Our kids are the future. We can't fail them. We must #ProtectOurKids.
March 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Our kids are the future. We can't fail them. We must #ProtectOurKids.
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TODAY: We’re taking action across the country - both online and off - to stand up for education funding and the resources our kids and communities need to thrive.
This toolkit provides the resources you need to take action and defend our public schools. Learn more ⬇️
www.aft.org/protectourki...
This toolkit provides the resources you need to take action and defend our public schools. Learn more ⬇️
www.aft.org/protectourki...
March 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
TODAY: We’re taking action across the country - both online and off - to stand up for education funding and the resources our kids and communities need to thrive.
This toolkit provides the resources you need to take action and defend our public schools. Learn more ⬇️
www.aft.org/protectourki...
This toolkit provides the resources you need to take action and defend our public schools. Learn more ⬇️
www.aft.org/protectourki...
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“This is a significant decision that puts a firewall between actors whom we believe lack the legitimacy and authority to access Americans’ personal data and are using it inappropriately, without any safeguards." – @rweingarten.bsky.social
Federal Court Orders Department of Education and Office of Personnel Management to Stop Sharing Private Data with DOGE Affiliates
GREENBELT, Md.—On Feb. 24, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the Department of Education and the Office of Personnel Manage...
www.aft.org
February 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“This is a significant decision that puts a firewall between actors whom we believe lack the legitimacy and authority to access Americans’ personal data and are using it inappropriately, without any safeguards." – @rweingarten.bsky.social
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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp'
Donald Trump took office eight years ago pledging to “drain the swamp” of the dominance of Washington influence peddlers.
apnews.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, ProPublica’s analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
February 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, ProPublica’s analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
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"Cutting public education kills the American Dream." — @delauro.house.gov
February 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
"Cutting public education kills the American Dream." — @delauro.house.gov
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"North Carolina senator Thom Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about ‘credible death threats’ when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary."
“They’re Scared Shitless”: The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump’s Grip on Congress
With the president smashing norm after norm, even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making.
www.vanityfair.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"North Carolina senator Thom Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about ‘credible death threats’ when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary."
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Lindsay Fernandez is a cancer researcher. She’s afraid the cuts that the Trump Administration is making won’t just hurt us now, but will discourage researchers for years to come.
We need to listen to our researchers. It’s time to invest in science - not cut it. @higheredlabor.bsky.social
We need to listen to our researchers. It’s time to invest in science - not cut it. @higheredlabor.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Lindsay Fernandez is a cancer researcher. She’s afraid the cuts that the Trump Administration is making won’t just hurt us now, but will discourage researchers for years to come.
We need to listen to our researchers. It’s time to invest in science - not cut it. @higheredlabor.bsky.social
We need to listen to our researchers. It’s time to invest in science - not cut it. @higheredlabor.bsky.social
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First nuclear weapons management, now this. No one - Democrat or Republican - voted for this kind of incompetence.
NEW: The USDA acknowledged that over the weekend, it accidentally fired "several" agency employees who are working on the federal government's response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak.
The agency adds it is trying to quickly reverse the firings.
The agency adds it is trying to quickly reverse the firings.
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
First nuclear weapons management, now this. No one - Democrat or Republican - voted for this kind of incompetence.