Union Joe
@unionjoe.bsky.social
Husband, father, organizer. Former teacher & past president of AEA.
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Educators are leading the fight to protect public schools in Southern Arizona and we need YOU to show up and make your voice heard!
Join Tucson EA, Sunnyside EA, Flowing Wells EA, Marana EA, Amphitheater EA & our allies to rally in Tucson on Sunday from 2-3 PM.
RSVP and help us spread the word! ⬇️
Join Tucson EA, Sunnyside EA, Flowing Wells EA, Marana EA, Amphitheater EA & our allies to rally in Tucson on Sunday from 2-3 PM.
RSVP and help us spread the word! ⬇️
March to Protect Our Kids · Arizona Education Association
March to Protect Our Kids - Defend the Department of Education! Stop the attacks on workers and public services!
What: March and Rally to Protect Our Kids
When: Sunday, March 30th, 2025 - 2pm-3pm
Whe...
www.mobilize.us
March 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Educators are leading the fight to protect public schools in Southern Arizona and we need YOU to show up and make your voice heard!
Join Tucson EA, Sunnyside EA, Flowing Wells EA, Marana EA, Amphitheater EA & our allies to rally in Tucson on Sunday from 2-3 PM.
RSVP and help us spread the word! ⬇️
Join Tucson EA, Sunnyside EA, Flowing Wells EA, Marana EA, Amphitheater EA & our allies to rally in Tucson on Sunday from 2-3 PM.
RSVP and help us spread the word! ⬇️
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Analyzing data published on DOGE's own website, the Associated Press found that 40 percent of DOGE's "savings" have not saved the government anything.
What a joke.
What a joke.
Amid chaos, new report reveals 40 percent of DOGE cuts won't save any money
The fails keep coming.
www.motherjones.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Analyzing data published on DOGE's own website, the Associated Press found that 40 percent of DOGE's "savings" have not saved the government anything.
What a joke.
What a joke.
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We need more organizing and push back at local levels. Thanks to the Forest Lake Education Association, students, parents and community leaders for standing up for what their community needs - in this case welcoming, safe and inclusive schools for students.
www.startribune.com/forest-lake-...
www.startribune.com/forest-lake-...
Forest Lake School Board continues adviser funding for clubs supporting students of color
Thursday’s vote follows discussions on inclusion programs, federal pressure on DEI initiatives and the school board’s commitment to educational equity.
www.startribune.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
We need more organizing and push back at local levels. Thanks to the Forest Lake Education Association, students, parents and community leaders for standing up for what their community needs - in this case welcoming, safe and inclusive schools for students.
www.startribune.com/forest-lake-...
www.startribune.com/forest-lake-...
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Idiocracy was a documentary
February 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Idiocracy was a documentary
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Rather than a long post detailing my experiences at the state capitol this week, I will leave it at this: for folks who claim that they have the people, the power of a righteous cause, and an ascendant movement on their side, they sure seem frightened, angry and miserable.
February 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Rather than a long post detailing my experiences at the state capitol this week, I will leave it at this: for folks who claim that they have the people, the power of a righteous cause, and an ascendant movement on their side, they sure seem frightened, angry and miserable.
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NEW: Skeptics of new Arizona ballot security bill zero in on sponsor’s links to key vendor www.votebeat.org/arizona/2025...
February 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
NEW: Skeptics of new Arizona ballot security bill zero in on sponsor’s links to key vendor www.votebeat.org/arizona/2025...
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Defending Trump’s power grab with the “unitary executive theory” is just a fancy way of claiming the president can rule the executive branch like a monarch. This argument has no basis in history or the Constitution.
The Extreme Legal Theory Behind Trump’s First Month in Office
The unitary executive theory upends our understanding of the Constitution.
www.brennancenter.org
February 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Defending Trump’s power grab with the “unitary executive theory” is just a fancy way of claiming the president can rule the executive branch like a monarch. This argument has no basis in history or the Constitution.
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"I had no idea that the meeting I am planning to attend on February 20th is being sponsored by individuals who … are espousing philosophies to which I am diametrically opposed," one mayor said
via @jerodmacevoy.com
via @jerodmacevoy.com
Small-town mayors set to speak at forum hosted by disgraced former GOP lawmaker • Arizona Mirror
The mayors of more than 10 small Arizona cities and towns are scheduled to speak at a forum hosted by a disgraced former state lawmaker who has faced child sex charges and espoused racist views
azmirror.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"I had no idea that the meeting I am planning to attend on February 20th is being sponsored by individuals who … are espousing philosophies to which I am diametrically opposed," one mayor said
via @jerodmacevoy.com
via @jerodmacevoy.com
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Your discomfort with politics won’t protect you from its consequences.
February 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Your discomfort with politics won’t protect you from its consequences.
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As an elected union leader & veteran history educator, I live in a mental spiral of both fear & hope. We have seen this before, attacks on the public good & the vulnerable, the racism & fear-mongering. And we know the antidote, solidarity, collective action, & disruption. Y’all stretch, it’s time. ✊🏽
February 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
As an elected union leader & veteran history educator, I live in a mental spiral of both fear & hope. We have seen this before, attacks on the public good & the vulnerable, the racism & fear-mongering. And we know the antidote, solidarity, collective action, & disruption. Y’all stretch, it’s time. ✊🏽
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BREAKING: Utah BANNING firefighters, police, teachers, and other govt workers from negotiating for better pay and benefits for them and their families
This is MAGA:
1) False promises to help people against elites
2) Destroy middle class workers and families -- to benefit elites
This is MAGA:
1) False promises to help people against elites
2) Destroy middle class workers and families -- to benefit elites
February 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
BREAKING: Utah BANNING firefighters, police, teachers, and other govt workers from negotiating for better pay and benefits for them and their families
This is MAGA:
1) False promises to help people against elites
2) Destroy middle class workers and families -- to benefit elites
This is MAGA:
1) False promises to help people against elites
2) Destroy middle class workers and families -- to benefit elites
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The German Labour Front was the Nazi replacement for the trade unions that Hitler dissolved completely in 1933. Here was their logo, complete with 14 teeth, the same as the DOGE logo.
Symbols Matter!
h/t Jim Stewartson MindWar
Symbols Matter!
h/t Jim Stewartson MindWar
February 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The German Labour Front was the Nazi replacement for the trade unions that Hitler dissolved completely in 1933. Here was their logo, complete with 14 teeth, the same as the DOGE logo.
Symbols Matter!
h/t Jim Stewartson MindWar
Symbols Matter!
h/t Jim Stewartson MindWar
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As you get ready to spend Valentine’s Day with your loved ones, make sure to buy union made goods ❤️
February 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
As you get ready to spend Valentine’s Day with your loved ones, make sure to buy union made goods ❤️
When farmers & rural areas start to organize to push back against Elon, tariffs, & essential program cuts, please, please reach out to your local teachers to work with you.
They can help you organize & there's an incredible amount of common ground to work from.
We can work together. I've seen it.
They can help you organize & there's an incredible amount of common ground to work from.
We can work together. I've seen it.
February 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
When farmers & rural areas start to organize to push back against Elon, tariffs, & essential program cuts, please, please reach out to your local teachers to work with you.
They can help you organize & there's an incredible amount of common ground to work from.
We can work together. I've seen it.
They can help you organize & there's an incredible amount of common ground to work from.
We can work together. I've seen it.
This idea is good. America is ready for this. We have to cut through the bs of memes. @gallego.senate.gov @senatormark.bsky.social @repgregstanton.bsky.social
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This idea is good. America is ready for this. We have to cut through the bs of memes. @gallego.senate.gov @senatormark.bsky.social @repgregstanton.bsky.social
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National veterans group calls for release of Iraq War veteran arrested and detained by ICE www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Veterans group calls for release of Phoenix Army vet by immigration agents
A national veterans group is calling for the release of an Iraq War veteran who was detained by ICE outside his Phoenix neighborhood.
www.azcentral.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
National veterans group calls for release of Iraq War veteran arrested and detained by ICE www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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This says it all
Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.”
Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
February 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This says it all
AZ could provide nutritious meals to ALL of our public school students for less than the $400 million hole in our budget caused by private school vouchers. Minnesota for the win.
Free school meals has saved MN families $267.8 million in its first year — including many who needed help, but just missed qualifying in the past.
As St. Paul teacher Mandi Jung points out, feeding kids is also just the right thing to do. Hungry students can’t learn. #mnleg #edmnvotes
As St. Paul teacher Mandi Jung points out, feeding kids is also just the right thing to do. Hungry students can’t learn. #mnleg #edmnvotes
February 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
AZ could provide nutritious meals to ALL of our public school students for less than the $400 million hole in our budget caused by private school vouchers. Minnesota for the win.
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Karrin Taylor Robson calling herself a “business woman” is my favorite part of the ad announcing her candidacy for Governor of AZ. Her “business” is “lobbying.”
Just weeks after she lost her 1st gov primary in 22 KTR went back to lobbying. She is still actively a paid lobbyist as of this morning.
Just weeks after she lost her 1st gov primary in 22 KTR went back to lobbying. She is still actively a paid lobbyist as of this morning.
February 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Karrin Taylor Robson calling herself a “business woman” is my favorite part of the ad announcing her candidacy for Governor of AZ. Her “business” is “lobbying.”
Just weeks after she lost her 1st gov primary in 22 KTR went back to lobbying. She is still actively a paid lobbyist as of this morning.
Just weeks after she lost her 1st gov primary in 22 KTR went back to lobbying. She is still actively a paid lobbyist as of this morning.
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“I barely knew him” in 3…2…1…
February 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“I barely knew him” in 3…2…1…
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Understand this: by trying to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Elon Musk and Russ Vought are trying to make it easier for big banks to cheat you.
It’s another way the Trump administration wants to reward the rich and powerful while hurting working people.
It’s another way the Trump administration wants to reward the rich and powerful while hurting working people.
February 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Understand this: by trying to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Elon Musk and Russ Vought are trying to make it easier for big banks to cheat you.
It’s another way the Trump administration wants to reward the rich and powerful while hurting working people.
It’s another way the Trump administration wants to reward the rich and powerful while hurting working people.
There's no more dedicated, creative, caffeine-infused energy on the planet than the teachers and staff in our neighborhood schools.
Call us teachers ugly and attack our students and watch what happens. Never underestimate the power of a group of teachers. Right, @unionjoe.bsky.social ?
February 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
There's no more dedicated, creative, caffeine-infused energy on the planet than the teachers and staff in our neighborhood schools.
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Call us teachers ugly and attack our students and watch what happens. Never underestimate the power of a group of teachers. Right, @unionjoe.bsky.social ?
February 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Call us teachers ugly and attack our students and watch what happens. Never underestimate the power of a group of teachers. Right, @unionjoe.bsky.social ?