@vedak.bsky.social
Congress has the power
“International Emergency Economic Powers Act allows the president to impose tariffs if he declares a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act
That same law allows Congress to end such a declaration of emergency.”
From HCR
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
“International Emergency Economic Powers Act allows the president to impose tariffs if he declares a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act
That same law allows Congress to end such a declaration of emergency.”
From HCR
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
April 2, 2025 (Wednesday)
Just five months ago, on October 19, 2024, The Economist ran a special report on America’s economy.
open.substack.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Congress has the power
“International Emergency Economic Powers Act allows the president to impose tariffs if he declares a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act
That same law allows Congress to end such a declaration of emergency.”
From HCR
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
“International Emergency Economic Powers Act allows the president to impose tariffs if he declares a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act
That same law allows Congress to end such a declaration of emergency.”
From HCR
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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It didn’t get a lot of attention but the Department of Energy complied with a court order on Friday and reinstated fired probationary employees. It says it’s expediting equipment and badge reissues so that they can return to work.
www.eenews.net/articles/doe...
www.eenews.net/articles/doe...
DOE reinstates fired employees
A memo viewed by POLITICO’s E&E News shows the Department of Energy rehired employees late Thursday, obeying a court order.
www.eenews.net
March 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It didn’t get a lot of attention but the Department of Energy complied with a court order on Friday and reinstated fired probationary employees. It says it’s expediting equipment and badge reissues so that they can return to work.
www.eenews.net/articles/doe...
www.eenews.net/articles/doe...
We could be next
The people Attorney General Bondi is calling “terrorists” have had no trial and no chance to defend themselves. We do not know who they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril.
March 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
We could be next
How not to make us great.
AFT President @rweingarten.bsky.social's latest column is out! She breaks down how Trump is letting Elon Musk plunder programs for the hungry, poor, students, veterans, and the sick—all to fund tax cuts for billionaires.
Read it here ⬇️
Read it here ⬇️
Robbing Peter to pay for Elon’s tax cuts
Americans didn’t vote for deep cuts to services that we need—and our taxes pay for.Elon Musk will never need to look to the federal government for Social Security benefits, to apply for a student loan...
www.aft.org
March 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
How not to make us great.
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The people Attorney General Bondi is calling “terrorists” have had no trial and no chance to defend themselves. We do not know who they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril.
March 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The people Attorney General Bondi is calling “terrorists” have had no trial and no chance to defend themselves. We do not know who they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril.
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Don’t let Trump fire the Federal Workers keeping our air clean and healthy!
Act now to #StopTheStupidity: bit.ly/FedWorkers
#FederalWorkers #CleanAir
Act now to #StopTheStupidity: bit.ly/FedWorkers
#FederalWorkers #CleanAir
March 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Don’t let Trump fire the Federal Workers keeping our air clean and healthy!
Act now to #StopTheStupidity: bit.ly/FedWorkers
#FederalWorkers #CleanAir
Act now to #StopTheStupidity: bit.ly/FedWorkers
#FederalWorkers #CleanAir
We will not be erased!
Remember “Hidden Figures”?
Trumpists have decided to hide generations.
taskandpurpose.com/news/arlingt...
Trumpists have decided to hide generations.
taskandpurpose.com/news/arlingt...
Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans
The cemetery website unpublished links to lists of notable graves, walking tours and other material about Black, Hispanic and women veterans.
taskandpurpose.com
March 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
We will not be erased!
Read the latest Action Alert from the DFL Environmental Caucus.
dflenvironmentalcaucus.substack.com/p/dflec-legi...
dflenvironmentalcaucus.substack.com/p/dflec-legi...
March 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Read the latest Action Alert from the DFL Environmental Caucus.
dflenvironmentalcaucus.substack.com/p/dflec-legi...
dflenvironmentalcaucus.substack.com/p/dflec-legi...
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There are plenty of horrors to go around, but this shit is such sheer psychopathic cruelty as to be nearly incomprehensible. They could have just… not done this.
Take a moment today to read about a few of the young children whom Trump and Musk killed by shutting down USAID. The blame for these deaths falls on them.
There will be hundreds of thousands more dead kids before their lethal crusade against foreign aid ends. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
There will be hundreds of thousands more dead kids before their lethal crusade against foreign aid ends. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
There are plenty of horrors to go around, but this shit is such sheer psychopathic cruelty as to be nearly incomprehensible. They could have just… not done this.
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Estimated number of people who could die within a year without American foreign aid for:
H.I.V. prevention and treatment: 1,650,000
Vaccines: 500,000
Food aid: 550,000
Malaria prevention: 290,000
Tuberculosis prevention: 310,000
H.I.V. prevention and treatment: 1,650,000
Vaccines: 500,000
Food aid: 550,000
Malaria prevention: 290,000
Tuberculosis prevention: 310,000
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Estimated number of people who could die within a year without American foreign aid for:
H.I.V. prevention and treatment: 1,650,000
Vaccines: 500,000
Food aid: 550,000
Malaria prevention: 290,000
Tuberculosis prevention: 310,000
H.I.V. prevention and treatment: 1,650,000
Vaccines: 500,000
Food aid: 550,000
Malaria prevention: 290,000
Tuberculosis prevention: 310,000
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"Without at least the current levels of federal funding, our paraprofessional and other support staff jobs are not secure-and schools cannot run without us." — Michele Moore, Special Education Paraprofessional #ProtectOurKids
March 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"Without at least the current levels of federal funding, our paraprofessional and other support staff jobs are not secure-and schools cannot run without us." — Michele Moore, Special Education Paraprofessional #ProtectOurKids
Protect our kids!
By firing half of the staff of the Department of Education, Trump is making it harder to get resources where they're needed most: In classrooms.
Tell Congress to protect our kids and stop cuts to education!
Tell Congress to protect our kids and stop cuts to education!
Tell Congress: No Cuts To Education
The Trump administration’s plan to gut federal support for public schools and give tax cuts to billionaires at the expense of loans for students to make college affordable and health care services for...
actionnetwork.org
March 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Protect our kids!
March 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
MN GOP push HF 12.
A bill designed to further marginalize and bully trans students. We are better than this. Instead of bringing a bill that addresses a real problem, they chose to manufacture a fake problem.
As Rep. Kozlowski said, “However you exist, you are valid.”
A bill designed to further marginalize and bully trans students. We are better than this. Instead of bringing a bill that addresses a real problem, they chose to manufacture a fake problem.
As Rep. Kozlowski said, “However you exist, you are valid.”
March 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
MN GOP push HF 12.
A bill designed to further marginalize and bully trans students. We are better than this. Instead of bringing a bill that addresses a real problem, they chose to manufacture a fake problem.
As Rep. Kozlowski said, “However you exist, you are valid.”
A bill designed to further marginalize and bully trans students. We are better than this. Instead of bringing a bill that addresses a real problem, they chose to manufacture a fake problem.
As Rep. Kozlowski said, “However you exist, you are valid.”
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The fight for public education is now. The Trump administration’s push to cut federal funding and dismantle the Department of Education puts millions of students at risk.
On March 4, we’re taking action to demand that lawmakers protect our schools, not gut them. Join us: aft.org/ProtectOurKids
On March 4, we’re taking action to demand that lawmakers protect our schools, not gut them. Join us: aft.org/ProtectOurKids
February 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The fight for public education is now. The Trump administration’s push to cut federal funding and dismantle the Department of Education puts millions of students at risk.
On March 4, we’re taking action to demand that lawmakers protect our schools, not gut them. Join us: aft.org/ProtectOurKids
On March 4, we’re taking action to demand that lawmakers protect our schools, not gut them. Join us: aft.org/ProtectOurKids
Join Us Tonight for Stories of Transition for a Clean Energy Future
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open.substack.com/pub/dflenvir...
February 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Join Us Tonight for Stories of Transition for a Clean Energy Future
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Join Us Tonight for Stories of Transition for a Clean Energy Future
Join the DFLEC for its next legislative forum
open.substack.com
February 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Join Us Tonight for Stories of Transition for a Clean Energy Future
open.substack.com/pub/dflenvir...
open.substack.com/pub/dflenvir...
Join Us Tonight for Stories of Transition for a Clean Energy Future
Join the DFLEC for its next legislative forum
open.substack.com
February 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Join Us Tonight for Stories of Transition for a Clean Energy Future
open.substack.com/pub/dflenvir...
open.substack.com/pub/dflenvir...
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Watching Americans organically take action against Musk. He’s hurting people- invading their privacy, cutting funds/grants they rely on, smearing & firing people who work at agencies investigating his actions. This is a reaction to Musk’s abuse of power. actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
TeslaTakedown
This Saturday, we hit Tesla showrooms everywhere. ⚡ Sell your Teslas, dump your stock, join the picket lines. ⚡ Hurting Tesla is stopping Musk. ⚡ Stopping Musk will help save lives and our democracy....
actionnetwork.org
February 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Watching Americans organically take action against Musk. He’s hurting people- invading their privacy, cutting funds/grants they rely on, smearing & firing people who work at agencies investigating his actions. This is a reaction to Musk’s abuse of power. actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
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The Dept of Ed supports:
7.5M students with disabilities
26M kids living in poverty
12M kids in CTE programs
Protecting civil rights
Pell grants
www.aft.org/column/prote...
7.5M students with disabilities
26M kids living in poverty
12M kids in CTE programs
Protecting civil rights
Pell grants
www.aft.org/column/prote...
Protect—don’t wreck—our children’s futures
As President Donald Trump and Elon Musk swing a wrecking ball at the U.S. Department of Education, I’m wondering if it’s due to a lack of understanding of the department’s vital functions, or because ...
www.aft.org
February 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The Dept of Ed supports:
7.5M students with disabilities
26M kids living in poverty
12M kids in CTE programs
Protecting civil rights
Pell grants
www.aft.org/column/prote...
7.5M students with disabilities
26M kids living in poverty
12M kids in CTE programs
Protecting civil rights
Pell grants
www.aft.org/column/prote...
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February 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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While we're on the subject of students with learning disabilities, we have some #QuestionsForLinda.
How will states ensure consistent implementation of IEPs without federal oversight?
What mechanisms will protect students' rights to accommodations across different states?
How will states ensure consistent implementation of IEPs without federal oversight?
What mechanisms will protect students' rights to accommodations across different states?
February 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
While we're on the subject of students with learning disabilities, we have some #QuestionsForLinda.
How will states ensure consistent implementation of IEPs without federal oversight?
What mechanisms will protect students' rights to accommodations across different states?
How will states ensure consistent implementation of IEPs without federal oversight?
What mechanisms will protect students' rights to accommodations across different states?
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To: Senator
Re: TPs for your cable news interview
This memo provides Talking Points for YOUR interview on cable news for Friday, Feb 14.
- All of this is against the law
- All of this puts our national security at risk
- Musk has your bank info and your tax return
- Really craving egg, but no egg
Re: TPs for your cable news interview
This memo provides Talking Points for YOUR interview on cable news for Friday, Feb 14.
- All of this is against the law
- All of this puts our national security at risk
- Musk has your bank info and your tax return
- Really craving egg, but no egg
February 14, 2025 at 4:22 AM
To: Senator
Re: TPs for your cable news interview
This memo provides Talking Points for YOUR interview on cable news for Friday, Feb 14.
- All of this is against the law
- All of this puts our national security at risk
- Musk has your bank info and your tax return
- Really craving egg, but no egg
Re: TPs for your cable news interview
This memo provides Talking Points for YOUR interview on cable news for Friday, Feb 14.
- All of this is against the law
- All of this puts our national security at risk
- Musk has your bank info and your tax return
- Really craving egg, but no egg