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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...

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! ⬇️

Amid chaos, new report reveals 40 percent of DOGE cuts won't save any money The fails keep coming.

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.

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.

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-...

Idiocracy was a documentary

Did he leave her at a hockey game once, too?

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.

NEW: Skeptics of new Arizona ballot security bill zero in on sponsor’s links to key vendor www.votebeat.org/arizona/2025...

The Extreme Legal Theory Behind Trump’s First Month in Office The unitary executive theory upends our understanding of the Constitution.

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.

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

"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

Your discomfort with politics won’t protect you from its consequences.

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. ✊🏽

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

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

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.

He's angry because he's sober. We all know this guy.

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

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.

National veterans group calls for release of Iraq War veteran arrested and detained by ICE www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

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.

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.

Screenshot showing Elon Musk standing in the Oval Office while President Donald Trump sits at the Resolute Desk, looking displeased. The CNN-style news banner at the bottom reads: "MUSK DEFEND AGGRESSIVE EFFORTS TO OVERHAUL GOVT." The tweet, by Ron Filipkowski, humorously captions the image: "Trump looks thrilled as President Musk gets most of the questions from the press today while he sits there." This is a satirical edit and not a real news broadcast.

“I barely knew him” in 3…2…1…

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.

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 ?

Amid today’s massive NIH cuts to universities, please know that my research colleagues:

- Develop new cancer treatments for kids
- Are curing sickle cell disease
- Build new tech to help premature babies survive
- Prevent teens from dying of drug overdose
- And more

#NIH #MedSky #research #science

Health insurance is not meant to keep you healthy.

It’s meant to serve as an obstacle to care while picking your pocket.

Tax dollars from the Cardinals should be funding Arizonans - The Arizona Center for Economic Progress The prospect of having Kyler Murray, DeAndre Hopkins, and Larry Fitzgerald on the same offense combined with some strong off-season additions to the defense has many Arizona Cardinals’ fans excited fo...

From a few years ago. azeconcenter.org/tax-dollars-...