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Tell Congress: No War with Iran The American people do not want to enter Netanyahu’s war with Iran. American involvement would not only put our troops into harm's way, but risk escalating an already volatile situation into all-out r...

Tell Congress: No War with Iran act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...

Tell Your Senators: No War With Iran The American people do not want to enter Netanyahu’s war with Iran. American involvement would not only put our troops into harm's way, but risk escalating an already volatile situation into all-out r...

Tell Your Senators: No War With Iran act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...

Tell Congress: Hands off Medicaid! Medicaid supports people from birth to after retirement and is essential to keeping hospitals open and supporting students at school. Cutting Medicaid will hurt individual patients and entire communit...

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Seventeen states join a lawsuit that would eliminate federal protections for children with disabilities. Act now to stop them. - Network For Public Education Seventeen states have initiated a lawsuit to eliminate Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Section 504 guarantees that individuals with disabilities have equal access to benefits and servic...

networkforpubliceducation.org/seventeen-st...

Stop Elon Musk from stealing Americans’ tax and other private data It appears Musk has hacked into millions of Americans’ personal information and now has access to their taxes, Social Security, student debt and financial aid filings. Musk’s so-called Department of G...

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I heard the Pope dissed the shit out of JD Vance.

Fuck yeah.

Get his ass, Francis.

USAID Lifesaving Aid Remains Halted Despite Rubio’s Promise A new directive puts further exemptions on hold. Aid workers also say the U.S. government has made it impossible to pay partners around the world.

Even though Rubio promised life-saving aid wouldn't be interrupted, it has essentially been halted worldwide, interrupting HIV and TB treatment and threatening millions of lives. People are dying today because of these chaotic, inconsistent stop work orders. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

AMID. BACKLASH.

We have power. Our calls, our stories, our spending, our conversations, our votes matter.

A democracy is about the power of the collective: shannonwatts.substack.com/p/what-to-do...

Garcia: "I find it ironic that our chairman, Rep. Greene, is in charge of running this committee. In the last Congress, Chairwoman Greene literally showed a dick pic in our Oversight hearing, so I thought I'd bring one as well. This, of course, is President Elon Musk ... "

Protect our children—all our children As educators, we have a responsibility to the kids we teach. As healthcare professionals, we help and heal. As neighbors, friends and community members, we know that America stands for unity and oppor...

You don't have to be one of the thousands of AFT members on our town hall call to send a letter to your members of Congress. They must urge the president to reinstate the protection of schools, hospitals and churches against ICE.

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#protectourchildren

What specific oversight measures will prevent voucher funds from being misused for non-educational expenses like theme park tickets and ski passes, as they have in states with vouchers? #QuestionsForLinda

How will you advocate for adequate working conditions, pay and benefits for all educators #QuestionsForLinda

This fight will not be easy. What we're dealing with now is one of the worst stress tests our nation has ever endured. But I believe that we will survive. Do not descend into despair. We Can (And Must) Keep Up The Fight

This fight will not be easy. 

What we're dealing with now is one of the worst stress tests our nation has ever endured.

But I believe that we will survive. 

Do not descend into despair.

I saw this on another platform and knew it would be appreciated here
#Booksky 💙📚

I'm joining educators, parents and students taking a stand for public schools! Every child should have access to a good education, no matter where they live or how much money their family has.

How will the department prevent DOGE from using personnel data to target specific employees? #QuestionsForLinda

Melissa Cropper: Rural communities lose when vouchers replace public schools School funding in Ohio is at a crossroads. One direction – fully funding the Fair School Funding Plan – leads toward adequate and predictable school funding that finally complies with our state consti...

Every student, no matter where they live, deserves an opportunity to thrive. We must invest in the public schools most kids attend - not vouchers - to make that a reality. @OFTUnion.bsky.social www.limaohio.com/columns/2025...

What protections exist for whistleblowers whose confidential complaints may have been exposed? #QuestionsForLinda

Hot Mic Catches Elon’s Son Telling Trump to 'Shut Up' and 'Go Away' "I want you to shut your f***ing mouth up."

BAHAHA!

What measures will protect special education records from being used to identify and potentially discriminate against students with disabilities? #QuestionsForLinda

What safeguards are being put in place to prevent DOGE from accessing historical FAFSA applications containing sensitive data about millions of families? #QuestionsForLinda

Bernie Sanders: "They will use the enormous media operations they own to deflect attention away from the impact of their policies while they entertain us to death."

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

Pink JEDI library shirt! Illustrated interpretations of light sabers held by hands. J- Justice, E- Equity, D- Diversity, I- Inclusion

JEDI ✨📚🩶

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Many are asking: “What can I do now?”

Here’s a revised and expanded list of actions you can take, in rough order of importance. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-what-you-can-do

Book readers in US...these are the places I shop that are not Amazon.

#books #reading #Booksky

Does “Golden Age” refer to a time when planes keep crashing, eggs cost $10–15 a dozen, the U.S. is being booed and protested by all our allies, workers are losing their jobs, and Americans’ personal data is being rummaged through by unelected oligarchs and their strange crew of 20-something incels?

just thinking about spending the entire weekend sitting in my reading chair

Just because Trump wants you to believe he has unlimited power doesn’t mean he actually does.
Executive orders are limited by Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Constitution. Here’s how executive power is really kept in check.