“This closure disregards the commitment of the frontline nurses who have built this program over the past decade, many of whom relocated from across the country to serve this community.” - Vicky Byrd, Montana Nurses Association @mtnurses.bsky.social

Lexington, KY, y’all. #NoKings @ky120unitedaft.bsky.social @aft.org

No Kings Rally Helena Montana Capitol! Nurses showing up for democracy, healthcare, human rights.

It's rallyin' time ✊ #NoKings @ctulocal1.bsky.social @iftaft.bsky.social

I’ve seen bigger crowds at the cock fights in Blackey. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Sen. Alex Padilla: "If this is how this DHS responds to a senator with a question, I can only imagine what they're doing to farmers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country. We will hold this administration accountable."

Floyd County KY 120 United AFT member Kyle O’Quinn utilized @aft resources to engage his students in their communities, identify problems, find solutions, and empower them to take action. www.facebook.com/share/v/1979...

🔥 what side are you on? Collective bargaining could help students and teachers in Fayette County schools | Opinion www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-e... For more great content like this subscribe to the Lexington Herald Leader app here: www.kentucky.com/subscribe

Today’s executive orders make clear that despite their mantra of local control, the Trump Administration really does want to be in the business of education after all. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Happy to see some of my favorite Kentuckians in these photos! You rock Lexington!

Hands Off!! Lexington, Ky

They want us to be silent. But we won’t be. Because we know there’s no cavalry coming. We are the cavalry. And we’ll fight in the courts, in the streets and in our communities—because our kids, our jobs and our futures are worth fighting for. #HandsOff

Amazing #HandsOff rally in Lexington!! 1,500 showed up & said the threat of rain was nowhere as scary as the threat to our democracy!! Thanks to all the orgs & organizers! Bluegrass Activist Alliance, KY 120 United-AFT, Peaceful Bluegrass Resistance, Gathering for Democracy, & 50501!

Every year, I look forward to the @psrp-aft.bsky.social Conference & this year in Portland did not disappoint. Paraprofessionals & support staff are the heartbeat of our schools. As I said last night: they deserve dignity, respect & a living wage—and we’ll never stop fighting alongside them. #PSRP25

This is why Frankfort electeds like Felicia Rabourn should stay the fuck out of bullying districts over NTI days. My heart breaks for this child and family and school community. www.wlky.com/article/kent...

Honestly, I don’t trust my state electeds with $$ from the Dept. Of Ed. Why would I? They are being sued by STUDENTS for years of underfunding, didn’t fund transportation fully, hate public education and have a fetish for charters and vouchers. It’s not the Dept. Of Ed, it’s the KY General Assembly.

Is this real? I mean…..wut? God save us from the KY General Assembly.

Max Wise is nothing more than an empty suit carrying Kelly Craft’s purse and her 10 million dollar ham. What side are you on, Max? Nevermind. We already know. Pitiful.

Max Wise has ran a sloppy, sloppy mess of a Senate floor.

KY 120 United President Sarah Fightmaster Bayerle is right. It’s our job as educators to teach our communities about the consequences of these cuts, and to help mobilize parents and activists to stop them. #ProtectOurKids www.lex18.com/news/coverin...

On March 4, we came together. Across the country, in towns big and small, educators, parents, students, and community members stood up for our public schools, our kids, and our communities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEFj... #ProtectOurKids

Thank you @cincyteachers for all you do for Cincinnati students! #ProtectOurKids 👏👏👏 local12.com/news/local/c...

Proud to have been involved in this Day of Action. Proud to be union. Proud to be @aftunion.bsky.social ✊🏼

Added to the pile of "ideas that waste taxpayer money", KY DOGE passed committee yesterday and is headed for a full vote in the state Senate.

Rep. Blanton- this is the face of what cutting safety nets in a coal mines looks like. HB 196 is shameful and a DISGRACE to the memories of the brothers, fathers and friends of the Scotia mine disaster. Shame on you. Her husband survived Vietnam but died underground for King Coal.

Evergreen.

ICYMI - We had an INSPIRING #ColonelsOfTruth livestream last night with @camuelforky.bsky.social & Lou Metro Councilwoman Shameka Parrish-Wright - Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts! Aaron, Kim & @thatnema.bsky.social hosted a great show! www.youtube.com/live/TQlyCcF...

Deb Yetter continues to be the QUEEN of KY journalism. And Matt Bevin can rot in hell. Along with his wife. She ain’t a victim. kentuckylantern.com/2025/02/28/i...

I have about as much interest in how to start a worm farm as I do watching Andy Barr and Daniel Cameron toddler slap and trade “burns” on social media. Grow the fuck up.

ICYMI: The Oregon Nurses Association reached a tentative agreement with Providence Health! Voting on the TA is open today through tomorrow.

The City Council president’s office honored several local unions and African American community members that are part of those unions.

Ya don’t say?

Wait. So allegedly Maddox and Massie are a couple? Allegedly. Color me shocked. #kyga25 #familyvalues

Felicia Rabourn is not a serious elected. She must troll FB comments all day seeing what everyone is yelling about at that second and just file legislation to outlaw it. This isn’t how government should work. Embarrassing. #byeFelicia

Civil disobedience is often necessary. Thank you Chris Kluwe.#civil disobedience

Walking into our workplaces to organize this week like

Proud of the doctors & providers at St. Vincent who stood up for their patients & themselves. Their fight for staffing, wages, and respect led to their first-ever contract. Together, they honored St. Vincent’s mission of quality care for all Oregonians. www.oregonrn.org/page/PSVMCHo...

Under fascism, no one is safe. Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc. Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations. Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.

Because in the United States, it’s legal to feed chicken shit to cattle. That’s why. That’s literally the reason www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE.

TJ Roberts. LOL. What a toddler.

Late last night, with about 15 minutes notice to the Union, the NLRB’s HR sent an email adopting the terms of the forked-up resignation scam. HR also provided us a contract that appears to be drafted by AI or LegalZoom. As labor lawyers, we’re happy to go over this in detail. 🧵

Y’all remember that time we were going through a pandemic and ol Rep. Jerry Miller lost his shit cause he couldn’t get a chicken plank from Long Johns? I miss that feller.

Super curious as to how Kentucky’s Constitution “warriors” are feelin about all this “tyranny” from their orange God. Don’t tread on me….unless it fits my white Christian nationalist agenda.

We’re gonna need a bigger dumpster for the fire, y’all.

This deliberate chaos is causing fear and harm in our communities - this administration is recklessly hurting kids in schools, pregnant women, nursing home residents, students with special needs, veterans, families who are struggling to get by. www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...

The #KingTrump virus is spreading. Curious to see under which law or statute Ohio's AG thinks Costco can be ordered to disband a law-abiding internal corporate unit. Could he order them to disband HR? Marketing? Also curious to see how all the "free market" zealots in the GOP react to this.

LOL. Hear that, America? It's working! Keep sharing vital info about our rights!

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.