“I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity,” said TJ Sabula, the UAW worker who heckled President Trump and who Trump flipped off and cursed at. “And today I think I did that.” Gift link: wapo.st/4sG38CD

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.

“Trump doesn’t need @JohnJamesMI and @TomBarrettmi7’s help waging his attack on working people. This vote shows which side the Michigan Republicans are on — the side of billionaires and insurance companies — not the side of working people.” miaflcio.org/amid-afforda...

NEW: @rweingarten.bsky.social issues statement on the murder of Renee Nicole Good and incidents involving ICE agents threatening educators and students in Minnesota: "ICE must leave our schools and communities immediately—they are making us less, not more, safe." www.aft.org/press-releas...

This is a reckless, heinous act of violence against an American citizen. The officer must be held accountable. DHS must stop lying about the horror that was caught on video. ICE must leave our communities immediately. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Texas AFT, backed by AFT, filed a federal suit because educators constitutional right to free speech shouldn’t be weaponized against the people who educate our kids. I want to bring focus to our members... who I could not be prouder of. — our members are taking a stand against censorship.

📢 Free speech is free speech. Educators across Texas have been retaliated against for constitutionally protected speech that had no bearing on job performance and no impact on their classrooms. Read more about our lawsuit against TEA in the New York Times article below 👇

NOW: @texasaft.org & AFT announce a lawsuit against the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and commissioner, Mike Morath. The lawsuit challenges TEA’s unlawful investigations into educators’ protected First Amendment activity following Charlie Kirk's assassination. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyyf...

You don’t lose your right to express yourself the day you become a teacher. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...

As we start the new year, millions of Americans will lose their health care or see premiums skyrocket because Congressional Republicans & Donald Trump allowed ACA subsidies to expire. We should be investing in health care, not in tax cuts for the rich. We’re moving backwards.

I'd rather drink goat's blood.

The president has ended protected status of Ethiopians, Haitians, and Somalis and will deport thousands — including children who grew up in the US. Many will be forced to return to countries still experiencing armed conflict and instability. This decision puts lives at risk.

If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.

The federal government plays a critical role in delivering resources our public schools need to help every student succeed. This admin is abandoning that role, and the consequences are hitting hardest in rural districts who can't make up for the lost resources. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump wants to rewrite history, with him as hero and his predecessors as failures. He violates the norms established by George Washington and other presidents about keeping the White House nonpartisan. A very interesting analysis. open.substack.com/pub/iholdthe...

Trump’s name is being added to the Kennedy Center today. 📸 Heather Diehl/Getty Images

Obviously this is being done without congressional approval.

Yesterday on Capitol Hill, @rweingarten.bsky.social warned of the consequences of abandoning the federal government's role in expanding access to education, criticizing new programs that funnel public dollars into school vouchers rather than IDEA & Title I. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...

BREAKING: The Florida Supreme Court upheld Florida’s law, making it the only state to allow juries split 8-4 to sentence people to death. Permitting non-unanimous, divided juries to sentence people to death is unconstitutional and increases the risk of executing an innocent person.

Huge news… Discharge petition for extension of ACA tax credits for 3 years now has 218 votes. Speaker Johnson-bring this to the floor as soon as possible

Grieving for these students, the two who were killed, those wounded, and those whose worlds were shattered. And for their TA. No students or instructors should face such violence.💔💔 These Brown Students Were Prepping for an Exam. Then, a Gunman at the Classroom Door. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...

WHO AMONG US hasn't sat down 11 times with a journalist and a tape recorder only to be shocked that they'd publish stuff we talked about?

Yes, the jobs numbers continue to get worse under Trump. No, the party in power will not take responsibility for any of it.

Coward.

TSA officers organized for years to secure union contracts—and DHS is trying to rip them up before the holiday travel rush where officers will have to keep millions of Americans safe without a voice on the job. This union-busting puts all of us at risk. https://bit.ly/3XWWMRs

This country knowingly put evil in the White House. This great, good, decent country knowingly put someone who is evil in power. Americans knowingly voted for an evil monster. And so to remind you once more - this Trump era has never been about Trump. It’s always been about us, about us as a people.

The ravenous, all-consuming narcissism that has rotted the mind of this man requires that every event, every tragedy, every circumstance be ultimately about him. Others in the world do not exist as fully human; they operate only to validate Donald Trump. This is a gross display of mental illness.

This is so vile and so un-American. And calling our founder fathers - who would cringe at this kind of bigoted zealotry - "pearl clutchers" is a twist.

Update: DOJ haw now sued 18 states. My law firm has already filed to intervene to defend voters in 13 of the first 14 cases. We are working on the remains 5. This is an insane effort by DOJ and we are a small firm. But we are committed to protecting free and fair elections in 2026. More soon.

If universities think this is the time to cave to Trump’s bullshit authoritarian tactics, guess again. He is weak. He is losing. And he knows it.

This is a terrible day for American families. The Senate could have sent a message to all Americans that they were dealing with healthcare costs by retaining the tax credits that make Obamacare affordable. It failed as most Senate Rs Refused. #RepublicanHealthCareFailure www.aft.org/press-releas...

@aft.org President @rweingarten.bsky.social motivating us at the Great Lakes Leader Meeting for the fights ahead in 2026. Our union is fighting every day for working people and their families.

🗨️ Do not look away! The fight here is about making sure the teachers have the power, the resources, so that any AI tool supplements, not supplants, the human endeavour of teaching. - @rweingarten.bsky.social, president of @aft.org #GoPublic #HumanCentredAI

At the @eduinternational.bsky.social Global Conference on AI in Brussels, @rweingarten.bsky.social's message was clear: AI must serve schools, not the other way around. Educators must help shape AI from the start so this technology strengthens teaching & learning rather than driving it.

Such hateful, petty, bigoted trash bags. Their hate will never erase the history she made.

After losing elections in NY, NJ, VA, Trump dismissed the affordability crisis as a "Democrat hoax" and "con job." Meanwhile, 46% of voters blame him for the economic situation. Denying reality won't pay anyone's rent. #TrumpAffordabilityCrisis www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

Democrats are comfortable fighting Trump, but to change the country we need to do more than critique; Americans want solutions & there’s lots of room to work on economic pathways to success and creating opportunity for all. Thanks @DashaBurns for the conversation. www.politico.com/video/2025/1...

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Thank you to @ericrader.bsky.social, co-chair of @afthighered.bsky.social’s Program and Policy Council, for speaking with @eduinternational.bsky.social about how collective bargaining and shared governance are essential to using AI responsibly and ethically. www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3175...

Today marks 50 years of IDEA. Today we celebrate this landmark civil rights law and recommit ourselves to the work ahead. IDEA is both a milestone and a mandate; our collective responsibility is to fulfill its promise for the next generation.

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

Don Jr. and Eric watching the presser between Zohran Mamdani and their dad:

The discontinuation of the ACA tax credits means 8,811 people will die and 4.8m will be without health insurance. In 2026 alone, 340k jobs will be lost and hospitals will lose $32b. Republicans need to pass a standalone bill to extend the ACA tax credits. www.aft.org/press-releas...

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

We are upset, like many, that the ACA tax credits are not restored in this “deal” to reopen the govt. But let’s be clear why: the Rs refused to budge as the hunger & aviation crises worsened. Let’s be clear who is hurting working families. The AFT will keep fighting www.aft.org/press-releas...

Trump literally could not care less if you live or die.

BREAKING: Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield made history Tuesday night, Nov. 4, becoming the city's first woman mayor in an election she led from start to finish.

CA voters support Prop 50 because they want to stop the erosion of our democracy. Californians deserve a government that fights for better wages, lower costs, and economic opportunity for all. #CAVoteYesProp50 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

My response to @edsecmcmahon.govpeeps.us on twitter