Another great conversation w/@momsrising.org @rowefinkbeiner.bsky.social about why care is central to the economic measurements we currently count (ie. GDP) and the ones we should count (ie. family wellbeing). Read more here by @tcfdotorg.bsky.social and @caringacross.org tcf.org/content/repo...

It is my genuine hope that we remember how much more effective resisting the agendas of fascists and billionaires (and, of course, fascist billionaires) has been than anyone thought it would in Jan. All across the country, people are pushing back. We may not always win, but the solidarity matters.

"The horns and whistles work..." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

If you’re doing some last-minute holiday shopping, union-made gifts and union carriers like USPS or UPS are a great way to support the workers who keep the holidays moving!

It's usually not the good guys who speak in absolutes, as Star Wars reminds us. Black and white thinking like this is harmful to everyone.

Oh my god, I am in TEARS. Is AI the new opposite-land UBI? "We aren't sure it doesn't work yet, let's test it more." The benefit of UBI, of course, is that it actually does work, we just study it a lot because no one in power wants to believe giving people money helps.

The report: https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/10/just-0001-hold-three-times-the-wealth-of-poorest-half-of-humanity-report-finds

I mean, I'd never heard of a discharge petition before Mike Johnson's speakership. Suddenly, they're everywhere! We have more power than a lot of people thought we did in January. Looks like some of the people who thought we didn't are in Congressional leadership.

Apropos of absolutely nothing at all, it's worth remembering that fascism relies on us being afraid of the people who seek to impose it. When we have the safety to speak out, making fascists look like fools is a marvelous use of our time.

This is excellent news, and more municipalities should follow suit. There is literally nothing good whatsoever about AI.

The cracks, they are showing.

This is exciting! We love when new units organize! Get that contract!

> Listen to healthcare professionals. By taking away professional degree designation from nurses and other workers, the government is making an already dire shortage of healthcare workers even worse. @AFTCT.bsky.social www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/n...

There's a lot of chatter about revenue and it's going to be a hot topic this session - if you have questions, join in!

Student loan forgiveness processing has been a 🎢 for borrowers ➡️Trump admin suspended most IDR loan forgiveness ➡️@aft.org sued ➡️Ed Dept resumed IBR/ICR/PAYE processing (briefly) ➡️Govt shutdown ➡️Ed Dept resumes processing ✅Check your status! www.forbes.com/sites/adammi...

🚨Bill Alert 🚨 I just dropped HB 2098, Affordable College for All. This bill would make higher education accessible to all working and middle class families in Washington State by removing an artificial cap the biggest tech companies put on their own tax rates: app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?... #waleg

As anyone with any sense at all said at the time. (Not a criticism of Mother Jones!) We are going to have to do so much work just to try to get back to where we were before DOGE took a sledgehammer to the government. We believe it's possible, but it will be something we have to commit to.

Translation: They're still trying to find a customer base for AI.

In nearly every state, lawmakers from both parties have passed protections against harmful uses of AI. Big Tech is trying to tear down these AI safety laws. They want to profit off of unsafe AI while workers pay the price. We’re fighting to stop them. https://bit.ly/44ibCp1

This final week of #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, check out some of the stories of how AFT members support Native American communities and celebrate Native cultures. www.aft.org/native-ameri...

Well, considering that the times we know it's been used by the employer it's been bad for employees and students both, I don't see why we'd all trust the plagiarism machine over the people skilled in doing their jobs. Just to make billionaires richer? One assumes?

We have the bill AND the bipartisan support to restore union rights for 1 million federal workers! It’s time to get it done. Tell your representatives: pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...

A lot of what Trump does is just a masterclass in How To Be Wrong About Every Word You Say. Also, it SHOULD be a bad look to prop up Saudi Arabia's oil industry by undercutting America's solar and windpower firms. Should be.

One of the many things to reckon with, as we strive to build a better future - which most working Americans want - is all the little time bombs that have been insidiously built into our national fabric to protect whiteness. Some of them are quite recent, as this article points out.

Mandatory genital inspection of children is a weird, weird thing to want to do.

It probably isn't possible to pinpoint when traditional journalism went off the rails (though I might look very closely at 2016) but this should be the kind of thing that galvanizes resistance from journalists, not something that passes with a shrug.

Your regular reminder that eternal one-party domination by Republicans is not inevitable, Trump is not invincible, and when the far right receives even moderate pushback against their terrible ideas, they usually collapse.

This is AWESOME

The President’s plan to dismantle the Dept of Ed is neither streamlining nor reform, it’s an abdication & abandonment of America’s future. Rather than show leadership in helping all students seize their potential, it walks away from that responsibility. www.aft.org/press-releas...

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

This is hugely important! The new CEO of Starbucks is intentionally missing the point about workers' rights and worker dignity, and it's up to all of us to help workers make the point for him.

To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.

👏👏👏 "In a country and state with so many resources, we should not let our neighbors go hungry, live outside, or suffer without health care. To make sure everyone in our community has what they need, legislators need to look at additional sources of revenue, like raising taxes on the wealthy." #WaLeg

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Anyone with eyes and half an ounce of common sense knew this was coming, and that it is entirely the point. It's still disgusting.

As always, when Republicans know they can't win they don't moderate their positions, they cheat. Tell your friends in Pierce County, don't trust shady mailers from Jesse Young's friends, instead use trusted sources like the Progressive Voters Guide: progressivevotersguide.com/washington/c...

Popok: The blue states and cities effectively brought the cases. The red states are suffering, and their AGs are sitting on the sidelines. There’s no red state that brought a case. Think about that: not one red state attorney general brought a case to help prevent starvation and suffering. None.

Jeffries: "Understand, until Donald Trump tells them what to do, Republicans in the House and Senate are going to be unwilling to find a bipartisan path forward because this version of the Republican Party, they don't work for the American people. They work for Donald Trump."

The Trump regime is an utter failure so it’s working on its backup plan: pull us into a completely unnecessary war with Venezuela in order to distract from their domestic destruction, feed their anti-immigrant propaganda, and enact emergency powers to hold onto power forever. Authoritarianism 101.

They don't HAVE to do any of this. They want to. Probably more than they want to give tax cuts to billionaires, honestly. Because they're better than working people and they want us to know that. The best case endgame for these people is feudalism where most of us are serfs.

Well, she's lying. Dumb, obvious lies and really bad taste are the signature abilities of the members of this administration.

Absolutely read this thread. Derek is both marvelous on menswear (I have followed him since the Twitter days) and weaves (har) it into unionism and a rebuttal of the administration's bigoted crap that diversity is bad. Spoiler alert: our members are not harmed by non-white people having good jobs.

It is extremely important to remember that the Trump administration is wildly unpopular on all of its signature issues, which makes it fundamentally weak and means that we can, in fact, defeat this fascist agenda. Not that anyone thought institutionalized evil was a position of strength, but still.

Rep. Scott is right: 900,000 people in our state losing SNAP benefits is definitely an emergency. Image with alt text:

This looks like a concentration camp.

This problem is widespread throughout the state, and it is both dire for families and absolutely disgusting that the administration both seeks to balance tax cuts for the rich on the backs of LITERAL CHILDREN.

We are so pleased to have the opportunity to support this work!

Great list!

One of the reasons to participate in community support during the SNAP funding freeze and the shutdown - keep these jobs looking like the evil jobs they are.

The Trump admin and their allies are trying to turn workers against each other as they gut our health care and essential services. Workers are not pawns in their political games. Fund the government. Fix the health care crisis. Put working people first. act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...