Trump’s aporoval goes down.. again.. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Private equity chooses to bury & mismatch key data, making it harder for investment professionals to see what assets are really worth. If experts can’t decipher reports, how can everyday workers judge whether to risk their 401(k) and retirement savings?

Thousands of workers (including some @AFTUnion members) have their hard-earned retirement savings invested in Tesla. But while Tesla stock bleeds value and endangers those savings, the company is handing Elon Musk $29 billion. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/04/t...

Fiduciaries & policymakers must demand full transparency, reject private equity access to 401(k)s, close tax loopholes, & invest in alternatives that serve working people. Teachers’ pensions should build futures, not fortunes for a few. www.aft.org/press-releas...

It is important to take wins where we can get them these days. Politicians in our highest government positions should be focused on their constituents, not their personal investment portfolios.

Private equity is asset-stripping another essential service—childcare—prioritizing profits over kids' well-being. It's time for the federal government to make childcare universally accessible and keep financial predators out. www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...

Private equity has a track of record all right: one of extracting huge fees from our members’ retirement savings and with zero transparency and disappointing returns. Read more in our new report with @OurFinancialSecurity.org: www.aft.org/press-releas...

Amazing. The people have power!

So proud of @aft.org and @rweingarten.bsky.social for everything they are doing to protect our country and working people's retirement!

Tesla, Palantir, Valor, & GEO Group are making billions while backing Trump’s agenda. Yet they continue managing billions in public pension funds. Workers deserve to know where their retirement dollars are parked and who benefits. www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/07/11/b...

Not only is this personally offensive, it's inexcusable for any company to generate hate. There are responsible ways to use AI, but it must be in service of the public good and developed in an equitable and accessible manner. www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...

Billionaires will notice their wealth increase. Families will feel the pain of this betrayal. bsky.app/profile/ping...

I am 100% certain that AI Marco is better at diplomacy than "real" Marco.

Trump is making the economy worse, and his Big Ugly Bill will hurt more hard-working families by slashing healthcare, education, and food assistance programs. bsky.app/profile/navi...

Every educator should be able to afford to live where they teach, whether it’s Broward or McDowell County or NYC. Being part of the community means being better able to address what students need. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/06/16/c...

The climate crisis is an economic crisis. It’s a housing crisis. It’s a public health crisis. It disproportionately impacts Black and brown families, but no one is immune from the dangers that come from political and corporate inaction on global warming. www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...

Shifting huge amounts of money from working people to enrich billionaires, kicking millions off of Medicaid, ending IRA investments that are putting people to work – all of this will create pain for working people and drive us further down the road toward a recession.

People are losing confidence in the economy - they are pulling back on their spending in response to Trump’s chaotic policies. The Republican tax bill will make matters worse. www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/e...

Glad you are out; grateful you are standing up for our neighbors. Glad @kathyhochul.bsky.social spoke for whole state when she called your arrest “bullshit”

Why? Why this cruelty to immigrants and disrespect of elected officials? First a Mayor, then a Congresswoman, then a US Senator, now a NYC Comptroller. This is about cruelty and intimidation, not the rule of law.

My letter declining DNC reappointment speaks for itself. I’m a proud democratic, but AFT & I will spend our time trying to make life better for working people in other ways. There’s much to be done to save our democracy, educate our kids & help working people thrive. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/u...

Just one more point- my letter was written in early June. My heart is broken for our colleagues in Minnesota so frankly it’s more important to me we grieve for those who were murdered & pray for those fighting for their lives then talk about the party now. I am letting the letter speak for itself.

—Political assassinations of the opposition party —Military occupation of opposition cities —Arresting judges supporting the rule of law —Arresting and charging lawmakers of the opposition —Assaulting a lawmaker for asking a question of the regime —Kidnapping and rendition to labor camps #NoKings

Thank you to Governor Kotek & lawmakers for keeping healthcare safe, accountable, and focused on the people it serves. This bill protects the doctor-patient relationship and puts patient care, not private equity, at the center of our healthcare system. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/06/09/b...

I rarely comment on the political goings on in AFT locals, and given the AFT’s role as arbiter, I almost never do it in union elections. But this is truly disgusting and hateful & beneath us. No one in our union should be engaged in this behavior. Period. open.substack.com/pub/katiea12...

Congrats to Yale for finally seeing that private equity isn’t the golden ticket it was made out to be. Other college endowments should follow their lead and start asking whether these high-fee, hard-to-sell investments are really worth it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/b...

Letting Wall Street sell high-risk, high-fee private investments to everyday Americans through their 401(k)s is a dangerous move and puts their hard-earned savings in danger. Retirement savings should be protected, not gambled. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

I'm shocked.

Tesla stock tanked 14% today — not because of business fundamentals, but because Elon Musk and Donald Trump are trading insults online. When a company’s value depends on personality over performance, this is what happens. And it is dangerous. www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

Me watching Trump and Elon fight each other on social media

While this spat might make for great reality TV, the consequences to the country are too great to watch 2 oligarchs fighting in the sandbox

So the President & the Acting President have just broken up. Notice how they are all acting- if they were school aged children we’d be trying restorative circles & trying to de-escalate (except Trump is trying to cut all those funds.)

Robotaxis in one week!

This #BigUglyBill will take healthcare coverage from millions and add $2.4 TRILLION to the national debt - all to give tax breaks to billionaires. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

If Tesla fails, a lot of retirees are going to lose a lot of money. A CEO can’t be distracted with extracurricular activities. It’s bad for business and makes investors’ portfolios unstable. www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

While Elon Musk has been working to dismantle government programs like Social Security, Tesla’s stock prices are spiraling—putting at risk working people’s deferred wages that have been invested.

Musk's outside endeavors appear to have diverted his time and attention from actively managing Tesla’s operations - and it's endangering the pensions and retirement savings of workers. www.benefitspro.com/2025/05/30/d...

So stupid.

On June 14, we’re coming together to send a clear message: No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. Join us—find a #NoKings event near you: go.aft.org/nokings

"IRR is a powerful tool — but it’s not a rate of return. It is a mathematical artefact. It assumes every dollar distributed is reinvested at the same rate it was earned. It’s not realistic, not additive, not comparable to market indices — and not designed to be used the way the industry uses it."

Lots of rulings today We won preliminary injunction stopping dismantling of the Dept of Education— the Court saw this was not efficiency , it was evisceration. Congress created the Ed Dept to help students. It can’t be shredded this way by Trump and McMahon www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Yes!! We Won!!

Yes!! it’s a relief they did not eviscerate religious liberty and the separation of church and state

Education funding should not be used as a piggy bank to defund our already underfunded public schools. The bill includes $20 billion for vouchers in the guise of a tax shelter for the well-off. Vouchers syphon crucial funds away from public schools into private hands. www.aft.org/press-releas...

📢 AFT President @rweingarten.bsky.social issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the establishment of a taxpayer-funded virtual religious charter school.

The guy notorious for unpaid invoices wants to yank federal aid from schools whose students can’t magically repay loans after a five‑year pause. Irony overload!

BREAKING: A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas under an 18th-century wartime law.

BREAKING: Trump's Alien Enemies Act Proclamation is "unlawful," a federal judge in Texas ruled. That judge was appointed by Trump. Ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Background www.allrisenews.com/p/aea-inquis...