Lynette Guastaferro
@lguastaferro.bsky.social
... mom, wife, friend, daughter, CEO @TeachingMatters.
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Major law firms are scaling back their free work for advocacy groups fighting the government in the wake of Donald Trump’s attacks. Interviews with over 60 lawyers and 30 nonprofits show legal aid groups now have fewer resources to defend the vulnerable reut.rs/4fjAIZ1
July 31, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Major law firms are scaling back their free work for advocacy groups fighting the government in the wake of Donald Trump’s attacks. Interviews with over 60 lawyers and 30 nonprofits show legal aid groups now have fewer resources to defend the vulnerable reut.rs/4fjAIZ1
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I lost my niece and nephew in Gaza. Until the world calls this a genocide, we have no hope of peace | Ahmed Najar
I lost my niece and nephew in Gaza. Until the world calls this a genocide, we have no hope of peace | Ahmed Najar
I was at a conference about Palestine shortly before he was killed. None of the Israelis I spoke to were willing to publicly name these horrors, says financial and political analyst Ahmed Najar
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I lost my niece and nephew in Gaza. Until the world calls this a genocide, we have no hope of peace | Ahmed Najar
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Jeremy Corbyn hints at launch of new party as leftwing alternative to Labour
Jeremy Corbyn hints at launch of new party as leftwing alternative to Labour
Former Labour leader confirms talks under way among Independent Alliance group of MPs
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Jeremy Corbyn has hinted he could launch a political party alongside other leftwing independent MPs in an attempt to offer “an alternative” to Labour, before the next general election.
Speaking on ITV’s Peston programme, the former Labour leader confirmed discussions were under way among the Independent Alliance group of MPs that he co-founded last year. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Jeremy Corbyn hints at launch of new party as leftwing alternative to Labour
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There is an even bigger threat at the BBC
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More than 400 media figures urge BBC board to remove Robbie Gibb over Gaza
Miriam Margolyes, Alexei Sayle and Mike Leigh among signatories to letter criticising Jewish Chronicle ties
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
There is an even bigger threat at the BBC
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Global firms ‘profiting from genocide’ in Gaza, says UN rapporteur
Global firms ‘profiting from genocide’ in Gaza, says UN rapporteur
Report by Francesca Albanese singles out companies such as Palantir and calls for prosecutions
The UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories has called for sanctions and an arms embargo on Israel and for global corporations to be held accountable for “profiting from genocide” in Gaza.
A report by Francesca Albanese to the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday points to the deep involvement of companies from around the world in supporting Israel during its 21-month onslaught in Gaza. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Global firms ‘profiting from genocide’ in Gaza, says UN rapporteur
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US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza.
US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza
American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by The Associated Press.
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July 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza.
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🧵 NYC: Zohran Mamdani is an extraordinary political talent and he CAN win this.
What a signal that would send to the country and to the world.
If you have been on the fence, this is the moment to go all in.
What a signal that would send to the country and to the world.
If you have been on the fence, this is the moment to go all in.
June 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
🧵 NYC: Zohran Mamdani is an extraordinary political talent and he CAN win this.
What a signal that would send to the country and to the world.
If you have been on the fence, this is the moment to go all in.
What a signal that would send to the country and to the world.
If you have been on the fence, this is the moment to go all in.
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Los Angeles Unified School District
Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.
Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.
June 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Los Angeles Unified School District
Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.
Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.
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A cargo flight will haul 14 tons of nitrocellulose from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to an Israeli weapons manufacturer.
Explosive Materials Bound for Israel Are Flying Out of JFK Airport
A cargo flight will haul 14 tons of nitrocellulose from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to Israeli weapons manufacturer IMI Systems.
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May 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A cargo flight will haul 14 tons of nitrocellulose from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to an Israeli weapons manufacturer.
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Despair in Gaza as Israeli aid blockade creates crisis ‘unmatched in severity’
Despair in Gaza as Israeli aid blockade creates crisis ‘unmatched in severity’
Palestinians pushed into new misery as supplies of food, fuel and medicine run out in seven-week siege
Gaza has been pushed to new depths of despair, civilians, medics and humanitarian workers say, by the unprecedented seven-week-long Israeli military blockade that has cut off all aid to the strip.
The siege has left the Palestinian territory facing conditions unmatched in severity since the beginning of the war as residents grapple with sweeping new evacuation orders, the renewed bombing of civilian infrastructure such as hospitals, and the exhaustion of food, fuel for generators and medical supplies. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Despair in Gaza as Israeli aid blockade creates crisis ‘unmatched in severity’
The dismantling of title 1
NEW: Idaho gave families $50M to spend on private education. Then it killed $30M in funding used by public school kids.
“You’re looking at families with five kids that were only making $55,000 a year. Having that little extra money made a big difference.”
By @audreydutton.bsky.social
“You’re looking at families with five kids that were only making $55,000 a year. Having that little extra money made a big difference.”
By @audreydutton.bsky.social
Idaho Gave Families $50M to Spend on Private Education. Then It Ended a $30M Program Used by Public School Families.
A Republican lawmaker said ending an Idaho program that helped public school students buy laptops and other materials wasn’t linked to the creation of a private school tax credit. The state’s most…
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April 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The dismantling of title 1
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The shame and horror we should all feel at what the Trump administration has done to this family. Bring this man home to his kids.
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
April 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The shame and horror we should all feel at what the Trump administration has done to this family. Bring this man home to his kids.
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I spoke to another person this week—also a US-born citizen—who showed me the DHS email she received informing her that she had to leave the country. Incompetent, evil or both?
Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
April 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I spoke to another person this week—also a US-born citizen—who showed me the DHS email she received informing her that she had to leave the country. Incompetent, evil or both?
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More of this.
Our first post is a big one...Statement from Keker, Van Nest & Peters on Trump’s Latest Executive Order “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.”
March 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
More of this.
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Remember that this is where his discussions with El Salvador began. The migrant detentions there are the dry run. He wants to ship U.S. prisoners to El Salvador.We cannot sleepwalk through this.
March 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Remember that this is where his discussions with El Salvador began. The migrant detentions there are the dry run. He wants to ship U.S. prisoners to El Salvador.We cannot sleepwalk through this.
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
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BREAKING: Jewish American activists with @jvp.bsky.social have taken over the lobby of Trump Tower in New York to demand the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who faces deportation for protesting Israel's war on Gaza.
March 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
BREAKING: Jewish American activists with @jvp.bsky.social have taken over the lobby of Trump Tower in New York to demand the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who faces deportation for protesting Israel's war on Gaza.
She rocks.
Graber’s shirt — which directly copies the style of a shirt that Zuckerberg wore onstage recently — says Mundus sine caesaribus. Or, “a world without Caesars.”
At SXSW, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber pokes fun at Mark Zuckerberg with Latin phrase T-shirt | TechCrunch
When Bluesky CEO Jay Graber walked on stage at SXSW 2025 for her keynote discussion, she wore a large black T-shirt with her hair pulled back into a bun.
techcrunch.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
She rocks.
Wow. First the came for …
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex condemned ICE’s detainment of Mahmoud Khalil, calling it a “tyrannical” move.
“If the federal government can disappear a legal US permanent resident without reason or warrant, then they can disappear US citizens too."
“If the federal government can disappear a legal US permanent resident without reason or warrant, then they can disappear US citizens too."
AOC Rips “Tyrannical and Un-American” Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had a serious warning about the ICE arrest of Palestinian activist (and U.S. green card holder) Mahmoud Khalil.
newrepublic.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Wow. First the came for …
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the feminine urge to
Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars'
Jay Graber dunks on Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning his name.
mashable.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
the feminine urge to
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This is the tweet of 2025. We will return to it again and again.
Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped.
American voters:
American voters:
a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .
ALT: a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .
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March 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This is the tweet of 2025. We will return to it again and again.
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Yosemite National Park workers hang 'distress flag' amid protest over DOGE cuts, SF Chronicle reports
February 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Yosemite National Park workers hang 'distress flag' amid protest over DOGE cuts, SF Chronicle reports