Viri Pettersen
@mspetter.bsky.social
Kamala’s Capt, fmr NYSUT Asst to Pres, fmr Director, AFT NE; NYSUT member; Retired Educator & RVCTA Union President; Long Islander; Focused on families, friends, public education, unions, politics; Coffee-drinker!☕️ 🚫DMs
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Americans want us to treat each other with dignity, not inhumanity. It may feel like dystopian scenes are inescapable these days, but what I see—from kids buzzing about books to a Super Bowl performance celebrating love and diversity—gives me hope. Read my newest column ⤵️
www.aft.org/column/toget...
www.aft.org/column/toget...
Together, we are America
Americans want us to treat each other with dignity, not inhumanity.
www.aft.org
February 15, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Americans want us to treat each other with dignity, not inhumanity. It may feel like dystopian scenes are inescapable these days, but what I see—from kids buzzing about books to a Super Bowl performance celebrating love and diversity—gives me hope. Read my newest column ⤵️
www.aft.org/column/toget...
www.aft.org/column/toget...
In her new column, @rweingarten.bsky.social writes about how Americans want us to treat each other with dignity, not inhumanity, and seeing reasons for hope in challenging times.
www.aft.org/column/toget...
www.aft.org/column/toget...
Together, we are America
Americans want us to treat each other with dignity, not inhumanity.
www.aft.org
February 15, 2026 at 6:14 PM
In her new column, @rweingarten.bsky.social writes about how Americans want us to treat each other with dignity, not inhumanity, and seeing reasons for hope in challenging times.
www.aft.org/column/toget...
www.aft.org/column/toget...
Every person who shows up on March 28 is a brick in the wall they cannot break.
Every voice raised is a hammer against their throne.
We are the architects of our own liberation. #NoKings2026 social.demcast.com/s/vl3GT13s
Every voice raised is a hammer against their throne.
We are the architects of our own liberation. #NoKings2026 social.demcast.com/s/vl3GT13s
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February 13, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Every person who shows up on March 28 is a brick in the wall they cannot break.
Every voice raised is a hammer against their throne.
We are the architects of our own liberation. #NoKings2026 social.demcast.com/s/vl3GT13s
Every voice raised is a hammer against their throne.
We are the architects of our own liberation. #NoKings2026 social.demcast.com/s/vl3GT13s
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Trump orders Pride flag yanked from Stonewall Inn National Monument—calls it "too political." Bull. To us, it's history: birthplace of LGBTQ+ movement. Not politics—raw fight for rights. He erases our story to appease bigots. We won't forget. Fly it higher. 🏳️🌈
February 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Trump orders Pride flag yanked from Stonewall Inn National Monument—calls it "too political." Bull. To us, it's history: birthplace of LGBTQ+ movement. Not politics—raw fight for rights. He erases our story to appease bigots. We won't forget. Fly it higher. 🏳️🌈
All of us deserve a voice in our democracy - but President Trump & his allies in Congress are working to silence our voices with the SAVE America Act & the Make Elections Great Again Act. Tell your lawmaker to protect our right to vote! actionnetwork.org/letters/save... @aft.org
Tell lawmakers to protect voting rights & reject SAVE 2.0!
Every person in America deserves a voice and representation in our democracy - but President Trump & his allies in Congress are working to silence our voices with the SAVE America Act & the Make Elect...
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February 11, 2026 at 3:13 PM
All of us deserve a voice in our democracy - but President Trump & his allies in Congress are working to silence our voices with the SAVE America Act & the Make Elections Great Again Act. Tell your lawmaker to protect our right to vote! actionnetwork.org/letters/save... @aft.org
They want borders in language and culture. Bad Bunny responds with love. “¡Viva México!” says everything about who he is—and why this moment matters. Music bigger than hate. 🎶✊🏽 #BadBunnyBowl
February 8, 2026 at 9:22 PM
They want borders in language and culture. Bad Bunny responds with love. “¡Viva México!” says everything about who he is—and why this moment matters. Music bigger than hate. 🎶✊🏽 #BadBunnyBowl
Bad Bunny once used an award stage to stand with women and call for an end to domestic violence.
No gimmicks.
No hedging.
Just a clear message about dignity, safety, and respect.
That’s real power. ✊🏽 #BadBunnyBowl
No gimmicks.
No hedging.
Just a clear message about dignity, safety, and respect.
That’s real power. ✊🏽 #BadBunnyBowl
February 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Bad Bunny once used an award stage to stand with women and call for an end to domestic violence.
No gimmicks.
No hedging.
Just a clear message about dignity, safety, and respect.
That’s real power. ✊🏽 #BadBunnyBowl
No gimmicks.
No hedging.
Just a clear message about dignity, safety, and respect.
That’s real power. ✊🏽 #BadBunnyBowl
Communities are protecting each other while Congress funds the agency terrorizing them. ICE raids restaurants. Neighbors show up. Meanwhile healthcare is cut, clinics close, and people suffer. One side chooses fear. The other chooses care. #FundHealthcareOverICE
February 3, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Communities are protecting each other while Congress funds the agency terrorizing them. ICE raids restaurants. Neighbors show up. Meanwhile healthcare is cut, clinics close, and people suffer. One side chooses fear. The other chooses care. #FundHealthcareOverICE
Communities are protecting each other while Congress funds the agency terrorizing them. ICE raids restaurants. Neighbors show up. Meanwhile healthcare is cut, clinics close, and people suffer. One side chooses fear. The other chooses care. #FundHealthcareOverICE
February 3, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Communities are protecting each other while Congress funds the agency terrorizing them. ICE raids restaurants. Neighbors show up. Meanwhile healthcare is cut, clinics close, and people suffer. One side chooses fear. The other chooses care. #FundHealthcareOverICE
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Nurses are pissed.
This is on the front page of the nursing subreddit, along with many discussions about it on several other posts.
This is on the front page of the nursing subreddit, along with many discussions about it on several other posts.
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Nurses are pissed.
This is on the front page of the nursing subreddit, along with many discussions about it on several other posts.
This is on the front page of the nursing subreddit, along with many discussions about it on several other posts.
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The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. https://to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU
Family of Alex Pretti retains lawyers who helped prosecute the George Floyd case
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota’s attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck of murder.
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January 29, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. https://to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU
This cuts DEEP.
Americans shot dead. Children kidnapped. Citizens tortured
We can’t give our taxes to a death squad that terrorizes Americans
Tell @schumer.senate.gov ＆ Dems to vote NO tomorrow on more ICE funding, or you’ll hold them accountable
#NoMoneyForMurderers
202-224-3121
Americans shot dead. Children kidnapped. Citizens tortured
We can’t give our taxes to a death squad that terrorizes Americans
Tell @schumer.senate.gov ＆ Dems to vote NO tomorrow on more ICE funding, or you’ll hold them accountable
#NoMoneyForMurderers
202-224-3121
January 28, 2026 at 10:28 PM
This cuts DEEP.
Americans shot dead. Children kidnapped. Citizens tortured
We can’t give our taxes to a death squad that terrorizes Americans
Tell @schumer.senate.gov ＆ Dems to vote NO tomorrow on more ICE funding, or you’ll hold them accountable
#NoMoneyForMurderers
202-224-3121
Americans shot dead. Children kidnapped. Citizens tortured
We can’t give our taxes to a death squad that terrorizes Americans
Tell @schumer.senate.gov ＆ Dems to vote NO tomorrow on more ICE funding, or you’ll hold them accountable
#NoMoneyForMurderers
202-224-3121
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After the killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota yesterday, exercising the right to document and record ICE and other federal agents is more important than ever. Join tomorrow's call to learn more about the tools to safely to take action. Sign up here ⤵️
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings
On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in...
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January 25, 2026 at 9:54 PM
After the killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota yesterday, exercising the right to document and record ICE and other federal agents is more important than ever. Join tomorrow's call to learn more about the tools to safely to take action. Sign up here ⤵️
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 24, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
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We’ve placed the available videos of the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis today into the same synchronised timeline and are continuing to analyse further.
January 24, 2026 at 8:39 PM
We’ve placed the available videos of the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis today into the same synchronised timeline and are continuing to analyse further.
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Today we are all Minnesota. The AFT is standing proudly in support and solidarity here in Minneapolis against ICE’s assault on people’s constitutional, civil and human rights.
#ICEOUT #ICEOutSchools
#ICEOUT #ICEOutSchools
January 24, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Today we are all Minnesota. The AFT is standing proudly in support and solidarity here in Minneapolis against ICE’s assault on people’s constitutional, civil and human rights.
#ICEOUT #ICEOutSchools
#ICEOUT #ICEOutSchools
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Tonight Danish troops … ‘arrived in Greenland to defend the island from the United States of America.’ (Heather Cox Richardson) open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 19, 2026
Late last night, Nick Schifrin of PBS NewsHour posted on social media that the staff of the U.S.
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January 20, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Tonight Danish troops … ‘arrived in Greenland to defend the island from the United States of America.’ (Heather Cox Richardson) open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Become an ICE Agent! Apply now! Must be confident, vaguely authoritative, and skilled at explaining nothing while making everyone panic. Parody? Allegedly.
January 18, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Become an ICE Agent! Apply now! Must be confident, vaguely authoritative, and skilled at explaining nothing while making everyone panic. Parody? Allegedly.
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
❗❗❗Hospital management brings in traveling nurses during the strike - they are housed in hotels and bused into their buildings, crossing the lines. Please show your support for the NYSNA nurses who work so hard for all of us! @nynurses.bsky.social . www.nysna.org/news/take-ac...
Take Action: Support NYC Nurses on Strike!
Take action to support NYC nurses who are striking to defend quality patient care!
www.nysna.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:11 AM
❗❗❗Hospital management brings in traveling nurses during the strike - they are housed in hotels and bused into their buildings, crossing the lines. Please show your support for the NYSNA nurses who work so hard for all of us! @nynurses.bsky.social . www.nysna.org/news/take-ac...
We will not sit by while violence goes unanswered.
We demand accountability for Renee Nicole Good’s killing.
We demand an end to ICE and CBP raids.
This weekend — we turn grief into collective action.
#ICEOutForGood social.demcast.com/s/VcUudK4p
We demand accountability for Renee Nicole Good’s killing.
We demand an end to ICE and CBP raids.
This weekend — we turn grief into collective action.
#ICEOutForGood social.demcast.com/s/VcUudK4p
January 10, 2026 at 12:59 AM
We will not sit by while violence goes unanswered.
We demand accountability for Renee Nicole Good’s killing.
We demand an end to ICE and CBP raids.
This weekend — we turn grief into collective action.
#ICEOutForGood social.demcast.com/s/VcUudK4p
We demand accountability for Renee Nicole Good’s killing.
We demand an end to ICE and CBP raids.
This weekend — we turn grief into collective action.
#ICEOutForGood social.demcast.com/s/VcUudK4p
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Tell your lawmakers to stop the #HealthcareHeist and restore ACA tax credits today ⤵️
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actionnetwork.org/letters/affo...
Add your name: Extend the ACA tax credits!
AFT healthcare professionals are already seeing the impacts of cuts to healthcare from the Big Ugly Bill. Now, with the Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire, millions of Americans will face los...
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January 8, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Tell your lawmakers to stop the #HealthcareHeist and restore ACA tax credits today ⤵️
actionnetwork.org/letters/affo...
actionnetwork.org/letters/affo...
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If Congress fails to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits, millions of working families will be forced to pay more for the care they need - many will even lose their coverage.
RN Catharyne Henderson explains why these credits are the difference between life & death. #HealthcareHeist
RN Catharyne Henderson explains why these credits are the difference between life & death. #HealthcareHeist
AFT Nurse to Congress: "This is a Matter of Life and Death."
YouTube video by AFT
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January 8, 2026 at 2:13 PM
If Congress fails to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits, millions of working families will be forced to pay more for the care they need - many will even lose their coverage.
RN Catharyne Henderson explains why these credits are the difference between life & death. #HealthcareHeist
RN Catharyne Henderson explains why these credits are the difference between life & death. #HealthcareHeist
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Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.
January 8, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.
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AFT and @texasaft.org are suing to defend educators punished over posts about Charlie Kirk’s killing.
“What happened... wasn’t about violence or denouncing violence, it was about muzzling the expression of constitutionally protected nonviolent speech.”
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
“What happened... wasn’t about violence or denouncing violence, it was about muzzling the expression of constitutionally protected nonviolent speech.”
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Texas investigations into Charlie Kirk posts spark free-speech lawsuit
The Texas branch of the American Federation of Teachers said the state trampled teachers' free speech rights.
www.usatoday.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:23 PM
AFT and @texasaft.org are suing to defend educators punished over posts about Charlie Kirk’s killing.
“What happened... wasn’t about violence or denouncing violence, it was about muzzling the expression of constitutionally protected nonviolent speech.”
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
“What happened... wasn’t about violence or denouncing violence, it was about muzzling the expression of constitutionally protected nonviolent speech.”
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...