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Public education is for everyone. We provide facts and resources to empower parents and guardians to advocate and support public education. https://linktr.ee/gusdparentsforpublicschools
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GUSD Parents @gusdforall.bsky.social · Aug 13
It’s a back to school unlike any other and we know that we are all responsible for helping keep each other safe in this frightening era- w/help from and inspired by the efforts of @utlanow.bsky.social we put together a shareable set of slides for school/community groups.
Flyer image with crayons, backpack, notebook etc with text: GUSD PARENTS • WE KEEP US SAFE BACK TO SCHOOL FAMILY AND COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS GUSD PARENTS KNOW YOUR RIGHTS DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR IF AN IMMIGRATION AGENT IS KNOCKING AT YOUR HOME. ONLY OPEN THE DOOR IF YOU SEE A JUDGE-SIGNED WARRANT SHOWING YOUR NAME. DO NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS - YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT. SAY ONLY "I AM INVOKING MY RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT UNTIL I SPEAK WITH A LAWYER." DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING WITHOUT FIRST SPEAKING TO A LAWYER. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY, BUT IMMIGRATION LAWYERS ARE NOT PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT. FIND TRUSTWORTHY NONPROFIT LEGAL SUPPORT: ILRC.ME/FINDHELP IF STOPPED OUTSIDE YOUR HOME, ASK: "AM I FREE TO LEAVE?" IF THEY SAY YES, WALK AWAY CALMLY. MAKE A CHILDCARE PLAN CHOOSE AND ARRANGE YOUR CHILDCARE PLAN IN ADVANCE DESIGNATE A BACKUP CAREGIVER IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO CARE FOR YOUR CHILD. OPTIONS INCLUDE: • VERBAL AGREEMENT: SIMPLE, BUT NOT LEGALLY BINDING FOR DECISIONS. • CAREGIVER'S AUTHORIZATION AFFIDAVIT (CAA): LETS CAREGIVER DECIDE CERTAIN SCHOOL/MEDICAL MATTERS; YOU KEEP YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS. • GUARDIANSHIP: COURT GRANTS CUSTODY. LEGAL ADVICE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED DISCUSS PLAN AND ROLES WITH FAMILY AND YOUR DESIGNATED CAREGIVER. TELL SCHOOL/PROGRAMS YOUR BACKUP PLAN IF YOU'RE UNAVAILABLE • UPDATE EMERGENCY CONTACTS; MEMORIZE IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS. • SHARE MEDICATIONS, ALLERGIES, INSURANCE, AND LEGAL INFORMATION WITH CAREGIVER. • GET YOUR CHILD A PASSPORT. FOR U.S.-BORN CHILD, APPLY VISIT: TRAVEL.STATE.GOV. FORM COMMUNITY DEFENSE/PATROL • Organize with your neighbors and school community. • Monitor school drop-off/pick-up for immigration enforcement activity. • Distribute Know Your Rights materials. • Volunteer to grocery shop or pick up school supplies for anyone who may be scared or vulnerable.
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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 20h
“There is going to be infants skipping feeds. There is going to be pregnant women skipping meals so that they can feed their toddlers."
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Government shutdown threatens food aid program relied on by millions of families
Experts say a food aid program that helps 6 million low-income mothers and young children will run out of federal money unless the government shutdown ends within two weeks.
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GUSD Parents @gusdforall.bsky.social · 1h
Why we need accurate history lessons: #1 Posobiec mentions German antifascists because he is a Nazi and recognizes they would have opposed him; #2: antifascists originally arose in the 1920s in Italy to oppose the rise of Mussolini. Everyone targeting antifascists is telling on themselves.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2h
Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 2h
LGBTQ+ people are moving states, switching jobs, and updating their documents under Trump 2.0.
57% of LGBTQ+ people have made major life changes since Donald Trump's election: report
LGBTQ+ people are moving states, switching jobs, and updating their documents under Trump 2.0.
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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 3h
It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.

I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.
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GUSD Parents @gusdforall.bsky.social · 4h
Color us shocked that the same people who’ve been targeting our public schools, teachers, and LGBTQ+ community are all trying to prevent CA from redistricting in order to prevent Texas right wingers from forcing their backwards will on the whole country. YES ON 50.
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Glendale Extremist Network @glendaleextremists.bsky.social · 5h
As CA moves toward a redistricting vote on 11/4 (VOTE YES ON 50) a reminder that the only people pushing a No vote are the Trump flunkies, insurrectionists, and book banning weirdos desperate to impose minority right wing rule on our diverse, progressive state. Unfortunately they’re well funded.
A screenshot showing CA GOP central committee member Elizabeth Barcohana floating about a $5 million donation to stop Prop 50. Cali.maga.Barbie comments: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥yesssss A graphic with a CA sheriffs badge (Google sheriff gangs California) reading: 37 CALIFORNIA SHERIFFS OPPOSE PROP 50! Sheriff Wendell Anderson, Yuba County Sheriff Matt Kendall, Mendocino County Sheriff Brandon Barnes, Sutter County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue, Siskiyou County Sheriff Don Barnes, Orange County Sheriff Jeff Leikauf, El Dorado County Sheriff Chad Bianco, Riverside County Sheriff Luke Bingham, Lake County Sheriff Tom Lopez, Yolo County Sheriff John McGarva, Lassen County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, Tulare County Sheriff Jeremy Briese, Mariposa Count Sheriff Fred Miramontes, Imperial County Sheriff Shannon Dicus, San Bernardino Count) Sheriff lan Parkinson, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Tyson Pogue, Madera County Sheriff Jeff Dirkse, Stanislaus County Sheriff Gary Redman, Amador County Sheriff William "Tex" Dowdy, Modoc Colf! P. Sheriff Dave Robinson, Kings County Sheriff Eddie Engram, Sonoma County. Sheriff Tim Saxon, Trinity County Sheriff Tom Ferrara, Solano County Sheriff Garrett Scott, Del Norte County Sheriff Mike Fisher, Sierra County Sheriff Eric Taylor, San Benito County Sheriff Joe Garofalo, Coluse County Sheriff David Vasquez, Tuolumne County Sheriff Justin Gibbs, Glenn County Sheriff Vern Warnke, Merced County Sheriff Kory Honea, Butte County Sheriff Rachelle Whiting, Calaveras County Sheriff William Honsal, Humboldt County Sheriff Wayne Woo, Placer County Sheriff Michael Johnson, Shasta County Sheriff Donny Youngblood, Kern County Sheriff John Zanoni, Fresno County NO on PROP 50 #NoNewLines - @lisa_4_losangeles
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GUSD Parents @gusdforall.bsky.social · 6h
Vouchers rob public school systems in every single attempted case. The majority of vouchers go to families who were NEVER enrolled in public schools at all, yet want your tax funds to subsidize their private or home school choices.
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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 6h
Neighborhood schools are closing across Arizona. It’s because of vouchers.

"The math is simple: Arizona doesn’t provide enough funding to adequately fund one school system, much less two — a public system open to all and a selective private system." @azmirror.com

azmirror.com/2025/10/06/n...
Neighborhood schools are closing across Arizona. It's because of vouchers.
OPINION: Arizona's $1 billion voucher program is forcing public school closures while subsidizing wealthy families
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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 1d
hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵
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Cynthia Brumfield @metacurity.com · 1d
Kristi Noem's goons raided a car wash in August and shattered a guy's leg. They then held him in custody under 24/7 supervision in a California hospital, hiding him using various fake names. They interrogated him but did not charge him. It took a judge's order to make ICE let him go.

What?
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d
$400,000: The "Free" Medical Care Kristi Noem's Goons Made Taxpayers Pay

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/05/4...
$400,000: The "Free" Medical Care Kristi Noem's Goons Made Taxpayers Pay - emptywheel
After ICE badly broke the leg of a guy detained at a Carson car wash back in August, he's been in the hospital with 24/7 private security guard. Which means taxpayers have already paid around $400,000...
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 1d
The Trump admin canceled an annual report on hunger & food insecurity in America.

This comes AFTER they made historic cuts to food stamps.

They don’t want the public to know how much worse off American families are because of their policies
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 1d
Mark Bray is a brilliant scholar and by all accounts a caring and wonderful educator, and is now moving to Europe because the fascists doxed him and his family

Feels pretty huge that he’s forced to do this—the harassment was bad in ‘16 but I don’t think he’s ever felt compelled to leave the country
Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations
Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence
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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d
It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all
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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d
One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy
www.nytimes.com
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American Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · 2d
ACLS has released a statement regarding the White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”: bit.ly/3IviMig
We call for the immediate rejection of the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”...No institution that is committed to the free pursuit of knowledge should submit to the degradation of autonomy and academic freedom contained in it. -ACLS Statement Regarding White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”
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That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 1d
Three cheers for Audrey (librarian) and Kim (director) in this PBS News story about @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social!

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
The fight against book bans by public school librarians shown in new documentary
According to a new report from PEN America, public schools across the U.S. saw more than 6,800 book bans in the 2024-25 school year. A new documentary, “The Librarians,” examines the experiences of sc...
www.pbs.org
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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d
"A free education is incompatible with fascism. Education is likely to be one of the great battlegrounds upon which is waged an intense and desperate struggle for power."

—John Dewey and Goodwin Watson, “The Forward View”
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d
Less than a year into the Trump admin and the National Governors Association, founded over 115 years ago, is on the brink of collapse.
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d
Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”
Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association
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GUSD Parents @gusdforall.bsky.social · 1d
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d
WIC runs out this week
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 2d
This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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S.C.E.W. @socalextremismwatch.com · 1d
More Council For National Policy fraud bullshit. Now they are bee keepers.
But the bees are fascist. 🐝
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GUSD Parents @gusdforall.bsky.social · 1d
Here’s something interesting, why did CRI (a nonprofit) appear to receive a $21k PPP loan in which it claimed to be in the “apiculture” (beekeeping) business?
A screenshot from the ProPublica PPP Loan Tracker showing CRI was the recipient of a nearly $21k PPP loan (forgiven) with “industry” listed as “apiculture” (or, beekeeping). Text reads: Home › CAPITOL RESOURCE INSTITUE ? Why is my loan information here? Loan Amount $20,700 Amount Forgiven $21,020 Includes any accrued interest Where applicants said the money will go Location Citrus Heights, CA Urban Payroll $20,700 Utilities $O Mortgage Interest $O Health Care $O Rent $o Refinance EIDL $o Debt Interest $O Lender Banner Bank Business Age Existing or more than 2 years old Industry Apiculture Jobs Reported 2 Loan Status Forgiven Date Approved May 5, 2020 (First Round) Business Type Corporation
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GUSD Parents @gusdforall.bsky.social · 1d
100% Stealing from the public— while criminalizing whole groups of people (casting everything having to do with LGBTQ+ identity as “porn”) is exactly the goal and well-worth shaming. The public did not consent to participate in England’s pathos fueled propagandizing.
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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 2d
Ballots are out, California!

Vote YES ON PROP 50!🗳️
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GUSD Parents @gusdforall.bsky.social · 1d
Her #1 tactic is extracting sexual content from books (often scenes depicting abuse) & reading aloud straight to camera on Instagram. She trains megachurch members she recruits to do the same @ public meetings & frequently travels to attend said mtgs appearing to relish the performative readings🙃
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GUSD Parents @gusdforall.bsky.social · 1d
Capitol Resource Institute, now run by book banner/TN resident/Council for National Policy board of governor’s member Karen England, was funded by Republican millionaires who hated sex ed & gay rights in the early 90s. This thread shows some of the shady $ ties between CRI & other CNP members.
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GUSD Parents @gusdforall.bsky.social · 1d
Here’s something interesting, why did CRI (a nonprofit) appear to receive a $21k PPP loan in which it claimed to be in the “apiculture” (beekeeping) business?
A screenshot from the ProPublica PPP Loan Tracker showing CRI was the recipient of a nearly $21k PPP loan (forgiven) with “industry” listed as “apiculture” (or, beekeeping). Text reads: Home › CAPITOL RESOURCE INSTITUE ? Why is my loan information here? Loan Amount $20,700 Amount Forgiven $21,020 Includes any accrued interest Where applicants said the money will go Location Citrus Heights, CA Urban Payroll $20,700 Utilities $O Mortgage Interest $O Health Care $O Rent $o Refinance EIDL $o Debt Interest $O Lender Banner Bank Business Age Existing or more than 2 years old Industry Apiculture Jobs Reported 2 Loan Status Forgiven Date Approved May 5, 2020 (First Round) Business Type Corporation
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GUSD Parents @gusdforall.bsky.social · 1d
The WSJ cast the community’s concerns as “far-fetched” but given the extensive, decades long careers and organizational ties of Mattson, & even more LeFever, it appears their concerns were warranted— the CNP & its members are fully committed to Christian nationalist infiltration at every level.
Screenshot from this WSJ piece https://archive.is/20240831221226/https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/the-rise-and-fall-of-a-mysterious-real-estate-empire-in-california-wine-country-e4391a67 , which reads: What unfolded next has been described as an "unbelievable Ozark-style drama." A band of local residents, seizing on small details, concocted a bizarre theory: The real-estate spree was part of a covert plan to infiltrate the liberal area with Christian nationalists. Mattson's lawyer dismissed the claim as "specious" and a spokesman for the firm, LeFever Mattson, called it "baseless and untrue." That wild theory was far-fetched and totally unproven. But the local activists uncorked a flood of scrutiny into the business dealings of LeFever Mattson.
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GUSD Parents @gusdforall.bsky.social · 1d
Many thanks to the good folks of @wakeupsonoma.bsky.social who have tracked LeFever Mattson’s shady dealings in their area for years now. Invaluable resources and further organizing opportunities here: www.wakeupsonoma.com
Wake UP Sonoma
www.wakeupsonoma.com
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