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oaklandsocialist.bsky.social @oaklandsocialist.bsky.social · 1d

Mamdani Movement can make life better for New Yorkers and defeat Trump/Project 2025. Here's how.
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Mamdani Movement can change New York City and defeat Trump/Project 2025!

For New Yorkers the Mamdani movement can be a means of making life better for themselves. It can make rent, transportation, and child care more affordable. That economic change will also help lift …

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Liz Shuler @lizshuler.bsky.social · Aug 21

Any union member will tell you—it’s #BetterInAUnion!

When workers stand together and organize, we have the power to fight for better wages, better benefits, better health and safety protections - all of which strengthens our communities and our country.

Unions aren’t just good for workers—they also benefit communities and democracy

Rebuilding worker power by strengthening unions is not just good policy—it is a democratic imperative in the face of authoritarian backsliding.

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · Sep 3

Congratulations to the 100 Alstom Plane Train workers at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on voting to form a union with @tcunionhq.bsky.social!

This is a major step forward for ALL working people in the south. It’s #BetterInAUnion ✊

The Atlanta airport Plane Train’s employees have voted to unionize

Employees who operate Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport's Plane Train said in a statement that their group is interested in better pay and benefits.

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Minnesota AFL-CIO @mnaflcio.org · 21d

“It’s one thing to say you’re pro-union & quite another to show working people that you're on our side,” said MN AFL-CIO Pres. Bernie Burnham. “This report shows exactly how lawmakers voted when they had the opportunity to side with working Minnesotans. aflcio.mn/2025legreport #mnleg #BetterInAUnion

2025 Legislative Report

The Minnesota AFL-CIO, the state’s federation of more than 1,000 local unions who represent over 300,000 working people, released its 2025 Legislative report.

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Nadine Smith @nadinesmith.bsky.social · 1d

This is wrong.

They need to use irresistible Krispy Kremes if they hope to get a bite at all.

#MockeryNotObedience

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Rebecca 🦋 @rebecca79903973.bsky.social · 1d

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Dr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 1d

We got some more Gaucho Nobels! #UCSB

UC Santa Barbara celebrates new Nobel Prize winners! UCSB professors John Martinis and Michel Devoret have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics

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#BlueStormComin1🌪️👊🔥🇺🇸 @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social · 23h

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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 1d

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 1d

trump’s turning America into a dystopian nightmare—Handmaid’s Tale meets Idiocracy. Wake up before it’s too late!

Dive into my Substack to fight back.
brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/from-idioc...

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 1d

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adeadmanwalking.bsky.social @adeadmanwalking.bsky.social · 23h

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theteapartygirl69.bsky.social @theteapartygirl69.bsky.social · 10d

Signed: Epstein's mother.

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16th Gen from Mayflower servant Geo Soule @pattistoll.bsky.social · 3d

good one!

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Essence of RBG @rbgprevails.bsky.social · 10d

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Shar11@blusky @shar11.bsky.social · 11d

a man in a green jacket is smiling and sitting in a chair .

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Jay @jaylboh.bsky.social · 15d

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Marky Marx @markeymarx.bsky.social · 15d

Hidden in the Horshak

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Friend, For the People 💙💪🔥 @ellbee72.bsky.social · 16d

Tell us!

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August West @voteearlyvoteoften.bsky.social · 6d

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

The condescension of two-bit Attorney General Pamela Jo Bondi today underscores that the only thing this administration excels at is a complete lack of self-awareness.

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