Zeph Capo

Zeph Capo

@zephcapo.bsky.social

Aspiring beach bum. Until then, proud president of @TexasAFT and vice-president of @AFTunion.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸
@rweingarten.bsky.social

A.I. must not replace teachers or learning how to think. It doesn't change the fact that students benefit from hands-on learning opportunities. We want to help educators navigate A.I. issues rather than accept it as inevitable.Glad to have spoken w/ @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/culture/prog...

newyorker.comWhat Will It Take to Get A.I. Out of Schools?“I find myself speaking with my kids about A.I. in the same terms that we might discuss a creepy neighbor who lives down the block,” Jessica Winter writes. Read her report on the push for A.I. in educ...

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@GottaLaff
@gottalaff.bsky.social

Hi Trump. Hi Vance. #Hungary 🥳

Adam Schwarz@adamjschwarz.bsky.social

BREAKING: Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán has called Péter Magyar to concede defeat in today's election. With 53.45% of votes counted, Magyar's TISZA looks set to secure a super majority. A defeat for Putin, a defeat for Trump, a victory for Europe, and above all, a victory for the Hungarian people.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸
@rweingarten.bsky.social

@jamestalarico.bsky.social is the real thing - we had a great conversation last week about public schools, educators, students, the role of religion and labor and hope. And for the Texans we had a good cry about one of my role models, Linda Bridges who led Texas AFT & our Corpus Christi local

Texas AFT@texasaft.org

After last week's primary election results, Texas AFT COPE has endorsed @jamestalarico.bsky.social for U.S. Senate.👏 His dedicated work on the Public Education Committee during multiple legislative sessions has made Texas AFT confident that Rep. Talarico will stand for education employees in D.C.

Zeph Capo
@zephcapo.bsky.social

@jamestalarico.bsky.social was a true partner in the fight against privatization of our public schools. We beat back vouchers 5 times before our legislators caved to the Abbott corruption tax paid by a Pennsylvania billionaire.

Texas AFT@texasaft.org

After last week's primary election results, Texas AFT COPE has endorsed @jamestalarico.bsky.social for U.S. Senate.👏 His dedicated work on the Public Education Committee during multiple legislative sessions has made Texas AFT confident that Rep. Talarico will stand for education employees in D.C.

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AFT
@aft.org

New Shanker Institute report finds 42 states devote less to K-12 schools than 20 yrs ago. "Why would the opponents of public ed be on this campaign to divert taxpayer funds meant for public schools to vouchers and other privatization efforts?" — @rweingarten.bsky.social www.aft.org/press-releas...

aft.orgNew Report Finds States Have Deprived Schools of Hundreds of Billions of Dollars Since 2016WASHINGTON—Forty-two states devote a smaller share of their economies to their K-12 public schools than they did 20 years ago.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸
@rweingarten.bsky.social

Some good news… We’ve been advocating for a working class tax cut like this-getting money into working families people’s pockets. I’m glad that it’s moving with leadership from Sen Van Hollen. Working people need a break- and this is a fantastic way to do it. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

washingtonpost.comDemocrat’s plan would eliminate federal income taxes for half of U.S. workersSen. Chris Van Hollen’s tax relief plan could benefit tens of millions of middle-class workers, with a focus on those making at or below a living wage.
Zeph Capo
@zephcapo.bsky.social

This law which is a direct assault on fellow Texans should have never been passed. It is time for school districts propping this failed law up to reverse their discriminatory policies voluntarily. www.aclutx.org/press-releas...

aclutx.orgFederal Court Halts Enforcement of Key Provisions of Law Censoring Identity and Inclusion in K-12 Schools in Three Texas School Districts - ACLU of TexasA U.S. District Judge granted today a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of key aspects of Senate Bill 12 in Houston ISD, Katy ISD, and Plano ISD until the case is fully resolved.
Zeph Capo
@zephcapo.bsky.social

And that’s a wrap. The end of three decades of Republican rule. Now, let’s help him hold it in November. People are sick of the heavy-handed attacks on our schools and the culture wars.

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Texas AFL-CIO
@texasaflcio.org

HUGE TEXAS UNION WIN: @iamunion.bsky.social leader Taylor Rehmet was just elected to the Texas Senate! This win kicks off a wave of union candidates across the state. While parties are trying to reconnect with the working class, we’re running union members up and down the ballot — and winning. ✊

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Texas AFL-CIO
@texasaflcio.org

⭐ Tonight, we inducted labor champions Bob Martinez, Ralph Merriweather & Glenn Scott into the Texas Labor Hall of Fame. Their contributions to the Texas labor movement continue to guide & inspire us! To see Bob, Ralph, Glenn & all other Hall of Fame Inductees, visit texasaflcio.org/hall-of-fame

Zeph Capo
@zephcapo.bsky.social

The gross misuse of deadly force by our government against us is unconscionable.

Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸@rweingarten.bsky.social

This administration's statements belie what we can see with our own eyes.The federal govt's actions today—both the killing and the cover-up—are a disgrace. Since the president will not, we must call on Congress to act to create accountability 4 this federal malfeasance. www.aft.org/press-releas...

aft.orgAFT’s Weingarten Responds to Shooting of Second Protester in MinnesotaWASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after federal agents shot and killed a second Minnesotan:“I was in Minnesota yesterday, joining tens of thousands of people gat...
Zeph Capo
@zephcapo.bsky.social

Texas AFT, backed by AFT, filed a federal suit because educators constitutional right to free speech shouldn’t be weaponized against the people who educate our kids. I want to bring focus to our members... who I could not be prouder of. — our members are taking a stand against censorship.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸
@rweingarten.bsky.social

Florida’s voucher audit is a warning: the state lost track of 30,000 students and hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars that should have supported public schools. Kids pay the price when there’s no oversight. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

washingtonpost.comHow Florida lost track of 30,000 students, a ‘cautionary tale’ for vouchersThe state’s auditor general found “a myriad of accountability problems” in the nation’s largest voucher program.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸
@rweingarten.bsky.social

This order is a major win for students & academic freedom. The Trump–Vance admin tried to strong-arm the UC system and its faculty and staff into giving up their free speech rights — and they were stopped. Proud that AFT was part of the coalition that stood up democracyforward.org/updates/cour...

democracyforward.orgCourt Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Gain Leverage and Political Control Over University of California System - Democracy Forward

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Texas AFL-CIO
@texasaflcio.org

No kings, no crowns, no thrones. Texas labor showed up throughout the state at #NoKings Rallies to send a message to the world that there are no kings in America, and that true power is built when working people come together in solidarity! ✊�

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸
@rweingarten.bsky.social

There is a war on knowledge—and teachers are on the frontlines. I wrote Why Fascists Fear Teachers to answer the question many educators & parents are asking right now: Why the relentless attacks on public schools and on educators? It’s my first book!! You can pre-order it here: www.aft.org/book

aft.orgWhy Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of DemocracyComing out on September 16, 2025 — AFT President Randi Weingarten has written a book.  It’s called WHY FASCISTS FEAR TEACHERS: Public Education and the Future of Democracy.  In this moment in history ...

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸
@rweingarten.bsky.social

If we really believe that Public Ed is essential for Americans, particularly our young people, we have to talk to and listen to everyone. My Fox Digital Op Ed

Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸@rweingarten.bsky.social

PresidentTrump is correct that states & local school boards should control students’ education. They do, and they have since the earliest days of our republic. But to gut the Department of Education—is about redistributing money & opportunity from the many to the few. www.foxnews.com/opinion/rand...

foxnews.comRANDI WEINGARTEN: Trump's decision to gut the Education Department is not only illegal, it's wrongIt is hard to imagine how 7.5 million kids with disabilities, 26 million kids from low-income families or 13 million young people who get financial aid for college won’t be disserved.

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AFL-CIO
@aflcio.org

The unions that represent federal workers aren’t going anywhere. The entire labor movement stands shoulder-to-shoulder with federal sector unions to fight these outrageous attacks on our freedoms. We will not let Trump destroy what we’ve fought for generations to build.