Valerie Thomas

Wife | Mother | Instructional Technology Coach | Photographer | I’m #REDforED

[Valerie Thomas @Valerie4AzEd]

If you know a teacher, love a teacher, respect a teacher, or can thank a teacher for where you are today. Show your support & wear RED every Wednesday. It's not just an education movement. It's becoming a cultural and labor movement. Make it a NATIONWIDE movement. #RedForEd

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Holy shit, this “American girl” ad from @senecaprojectus is amazing!!!
Hard to see the letters I’m typing through the tears streaming down my face though.

[Brahm Resnik @brahmresnik]

LOCAL ANGLE Ryan Girdusky is founder of the 1776 Project PAC that has spent $210,000 to elect right-wing school board members in 6 Phoenix area districts: Scottsdale, Peoria, Deer Valley, Paradise Valley, Gilbert & Higley, per Maricopa County campaign finance reports.

[Valerie Thomas @Valerie4AzEd]

✊Glad to hear and see all the #UNION wins happening around the nation! Let’s repeal those right-to-work laws next. #UnionPower

[Valerie Thomas @Valerie4AzEd]

If you know a teacher, love a teacher, respect a teacher, or can thank a teacher for where you are today. Show your support & wear RED every Wednesday. It's not just an education movement. It's becoming a cultural and labor movement. Make it a NATIONWIDE movement. #RedForEd

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Companies across the country are offering Labor Day Sales.

But it turns out a whole lot of them mistreat workers, union-bust, and really have no business celebrating Labor Day.

So we decided to keep track. Thread!🧵

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

Some of the same elected Republicans who voted to overturn my student loan relief plan benefitted from thousands in pandemic relief loans to keep their own businesses open.

Those loans were forgiven.

Now, they refuse to extend the same relief to borrowers with student debt.

[Arizona Education Association 🍎🏫 @ArizonaEA]

Why should all Arizonans pay for the wealthy to attend private school?

"You and I, the taxpayers, are currently paying 
$301,950,000 to help rich kids attend high dollar schools their families could already afford."

https://t.co/CqqmUEDUY7

[Arizona Education Association 🍎🏫 @ArizonaEA]

Arizona's universal voucher program is now on track to cost the state $900 MILLION per year. We need to repeal this totally unaccountable and out-of-control program before it completely bankrupts our state.

[Jen Psaki @jrpsaki]

Nope…there are not two sides of bringing an assault weapon to an elementary school bus stop..:

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

Gutting education is the last thing this country needs.

But MAGA House Republicans voted on a bill that could cut up to 60,000 teaching jobs – affecting more than 25 million kids.

[Rep. Jason Zachary @JasonZacharyTN]

What do you feel is the core issue driving the evil acts of violence we are seeing in our country?

[Gloria Nolan❗️ @glorialnolan]

🧵- FYI, here's a list of millionaires, billionaires, and foundations investing heavily in dismantling and defunding education. If your non-profit happens to be funded by one or more of these groups, you might not be doing the “ good work” you think you are. 1

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

Let’s give public school teachers a raise.

[Governor Katie Hobbs @GovernorHobbs]

With me on the 9th floor, Arizona’s LGBTQ+ youth will always be supported.

I was proud to meet with such an amazing group of kids and their parents to hear their stories and let them know I have their backs.

[David Lujan @DavidLujan]

Today's JLBC report shows the state's revenue surplus has disappeared. $2 billion in tax cuts for the rich and using tax dollars to subsidize private school education will do that.

[GIFFORDS @GIFFORDS_org]

The CDC just released official data showing 48,830 people were killed by guns in 2021.

That's an 8% increase from an already historic high in 2020.

Our country's gun violence epidemic is growing. And we need to stop it.

[The White House 46 Archived @WhiteHouse46]

Starting today, all U.S. households can order a total of four free, at-home COVID-19 tests directly to their door.

To order your tests, visit https://t.co/GqK9GmYJE2.

[Getty Images @GettyImages]

As part of our Year In Review, we've created a short video that celebrates the lives of those we lost in 2022. Their impact will live on forever. https://t.co/LXxglKvZB8

2022 Year In Review: People We Lost

[The Associated Press @AP]

Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs has been elected governor of Arizona, defeating Republican Kari Lake, a former TV news anchor who backed Donald Trump’s election lies. Hobbs will succeed Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, who was term-limited. https://t.co/udSotn3Xec

[Katie Hobbs @katiehobbs]

Democracy is worth the wait.

Thank you, Arizona.

I am so honored and so proud to be your next Governor.