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gary s broderick (he/him)

@garybroderick.bsky.social

Labor union organizer. #1u✊📢 #RichmondVA. Leftist. Practitioner of #strategy + #discipline. #Defend & #Transform public infrastructure + services! Mediamaker, Anti-racist pro wrestling fan, Aspiring meal prepper. Eagles Fan.🦅

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gary s broderick (he/him)@garybroderick.bsky.social · 2w ago

Some on the Left build a schema for moral evaluation completely independent from a theory of change. As a result, we often end up with ethical frameworks that participate in hiding our actual power - to act collectively to advance our interests over time.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere. It means more power for them and less freedom for you.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

Mamdani: "Solidarity with a government that is committing genocide is a very different thing than a question of solidarity with people of a specific faith. I'm proud to be a mayor of the city with the largest Jewish population in this country."

Blue Virginia@bluevirginia.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It’s time for Virginia to stop being the “wild west” for the data center industry and implement some common sense protections - @freedacathcart.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2026/06/its-...

It's time for Virginia to stop being the "wild west" for the data center industry and implement some common sense protections - Blue Virginia

By Freeda Cathcart, Founder of Indivisible Virginia On Friday, June 12, the Virginia Data Center Economic & Environmental Review was published. It’s a comprehensive review of recent white papers, stud...

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gary s broderick (he/him)@garybroderick.bsky.social · 2mo ago

So the same Virginia House Democrats that pushed higher education workers out of the collective bargaining bill, cutting its applicability by half, and are obstructing fairly taxing data centers are ALSO interested in having an unexamined relationship to donors. Cool cool.

Activate Virginia@activateva.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"A nine-word sentence – “That § 24.2-948.5 of the Code of Virginia is repealed” – would strip the Virginia Department of Elections of its authority to audit campaign finance reports."

Lt. Governor Ghazala Hashmi@ltgovhashmi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Bedford community and all those affected by the terrible tragedy at EastLake Community Church are in my thoughts. As we receive more details, I thank our first responders and everyone who provided care and support for those injured and their families.

Del. Rasoul confirms fatality at EastLake Community Church after tent collapse; multiple injuries also reported

A tent has collapsed at EastLake Community Church according to the Bedford County Public Information Officer, Shelley Basinger. Multiple injuries have been reported.

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David Gilbert@davidgilbert.bsky.social · 2mo ago

EXCLUSIVE A lot of attention was (rightly) paid to the role Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson played in inciting the #Belfast riots. But few noticed the critical role play by a small Ulster youth club linked to the fast-growing US white supremacist Active Club network www.wired.com/story/a-whit...

A White Supremacist Youth Group Helped Orchestrate the Belfast Riots

After Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson stoked anger over a horrific knife attack in Belfast, a youth group linked to a global neo-Nazi movement quietly orchestrated anti-immigrant riots.

wired.com

Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸@rweingarten.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In my new video, I share a recap of the @aflcio.org convention, including passing an @aft.org resolution supporting our Target boycott. I also touch on big topics of the week like inflation and AI, and reaffirm our commitment to keeping ICE out of schools. And Go Knicks! bsky.app/profile/aft....

AFT@aft.org · 2mo ago

In a new video, @rweingarten.bsky.social shares updates from @aflcio.org convention about our shared vision to fight for working people, addresses the burdens of rising inflation, denounces ICE arrests at a pre-K graduation in Baltimore, and lifts up @pft.org's big win saving educator jobs. Watch ⤵️

gary s broderick (he/him)@garybroderick.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Virginia Democratic elected officials who oppose legalization of collective bargaining rights for state workers and that refuse to end tax breaks for data centers are one and the same. They create austerity to benefit donors then point to austerity to justify refusing advances for constituents.

Blue Virginia@bluevirginia.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Clean VA: "House Budget Proposal Doubles Down on Data Center Tax Breaks, Despite Broad Public Opposition; Virginia Falls Behind Other States Willing to Take Decisive Action" bluevirginia.us/2026/06/va-h...

"House Budget Proposal Doubles Down on Data Center Tax Breaks, Despite Broad Public Opposition Virginia Falls Behind Other States Willing to Take Decisive Action Richmond, VA — Clean Virginia today expressed concern over the House Appropriations Committee’s conference budget proposal, which fails to act on Virginia’s rapidly expanding data center tax exemption, despite broad bipartisan support for reform and mounting warnings about the industry’s rising costs to taxpayers and ratepayers. “With 67% of Virginians supporting an end to special tax breaks for Big Tech data centers, the House conference budget is badly out of step with the public,” said Brennan Gilmore, Clean Virginia executive director. “What began as a narrowly targeted incentive has grown into around $1.9 billion in annual tax breaks that threaten to grow even larger in the years to come.” Rather than advancing reform, the budget punts the issue to a study commission whose results are not due until November 2026 — even though a 2024 report commissioned by the General Assembly already thoroughly studied the industry’s impacts. House Appropriations Chair Delegate Luke Torian, who has vociferously defended the data center tax exemption, has received over $1.8 million in campaign contributions from tech, utility, real estate, and lobbying interests associated with the data center industry since 2020. The budget move follows the defeat of Senate Bills 339 and 619, which sought to protect Virginians from data center-driven costs and strengthen State Corporation Commission oversight, during the regular session. A Tax Break That Has Spiraled Out of Control..."
Matthew Gillikin@mtgillikin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It’s worth noting that Spanberger justifies keeping the data center tax break by an appeal to “keeping one’s word,” but has no problem breaking her commitment to support the expansion collective bargaining

gary s broderick (he/him)@garybroderick.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Virginia Democratic elected officials who oppose legalization of collective bargaining rights for state workers and that refuse to end tax breaks for data centers are one and the same. They create austerity to benefit donors then point to austerity to justify refusing advances for constituents.

Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸@rweingarten.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The World Bank says the Iran war is the worst hit to the global economy since COVID. He didn't just sabotage the US economy, this president is destroying every bit of geopolitical goodwill we had. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Iran war is the worst hit to the global economy since covid, World Bank says

The World Bank says that the war is slashing global growth prospects and that a prolonged conflict could tip dozens of developing nations into years of stagnation.

washingtonpost.com

gary s broderick (he/him)@garybroderick.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Virginia Democratic elected officials who oppose legalization of collective bargaining rights for state workers and that refuse to end tax breaks for data centers are one and the same. They create austerity to benefit donors then point to austerity to justify refusing advances for constituents.

Blue Virginia@bluevirginia.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Clean VA: "House Budget Proposal Doubles Down on Data Center Tax Breaks, Despite Broad Public Opposition; Virginia Falls Behind Other States Willing to Take Decisive Action" bluevirginia.us/2026/06/va-h...

"House Budget Proposal Doubles Down on Data Center Tax Breaks, Despite Broad Public Opposition Virginia Falls Behind Other States Willing to Take Decisive Action Richmond, VA — Clean Virginia today expressed concern over the House Appropriations Committee’s conference budget proposal, which fails to act on Virginia’s rapidly expanding data center tax exemption, despite broad bipartisan support for reform and mounting warnings about the industry’s rising costs to taxpayers and ratepayers. “With 67% of Virginians supporting an end to special tax breaks for Big Tech data centers, the House conference budget is badly out of step with the public,” said Brennan Gilmore, Clean Virginia executive director. “What began as a narrowly targeted incentive has grown into around $1.9 billion in annual tax breaks that threaten to grow even larger in the years to come.” Rather than advancing reform, the budget punts the issue to a study commission whose results are not due until November 2026 — even though a 2024 report commissioned by the General Assembly already thoroughly studied the industry’s impacts. House Appropriations Chair Delegate Luke Torian, who has vociferously defended the data center tax exemption, has received over $1.8 million in campaign contributions from tech, utility, real estate, and lobbying interests associated with the data center industry since 2020. The budget move follows the defeat of Senate Bills 339 and 619, which sought to protect Virginians from data center-driven costs and strengthen State Corporation Commission oversight, during the regular session. A Tax Break That Has Spiraled Out of Control..."
Mikaela Grace ❤️‍🔥 🏡in RVA@mikaelagracexo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My gay agenda is to get cis het men to stop caring about how they (or others) label their sexual desires or attractions or just general turn ons. This is where my emotional sadism comes out. I wanna lovingly drag you into acceptance that being in a gray space is beautiful, actually. 😇 Happy Pride!

Mikaela Grace ❤️‍🔥 🏡in RVA@mikaelagracexo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I don’t care what you call yourself gay/straight/bi! I’m just extremely uninterested in linguistically bending over backwards to create new categories of attraction so cis het men don’t have to own up to their sexual desires. It’s not necessary for an earnest effort to explore what turns you on.

Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸@rweingarten.bsky.social · 2mo ago

On rejecting the school voucher scam, @tinakotek.bsky.social said, "I simply cannot trust that any education policy coming from Trump’s White House is in the best interest of Oregon’s kids and our public education system.” More governors should listen and do the same. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Another Democratic-Leaning State Will Pass on the Federal School Choice Program

Thirty-one states are on track to participate in the first federal tax-credit scholarship program.

edweek.org