Explaining why we are highlighting the fund that the legislature voted on in special session last year in the short time left before the deadline for allocation of the funds. TikTok video by Gary Winfield152

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My Favorite Time of Year

I wrote a Christmas Song

When I hear songs I also hear responses in my head. @Kehlani has Out the Indow that I automatically imagined a response to and with AI I can take the lyrics and have them sung. Here is that version. #... TikTok video by Gary Winfield152

Songs rattling around in my head. AI lets me get them out

Newark’s Mayor Arrested at Protest Outside ICE Detention Center

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Push back.

As the Judiciary Committee worked to pass the updated Trust Action Act responded to contentions by the Republicans that the work is UnAmerican, in support of criminals, and against the law itself #Imm... TikTok video by Gary Winfield152

The issue of immigration was at play in the debate on the Trust Act today. This is my response to the Republican framing of our work as unAmerican, pro crime and illegal

Mass layoffs are underway at the nation's public health agencies Employees across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have begun receiving notices of dismissal in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people.

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An ‘administrative error’ sent a Maryland man to an El Salvador prison, ICE says President Donald Trump's administration has acknowledged mistakenly deporting a Maryland man with protected legal status to a notorious El Salvador prison.

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Political Science Support the Southern community on our Day of Caring

Last year I used my network to help students at Southern Connecticut State University afford to participate in political science internships. We have another shot at it. Please do what you can to help these young people.

Chuck Schumer is going to do what?!

Bridgeport, CT is already facing a massive fiscal cliff and needs the state or the city to find $23 million to just flat fund the budget. Add in that the 20% of their budget (about $60 million) that comes from the feds is also threatened?

I don't know how they will keep the schools open.

Today in the GAE while discussing SJ 35 one my colleagues made statements that ingnore history and the knowledge we have developed in discussions over the years. Words have power and I could not let t... TikTok video by Gary Winfield152

Standing up to the nonsense in GAE today

State Senate is taking up the legislation passed by the House last evening.

Acting archivist, inspector general for National Archives forced out The agency, regarded as nonpolitical, has been the target of President Donald Trump’s ire since its attempts recover documents from Mar-a-Lago.

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The controversy over Lift Every Voice and Sing is nonsense #Super Bowl #BlackNationalAnthem #History #BlackHistoryMonth TikTok video by Gary Winfield152

The controversy over the Black National Anthem is nonsense

Imagine being so upset about Lift Every Voice and Sing being coined the Negro (Black) National Anthem and stating as much publicly showing you know nothing about the things you puport to care about.

The governor delivers his budget speech tomorrow. What he says and what the legislature says in response is critical to the future of CT. #Connecticut #Budget #WorkingClass #MiddleClass #OurFuture #Le... TikTok video by Gary Winfield152

The CT budget drops tomorrow. Time to tune in folks.

History matters and affects everything we do. Ignorance is dangerous.#History #BlackHistoryMonth #America #DEI #Connecticut #Slavery #Education TikTok video by Gary Winfield152

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Helping the candidate for State Senate in Stratford

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The ACLU of CT collaborated with advocates and challenged elected leaders today at the Fair Haven Community Health Center at a roundtable talk with IRIS CT, Sen. Gary Winfield, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, and Commissioner Andrea Barton Reeves.

Train wreck of a press conference by the president

People are dead and he is on this diversity bs of his?!

Trump Administration Defends Federal Grants Freeze as Lawsuit Takes Shape: Live Updates

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Judge Blocks Trump’s Plan to End Birthright Citizenship A federal judge in Seattle has issued a temporary order halting the president’s plan.

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It is not nasty or hateful to ask any of us to remember the impact we have on others. It is not nasty or hateful to remind those of us with political power to remember that mercy matters. The Christian nationalists who are troubled by the message to the president have lost the message of their Jesus