Melinda Diane

Yay! Go @esidewalkitout.bsky.social. So excited to work with you in your new role!

Looking forward to it! If you haven’t signed up yet, there’s still time!

🧵SO many voices calling on #WaLeg & the governor to protect funding for communities, schools, the climate & public health. To prevent cuts, lawmakers must ensure the ultra-wealthy & corporations pay what they owe in taxes.
@investwanow.bsky.social @balanceourtaxcode.bsky.social @fusewashington.org

Love those faces. Check them out in Olympia fighting the good fight! #WaLeg, it's time to pass progressive revenue to help pay for the services that support us all. Like schools. Parks. Infrastructure. Public health. Safety net programs. (These funds are esp. important amid federal awfulness!)

Eli Taylor Goss and Rian Watt: In this Washington, lawmakers must act to protect people’s economic well-being Like many people here in Washington state, we have watched in alarm, horror and outrage as the new federal administration has taken a chainsaw to critical public programs and thrown millions of lives ...

As the federal administration takes a chainsaw to public programs, #WaLeg must protect state programs that help families afford essential needs, like housing & health care. Read more from our director, Eli Taylor Goss, & @eoionline.bsky.social's director, Rian Watt www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

Reject MAGA’s attacks on our immigrant neighbors In Washington, we value funding basic services for our residents, not Trump’s mass deportations. Tell your Congress Member to vote NO on cutting the schools, hospitals, and food banks that all working...

In Washington, we value funding basic services for our residents, not Trump’s mass deportations. Tell your Congress Member to vote NO on cutting the schools, hospitals, and food banks that all working people rely on: fusewashington.actionkit.com/letter/Sanct...

📢📢📢 THIS ➡️ "Congress should return to the drawing board and craft a budget that broadens opportunity, lowers costs, and invests in people and families, while responsibly raising the revenues needed to make those investments and reduce economic risks associated with high debt."

Elon Musk’s DOGE is hacking U.S. Treasury funds—and our democracy The hacking of U.S. Treasury payment systems and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) databases by Elon Musk’s team with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is reckless, illegal, ...

This is the first time @epi.org has issued a statement labeling an administration’s actions as authoritarian. But we all have a moral obligation to name recent actions—including the hacking of the U.S. Treasury payment systems—as the truly authoritarian efforts they are. www.epi.org/press/elon-m...

Trump Wants to Cut Taxes on the Rich. States Can Choose Differently. - OtherWords We won progressive taxes in our state by showing people just how unjust our tax code was. Other states can follow.

While Trump wants to cut taxes on the rich, Washington state passed a policy to fairly tax the rich in 2021 — which has already raised $1.3 billion for child care and schools. More states should follow.

Eli Taylor Goss of @budget-policy.bsky.social and Treasure Mackley of @investwanow.bsky.social: