Dawn Huckelbridge

Massachusetts ranked as best state to have a baby, new report finds Thinking of starting a family? Massachusetts is the best state to have a baby, according to a new report.

Thinking about growing your family? Massachusetts delivers for new parents! 🧸🍼

From world-class hospitals, to access to child care, to paid parental leave, Massachusetts is once again the best state to have a baby.

NEW: Minnesota just ranked the third best state to have a baby. That’s no coincidence.

We’re expanding paid leave and child care, delivering a nation-leading child tax credit, and investing in public schools. We’re putting families first and it’s making a difference.

Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.

Getting big money out of politics. 

Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.

Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...

This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.

Which is why when Democrats have power they should stop at nothing to not only reinstall government programs and people but to grow and invest in the things that help working people’s everyday lives—like paid leave.

Beat fascists and all leaders upending every institution of law, democracy, and civil society. I don’t have energy for the right knife fight analogy but here’s the thing: we have borrowed time and attention. Use moral courage and integrity, but by god just fight and win.

The class divide among women in the workplace is widening Women without degrees are more likely to wind up in low-paying jobs with inconsistent schedules.

73% of women (25-44) w/ college degrees are employed full-time vs 53% w/o degrees. Women with degrees often land jobs w/ paid leave & flexibility allowing them to manage paid work & parenting. The US needs nationwide paid family leave and sick leave. www.axios.com/2025/08/03/w...

Poll: New York Dems side with Mamdani on Israel, Netanyahu New York City’s Democratic primary voters overwhelmingly believe that Israel is “committing genocide” in Gaza.

New poll: The vast majority of NYC Dem primary voters agree with Mamdani’s Israel positions, even arresting Bibi.

57% say they’d be less likely to support incumbent Dems who don’t endorse Mamdani. That includes Schumer and Jeffries right now. www.semafor.com/article/07/2...

“The starvation and death of Palestinian children and civilians in an ongoing war zone is unacceptable.”

Thank you, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social.

Agreed.

Everything is connected. If you’re silent about cuts to services you think only other people depend on, it will still impact you. If you’re silent about deportations or separation or the disappearance of people, it will impact you. If you’re silent about atrocity or genocide, it will impact you.

DM me any brand, business, elected, candidate, or leader of any kind who’s speaking out about the blockade or starvation of babies in Gaza.

A woman in a dress speaking at a podium.

A man and woman holding rally signs about child care.

A woman speaking at a podium with one hand raised.

A woman in a blue shirt at a podium holding a microphone.

We’re here with our partners at #FamiliesFirst New Jersey to say #CareNotCuts. Cutting Medicaid, care, and food all to serve billionaires is a betrayal of families everywhere.

A woman and a young boy standing at a podium on a stage with candles.

My son spoke on a stage for the first time to defend Medicaid. When I asked if he was nervous, he said, no, what’s more important than sharing someone’s story. #FamiliesFirst #CareNotCuts

Photo of Nicole speaking on the Protect Medicaid Summer stage at 5am on the National Mall, with the Capitol building behind her.

Whether in the middle of the night or in broad daylight, we are again sharing Medicaid stories and bearing witness to what this lifesaving program means to millions across the country.

Forever grateful for and inspired by @nicolejorwic.bsky.social and her fight to #ProtectMedicaid for all of us.

I took on the issue of paid family leave when my daughter was a baby on my hip. The fight lasted until she was in the fourth grade, but we got it done.

Now, it's time to take this fight to the US Senate.

👏👏👏👏

We shouldn’t be gutting the social safety net we have and taking away food and health care millions rely on to pad the pockets of billionaires. Instead billionaires should be paying their fair share so we can grow our safety net and invest in things like paid leave. Supermajorities of voters agree.

On a day that the congress has decided to go on an early recess and take 6 weeks of paid leave it is important to remember that in the U.S there is no federal law that guarantees paid maternity leave or family leave.
Just something to think about in case you need more things to think about today.

Republicans Are Breaking With Trump Over Epstein Files, Polls Show The president’s avid followers have backed him through many controversies. But more than a third of Republicans disapprove of his handling of the files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

The Trump administration’s recent decision to backtrack on releasing new details about the investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has prompted something exceedingly rare: Republican voters have begun to break with the president.

We discuss the momentum that the push to pass Paid Family & Medical Leave is gaining w/ @paidleaveforall.bsky.social‬.

momsrising.org/bt07jul25/?source=bsky

Found in House Republican conference: 219 able-bodied adults who refuse to work.

Epstein is an unending onion of demonstration of just how thoroughly this country does not care about girls and women being sexually assaulted.

Republicans just robbed the American people blind to pad billionaires’ and corporations’ pockets, gutted the government, and are now going on paid vacations early with taxpayer dollars to avoid accountability and justice for the most heinous criminal coverup perhaps in history.

300,000 Black women have left the labor force in 3 months. It’s not a coincidence. For decades, the public sector has been a lifeline for Black women shut out of economic opportunity. It’s no surprise that Trump's federal downsizing targeted them first, explains gender economist Kat...

“This isn’t a coincidence. It’s the result of federal policy choices — most immediately, sweeping job cuts across public-sector agencies where Black women have long held the strongest foothold in middle-class employment.”

So yeah lots of consultants to debate about and generational change needed and elite intraparty fighting but meanwhile 17MM Americans lost their healthcare and people are being disappeared, so let’s walk and chew gum and release the Epstein files and all support Democrats with values and talent.

Trump Approval - 18-29 Year Olds:

February 7, 2025:
🟢 Approve: 55%
🔴 Disapprove: 45%

July 18, 2025:
🔴 Disapprove: 72%
🟢 Approve: 28%

- YouGov -

Trump Talks About Anything but Epstein on His Social Media Account On Truth Social, the president railed against Democrats and shared a wacky video.

On Truth Social, President Trump spent the weekend posting about anything other than his administration’s refusal to release the Epstein files. If it was an attempt to distract from the outcry over his administration’s handling of them, it did not appear to be working.

Democratic Women’s Caucus Unveils Policy Agenda to Demand a Better Future for Women; Defend Women and Families WASHINGTON, D.C.

Women and families deserve an economy that puts women first.

We are fighting to protect unions and access to affordable child care, paid leave, and fair wages.

Our policy agenda puts women first.

democraticwomenscaucus.house.gov/media/press-...

🎙️How the Big Bad Betrayal Bill guts our health care w/ @‪caringacross.org
🎙️What's happening in Washington DC + Black Women's Equal Pay Day w/ @momsrising.org
🎙️The momentum that the push to pass Paid Family & Medical Leave is gaining w/ @paidleaveforall.bsky.social

momsrising.org/bt07jul25

The thing about Trump’s unhinged AI video is release the Epstein files.