Robin Craig

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They really will do anything to make sure poor people don’t get what they need.

When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...

In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a @wabe.org and ProPublica analysis found.

Advocates say it would be cheaper to help families get housing.

(Published Jan. 2024)
By @stephannnnie.bsky.social

Trump Administration Abused Spending Safeguards to Advance Its Agenda — and Illegally Hid Its Actions | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities The recent release of 1,800 internal budget documents shows just how far the Trump Administration is willing to go to illegally withhold or restrict funding.

Newly released documents show the Trump Administration illegally delayed, withheld, or reclassified lawfully provided funds to block agencies from using money Congress approved, undermining services people count on: www.cbpp.org/research/fed...

People shouldn’t be pushed in to homelessness because corporations are too greedy to provide worker protections. #workersoverbillionaires

Excerpt from NYT article that reads: "'Every time they fight, they lose another $250 million,' Mr. Trump said of Harvard in the spring. 'Harvard had to understand, the last thing I want to do is hurt them,' he added. 'They're hurting themselves. They're fighting.'"

"I don't want to hurt you, stop fighting back, you're hurting yourself" is literally the language of an abuser.

One of the most banally horrifying things about this administration is that there is no subtext, no dog whistles, no need for interpretive work. It's all just explicit racism and cruelty.

It’s not just the proposed cuts to homelessness funding…it’s the Medicaid cuts, the SNAP cuts, etc.

It’s very easy to push people who struggle to afford basics—like rent, utilities, and food—into homelessness.

Always the plan.

If I could quote this whole incredible podcast in this tiny character limit, I would. But I can’t, so just listen. ⬇️

Head Start is absolutely essential—so glad the ACLU is taking on this fight!

My Head Start kid is headed to UC San Diego this fall. The years she spent in the program helped both of us build a better future for ourselves. ❤️

No surprises here.

Love this perspective from BHHI Director Dr. Margot Kushel.
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WIC was deeply important to me as a young single mom—the food provided was sometimes the only thing my son and I had to eat and the parenting classes were essential for a first time mom without support.

I was lucky to learn about it from coworkers & would love to see more families benefit from it.

as someone who lives nextdoor to both supportive housing and public housing, i need people to understand that the best locations for both are going to be the central neighborhoods in a metropolitan area, where there is easy and reliable access to services and jobs.

Judge restricts Border Patrol in California: 'You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin' 'You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin and say give me your papers,' a judge said in ordering the Border Patrol to halt warrantless sweeps in California.

Good news (albeit temporary) in California.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...

These are incredible! Also, I might have to steal this idea for myself!

The “war on Christmas” bunch must be thrilled.

This administration is absolutely hell bent on ensuring women are forced into economic precarity for so many deeply obvious reasons.

The fact that some people would rather have an unearned sense of superiority than a social safety net that helps all of is bananas.

Love this thread from @jessicacalarco.bsky.social that explains why.

Of course they did.

Study Challenges Stereotypes, Finding Just 37% of California’s Homeless Population Are Regular Drug Users - Davis Vanguard San Francisco - A new study from the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative (BHHI) is reshaping the public narrative around homelessness and drug

"Homelessness is a housing problem. Drug use complicates it, but it is not the cause. Until we address housing, we are going to keep seeing people spiral on the street--whether they use drugs or not."

The saddest and most pathetic thing about American fascism is that we’re losing control of our society to a group of men who do not understand or appreciate what makes life worth living.

They are not only anti-American—in that that refuse all of our core principles—but anti-human. They are husks.

Food stamps were barely enough to keep my family fed 12+ years ago. Cutting food assistance at today’s prices is deeply cruel.

Most people living outside want shelter, but CA has 110k+ more people who need it than beds.

When folks do turn down shelter, it’s usually because they’re scared or it doesn’t meet their needs.

My brilliant boss Marc Dones offered data + practical advice on Fox last week. ⬇️

Still thinking about Newsom. For a Democratic leader to consent to a framework that portrays trans people as a group that is trying to take something away from other people is flatly unforgivable. It is what the right does. And a Democrat who will do it to one group will do it to any group.

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“And like all cults, we can still infiltrate and change things.” Love this perspective.

The House will vote TODAY on whether to advance devastating cuts to Medicaid that would destroy lifesaving programs for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more.

Call your representative now and tell them to save Medicaid at (202) 224-3121.

Meeting cats is the best!