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Horrifying footage of a child care provider being detained by ICE in Chicago outside her center. No one should be violently ripped from their place of work. Child care providers are deeply important to the well-being of kids and our communities. Please give if you are able: gofund.me/9efc0639d

The taking of neighbors in communities around the country is so horrific.

And, right here - how can anyone justify this - violently taking a child care teacher out of her classroom?

Enraging is too weak a word to describe this.

#Momsky activate.

Some Head Start preschools shutter as government shutdown continues The government shutdown is triggering a wave of closures of Head Start centers, leaving many working parents scrambling for child care and shutting some of the nation’s neediest children out of presch...

Republicans were already gutting Head Start programs across the country.

Now, their shutdown is tearing child care away from even more families.

All because they refuse to prioritize anything but tax cuts for billionaires.
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KFF graph showing that more than 3 in 4 adults (78%) support extending the enhanced premium tax credits for Affordable Care Act Marketplace coverage, based on a KFF Health Tracking Poll from September 23-29, 2025.

New KFF polling finds most Americans say they want Congress to extend the enhanced ACA tax credits that help make Marketplace coverage more affordable. https://on.kff.org/4q7ElGy

The Tri-Share Model Is Not a Solution to the Child Care Crisis Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called child care a “textbook example of a broken market.” The problems plaguing this broken market were aptly

State and local policymakers looking to increase child care affordability, supply, and compensation must continue expanding public funding. Tri-Share does not build supply or substantively improve wages and benefits, making it a poor solution to the child care crisis. tcf.org/content/comm...

David's Story: Medicaid is a Lifeline in Our Rural Community Our close-knit Alaskan community knows it takes a village — and Medicaid — to raise a child.

"Medicaid has been essential for keeping David alive, but also for our whole family. The ability to rely upon #Medicaid when we needed it was what allowed us to recover from the initial financial distress we experienced with David."

#ProtectMedicaid

Susan Collins' Approval Rating Is in the Toilet 3 Years After 'Dobbs' The Maine Senator, who single-handedly sealed the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, faces a tough re-election battle next year.

A Morning Consult survey released in April found that Collins is the second most unpopular Senator behind only Mitch McConnell. The quarterly update found that 51% of Maine voters disapprove, compared to 42% who approve. Her net approval declined more than any other Senator since the previous report

Newsweek headline: Mitch McConnell says people worried about Medicaid cuts will "get over it"

Over 10 million people would lose health care under Medicaid if Trump's budget bill passes.

Mitch McConnell says we'll "get over it."

Think he's right?

Trump and Republicans’ big, ugly bill could increase the country’s medical debt by $50 billion. Some families’ medical debt could increase by over $20,000 due to the lack of coverage.

And it’s all to finance tax cuts that overwhelmingly help the rich.

Reverse Robin Hood.

Republicans are not immune to public pressure.
 
Everybody hates this Big Ugly bill—and for good reason. Keep speaking up so that everyone knows what this bill actually does.
 
NO cuts to Medicaid. NO cuts to SNAP.
 
Every Senator should vote NO on Trump's Big Ugly Bill.

Congress Is Pushing for a Medicaid Work Requirement. Here’s What Happened When Georgia Tried It. GOP lawmakers want to nationalize Medicaid work requirements to offset Trump’s proposed tax cuts. Yet Georgia’s example shows that this could threaten health care for nearly 16 million Americans and c...

GOP lawmakers want to nationalize Medicaid work requirements to offset Trump’s proposed tax cuts. Georgia is the only state with such a mandate. Its experience shows that the federal effort could threaten health care for nearly 16 million Americans & cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.

NEW POLL finds men in America are still hopeful, they link taking care of their families with their masculinity, they want government solutions—and more than 90% of them want paid leave and affordable care policies. #MenCare #PaidLeaveForAll globalstrategygroup.com/wp-content/u...

What Babies Need from Congress Right Now Boteach: Babies can’t speak for themselves, so families and early childhood advocates are demanding that Congress to invest in our youngest kids.

In my first op-ed for @zerotothree.bsky.social

I underscore that Medicaid, SNAP, and other supports for families “are lifelines that give kids a solid start, esp families who face extra hurdles.”

The Senate must reject these dangerous cuts.

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here's the full clip of RFK Jr losing his shit at Patty Murray today during a hearing so badly that Republican Sen. Capito had to step in and tell him to "hold back"

I don't want this to get lost: after RFK Jr. finished with his tantrum, he ADMITTED he is blocking BILLIONS in federal child care funding.

That needs to change IMMEDIATELY.

We're worrying about the wrong thing. Low birth rate isn't the crisis: Child care is. | Opinion Making more babies by threat, faux incentives, or even force is not a goal or a solution. And it ignores the desperate, real needs of families.

“The real crisis is one of care… The answer to the real crisis is not what we can gut and burn and take away from people, but what we can give them, the world we can create.” My piece in @usatoday.com. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

The bill to cut Medicaid just passed through committee. But we haven't lost yet. It now goes for a House vote. There are several republicans weary of this bill. Call your Representatives now! (202) 224-3121 #ProtectMedicaid #disabilitytiktok #HandsOffMedicaid

I’m proud to fight alongside families like Victoria and Cole - families whose entire lives are at stake as Congress plans to cut Medicaid to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.

Rep. Bresnahan: We’re watching, and we won’t back down. Do the right thing and #ProtectMedicaid

#CareCantWait

Childcare shouldn’t be a luxury. Families are struggling to afford care, put food on the table, and save for the future — while billionaires rake in tax breaks. On May 12th, we’re saying: Fund families, not billionaires. #DayWithoutChildCare

Tell Congress: No More Tax Breaks for the Ultra Wealthy The rich don’t need to get richer.

We have the power to stop Medicaid cuts. With the Senate voting soon, now is the time to act. Tell your senators: NO cuts to Medicaid. Put families first. #ProtectMedicaid act.nwlc.org/a/tax-cuts?m...

Medicaid Cuts Threaten Direct Care Workforce - National Women's Law Center Direct care workers—like home health care workers and nursing assistants—provide essential long-term care to disabled people and older adults so they can live full, dignified lives. Medicaid is the pr...

Medicaid is a lifeline. It funds long-term care, pays care workers, & supports families. But Republicans in Congress want to gut it, risking jobs and leaving millions without support — all so billionaires can get even richer.
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Wyden, Warren Lead Colleagues to Introduce Legislation to Improve Access to Quality, Affordable Child Care for American Families | The United States Senate Committee on Finance Wyden, Warren Lead Colleagues to Introduce Legislation to Improve Access to Quality, Affordable Child Care for American Families

Thank you @shaheen.senate.gov for cosponsoring the Building Child Care for a Better Future Act! Always appreciate your leadership on child care solutions that make life better for children and families.

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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

Another round of reckless cuts at the #CDC. With every firing, Trump reminds the world he does not care about public health. Anything to give a tax break to his billionaire friends.

Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.

Congress: Stay out of DC’s Budget // Call Script Congress: Stay out of DC’s Budget Call Script Wednesday March 12, 2025 Contents Priority Members to Call: Wednesday March 12 1 Call Script for DC Residents 2 Call Script for Allies Outside DC 3 Pri...

Time to call some Senators. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

President Trump brings back practice of detaining families together President Trump also detained families during his first term in an effort to deter migration through the southern border.

Barbaric and disgusting.
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This is a fight for our families. Medicaid covers doctor visits, prescriptions, care for millions of children, veterans, people with disabilities and working adults. Don’t stay silent—demand Congress votes “NO” to Medicaid cuts. Call NOW: 866-426-2631. #HandsOffMedicaid

Murray: Trump, Musk have made child care crisis worse The senator said President Donald Trump and Elon Musk “have absolutely zero clue on why child care is so important to families and to our economy.”

ICYM: @murray.senate.gov “Trump, Musk have made child care crisis worse.”

YouTube video by Rep. Jeffries Mary Beth Cochran on the Republican Budget Scheme

Thank you to Mary Beth, a @momsrising.org member, for sharing why Medicaid & SNAP are so important to our families, economy, and country on the steps of the U.S. Capitol today alongside Leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, @demwomencaucus.bsky.social & many others. *Video: youtu.be/YO6vdwEXbLM?...