“We should pass sick leave; the next week, raise minimum wage; the next week we should pass family leave; the next week we should pass vacation leave,” said Representative Greg Casar of Texas. I agree @gregcasar.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

Here’s What Democrats Plan to Do With Their Power if They Win Back Congress

Democrats have campaigned on lowering living costs and holding the Trump administration accountable. This is a look at their to-do list if they win the majority.

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“Among parents who were employed when their youngest child was born, 15 percent reported not taking any time off from work. This means an estimated 3 million (employed) parents nationally took no leave after the birth of a child” @newamerica.org www.newamerica.org/insights/wha...

CANDY PRICES ARE NO JOKE THIS YEAR.

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Dads are catching up to--or even exceeding--moms in taking leave to bond with new kids in most state paid leave programs. Families are reaping the benefits. More from @npr.org, highlighting @paidleaveforall.bsky.social research www.npr.org/2026/10/18/n...

Dad shift: Men now file majority of paid family leave claims in key states

The U.S. has no law guaranteeing paid parental leave. But in states with their own programs, more dads are using the benefit to bond with their new children, exceeding moms in some states.

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It was a whirlwind of a week across PA, OH, and MI for the #TimeAndMoneyTour. We talked to communities about affordability and caregiving—how to give working families back money and time for what matters most. The bus was a hub of storytelling and mutual aid but the journey goes on. #PaidLeaveForAll

“Lawmakers and community groups came together in Detroit Friday to advocate for paid family and medical leave. Speakers at the event said both state and federal laws are needed.” #TimeAndMoneyTour www.michiganpublic.org/politics-gov...

Coalition calls for paid family and medical leave in Michigan

"Three out of every four people have to choose between putting food on the table or caring for themselves or their loved ones," said Democratic U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell.

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“Thursday’s news conference was part of a bus tour through Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan promoting policies aimed at easing financial pressures on working families. The bus also serves as a mobile aid hub… while advocates push for broader policy changes.” triblive.com/news/health-...

Advocacy group visits Pittsburgh before crucial Allegheny County paid parental leave vote

With Allegheny County days away from a potentially historic vote on a countywide 12-week paid parental leave policy, a national advocacy group brought its push for broader protections to Pittsburgh on...

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What would you be able to do with more time for what matters most? What would be possible if we put more money back in the pockets of working families? What if we all had the ability to care? Follow the #TimeAndMoneyTour this week and share your own stories with #1MCare.

Today @PaidLeaveForAll launches the #TimeAndMoneyTour, a trip across PA, OH, and MI to talk to communities about the affordability crisis, their caregiving needs, and the solutions to put more money into working families’ pockets and to give us more time for what matters most. Come on board with us.

“Bipartisan majorities support creating a national program that would allow all workers up to 12 weeks of paid leave to care for a newborn, as well as support a family member with a serious health condition or recover from one themselves.” www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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NEW: CONTENT WARNING FOR SA: Democratic candidate for Arizona's 8th Congressional district Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by two men while repairing campaign signs according to a sheriff's report. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...

We hear an update on efforts to make paid family and medical leave a reality for all w/ Dawn Huckelbridge, Paid Leave for All, @paidleaveforall.bsky.social.

A “new poll found… more than 70% of voters want state and federal leaders to make progress within the next two years on specific policies like ensuring up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave.” app.publicnewsservice.org/story/afford...?

Affordability crisis changing voters’ views on 'women's issues'

Matters related to childcare, elder care and equal pay have long been considered “women’s issues” but a new poll found a majority of voters now see them as solutions to

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I’m glad McConnell has been able to take over three months of paid medical leave. But that’s three months more than the federal government guarantees the American people—and he’s spent a career voting against it.

Trump Is Sending Israel $2.8 Billion in Bombs. You’re Paying for Them 9/15/26 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump Is Reportedly Sending Israel $2.8 Billion in Bombs. You're Paying for Them

Donald Trump is preparing to supply $2.8 billion worth of bombs to Israel, The Washington Post reports. U.S. taxpayers will foot the bill.

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We are showing that organizing wins. We are showing the power of organizing and new leadership and democracy against the biggest odds, oligarchs, dictators, the Epstein class. I don’t care how bad of a musician you are, you have a voice—and a platform that can be taken away.

NEW report: Nationwide, more than 29 million employees have no paid holidays off. US law provides no paid holidays, no paid family leave—no paid time off. But there are proposals in Congress to change that. Read more at PaidLeaveForAll.org.

I don’t know anything about this film but I do think we should stop giving people like Elizabeth Holmes attention.

They want to take child care $$ away from low-income single working moms and giving it to stay at home moms, but only if they are married. We need more supports for all caregivers but taking child care assistance away from struggling moms just to advance Vance’s social engineering goals is cruel

The Fig Economy@figgityfigs.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This would be a fucking cascading disaster for women.

Also, $9K doesn’t replace a salary.

Dawn Huckelbridge@dhuckelbridge.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This will hurt the economy, families, and the child care system—and not actually create more choice for parents. We should be supporting all families, not making them compete for dollars. How about we pass paid leave, invest in care, and restore the child tax credit. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...

This will hurt the economy, families, and the child care system—and not actually create more choice for parents. We should be supporting all families, not making them compete for dollars. How about we pass paid leave, invest in care, and restore the child tax credit. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...

Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones

The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.

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“[Trump’s Kennedy Center] takeover has driven off 100 percent of its paid performances, 90 percent of its employees and hundreds of millions of dollars in private donations.” Everything he touches he burns.

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com 📕📗📘📙

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I love every way that Mamdani is showing that government can be a force for good. A force for solving problems. A force for building community. A force even for humor and happiness. A force for tackling the things that divide us and drive us to extremism or despair.

New surveys of nearly 20,000 Americans in 11 competitive states and 28 congressional districts reveal “extensive bipartisan common ground” in support of a national paid leave program to allow workers 12 weeks off to care for a new child, an ill family member, or themselves. vop.org/battleground...

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NEW: “In most [state paid leave] programs, fathers are now taking nearly equal shares of bonding leave to spend time away from work with their new children as mothers, according to a recent report from Paid Leave For All.” In CO and WA, men are actually taking a greater share of bonding leaves.

Paid Leave for All@paidleaveforall.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“Dads really want to be able to take leave to bond with their children, and when presented with the opportunity through this public investment, dads are showing up, stepping up and taking advantage of this opportunity,” said Molly Weston Williamson. www.the74million.org/zero2eight/m...

If someone is spending $15MM on attack ads and a war of ideas, what about with the people putting babies into concentration camps or murdering Americans on the streets or gutting food and farm aid and Head Start or trying to end democracy

Dawn Huckelbridge@dhuckelbridge.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Could use $15 million to speak to voters about how to help their lives. Could use $15 million to fight the actual violent extremists in government. While American taxpayers are forced to fund real war they don’t want, and dealing with the daily fallout of class warfare, this is offensive.