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Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social)
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
http://bsky.app/profile/donmoyn.bsky.social/post/3mcy4epokes2z
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Trump Administration Destroys the Systems that Support and Protect America’s Children
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Trump Administration Destroys the Systems that Support and Protect America’s Children
In an important column, the President of First Focus on Children, Bruce Lesley names what ought to be our nation’s social policy agenda, if justice and equity are the goals we seek: “de…
http://janresseger.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/trump-administration-destroys-the-systems-that-support-and-protect-americas-children/
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The Problem of Unregulated Homeschool - The Atlantic
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Vouchers, Patriotism and Prayer: The Trump Administration’s Plan to Remake Public Education
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is bringing about a new era in education — and perhaps the end of public schools as we know them.
http://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-linda-mcmahon-public-education
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The Misguided Push to Abolish the Department of Education
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The Misguided Push to Abolish the Department of Education
The Trump Administration has taken another significant step toward dismantling the Department of Education by proposing a plan to use six “interagency agreements” that would disperse many of the…
https://firstfocusonchildren.substack.com/p/the-misguided-push-to-abolish-the
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Rep. Sara Jacobs, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Bill Cassidy Lead Bicameral Bill to Help Families Claim the Child Tax Credit After a Natural Disaster
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Current law actually slashes the Child Tax Credit for children and families who are victims of a natural disaster.
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Rep. Sara Jacobs, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Bill Cassidy Lead Bicameral Bill to Help Families Claim the Child Tax Credit After a Natural Disaster | U.S. Congresswoman Sara Jacobs Of California's 51st District
The Official U.S. Congressional website of Congresswoman Sara Jacobs
http://sarajacobs.house.gov/news/press-releases/rep-sara-jacobs-sens-amy-klobuchar-and-bill-cassidy-lead-bicameral-bill-to-help-families-claim-the-child-tax-credit-after-a-natural-disaster
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The Trump Administration’s Culture of Death to Children | Marci A. Hamilton | Verdict | Legal Analysis and Commentary from Justia
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The Trump Administration’s Culture of Death to Children
University of Pennsylvania professor Marci A. Hamilton addresses the Trump administration’s handling of public health, particularly its promotion of anti-vaccine rhetoric and policy decisions that…
http://verdict.justia.com/2025/12/30/the-trump-administrations-culture-of-death-to-children
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Maryland Attorney General Sues U.S. Department Of Education Over Cuts To Community School Funding - The BayNet
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Maryland Attorney General Sues U.S. Department Of Education Over Cuts To Community School Funding - The BayNet
BALTIMORE, Md. – Attorney General Anthony G. Brown and two other attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education to stop unlawful cuts to congressionally approved funding…
https://thebaynet.com/maryland-attorney-general-sues-u-s-department-of-education-over-cuts-to-community-school-funding/
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Choosing Harm Over Help: How U.S. Policymakers Are Turning Against Children
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Choosing Harm Over Help: How U.S. Policymakers Are Turning Against Children
When children need investment, care, and protection, they’re being met instead with abandonment, cruelty, and systemic neglect.
http://brucelesley.substack.com/p/choosing-harm-over-help-how-us-policymakers
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Letter: Opposing Health Care Freedom for Patients Act and Urging Permanent Protection for Children’s Health Coverage - Campaign For Children
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The Cassidy bill literally provides nothing for kids.
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Letter: Opposing Health Care Freedom for Patients Act and Urging Permanent Protection for Children’s Health Coverage
First Focus Campaign for Children sent a letter to all members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives today urging lawmakers to oppose the Health
http://campaignforchildren.org/resource/letter-opposing-health-care-freedom-for-patients-act-and-urging-permanent-protection-for-childrens-health-coverage/
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Why Kennedy’s Message on Parental Rights, HIPAA, and Kids’ Medical Records Misses the Point
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Why Kennedy’s Message on Parental Rights, HIPAA, and Kids’ Medical Records Misses the Point
Parents have rights under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), but so do kids.
http://open.substack.com/pub/brucelesley/p/why-kennedys-message-on-parental?r=f8l9&utm_medium=ios
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Bruce Lesley (@brucelesley.bsky.social)
Across our nation, children are being left behind in the decisions that shape their futures. At @firstfocus.bsky.social, we’re working to change that by calling for policy changes that put kids…
http://bsky.app/profile/brucelesley.bsky.social/post/3m6zlnc3a6s2a
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Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
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Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
http://kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/third-unvaccinated-kentucky-baby-dies-of-whooping-cough/
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Bruce Lesley (@brucelesley.bsky.social)
Organized Abandonment: How Attacks on Public Systems Are Harming Parents and Children…
http://bsky.app/profile/brucelesley.bsky.social/post/3m6lsmlalpc2s
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Childhood trauma to prison: How trauma fuels the vicious cycle | Public News Service
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Public News Service | News in the Public Interest
Public News Service (PNS) is a member-supported news service that advocates journalism in the public interest. PNS's network of state-based news services distribute high quality public interest news…
http://app.publicnewsservice.org/story/childhood-trauma-to-prison-how-trauma-fuels-the-vicious-cycle-1/91a1d3a1-2dc0-4dc9-a1b1-e704223a9dfc
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Mamdani is building a universal child care team, but faces daunting financial and logistical challenges - POLITICO
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Mamdani is building a universal child care team, but faces daunting financial and logistical challenges
The mayor-elect has tapped government veterans as he looks to implement the $6 billion initiative.
http://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/14/mamdani-is-building-a-universal-child-care-team-but-faces-daunting-financial-and-logistical-challenges-00651001
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The CDC revives debunked ‘link’ between childhood vaccines and autism : Shots - Health News : NPR
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Under RFK Jr.,, the CDC rewrote its vaccine safety page to spread misinformation and doubt about vaccines. This will harm children.
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The CDC revives debunked 'link' between childhood vaccines and autism
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage that previously stated "Vaccines do not cause autism" has been changed to cast doubt on the scientific research that supports the finding.
http://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/11/20/nx-s1-5615040/cdc-rfk-childhood-vaccines-autism
2 months ago
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Children at the Ballot Box: Why Direct Democracy May Be a Game-Changer for Kids
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#VoteKids
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Children at the Ballot Box: Why Direct Democracy May Be a Game-Changer for Kids
Child advocates have often ignored or minimized the use of ballot measures and direct democracy as part of our playbook. It's past time to change that.
https://brucelesley.substack.com/p/children-at-the-ballot-box-why-direct
2 months ago
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Recent Actions by the Trump Administration Target Children with Disabilities | First Focus on Children
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Recent Actions by the Trump Administration Target Children with Disabilities
Proposed rules, reductions in force, threaten roughly 100,000 children who rely on Supplemental Security Income, plus others in need of support and
http://firstfocus.org/update/recent-
2 months ago
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As governor, lawmakers mull special session agenda, child advocacy groups have some ideas • Nevada Current
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As governor, lawmakers mull special session agenda, child advocacy groups have some ideas • Nevada Current
Nevada’s child care crisis should warrant a special session rather than efforts to give public subsidies to film studies, advocacy groups say. “We don’t think this is the time where we need to be…
http://nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/07/as-governor-lawmakers-mull-special-session-agenda-child-advocacy-groups-have-some-ideas/
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Bruce Lesley (@brucelesley.bsky.social)
This is must watch reporting by @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social on how ICE is separating babies and toddlers from parents and treating them while in custody. This must end now! [contains quote post or…
http://bsky.app/profile/brucelesley.bsky.social/post/3m54ww6tbjk2m
3 months ago
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The Trump Admin must release the SNAP contingency fund today so that 16 million kids do not start going hungry tomorrow. It’s that simple.
3 months ago
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Money Matters: The Nation’s Retreat from Kids
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First Focus on Children released our annual report yesterday, Children's Budget 2025. The findings show a 30+% decline in the share of federal funding to children from 2021 to Trump's FY 2026 budget proposal.
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Money Matters: The Nation’s Retreat from Kids
Federal spending on children has dropped to historic lows, but the steepest cuts are ahead.
https://brucelesley.substack.com/p/money-matters-the-nations-retreat
3 months ago
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Bruce Lesley (@brucelesley.bsky.social)
Here is why Texas voters concerned about child abuse & safety should OPPOSE Proposition 15 and why child advocates nationwide should be concerned about the outcome of this vote. Parental Rights or…
http://bsky.app/profile/brucelesley.bsky.social/post/3m44vek2a7s2u
3 months ago
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Bruce Lesley (@brucelesley.bsky.social)
A society that truly values families must see and value children as individuals with their own perspectives, vulnerabilities, and rights. Seeing Children: Why the Family Frame Isn’t Enough…
http://bsky.app/profile/brucelesley.bsky.social/post/3m3pwnoaj622r
3 months ago
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Fear and Harm as Policy: How the Feds Are Traumatizing Children
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Fear and Harm as Policy: How the Feds Are Traumatizing Children
Noem's Department of Homeland Security is not targeting the "worst of the worst" as she claims: her agency is increasingly targeting the children of immigrants.
https://brucelesley.substack.com/p/fear-and-harm-as-policy-how-the-feds
3 months ago
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Bruce Lesley (@brucelesley.bsky.social)
Nearly Nine Months In: How The Administration Is Failing America’s Children…
http://bsky.app/profile/brucelesley.bsky.social/post/3m2s2xiib3s2q
4 months ago
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Another important article by
@mikehixenbaugh.com
that highlights why we desperately need an independent Children’s Commissioner to investigate and put a stop to the cover-up and failure to protect children from child sexual and physical abuse by institutions in this country.
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Mike Hixenbaugh (@mikehixenbaugh.com)
Pastor Mark Vega, a former Yankees chaplain, received reports of sex abuse in his church in 2019 and 2022. But rather than go to police, Vega came up with a plan to handle it internally by…
http://bsky.app/profile/mikehixenbaugh.com/post/3lyg2qfw2a22w
4 months ago
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This piece by
@mikehixenbaugh.com
highlights two critically important issues facing children: 1) the threat people like Robert Morris pose to public education 2) the cover-up of sexual and physical child abuse that institutions in our country repeatedly engage in This must be stopped. ✋
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Mike Hixenbaugh (@mikehixenbaugh.com)
Got to see where the filmed “Killers of the Flower Moon” and write this update on a story I started covering a little over a year to go.…
http://bsky.app/profile/mikehixenbaugh.com/post/3m2aht2w27k2d
4 months ago
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How the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Fuels Presidential Power and a Government Shutdown
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How the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Fuels Presidential Power and a Government Shutdown
Washington is back at the brink.
https://brucelesley.substack.com/p/how-the-supreme-courts-shadow-docket
4 months ago
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Bruce Lesley (@brucelesley.bsky.social)
A good news update: Sinclair has now agreed to restore @jimmykimmel.com @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social to the airways with its local affiliates. A step forward for #FreedomOfSpeech and, as I wrote, for…
http://bsky.app/profile/brucelesley.bsky.social/post/3lzr4rptjis2g
4 months ago
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First Focus on Children (@firstfocus.bsky.social)
Urging you to follow and subscribe to our President @BruceLesley’s Kids Can’t Wait blog on Substack. He provides the “child and family” perspective on policy issues before Congress and in the news.…
http://bsky.app/profile/firstfocus.bsky.social/post/3lzp2nfcxrk2p
4 months ago
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Bruce Lesley (@brucelesley.bsky.social)
Millions of Children Left Behind: The Truth About the Latest Child Tax Credit…
http://bsky.app/profile/brucelesley.bsky.social/post/3lzm2jd46c22i
4 months ago
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Moms For Liberty Chapter Chairperson Takes Off Clothing At School Board Meeting
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Moms For Liberty Chapter Chairperson Takes Off Clothing At School Board Meeting
Beth Bourne, who has in the past come under fire for over-the-top anti-LGBTQ+ stunts, removed her pants and top at a Davis school board meeting.
https://open.substack.com/pub/erininthemorn/p/moms-for-liberty-chapter-chairperson?r=f8l9&utm_medium=ios
4 months ago
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Silencing Jimmy Kimmel Hurts Kids, Too
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Silencing Kimmel Hurts Kids, Too
Jimmy Kimmel has often spoken for kids when other voices were missing.
http://open.substack.com/pub/brucelesley/p/silencing-kimmel-hurts-kids-too?r=f8l9&utm_medium=ios
4 months ago
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Dr. John Kuhn speaks out in defense of his teachers, students, and schools as superintendent of Abilene ISD in Texas.
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Bruce Lesley (@brucelesley.bsky.social)
A Superintendent Speaks Out from the Front Lines of Our Public Schools…
http://bsky.app/profile/brucelesley.bsky.social/post/3lz2oeavb2k24
4 months ago
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Republicans Say Their Big Bill Is Family Friendly. Not So Fast … – Chad Bolt - DC Journal - InsideSources
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Republicans Say Their Big Bill Is Family Friendly. Not So Fast … – DC Journal - InsideSources
The White House has told Republican lawmakers to get out there and start selling the “One Big Beautiful Bill” as chock-full of family-friendly
http://dcjournal.com/republicans-say-their-big-bill-is-family-friendly-not-so-fast/
4 months ago
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Advocates warn child poverty could rise again after federal cuts to social programs - WMNF 88.5 FM
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https://www.wmnf.org/advocates-warn-child-poverty-could-rise-again-after-federal-cuts-to-social-programs/
4 months ago
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“Historic and Unprecedented”?
@brucelesley.bsky.social
examines that claim below…
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Bruce Lesley (@brucelesley.bsky.social)
Previous HHS secretaries oversaw: ✅ The creation of Medicare and Medicaid, which was passed with the help of Secretary Kennedy’s father and uncle in the Senate (significantly cutting the uninsured…
http://bsky.app/profile/brucelesley.bsky.social/post/3lyi47g7d2s2s
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R.L. Stollar (@rlstollar.bsky.social)
"This idea that parents’ control should be absolute runs directly against a long line of court decisions that affirm children are not just extensions of their parents. Children are rights-bearing…
http://bsky.app/profile/rlstollar.bsky.social/post/3lycehhn42s2q
5 months ago
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From Idaho to Texas to Florida: The Harm of Sweeping ‘Parental Rights’ Laws
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From Idaho to Texas to Florida: The Harm of Sweeping ‘Parental Rights’ Laws
Texas’s SB 12 proves what child advocates have long warned: sweeping parental control laws deny kids even the most basic protections.
https://brucelesley.substack.com/p/from-idaho-to-texas-to-florida-the
5 months ago
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Yes, Cash Transfers Work -
@annielowrey.bsky.social
- The Atlantic
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Yes, Cash Transfers Work
A recent set of cash-transfer programs had lackluster results—but cash is still "near unmatched as a salve for poverty," @AnnieLowrey argues:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/08/cash-transfer-economic-growth/684028/
5 months ago
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A caandidate runs for office in Iowa (Catelin Drey), runs on kids’ issues, and soundly defeats the culture wars playbook thrown at her. Mom For Iowa Gonna Turn State Into Woke Hellhole Of Funded Schools With Books And Stuff ... For Kids!
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Mom For Iowa Gonna Turn State Into Woke Hellhole Of Funded Schools With Books And Stuff ... For Kids!
A nice time!
http://www.wonkette.com/p/mom-for-iowa-gonna-turn-state-into
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Children are struggling and policymakers are failing them. Here are some thoughts on how we might find a path away from Trump’s “war on children.” Saying ‘No’ to Culture Wars, Crumbs, or Capitulation: Building a Child Advocacy Movement
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Saying ‘No’ to Culture Wars, Crumbs, or Capitulation: Building a Child Advocacy Movement
Children may be only 22% of the U.S.
http://open.substack.com/pub/brucelesley/p/saying-no-to-culture-wars-crumbs?r=f8l9&utm_medium=ios
5 months ago
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Catelin Drey committed to making child and family issues a centerpiece of her campaign and won.
#VoteKids
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Bruce Lesley (@brucelesley.bsky.social)
How did Catelin Drey (D-IA) resoundingly overturn that Iowa State Senate seat by double digits? Drey (Moms for Iowa) made children’s issues, including public education, health care, and children’s…
http://bsky.app/profile/brucelesley.bsky.social/post/3lxf3sr2rpk2l
5 months ago
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Ossoff Report Details ICE Abuse of Pregnant Women and Children
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Ossoff Report Details ICE Abuse of Pregnant Women and Children
A Senate investigation documents 510 human rights violations, including miscarriages, child neglect, and sexual assaults in ICE custody.
http://open.substack.com/pub/migrantinsider/p/ossoff-report-details-ice-abuse-of?r=f8l9&utm_medium=ios
5 months ago
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To Democratic politicians, Ignore the political consultants. It is past time to stand up and champion children. Be loud and proud. It is in your self-interest.
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The Party of Neglect: When Democrats Forget About Kids https://open.substack.com/pub/brucelesley/p/the-party-of-neglect-when-democrats?r=f8l9&utm_medium=ios Democrats need a wake-up call with respect…
http://bsky.app/profile/brucelesley.bsky.social/post/3lwrwoh3syo2h
5 months ago
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The Party of Neglect: When Democrats Forget About Kids
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Democrats need a wake-up call with respect to their deficit with parents on children’s issues.
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The Party of Neglect: When Democrats Forget About Kids
While children may be only 22% of the population, they are 100% of the future.
http://open.substack.com/pub/brucelesley/p/the-party-of-neglect-when-democrats?r=f8l9&utm_medium=ios
5 months ago
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