It was not that long ago when conservatives had a chokehold on every branch of Wisconsin government, piles of Koch and Uline money, and seemed unstoppable. People worked FUCKING HARD to change that shit and now look at em. Change is always possible and never ever easy.

"We made one of the dumbest, most evil people this country has ever produced the President—twice!—and this is the consequence." defector.com/i-guess-were...

I can’t believe there are really people like this

Trump's budget encourages more funding for disability education services. But, as I reported for @motherjones.com, there are concerning parts, like not having restricted funding for some programs, as well as "streamlining" IEP paperwork could go very wrong. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump’s budget dissolves what’s left of OFCCP & proposes a civil rights office with just 110 employees to uphold the rights of the 16 million workers who are veterans or disabled and all workplace safety whistleblowers. For comparison, OFCCP had too few at 492 FTEs www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov...

It's the amicus deadline in Perkins Coie LLP v. DOJ (the law firm EO appeal that DOJ tried to drop and then changed its mind). On the DOJ side, there was one amicus brief signed by five conservative orgs. (storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...) On the side of the law firms we have...

In contrast, this morning's new Trump #budget, which makes steep cuts to nondefense spending, a category which includes programs to fund health care, nutrition, job training and more: www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

These data come on the heels of two new roadmaps for women’s future. First, @hirono.senate.gov's & @replamonica.bsky.social's Working Women’s Bill of Rights, led by @the75million.bsky.social, which proposes policies to advance workplace equity & good jobs for women: mauinow.com/2026/03/25/h...

But even when women can find jobs, the quality is likely worse. Since August 2024, women have gained 600,000 jobs. But close to a quarter of these jobs are in leisure and hospitality — the lowest-wage sector of the economy.

So what’s driving women back into the labor force, even when it’s harder and harder to find work? The affordability crisis no doubt plays a role. Rising prices on necessities like groceries, housing and health care are stressing families’ budgets to the brink.

In fact, our analysis shows that if today’s unemployment rate matched that of August 2024, more than *150,000* additional women would be working, instead of job hunting.

Last time this metric peaked in the summer of 2024, women’s unemployment rate was lower. That means a larger share of the women in the labor force aren’t working – they are looking for work but can't find it.

This month the share of women ages 25-54 who are working or looking for work has hit an all-time high of 78.5 %. But is this really good news for women? Not so fast.

Today’s #JobsReport for March shows a stagnant economy experiencing flat unemployment and slow job growth in 2026. But there is some surprising news for women. Read our full #JobsDay analysis here: nationalpartnership.org/women-back-i...

Women workers are struggling. Trump’s budget won’t help them but we do have solutions for policymakers who care nationalpartnership.org/women-back-i...

Hegseth firing Generals who wouldn't go along with his purge of Black and female officers www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...

I mean it is kind of hard when you cut Medicaid by $1T to pay for tax cuts (regardless if we are at war or not)

Buried in Trump’s budget is $8 million for programs that support gun ownership, including a new division in DOJ civil rights focused on cases that expand the second amendment

Trump wasn’t kidding when he said the gov won’t fund child care and Medicare bc it is paying for war. His budget just dropped and he cuts funding for the government and services by 10% to increase spending on the military and DHS www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

Meanwhile,

Reactionary centrists and republicans spent years smearing, belittling, or dismissing anyone who properly described the Trumpism as a white supremacist project. bsky.app/profile/nbcn...

The basic reality is that over the last 4 decades the Republican Party has become increasingly nativist and is now in thrall to a band of lunatics who are actively working toward a white ethnostate. That is due to dynamics on the American right, not because the AP started saying "undocumented."

Male supremacists Joel Webbon and Wesley Todd want women to “shut up.” I wrote about this and the abuser politics on the right. www.liberalcurrents.com/abuser-polit...

It is time for the U.S. Congress to send my FAMILY Act to the president’s desk so that all Americans can have access to paid family and medical leave.

Americans are trapped in a cost-of-living crisis. When Democrats gain power, they respond. I applaud my friend & former colleague Governor of Virginia Abigal Spanberger, & the Democratic legislature for enacting a paid family & medical leave program.

The United States *can* take care of day care—and paid leave, and care for the aging and disabled, and health care, and more, because other countries already do. We find the means and the resources for the things we choose to invest in.

The vast majority of Americans are birthright citizens. Unless you naturalized or were born abroad to an American parent, you are a citizen because of the 14th Amendment. There is nothing constitutionally distinct about Americans born here to non-Americans. We are all literally equal citizens.

We just won paid family and medical leave in VA and benefits began going out in MN and DE. 1 in 3 workers is now covered by a state program. And those wins didn’t happen listening to the folks in this article who’ve never actually successfully passed paid leave 🙄 www.vox.com/the-highligh...

When Roberts told Sauer, “It’s a new world; it’s the same Constitution,” that’s when it was clear it was over. (And that was early on.)

No April Fool's joke will outdo the ridiculousness of the federal government's arguments on birthright citizenship - which they'll air in about an hour at SCOTUS.

Trump’s BOP is preventing a woman in its custody from receiving treatment for breast cancer

“NPR asked the EEOC to provide a breakdown, by race, of discrimination charges filed with the agency since 2021. The agency declined to share that information.” It’s like they know data doesn’t match their narrative that white men face the most discrimination 🤔 www.npr.org/2026/03/31/n...

Good story about Claudia Goldin and Economics: www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...

lol at leaving Minnesota off the list bc it doesn’t fit her nonsense

What happens when the Trump nominated EEOC chair removes workplace harassment guidance and doesn’t give the public an opportunity to weigh in? We collect comments from working women and drop them off at her office anyway 🤷🏽‍♀️ Click to watch the drop off www.instagram.com/reel/DWWoD5R...

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This is an absolute scandal; the United States government is deliberately consolidating all deportation cases of an ethnic minority that the President has called "garbage" in front of a handpicked group of judges and with dramatically accelerated timeline. A lawsuit was filed yesterday against it.

@replamonica.bsky.social @delauro.house.gov @fernandez.house.gov @hirono.senate.gov & @bluntrochester.senate.gov have introduced the #WorkingWomensBOR to fight for women’s econ security, democratic participation, shared prosperity & participation in public life www.hirono.senate.gov/news/press-r...

Single mothers, many of whom are commuting to work and shuttling their kids around, are among the hardest hit by rising gas prices due to the Iran war. As a single mom, “you’re already underwater, and it’s almost like the gas puts weights on your feet.” 19thnews.org/2026/03/iran...

BREAKING: Eighth Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, sides w/ Trump administration in support of its mandatory immigration detention policy. Shepherd (GWB) writes, joined by Grasz (Trump). Erickson (Trump) dissents. This opinion joins the Fifth Circuit ruling (from which en banc review was sought on Monday).

146 workers died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on this day in 1911. The bosses responsible were never held accountable for the awful working conditions that sparked the blaze. Remember this today as politicians and their corporate backers attack workplace safety.

This eyewitness account of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire always brings me to tears (read the whole thing trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/index.html)

There's a lot going on but a constitutional amendment to reinstate Missouri's abortion ban this fall is polling at 47-40 because Republicans cynically slapped on a gender-affirming care ban. me in @autonomynews.co

ICE Raids and Medicaid Cuts Put Both Caregivers and Their Patients at Risk ICE raids and cutbacks to personal care services are leaving seniors and disabled adults scrambling for in-home aid.

This is why the Pregnant Worker’s Fairness Act exists. No worker should be forced by their boss to choose between their job or a safe pregnancy. Of course, TX’s pro-life gov is trying to get the 5th Circuit to declare the law unconstitutional

The US government collected over $1 billion in immigration fees then refused to process the applications. No denials. No refunds. Just silence. This is the largest fee fraud in the history of the American immigration system. Here's what's happening. 🧵

More than six million Black women workers live in states that block local communities from making progress on paid sick days. New data from @npwf.bsky.social and @abetterbalance.org shows how they bear the brunt of these unfair practices: nationalpartnership.org/report/black...

Just bc the EEOC isn’t enforcing protections for trans workers doesn’t mean courts won’t uphold the law www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

it's a real mindfuck to see the leadership of a publication creating some of the most important journalism of a generation trying to screw the people doing the work

This is why the Pregnant Worker’s Fairness Act exists. No worker should be forced by their boss to choose between their job or a safe pregnancy. Of course, TX’s pro-life gov is trying to get the 5th Circuit to declare the law unconstitutional