VA & NJ Election Win Takeaways: families want lower energy bills, long-term stability and clean, affordable energy. Candidates focused on those goals won. Learn what these races tell us about the path forward for policymakers: www.americanprogressaction.org/article/the-....

The Trump administration's failure to fund SNAP benefits will have devastating impacts on families' budgets and local economies. SNAP supports households getting food on tables, generates 100,000s of jobs, and every dollar returns $1.50 to the local economy. www.americanprogress.org/article/snap...

The Trump admin's unlawful layoffs during the federal shutdown, in coordination with policy changes & budget cuts, are intended to lead to closure of the Dept. of Education—leaving disabled students with fewer services and protections. New from me & @seemiaroll.bsky.social:

"At one steel industry plant near Pittsburgh, a potent carcinogen was found at levels more than 30 times higher than estimated." If you read to the end you'll find an asthmatic cat photo 😭 My latest, 📸 by Annie Flanagan. Shocking pics that look like pre-EPA days www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Dodgers' Kiké Hernández is right—no one should be terrorized in their community.

Is this another nail in the Voting Rights Act's coffin? Devon Ombres explains how states with a long history of voting discrimination could begin discriminating again—this time, unchecked.

🔊🔊🔊 New report from @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social reveals how private-equity’s short-term focus on profit is reshaping U.S. health care, contributing to less competition, higher costs, and compromised care.

I'm excited to share 2 new reports from @americanprogress.bsky.social examining how private equity’s profit-driven model is reshaping U.S. health care—at the expense of patients and communities. Read more ⬇️

Trump promised not to touch Social Security, but he's breaking his promise—and hurting millions of people in the process.

NEW: A study of 2.2 million children identified a link between autism risk and prenatal exposure to air pollution from fertilizers and burning fossil fuels, adding to other evidence showing relationships between pollution and autism risk. www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...

The Trump administration slashed the Department of Education's workforce by nearly 50%—this is a direct attack on 50 million students. @pbshoemaker.bsky.social breaks down the numbers behind these cuts:

President Trump and his family have taken home over $1.8 billion in cash and gifts since Election Day. See the live tracker at TrumpsTakeCounter.org

⚠️ Electric bills are climbing—again! New analysis from @amprogg.bsky.social and @nrdc.org finds that 200+ gas and electric utilities across 49 states + DC are jacking up or proposing higher rates, some of which are already in effect. www.americanprogress.org/article/resi...

NEW from @americanprogress.bsky.social and @nrdc.org --> 65% of all U.S. electric and 59% of all U.S. natural gas utility costumers face increased or proposals for increased utility rates by 2027. Find out some reasons why in our new report: www.americanprogress.org/article/resi...

“Letitia James would be among the many Black women that support their families.” Thanks @nytimes.com for covering @kennedyandara.bsky.social Bela Salas-Betsch & my research @americanprogress.bsky.social in this story about the experiences of Black breadwinning women. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/n...

Trump has burned the strategic partnership bridge between the U.S. and India—and it's a mistake that may go down as the administration's worst foreign policy misstep.

Trump and his family have pocketed more than $1.8 BILLION since his reelection. @neeratanden.bsky.social lays out the receipts—and you can see them all at https://www.americanprogress.org/feature/trumps-take/

"Foreign policy should be directly applied to the interests of the American people." @crow.house.gov on making the case for foreign policy that benefits the U.S. middle and working class:

As American families struggle with rising costs, President Trump and members of his family are raking in millions of dollars—and the number is only growing. Check out our new tracker to see how Trump is using the office of the presidency to his financial benefit: https://ampr.gs/47nd5eE

Republicans in Congress had multiple chances this year to keep your premiums low—and they said NO every single time.

"I had to leverage a loan against my home." Trump's tariffs are devastating small business owners across America.

The White House’s assault on 60 years of settled civil rights protections may bring about a new era of unchecked discrimination: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/p...

"The most effective means of helping the American people is for the government to actually defend their labor rights, their ability to have healthy communities and environments, and share in the prosperity they help to build." Read more from @andreabeaty.bsky.social in this week’s newsletter.

President and CEO of Minorities in Shark Sciences, Jasmin Graham, shares how she's defying stereotypes and telling her own story. 🦈 Watch more from the 2025 Ocean Progress Symposium: https://www.americanprogress.org/events/ocean-progress-symposium-2025-advancing-conservation-close-to-shore/

Protecting global trade from Trump’s nationalism will require a new multilateral green trade pact. @americanprogress.bsky.social's Ryan Mulholland & Natalie Baker break down what that could look like: www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

Trump reveals yet again how little he thinks of the American people.

The Trump administration has prioritized freeing a lawless conman over ensuring everyday Americans have access to health care! So telling and disturbing!!

A mere 19 months ago, Trump’s net worth was $2.6B, and he owed hundreds of millions in civil penalties. Today, Trump is worth $7.1B, and most of the civil penalties have been tossed out. Presidential politics is by far the most lucrative business venture of Trump’s career. trib.al/BZC3lZB

The Trump administration is making good on its threats to fire federal workers—and it's impacting your public lands. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/how-the-government-shutdown-affects-public-land-employees-and-communities/

The firing of federal workers is an unlawful abuse of power by the Trump administration—and a scare tactic to keep Democratic lawmakers from protecting Americans' health care. @gbedekovics.bsky.social explains:

Closing a coal plant dropped emergency room visits for kids w asthma by 41 percent! But the Trump admin is handing out $ to coal execs to keep their plants open as it weakens pollution limits. ARE WE HEALTHY AGAIN YET? limits.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/climate/coal-plants-health-effects.html

Good morning. Democrats have no obligation to vote for a budget that funds corruption and totalitarianism. Trump is willing to do whatever it takes to destroy our democracy and pad the pockets of billionaires. People don't want Democrats to wilt. They want us to fight.

These are the future leaders of the GOP???? THIS IS SICKENING!!!

Trump says that, with his illegal mass layoffs, he’s closing “Democrat programs.” But programs like Social Security, education for children with disabilities, & clean water enforcement work for all Americans. If you want to repeal them, send a bill to Congress; if not, hands off.

CNN, Fox News, NPR, Newsmax, and over a dozen other outlets refuse to accept the Trump regime’s demands on restricting Pentagon reporting: “The public has a right to know how the government and military are operating.”

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January. www.wired.com/story/cdc-te...

Trading away Americans' health to boost polluters' profits has become a daily thing for the Trump administration. They want to delay or cancel lifesaving limits on toxins dumped by coal-fired power plants into our waterways, silica dust limits that protect coal miners from black lung & more.

Vance claims to be a devout Catholic, but at every moment he models exactly what Jesus would NOT do! The hypocrisy of this man is endless and sickening!

Jeff Mangan explains how Montanans are fired up to end Citizen's United in their state. Could your state be next? See how here: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/introducing-caps-plan-to-beat-citizens-united/

As coal miners protest the Trump administration's attack on lifesaving environmental safeguards they are spotlighting a stark reality: TRUMP'S PRIORITY IS BOOSTING POLLUTERS' PROFITS DESPITE THE HIGH COST TO AMERICANS--MORE CANCER, ASTHMA, BLACK LUNG & MORE: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

As the TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BOOSTS COAL EXECUTIVES' PROFITS with subsidies and by pausing enforcement of toxic silica dust limits that protect coal miners, it is literally LEAVING MINERS IN THE TOXIC DUST TO DIE!: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!! Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

EPA to undergo layoffs amid shutdown fight 😡😡😡 thehill.com/policy/energ...

The EPA's office that oversees clean up of toxic waste sites & responds to oil spills and other hazardous emergencies received notice on Friday that more layoffs are coming. 825+ hazardous chemical incidents occurred in the U.S. in 2021-2023. On average that's 1 every other day.WHAT COULD GO WRONG??

88% of voters—including 81% of Trump voters—support a strong EPA. Shutdowns show us what happens when EPA is weakened. Congress must step up and fund EPA to protect our health. #ProtectEPA

NEW: The "compact" the Trump administration proposed to 9 universities earlier this month is a dangerous trap -- not only would the deal cede significant control over colleges, but it would open them and their leaders up to great legal risk. www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...

Trump and RFK Jr. aren't making America healthy again—in fact, they're making our nation's health care worse. @cmkelly.bsky.social explains how the administration is undermining its own MAHA agenda: