Only 1 in 4 working people have paid family leave from their employers in the private sector, and that number has barely increased over time. This is why we must have a federal program: the market will not solve this problem. #PaidLeaveForAll

“We could have paid for a year of paid family medical leave for this country, with simply the cost of one day of the attacks on Iran last June,” Huckelbridge said. “...These are some of the biggest sources of financial and emotional stress for American families.” www.12onyourside.com/2026/05/06/w...

Moms deserve ALL the flowers, but flowers & chocolate can’t fix the disastrously falling dominoes that start the moment a person becomes a mom: Republican leaders must stop undercutting moms & end the affordability crisis. @msnownews.bsky.social   www.ms.now/opinion/moth...  #HappyMothersDay

We are watching the worst assault on multiracial democracy since the Pettus bridge. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/u...

Some companies are scaling back paid parental leave. We would like to hear from people affected by this

THIS IS WHY WE NEED PAID LEAVE. Even in places where leave is covered and the parents have means, it's STILL a huge caregiving toll! www.businessinsider.com/millennial-d...

Virginia enacted paid leave. Ohio introduced bipartisan legislation in the State Senate. Pennsylvania passed paid leave in the State House. It’s been a good month for getting closer to #PaidLeaveForAll.

“A new bipartisan proposal at the Ohio Statehouse is generating widespread conversation… Two state senators are introducing legislation to create a paid family and medical leave program funded through a state-run insurance system.” www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-n...

This victory did not happen by accident. Advocates fought for paid leave in Virginia for more than eight years. The state’s previous governor, Glenn Youngkin, vetoed paid leave bills two years in a row. But the story changed when Gov. Abigail Spanberger took office... msmagazine.com/2026/04/22/v...

Today is Gov. Spanberger's 100th day in office. Her accomplishments include: —Passing paid family and medical leave —Raising the minimum wage —Reducing prescription drug costs —Supporting affordable housing —Guaranteeing access to contraception —Ending tax breaks for Confederate groups

Reminder as Karoline Leavitt prepares to go on leave to have her baby: federal employees are entitled to 12 weeks of paid parental leave while only 1 in 3 workers nationwide get ANY paid parental leave. We need guaranteed paid parental leave for everyone!

You know what I will say no matter the situation, the people, the world: Ask questions.

TRUMP: I'm not a rapist. I didn't rape anybody O'DONNELL: Oh, you think he was referring to you?

The House of Labor showed up in solidarity to support our NWSLPA union sisters at the Washington Spirit and KC Current game tonight. Women’s soccer is #BetterInAUnion!

My latest. I’ve been watching the media coverage of the murders of Dr. Cerina Fairfax and Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer. One way media can fight back against male violence: If you kill your wife, you don’t get to be called a “husband” any more. You’re her killer. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

Thank you @bobbyscott.house.gov for cosponsoring the FAMILY Act. 👏 👏👏 Paid leave is good for business, good for workers, good for families. And we *will* get it done for all working Americans. #PaidLeaveForAll #ForFamily

Representing the city I love in Congress is the honor of a lifetime, but the weeks home with my new baby were the most meaningful of my life. Now I’m grateful to have a safe, loving place for him to go each day. Every American deserves the same and Congress must act to expand access to child care.

A million thoughts, a million tears, a million prayers. But one thought I’ve had consistently over the last ten years, perhaps 40, is it’s not sufficient to love our boys and raise our daughters. We have to go back to raising our sons, to loving our daughters, to loving and raising our children.

We cover how power corrupts our political choices, and sexism and racism shape how we de-prioritize care w/ Dawn Huckelbridge, @paidleaveforall.bsky.social. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYTW517gfOU

That feeling as a parent of watching your child dancing in celebration because you are not, in fact, going to immediately genocide anyone nor immediately be genocided in return is not one I prepared for.

“A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons.”

25th Amendment. The job is to try. The job is to make clear the need and urgency. The job is to show up.

This would be the moment for world leaders, ex-Presidents, military, and Congressional leadership on all sides to speak up and do something.

Dear Trump Cabinet Secretaries, The 25th Amendment does serve a purpose Preventing a genocidal crime against humanity by the person with his finger on America's nuclear triad seems to be one of those moments right about now. Congressional Republicans: This is your war, too.

Trump says he’s not worried about the possibility that attacks on civilian infrastructure in Iran are “war crimes” because he says Iranians are “animals.” He actually said that. www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...

Good morning. If you're just waking up, Trump is openly threatening nuclear war against Iran tonight, and none of the other people in power in the U.S. government appear to be willing to do anything to stop him.

A reminder that Trump wants to slash NASA’s budget by 23 percent.

By the way, the Epstein files.

Proud of our NASA family. I’m in awe of how well this agency has translated its heart and purpose back to us all.

The pictures aren’t the only beautiful things coming out of this mission. Now Reid Wiseman’s two daughters can look up and see their mother in the night sky.

Now he wants $1.5 trillion. 1.5 trillion. Not for food or medicine or health care, not for paid leave or child care, not for roads or bridges or farms. Not for research or innovation. Not for high speed rail. Not for schools. Not for you. 1.5 trillion of our tax dollars and our children’s futures.

NEW: Elizabeth Warren, Pramila Jayapal, and Brendan Boyle's ULTRA-MILLIONAIRE TAX ACT would raise $6.2 TRILLION from the top 0.15%. The money would fund: —Universal childcare —Millions of new homes —Paid family leave —Free community college —Combat child poverty

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.

A two-cent wealth tax on ultra-millionaires would: Deliver universal child care, Build millions of homes, Expand Medicare, Provide paid family leave, Fund tuition-free public college, and so, so much more.

I know who wants to take care of daycare—and Medicaid, and paid leave, education, and health care and more—the things you pay tax dollars for and the rest of the world enjoys. Democrats.

We can’t afford to take care of our own people with basics because we need instead to use their tax dollars to bomb countries for no clear reason or benefit, but it’s a distraction from our criminal files and failures, is quite the pitch.

Priorities.

People are cracking champagne—over a death penalty for a population tried in different courts, without legal representation or jury, with a conviction rate of 97 percent, with a documented history of torture, where children are tried the same as adults, and hundreds of children sit in prisons?

Tune in to the National Summit on the Caregiving Crisis and hear from policymakers, experts, and advocates on why policymakers urgently need to prioritize care and what they need to do. Love how VA has become an example of what’s possible! sites.google.com/view/nationa...

Biden’s entire paid family and medical leave plan for all workers, for a decade.

Meet 2026 Rising Star Nominee, Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield. Since becoming the first woman mayor of Detroit, she's delivered results for Detroiters, including livable wages and supporting moms and infants. Vote for Mayor Sheffield here: emilys-li.st/RisingStarSh...

This week, I joined the Main Street Alliance Summit for a great roundtable discussion about policies that would help small businesses and our nation’s care infrastructure. We need universal childcare, paid leave, and Medicare for All!

I know comparing the price of popular policies and programs versus war spending feels tired now but here’s the thing Susan points out—“per household.” They’re robbing you. They’re using your hard earned dollars for things you don’t want and depriving you of the basic things you earned and deserve.

Are actual people starting to write like AI? Are they trying to optimize their own clicks? Or all just using it. The short standalone sentences, honestly the cringe. I don’t love it. Everyone has their own voice and it matters and I hope they keep using and writing it.

Has anyone asked Pam Bondi about the Dow Jones Average lately? www.cnbc.com/2026/03/19/s...

Wait I’m sorry, of all the insanity in this Administration, the head of FEMA said he teleported to a—Waffle House?

Caregiving is one of the biggest affordability challenges facing American families. Today, we joined leaders, advocates, and experts at the Congressional Dads Caucus on the Caregiving Crisis to discuss solutions that can bridge the gaps in America’s caregiving economy.

“Paid family and medical leave is a commonsense policy that's supported by an overwhelming majority of voters and essential for infants and toddlers, families, businesses and the economy,” says Dan O'Brien, @childrenfirstpa.bsky.social. www.kvoa.com/online_featu...

And it’s happening. Thank you @abigailspanberger.com

Elections matter! Virginia passed paid leave twice before and Youngkin vetoed it twice. Now it has a governor who will sign this and deliver real change for Virginians