🥳 Paid leave is law in Virginia! 🎉 Virginia is the 14th state (+ DC) to guarantee paid family and medical leave and the first in the South. Details below from me for @americanprogress.bsky.social: www.americanprogress.org/article/fast...

Sometimes, advocates, impacted folks, and electeds work together and enact REAL change. Overjoyed that over 3.2 million Virginians will no longer have to make the impossible choice between taking time off to care for themselves or their loved ones and their paychecks! Congrats, VA on #PaidLeave4All

Breaking: Virginia just became the first Southern state to pass paid leave! Both paid family and medical leave and paid sick time legislation are now headed to the Governor's desk. This is a huge win for VA families and the national paid leave movement. 🎉👏

Today Virginia passed paid family and medical leave—a huge, historic win. This happened twice before and both times Youngkin vetoed it, against the will of the state. Governor @abigailspanberger.com, and legislators and advocates who wouldn't give up, will now get it done. #PaidLeaveForAll

Virginia's legislature just sent a strong paid family and medical leave bill to the governor, who has pledged her support. Find out what you need to know with new from me for @americanprogress.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/fast...

The Trump Administration has pushed out thousands of staff members from the Social Security Administration, harming claimants and customer service around the country. New from me for @americanprogress.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.

The Trump Administration is abandoning plans for the biggest-ever cut to Social Security Disability Insurance, which would have hit older workers hardest. The rule would have devastated up to 1.5 million workers' financial stability, retirement security & access to health care. wapo.st/4o48J24

Nearly 1.2 million disabled Americans are self-employed. For many, expiring enhanced premium tax credits threaten health care access and affordability. New from me, @seemiaroll.bsky.social, & @nzmurphy.bsky.social for @americanprogress.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/aca-...

New @americanprogress.bsky.social I find that 4.4 million small business owners and self-employed people face a $1,500 mean tax hike this year. When enhanced marketplace tax credits expire, businesspeople making <$150k, face a larger tax hike than eliminating the passthru deduction

With inflation on everyone’s minds, it’s a good time to recognize one of Social Security’s most valuable features: Its annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), which will be announced tomorrow. 🧵

The Trump Administration is planning a proposal to prevent too many people, especially older adults, from qualifying for Social Security disability benefits they need. New from @seemiaroll.bsky.social & me for @americanprogress.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

90 years ago today, President Franklin Roosevelt signed into law the Social Security Act, creating protections Americans have built lives and livelihoods on for generations. But this crucial law has had a missing piece since its creation: paid leave. A 🧵 (1/7):

The Department of Child Snatching

Biden’s FCC passed rules to make phone calls from prison cheaper, to help keep people connected to their families. Trump's FCC has now blocked that change. An incarcerated writer on what this means for people behind bars, in a must read, icymi: boltsmag.org/north-caroli...

After Social Security arbitrarily cut thousands of staff, the only way to “fix” anything is moving them from one critical area to another—most recently, abruptly shifting 1K staff from local offices to the 800 number. But it’s not a real fix at all…it only creates new problems. wapo.st/44nQiPx

It’s ugly and it’s deadly. But hey, as long as the rich get richer, right?

The Social Security Administration put out a statement celebrating a bill that would lead to faster insolvency of the Social Security Trust Fund

A disgraceful story. The absolute disregard and hostility the power centers of our country exhibit towards young people is part of the story of this time. And the NYT caught the car on affirmative action. So now begins the process of retroactively excavating race-conscious admissions. Awful.

Also: the OBBBA would accelerate both Social Security & Medicare's trust fund reserve depletion by a year. They are touching Social Security, Medicare, AND Medicaid. www.crfb.org/blogs/obbba-...

As Lily, 24, said: "There could be a time in my life where I have to make the decision between staying home to care for my daughter when she is sick and making money to put a roof over her head and food in her mouth.”

Pssst . . . it costs about the same amount to shore up Social Security's finances as it does to make the Trump tax cuts permanent. But Congressional Republicans are on the verge of shoveling trillions at the wealthiest, while leaving a shortfall in the program we ALL need and love.

Women already do 2/3 of the unpaid care in the US, equating to $683 billion a year in unpaid care work. infogram.com/1pdd7xxy9p5x...

New @americanprogress.bsky.social data: half of LGBTQI+ people have called on chosen family for care, along with a third of non-LGBTQI+ people. We need #PaidLeaveForAll that includes all families. More from @mollyww.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/lgbt...

New for @teenvogue.com: Republicans love to talk about how much they care about the American worker, but the Trump admin’s anti-worker, anti-regulatory, anti-science agenda is putting millions of workers in danger—and more of them are going to die because of it www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...

This is my favorite stat: 50% of us called on chosen family for support. Our communities are strong and keep us going. 💜🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💜

@mollyww.bsky.social latest look at caregiving and leave for LGBTQI+ folks is a must-read today. www.americanprogress.org/article/lgbt...

New survey data shows LGBTQI+ people are more likely to take time off work for health or caregiving needs than non-LGBTQI+ people, despite being less likely to work in ways that provide paid leave. My latest for @americanprogress.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/lgbt...

meanwhile the issue the Court is saying should be left to the democratic process is 'does this group of people have equal rights yes or no' the Constitution already told us the answer is yes, right there in the name of the Equal Protection Clause and yet

Padilla: I was forced to the ground, first on my knees and then flat on my chest. And as I was handcuffed and marched down a hallway repeatedly asking, why am I being detained? Not once did they tell me why. I pray you never have a moment like this

Always read @kathleenromig.bsky.social on Social Security--full 🧵 on the trustees report below:

BREAKING: A federal judge ruled all transgender and intersex people can obtain passports that align with their gender identity while the case against President Trump's executive order proceeds. While this is good news, we will continue fighting until this executive order is blocked permanently.

"I'm happy to report I'm just fine. I lost a button. But I'm gonna sleep in my bed tonight, safe, with my family... At that elevator, I was separated from someone named Edgardo... Edgardo is in ICE detention and he's not going to sleep in his bed tonight."

ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds. He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings. He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights. This is political intimidation.

Brad Lander--comptroller of the city of New York, and one of the leading mayoral candidates--has just been arrested by masked federal thugs. @bradlander.bsky.social www.amny.com/news/brad-la...

In 10 states with active paid parental bonding leave programs, men took at least 40% of the leave in 8 states, 35% in DC and 30% in NJ. In WA and CO, fathers take more than half of the leave. www.axios.com/2025/06/14/f...

When the Trump Administration repeatedly undermines the Social Security Administration's functions and betrays the agency’s values, the nation’s children pay the price. New from me for @americanprogress.bsky.social: www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...

NYT: “Musk and his allies systematically built a false narrative of widespread fraud at the Social Security Administration based on misinterpreted data, using their claims to justify an aggressive effort to gain access to personal information on millions of Americans” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics

the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president

Here’s a look at Hortman’s legislative history and legacy on key policies during her 20 years in office.

Philadelphia: Opposing kings since 1776. #NoKings

Words just fail when I try to tell you how cool Speaker Melissa Hortman was. She was a dear friend, amazing public servant, and a great person. Can’t believe she’s gone. Heaven help her family and all of us. Rest in Power.

Minnesota has exceptional local news. @mprnews.org and @startribune.com know their communities and will steer you right.

On the Ben Franklin Parkway, they keep coming and coming

Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"

“It turns out men across party lines and different walks of life overwhelmingly want government policies that allow them to be actively involved in their families—and this is connected to their ideas of masculinity, not contrary to it.” #PaidLeaveForAll www.msnbc.com/know-your-va...

I encourage everyone to consider attending one of the many demonstrations planned for tomorrow across the country. Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest. Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org