Melissa Boteach

@mboteach

VP of Income Security, Child Care/Early Learning , formerly . Tweeting on economic justice, parenthood & puns (sorry not sorry). Tweets=my opinions

Washington, DC
Vrijeme pridruživanja: ožujak 2011.

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  1. Prikvačeni tweet
    27. sij

    It's And the Supreme Court just allowed the Trump admin to move forward w/a rule that served as primary grounds for excluding thousands of Jews fleeing from Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Thread

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    prije 7 sati

    If you find yourself on the same side as Bill Cosby, find another side.

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    Child care affects: ✔️ Parents and children ✔️ Childless people ✔️ Workers ✔️ Literally everyone That’s why it’s so important that Congress is talking about child care today — and why we shouldn’t wait another six years to talk about .

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    Back at work today after six months of parental leave (four of it paid) and want to share some reasons why I will always be grateful to for its leave policy and the women here who lobbied for it. 1/

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  6. prije 14 sati

    . are shining a spotlight on Trump admin’s relentless attacks on kids: 👉 to cut families off of healthcare & food 👉rolling back fair housing protections 👉stripping millions of SNAP & school lunch 👉exposing more kids to Mercury

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    People who are directly affected ARE the experts, and I want to thank for centering their voices by having a parent and a provider featured as witnesses for the hearing happening right now. Also, so great to see an all-women panel!!!

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    prije 17 sati

    MOOD 4 EVA my plant friends x me want to

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    YES. 🔥 Nancy Harvey is KILLING IT in her testimony -- talking about more $$$ for caregivers, the role of unions in building worker power for providers. "Let's remember: child care providers keep America working."

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    Child care is not a luxury, it’s a need. We need to prioritize supporting families with low incomes and those with infants and toddlers. - ’s Linda Smith.

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  11. prije 16 sati

    Today, House Oversight Committee is hearing testimony about the Trump administration’s proposed rule to take away free from 1 million children.

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  12. prije 17 sati

    Follow my amazing teammates who are on twitter (many just joined) These amazing women have insightful analysis, great research & advocacy chops,& an unrivaled sense of humor.

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    The US is in denial over how many people are living in poverty. Our poverty line assumes: $0 healthcare costs $0 childcare costs $0 rent increases No geographic diff Even w that lie, 40 million people live in *recognized* poverty. & we have no idea how many are actually poor.

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    6. velj

    Trump claims he oversaw a historic funding increase in ...but , & are here with ALL the facts: — and ’s ruling is he’s only telling half the truth.

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    HR1: Democracy reform HR3: Prescription drug costs HR4: VRA fix HR5: LGBTQ equality HR6: Immigrant protections HR7: Equal pay HR8: Background checks HR582: Minimum wage HR1423: Forced arbitration HR1500: Consumer protections HR1585: VAWA HR4617: Foreign interference in elections

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    5. velj

    We can't proclaim to be solving for racial wealth inequities while at the same time repackaging lists of familiar ideas built on austerity & toxic individualism. We need a new compass focused squarely & unapologetically on root causes.

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    5. velj

    In 2018, 5 of Cleveland’s 10 most common jobs — retail sales, food preparation and service, cashiers, waiting tables and janitorial and cleaning work — did not pay enough for people to afford food without assistance, according to

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    THREAD: We have put together a list of responses to the from our partners across the progressive movement. They had a lot to say. Standby and get ready to RT. @SOTU2020

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  19. 5. velj

    . on the sham Senate trial and acquittal: “Today we witnessed a gross miscarriage of justice and a confirmation that what’s at stake now is nothing less than our entire democracy.”

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    5. velj

    Historical note: 's vote to remove President Trump from office will make this the first bipartisan vote to remove a president from office in US history. It will fail, as with Johnson and Clinton, but no Democrats voted to remove those two Democratic presidents.

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    5. velj

    Ahead of ’s testimony about changing the poverty line calculation, read this tweet thread from explaining what “Chained CPI” is and how it would hurt families in our country.

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