Vance's answer: Families should have access to "whatever models" they want like grandparent or aunts/uncle. Pivots to deregulating childcare industry, eliminating "ridiculous" certifications & education that childcare providers do not need but also says workers should be trained

Just 5 days until #YouMustStandUp is out! Kirkus called it "a beautifully crafted, thoroughly researched account of the state of reproductive rights after the Dobbs decision.” Order it from your favorite indie bookstore here: bookshop.org/p/books/you-mu…

Amanda Becker at Politics and Prose at the Wharf politics-prose.com/amanda-becker

“We exist to normalize the leadership of women and queer people.” washingtonpost.com/style/media/20…

As the NFL season kicks off tonight, take a moment to read this story by Chabeli Carrazana, the 19thnews' economy reporter, about the continuing exploitation of cheerleaders, the women whom feminism forgot: 19thnews.org/2024/09/nfl-se…

Was thrilled to join Brian Stelter this week on VANITY FAIR's Inside the Hive podcast to talk #YouMustStandUp, the Fight for Abortion Rights in Post-Dobbs America, out TUESDAY! Order here: geni.us/youmuststandup podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

I talked with Jason Joseph Dick for Roll Call's Political Theater podcast about the abortion-related political realignment happening before our eyes ahead of the publication Tues of #YouMustStandUp, Order here: geni.us/youmuststandup podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whe…

I told Brian Stelter that for the political press to "not get up to speed on [abortion/IVF/contraception] & how the science intersects w/ the policy & the politics is doing voters & our audiences & our readers a real disservice." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

"It is impossible to disentangle patriarchy from abortion bans ... and while that might be uncomfortable for people in news ... as I traced in 250 pages you cannot separate those two things and to leave it out is ignoring reality." #YouMustStandUp podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

I'm back at CNN, but still the proud host of @vanityfair's INSIDE THE HIVE for a few more months. My guest on today's episode is Amanda Becker, author of You Must Stand Up: The Fight For Abortion Rights in Post-Dobbs America podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ins…

Steel co-sponsored a fetal personhood bill that sought to give rights to embryos from the "moment of fertilization" — then withdrew her name after winning primary in a tacit acknowledgement fetal personhood imperils IVF & you cannot have it both ways: abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/t…

Twitter jumbled up my transcription, so here is the full reply from Trump on child care:

"It's a story that I think is turning into what could be a major political realignment in this country, realignments are hard to see when you're at the beginning of them," I told Jason Joseph Dick CQ — #YouMustStandUp is out 9/10 rollcall.com/podcasts/polit…

Candidates have run on hope, famously, and fear. Why not joy? Jawn Staley 🐴🤠🇺🇸🍑 on Harris' strategy (which isn't just joy but it's definitely there!) 19thnews.org/2024/09/kamala…

I cried reading these.

"As the press, it's our job to ask the clarifying questions and the follow-ups that force people onto the record when they are vying to be the leader of the free world." Order #YouMustStandUp for 9/10 pub day delivery geni.us/youmuststandup podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

On ‘Inside the Hive,’ host Brian Stelter and Amanda Becker examine the battle over abortion rights in America. vanityfair.com/news/story/abo…

FOUR DAYS until #YouMustStandUp, The Fight for Abortion Rights in Post-Dobbs America is out. (Early look this wknd for anyone at Texas Tribune Festival!) Order here: geni.us/youmuststandup

Another wild update out of Florida: Florida’s agency for health care administration, a publicly funded & purportedly nonpartisan group, is spreading lies about the state’s pro-choice amendment. huffpost.com/entry/florida-…

Work in cats somehow and this is a collaboration straight from the heavens.