Parent Laura Delventhal testifying on childcare affordability with her 5 month old (and 5 and 8 year olds). "We paid over $39,000 per year [for childcare], a far cry from Minnesota’s stated goal of no more than 7% of a family’s income..." #affordablechildcare #mnleg

My friend Ashley was v brave to give me permission to share her experience, which is one of the most shocking, appalling stories I have ever heard. For those of you suggesting that a 15 week abortion ban is somehow a reasonable or safe compromise, (long 🧵)

Here with Kids Count On Us for Advocacy for Children Day at the Capitol! It’s time for Quality Affordable Childcare Now! #GreatStartMN #AllInForOurKids

Visiting @sencermura4mn for Advocacy for Children Day! #GreatStartMN #AllInForOurKids

Can we...just accept that we suck at this? I want to tell you a story that has made me kinda hopeless about Twitter's ability to affect positive things happening, and it starts with this tweet from Hillary Clinton. x.com/hillaryclinton…

Today is "Childcare UNAffordability Day"! The average MN family of four has already paid 7% of their annual income toward childcare in 2024. 7% is the amount that is considered affordable for the WHOLE year! And we've got 8 months of the year to go! #affordablechildcare #mnleg

Bridgerton giving me a season recap like I didn’t watch it six times already

🎉🎉🎉 This May we concluded a groundbreaking legislature in Minnesota, brought to you by years of organizing! With #PeoplePower, our partners, and elected champions, we showed up to win more for families, children, and working people. 🧵 #mnleg

As a East Coaster that moved to MN fifteen years ago, can confirm

Tomorrow is Election Day, CD5! All polling places are open from 7am to 8pm. Find where to cast your ballot here: pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us We need YOU to make your voice heard. Tell your loved ones what is at stake tomorrow. Tell them why you are voting for the politics of joy.

my sister chelsey & her boyfriend were hit on their motorcycle by a drunk off duty cop in my hometown of springfield illinois. the cops at the scene turned off their body cams and fed the drunk officer water and gum to sober him up for 6+ hours & only gave him a traffic ticket

You know when your executive disfunction manifests as anxiety-riddled panic procrastination, and a simple 30-minute task that would make your life 100% better if completed and carries no actual risk just looms over you for weeks? Just me?? Cool cool

This has been driving me bananas. What is with putting Cheneys/Romney/McCain/Bush on a pedestal? Their politics are horrifying and would have (have had) devastating consequences. But we can trust them to not end democracy I guess? The bar is so low it’s in the Mariana Trench.

Thread of last phone calls made by 9/11 victims to their loved ones 🧵 1. Jim Gartenberg, 86th floor

Far-right movements have been using Springfield, Ohio as a propaganda tool since early 2023. There aren’t 20,000 Haitian immigrants there in fact, there are barely 5,000 in the entire state. The level of cognitive dissonance required for this narrative is staggering. /🧵

The Ministry of Health in Gaza has just published a 649-page document with the the name, age, gender, ID number of every Palestinian killed in Gaza from October 7 to August 31 that it has info for (over 34k out of 40k). The 1st 14 pages the age is listed as 0 (under 1 year old)

BREAKING: Despite Donald Trump’s claims that he wants IVF to be covered, Senate Republicans just blocked my Right to IVF Act for the second time—legislation that would have done exactly that.

Is there a name for the time between 4am-7am where you wake up for a wee, then start thinking about how you don’t like it when Tom Hiddleston dances and then you end up worrying about the end of democracy and that no one likes you and then you doze for 30min? What’s that called?