🧵 13 lessons from lobbying 13 CA Budgets: (in no particular order) 1. Respect #CABudget staff & pay close attention to what they say. They know the history, the complexities, what's been tried in the past, etc. They are the technicians working under the hood.

Elizabeth Holmes has given birth to her 2nd child. Her incarceration was delayed, some legal experts believe, so she could give birth before her imprisonment Many are not offered the same. For TODAY I spoke to a mom who gave birth while incarcerated today.com/parents/pregna…

How could Japan's Federation have failed to host home games after the 2011 World Cup win? After the Olympic silver medal? After the 2015 WC second place? NO home games at all?! #japan #nadeshiko yukinagasato.net/post/this-is-t…

Just to put it out there, if your approach to advancing state policy from a national level is "just tell the stupid states what policies they need to pass", you're doing it wrong. Really wrong. Offensively wrong. Analysis/research is important & valuable but it's not everything.

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Another great thread by Jessica Bartholow (she/her) on #workrequirements. Whether it's #SNAP, #Medicaid, or #TANF, work requirements hurt the entire community.

How are we still speaking proudly of the 1996 "welfare reform" in 2023?!? #nobutreally

Ppl who know the School lunch/breakfast program: when the feds reimburse schools $.35-$.50 for *paid* meals (aka not free/reduced price) but the child pays full price, does that mean the child's family would pay $.35-$.50 more w/o the program? #nslp #schoolmeals

⏰ The clock is ticking – Congress needs to pass a deal for the debt ceiling without cuts to programs babies and families need to thrive. Call your Members of Congress now and tell them to pass a clean raise! #ThinkBabiesandAct #CareNotCuts thinkbabies.org/take-action-ca…

3 yrs later & this is the most infuriating fact of it all. For all the statements of support or solidarity, 95% of the people/institutions that expressed those things didn't mean them in any real way. They didn't shift their thinking or stance. And how dare you call them on it.