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Breaking Through: Medicaid. Maternal Health. How Trump’s Policies Are Hurting All of Us, Including His Voters

March 17, 2025
On the radio show this week we discuss the single largest program for maternity care in the United States, Medicaid, and why we’re fighting to protect it. Next, we dive into the many ways the Trump administration’s “cost-cutting” measures will actually end up costing all of our families and our...
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Breaking Through: Attacks on Public Schools, Health Care, Immigrants, Child Care & How Moms Are Fighting Back!

March 10, 2025
On the radio show this week we hear from teachers and parents about how they are fighting to protect the Department of Education and our students from Trump’s threats, and how you can join the fight! Next, we discuss why Trump’s cruel immigration policies are compounding the child care crisis by...
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Schools and Communities Are Afraid Their Friends Will Be Deported. Here is How You Can Help.

March 3, 2025
Students, teachers, and families across the country are anxious and uncertain about the potential impact of President Trump's strict immigration policies. This fear is not unfounded. In his inaugural address, President Trump claimed he would send “millions and millions” of undocumented immigrants...
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Breaking Through: Trump-Proofing Your State. Protecting Immigrants. Farmers Fighting Back. Saving Medicaid

March 3, 2025
On the radio show this week we dive into the power of policy at the state level, including paid family & medical leave, to “Trump-proof” your state. We hear the latest with immigration policy and the importance of the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act . We cover Trump’s immigration and tariff...
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Pennsylvania Rise and Shine: Updates for our PA Members

February 24, 2025
Happy Friday! We hope you found a moment to unwind over the long weekend. Let's be honest: we know it isn’t always easy to relax—balancing the very real frustrations of this moment while projecting calm and optimism for our children and families can be a challenge. We’re not claiming to have...
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Breaking Through: Protecting Medicaid. Advancing Maternal Mental Health. The Importance of Federal Workers. Power of the Purse

February 24, 2025
On the radio show this week we cover the ways in which Medicaid is under attack by Republican leaders in Congress, Trump, and Musk – and how to fight back; then we dive into the maternal health, and maternal mental health, crisis in America and what you can do; after that we cover how the work of...
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Breaking Through: Federal Workers Under Attack, Maternal Health in Jeopardy, Keeping Public Education, & Top Concerns of Main Street America

February 17, 2025
On the radio show this week we cover Trump's attack on federal workers, the critical services they provide and the disproportionate impact on women and people of color. We dive into how we can win at the state level, even in red states, with bipartisan support for issues like maternal health. We...
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QUICK SIGNATURE: Stop Elon.

February 6, 2025
As U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin says, “There is no fourth branch of government called Elon Musk.” And yet the unelected richest man in the world, Elon Musk, is attempting to shut down government agencies, take over our federal payment systems (he now has access to your social security number, by the way), and bring our government to a grinding halt – including the government employees who are our air traffic controllers.
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Breaking Through: Executive Orders. Funding Freezes. Health Care. Child Care. Justice Reform, & How to Raise Your Voice.

February 3, 2025
On the radio show this week we dive into the confusion, harm, and chaos caused by Donald Trump's ridiculous Executive Orders and nominees, from a funding freeze that shut down Medicaid portals in all 50 states to the nomination of an unqualified, unfit, and utterly confused cabinet nominee in RFK...
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Breaking Through: Protecting Civil Rights, Democracy, and Your Sanity in a Second Trump Presidency!

January 27, 2025
On the radio show this week we dive into the far-right's push to eradicate public schools and undermine sex education, and how you can get involved locally to stop this in your community with EducateUS. Next, we hear about Trump's unconstitutional actions infringing on our civil rights, from...
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