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October 30, 2018
News release Fun, funny videos. Personalized mom-to-mom postcards. Calls and texts that remind busy women to vote. Mini-marches to the polls. Voting squads and voting parties. Mailings to persuade busy moms to make time to vote. Coloring sheets and games that keep children occupied while waiting in line at the polls. Social media ads that focus on mom voters.
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October 27, 2018
Statement “We are horrified and saddened by the shootings at the Tree of Life Synagogue this morning in Pennsylvania and near the First Baptist Church in Kentucky earlier this week. Everyone in our nation should be safe in their place of worship, their home, their workplace and their community. Full stop.
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October 26, 2018
Statement “At a time when net migration to the United States is declining, it is misleading – as well as hateful – for President Trump to demonize peaceful, asylum-seeking Central American families. Calling in the military is a misuse of his power and a calculated political ploy.
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October 23, 2018
Statement “Last year, when Republican leadership in the United States Senate failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which for the first time made affordable health coverage available to tens of millions of people with pre-existing conditions, the Trump administration vowed to sabotage and roll back its protections. In a two-fold effort this week, the administration is making good on that unethical promise yet again with new federal policy on 1332 waivers and expansion of Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs).
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October 22, 2018
Statement “We will not stand for the Trump administration’s horrifying, vicious political attack, which attempts to erase the identity of nearly two million transgender people in this country. 
October 19, 2018
Statement “The Trump Administration is doubling down on its disgraceful family separation policy at the border, ignoring federal court rulings and the millions of Americans calling for an end to family separation and imprisonment. Instead of stopping this abuse, the White House is giving family separation a makeover and hoping no one will notice.
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October 6, 2018
Statement “Our country is more divided, our highest court is less legitimate, and our elected officials are less credible after the United States Senate voted today to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to a lifetime appointment on the U.S. Supreme Court. This was a shameful, unforgivable vote – and every Senator who supported Kavanaugh will be held accountable, not just for today’s vote but also for the hardship and pain it brings to millions of women, moms, and families in the months, years, and even decades ahead.
September 28, 2018
Statement Statement from Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, executive director and CEO of MomsRising, a national online and on-the-ground organization of more than 1 million mothers and their families, on the tax plan the House of Representatives passed today:
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September 27, 2018
Statement “Dr. Christine Blasey Ford gave the country an important teaching moment on the devastating impact of sexual violence with her dignified, forthright, persuasive testimony today. The moms of America are grateful for her courage and deeply sorry for the sacrifice of privacy and security that she has endured.
September 27, 2018
Statement Statement from Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, CEO and executive director of MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on Native American Women’s Equal Pay Day – the day that marks how long Native American women had to work in 2018 to catch up to what White, non-Hispanic men were typically paid in 2017.
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