First Focus Campaign for Children
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First Focus Campaign for Children
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First Focus Campaign for Children is a bipartisan child advocacy group dedicated to improving U.S. public policy for kids. Sister org of @firstfocus.bsky.social. #Commit2Kids
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Another important article by @mikehixenbaugh.com that highlights why we desperately need an independent Children’s Commissioner to investigate and put a stop to the cover-up and failure to protect children from child sexual and physical abuse by institutions in this country.
Mike Hixenbaugh (@mikehixenbaugh.com)
Pastor Mark Vega, a former Yankees chaplain, received reports of sex abuse in his church in 2019 and 2022. But rather than go to police, Vega came up with a plan to handle it internally by…
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This piece by @mikehixenbaugh.com highlights two critically important issues facing children:

1) the threat people like Robert Morris pose to public education
2) the cover-up of sexual and physical child abuse that institutions in our country repeatedly engage in

This must be stopped. ✋
Mike Hixenbaugh (@mikehixenbaugh.com)
Got to see where the filmed “Killers of the Flower Moon” and write this update on a story I started covering a little over a year to go.…
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Advocates warn child poverty could rise again after federal cuts to social programs - WMNF 88.5 FM
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A caandidate runs for office in Iowa (Catelin Drey), runs on kids’ issues, and soundly defeats the culture wars playbook thrown at her.

Mom For Iowa Gonna Turn State Into Woke Hellhole Of Funded Schools With Books And Stuff ... For Kids! www.wonkette.com/p/mom-for-io...
Mom For Iowa Gonna Turn State Into Woke Hellhole Of Funded Schools With Books And Stuff ... For Kids!
A nice time!
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Children are struggling and policymakers are failing them. Here are some thoughts on how we might find a path away from Trump’s “war on children.”

Saying ‘No’ to Culture Wars, Crumbs, or Capitulation: Building a Child Advocacy Movement open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...
Saying ‘No’ to Culture Wars, Crumbs, or Capitulation: Building a Child Advocacy Movement
Children may be only 22% of the U.S.
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Catelin Drey (D-IA) just overturned an Iowa Senate seat by double digits in a +10 Republican district. Rather than neglecting children’s issues, Drey centered children in her campaign. 👇

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