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Sondra Goldschein
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Executive Director of the Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy, @CFFE.bsky.social

Building support for policies that lower costs of caregiving for everyone.
A vibrant vision for America’s economy must put public investments for care at the center. Read @tcfdotorg.bsky.social and @caringacross.org’s new report to learn more about how investing in care can secure a brighter future for families everywhere go.tcf.org/TheCareImperative
The Care Imperative: Why Investing In Care Grows America’s Economy
Executive Summary A better, more affordable country for all of us is possible, within reach, and necessary if we are to secure a brighter future for
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November 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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The taking of neighbors in communities around the country is so horrific.

And, right here - how can anyone justify this - violently taking a child care teacher out of her classroom?

Enraging is too weak a word to describe this.

#Momsky activate.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“A surprising number of readers of my previous article asked if maybe more women are just realizing they “can’t have it all.” That only makes sense if by “it all” they mean the ability to eat, clothe and house themselves and their families.” By Jessica Grose

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
Opinion | Women Are Losing in Trump’s Economy
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October 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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17 million kids are left behind in Trump's Child Tax Credit plan, including more than 4 in 10 Black children and 1 in 3 Native and Latino children #Trumpflation
September 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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The Trump Administration's policies are ripping away health care from millions of working families and also causing health care costs to increase for every American, including those with private insurance.

Seventy-one percent of Trump voters opposing cuts to Medicaid. #Trumpflation
September 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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The Thrifty Food Plan, which determines SNAP levels, is being blocked from future increases by Trump & Republicans, taking food away from children, harming SNAP recipients, and hurting our economy. #Trumpflation
September 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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“What families need is reliable, stable child care options that meet their needs — affordable, convenient, with no wait list. The big Republican bill provides none of that.” @kashenj.bsky.social pulls no punches in new op ed for The Hill thehill.com/opinion/fina...
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August 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Expensive Back to School supplies are crushing parents & teachers. It’s no wonder they’re angry - Republicans promised to lower costs & failed. This is their economy and it might work for billionaires, but it doesn’t work for families.

@chabeli.bsky.social latest in @19thnews.org
If you open TikTok, you'll see *dozens* of videos of moms and teachers complaining about school supplies.

But "the issue here is not teachers vs parents. The real problem is the slashing of education budgets and the rising costs.”
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From tissues to tariffs: The school supply debate just got political
“The issue here is not teachers versus parents. The real problem is the slashing of education budgets and the rising costs.”
19thnews.org
August 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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If you open TikTok, you'll see *dozens* of videos of moms and teachers complaining about school supplies.

But "the issue here is not teachers vs parents. The real problem is the slashing of education budgets and the rising costs.”
19thnews.org/2025/08/scho...
From tissues to tariffs: The school supply debate just got political
“The issue here is not teachers versus parents. The real problem is the slashing of education budgets and the rising costs.”
19thnews.org
August 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
@abigailspanberger.com knows that any plan to grow Virginia’s economy must include paid leave and child care. #paidleave #childcare #familyfriendlyeconomy

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July 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Today is the Women’s Bureau’s 105th anniversary, and what did DOL Secretary Chavez DeRemer get for WB? Zero. Literally. Her FY26 budget eliminates it. I talked to @motherjones.com‬’s @juliannemcshane.bsky.social‬ about how GOP attacks on WB hurt women 🧵 #SaveWB www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump wants to eliminate a 105-year-old office that supports women
Staffers see the proposal as part of an effort to fundamentally reshape America's workforce.
www.motherjones.com
June 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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I don't want this to get lost: after RFK Jr. finished with his tantrum, he ADMITTED he is blocking BILLIONS in federal child care funding.

That needs to change IMMEDIATELY.
here's the full clip of RFK Jr losing his shit at Patty Murray today during a hearing so badly that Republican Sen. Capito had to step in and tell him to "hold back"
May 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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“The real crisis is one of care… The answer to the real crisis is not what we can gut and burn and take away from people, but what we can give them, the world we can create.” My piece in @usatoday.com. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
We're worrying about the wrong thing. Low birth rate isn't the crisis: Child care is. | Opinion
Making more babies by threat, faux incentives, or even force is not a goal or a solution. And it ignores the desperate, real needs of families.
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May 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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I’m proud to fight alongside families like Victoria and Cole - families whose entire lives are at stake as Congress plans to cut Medicaid to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.

Rep. Bresnahan: We’re watching, and we won’t back down. Do the right thing and #ProtectMedicaid

#CareCantWait
May 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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BREAKING: We're suing the Trump administration to protect Head Start, which provides early education, childcare, and other services for low-income children and their families.

President Trump doesn’t have the authority to dismantle this vital program.
April 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
“Don't tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value.”

The Republican-led Congress is back in town to work on the budget. They’ve given a lot of lip service to supporting a family friendly economy, but now is when we really see their priorities.
April 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
April 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
At a time when our elected officials should be standing up for their constituents, Republicans in Congress are enabling Trump to impose tariffs on families and weaken our economy. We need to hold Republicans accountable and remind them who they work for: the American people.
April 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
As child care providers across the country struggle to keep the lights on, higher tariffs will force them to make difficult decisions btwn sacrificing their own pay, raising tuition, or closing.

Either way, families will lose access to care when they cannot afford to.
April 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
At a time when families are struggling to make ends meet with the high costs of child care, food, housing, and healthcare, the Trump tariffs will squeeze their budgets even further, leaving less money in their pockets.
April 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Trump campaigned on lowering costs for working families and boosting our economy, but the tariffs announced by his Administration today will do the exact opposite.
April 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Trump is waging an unprecedented attack on working families. Mass layoffs at the Dept of Ed will put school lunches & after care programs at risk. None of this makes the government "efficient," it just makes lives harder. My statement:

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Trump Chooses the Wealthy Over Working Families – Again - Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy
March 12, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – In response to President Trump’s massive layoffs at the Department of Education, the first step in his plan to shutter the entire agency, Campaign for a Family Friendly...
familyfriendlyeconomy.org
March 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Trump said barely anything on one of the most critical issues for voters: how he will lower costs. I guess this is one place where his words lined up with his actions. He’s done nothing. He said nothing. #stateoftheunion
March 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
But someone benefits: the ultrarich get a $4.5 trillion tax break, while programs that help working Americans get ahead are gutted. Priorities here are clear.
February 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM